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Post by mrbombermillzy on Apr 26, 2018 21:03:13 GMT
...so I was itching to try this game... I booted up WinVICE x128 with no joystick attached and holding my 6 week old baby in one arm.. basically using the keyboard one handed! I did manage to have a little go. Well, all I can say initially, is that its certainly fast enough! What a cracking little game!
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Apr 26, 2018 19:16:20 GMT
OMG! How did I miss this!?! AND version 1+2? From judlands blog: "Most importantly, the game play is fast and the controls are very responsive. Playing a game like this, you would never know that the C128's VDC chip doesn't have hardware sprites." I dont have the time to try it yet, but if the above is true, there will be a few people from this forum dissasembling the code to have a peek! Good find judland. Thanks for the heads up. cbmguy: Yes please to v1 and 2!
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Mar 25, 2018 20:44:47 GMT
@zippy zapp: Ive tried to get one of those Atari VCS Driving controllers to work on the C64/128. Unfortunately, the pinouts are not standard. The POT and FIRE were wired on the wrong pins (it had'nt been hacked or re-wired!) for a C64. I believe the one I have was for the Sears VCS, but I guessed that this would be the same as the 'standard' VCS ones, so your linked post is puzzling. :s Perhaps there are different types, but the one I have is definitely wrong for the C= 8 bitters! (?) hydrophilic: Great work there! As others have said, a VDC version would rock, but I understand how impractical this can be. I always respect someone attempting ANY game on the 128! Keep it up!!
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Jan 14, 2018 14:03:07 GMT
I seem to have bitten off more than I can chew this month (as usual!) Still having trouble locating the SD2IEC unit for my driveless test C128D, and I dont have a NTSC C128 unit either, but just to let you know I am still 100% with you.. in spirit at least! lol! Great work! Keep going!
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Jan 4, 2018 20:19:42 GMT
I managed to almost fry my 64Kb VDC 128DCR by the extreme resolution expanding experiments I was doing earlier last year: c-128.freeforums.net/thread/439/high-resolution-methodThe poor thing was resetting of its own accord afterwards and I have not dared look at it for quite a while. However, I do have a plastic case 128D and a SD2IEC unit which should fit it, so I should be good to go once I locate all the bits. Im presuming that there were far fewer revisions of the VICIIe than for the 8563/8VDC (?), so this should hopefully mean whatever you glean here will work on ALL C128 computers rather than the mess that is the VDC... at this 'to the metal' level anyway! The only fly in the ointment here being wether you are using the 8564, 66 or 69 but then it should just be a case of changing the cycle counting slightly. Anyhow, good luck and keep going!
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Jan 1, 2018 16:33:28 GMT
I wont really get time to look at your code for a few days at least, but Im very happy that you are going down this particular route. Its one of the C128's avenues of research that I had wanted to explore at some point. Please do keep up the good work. Well done so far!
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Apr 23, 2017 18:49:26 GMT
I mean 80 column VDC output from the 9 pin Video port.
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Apr 23, 2017 17:35:58 GMT
Not RF, Composite video.
I hacked a lead together to see if one of my DCR's were working.
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Apr 23, 2017 17:24:51 GMT
Only just seen this.
I have connected a DCR to my TV composite input before and it works. (A bit blurry though).
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Post by mrbombermillzy on Apr 23, 2017 12:03:56 GMT
Ive been away for a while Miro. I was going to write down some more steps for you to try. However, it looks like I may have damaged my VDC!! I have tried running my VDC register status program and after a few register changes, the C128D appeared to reset. Thinking it was some sort of bad register setting, I reloaded it and tried again. It got progressively worse, to the point where I was turning the C128D on and it would reset within ~5 seconds. Then once it wouldnt even turn on at all! It acts exactly like I am resetting the computer. So with this problem, I am pretty much stumped for any further experimentation for now. However, it has given me some things to think about. Im thinking that this line of resolution boosting is not particularly practical for most situations. Im not seeing too many people with my exact setup and for those that dont, the lengths I am going to are just not attainable with normal equipment. On going back to my PVM monitor, I couldnt get anywhere close to the same limits and this seems like the case for Miro too. (Not sure what anyone else is getting, as no one has mentioned about trying any of this out). With what has just happened to my setup, I dont blame anyone for not trying too! It seems that there are 2 options for high horizontal resolution on the 8568: 1.) Pushing the frequency down by extending the total displayed characters. 2.) Increasing the VDC pixel clock. I have tried the first, to the limits (and it seems to the detriment of both monitor and VDC!) and can only conclude at this present time, that the VDC is a DELICATE piece of silicon! More updates when I have time to figure out what is wrong. @ Hydro: dont worry Im not sure why the pictures you are seeing are of poor quality though..?
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