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Post by buzbard on Feb 13, 2016 15:24:58 GMT
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Post by buzbard on Feb 12, 2016 15:26:33 GMT
Nice info, thanks. I have a table top Asteroids arcade machine, which internally is identical to the upright version, it has dip switches to change the mode. I can confirm that the CPU is a MOS-6502, there's a high-score save kit that plugs into the CPU socket.
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Post by buzbard on Feb 2, 2016 15:07:17 GMT
I agree, MS seems to be focusing on visual appeal instead of usefulness and I fear that it's only going to get worse.
One thing you can do is, and this may not be the answer you're looking for, open a command prompt in the target folder and type:
FINDSTR /I/M "_FILE" *.* The '/I' makes the search non-case sensitive, '/M' lists only the filename. You can even redirect '>' the output to a file and open it in notepad assuming .txt files are associated with notepad.
FINDSTR /I/M "_FILE" *.*> output.txt && start output.txt
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Post by buzbard on Jan 28, 2016 21:08:20 GMT
Ok, ESAVE seems to BSAVE a copy of BASIC 7.1 plus whatever BASIC program is in memory. Obviously the author intended a BASIC boot program to be included, probably a simple SYS line.
MERGE does what you might think, it merges a program on disk with the one in memory. If the programs have the same line numbers the one in memory will not be overwritten.
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Post by buzbard on Jan 24, 2016 18:04:42 GMT
Interesting, were there no other documents on the disk?
The CWIND shadow parameter only works for windows created on the 80 column screen and only if the main background color is not black. A value of zero is no shadow and non-zero displays a shadow.
10 graphic5,1 20 color6,2 30 window5,5,30,20,1 40 cwind3,0:print"{home}{black}red no shadow 50 window40,5,65,20,1 60 cwind7,1:print"{home}{black}blue with shadow
I disassembled the code, SHOW and HIDE are supposed to show or hide portions of the 80 column display but the code doesn't seem to work in VICE. The code modifies VDC registers $22 and $23 which are (from Compute's Mapping the Commodore 128):
34/$22 Beginning position for horizontal blanking 35/$23 Ending position for horizontal blanking
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Post by buzbard on Nov 30, 2015 16:54:54 GMT
I've never used one that size before, I have used smaller ones that are only about 8 pins, but it's a special socket adapter that has the connectors on top slightly offset so that each side only connects to every other wire in the ribbon, and there's usually a cap that holds the ribbon in place. I don't remember what they are called exactly, we used to use them to connect small prototype boards. Edit: Just found them, they're called IDC Ribbon Headers.
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Post by buzbard on Nov 29, 2015 16:04:05 GMT
I think something like this might work: Then just attach a ZIF socket to the other end and pass it through the user or cassette port.
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Post by buzbard on Nov 7, 2015 21:46:46 GMT
Awesome game, I remember finding it on some user group disk that I had back in the day and I still have it in my (very limited) C128 game collection today. I was amazed back then that it actually used on the 80col screen. Thanks for reminding me of this awesome game! Off to play some Alien Invaders!
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Post by buzbard on Oct 1, 2015 18:56:55 GMT
I do some windows programming in Visual Basic, and from my experience the hourglass is not automatic, when there is going to be a pause, for instance, saving or loading a large file, I usually turn on the hourglass then turn it off afterward. I'm not sure if the hourglass is automatic anywhere else in windows. Just sounds like poor programming to me.
I have experienced the same scenario where a program looks as though it failed then I get multiple instances. Try this: when an app/program looks as though it has failed, right click the task bar at the bottom and select Task Manager, then click the Processes tab to see if the program is running before you try and start it again.
Most, if not all, of my programs check to see if there is a previous instance running before they start.
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Post by buzbard on Sept 28, 2015 15:38:14 GMT
I agree, as Matthew Brodreick said in War Games, "The more complicated they are, the more they have to help you out.", but that's not the case anymore. The newer generations are getting "lazier" all the time, the ultimate goal for them seems to be to get paid for doing nothing. Which is sad, because things are only get worse. And, since WinX is free, you get what you paid for.
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