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Boray wrote:PRG Starter actually overrides a VICE bug. Try to manually attach a 4K cartridge file at $A000 in VICE 2.2. Then try doublecklicking it to start with PRG Starter instead...
Why, what happens if you attach a 4k file to $A0?
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Mayhem wrote: Why, what happens if you attach a 4k file to $A0?
Nothing. It doesn't work.
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Is there any machine language PET programs I can test with somewhere out there? Preferable under 6654 bytes in size. (I'm working on an improved detection algorithm right now).
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Got it working after downloading and installing the .NET framework.
WARNING! It won't work with .NET V2.0, but ONLY with .NET V3.5! :!:

Maybe you should specify it in the download page.

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Thanks! I will do that.
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The next version will have a much better Plus4/Vic/Pet detection...
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The next version will have .D64 support!
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...and this is GOOD. :D
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command line?

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Hey guys i am configuring a popular front end to work with WinVICE and everytime i launch a VIC-20 rom i am stuck at the run ready screen and the rom never comes up on screen. i tried several commands and nothing.

So i find this thread for prg starter and it worked immediately but i need to use it via commandline to work with my frontend. Is there anyway to do this?
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Yes, you can just pass the file to PRG_Sarter.exe from the command line:
PRG_Starter.exe "the program.prg"
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PRG Starter V1.3 will be released today. I'm just waiting for a Linux test report from rhurst first...
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BTW, there's a dead link on rhurst's run.zip... :?:
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Thanks!
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Works on Linux (tested on Fedora 12 x86_64)... nice job! 8)

Ah, it's been awhile since I last touched any .NET and the Mono project, things certainly have "progressed" (too little, too late?), but the net result is Boray's got it working cross-platform.

$ mono ~/PRG_Starter.exe quikman+8k.prg

... booted like a charm, so I can now associate .prg files to run this as a custom command from GNOME, and then just double-click to my heart's delight.

Requires a few extra Mono packages, in particular, mono-basic. It may need mono-winforms, too, but I have not tested it without that dependency.
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V1.3 is now released!
http://user.tninet.se/~jad615g/prgstarter/

Main news: Improved file identification, .D64 support and compatibility changes for Mono/Linux.

Read more on the page!
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