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by davidv_
Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:23 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Well heres what i finaly salvaged
Replies: 4
Views: 1694

Well heres what i finaly salvaged

Hello I spoke a while ago about the tapes i planned on digitizing. well heres what i rescued. Most of those i couldnt identify, so pleas have a go at it if you feel like it or upload these to an archive of your choice. I wont leave this forever on my site. My most dearly rememberd gem is Meteor Show...
by davidv_
Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:43 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Armas vic 20 tribute site update
Replies: 15
Views: 12642

Re: More Vic games rescued from obscurity

Sorry to bump up a VERY old thread Assuming that I can read good TAP files from the cassettes, here's what was included: Metro Dome, Demond Hunt, Horse Race, Ice, Star Fights, Laser Shoot, Tanks, Convention, Chase, Night Flyer, Maze Master, Senorita, Grand Prix, Galactic Defender, Cargar, Crazy Ball...
by davidv_
Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:16 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: 32K Switched Ram Pack
Replies: 18
Views: 5380

davidv_ wrote:Thanks a lot guys!

I'll really think of grabbing it then.
Well maybe posting about it here wasnt such a good idea,
it ended at 88 USD!

Shipping was only for UK anyway....
by davidv_
Tue May 30, 2006 7:51 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: 32K Switched Ram Pack
Replies: 18
Views: 5380

Thanks a lot guys!

I'll really think of grabbing it then.
by davidv_
Tue May 30, 2006 10:28 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: 32K Switched Ram Pack
Replies: 18
Views: 5380

32K Switched Ram Pack

Hello i came accross this on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/VIC-20-32K-SWITCHED-RAM-PACK-BOXED-WITH-INSTRUCTIONS_W0QQitemZ8288367913QQcategoryZ98925QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting Its a uk made part. Just wondering if it would work in a NTSC vic and allow for any combination (or at last a good few) ...
by davidv_
Mon May 08, 2006 10:38 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Name that game
Replies: 6
Views: 1848

heres the prg file for the first one: http://216.92.27.221/davidv/vic20/nameGame1.prg Now for others: http://216.92.27.221/davidv/vic20/nameGame2.gif http://216.92.27.221/davidv/vic20/nameGame2.prg http://216.92.27.221/davidv/vic20/nameGame3.gif http://216.92.27.221/davidv/vic20/nameGame3.prg http:/...
by davidv_
Mon May 08, 2006 10:22 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Name that game
Replies: 6
Views: 1848

vic user wrote:sure looks like a version of Skramble, eh?

i wonder what this version was called?
The tape header actually said "super cobra II" or something, but i never trust those. it probably was passed from 10 persons since the original
by davidv_
Mon May 08, 2006 7:54 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Name that game
Replies: 6
Views: 1848

Name that game

Anyone has seen this before?

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Im trying to identify some games on old tapes ive found.
Its in ML.
by davidv_
Wed May 03, 2006 8:53 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Regenerating tapes .. even when "load error? ready.
Replies: 3
Views: 1542

Indeed, that's the first question to find out the answer to: can you get it to load on a real Vic20? Once I know that, then I persevere trying to make an image of it ;) Nope not even on real vic. But i managed to salvage a few things now using Tape64 and a high quality tape player (Yamaha Natural S...
by davidv_
Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:23 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Tale from a new guy
Replies: 4
Views: 1807

Boray wrote:Welcome. Btw, a machine language monitor cart is a big help in saving things when you get out of memory.
Yes i guessed. But i need to know why you can save it from ram -> tape but not ram-> disk. The disk i/o buffers are shared or what?
by davidv_
Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:28 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Regenerating tapes .. even when "load error? ready.
Replies: 3
Views: 1542

Regenerating tapes .. even when "load error? ready.

Hi. Did anyone ever did some extreme tape salvaging using PC sound editors and heavy DSP? Theres one particular tape that i need to convert and sadly only the caracter redifinition sub program was salvageable. The deal would be to digitize and volume correct with envelopes all analog "dips"...
by davidv_
Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:13 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Tale from a new guy
Replies: 4
Views: 1807

Tale from a new guy

Hello all. Like most of you i got my first computer young, in the 80s and it was named VIC-20. D___! i wanted a ColecoVision to play! Well Ill make use of this thing - I tought. Then went all my next saturday mornings typing Tank-v-ufo/Killer Comet/Rocket Command and anything i could find (even appl...