Load it with ,8,1 and then SYS64802 to start it.alterus wrote:Ok, so I ran the vicmidi.prg and it just gives a READY....
Is it supposed to do something more?
It's written as an autostart cartridge image.
Load it with ,8,1 and then SYS64802 to start it.alterus wrote:Ok, so I ran the vicmidi.prg and it just gives a READY....
Is it supposed to do something more?
I'd peruse the docs on the git repo:R'zo wrote: I had more time to mess around. The keyboard action is smooth and quick. Channels 1-4 work beautifully. All other channels don't seem to be functioning. I am using a cheap casio keyboard that I bought at target over 6 years ago so it could possibly be the fault of my equipment. When I switch between channels with everything on I get a lot of noise and have to reset the vic and reload vicmidi. If I try to control the vic midi with a sequencer I get a lot of noise as well.
It is wonderful to finally get to hook a keyboard up to my vic and go to town. I have been having a lot of fun with this and can't wait to see what kind of programs people are going to come up with for this. I also can't wait until I can find the time to mess around with programming for it myself.
It would be nice if you could control the volume and bank settings via the vics keyboard. The controls on my usb board are pretty stripped down.
Are you using an old MT-260? I just picked one up from a thrift store and the docs say it only transmits and receives channels 1 to 4.R'zo wrote:I had more time to mess around. The keyboard action is smooth and quick. Channels 1-4 work beautifully. All other channels don't seem to be functioning. I am using a cheap casio keyboard that I bought at target over 6 years ago so it could possibly be the fault of my equipment..
I really like this label! I'll see about scavenging an old cart from a duplicate game I have and cut it for the VICMIDI.elwee wrote:I accordance with Jim, I created a first draft for the VICMIDI cart label. First idea is to keep it in the style of application carts from C=. Game cart style is of also possible maybe later.
Due to strange things going on here with the forum frontend I cannot upload the pic into this thread.
So for the time being, it's hosted on postimg:
http://postimg.org/image/uljofbfor/
Your thoughts?
From the forum and elsewhere on this forum:alterus wrote:Ok, so I was able to get the vicmidi program to run.. Just to be explicit, both the vicmidi and vicmidi.prg are "prg" files. I used Dirmaster to put them on the same d64 image. On the disk they are named "vicmidi" and "vicmidi.prg", both prg files.
So my next question is how do we use the Utilimen part of the cart? How do we enable ram? It appears to be very powerful hardware, but I have no idea how to use it or get it setup. Please provide some detailed instructions for making this work... Thanks!
How do we use these two files? Do we need to setup up something on the VICMIDI first? I put flash4file and flash.bin on a d81 image and ran flash4file and it didn't work.brain wrote: If you want some games/utils on the unit:
downloads flash4file and flash.bin
load and run flash4file and it will store some apps in the flash (not the VICMIDI app, though, need to fix that)
Jim
To enable RAM, you have to decide what RAM to enable, and then set the soft switches.alterus wrote:Thanks for all that info. I'm still not clear how to enable ram though.. Do I need to poke or peek in Vic20 basic to enable, say 32kb or ram? I don't understand how we are supposed to use the thing...
Rename flash.bin to ultimem.bin and try it. I have both on my sd card and it looks the file needs to be called ultimem.binHow do we use these two files? Do we need to setup up something on the VICMIDI first? I put flash4file and flash.bin on a d81 image and ran flash4file and it didn't work.brain wrote: If you want some games/utils on the unit:
downloads flash4file and flash.bin
load and run flash4file and it will store some apps in the flash (not the VICMIDI app, though, need to fix that)
Jim
Thanks for you help.