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by hawk
Sun May 21, 2006 11:25 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC-20 in Australia
Replies: 10
Views: 2116

VIC-20 in Australia

I was fortunate enough to recieve a large stack of "Electronics Australia" magazines from my Grandfather-inlaws estate, from the time when the VIC-20 was new. I'll be going through them, as time allows, looking for any VIC-20 related stuff to scan and put up for all to see. I guess I bette...
by hawk
Sun May 21, 2006 11:08 pm
Forum: Announcement Board
Topic: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?
Replies: 659
Views: 345238

I've never seen the character before, but then I grew up in the country, and we didn't get commercial TV channels. So I missed out on many animations in my youth. As such, I'm a great fan of them now.

What cartoon is it from?
by hawk
Wed May 17, 2006 6:54 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Omega-Race cartridge made to run on 8K ram expansion.
Replies: 25
Views: 16784

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tlr,

That's an excellent description of the conversion process. Well done!
A valuable contribution to the information pool. :D

Do you have somewhere suitable on your site (or someone elses) where it could be stored as a doc?

Hawk.
by hawk
Mon May 15, 2006 7:47 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: PC Keyboard Interface for VIC-20
Replies: 7
Views: 2098

Ruud, the link is to a Sun 3/50. As you can see, it resembles a "Pizza Box". These boxes are getting quite long in the tooth now, and are really only of interest to collectors and enthusiests. http://www.sun3zoo.de/50/dachs.jpg There should be enough room for a VIC-20, and possibly even a ...
by hawk
Fri May 12, 2006 5:09 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: PC Keyboard Interface for VIC-20
Replies: 7
Views: 2098

What about home made cases? One thought was to make it out of MDF, with inserts of plastic screwed to cover routed cutouts. Another idea I've also seen done as a PC case is say a VIC-20 built into one of the aluminium briefcases you can purchase. Complete with built in power supply for VIC, disk dri...
by hawk
Thu May 11, 2006 6:58 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: ....Spam, spam and spam...
Replies: 1
Views: 1246

There are a few real entrys in there, but other than that, I'd say you've been well and truely SPAMED!. :o

Once they've found you, you may as well pack up and go home. :cry:
by hawk
Wed May 10, 2006 9:42 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: PC Keyboard Interface for VIC-20
Replies: 7
Views: 2098

Thanks for the links guys, that's great. I've contacted Josef and Jim about getting hold of a converter. I'd probably still want to reprogram it if possible, as I would prefer the layout of the keys to be as per the PC, not the VIC. I'd also like to map commands to keys like; LOAD "$",8 LI...
by hawk
Tue May 09, 2006 6:49 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: PC Keyboard Interface for VIC-20
Replies: 7
Views: 2098

PC Keyboard Interface for VIC-20

I've been considering modding a VIC-20 to fit into a small format PC case (or something similar), but one of the problems I've had is with the ribbon cable required to attach the keyboard to the motherboard. It is too big and bulky (read ugly). So I figured that I could replace the VIC-20 keyboard w...
by hawk
Wed May 03, 2006 5:32 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Games which use Multicolor characters
Replies: 22
Views: 5419

Jungle Hunt has made good use of the 4x8.

But in general I'd have to agree that the resolution is just too low and most implementations look chunky...but isn't that part of the challenge? ;)
by hawk
Tue May 02, 2006 5:08 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Games which use Multicolor characters
Replies: 22
Views: 5419

OK...after further investigation, it seems as though there are quite a few games which are using the multicolor characters. The resolution, however, seems to be a real killer. http://www.retrogames-retrocomputer.com/ This is a site that I hadn't come across before and has a great presentation of scr...
by hawk
Tue May 02, 2006 4:26 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Games which use Multicolor characters
Replies: 22
Views: 5419

Don't most games do this? Not from what I've seen on the VIC. Most of them only use 2 colors per character...foreground and background. OK, so they can be different for every character on the screen, but each character still only uses 2 colors. I'm interested in ones which have the multicolor bit s...
by hawk
Mon May 01, 2006 10:14 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Games which use Multicolor characters
Replies: 22
Views: 5419

Games which use Multicolor characters

I really like the game Dragon Wing, although it is extremely difficult, and think that the graphics and motion is exceptionally smooth. I was interested to know of any other games which use the multicolor character mode of the Vic. I moved this question to the programming forum, as it's really from...
by hawk
Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:59 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: VG Pocket Game
Replies: 5
Views: 1646

The direct-to-TV style controllers can be hacked back into an NES (See Ben Heck's page http://benheck.com/Games/Nintendo_projects/NESp/NESp%20page%201.htm ) What I would like to know is whether it is possible to hack the Pocket Boy Micro (as it is sold here in Australia). Maybe to add some SRAM so t...
by hawk
Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:55 pm
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: Emulator or Vic 20
Replies: 11
Views: 5919

I use both. Mostly I use an emulator for a quick look at games to see what they're like, and definitely when developing. But if I'm going to play a game seriously, I'd rather do it on the original machine. Mostly I use disks, but I'd like to put some games on tape (just for the hell of it.) I just h...
by hawk
Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:15 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: What TV do YOU have?
Replies: 28
Views: 13765

Cathode Ray Tube - Old style TV with Red Green and Blue colour guns, not LCD or Plasma.