Well, remember Abyss? I thought "Dopple" sounded kinda neat, so I started using it way back when... Not sure if the original Dopple is still around, but I haven't had any run-ins with 'em.
I first saw the handle when playing the version of The Great Gianna Sisters that was hacked to look kinda like Super Mario Bros.
Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?
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Doppleganger
- Vic 20 Dabbler
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Tue May 08, 2007 2:12 pm
- Website: http://www.doppleganger.org
- Location: Phelps, NY
- Occupation: Deskside Geek
Hi Glen,Victragic wrote:Hi Pitcalco,
just wondering if you still have any of the software you developed for the VIC during that time? It probably wouldn't make much sense to me, but it's fascinating to see what people use/d their Vics for, especially for business use which seems to be a rarity.
Cheers
-Glen
Sorry to make you wait so long for an answer. I have been away.
Anyway, I could not find the old tapes with the astronomy programs. I still have 5.25 disks with other short programs and some stuff for the mapping project, but alas no disk drive!
As some consolation, I do have all the original paperwork and flowcharting for the astronomy programs! I will be posting them on my own webpage at the beginning of next month. (I am rebuilding my old radio station site) [note:dear moderator, is it permitted to give out other URLs on this forum? I would like to mention my own.]
...that way anyone can take them and produce his own programs for any computer or programming language, even VIC 20.
The last program I was working on was a program to compute the values of very large numbers. Usually, the VIC like other computers round off to 8 or 9 significant digits. This program took two large numbers like "235383459298301" and "82949292983490" and multiplied them. By treating each value as a string and mechanically managing eaach digit one at a time, I would be able to get accurate values up to 255 digits. I might post this one as well, when the time comes.
There are only three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
Paul Lambert
Berlin
Federal Republic of Germany
Paul Lambert
Berlin
Federal Republic of Germany
Greetings!
Hello all 
I've just registered on Denial after lurking for a few months and I thought I'd introduce myself a bit. My nick here is 'girv' (a simple contraction of my surname) and thats been my real life nickname since school days many (many) moons ago.
I had a VIC-20 for a few years back in the early 80's. I learned to program on that little machine by writing four and a bit C-15 tapes worth of games and demos in BASIC V2 and today I'm (surprisingly enough) still employed as a software engineer. Not writing games though, sadly. I have very fond memories of "The VIC Years" and recently have rediscovered the VIC-20 world while doing "research" for my own retro themed website. I note that Jeff Minter is still around, and some old VIC games I knew and loved are appearing on the latest systems - Jetpac Refulled springs to mind. I also discovered this place, which wasn't around the last time I reworked my site (its been a while). Its amazing to see such an active community centered around a 25-ish year old home micro
I'm mainly active in the Amiga scene these days, hanging out on the English Amiga Board, but I poke my nose into the (Amstrad) CPC Zone forums now and again and will likely do the same here. Stand clear, you have been warned
I'm also keen to dip my coding toes into the sea of PC games development and if that works out I'll likely be looking at doing some VIC-20 remakes, but thats in the distant future.
So hi, and thanks for listening. Hope I can be some use to Denial from time to time.
Finally, if I may be permitted a quick plug, my website is:
http://www.girv.net
(no badware, no ads, just some Amiga, Amstrad and VIC-20 goodness !)
I've just registered on Denial after lurking for a few months and I thought I'd introduce myself a bit. My nick here is 'girv' (a simple contraction of my surname) and thats been my real life nickname since school days many (many) moons ago.
I had a VIC-20 for a few years back in the early 80's. I learned to program on that little machine by writing four and a bit C-15 tapes worth of games and demos in BASIC V2 and today I'm (surprisingly enough) still employed as a software engineer. Not writing games though, sadly. I have very fond memories of "The VIC Years" and recently have rediscovered the VIC-20 world while doing "research" for my own retro themed website. I note that Jeff Minter is still around, and some old VIC games I knew and loved are appearing on the latest systems - Jetpac Refulled springs to mind. I also discovered this place, which wasn't around the last time I reworked my site (its been a while). Its amazing to see such an active community centered around a 25-ish year old home micro
I'm mainly active in the Amiga scene these days, hanging out on the English Amiga Board, but I poke my nose into the (Amstrad) CPC Zone forums now and again and will likely do the same here. Stand clear, you have been warned
I'm also keen to dip my coding toes into the sea of PC games development and if that works out I'll likely be looking at doing some VIC-20 remakes, but thats in the distant future.So hi, and thanks for listening. Hope I can be some use to Denial from time to time.
Finally, if I may be permitted a quick plug, my website is:
http://www.girv.net
(no badware, no ads, just some Amiga, Amstrad and VIC-20 goodness
!)c5c9ff
Hi, I'm SirClive on every forum I join. It is homage to my beloved Spectrum.
I am also a huge VIC fan and run the Weekend Gamer VIC 20 Archive at www.weekend-gamer.co.uk
It has been neglected for a while, but one day I will sort it out.
At that site are the other Weekend Gamer productions...
WGTV - Homebrew gaming TV Show (6 shows available for download and another due by the end of the month)
WG-AX - Gaming radioshow featuring chat and gaming music
I also moderate at Retro Gamer magazines forum and when I get round to it help out at the www.retrofusiononline.com site (all things retro).
Never heard of Denial before, so expect to see me around
I am also a huge VIC fan and run the Weekend Gamer VIC 20 Archive at www.weekend-gamer.co.uk
It has been neglected for a while, but one day I will sort it out.
At that site are the other Weekend Gamer productions...
WGTV - Homebrew gaming TV Show (6 shows available for download and another due by the end of the month)
WG-AX - Gaming radioshow featuring chat and gaming music
I also moderate at Retro Gamer magazines forum and when I get round to it help out at the www.retrofusiononline.com site (all things retro).
Never heard of Denial before, so expect to see me around
Almost forgot, I also review for the RGCD discmag ( www.rgcd.co.uk ). In issue 1 I reviewed Dragonwing and a Blitz remake for the VIC20. Hopefully will review Frogger 07 for it too as I love it.
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TheOlMaestro
- Vic 20 Newbie
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:22 pm
I am a middle aged musician--a conductor wannabe, hence the name.
The VIC-20 was my first computer in the mid-80s. My ex-wife insisted that it would help her in writing her doctoral dissertation. I was dead set against it--computers were evil, they mis-sent past due notices, blah, blah, blah. The former Missus won out, and we bought a VIC, which immediately addicted me to programming in 3.5k to fill in the software gap caused by a struggling young couple with no funds (anyone else remember typing in the Compute! Trek game that _barely_ fit into the unexpanded VIC?--what was it called, starfight3 or something like that?). Anyway, I owned a VIC, then a 64, then a 128, and now my current wife and I own a 64, and WINVICE implementations all around the PCs in the house.
The 128, despite the quirks, was a major player in my early use of MIDI in church music. It, and a pair of Casio CZ-1000s, provided the accompaniment for a rousing "Hallelujah Chorus," courtesy of Mastertracks Pro and the Passport MIDI interface (which is still here).
Thanks for providing this great website, and support for one of the grandfathers of personal computing.
The VIC-20 was my first computer in the mid-80s. My ex-wife insisted that it would help her in writing her doctoral dissertation. I was dead set against it--computers were evil, they mis-sent past due notices, blah, blah, blah. The former Missus won out, and we bought a VIC, which immediately addicted me to programming in 3.5k to fill in the software gap caused by a struggling young couple with no funds (anyone else remember typing in the Compute! Trek game that _barely_ fit into the unexpanded VIC?--what was it called, starfight3 or something like that?). Anyway, I owned a VIC, then a 64, then a 128, and now my current wife and I own a 64, and WINVICE implementations all around the PCs in the house.
The 128, despite the quirks, was a major player in my early use of MIDI in church music. It, and a pair of Casio CZ-1000s, provided the accompaniment for a rousing "Hallelujah Chorus," courtesy of Mastertracks Pro and the Passport MIDI interface (which is still here).
Thanks for providing this great website, and support for one of the grandfathers of personal computing.
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TheOlMaestro
- Vic 20 Newbie
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:22 pm
Sorry to say, no. When we bought the VIC secondhand, she was supposedly working on her comprehensive exams, but failed three out of the four. Reeling from that, she opted to start coursework with another school, and had us buy a C-64, which she promptly took with her to use on the weekdays (she lived in a grad dorm on campus, and we saw one another on weekends). Didn't write the dissertation on the C-64, either, although we owned both Speedscript and Paperback Writer.ral-clan wrote:Curious to know if your wife was actually able to write her doctoral dissertaion on the VIC-20. That would be impressive in itself.
I, on the other hand, was using the VIC for major translation projects, porting them as ASCII sequential files over to the company's PCs and Macs for editing and printing.
Hi Guys
I am really glad I found this forum, I so need to get my vic's working again, but to stay on topic here
My name is synonymous with my workstyle being not dissimilar to the BOFH character by Simon Travaglia
I see the humourous articles as more of a guide for day to day Systems Administration
I have a fairly good collection of old computers (much to my wife's dismay)
ZX80, 2xVic20, 1xC64, 3x Amigas, a Spectrum +3, and various consoles.
I am really glad I found this forum, I so need to get my vic's working again, but to stay on topic here
My name is synonymous with my workstyle being not dissimilar to the BOFH character by Simon Travaglia
I see the humourous articles as more of a guide for day to day Systems Administration
I have a fairly good collection of old computers (much to my wife's dismay)
ZX80, 2xVic20, 1xC64, 3x Amigas, a Spectrum +3, and various consoles.
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Ian Colquhoun
- Vic 20 Hobbyist
- Posts: 147
- Joined: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:38 am
- Location: Toronto, Canada
Hello there Miika!Miika wrote:My nick is based on my real name and I just registered because I got a VIC-20 today!
Welcome aboard.
The VIC 20 is a great conversation piece.
Moi!
There are only three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
Paul Lambert
Berlin
Federal Republic of Germany
Paul Lambert
Berlin
Federal Republic of Germany