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by groepaz
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: Using Exomizer
Replies: 13
Views: 605

Re: Using Exomizer

I'd rather use some simple RLE packer for the first block though (and perhaps tscrunch for the final step)
by groepaz
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: Assembler
Replies: 35
Views: 1434

Re: Assembler

I forgot the most valuable advice for this kind of question: use whatever the people you can ask use. It doesn't really really matter if you use dasm or 64tass or acme or any other of the popular ones (their feature set is very similar) - but it helps a lot if you can throw some quick questions at s...
by groepaz
Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: Assembler
Replies: 35
Views: 1434

Re: Assembler

I recommend ACME as a simple straightforward assembler. While CA65 is really great, its mostly aimed at experienced users and huge projects. ACME or 64tass are more like traditional assemblers, and probably easier to get started with.
by groepaz
Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:47 am
Forum: Games
Topic: ELITE
Replies: 5
Views: 317

Re: ELITE

I'd just do what pretty much became the standard in recent days for (larger) C64 games too: use a cartridge. That eliminates all concerns with memory.
by groepaz
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: ELITE
Replies: 5
Views: 317

Re: ELITE

The bitmap shouldnt be a problem - you can do that with a charset matrix.

With fully expanded VIC20, porting Elite sounds quite doable to me - still a lot of work, obviously :)
by groepaz
Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: How to convert Tap files to D64?
Replies: 11
Views: 297

Re: How to convert Tap files to D64?

Use TapEX -> https://csdb.dk/release/?id=237663

load the tap, select "extract prg" from the menu, and it creates a directory with all files. For vic20 tapes you will probably have a pretty good success rate :)
by groepaz
Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: Corrupt end of basic program
Replies: 7
Views: 263

Re: Corrupt end of basic program

It is very unlikely that you found a bug in VICE here.
Yes. However, if there is a reliable way to reproduce this, i'd still like to know :)
by groepaz
Wed Feb 07, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Resetting IRQs
Replies: 10
Views: 334

Re: Resetting IRQs

I'd just ask Krill to port his loader... 8)
by groepaz
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Extremely Rare Ala Software game for C64 - Whiz Kid
Replies: 12
Views: 654

Re: Extremely Rare Ala Software game for C64 - Whiz Kid

I mean (hires) scans, using a scanner, not a camera.
by groepaz
Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Extremely Rare Ala Software game for C64 - Whiz Kid
Replies: 12
Views: 654

Re: Extremely Rare Ala Software game for C64 - Whiz Kid

Can you do actual scans? The Tape Archive aims for highest quality - i don't think they will accept photos like this
by groepaz
Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Extremely Rare Ala Software game for C64 - Whiz Kid
Replies: 12
Views: 654

Re: Extremely Rare Ala Software game for C64 - Whiz Kid

OK apparently the original says you should start it with SYS16384 - and that works https://retrocollector.org/photos/full/26259.jpg Attached is a working .tap :) It would be great if you could make hires scans of the tape cover, box, and the cassette itself - then it can be included in the tape arch...
by groepaz
Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Extremely Rare Ala Software game for C64 - Whiz Kid
Replies: 12
Views: 654

Re: Extremely Rare Ala Software game for C64 - Whiz Kid

OK cool.... first, i can confirm this is this game: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=182936

There is some weird problem with the .tap i produced, the autostart does not work for some reason.... (but the data can be extracted and the game started by jumping to the right address)

Will play around a bit :)
by groepaz
Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:58 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Resetting IRQs
Replies: 10
Views: 334

Re: Resetting IRQs

use "chis" in the monitor. its enabled by default in any half recent build
by groepaz
Mon Feb 05, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Extremely Rare Ala Software game for C64 - Whiz Kid
Replies: 12
Views: 654

Re: Extremely Rare Ala Software game for C64 - Whiz Kid

did anybody have a chance to try out the file and see if it runs?
I get load error in VICE - that may be related to how the wav->tap conversion was done
by groepaz
Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:39 pm
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: VICE White Noise Bug?
Replies: 12
Views: 341

Re: VICE White Noise Bug?

you should clock it for at least 16 cycles first, yes :)