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by Bacon
Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:31 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Have a safe and happy holidays
Replies: 5
Views: 1632

Re: Have a safe and happy holidays

Happy holidays to you too, and to all other forum members and visitors!
by Bacon
Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:51 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Say Yoho!
Replies: 44
Views: 9243

Re: Say Yoho!

Welcome! Really nice to see one of the great game developers for our old machine turn up here.
by Bacon
Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:11 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Best looking 8bit computer?
Replies: 72
Views: 19557

Re: Best looking 8bit computer?

Yes, really :-) Just take a look at this picture (from Wikipedia). Remember, I'm only talking about looks here. The keyboard is horrible, the single-channel square wave sound ("beeper") comes out of a tiny speaker inside the case, Sinclair BASIC uses a very user-unfriendly system where you...
by Bacon
Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:58 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Datasette data as compressed mp3?
Replies: 11
Views: 2628

Re: Datasette data as compressed mp3?

Strange. I've backed up the data from my Akai AX60 analog synth using its tape interface and saved the audio as an mp3 file several times, and I've never had any problems loading the patches back into the synth (the synth is from fairly early on in the MIDI era when when MIDI SysEx backup wasn't ver...
by Bacon
Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:59 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Best looking 8bit computer?
Replies: 72
Views: 19557

Re: Best looking 8bit computer?

I haven't been here much in the last few months so I missed this poll until now. To me the original 1982 Sinclair Spectrum is the best looking 8-bit computer. Sadly, it's missing from the poll so I won't vote. Any chance of adding it?
by Bacon
Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:25 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Is Vic-20 = THE least powerful computer in history?
Replies: 77
Views: 11578

Re: Is Vic-20 = THE least powerful computer in history?

If you ask anyone who are even aware of the early home computers, my guess is they'd say the Sinclair ZX81, as several people here have already concluded.
by Bacon
Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:31 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Forum moved to new host
Replies: 78
Views: 18129

Re: Forum moved to new host

Good job!
by Bacon
Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:38 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: WTB PAL Commodore systems, HardSID card
Replies: 6
Views: 2449

I have a HardSID ISA card for sale. You'd have to supply your own SID chip though since I don't have a spare one. I'm in Sweden but the HardSID is a small item so it shouldn't cost too much to send it to the USA. Make me an offer. I prefer cash since I'm buying a new synth and some other stuff. I'm ...
by Bacon
Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:45 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Practicalc Spreadsheet
Replies: 30
Views: 19630

orion70 wrote:Manual and box scans to follow (maybe for a Wiki page?).
Why not send the scans to Bombjack too? He'll most likely be happy to put them in the Applications - VIC 20 section.
by Bacon
Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:06 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Wanted: The Assembler for the VIC-20
Replies: 6
Views: 2825

Apparently I uploaded the assembler to my webspace four years ago:
You'll find the separate PRG files as well as all of them on a D64 Here.

The book (Inside the VIC) is available on Bombjack's VIC-PET-KIM section.
by Bacon
Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:53 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Wanted: The Assembler for the VIC-20
Replies: 6
Views: 2825

The tape version is actually out there somewhere. I know I have it. The book that came with it is also available as a PDF. I'll see if I can dig them up for you.
by Bacon
Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:48 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Hi - new forum member from UK
Replies: 11
Views: 1887

Welcome!
by Bacon
Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:59 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: VIC 20 serial numbering
Replies: 58
Views: 40183

As Dusty said, Germany is a big country population wise (and was even back then when the eastern part didn't belong to the Bundesrepublik). I also think the German factories served large parts of Europe. As far as I know, the only European countries Commodore had factories in were Germany and the UK...
by Bacon
Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:21 am
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: WinVice on Android?
Replies: 2
Views: 2035

WinVICE won't run on Android since WinVice is the Windows port of VICE. But since x64 (the C64 emulator in VICE) has been ported to Android, it probably shouldn't be too much work modifying the source code for that port to make an xvic version. There doesn't seem to be such a port yet, though, altho...
by Bacon
Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:05 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Welcome to Denial
Replies: 16
Views: 7251

I really hope Denial can keep on living. This is one of the very few forums I visit regularly, although I don't post as often as I once did. Still, Jeff, I can't blame you if you get fed up with all the work that goes into spam removal. Here's hoping for a solution. Edit: I see now that I also joine...