Show HN: Rendering Chinese text on a Commodore 64

Category: library

Tags: retro-computing, cjk, 6502-assembly

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 4)

Han64 is a GB2312 Chinese text renderer for the Commodore 64, using 8x8 bitmap fonts and dynamic character caching. It combines retro computing with CJK text processing, demonstrating clever offline table generation and runtime simplicity on severely constrained hardware. The project is interesting for its blend of classic platform limitations and modern encoding challenges.

Target audience: retro computing enthusiasts, assembly programmers

Repository: https://github.com/lionello/han64 · Assembly · MIT · 2 stars

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