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by buzbard
Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:13 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: SaRuMan-VDC C128 VDC 64k expansion
Replies: 25
Views: 9148

Re: New type of C128 VDC 64k expansion

PM sent! :D I've never had so much trouble sending money before. Series of crazy events, bank sent me a new debit card with updated exp.date and security code, which I forgot to let PayPal know about. :( (PayPal didn't give any details, only "Transaction Denied!", Thanks PayPal! :x ) Then ...
by buzbard
Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:19 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: SaRuMan-VDC C128 VDC 64k expansion
Replies: 25
Views: 9148

Re: New type of C128 VDC 64k expansion

Awesome! Sign me up for 3! :D
by buzbard
Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:26 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: SaRuMan-VDC C128 VDC 64k expansion
Replies: 25
Views: 9148

Re: New type of C128 VDC 64k expansion

Nice! Are these bare boards or will they be populated?
I'm not sure my soldering skills are good enough for tiny surface mount components. :?
by buzbard
Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:22 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Mystery pcb??
Replies: 7
Views: 3192

Re: Mystery pcb??

Thanks eslapion, my suspicions were right then.
I'll probably never do anything with it.
I might just put it in a frame and hang it over my desk. It is a piece of art I guess. :wink:
by buzbard
Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:28 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Mystery pcb??
Replies: 7
Views: 3192

Mystery pcb??

Does anyone recognize this? I found it in a second-hand shop.
It looks to be about the size of a VIC20 cartridge, so I assume it probably is.
Google hasn't given any clues, so I thought I'd try here.
by buzbard
Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:07 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Thrift store jerk
Replies: 8
Views: 2682

Re: Thrift store jerk

I feel your pain, I get the same thing all the time. I wish someone would invent a "phone jammer" so these jerks can't use their phones while I'm near them.
by buzbard
Sun Jul 10, 2016 10:50 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Scott Adams adventures screen colors
Replies: 11
Views: 3335

Re: Scott Adams adventures screen colors

I've cleaned up the source code and added comments. Here's the DASM source in case someone wants to improve/modify it: ;VIC20 wedge for changing screen/border colors while playing ; Scott Adams adventure games. ; ; SYS5000 before starting game (SYS32592) ; Press: F1 to cycle border color (+) ; Press...
by buzbard
Wed Jun 22, 2016 11:48 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Scott Adams adventures screen colors
Replies: 11
Views: 3335

Re: Scott Adams adventures screen colors

You can probably add a routine to buzbard's program that will fill the color RAM with a text color of your choosing. Good idea! Here ya go: sa-colors2.prg In this new version: SYS5000 F1 = Cycle border color F3 = Cycle background color F5 = Cycle text color Using the IRQ to fill color RAM every tim...
by buzbard
Sun Jun 12, 2016 11:07 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Scott Adams adventures screen colors
Replies: 11
Views: 3335

Re: Scott Adams adventures screen colors

Sorry guys, I had a major brain-fart, this program can't exist in the cassette buffer! I don't know what I was thinking. All Scott Adams games save to tape, can you say "major crash!"? :oops: So, I moved it to address 5000/$1388, which shouldn't get slaughtered by any of the games. Edited ...
by buzbard
Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:35 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Scott Adams adventures screen colors
Replies: 11
Views: 3335

Re: Scott Adams adventures screen colors

This sound useful. I know on a real VIC-20 with 1701 monitor I have trouble reading the light green text against the white background. That's exactly why I made this. I thought it would be easier than editing the ROM, and this way it can easily be used on real hardware, and the colors can be change...
by buzbard
Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:30 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Scott Adams adventures screen colors
Replies: 11
Views: 3335

Scott Adams adventures screen colors

After playing some Scott Adams adventures I was wishing for a way to change the screen colors from the standard White/Cyan. So, I whipped up a simple IRQ routine that lives @ $1388/5000 to do just that. Plug in your Scott Adams cartridge (or attach a ROM in VICE) then: LOAD" SA-COLORS.PRG "...
by buzbard
Sat Mar 19, 2016 1:40 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Any C64 CRT compilations for Easy Flash?
Replies: 4
Views: 3325

Re: Any C64 CRT compilations for Easy Flash?

Draco cart maker is buggy and hasn't been updated in forever, I think the developer must have fallen off the planet. :?

A better cart maker (but not as purdy :) ) is nojoopa's ndefpack.
by buzbard
Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:47 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Lemonade Stand for PET original file
Replies: 11
Views: 2912

Re: Lemonade Stand for PET original file

The trick is to open the .prg in a hex editor and change the second byte from 08 to 04 then it'll load in the VICE PET emulator.
Here's the converted file: PET lemonade stand
by buzbard
Thu Dec 10, 2015 2:00 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: 6560 Access to $9800-$9fff
Replies: 7
Views: 2886

Re: 6560 Access to $9800-$9fff

Have you looked at this thread? Ultimem
by buzbard
Tue Nov 24, 2015 3:09 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: UltiMem
Replies: 201
Views: 38175

Re: UltiMem

Ok, I noticed that support has been added to the nightly build of VICE but a ROM image is required.
Where can we find that? Or is it available yet?