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by groepaz
Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:47 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Suggestions, please!
Replies: 6
Views: 2320

Re: Suggestions, please!

I always found "Capture the flag" somewhat impressive, being such an early title with first person 3D
by groepaz
Tue May 16, 2023 4:29 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !
Replies: 17
Views: 4454

Re: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !

It's not as exaggerated as you might believe. It's not a question of believing. As said before, anything "hit" would be all across the usual places. Let alone "tremendous hit amongst Commodore 64 programmers, from beginners all the way up to seasoned coders." Vision BASIC does p...
by groepaz
Tue May 16, 2023 3:55 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !
Replies: 17
Views: 4454

Re: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !

To be honest, most of the time i don't bother, because i am really not that interested in those new games. I see what is being released (and what is not) though :) As for this BASIC compiler, i might take a brief look at it and play around with it for a while, IF it'd be available for free. I wont p...
by groepaz
Tue May 16, 2023 3:25 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !
Replies: 17
Views: 4454

Re: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !

In other words, don't expect all software to make its way there, especially if the developers step in. Am I wrong about this? Was the above just rhetoric on the part of their admins? a) CSDb is an archive, whatever is released gets an entry, sooner or later. That however doesn't necessarily mean th...
by groepaz
Mon May 15, 2023 1:29 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !
Replies: 17
Views: 4454

Re: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !

Could it be that the vast majority of purchasers aren't interested in posting it to nefarious websites?
As soon as it becomes a "hit", it will happen :)
by groepaz
Mon May 15, 2023 12:01 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !
Replies: 17
Views: 4454

Re: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !

I would hope there's no trained version on csdb.dk!

Vision BASIC is an actual commercial product currently being sold.
One doesn't contradict the other though. However, that there is no "crack" floating around anywhere, kinda tells you how much of a "hit" this is :)
by groepaz
Mon May 15, 2023 4:44 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !
Replies: 17
Views: 4454

Re: 1st ANNIVERSARY: Vision BASIC - New Paperback Edition - Fastest BASIC Compiler !

Vision BASIC has become a tremendous hit amongst Commodore 64 programmers, from beginners all the way up to seasoned coders.
WAT
by groepaz
Tue Apr 25, 2023 5:47 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: FPGA 6561 - PAL Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 4723

Re: FPGA 6561 - PAL Questions

of course you can never guarantee that some funky demo isn't going to write unexpected stuff to unexpected locations Very often its not those "funky demos" - but old games. The Demos mostly are coded very clean and made by people who knew exactly what they are doing - other than the games...
by groepaz
Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:11 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: FPGA 6561 - PAL Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 4723

Re: FPGA 6561 - PAL Questions

I think it would be fun to have it available, assuming it doesn't break anything. If i learned one thing in 25+ years of fiddling with emulation, it is: if it doesnt work 100% exactly like the real thing, it *will* break something. And yes, that includes everything "irrelevant" or "u...
by groepaz
Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:29 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: FPGA 6561 - PAL Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 4723

Re: FPGA 6561 - PAL Questions

As said before, contact that "Tobias" guy from Forum64 - he has the numbers in a nice table, and they arent in this weird form that VICE expects. I just randomly added or subtracted 180° or 360° or whatever until the VICE color generator produced the expected result - no idea why exactly i...
by groepaz
Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:54 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: FPGA 6561 - PAL Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 4723

Re: FPGA 6561 - PAL Questions

PAL VIC has no interlace mode.

For the Color Angles and Amplitudes, check https://sourceforge.net/p/vice-emu/code ... ic-color.c (You might want to contact "Tobias" on Forum64 for the raw measurements)
by groepaz
Sat Feb 18, 2023 6:37 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Jalapeno 2nd place
Replies: 12
Views: 1481

Re: Jalapeno 2nd place

Really outstanding picture, but i'd expect no less from The Sarge =)

Just mail him about workstages, he'll probably be happy to share them
by groepaz
Wed Feb 15, 2023 7:32 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: The Serial Speech Synthesizer SAM module
Replies: 7
Views: 945

Re: The Serial Speech Synthesizer SAM module

Sounds like it was the same project, it was released 2 years ago :)
by groepaz
Thu Feb 09, 2023 7:56 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Vic-20 starts searching for Pi
Replies: 4
Views: 686

Re: Vic-20 starts searching for Pi

This happens when the RAM at the top of basic (where the basic programs end and the strings are stored) is broken (or when it is ROM not RAM as expected). On the C64 anyway - but i guess its the same on the VIC :)