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by tokra
Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:54 am
Forum: Games
Topic: New release: COMETFALL
Replies: 16
Views: 6208

New version with proportional font! Looking nice! However I needed to activate 24K RAM expansion for it to work. With 16K I get a CPU JAM at $64B8 in VICE. Maybe this is due to the decruncher? If you pack a game tightly into 16K there is no room for the decruncher to do its work. It looks like you ...
by tokra
Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:21 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Vic picture
Replies: 5
Views: 2757

Neat! Will you put the files up on pouet.net and link to them from here? Would like to see this on a real VIC.
by tokra
Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:43 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: WIP: Cometfall
Replies: 30
Views: 5636

Yes, it's a little tricky. That's why I made my own example after I got it :D A command line like: exomizer sfx 26603 -t52 -n auto.prg has the following meaning: sfx = create auto-start-program 26603 = this is the start address of the program after decrunching, eg. SYS26603 (you can use basic instea...
by tokra
Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:47 am
Forum: Games
Topic: WIP: Cometfall
Replies: 30
Views: 5636

I'd prefer a single file as well if possible. Just easier to handle than a .d64 and if one wanted to transfer it to tape that would be possible as well. Using pucrunch or exomizer (which I prefer) all those 0-bytes are just happily crunched away :D
by tokra
Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:35 am
Forum: Games
Topic: WIP: Cometfall
Replies: 30
Views: 5636

Anything that adds to readability is welcome :) . Another solution would be to add rows/columns keeping the VIC regular characters. BTW, when playing those adventures in VICE, I use a lower aspect ratio (0.5) And suddenly LONGSCREEN does not seem so silly anymore. I still wouldn't turn my monitor s...
by tokra
Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:44 am
Forum: Games
Topic: WIP: Cometfall
Replies: 30
Views: 5636

Great work! I was going to suggest using a more eye-friendly font, but I see you are even going for a proportional font compared to fixed-width. I think that has never been done on the VIC, so way to go!
by tokra
Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:37 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Save using FFD8
Replies: 2
Views: 781

This is standard VICE-behaviour. You should disable the "Write .P00"-option in "Settings-Peripherhal settings" in VICE. Then it will always overwrite the same file. However for a real 1541 this will provide a "FILE EXISTS" error. So you have to use the @: option to over...
by tokra
Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:14 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: WTB: VIC-20 NTSC with DIN-power connector
Replies: 0
Views: 864

WTB: VIC-20 NTSC with DIN-power connector

As noted here I'm looking for a NTSC VIC-20 with a DIN-power connector. Looking for some weeks on ebay.com I realize that this is probably not the way to go. To many "not sure if it works", extremely high shipping costs and poorly described items I cannot make out the power connector on an...
by tokra
Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:39 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: I need a Basic ROM chip
Replies: 5
Views: 848

Nope, never did business with him, just noted the site was listed in a C64-DiskMag once. However since emails sometimes fall off the radar, you should be able to just call him. I see he has a phone-number in the "Impressum" on his page.
by tokra
Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:45 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: I need a Basic ROM chip
Replies: 5
Views: 848

You can also get it from http://www.3d-video.de/shop/index.html for 6,99 EUR + shipping. Still not in the UK - but closer to home...
by tokra
Mon Dec 26, 2011 4:02 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Sentoria Reader
Replies: 0
Views: 550

Sentoria Reader

Does someone still have the Sentoria-reader from VICTRAGIC? I'd like to check this out, but the original link is dead :-(

Update: Oops, me so stoopid. New link is right there on the page... http://users.adam.com.au/grichards/SENTORIA.d64
by tokra
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:43 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: NTSC-VIC in PAL-machine?
Replies: 7
Views: 1390

Thanks for the info. I might get one then. I'm interested in the "Interlace"-feature of VIC-register 0 (36864). As far as I see VICE does not support this (yet?). Let's see if I can find a old monitor/TV that can display the 60 Hz NTSC-signal.
by tokra
Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:29 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: NTSC-VIC in PAL-machine?
Replies: 7
Views: 1390

Warming up this question... Could I use an NTSC-VIC with the round connector with the same (europen) power supply or would I need a 110V -> 230V transformer? Are there even NTSC VIC-20s with round DIN-power-connectors?
by tokra
Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:31 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: NTSC-VIC in PAL-machine?
Replies: 7
Views: 1390

Thanks for the info. Probably easier just to get an NTSC-VIC off Ebay then.
by tokra
Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:00 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: NTSC-VIC in PAL-machine?
Replies: 7
Views: 1390

NTSC-VIC in PAL-machine?

This may be a silly question, but: Could I use an NTSC-VIC chip (6560) in a PAL-machine or would I run into problems? The PAL-machine has 220V, 50Hz, while an NTSC-machine would have 110V, 60Hz for power supply. Would the VIC-chip "care"? Is the NTSC-board different from the PAL-board? If ...