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by groepaz
Tue Dec 05, 2017 6:04 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Attack UFO - Arcade game that uses the 6560
Replies: 52
Views: 20951

Re: Attack UFO - Arcade game that uses the 6560

is a ROM dump around for this? would be a fun hacking project (to try making it run on the vic20) :)
by groepaz
Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:55 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: HASL for cartridges? (split/OT from: Cheese & Onion)
Replies: 205
Views: 25328

Re: HASL for cartridges? (split/OT from: Cheese & Onion)

don't bother, he won't let it go :)
by groepaz
Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:26 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 11 – Paddle Games
Replies: 7
Views: 3397

Re: VIC Game Club No. 11 – Paddle Games

oh, my bad. i mixed it up with the C64 version of sea wolf (which is often listed to support paddles - but apparently doesnt work with paddles at all)
by groepaz
Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:18 am
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 11 – Paddle Games
Replies: 7
Views: 3397

Re: VIC Game Club No. 11 – Paddle Games

how do you activate paddle support in sea wolf?
by groepaz
Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:28 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: HASL for cartridges? (split/OT from: Cheese & Onion)
Replies: 205
Views: 25328

Re: HASL for cartridges? (split/OT from: Cheese & Onion)

Haven't tried but I guess spraying the port and a cart with switch cleaner and then inserting a few times would also work. those magic cleaner solutions are almost always a bad idea (if used like this) - they will dissolve the oxide perhaps.... but then you will rub and spread it all over the conta...
by groepaz
Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:23 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: HASL for cartridges? (split/OT from: Cheese & Onion)
Replies: 205
Views: 25328

Re: HASL for cartridges? (split/OT from: Cheese & Onion)

if you are scared of sandpaper and think it will damage your sanity... just use a piece of thick cardboard. takes longer, works the same. no big deal whatsoever. you could even wrap a piece of cotton around it and soak it in IPA. (using a tootbrush like someone else suggested would also work well, h...
by groepaz
Wed Nov 22, 2017 10:09 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: HASL for cartridges? (split/OT from: Cheese & Onion)
Replies: 205
Views: 25328

Re: HASL for cartridges? (split/OT from: Cheese & Onion)

using sandpaper in any female edge connector will grind off the gold plating in it. Also, if you blow on the stuff you grinded, there is no telling where this conductive material will land, possibly causing all sorts of damage inside your VIC. you use fine grained sand paper and dont apply a lot of...
by groepaz
Wed Nov 22, 2017 7:27 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: HASL for cartridges? (split/OT from: Cheese & Onion)
Replies: 205
Views: 25328

Re: New physical cartridge release: Cheese And Onion

I know of absolutely no way of cleaning the cartridge port connector of a VIC-20. you are surprising in multiple ways, every time. its not rocket science really: you take a piece of cardboard or wood or plastic or whatever else you have laying around that fits between the contact, wrap a piece of f...
by groepaz
Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:20 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: HASL for cartridges? (split/OT from: Cheese & Onion)
Replies: 205
Views: 25328

Re: New physical cartridge release: Cheese And Onion

it wont cause any serious damage... perhaps the contacts corrode a bit (because of the different metals) but thats all (and it can be fixed/cleaned easily). back in the days tons of cartridges existed that didnt have gold plated contacts, and you didnt see machines dying left and right because of th...
by groepaz
Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:16 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: What bandwidth oscilloscope for 1541 alignment?
Replies: 11
Views: 1568

Re: What bandwidth oscilloscope for 1541 alignment?

200kHz is barely enough to work with audio.... useless for anything else :=)
by groepaz
Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:13 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: PC COM port to Vic interfacing
Replies: 8
Views: 1704

Re: PC COM port to Vic interfacing

*shrug* how you connect them depends on their logic =P you cross rts/cts for nullmodem, but thats probably not what you got there. it makes sense to have only one of the two (the PC is kinda infinitely fast, the other side may be slow), but i forgot which goes in which direction =P
by groepaz
Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:00 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: PC COM port to Vic interfacing
Replies: 8
Views: 1704

Re: PC COM port to Vic interfacing

the hardware flow control is essential for slow devices (like the VIC20, or any other 8bit computer for that matter). thats pretty much the reason for why it exists :)
by groepaz
Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:44 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: PC COM port to Vic interfacing
Replies: 8
Views: 1704

Re: PC COM port to Vic interfacing

you pretty much want one that has RTS/CTS wired up - i'd just look (eg on jim brains site) for a c64 userport rs232 interface, it should work on vic20 too
by groepaz
Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:58 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Paddle Games
Replies: 51
Views: 19392

Re: Paddle Games

As such, I can only assume that the pot itself is at fault. no. that article talks about the jitter you get from dirty potentiometers *when turning* them. thats an entirely different problem. the same paddles that give crazy jitter here (when *not* turning them) on the vic20 give pretty stable valu...
by groepaz
Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:59 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Paddle Games
Replies: 51
Views: 19392

Re: Paddle Games

If it was going to do anything at all, it would be there. if only :) [I think I got it... So you generate the charge sequences locally with a crystal of some sort? Thereby, bypassing the VIC entirely, except to tell it when something happened!] what the circuit needs to do is first "look"...