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by desiv
Thu Dec 02, 2021 12:18 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: New game: Vegetables Deluxe - VIC20 3K +8K (blk0 and blk1)
Replies: 7
Views: 663

Re: New game: Vegetables Deluxe - VIC20 3K +8K (blk0 and blk1)

I've seen some other games list the +3K +8K too, and I've thought that was a bit odd... You'd care to cite actual examples? Looks like you are right... The ones I was thinking I was seeing look like they actually had a 3K and an 8K version, not requiring both. (Like Panicman) I saw "3k/8k"...
by desiv
Thu Dec 02, 2021 10:57 am
Forum: Games
Topic: New game: Vegetables Deluxe - VIC20 3K +8K (blk0 and blk1)
Replies: 7
Views: 663

Re: New game: Vegetables Deluxe - VIC20 3K +8K (blk0 and blk1)

Picked this one up... Fun game... Admittedly, I haven't tried it on my real Vic yet, as I need to re-organize the office a bit. Darn cleaning up for the holidays!!! ;-( ;-( ;-) I've found the two most common RAM configs I've been using are unexpanded and fully expanded, and with the emulator at leas...
by desiv
Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:19 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Free Games from Double Sided Games (including Fire VIC20)
Replies: 3
Views: 489

Re: Free Games from Double Sided Games (including Fire VIC20)

Thanx, just picked up some free games there...
And then I remembered I didn't have Realms of Quest V yet, so... :-)
by desiv
Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:51 am
Forum: Games
Topic: The Queen's Footsteps: Physical release
Replies: 40
Views: 7186

Re: The Queen's Footsteps: Physical release

Yep, congrats!
Looks great!

And that's a nice looking 40 column font too!!!
by desiv
Tue Mar 03, 2020 3:53 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Anyone have success running "PET LOADER"
Replies: 16
Views: 6296

Re: Anyone have success running "PET LOADER"

I think the Avalon Hill games were programmed in almost vanilla (i.e. cross platform) BASIC so they could easily be ported across systems. Therefore I would expect few to no POKEs. Makes sense, since the game I have on tape on side A had Apple and TRS-80 and side B is PET. ;-) In fact, If I can get...
by desiv
Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:02 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Anyone have success running "PET LOADER"
Replies: 16
Views: 6296

Re: Anyone have success running "PET LOADER"

Yeah about the Pokes. According to Techtinkering, the best program for PET compatibility is Vic40/Fat40. https://techtinkering.com/articles/40-columns-in-basic-on-the-commodore-vic-20/ I've only tested one basic BASIC :-) PET program (Avalon Hill's NukeWar) and that worked fine in several of the 40 ...
by desiv
Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:53 am
Forum: Announcement Board
Topic: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?
Replies: 656
Views: 361544

Re: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?

Hi, and welcome! Wow, you had a SX64.. do you still have it? Sort of Grail for Commodore collectors :) I wish kind of... I sold it to help pay for my Amiga 500, monitor and external floppy. I was using the SX in college, and word processing and Pascal on the C64 were just not all that great. Did wo...
by desiv
Mon Mar 02, 2020 6:01 pm
Forum: Announcement Board
Topic: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?
Replies: 656
Views: 361544

Re: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?

I suppose I should have done this when I first got on here. (Wasn't that long ago, but still..) There is a really interesting story about my username, desiv... ... OK, No there isn't. ;-) My first name is Desi. Last name starts with a V. So much for intrigue. ;-) Anyway, like a lot of you, my first ...
by desiv
Mon Mar 02, 2020 3:35 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Does Pi1541 run with a VIC-20? (split/OT from: SD2IEC and Penultimate [...])
Replies: 12
Views: 8270

Re: Does Pi1541 run with a VIC-20? (split/OT from: SD2IEC and Penultimate [...])

I have a breadbord based Pi1541 running an a Pi0 currently.
Working great.
I need to print my case and solder it up for a more permanent install.
by desiv
Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:39 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Using FAT-40 to circumvent LIST protections
Replies: 10
Views: 5572

Re: Using FAT-40 to circumvent LIST protections

Anyway I extracted the VIC-40-program and uploaded it to my site: Thanx! Just getting back into the Vic-20 and part of my new collection were 2 Avalon Hill tapes with PET versions of the games. I got Nukewar running on my Vic (once I got the RAM expansion, as it needed 16k), but quickly realized th...