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by allenhuffman
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:42 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: MINIGRAFIK lineart
Replies: 47
Views: 16775

Re: MINIGRAFIK lineart

I am trying to find why I was quoted here? I don’t see a post?
by allenhuffman
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:39 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: VIC-20 joystick - which is the real way?
Replies: 5
Views: 233

Re: VIC-20 joystick - which is the real way?

I did not know much about VIC-20 hardware during the time I had one, but on my Radio Shack Color Computer I am aware that there were certain I/O registers that were ghosted, [...] ... or mirrored ... [...] and would appear in multiple places. Is something like this happening here? Not here, in a ce...
by allenhuffman
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:34 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: VIC-20 joystick - which is the real way?
Replies: 5
Views: 233

Re: VIC-20 joystick - which is the real way?

I saw a ping-pong-game with paddles. That is a step further in coding. :? I remember using my Uncle’s Atari VCS (as it was known back then) joystick in my VIC, but I never owned a joystick for it. I do not recall ever playing any paddle games, or even realizing the VIC-20 could support the Atari pa...
by allenhuffman
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:31 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Lights Out: My first VIC-20 game since 1983…
Replies: 1
Views: 799

Lights Out: My first VIC-20 game since 1983…

After my first year with the VIC-20, I moved on to a Radio Shack Color Computer. I had not touched anything VIC until I found my old Datasette tapes some years ago and tried to get them running on an emulator. I also imported a TheVIC20 from the UK so I could have something with a Commodore keyboard...
by allenhuffman
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:54 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: VIC-20 joystick - which is the real way?
Replies: 5
Views: 233

VIC-20 joystick - which is the real way?

I recently obtained a copy of my first-ever published program (in a newsletter, heh) and found it odd I chose to use "Up" and "Down" on the joystick to move left and right. I did some research and discovered the routine I was using was incorrect, and never read the byte that cont...
by allenhuffman
Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC-NIC News
Replies: 8
Views: 5914

Re: VIC-NIC News

Persistence has paid off! Someone found my quest. They had seven issues, and found my program in #6. I am hoping they will consider scanning all their copies so we can get them archived. Ah, the doodles of a junior high kid! https://subethasoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Eggs-program-for-VIC...
by allenhuffman
Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: Vic 20 Screen and Character designer
Replies: 129
Views: 57666

Re: Vic 20 Screen and Character designer

http://s28.postimg.org/pdfib2jjx/Vic20_SDDPopeye.jpg http://s30.postimg.org/yop7c56bl/Vic20_SDD.jpg I'd like to share my latest endeavor a little HTML5 app I’ve been working on... Online version zip download Please download the zip if you’re going to use it after the inital look. ... Thank you for ...
by allenhuffman
Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Demo with cartoons character that "wrote" on the screen with a pencil.
Replies: 0
Views: 427

Demo with cartoons character that "wrote" on the screen with a pencil.

I am trying to track down a VIC-20 program I had. It drew a little character that was holding a pencil. It would "write" (moving the hand up and down or something, simple animation) and then move to the right leaving a letter. It was a title screen -- maybe something from the FOX-20 tape m...
by allenhuffman
Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:43 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC-20 manual type in games - how many revisions/versions?
Replies: 4
Views: 899

Re: VIC-20 manual type in games - how many revisions/versions?

It is somewhat unlikely that these three type-ins would have received any kind of official "updates" during the time the VIC-20 was sold. As far as I'm concerned, the printout of the games you linked to on archive.org is exactly the one I know from the manual that came with my (German) VC...
by allenhuffman
Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:37 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Does anyone recognize this VIC-20 music program?
Replies: 1
Views: 461

Does anyone recognize this VIC-20 music program?

Does anyone recognize this as a VIC-20 demo program? It was on a tape surrounded by things I wrote, but I do not recall writing this: https://github.com/allenhuffman/VIC-20/tree/main/music The code looks like other programs I wrote, but since I was using things from the VIC-20 manual (variables for ...
by allenhuffman
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC-20 manual type in games - how many revisions/versions?
Replies: 4
Views: 899

VIC-20 manual type in games - how many revisions/versions?

I received my VIC-20 for Christmas when it was very new. It was still selling for $299.99 at the time, corresponding to Captain Kirk telling us it was "the first full featured color computer for under $300" in the TV ads. In the back of the included book were three type-in games. When I fo...
by allenhuffman
Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:19 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC-NIC News
Replies: 8
Views: 5914

Re: VIC-NIC News

Phone Home is on this page. A program originally printed in VIC-NIC News, also by the same person who did their Ask Dennis column and at least one other program (Mojave Desert Adventure): http://www.vic20listings.freeolamail.com/mag_cpowplay.html Eventually, maybe my program will show up somewhere ;)
by allenhuffman
Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:27 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: TheVIC20 USA Users Group
Replies: 1
Views: 288

TheVIC20 USA Users Group

For folks in the USA that are importing TheVIC20, I started a Facebook forum and website with plans to turn it into a modern VIC group for us old guys playing with this emulator.

www.thevic20usausersgroup.com
by allenhuffman
Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: [Solved] VIC-20 custom characters as standalone program?
Replies: 13
Views: 904

Re: VIC-20 custom characters as standalone program?

Nice work, gang! Yes, I had this working, but the numbers didn't. I realized today I had customized the digits and was not including them in my newly added DATA statements. I made this video before I realized the problem. Oh, such an exciting program! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPVlDqc5UB4 A he...
by allenhuffman
Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:52 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: [Solved] VIC-20 custom characters as standalone program?
Replies: 13
Views: 904

Re: VIC-20 custom characters as standalone program?

[...] it seems to be just ONE program and it has the font built in somehow. [...] How was that done??? I could easily name more than two dozen threads here in Denial with games or tools which implement that technique. Nothing spectacular - you just link everything (character set and payload) into o...