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by Bacon
Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:19 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Best 80 column scheme for VIC-20
Replies: 8
Views: 2658

Mike wrote:Of course that scheme cannot be easily applied to machine code, unless you're adventurous enough to write a 6502 emulator in 6502 code itself. ;)
That has already been done :-)
by Bacon
Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:07 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Tac-Scan by Sega
Replies: 43
Views: 8544

My vintage computing budget doesn't allow me to buy either this game or a Megacart (especially since I paid a small fortune for my 1541 Ultimate), but if you eventually release a ROM image I can always put it on an SD card and load it into the correct memory position on my VIC with memory expansion ...
by Bacon
Fri May 28, 2010 6:30 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Found some cool pictures
Replies: 13
Views: 2936

Boray wrote:Seems you have to copy and paste the url
Why don't you use the url tag?
by Bacon
Fri May 28, 2010 6:27 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Increased Activity
Replies: 12
Views: 2308

Jeff-20 wrote:Size matters. I really think the place benefits from having fewer members than some of the other sites.
I agree. Some years ago the number of members over at Lemon64 grew so large I all but stopped going there. I used to visit it virtually every day, but now I only go there occassionally.
by Bacon
Wed May 12, 2010 5:39 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Interesting Commodore 16 discovery
Replies: 17
Views: 5375

my boxed C16 works fine, so i dont dare to use it much (i started it like 2 times in 3 years). Why? If you're not using it you don't really need a working one, do you? ;-) I say enjoy it as long as it lasts instead of letting it gather dust. The day it dies is the time to put it on a shelf. Unless ...
by Bacon
Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:55 pm
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: The optimal VICE PAL VIC aspect ratio
Replies: 14
Views: 5845

Well, I didn't measure anything but just by eye I ended up adjusting it to .833. First, I set it to .800 and then threw in another bit for good luck. It became .833 rather than .830 because I hit the 3 key twice by accident on my flaky keyboard... Pretty close if I say so myself! :) I did the same ...
by Bacon
Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:01 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Vic-20 copy command from one diskette to another
Replies: 13
Views: 2154

will try to shrink it a bit... Here you go: http://www.baconman.nu/images/rockstar-rockstar-kiss-gene-simmons-smiley-emoticon-000231-small.gif Shrunk to the maximum allowed size. Please use it. Your current avatar isn't as bad on my netbook as it is on Jeff's Iphone, but it still takes up a huge am...
by Bacon
Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:22 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: New Tape Hardware
Replies: 7
Views: 4273

Re: New Tape Hardware

Vimfuego at Lemon has designed a device that will allow people to upload/download TAP files via a sound card and record them onto cassette via a 1531 datasette. For the particulars, see the following thread:* http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33490 Cool stuff! *Vimfuego has given permiss...
by Bacon
Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:57 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Vic-20 copy command from one diskette to another
Replies: 13
Views: 2154

Re: Vic-20 copy command from one diskette to another

Hello there I was wondering if anyone knew the command to copy from one diskette to another or is there any program that lets you copy diskettes on the fly? Fred There is no command to copy diskettes, or even single files. There was a discussion about this recently and I seem to remember a disk cop...
by Bacon
Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:52 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Temple of Apshai, Crush Crumble Chomp
Replies: 25
Views: 7675

Vic20-Ian wrote:Let me know somewhere to put it on the net as I have no webspace.
Give a shout to DLH who runs DLH's Commodore Archive. He'd probably love to host it.
by Bacon
Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:46 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: 1541 Ultimate
Replies: 3
Views: 1677

This has been discussed here before. At least two of us own one: gklinger (I think) and myself. Although it won't work as a cartridge on the VIC, it works very well as a stand-alone unit connected to the VIC's serial port. It provides two IEC devices, one perfectly emulated 1541 (normally device 8) ...
by Bacon
Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:43 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: 1541 board in a 1541C drive possible?
Replies: 5
Views: 1358

Really? But the 1541C has a zero track detector... This wont be in the 1541 roms. True, at least for some 151Cs. The two 1541Cs I have owned had identical internals to the 1541, only the drive mechanism differed – they had the newer mech with a lever on the front. Later 1541C drives had a revised b...
by Bacon
Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:44 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: 1541 board in a 1541C drive possible?
Replies: 5
Views: 1358

No need to swap ROMs; the 1541 and 1541C ROMs are identical AFAIK. But depending on the type of mechanism in the drive the 1541 board may not be compatible anyway.
by Bacon
Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:22 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: VIC 20 programmer's reference
Replies: 13
Views: 2644

I stand corrected. I suppose it all depends on the specific nature of one's own VIC-20 nostalgia. I, for one, will not part with my original books. I don't have any original VIC 20 books, in the sense of having held on to them since the 80s. All the Commodore stuff I have now has been acquired the ...
by Bacon
Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:12 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Commodore Plus/4 Power Supply
Replies: 7
Views: 4909

Re: Commodore Plus/4 Power Supply

Does anyone know where I can get a Plus/4 power supply, or if there are any other types of power supply's with the same pinout? I appreciate any help with this. I'm glad I found a Plus/4, but its pretty useless if I can't even turn it on. I don't think a C128 PSU will work, but a C64 PSU will if yo...