Heaven/TQA Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 ... that even on official b2b-sites this was published... good PR... http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=9940 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 ... that even on official b2b-sites this was published... good PR... http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=9940 886163[/snapback] Impressive ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 ... that even on official b2b-sites this was published... good PR... http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=9940 886163[/snapback] http://www.cronosoft.co.uk Site Temporarily Unavailable - Daily Bandwidth Limit Reached Shoot, I wanted to try out VIColumn before I mow the lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 http://www.cronosoft.co.uk Site Temporarily Unavailable - Daily Bandwidth Limit Reached That's a problem with the current host, i'm in the process of redesigning the Cronosoft site to heavily reduce bandwidth use and will be taking over hosting as well i believe. Shoot, I wanted to try out VIColumn before I mow the lawn. 886174[/snapback] Umm, y'can't try it from the site only buy it on tape or as an emulator image. There'll be a release version added to my site at www.cosine.org.uk (i coded ViColumn to avoid any confusion) in about a month's time after the tape version has a chance to make it's mark, so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 so it's time to reactivate my vic-20... but i should not be disattracted from finishing boinxx... but i love 4mat's stuff for the vic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Umm, y'can't try it from the site only buy it on tape or as an emulator image. There'll be a release version added to my site at www.cosine.org.uk (i coded ViColumn to avoid any confusion) in about a month's time after the tape version has a chance to make it's mark, so to speak. 886194[/snapback] Gotcha! Looks like I will be making my first ever purchase for a VIC20 game real soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Oh, here's a screenshot taken from the final beta but it didn't change visually after that; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 thank god for VIC variable screen sizes... does it include 4mat msx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 WOW... Now all we need id for them to start making some Atari 8-bit games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 just bet on a vic-20 on ebay + 16k cart... as far as i know i can connect my 1581 floppy from c64 as well??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 does it include 4mat msx? 886293[/snapback] Yup, complete game and soundtrack running from under 3583 bytes... WOW... Now all we need id for them to start making some Atari 8-bit games 886298[/snapback] They already are... well, i already am to be strictly accurate; Reaxion for the Atari 8bit is just being mastered up for tape so they can release it. So there'll be similar PR to what ViColumn had when that happens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 just bet on a vic-20 on ebay + 16k cart... as far as i know i can connect my 1581 floppy from c64 as well??? 886326[/snapback] i'm not a hundred percent sure about the 1581, in theory any Commodore serial device should work so it should be a happy bunny but check first on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted July 7, 2005 Author Share Posted July 7, 2005 got'em...http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5214426555 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 if only there were some easy way to make floppies that worked in a 1581 from a pc.... i love my vic, have never stopped playing it. can't wait to see new stuff on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalH Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 if only there were some easy way to make floppies that worked in a 1581 from a pc.... i love my vic, have never stopped playing it. can't wait to see new stuff on it. 887878[/snapback] You can. This particular program works best in straight DOS, however (but there is also information included to help you gain access to 1581 disks under x86 Linux). It works with standard D81 images, as used by many other tools (including VICE). It can handle both reading and writing disk images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 i mixed up the drive no. it's a simple 1541 in bright grey colour... as i have a c64 II... but this should work as well with my vic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 i mixed up the drive no. it's a simple 1541 in bright grey colour... as i have a c64 II... but this should work as well with my vic? 888186[/snapback] From memory it should be perfectly happy, the C64's disk system is a straight follow-on from the VIC because Commodore wanted to keep them device compatible, a stock 1541 should be a happy bunny and i'm relatively sure that i've used a 1541-II when i was showing VIC code one someone else's machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalH Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 (edited) You can also speed up the 1541 by about 25% with a VIC-20 by putting it in 1540 mode. Do this with the following BASIC statements: OPEN1,8,15,"UI-":CLOSE1 The drive will work fine without it, but it will be expecting the slower serial protocol of the C64, and since the VIC-20 has no badlines, the UI- command speeds it up. You can use that command on a C64 too, but you have to disable the screen, otherwise the badlines will trip up the serial accesses. Edited July 9, 2005 by LocalH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 if only there were some easy way to make floppies that worked in a 1581 from a pc.... i love my vic, have never stopped playing it. can't wait to see new stuff on it. 887878[/snapback] You can. This particular program works best in straight DOS, however (but there is also information included to help you gain access to 1581 disks under x86 Linux). It works with standard D81 images, as used by many other tools (including VICE). It can handle both reading and writing disk images. 887984[/snapback] is there some way to make 1581 images out of c64 executables (as many as would fit,) or out of 1541 disk images? and does the 1581 work on the vic, so i can copy files to 1581 disk using this app and then load them on my real vic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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