Infocom Head Scratcher

[+dhe]

I have this disk.

 

'lost treasures of infocom'

 

It says it has been hacked for the Geneve to run in 80-columns.

 

I tried MAME + Geneve + GPL + XB.

  the loader gives an option 8, for 80-columns.

   typing 8 results in further disk activity, with a return to the gpl main screen.

 

I also tried Classic99 + F18A - I get a corrupt display.

 

That got me to thinking. Is there an 'easy' way in either mame or classic99 to tell if software is trying to do a F18A or 9938/9958 'thing'?

 

Of course, the obvious answer would be file corruption.

hithike.dsk

[+mizapf]

4 hours ago, dhe said:

I tried MAME + Geneve + GPL + XB.

  the loader gives an option 8, for 80-columns.

   typing 8 results in further disk activity, with a return to the gpl main screen.

No, this actually worked for me. I used the normal Extended Basic in GPL mode, put the disk in floppy drive 1, and let Extended Basic run the LOAD file. I typed 8, and then it said at some time that I should insert disk 2, where I just hit Return.

 

 

 

My Geneve configuration is speech, TI RS232, WHTSCSI, and the DDCC1 disk controller.

 

[+dhe]

@mizapf  Hum... I did the same.

 

Mystery solved!

 

1) was running GPL 7.3, upgraded to 7.4.

2) GPL - Had to F6 - DSK1 emulation OFF.

 

Thanks - having someone else try something is very helpful.

 

 

[+mizapf]

Could it be that you have some files in the DSK1 folder that were loaded instead of the files from the floppy disk? Since I was using the WHTech SCSI controller, the DSK1 emulation is not available, so no need for me to turn it off.

[+dhe]

Yea - I was using an HFDC.

mame -window -oslog geneve -bios 1.00 -mouse -colorbus busmouse -peb:slot3 horizon -peb:slot4 speech -peb:slot5 tirs232 -peb:slot8 hfdc -peb:slot8:hfdc:h1 generic -peb:slot8:hfdc:h2 generic -peb:slot8:hfdc:h3 generic -peb:slot8:hfdc:f3 525dd -peb:slot8:hfdc:f4 525dd -hard1 genos7boot.HD -hard2 Bootdisk2.HD -hard3 Bootdisk3.HD -flop1 hithike.dsk -flop2 DSDD2.hfe -flop3 DSDD3.dsk -flop4 DSDD4.dsk -serl1 socket.localhost:10000

[+Torrax]

Are you using an image from my "Lost Treasures of Infocom Refresh" release?

As I updated the XB-OPT5 loader and cleaned up the menu selection screen.

Making it easier to tell which 80 column interpreter to pick.

 

Classic99 will run the 40C and the 80C F18A Interpreters.

 

Here is the thread with the latest release.

 

Also near the end are files for Classic99 with a new lowercase font and white text on a blue background.

 

 

 

[+dhe]

Hi @Torrax

   A friend sent me a disk image with just - doesn't work.

 

  I read the notes that it had been modded for the geneve.

 

  Initially I had problems loading, and in the end, it ended up being an issue related to the HFDC and DSK1 emulation, once sorted it works fine.

 

  Pretty sure the image I received is related to your work.

 

thanks for following up.