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CSDb Discussions: "urban legends" from the scene /The Phantom

The Phantom — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:26:40 +0200

FOE used to have strict initiations.. We never played that hovering over you while you coded crap, but we did want to see something fresh and new and something creative. I think "Memberdrive" says something along those lines..

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On a personal level....

We had a party to celebrate the merging of FOE and Vortex. Oddly enough, Wrong Way had this blow up skeleton that was inflated and I was found laying in bed with it. I was drunk, but not that drunk, as I wasn't passed out. Man, I don't remember much of that night, haha.. I don't think pictures were taken (I hope not).. But there were some incredibly strange moments during that party. We asked what a skull sounded like and actually got an answer to it. It's all explained in that merger demo (likely under the Dream label... party I think it was called).. Funny stuff in that.

We had drunk tests.. hahaha.. Mine was a "nip up".. What you see those chinese dudes doing when knocked to the ground in those karate flicks. Spring back up to your feet from your back.. If I couldn't do it, I was drunk.

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Strider used to take "holiday" in the states and he came to our house, because my little brothers bbs (Centrum) was the #1 amiga bbs at that time. He gave me a PAL c64 motherboard, which I stupidly gave away at some point. But I used it for a while when my NTSC machine broke down. Not fun coding NTSC demos on a pal machine. Bad thing was, I didn't get color when hooked to my 1702.
(I do have pictures!!!!).. I could also be mistaken on the person, might not have been Strider.. I honestly can't recall who it was as I was always drunk back in those days.

I can put a link up of the picture of us "creaming" each other with shaving cream.. Good times those were..

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One of the "bitches" I used to date spread a rumor that I was dead. I think this was back in the mid 90's and when I called Wrong Way, he was shocked! He told me the story of the rumor and I was amazed at it. Some will say I spread the rumor, but that is simply not true. I would never fake my own death!!!

CSDb Discussions: Looking for 1541 ultimate experiences /Jan Harries

Jan Harries — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:09:19 +0200

its wonderful, the best hardware extension made for c64 ever.

i havent used my real 500+ c64 disks for 2 years, i just use the 1541U, and it just works.

i code demos in the turbo ass that is in the TASS cartridge, which has action replay inside too, so its fastloader+sprite ripper, monitor, and all those things, in 1 unit.

just write TASS in basic , and you fly!

a few bugs happen, but not many, all demos and games work, and with F3 (DMA load), you load a 202 block program in 2 secs.

i would say, get it before Gideon stop making them, its the best there ever was. its SSD for your C64.

and it has built in .sid player

CSDb Discussions: NTSC Screen Dimensions /Groepaz

Groepaz — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:28:11 +0200

pal/ntsc screenshots from the same display would probably be very helpful.... please do it :) as for size.... bigger is better (ask your gf) =) no idea HOW big it still makes sense though =)

CSDb Discussions: Looking for 1541 ultimate experiences /WVL

WVL — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:38:52 +0200

1541 emulation is virtually 100%, everything just works. There might be a few .g64 or other nifty copy protected disks that give problems, but anything on .d64 will work.

It doesnt have a fastloader built in, but it emulates cartridges, like action replay and final cartridge. So you can use the fastloaders of those cartridges instead. Also you can load a different rom into the emulated 1541, like jiffy dos.

There are still some problems, at least with the 1541u-I version. Specifically with the way the freezers of the cartridges are handled and with the network emulation (RRnet emulation).

If you want it to watch demos, play games, then it is THE device for you. If you want it for codenet, you might not be satisfied because of the bugs/mistakes in the rrnet emulation.

The ones you can order now, the 1541u-II, I have no experience with. The 1541u-II does not have network as of yet (but maybe it will in the future through the USB port).

CSDb Discussions: Looking for 1541 ultimate experiences /Trap

Trap — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:39:40 +0200

Hi all,

I'm considering getting the http://www.1541ultimate.net/content/index.php
Before doing so I'd like to hear from anybody who has first hand experience.
My biggest concern is how will the 1541 emulation is implemented and how fast loaders and cartridges work with it. Also, does it have built-in fast loader?

Thanks for sharing.

Trap

CSDb Discussions: NTSC Screen Dimensions /Darth Plagueis

Darth Plagueis — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:00:09 +0200

@Groepaz: I use a SONY Trinitron PVM-1343MD with my C64s which autodetects PAL or NTSC, to I can alternate between 64 hardware.

I would be more than willing to contribute some digital photos..What resolution(s) would be preferred for these screen shots?

-dp

CSDb Discussions: NTSC Screen Dimensions /saehn

saehn — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:02:03 +0200

Happy to help NTSC VICE, at least in this small way. Grab mine here:

http://www.filedropper.com/img0292

It's from my C128D running on a 2002 monitor. I left it big in case the detail matters.

C64 Coding: Bounty for Apple II Taipan port to C64 /trip6

trip6 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:54:23 +0200

Check cleared for my last consulting gig... So I added $150.00 plus paypal fees to the bounty as promised... I would encourage others to contribute and might add another $50 in the month of august depending on how things go. Thanks for your efforts Pete... I look forward to seeing this on a C64. Maybe a option to toggle the money lender bug on and off would be a good option to... if you want to read about it just google taipan money lender bug... But you probably already spotted it in the code...

<http://commodorebounty.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar..>

C64 Coding: UltraEdit and Kick Assembler Thread /TWW

TWW — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:42:55 +0200

Fucking aye! It works... JCB your a good man, I don't care what they say about you!

edit: I figgured some shit out :)

More questions will follow!

CSDb Discussions: photos of computer setups /reject

reject — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:15:08 +0200

here're my 15 square metres of joy..

Flashed XBox360 inc ext.HD, flashed PS1, Atari VCS 2600, SKY-box with several media-players (all connected at Grundig vision 42" TV)

C64 + J.Schemmels Exos V3, portableTV with Rufa RKV610 amplifier (build 1960), 2x 1541, 1530 + 1531, 1084S (C64 II ontop) Amiga500 kick1.3 2MB + 2nd keyboard at Fujitsu Flatmon.

view from my mainplace

C64 Coding: UltraEdit and Kick Assembler Thread /JCB

JCB — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:33:45 +0200

You need to read up on the UE options ;) There are different % commands for filenames, filenames with paths etc here so INPUT could be %n%e or just %f for full path. Output can be %n.obj etc

*edit*
btw, using the % variables will make it work on the file you're currently editing. If you've got a fixed "main" file just hard code that into the commandline or you could do "%p"main.asm (not sure if you need the " with kick ass or if it's needed because EU needs it that way so give it a try with and without.

Also when using %n%e you probably need to set the working directory with %p, that's how I do it to call ATASM.

Pete

CSDb Discussions: silesia party 4 aka silesi4 /Raf

Raf — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:25:15 +0200

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114225771961645

anyone willing to sponsor/support the party with some cash or prizes? if so please contant me! :)

if you wanna SiLESi4 T-shirt - please contact me, so there will be one preordered for you :)
www.vulture.c64.org

CSDb Discussions: "urban legends" from the scene /sailor

sailor — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:04:26 +0200

> Wasn't it the party where someone fall from the roof
> right onto a hall stand in the entrance of the hall?

I heard, from a Censor member, that the guy was jumping on some plastic dome on the roof which collapsed.. It was prolly in the entrance because he landed on some place to store clothes on.

..Someone came running into the entrance hall, seeing the guy lying there and seeing a Censor member.. Well it made him believing that the Censor member had thrown him there and that prolly started another rumour :)

/Jani

CSDb Discussions: "urban legends" from the scene /Cresh

Cresh — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:56:44 +0200

Thanks for carifying. Another myth busted! ;)

Yes, it was there and that guy was http://noname.c64.org/csdb/scener/?id=3120

CSDb Discussions: "urban legends" from the scene /Slator

Slator — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:34:18 +0200

it is true, the Censor guys (who actually looked very scary in their skinhead clothing) forced the orgas to pay their money or they trash the partyplace.

The reason behind it was that some Scandinavians (don't remember who it actually was, maybe FLT) "hooked" up to the public phone in the mainhall and were calling some US-boards to leech the latest warez. The orgas said they had to pay for it, so there wouldn't be any prize-money left.

Wasn't it the party where someone fall from the roof right onto a hall stand in the entrance of the hall? The sample of the fall was used in some demo, which I don't remember right now, maybe starion?

CSDb Discussions: "urban legends" from the scene /Jazzcat

Jazzcat — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:22:36 +0200

Cresh, hahah... I wouldn't put that past some of the Censor guys, particularly Dr.Cool

C64 Coding: UltraEdit and Kick Assembler Thread /Groepaz

Groepaz — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:38:58 +0200

i would expect it has to be $INPUT or %INPUT or sth like that.

C64 Coding: UltraEdit and Kick Assembler Thread /TWW

TWW — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:31:13 +0200

You where right Jack! thanx.

The funny shit was that I copied this argument directly from project64 :)

Alright now as this is fixed my next problem is as follows(sight):

//------------------------------------------------------
//------------------------------------------------------
// Kick Assembler v3.11 - (C)2006-2009 Mads Nielsen
//------------------------------------------------------
//------------------------------------------------------
Error: Inputfile 'INPUT' doesn't exist.

all statements as in my original post except the minus thingy.

CSDb Discussions: NTSC Screen Dimensions /Groepaz

Groepaz — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:41:20 +0200

sooo... time to fix NTSC output in VICE :)

i already added proper support for aspect ratio (0,936 for pal, 0,75 for ntsc), which makes the currently wrong border dimensions very obvious :)

redrumloa made this screencapture: http://hitmen.c02.at/temp/real_ntsc_c128_captured.png which is already a nice starting point. however, i'd like to see a couple more screenshots, which have been made with a camera from actual ntsc monitors. both from "normal" monitors, and also from one which is in use by a coder who tweaked the geometry settings to show as much border as possible (this is needed for the "full borders" option).

so ntsc people... your turn :)

(oh and, if you happen to own a DREAN setup - same thing there, screenshots please :))

CSDb Discussions: C64-SX for sale (maybe) /Jazzcat

Jazzcat — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:57 +0200

Yes. I could pick it up X.

Would like to get a modded C64DTV also.

CSDb Discussions: Help test x64sc, the next generation x64. /hyperactive

hyperactive — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:12:30 +0200

it's r22731

CSDb Discussions: Help test x64sc, the next generation x64. /hyperactive

hyperactive — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:09:08 +0200

Hi guys.
The original g64 game of "Mikie" from Action city will not load on this new version of vice (Version 2.2.5)
On vice 2.2, it loads without a problem, but on 2.2.5, I get a CPU jam error at 14b9.

CSDb Discussions: "urban legends" from the scene /Groepaz

Groepaz — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:21:22 +0200

whats your point? are you still claiming that that isnt the case ?! =P

CSDb Discussions: "urban legends" from the scene /Carrion

Carrion — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:11:53 +0200

in 93 or 94 some people were talking that i'm too young too pixel (actually i still look too young to my age ;))
and all my pictures were pixeled by my dad.