Search found 422 matches

by highinfidelity
Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:55 am
Forum: International VIC
Topic: [ITA] Mesmer per Commodore 64, by Mariano Tomatis
Replies: 4
Views: 4038

Re: [ITA] Mesmer per Commodore 64, by Mariano Tomatis

È un fatto abbastanza curioso. :? So che in realtà il programma è stato scritto e provato su un emulatore on-line (da qualche parte nella pagina c'è anche il link) che forse accetta anche righe più lunghe del normale. Certo però che un emulatore che non emula anche difetti e limiti della macchina em...
by highinfidelity
Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:20 am
Forum: International VIC
Topic: [ITA] Mesmer per Commodore 64, by Mariano Tomatis
Replies: 4
Views: 4038

[ITA] Mesmer per Commodore 64, by Mariano Tomatis

Ho scoperto per avventura che un insospettabile collega di lavoro che conosco da molti anni ha una sorta di seconda vita nella quale è un illusionista mentalista e mesmerista. Si chiama Mariano Tomatis e dal suo curriculum percepisco che dev'essere molto noto nel cerchio di queste discipline: ha col...
by highinfidelity
Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:42 am
Forum: International VIC
Topic: [ITA] Play on Tape
Replies: 58
Views: 53343

Re: [ITA] Play on Tape

orion70 wrote:Tra l'altro è sbagliato :)

Code: Select all

OPEN 15,8,15
CLOSE 15
Sì è vero, che stranezza...
by highinfidelity
Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:17 am
Forum: International VIC
Topic: [ITA] Play on Tape
Replies: 58
Views: 53343

Re: [ITA] Play on Tape

Fenomenale! Ho tenuto bigliettini miei analoghi per ricordo tra le pagine del manuale del VIC. 8) A parte che di quando in quando ne produco ancora oggi di molto simili... :D
by highinfidelity
Mon Jun 17, 2019 3:57 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Second day pictures from PaCommEx 2019 and more
Replies: 2
Views: 2469

Re: Second day pictures from PaCommEx 2019 and more

Wow you met William Shatner! He looks kind and amused, was he?
by highinfidelity
Thu May 16, 2019 3:26 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC 20 Hardware Prototype
Replies: 15
Views: 12215

Re: VIC 20 Hardware Prototype

Well... was it supposed to be a fully fledged working prototype? Or just a "prototype"? You can mean basically everything with "prototype"...
by highinfidelity
Wed May 15, 2019 1:19 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC 20 Hardware Prototype
Replies: 15
Views: 12215

Re: VIC 20 Hardware Prototype

orion70 wrote:Great stuff! First time I see it. I wonder how much money would it go for if it was auctioned in eBay 8)
Considered that you were the opener of the 2014 thread, it's comforting to see that you also tend to "re-discover" things, old fellow! :lol:
by highinfidelity
Tue May 14, 2019 10:52 am
Forum: International VIC
Topic: [ITA] Play on Tape
Replies: 58
Views: 53343

Re: [ITA] Play on Tape

Onestamente no, ma non sono un grande esperto. In ogni caso la mia impressione è che si tratti di un fasciolo portato a rilegare in copisteria, tipo tesi di laurea per intenderci.
by highinfidelity
Mon May 13, 2019 1:45 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: 9 Pin based Joypad with 5 fire buttons?
Replies: 7
Views: 2962

Re: 9 Pin based Joypad with 5 fire buttons?

I'll never repeat enough times how I consider the Vectrex pad one of the most advanced controllers ever released. As a side note, I like how with some games (ports of Space Invaders being perfect examples) the abundance of fire buttons allows for arcade-philological "ship" movement on scre...
by highinfidelity
Mon May 13, 2019 1:37 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: 3D printed joystick
Replies: 9
Views: 4105

Re: 3D printed joystick

Looks terrific, but what about the ergonomics? It looks quite hard to be held in hand, and one of the two buttons seems impossible to reach. It is not so "on the field"?
by highinfidelity
Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:08 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: How to read bits from tape
Replies: 22
Views: 12111

Re: How to read bits from tape

Now that the issue has been settled - I don't even understand if this is somehow related, but I remember that on the VIC20 manual, among the last "technical" pages, there was a sample program that was supposed to read data from tape by "buffering" them. The text pretended that th...
by highinfidelity
Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:55 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Two Days to the Race
Replies: 29
Views: 14298

Re: Two Days to the Race

Very nicely done! We now see that Emilia has violet eyes like Liz Taylor. And custom fonts are always a nice touch! 8)
by highinfidelity
Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:32 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Two Days to the Race
Replies: 29
Views: 14298

Re: Two Days to the Race

Seen the speed at which you performed this 40 columns conversion, I foresee that you're not going to be satisfied until your game will remain in three parts - you know you can do better than this, and this worm will dig your brain over and over and won't let you sleep at night. So I think I'll wait ...