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- Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:40 pm
- Forum: Other Systems
- Topic: VIC20 / C64 chargen
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2551
Re: VIC20 / C64 chargen
I just tried it and you are quite right!! Doesn't work at all. Characters look like random scuzz with the VIC-20 chargen.
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:13 pm
- Forum: Collecting and History
- Topic: Unusual set of carts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1904
Re: Unusual set of carts
Very cool
I love a good mystery!
I love a good mystery!
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:12 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: VIC-20cr Reloaded?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1096
Re: VIC-20cr Reloaded?
My bad - just found the thread here on Denial: http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bul ... php?t=8183
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:09 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: VIC-20cr Reloaded?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1096
VIC-20cr Reloaded?
Just stumbled on this ... http://www.6502.org/users/sjgray/projec ... index.html
Does anyone here know anything more about this project? Sounds intriguing.
Does anyone here know anything more about this project? Sounds intriguing.
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:56 pm
- Forum: Other Systems
- Topic: VIC20 / C64 chargen
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2551
Re: VIC20 / C64 chargen
Will try it and see. My plasma TV gets a much better picture from composite input than my old CRT did from the RF signal back in 1982! I think for TVs using the modulator you are probably tight that the C64 needed those fat characters to avoid colour fringing. I really don't like the C64 font and wo...
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 12:17 pm
- Forum: Other Systems
- Topic: VIC20 / C64 chargen
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2551
Re: VIC20 / C64 chargen
I am thinking with a modern TV and a composite connection (no RF) the VIC20 chargen is the better choice.
Since I have a few VICs I may 'borrow' the chargen from one of them for my C64.
Since I have a few VICs I may 'borrow' the chargen from one of them for my C64.
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:27 am
- Forum: Other Systems
- Topic: VIC20 / C64 chargen
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2551
VIC20 / C64 chargen
Is it just me that thinks the C64 looks way better with the VIC20 chargen ROM?
For that matter, the VIC looks much better with the C64 chargen too.
Maybe I will swap them!
For that matter, the VIC looks much better with the C64 chargen too.
Maybe I will swap them!
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:37 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Release: CBC News App (RSS Reader)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7357
RSS Reader v0.9
Here is v0.9 of the RSS Reader. The big improvement with this release is that the news feeds are no longer hard-coded. Now there is a config file (rss.conf) which allows you to configure your own feeds. See rss.readme for full details. The file is in ASCII, so you can edit it on a PC and just copy i...
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:59 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Release: CBC News App (RSS Reader)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7357
Re: Release: CBC News App (RSS Reader)
In v0.8 you can hit space or return to pause the output. A page-by-page mode would be quite nice too, I agree!
Right now I am working on adding support for a configuration file so that you guys can add your own feeds. I should have a beta release for testing pretty soon.
Right now I am working on adding support for a configuration file so that you guys can add your own feeds. I should have a beta release for testing pretty soon.
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:51 am
- Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
- Topic: Modem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1162
Re: Modem
The WiModem wifi modem works very nicely on VIC-20!
The old Commodore modems still work as well if you want to connect with a regular phone line.
The old Commodore modems still work as well if you want to connect with a regular phone line.
- Thu Mar 16, 2017 2:38 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Release: CBC News App (RSS Reader)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7357
Re: Release: CBC News App (RSS Reader)
1200 is as fast as the kernal routines will go on either VIC-20 or C64. On the C64, if the commodoreserver.com drivers are loaded, it is possible to do 2400 baud also. In principal, 38.4Kbaud is also possible with the commodoreserver.com drivers (but I think the RSS Reader code would need to be modi...
- Thu Mar 16, 2017 5:40 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Release: CBC News App (RSS Reader)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7357
Re: Release: CBC News App (RSS Reader)
I would love to get to the bottom of the issue with the random lockups. It is interesting to hear that it occurs with a device other than the WiModem. It seems that when we request a URL with a longer body (such as New York Times RSS feeds) then sometimes the body is truncated in the middle. I have ...
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:26 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
- Topic: I don't think anyone will be buying this VIC...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1978
Re: I don't think anyone will be buying this VIC...
"Shows signs of normal use w/ some scuffs / scratches / blemishes / sticker residue. "
Looks like it was found buried in a field.
Looks like it was found buried in a field.
- Sun Mar 12, 2017 11:07 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: RS-232
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1312
Re: RS-232
srowe modestly did not mention that they created a wedge that replaces the VIC-20's buggy RS-232 kernal code.
Hardware flow control seems to work with this RS-232 wedge. (At least I can use the RTS line to 'pause' and 'unpause' the modem.)
Hardware flow control seems to work with this RS-232 wedge. (At least I can use the RTS line to 'pause' and 'unpause' the modem.)
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:54 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Read from RS-232, write to disk
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1730
Read from RS-232, write to disk
I am trying to understand the riddle of how to receive data over RS-232 and write it to a diskette (SD2IEC) file. I have already established that if I do a naive read-a-byte write-a-byte loop, then the data obtained from RS-232 is corrupted. My next attempt is to read from RS-232 into a buffer. When...