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by piranger
Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:08 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL
Replies: 15
Views: 6284

Re: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL

box #2 arrived.

Thanks for the awesome deal Robert!

I'll pass on the extras to the local commodore club.

vic20_cartridges.jpg
by piranger
Sat Apr 15, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL
Replies: 15
Views: 6284

Re: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL

haven't been on this site in a few weeks.

PM sent.
by piranger
Sun Mar 26, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL
Replies: 15
Views: 6284

Re: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL

so there are 2 shoe boxes of vic20 stuff. $25 + shipping for each box. shoe box 1: Over 30 Commodore VIC 20 game cartridges, some duplicates, some in dark brown shell, some 3rd party. shoe box 2: Multiple Commodore VIC 20 RAM expanders (3k, 16k), Super Expander, HES carts with a 5 cart expansion slo...
by piranger
Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:16 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: victory software computer adventure
Replies: 1
Views: 3126

Re: victory software computer adventure

nevermind. for those interested I found it on zimmers.net

http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/ ... index.html
by piranger
Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:03 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: victory software computer adventure
Replies: 1
Views: 3126

victory software computer adventure

Looking for Computer Adventure by Victory software.

Should be a *.tap file I believe.

Suggests on where I could look?

Found c64 version on archive.org, but want to play vic-20 version.

thx
by piranger
Tue Mar 21, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL
Replies: 15
Views: 6284

Re: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL

ahhh...duh. ok, thanks
by piranger
Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:04 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL
Replies: 15
Views: 6284

Re: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL

I tried sending a PM to one of the admins and now have 2 PMs stuck in my outbox. Anyone have a recommended course of action?

thanks
by piranger
Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:45 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL
Replies: 15
Views: 6284

Re: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL

tried sending a PM.

Stuck in outbox for a reason that I seem to be unable to find...probably something stupid that I am doing.
by piranger
Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:29 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL
Replies: 15
Views: 6284

Re: VIC 20 carts :: LAST CHANCE or LANDFILL

Is that price of $25shipped for each cartridge correct?
by piranger
Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: screen colors - machine language vs. pokes
Replies: 7
Views: 634

Re: screen colors - machine language vs. pokes

ahhhh...yes! that worked!

thanks,

Piranger
by piranger
Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:11 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: screen colors - machine language vs. pokes
Replies: 7
Views: 634

Re: screen colors - machine language vs. pokes

hi Mike, Thanks for the insights. Actually, I am working through the 'assembly with vicmon' tutorial (mary music player) where he shows directly changing memory values. I figured to try it with the screen colors too and hit the wall. Glad I didn't do the earlier tutorial first or I would have been x...
by piranger
Tue Feb 21, 2023 1:28 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: screen colors - machine language vs. pokes
Replies: 7
Views: 634

Re: screen colors - machine language vs. pokes

Thanks Joshua,

I guess there are registers the monitor just can only manipulate thru the accumulator.

Regardless, this cartridge is such a cool tool. Very intuitive to an assembly novice. I'm so
glad I jumped on it at the Classicgamefest in Austin last summer.
by piranger
Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:08 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: screen colors - machine language vs. pokes
Replies: 7
Views: 634

Re: screen colors - machine language vs. pokes

I did figure out that this works:

.A 1000 LDA #$1B
.A 1002 STA $900F
.G 1000


colors track the table
by piranger
Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:55 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: screen colors - machine language vs. pokes
Replies: 7
Views: 634

screen colors - machine language vs. pokes

I am trying to use the vicmon cartridge to write to $900F (36879) to change the screen colors. when reading: .M 900F .:900F 1B 05 18 00 80 ok, that makes sense, as 0x1B =27 decimal, which p.36 of manual say is white screen with cyan border. However, when I move my cursor over the '1B' and re-type '1...