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by Luigi
Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:27 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Testing a datasette
Replies: 11
Views: 2756

Have you an idea/mockup on how the final version could be ? What do you mean? DC2N 3 is a dumping-only device that writes tape images to an USB drive. It also displays the signal read from a tape drive (in the same way as the well known recorder-justage tool) so that users can check if the dumping ...
by Luigi
Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:50 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Testing a datasette
Replies: 11
Views: 2756

I just mean there is high demand. I understand the time it takes to do something right. No worries. I just think that with some help it would all be simpler and more people would be able to enjoy the benefits of having a DC2N. A new prototype is fully functional and the new design seems future proo...
by Luigi
Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:44 pm
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: VIC & PET loading .wav and .tap
Replies: 5
Views: 4715

mr zetec wrote:Yep, I have been on the DC2N waiting list for some time now....
One man working at it alone without help...
by Luigi
Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:42 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Testing a datasette
Replies: 11
Views: 2756

Jeff-20 wrote:That's a long wait list.
That's what's likely to happen when one person has to do the whole work without help.
by Luigi
Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:51 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: vic20tapes.org
Replies: 41
Views: 18844

Heads up about preservation

Hi guys, I was wondering how many collectors would be interested in the preservation effort. Be aware this is a big committment: I am not talking about sorting out/augmenting Arma's archive or putting together a big zip file with hundreds of tape images whose source and integrity is unknown. Bo was ...
by Luigi
Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:30 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: ARMA's TAP site content back online
Replies: 9
Views: 3338

OK, this is a very tricky example, so that I will provide you with some additional information. If you load the two tapes in VICE (disable any memory expansion first), you will not notice any difference. Both of them will load without errors and apparently execute properly. Yet one of the CBM data b...
by Luigi
Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:38 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: ARMA's TAP site content back online
Replies: 9
Views: 3338

I'll answer with an example here. Load 3dmaze.tap ( NOT 3dmazegalactic.tap) from Arma's archive, which is the first game I fixed. Then get my version from http://www.luigidifraia.com/vic20/3DMAZE_fixed.zip and load it. Think of this happening with at least 100 other games... Btw, the file from Arma'...
by Luigi
Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:56 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: ARMA's TAP site content back online
Replies: 9
Views: 3338

I have been through the archive of TAP files years ago. The last time I checked, I have fixed 100 of the TAP images about.
I was wondering if anybody is going to re-dump those tapes or is interested in fixing Arma's ones.
Thank you.

Cheers,

Luigi
by Luigi
Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:52 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Corrupted Vic 20 game (Not seen before)
Replies: 67
Views: 16110

Well, probably you already know what I am writing here. The SEUCK game has been recovered by working with newer and better dumps.

Cheers,

Luigi
by Luigi
Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:33 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Corrupted Vic 20 game (Not seen before)
Replies: 67
Views: 16110

This is the file I ended up with after joining together the two parts: http://www.luigidifraia.com/c64/_recovery/FRANK9_joined.zip all of the blocks are there but, as I said before, there are at least 7 (obvious) read errors (some others may not show up at all). It doesn't load of course, but I can ...
by Luigi
Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:09 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Corrupted Vic 20 game (Not seen before)
Replies: 67
Views: 16110

Is there any hope with the SEUCK tape? Would it be possible to still send this up? If you already tried to align and could not get better results, I may try to fix your TAP files rather than importing the tape by myself. To correct the errors, I need to compare this game against a working SEUCK gam...
by Luigi
Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:31 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Corrupted Vic 20 game (Not seen before)
Replies: 67
Views: 16110

If any of the tapes are still quite poor, let me know and I can mail them to you. Sorry about that! :( As far as I understand, you never managed to load the Motherhen game by yourself on a VIC20 from the tape. The tape itself contains different files and I am afraid the game was overwritten by the ...
by Luigi
Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:16 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Corrupted Vic 20 game (Not seen before)
Replies: 67
Views: 16110

Seuck1.tap and Seuck2.tap - The game with the "b****cks" SEUCK file. Start of first file overwritten accidently by the Delta cheat file. Header for file exists at the mid point, but last 10-15 blocks are missing on the end. Can the start of the second copy be patched to the start of the t...
by Luigi
Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:04 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Corrupted Vic 20 game (Not seen before)
Replies: 67
Views: 16110

If I get this working ok on my 1531, would just reporting the TAP images in question be enough rather than sending the tapes through - or would you prefer it in particular on the tape with the Motherhen file? (I don't mind sending - but wanted to check if this would be better for you) If you end up...
by Luigi
Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:47 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Corrupted Vic 20 game (Not seen before)
Replies: 67
Views: 16110

fgasking wrote:EDIT - I assume this will be ok to use if I dump it down my MMC64 ... http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=49944
Yes, that's the version translated by Martin. It will do the job. Try to end up with thin bars and no scattering.