CBMl ~/0Щ@թբx FL S "1 ! ʽRwl L":*" ,P(2026),1 Ģ ǩ Jx  wЄȄLqU0>M0 H REGARD TO CHARGING FOR THE '', ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING AS A TEAM IS ACTUALLY OFFERING A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, SELLING LIMITED RUNS OF PROFESSIONALLY PRESENTED & PRINTED COPIES & MAILING THEM OUT TO SUBSCRIBERS FOR A VERY RFROM THE GOLDEN ERA OF COMPUTER GAMING. ITH ETRO AMER AND ETRO USION ALREADY DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF PROVIDING 'REAL' RETRO CONTENT IN THEIR MAGAZINES (& NOT FORGETTING THE ETRO SECTION OF AMES ), THERE SEEMED LITTLE POINT IN THE TEAM POO 64 & 1 ARE ALL NOW RETRO PLATFORMS. HE IS A LITTLE HARDER TO DEFINE, BUT THEN SUPPOSE YOU WOULD USE OPERATING SYSTEMS (, INDOWS 95, ETC) AS A BENCHMARK. -OLLOWING ON DON'T MIND NEW GAMES ON OLD HARDWARE, BUT OLD GAMES ON NEW HARDWARE L PROPER USER INTERFACE FOR THE MAGAZINE RATHER THAN USING . OTENTIAL READERS HAVE THREE CHOICES; THEY CAN EITHER DOWNLOAD THE 'ITE' VERSION OF EACH ISSUE (CONTAINING JUST THE MAGAZINE ARTICLES & WEIGHING IN AT ABOUT 10 ZIPPED), DOWNLOAD THE .  TARI BEING POPULAR DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS TENDS TO COVER MORE RELEASES FOR THESE THAN ANY- THING ELSE, BUT WE HE ETHOS OF THE MAGAZINE IS TO COVER GAMES RELEASED ON ANY COMMERCIALLY UNSUPPORTED CONSOLE OR COMPUTER (INCLUDING THE REAMCAST & ).  T. -NE PROBLEM HAVE WITH RUNNING A FREE MAGAZINE IS THAT "REAL LIFE" GETS IN THE WAY. AS THIS PROBLEM HAMPERED THE MAGAZINE IN ANY WAY? F COURSE! OWEVER, 'M PRETTY ORGANISED WITH MY FREE TIME. DON'T TEND TO PLAY MANY MODERN TITLES ANYMORE,E. -HAT SETS YOU APART FROM LETS SAY "ETRO AMER" MAGAZINE THAT IS COMMERCIALLY MAINTAINED? HE MAIN DIFFERENCE (ASIDE FROM THE FORMAT) IS THAT FOCUSES ON ODERN HOMEBREW DEVELOPMENTS FOR RETRO PLATFORMS RATHER THAN NOSTALGIC FEATURES ON GAMES AIDER". HAT IN YOUR MIND MAKES A GAME RETRO? (FOR ME PERSONALLY RETRO IS 8 BIT) ERSONALLY, WOULD TERM A MACHINE AS RETRO WHEN IT IS NO LONGER COMMERCIALLY SUPPORTED - I.E. YOU CAN'T BUY GAMES FOR IT IN THE SHOPS. Y MY RECKONING, THE , REAMCAST, SO MY GAMING TIME IS NOW SPLIT BETWEEN PLAYING RETRO GAMES & REVIEWING THEM. T THE BEGINNING OF THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE TEND TO REVIEW 1 OR 2 GAMES A WEEK, THEN NEAR THE RELEASE DATE COVER UP TO 6 OR 7 - WORK BETTER UNDER PRESSURE(!) PART FROM SOR THE FULL-FAT VERSION OF THE MAGAZINE, YES. HE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE, ALL-INCLUSIVE DISCMAG APPROACH CAME FROM MY LOVE OF DISKMAGS ON THE OLD 16-IT MIGA & TARI - AS MENTIONED ABOVE, WOULD HAVE PREFERRED IT IF COULD HAVE CREATED AVIEWED ARE ALSO INCLUDED ON DISC. -HAT FORMATS ARE COVERED BY THE MAGAZINE? HE LINE UP OF MACHINES COVERED CHANGES FROM ISSUE TO ISSUE AS THE CONTENT IS TOTALLY DEPENDANT ON WHAT GAMES HAVE BEEN RELEASED. ITH THE 8-IT PECTRUM, 64, , MSTRAD & FRANCHISES IS A REAL BUG-BEAR OF MINE - WOULD MUCH PREFER THAT PUBLISHERS INVESTED THEIR MONEY INTO INDIE DEVELOPERS CREATING NEW & ORIGINAL GAMES FOR CURRENT-GEN PLATFORMS. HERE'S PLENTY OF TALENT OUT THERE & NO-ONE IS INTERESTED IN INVEST- ING IN IASE SIZE ARTWORK TO PRINT OUT (BOTH HOSTED ON THE WEBSITE & FROM ISSUE 02 ONWARDS, ALSO ON THE ). -ILL THERE EVER BE A PRINTED VERSION FOR SALE? O - LACK THE FINANCIAL BACKING, MEANS OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO CREATE A PRINTED PAPER-BASED MAGAZIND REMAKES & INDEPENDENT RETRO-STYLE GAMES THAT ARE RELEASED EVERY MONTH AFTER ALL, IS A MAGAZINE DESIGNED TO BE READ ON A MODERN COMPUTER... -ETRO GAMER SEEMS TO FOCUS ON WHAT WOULD CALL OLD GAMES BUT NOT RETRO FOR EXAMPLE "THE MAKING IF TOMB RSUE 03 (WHICH WILL BE RELEASED AT ETRO ORTH ON THE 24TH OF UGUST SEE WWW.RETRONORTH.CO.UK FOR DETAILS), THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY ENFORCED RELEASE DATE; IS READY WHEN ENOUGH ARTICLES & REVIEWS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ITH THE TEAM GROWING IN SIZE, FUTU EASONABLE LOW UNIT-PRICE (PLUS &). OWEVER, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS FOR SOME TIME YET. -HE DISK IS IN AN FORMAT, SO USERS DOWNLOAD THE ISO IMAGE & THEN USE WHATEVER SOFTWARE THEY HAVE TO CREATE A READABLE CD, IS THAT THE WAY IT WORKS? - LING OUR LIMITED RESOURCES & GOING DOWN THE SAME ROUTE. OWEVER, WITH REGARD TO REVIEWS OF NEW GAMES FOR OLD PLATFORMS, IS ARGUABLY THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE MAGAZINE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT ALL THE GAMES RE IKE THE 3 ISN'T THAT JUST COMPANIES MAKING A QUICK KILLING? DON'T REALLY SEE THE POINT IN SPLASHING OUT C400 FOR A CUTTING EDGE CONSOLE & THEN PAYING TO PLAY TREET IGHTER ON IT. HAT'S WHAT EMULATORS ARE FOR! HE COMMERCIAL RE- PACKAGING OF OLD (ISSUES 01 & 02 ARE BOTH UNDER 200 EACH) & EITHER BURN IT TO A OR MOUNT THE IMAGE ON A VIRTUAL DRIVE USING AEMON OOLS, ICROSOFT IRTUAL - OR SIMILAR APPLICATION. OR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO BURN A PHYSICAL COPY 'VE INCLUDED STANDARD JEWEL-CITH THE ADDITION OF NEW TEAM MEMBERS, OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE IS SLOWLY GROWING & WE ARE BECOMING MORE PRO- FICIENT AT REVIEWING NEW TITLES FOR A WIDER RANGE OF MACHINES WITH EACH ISSUE F COURSE, IT WOULD BE FOOLISH TO OMIT THE MANY EXCELLENT & AC BASETHAT WE WANT A RASTER INTERRUPT, NOT ANY OF THE OTHER KINDS IT HAS AVAILABLE. CLI RTS H, NOW IS A NEW COMMAND. T'S PRETTY MUCH THE REVERSE OF , IT TURNS ALL THE INTERRUPTS BACK ON & THEREFORE ENABLES OUR NEW INTERRUPT. HEN IT'S AN TO TAKE RESPECTIVELY) SO THAT THE HOUSEKEEPING HAPPENS. ELL, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH YOUR LOT AGAIN, BUT JUST FOR SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH UNTIL GET BACK NEXT ISSUE, LOAD RASTER2.ASM, THEN ASSEMBLE THE CODE & RUN IT. OST OF THE CODE & DATA IS FROM THE ORIGINAL DO RETRO GAMING, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO NEW GAME RELEASES FOR OLD HARDWARE. MONG OTHER THINGS MAKE A LIVING OUT OF ING OLD-SCHOOL FUNK 45'S, SOUL & HIPHOP IN VARIOUS CLUBS & BARS DOWN IN OUTHWEST NGLAND (HENCE MY MYSPACE PAGE & 'EAVY TYLUS' HAEN & WE WANT THE ONE WHERE THE ISN'T SET) AND.. BNE DOSPLIT JMP $EA81 ..IF IT'S THE FORMER WE CAN GO ON TO OUR RASTER SPLIT, THE ROUTINE DOSPLIT (OR "DO SPLIT"). THERWISE WE CALL $81, WHICH IS ANOTHER OF THE LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING ROUTINES FROM THER6FILES.ZIP OPYRIGHT LDSCHOOL GAMING EPRINTED WITH PERMISSION OF ASON ELK NS CONTACT ME & WE'LL DO LUNCH. HE SOURCE CODE FOR THE ROUTINES ABOVE CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE FOR EASIER REFERENCE HTTP://WWW.OLDSCHOOLGAMING.COM/ FILES/C64/HEXFILES/PA RTIT COMPUTERS SO IT SEEMED THE LOGICAL CHOICE. WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED AS A SORT OF UNOFFICIAL COMPANION TO MAGINE UBLISHING'S ETRO AMER MAG, BUT THAT WAS A NO-GO (HENCE THE DIS- CLAIMER AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE) & AS A RESULT THE PROJECT EVOLVE(OTHERWISE IT WOULD LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME AS A NORMAL SYSTEM INTERRUPT). JMP $EA31 ND TO ROUND THINGS OFF WE CALL $31 WHICH, AS 'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, IS WHERE THE 64 NORMALLY GOES ON IT'S OWN INTERRUPTS (THE VALUES IN $0314 AND $0315 ARE $31 & $ SON FOR CHOOSING IS THAT LACK THE ABILITY TO CODE A PROPER, TRADITIONAL DISKMAG INTERFACE - BELIEVE ME, IF COULD DO IT WOULD. ALSO LACK EXPERIENCE & TOOLS, SO THAT WAS A NON-STARTER (ALTHOUGH IF SOMEONE WANTS TO CREATE A VERSION OF . -O THE MAGAZINE IS A VERSION, WHAT PROMPTED THE DECISION OF A MAGAZINE? ES, IT'S WRITTEN IN , & BEFORE ANYONE FLAMES ME ** AWARE THAT THE NATURE OF THE MAG IS AN AWKWARD & POTENTIALLY UNFRIENDLY FORMAT TO CHOOSE HE MAIN REA, SO IT'S NOW WHERE THE 64 LOOKS WHEN A RASTER INTERRUPT IS CALLED. T THIS POINT, WE WANT TO CHECK $019 TO SEE IF THE FIRST BIT IS 0 OR 1 (IN OTHER WORDS, IF THE OST IGNIFI- CANT IT OF THE RASTER IS SET, SINCE $012 CAN BE $00 TWICE DURING THE SCREMORE DETAIL NEXT TIME. NCE AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES, COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS CONTACT ME & WE'LL DO LUNCH. HE SOURCE CODE FOR THE ROUTINES ABOVE CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE FOR EASIER REFERENCE HTTP://WWW.OLDSCHOOLGAMING.COM/ FILES/C64/HEXFILES/PA RTARRIED WITH A KID ON THE WAY. WAS INITIALLY SOMETHING THAT STARTED PURELY FOR MY OWN ENJOYMENT WANTED AN OUTLET TO PRACTICE MY WRITING (*ANOTHER* HOBBY OF MINE) & 'VE BEEN A FAN OF DISKMAGS SINCE MY DISK-SWAPPING DAYS OF THE TARI & MIGA 16- THE VALUE WE PUT INTO $012 GETS CLEANED OUT WHEN THE INTERRUPT IS TRIGGERED AND A SPLIT HAPPENS, WE HAVE TO PUT IT BACK IN AGAIN FOR THE NEXT FRAME. INC $D020 HEN WE INCREMENT THE BORDER COLOUR, JUST TO MAKE WHAT'S HAPPENING A LITTLE MORE NOTICABLE  THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME.) HE ACTUAL TEMPLATE FOR THE MAG WAS CREATED BY 'S WEB GURU LLIOT AYLOR. JUST CUT-AND-PASTE & EDIT BITS USING MY LIMITED 'SKILLS', WHICH IS THE REASON WHY THE MAGAZINE FORMAT IS UNIVERSAL ON EVERY PAGE :O WHO SOME OF YOUR READERS PROBABLY KNOW. ITH THE 1ST ISSUE DOWN- LOADED 1000'S OF TIMES (BOTH & VERSIONS) & POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD 'M REALLY PROUD TO HAVE STARTED THE MAGAZINE & HOPE THAT IT'LL CONTINUE FOR MANY, MANY ISSUES US BACK TO , AT LEAST FOR THE RUNTIME CODE, & THAT'S THE INTERRUPT SETUP OUT OF THE WAY! OW IT'S TIME TO GET ONTO WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE INTERRUPT ITSELF. INT LDA $D019 AND #$01 STA $D019 INT IS THE ROUTINE WE POINTED $0314 & $0315 TO EARLIER EMO WHICH WE'VE COVERED QUITE EXTENSIVELY BEFORE NOW BUT A FEW SLIGHT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. HE MOST MAJOR ARE THAT IT NOW RUNS USING A RASTER INTERRUPT AND THE SETTINGS FOR $018 & THE ADDITION OF A CUSTOM CHARACTER SET BUT 'LL EXPLAIN THE LATTER IN  NDLE), BUT MY MAIN LOVE IN LIFE ASIDE FROM MUSIC IS FOR THE 8/16IT HOME COMPUTERS THAT GREW UP WITH. N ALL, 'M A SELF- CONFESSED GEEK, BUT HEY, GUESS ANYONE READING A = MAGAZINE IN 2007 MUST BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THAT(!) H, & 'M 28 YEAR'S OLD, M 64 THAT DOES MOST OF WHAT OUR HOUSE- KEEPING FRIEND $31 DOES BUT WITHOUT THE KEYBOARD READING. FTER ALL, WE DON'T WANT THE KEYBOARD READ MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 50TH OF A SECOND, IT CAUSES ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS! DOSPLIT LDA #SPLIT STA $D012 INCE-O IS THE FREE TO DOWNLOAD? HY DIDN'T YOU CHARGE FOR THE ? -ES, & 'VE NO PLANS TO CHARGE FOR DOWNLOADS IN THE FUTURE EITHER EVEN IF SUDDENLY BECOMES A MASSIVELY POPULAR WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON (WHICH IT WON'T). OU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT! ITD INTO THE MULTI-FORMAT REVIEW PLATFORM THAT IT IS TODAY. OON AFTER STARTING DEVELOPMENT, PECTRUM & 20 ENTHUSIAST IRLIVE JOINED THE TEAM, & SINCE THE 1ST ISSUE THE TEAM HAS GROWN TO A TOTAL OF 8 MEMBERS - INCLUDING OSINE'S .. (ASON ELK)  IG LOPPY EOPLE ARTY LAST WEEKEND. NJOY! HERE IS ALSO A NEW PRICELIST (07/07) AVAILABLE, INCLUDING THE NEW 64 OYSTICK TO LUS/4 DAPTER. S USUAL, YOU CAN FIND THE PRICELIST HERE: HTTP://WWW.PROTOVISIONONLINE.COM/ PRICELIST.EY'RE MORE FUN. EFORE START A WORD OF WARNING; THE FIRST PIECE OF EXAMPLE CODE IN THIS ARTICLE USES STROBOSCOPIC EFFECTS & SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THESE EFFECTS AT THE LEAST UNCOMFORTABLE TO WATCH. F YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF EPILEPSY OR AN ADVERSION TO S 2304. HE CODE APPEARS TO HAVE RUN BUT BUT THE CURSOR HAS COME BACK UP AGAIN & THE BORDER IS FLASHING VERY RAPIDLY, RIGHT? HAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY INTERRUPT, THE 64 IS STOPPING THE RUN- TIME CODE (WHERE & OUR PREVIOUS PIECES OF CODE WORK FROM)  "HALTED" BY THE COMMAND EARLIER, THE INTERRUPT FLAGS THEMSELVES CAN STILL BE SET; WRITING $7 OVER $0 & CLEARING THE TOP BIT PREVENTS A ROGUE INTERRUPT OCCURRING WHILST DOING THE SAME TO $0 PREVENTS ROGUE INTERRUPS. HE LATTER ARE LESSWHICH, AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, INVOLVES INTERRUPTING THE RUNTIME CODE & POPPING OFF TO DO SOME- THING ELSE. ORMALLY THE 64 INTERRUPT IS SET TO A PART OF THE ERNEL (THE SET OF HOUSEKEEPING CODE THAT = SUPPLIED WITH THE MACHINE) & IT TAKES CARE OF RETO LINE $. ND, AS BEFORE, WE SET OUR CODE START WITH THE *, THIS TIME TO $0900 (2304). HAT'S FOLLOWED BY A QUICK TO TURN OFF THE INTERRUPTS, SO THAT NOTHING GOES AMISS WHILE WE CHANGE THINGS. LDA #INT STA $0315 $0314 AND $0 11 IS TO CLEAR THE OST IGNIFICANT IT (OR ) OF THE RASTER, SINCE THERE ARE OVER 256 RASTER LINES ON THE SCREEN (ON MACHINES, AS USED IN THE .. & UROPE) A SINGLE $00 TO $ RANGE IS TOO SMALL SO ONE OF THE BITS OF $011 IS USED AS A NINTH BIT , SO WE NEED SOME CODE TO LOOK AT TO GET THIS CONCEPT ACROSS, OAD URBO SSEMBLER (IT'S ON THIS ISSUE'S COVER DISK) & THE SOURCE FILE RASTER1.ASM S USUAL 'LL DO A BREAK- DOWN OF WHAT YOU'VE JUST LOADED IN A SECOND, BUT FOR NOW ASSEMBLE & RUN IT WITH THE LOWBYTE, THE $27 HERE, GOES FIRST & THE HIGHBYTE GOES SECOND) & FROM HERE ONWARDS, REFERENCE TO THE LOWBYTE WILL MEAN THE LAST TWO DIGITS OF A HEX NUMBER & HIGHBYTE WILL MEAN THE FIRST TWO. LDA #$7F STA $DC0D STA $DD0D ESPITE THE INTERRUPTS BEINGTO GIVE A TOTAL RANGE OF $000 TO $1FF. LDA #$01 STA $D019 STA $D01A $019 IS AN INDICATOR, THE FIRST BIT TELLS US WHEN AN INTERRUPT HAS HAPPENED, SO WE'RE JUST PRIMING IT HERE READY FOR THE MAIN ROUTINE & THEN WRITING TO $01 IN ORDER TO TELL THE 64  CURVES ON THAT LITTLE DEMO WE DID, DIDN'T ? O, DID YOU ENJOY YOURSELVES? OOD! KAY, NOW UP UNTIL NOW OUR CODE HAS BEEN USING WHAT'S CALLED "RUNTIME", & IN THEORY ANYTHING CAN BE WRITTEN THAT WAY. UT THE 64 CAN ALSO DO SOMETHING CALLED AN INTERRUPT KAY, SO LETS TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CODE: SPLIT = $00 * = $0900 SEI IRST OFF, WE SET UP SPLIT AS A LABEL, GIVING IT AN ACTUAL VALUE OF $00. F WE CHANGE THAT VALUE WE CAN ALTER WHERE THE RASTER ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE ON THE SCREEN, FROM LINE $00 (AS HERE) HE POSITION OF THE SPLIT WE WANT BY WRITING IT TO $012, THE RASTER REGISTER. N THIS CASE IT'S DEFINED BY THE LABEL SPLIT, AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, SO IT WILL BE POSITIONED ON RASTERLINE $00 WHICH IS AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. HE REASON WE SET $0OR A RASTER LINE USING $012 & THEN DID SOMETHING, BUT USING A RASTER INTERRUPT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE ON THE RUNTIME & WHENEVER THAT RASTER POSITION COMES AROUND, THE MACHINE INTERRUPTS WHAT THE RUNTIME CODE IS DOING & PERFORMS A FEW OTHER TASKS. KAYND #> WILL GET THE MEMORY LOCATION OF INT FOR US, SAVING US FROM WORKING IT OUT; IN THIS CASE, $0314 CONTAINS $27 & $0315 GETS $40, SINCE GETS PUT AT $4027 BY THE ASSEMBLER. HIS REVERSE THE NUMBERS SYSTEM IS CALLED LOWBYTE/HIGHBYTE FORMAT (SINCE(HTM HTTP://WWW.PROTOVISION-ONLINE.DE NJOY! HERE IS ALSO A NEW PRICELIST (07/07) AVAILABLE, INCLUDING THE NEW 64 OYSTICK TO LUS/4 DAPTER. S USUAL, YOU CAN FIND THE PRICELIST HERE: HTTP://WWW.PROTOVISIONONLINE.COM/ PRICELIST. TROBE EFFECTS, DON'T EXECUTE THE FIRST PIECE OF CODE, JUST READ THE DOCUMENTATION & DISSECTION. HIS ONLY APPLIES TO THE FILE CALLED RASTER1.ASM & THE LATER FILES CAN BE EXECUTED WITH NO DIFFICULTY. AST ISSUE LEFT YOU ALL MESSING AROUND WITH THE SINE ONCE A FRAME & IS DOING A LITTLE $020 TO FLASH THE BORDER COLOUR. ND WE CAN DO ANY- THING FROM INTERRUPT, PLAY MUSIC, MOVE SPRITES, SCROLL THE SCREEN & WITH MORE THAN ONE SPLIT, CHANGE WHAT THE CHIP IS DOING AT VARIOUS POINTS DOWN THE SCREEN.  COMMON BUT MORE LIKELY THE LONGER THE PROGRAM SPENDS IN " MODE" SO THIS IS A NICE LITTLE PRECAUTION TO PREVENT SOME HARD TO TRACK ERRATIC CRASHES THAT MAY OCCUR AS YOUR CODE BECOMES MORE COMPLEX. LDA #SPLIT STA $D012 LDA #$1B STA $D011 OW WE SET T ADING THE KEYBOARD & A FEW OTHER LITTLE TASKS. INCE WE BELIEVE IN LEADING BY EXAMPLE WON'T JUST GO OFF & TEACH YOU ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF INTERRUPT, FOR NOW THE ONLY ONE YOU NEED IS THE RASTER INTERRUPT. F YOU REMEMBER OUR DEMO, IT WAITED F315 ARE WHERE THE 64 LOOKS TO FIND THE ADDRESS IT SHOULD CALL FOR THE INTERRUPT, NORMALLY IT'S SET TO $31 (THE HOUSEKEEPING ROUTINES WE MENTIONED EARLIER) BUT WE WANT IT POINTING TO OUR CODE CALLED INT, WHICH WILL LATER CALL $31 ITSELF. HE #< AR INGULAR ROWSER WAS OFFLINE FOR QUITE SOME TIME DUE TO THE SERVER MOVING. INCE A WHILE IT CAN BE REACHED AGAIN AT THE USUAL ADDRESS HTTP://SINGULARCREW.HU/BROWSER . HUS IT IS AGAIN POSSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD A VERSION FITTING YOUR HARDWARE SETUP. HE DIS & THINGS THAT MIGHT NEED FURTHER CHANGES OR FIXING. E ARE COMMITTED TO RELEASE A GAME AS A FITTING END TO THE 16 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT. N ONDAY, 2 ULY, ONE OF OUR PLAY- TESTERS, EON\\, MADE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PLAYTHER DISK / HE SERVER FOR NEWCOMER.HU IS CURRENTLY OFFLINE. T IS CURRENTLY MOVING TO A NEW LOCATION & HOPEFULLY BACK ONLINE SOON. HE LAST NEWS ITEM IS ABOUT A FRIEND, A FORMER PROJECT PARTICIPANT & COLLEAGUE. - EREBY WE PUBLICLY EXPRESS OUR WISHES RS.ORG ORUM TOPIC: HTTP://RETROHACKERS.ORG/FORUM/VIEWT OPIC.PHP?T=249 OWNLOAD VERSION: HTTP://SOUNDIS.INFA.FI/UNOFFICIALTAR V1.ZIP OWNLOAD VERSION: HTTP://WWW.DEKADENCE64.ORG/TARV 1.ZIP 64 /4 OW AVAILABLE IN OU-5 SECONDS - -2000 VERSION: TWO 3.5" FLOPPY DISKS, DISK SWAPPING IS ONLY NECESSARY FOR OADING & AVING - -4000 VERSION ON A SINGLE 3.5" FLOPPY DISK- 64 VERSION: THE GAME CAN WORK ENTIRELY FROM OR CARD, OR IT CAN WORK FROM A THE TITLES WITH A BOX & COVER. HE FOLLOWING GAMES ARE GOING TO BE IN THAT BOX: OMB ANIA, EAM ATROL, UADRIS, UADTRON, NACKS 4 NAKES, OCKEY ANIA & ANKS 3000. T WILL BE A NICE PARTY GAME COLLECTION, WON'T IT? OWEVER, WE ARE NOT SURE IF THERE IMED FIT TO BE A ELEASE ANDIDATE & WAS ASSIGNED THAT STATUS. OTH MAIN LANGUAGE VERSIONS & THE MOST RELEVANT / VERSIONS HAVE BEEN IN TESTING FOR 6 WEEKS NOW. ELEASE IS ONLY A MATTER OF MONTHS AWAY, DEPENDING ON PLAY- & / COMPATIBILITY TEST RESULTS,ERATED BY SWITCHING THE TO 2Z MODE WHILE THE IS DRAWING THE SCREEN BORDERS, PROVIDING ABOUT 30% EXTRA SPEED OVER THE 64 - UPER DIRECTLY SUPPORTED: PRACTICALLY DE-PACKING, WHEN COUPLED WITH THE 64 VERSION, ALMOST A MAGNITUDE FASTR SOFTWARE & LINKS CONCERNING UPGRADES & ADD-ONS THAT WE STOCK SUCH AS 64, -ET AND ETRO EPLAY. OR INSTANCE, THERE IS NOW A LIST OF SOFTWARE THAT WILL WORK DIRECTLY FROM THE 64, INCLUDING OPYCAT BY AIRLIGHT, A NEW DEMO RELEASED AT THE RECENTON EPLAY WITH AN IMPROVED URBO SSEMBLER THAT RUNS ENTIRELY OUT OF ETRO EPLAY AND UTILIZES FOR THE SOURCE, THUS LEAVING THE ENTIRE $0801-$FFFF AREA AVAILABLE FOR CODE. OUNEMO HAS NOW RELEASED AN VERSION OF THE . ETROHACKE41 VERSION: 11 DISK SIDES, IMPROVED FASTLOADER, DATA LAYOUT OPTIMIZED FOR LESS DISK SWAPPING, THE FORMERLY SEPARATE OOT & AVE DISK SIDES ARE ON THE SAME DISK SIDE NOW - 1581 VERSION: THREE 3.5" FLOPPY DISKS, LOADING & DEPACKING A COMPLETE AREA IS 4 P UNTIL TODAY, A LOT OF GAMES WERE RELEASED AS A SINGLE OFFER, INCLUDING MANY GAMES WITH ROTOVISION 4 LAYER NTERFACE SUPPORT. OR QUITE A WHILE WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING WHETHER IT IS WORTH COMPILING A 4 PLAYER GAMES COLLECTION TO GIVE NEW LIFE INTO /CATALOG/PRODUCTINFO.PHP ?PRODUCTSID=111 T IS TIME TO GIVE YOU ALL NEWS ON OUR PROGRESS WITH THE PROJECT. E ARE GLAD TO INFORM ALL OF YOU UBERPATIENT FELLOWS ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:HE 12TH BETA BUILD OF LTIMATE EWCOMER WAS DEE1/ 8580 CHIP AUTO- DETECTION & SUPPORT -128 UTO-BOOT SUPPORT WITH ALL FLOPPY DISKVERSIONS; WORKS BOTH WITH THE INTERNAL DRIVES OF 128 & 128R & EXTERNALLY ATTACHED 1541/1571/1581/ FLOPPY DRIVES -128 DIRECTLY SUPPORTED: DEPACKING IS ACCEL ORUM AT HTTP://WWW.LEMON64.COM/FORUM EMON64 THREAD: HTTP://WWW.LEMON64.COM/ FORUM/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?T=24066 OUR OPINION IS WANTED! HANK YOU. UR HARDWARE SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED AGAIN. E HAVE ADDED UTILITIES & OTHE K VERSION IS STILL AT: HTTP://NONAME.C64.ORG/CSDB/RELEAS E/?ID=48032 1 AST TIME WE INTRO- DUCED URBO CTION 1 FOR ETRO EPLAY BY OUNEMO. REVIOUSLY, OUNEMO HAS SPICED UP THE GOOD OLD CTI ROUGH OF THE VERSION, IN "OLO MODE". - NLY A SINGLE, HARMLESS LOGIC FLAW WAS DISCOVERED DURING THIS PARTICULAR PLAYTHROUGH. / COMPATIBILITY & TECH FEATURES TOOK FINAL SHAPE AS WELL. LMOST EVERY PLANNED FEATURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED: - 15 OF TO NDRAS AY, THE CODER FOR THE ORIGINAL & THE NHANCED EW- COMER, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS WEDDING IN EARLY ULY! : 4 ? INCE 1997 ROTOVISION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING GAMES FOR THE 64. R NLINE HOP: 64 OYSTICK TO LUS/4 DAPTER. HIS ADAPTER IS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO USE THEIR 64 JOYSTICK ON LUS/4. NLINE HOP: HTTP://WWW.PROTOVISION ONLINE.DE/CATALOG IRECT LINK TO 64 OYSTICK TO LUS/4 DAPTER: HTTP://WWW.PROTOVISION ONLINE.DE OR & OAD/AVE GAME POSITIONS TO OR CARD -N NGLISH & A UNGARIAN LANGUAGE VERSION OF ALL VERSIONS LISTED ABOVE; ERMAN LANGUAGE VERSION IS DELAYED, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEAR FUTURE -/ AUTO-DETECTION & SUPPORT - 658S ENOUGH INTEREST IN THE OLDER TITLES TO MAKE A COLLECTION LIKE THIS WORTH RELEASING. HAT IS WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO START A LITTLE POLL TO SEE IF THERE IS GENERAL INTEREST IN SUCH A PARTYBOX. HE POLL IS TAKING PLACE IN THE ROTOVISION SECTION AT EMON64U NTERVIEW WITH AMES THAT EREN'T RANK ASKING HTTP://WWW.GTW64.CO.UK 2 OF 2 -HAT INFORMATION WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE FOR XAMPLE OUR READER MAY BE THINKING WORKED ON A GAME IN THAT IS ON THEU * OMMODORE REE AGAZINE * SSUE UMBER 11 UGUST 2007 TO DOWNLOAD OMMODORE AGAZINE VAILABLE IN TEXT & AS A 64 IMAGE WWW.COMMODOREFREE.COM DITOR NOTHER GREAT ISSUE! LTHOUGH SAY IT MYSELF, MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE OVER DOMGRINSERIOUSLY THOUGH ARTICLES ARE ALWAYS WELCOME, ELL THEY VARY CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, BUT AM LOOKING FOR: UTORIALS (BEGINNERS & XPERT) XPERIENCES WITH OMMODORE HY LOVE = MACHINES NTERVIEWS MAYBE YOU HAVU * * EMULATOR HE VERSATILE OMMODORE MULATOR RUNNING ON VARIOUS HARDWARE NOW RUNS ON VERSION OF MIGA WITH ARPOS & WARP OWNLOADS AVAILABLE INARY FOR 68 MIGA 3. X SYSTEMS: INARY FOR MIGA 4. X SYSTEMS:Y WHEN WENT OFF ON ONE POSSIBLY DUE TO THE PRESSURE OF THE DEADLINES IMPOSED ON MYSELF TO RELEASE MONTHLY ISSUES OF = REE MAGAZINE, & LIFE IN GENERAL TRYING TO GET THE BETTER OF ME. NFORTUNATELY IT SEEMS NO ONE HAS INVENTED A MACHINE TO FREEZE TI BELOW IS A SAMPLE = LUS 4 EMO HTTP://PLUS4.EMU CAMP.COM/SOFTWARE/HADE/ LSO YOU CAN WATCH IT ONLINE VIA OUTUBE HTTP://YOU TUBE.COM/WATCH?V=1VGF1N0 OMMODORE HIS IS AN AMAZING EMO FOR THE = PLUS4 THE MORE SEE THE MACHINE THE MOOU, & IF YOU ENJOY THEM, MY WORK IS DONE. INCERLY, OURS HRISTIAN AEUBER HTTP://WWW.3D TAEUBER.DE/GALLERY/GALLERYMAIN.HT ML N THE WEBSITE AMONGST OTHER ITEMS OF VISUAL EYE CANDY ARE PICTURES OF = OMPUTERS VIEWABLE IN 3D (WITH THE SPECIAL GLASSES)NTS & SAY THAT MY FRANTIC EMAILS & SCREAMING WERE JUST TO GET THE INFO IN A TIMELY MANNER. K THE BEST WAY TO HELP WOULD BE WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT OMMODORE (YES FOR THE OBSERVANT SPELLED THE COMPANY CORRECTLY THIS TIME)  GAIN AVAILABLE FROM ROTOVISION NLINE HOP! HTTP://WWW.PROTOVISIONONLINE.DE/CATALO G IRECT LINK TO -ET: HTTP://WWW.PROTOVISIONONLINE.DE/ CATALOG/PRODUCTINFO.PHP ?PRODUCTS ID=67 ESPITE THE RISE IN ERMAN VALUE ADDED TAX, THE SELLING PRICE OF 50  URO REMAINS. HE NEW -ET IS 100% SOFTWARE COMPATIBLE, BUT THE MECHANICAL APPEARANCE HAS CHANGED. NLIKE WITH THE OLD -ET, THE SOCKET FOR THE NETWORK CABLE NOW FACES TO THE RIGHT RATHER THAN UPWARDS. HIS UPDATE FITS PERFECT- LY WITH THE 64 BUT ARTICLE, UPDATE & AMEND THE INTERVIEW. O A BIG THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS ENS. O WHO YOU ARE WONDERING IS ENS & WHAT DOES HE DO WELL YOU NEED TO READ THE INTERVIEW TO FIND OUT. HANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SENT EMAILS OF SUPPORT, ESPECIALL WITH ETRO EPLAY IT RESULTS IN A CONFLICT WITH THE BUTTONS -IT-DOES-FIT, BUT ISN'T VERY ELEGANT. HE FOLLOWING IMAGE SHOWS THE COLLISION OF THE CABLE WITH THE BUTTONS OF : HTTP://WWW.PROTOVISIONONLINE.DE/HARDW/ GFX/RRANDRRNET.JPG AD SECTION HTTP://WWW.VICETEAM.ORG/AMIGAOS. HTML 3 EAR ISITOR, IN THIS MY LITTLE ALLERY, YOU FIND SOME SELECTED SAMPLES OF MY WORK, WICH DID THE LAST FEW COUPLE OF YEARS, & STILL DO, AS FIND THE TIME. AM HAPPY TO SHARE THEM WITH YOCTOR FOR THE NEW SERIES, WONDER WHAT THE OCTOR DOES WHEN HE ISN'T ON TELEVISION, DOES HE TAKE TIME OUT FROM SAVING THE WORLD? ND DOES HE STILL GET PAID BY TO RELAX? WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED FOR THERE TIME & COMMENE AVAILABLE FROM HTTP://NONAME.C64.ORG/ CSDB/RELEASE/?ID=49214 R WATCH ON YOUTUBE AI HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH?V=4ZKDTU ROTOVISION EWS PDATE ULY - -ET, THE NET- WORK INTERFACE CARD FOR 64 & ETRO EPLAY, IS A INGULAR ROWSER BY OCI/INGULAR IS A GRAPHICAL WEB BROWSER FOR 64/128. F YOU OWN THE NETWORK INTER- FACE CARD -ET OR (), YOU CAN GO ONLINE WITH INGULAR ROWSER ON YOUR = HE CUSTOM DOWNLOAD SYSTEM FO INATED BY THE ENS CHOFIELD INTERVIEW, WHICH REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM OTAL MIGA MAGAZINE. HE MAGAZINE IS NOW SADLY CLOSED. ENS ALSO ANSWERED A COUPLE OF EXTRA QUESTIONS SENT ON BEHALF OF = REE READERS & EVEN TOOK THE TIME TO RE-READ THE>E ACCESS TO A POWER USER HANKS IGEL WWW.COMMODOREFREE.COM ELL THEY VARY CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, BUT AM LOOKING FOR: UTORIALS (BEGINNERS & XPERT) XPERIENCES WITH OMMODORE HY LOVE = MACHINES NTERVIEWS MAYBE YOU HAV INARY FOR ORPH SYSTEMS: INARY FOR NTEL SYSTEMS: INARY FOR SYSTEMS: INARY FOR ARP SYSTEMS (XPERIMENTAL): INARY FOR ARP SYSTEMS (XPERIMENTAL): EAD OVER TO HTTP://WWW.VICETEAM.ORG/INDEX.HT ML OR THE MIGA DOWNLO ME OR EVEN BEEN ABLE TO LEND ME SOME FORM OF TIME MACHINE, THE IDN'T RESPOND TO MY PLEA TO USE THE TO GO BACK IN TIME A COUPLE OF MONTHS SO COULD GET AHEAD WITH AGAZINE ISSUES & BE MORE RELAXED. PRESUME THE IS STILL NEEDED BY THE RE AM STUNNED BY WHAT IT CAN DO, F YOU DON'T HAVE A = PLUS 4 SUGGEST YOU WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO SOMEWHERE. XCELLENT EMO RISTAR & ED ECTOR NC () HTTP://WWW.TRSI.ORG/ ELEASED A DEMO FOR YOUR ACKED UNIT CALLED HOST IN THE MACHI SISTER SITES FOR OTHER PLATFORMS TO JOIN THE 64, & MIGA SISTER SITES UNDER THE MAIN SITE UMBRELLA. -HAT GAVE YOU THE IDEA OR NEED TO START THE WEBSITE AND HAVE YOU ALWAYS COLLECTED INFORMATION ABOUT "GAMES THAT EREN'T? WAS ORIGINALLY ID PERFECTLY FINE, & IT WAS A FANTASTIC CONVERSION TOO. HAT FINDING KIND OF PUT IN THE LIME- LIGHT & HAS HELPED SINCE UNCOVER OTHER TITLES. 2ND HAS TO BE A JOINT FIGHT BETWEEN YGER YGER & EADLOCK (2 OTHER HUGE TITLES WHICH HAD BEEN MISSING FOR OVE ON. URRENTLY 'M BOGGED DOWN IN WORK, SO DO A FEW HOURS HERE & THERE WHEN CAN ANSWERING EMAILS, RESEARCHING, WRITING REVIEWS & DOING QUICK SITE UPDATES. UPDATE THE 64 SITE, ENTRIES, ETC. HE GUYS ON THE MIGA & SITES, & UPDATE THE MAINED GAMES AS POSSIBLE IN ONE PLACE. HE WEBSITE GREW FROM THERE & NOW WE'RE REGULARLY DIGGING OUT SOME BIG TITLES. ASICALLY MY INFORMATION COLLECTING STARTED WHEN STARTED THE REGULAR ARTICLES. -O YOU JUST RUN THE SITE OR 64 ISSING GAMES OR ARE TOUGH :) -AVE YOU EVER FOUND A GAME THAT IS VIRTUALLY FINISHED BUT THE COMPANY PULLED THE GAME FROM PRODUCTION FOR SOME REASON, MAYBE THE COMPANY WENT BUST BEFORE MASS PRODUCTION & ADVERT- ISING THINKING HER ABOUT "AFFY UCK" THAT WAS GIVEN RAVE REVIEFIND :) -O HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT GAMES WERE BEING WORKED ON THAT NEVER MADE IT TO MASS PRODUCTION? OSTLY THROUGH MAGAZINE RESEARCH. AGAZINES USED TO REGULARLY PREVIEW GAMES WHICH NEVER APPEARED, OR WHICH LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT TO THE FINAL RELEASED VHAVE UNCOVERED SOME REAL GEMS WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FIND FOR AMES HAT EREN'T? TOUGH ONE REALLY - BUT IT HAS TO BE "OLAR ETMAN" - MAINLY BECAUSE IT WAS SALVAGED FROM ITS LAST REMAINING DISK COPY FROM A BRIEFCASE STUFFED BEHIND A RADIATOR. T WORKENARIO FOR MOST OF THE GAMES SADLY (& FOR ONES STILL OUT THERE) -OW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND WORKING ON THE WEBSITE WHO IS INVOLVED IN ITS MAINTANANCE? T USED TO BE ABOUT 30 MIN. A DAY DOING REVIEW WRITING WHICH EXPANDED WHEN AN UPDATE WAS BEING WORKEDAT THE SEARCH FOR AFFY UCK & URDER HAS BECOME OBSES- SIVE OVER THE PAST 6 YEARS MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE EAGERNESS OF OTHERS ON THE 64 SCENE WHO ARE ALSO DESPERATE TO FIND THEM ('D LOVE TO UNCOVER THEM FOR OTHERS TO ENJOY). IN 2 UGH THN = ONE DOING RESEARCH INTO VARIOUS GAMES & MANAGED TO ACTUALLY FIND SOME OF THEM. THEN FOUND THAT BECAUSE A FAIR FEW OF THESE UNRELEASED GAMES WERE OUT THERE - IT WOULD BE AN IDEA TO PRODUCE AN ARCHIVE WHICH WOULD TRY TO COLLABORATE AS MANY UNRELEASNALLY BUT MOST PEOPLE WERE DIS- SAPOINTED WITH YGER YGER. VERYONE WAS EXPECTING THIS AWESOME LACK IGER BEATING GAME, BUT FOUND THAT THE GAME WAS INFACT ONLY HALF FINISHED & WAS REALLY A INTERACTIVE DEMONSTRATION MORE THAN A GAME. STILL LOVED IT THULD LIKE TO FIND TARTING WITH MOST WANTED.. 1) AFFY UCK (I-EC) 2) URDER! (-OLD) 3) HE EARCH FOR HARLA (HALAMUS) 4) TREETHAWK (CEAN) 5) UTTY (YSTEM 3) F COURSE A FAIR FEW ARE FIGHTING FOR THOSE SPOTS... THERE'S LOADS MORE 'M KEEN TO  BY IMO EIRICH & DRIAN IMPSON RESPECTIVELY. E ALL COLLABORATE ON A MAIN WEBSITE WHICH COVERS VARIOUS UNRELEASED GAMES NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR VARIOUS SYSTEMS. E ALL HELP EACH OTHER OUT WITH ANY CROSS OVER OF INFORMATION ETC. -OU MUST ORE LAUNCH NOTHER (HICH WE DIDN'T FIND AS SUCH) IS "HELLSHOCK" WHICH EYOND ELIEF WERE TO LAUNCH (HEY WENT BUST & LATER SOLD THE GAME TO = ORMAT). ASICALLY THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ON THE SITE WHICH WERE IN THIS SITUATION AS IT WAS A VERY COMMON SCEY. -SN'T THIS NOW BECOMING AN OBSESSION? T COULD DO... BUT TRY NOT TO LET IT. F IT BECAME AN OBSESSION, THINK WOULDN'T BE FUN ANY MORE. TO ME IS A LOT OF FUN, AND TRYING TO LOCATE THESE GAMES IS A GOOD CHALLENGE. WOULD ADMIT THOUGH TH NSPIRED BY AN ARTICLE IN = ORCE MAGAZINE ON UN- RELEASED GAMES ("HAT WAS THE GAME THAT WASN'T") BACK IN AROUND 1993. WAS VERY INTRIGUED ABOUT IF THESE GAMES COULD BE FOUND TO BE PLAYED, & IT WENT FROM THERE REALLY. STARTED WITH A REGULAR ARTICLE I R A DECADE) -HERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME SURPRISES FROM BIG COMPANIES WORKING ON LETS SAY "RUBBISH" CAN YOU COMMENT & GIVE AN EXAMPLE? MMM ... F YOU MEAN POSSIBLY GAMES WE WERE URGENTLY TRYING TO FIND BUT WE FOUND POOR WHEN WE FOUND THEM. OT ME PERSO WEBSITE. ELPING ME ON THE 64 SITE WITH RESEARCH AND REVIEWS ARE NDREW ISHER (ESEARCH/EVIEWS), AVID IMMONDS (ESEARCH/IXING ORGANIZING), ETER EIGHILL (ESEARCH) & LEX OSS (ESEARCH & EVIEWS) -LEASE LIST THE 5 MOST WANTED GAMES YOU WO HERE OTHER "SUBSITES" FOR DIFFERENT MACHINES? MAINLY CONCENTRATE ON THE 64 SIDE OF THINGS FOR ARCHIVING & HUNTING, AS THATS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ME (HERE ARE THOUSANDS OF UNRELEASED GAMES ON THE 64) - BUT WE HAVE SISTER SITES FOR THE & MIGA RUN WS BY ZAP64 BUT NEVER EMERGED AS A GAME? ROM THE SAME COMPANY AS AFFY UCK - NOMINATE "UGS UNNY RIVATE ETECTIVE" AS ONE WE FOUND. HIS WAS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE (HOUGH WITHOUT MUSIC) & WAS PULLED PURELY BECAUSE I- EC WENT INTO LIQUIDATION BEFERSION. DDITIONALLY WHEN WE CHAT DEVELOPERS ABOUT ONE GAME, THEY'LL SHED LIGHT ON ANOTHER THEY WORKED ON IN THE SAME SITUATION. INALLY WE GET CONTACTED BY VARIOUS PEOPLE WITH NEW INFO & OCCASIONALLY A GAME THEY WORKED ON WHICH NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DA TO CALL SWLINIT() AS WELL IF YOU ARE USING TEXT OR CHECKBOX WIDGETS) , THEN CALL DOIDGET() WITH A POINTER TO THE FIRST WIDGET OF THE GROUP: DOIDGET(FIRST, ININDOW) STRUCT WIDGET *FIRST; INT ININDOW; HE ININDOW ARGUMENT INDICATES WHETHER THE WID U SING THE =128 OMPUTER WITH A ONITOR FTER THE SAD NEWS ABOUT = CENE'S ADAPTOR, IT NOW APPEARS THERE IS STILL LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR USERS WANTING TO USE = MACHINES WITH EWER MONITORS HE INFORMATION BELOW WAS TAEDGE & FOR ALIGNMENT) CHAR WGETCHAR() ; EADS A CHARACTER FROM THE KEYBOARD (BLOCKS UNTIL A KEY IS PRESSED) CHAR WGETKEY() ; EADS A CHARACTER FROM THE KEYBOARD (NON-BLOCKING, MAY RETURN 0) F YOU ARE USING ASSEMBLER,U NTERVIEW WITH AMES THAT EREN'T RANK ASKING HTTP://WWW.GTW64.CO.UK 1 OF 2 -LEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO OUR READER I THERE - 'M RANK ASKING 25YRS OLD & FROM NGLAND. URING THE DAY, A WEB DEVEL, HOWEVER, THE LOOP WILL EXIT AS SOON AS A WIDGET WITH A DISPATCH ROUTINE LOSES FOCUS. HE REASON FOR THIS IS SO THAT ONE WIDGET CAN AFFECT ANOTHER (E.G. A CHECKBOX CHANGING ANOTHER WIDGET FROM TEXT INPUT TO A LABEL TO DISABLE IT) O MAKE THIS HAPPEN,  ER & BEGGED & BEGGED FOR ONE. URE ENOUGH - MY PARENTS (NOT HAVING MUCH MONEY) BOUGHT ME A 2D-HAND TARI 2600 FOR MAS THAT YEAR WITH A BUNDLE OF GREAT GAMES (NE OF MY MOST MEMORABLE XMAS'). HE FOLLOWING YEAR ON MY BIRTHDAY THEY BOUGHT A 2ND HAND IC TTOM CHARACTER SETS. HE S FOR ADDING END KEYS & ALLOWED KEYS ARE NOT CONSISTENT HERE ARE NO KNOWN BUGS AT THIS TIME. LEASE SEND BUG REPORTS TO THE ADDRESS AT THE TOP OF THIS FILE. HERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR SCREEN COLORS OR CUSOF THE ROOM ON A LITTLE TELLY. T WAS THE 1ST TIME HAD SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT - THE VERY FIRST THING SAW LOADED UP WAS UCK OGERS (OLLOWED BY RMY OVES, OON UGGY, AHALLA, APPER ETC), & WAS INSTANTLY HOOKED & WANTED MY OWN GAMES MACHINE/COMPUT ALSO PROVIDES SOME UTILITY ROUTINES: INT BANNER(TEXT, EDGE, ALIGN) CHAR *TEXT; INT EDGE, ALIGN; RAWS A BANNER AT THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGE OF THE SCREEN IN REVERSE VIDEO, ALIGNED LEFT, CENTER, OR RIGHT. EE SWL.H FOR CONSTANTS ( FOR 20 WHICH HAS EVER SINCE HAD A SOFT SPOT IN MY HEART. N 1990 FINALLY GOT A 64 (IGHT ANTASTIC ACK) & MY ALREADY BUZZING COMPUTING INTEREST WENT UP ANOTHER LEVEL. HE 64 WAS REALLY THE MACHINE WHICH BLEW ME AWAY - & BEGAN TO PURCHASE ZAP & OMMODFROM THE ENDKEYS TABLE, & SWLKILL() IF YOU WERE USING TEXT OR CHECKBOX WIDGETS. HE RETURN VALUE IS A POINTER TO THE WIDGET THE USER EXITED FROM (OR 0 IF ANY SCREEN LOCATIONS ARE INVALID) S WITH MENUS, WIDGETS CAN HAVE DISPATCH FUNCTIONS. ITH WIDGETSKEN WITH PERMISSION FROM THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE HTTP://HOME.COMCAST.NET/KKRAUSNICK/ C128-VGA/C128-VGA.HTML T SEEMS THAT THIS USER HAS MANAGED WHAT MANY HAVE TRIED TO DO FOR A LONG TIME, ITS NOT A NEAT SOLUTION BUT DOES APPEAR TO BE A WORKING SOLUTICHAROUT (WRITE A CHARACTER TO SCREEN) SCNOUT (WRITE A SCREEN CODE TO SCREEN) HERE ARE NO KNOWN BUGS AT THIS TIME. LEASE SEND BUG REPORTS TO THE ADDRESS AT THE TOP OF THIS FILE. HERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR SCREEN COLORS OR CUS WAS STAYING OVER MY SISTERS HOUSE BACK IN EARLY 1988 - WAS PLAYING UP A BIT & DIDN'T WANT TO GO ASLEEP, SO MY SISTER PROMISED THAT IF WENT TO BED SHE WOULD DIG OUT A SURPRISE THE NEXT MORNING. URE ENOUGH - AWOKE TO SEE A 64 SET UP IN THE CORNER HECK MANUALLY FOR A DISPATCH FUNCTION WHEN THE LOOP EXITS, & HANDLE THIS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS (RE-ENTERING THE LOOP AFTER THE DISPATCH HAS BEEN CALLED IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE) HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TECHNIQUE IN THE DEMO PROGRAM WDGTEST.C. ORE ORMAT ON A REGULAR BASIS. 'VE BEEN PART OF THE COMMUNITY EVER SINCE. -XPLAIN THE IDEA OF THE "AMES HAT EREN'T" WEBSITE AMES HAT EREN'T IS A PROJECT DEDICATED TO DOCUMENTING & FINDING LOST/UNRELEASED GAMES WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO MYSTER GETS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN A WINDOW; IF SO, THE WINDOW CURSOR LOCATION ROUTINE IS USED, & ANY WIDGETS THAT WOULD EXTEND BEYOND THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE WINDOW ARE TRUNCATED BEFORE DISPLAY. HEN DOIDGET() RETURNS, CALL KILLDG( ) TO REMOVE THE FUNCTION KEYS Y FOR MANY YEARS ACROSS MANY PLATFORMS. RIMARILY WE TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH VARIOUS DEVELOPERS PAST/PRESENT & SEE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO SHOW THE WORLD THEIR UNRELEASED GAMES ON VARIOUS PLATFORMS. E ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO SET UP MIRROR  THERE ARE SOME ADD- ITIONAL ROUTINES AVAILABLE THAT ARE NOT CALLABLE FROM . HESE ARE DOCUMENTED IN SWLASM.A & SWL-IRQ.A: MULTIPLY (INTEGER MULTIPLY) BEEP (SOUND A BELL) SAVTEMP (SAVE TEMPORARY VARIABLE AREA) RSTTEMP (RESTORE TEMPORARY VARIABLE AREA)  OPER & SUPPORT OFFICER, & OUTSIDE OF WORK A BIG RETRO GAMING FREAK WITH A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE IC 20, 64 & GAMES THAT NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY -LEASE TELL OUR READER HOW YOU WERE INTRODUCED TO COMPUTING & = ASICALLY IT ALL STARTED WHEN  WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE DISPATCH FUNCTION FROM WITHIN THE WIDGET LOOP'S ASSEMBLER CODE, WHICH WAS NOT PREPARED TO DO (IT WOULD ALSO HAVE REQUIRED AN ADD- ITIONAL FLAG TO INDICATE THAT THE DISPATCH SHOULD BE CALLED IMMEDIATELY). HE SOLUTION IS TO C$02 (): ALLOW ONLY SPECIFIED CHARACTERS $04 (): USE INPUT TERMINATOR TABLE ("ENDKEYS") $80 (): CHECKBOX INPUT: 1 CHARACTER ONLY, SPACE ONLY, TOGGLES A CHECKMARK AND CAN BE COMBINED (E.G. NUMERIC WITH DECIMAL POINT)CONSTRUCTOR" FUNCTIONS FOR MENUS & MENU ITEMS, AS WELL AS FUNCTIONS TO ADD ITEMS & SUBMENUS TO A MENU: STRUCT *MENU NEWENU(LEFT, TOP, PARENT, TITLE) INT LEFT, TOP; STRUCT MENU *PARENT; CHAR *TITLE; STRUCT *MENUITEM NEWTEM(TEXT) CHAR *TEXT; ADDTEM(MCAN USE THE KEYBOARD TO MOVE BACK & FORTH AMONG SEVERAL FIELDS & ACCEPT OR CANCEL THE INPUT AS A WHOLE. HE KEYS, INSPIRED BY -INK, ARE 7/8 TO MOVE FORWARD & BACKWARD AMONG THE WIDGETS, 1 TO ACCEPT, & 5 TO CANCEL. HEY ARE DEFINED IN SWL.H. GROUPIED BY THE WINDOW IS BUFFERED & RESTORED WHEN THE WINDOW IS CLOSED. P TO 8 WINDOWS AT A TIME CAN BE OPEN, & THEY CAN OVERLAP. OPENND(LEFT, TOP, WIDTH, HEIGHT, TITLE) INT LEFT, TOP, WIDTH, HEIGHT; CLSND( ) HERE IS ALSO A ROUTINE TO DRAW A BOX ON TG DRAWOX() AND DOES NOT RESTORE THE SCREEN. N ADDITION, DOIST() IGNORES SUBMENUS. T IS MEANT FOR SIMPLE LISTBOXES (SEE THE LISTBOX WIDGET DESCRIBED BELOW). ENUS ARE EXITED WITH NTER () OR 5 (), & END KEYS ARE RESPECTED, MEANING YOU CAAN UNDERSCORE. ISTBOX WIDGETS CALL THE DOIST() FORM OF MENU. S WITH MENUS, THERE ARE "CONSTRUCTOR" FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS A FUNCTION TO ADD THEM TO A GROUP: STRUCT *WIDGET NEWBL(LEFT, TOP, TEXT) INT LEFT, TOP; CHAR *TEXT; STRUCT *WIDGET NEWXT(LEFT, INDOW. HAS SUPPORT FOR MENUS, WHICH CAN APPEAR ANYWHERE ON THE SCREEN. ENUS ARE REPRESENTED BY A MENU STRUCTURE WITH A POINTER TO A SINGLY-LINKED LIST OF MENU ITEM STRUCTURES. SUBMENU IS A MENU ITEM WITH A POINTER TO THE SUBMENU. HERE ARE "TEMS CAN CONTAIN A POINTER TO A DISPATCH FUNCTION (ICTION), SO YOU CAN JUST CHECK TO SEE IF THAT'S NON-NULL & CALL IT IF SO. HE WIDGET S PULL TOGETHER ALL THE ELEMENTS OF TO ALLOW THE CREATION OF INPUT SCREENS OR DIALOGS WHERE THE USER ABLE WHILE IT HAS FOCUS. S WITH MENUS, THE WIDGET STRUCTURE HAS A FIELD NAMED WXTEND FOR "SUBCLASSING" (IN FACT, THE LISTBOX WIDGET USES IT TO STORE THE MENU POINTER). O DISPLAY A GROUP OF WIDGETS, CALL INITDG() TO SET UP THE FUNCTION KEYS (MAKE SURENDER (IN SWL-IRQ.A). OR ALLOWED KEYS, JUST STRCPY THE CHARACTERS TO THE ALLOWED ARRAY (THERE IS AN FOR THIS IF YOU ARE USING WIDGETS). SUPPORTS TEXT-BASED WINDOWS, WHICH ARE WRITTEN DIRECTLY TO SCREEN MEMORY. HE AREA OF THE SCREEN OCCUESE STRUCTURES). HERE ARE 2 TYPES OF MENU: STRUCT *MENU DOENU(MENUPTR) STRUCT MENU *MENUPTR; STRUCT *MENU DOIST(MENUPTR) STRUCT MENU *MENUPTR; DOENU() DRAWS THE MENU WITHIN A WINDOW AND RESTORES THE SCREEN AFTER- WARD; DOIST() DRAWS THE MENU USINATA ENTRY LOOP, LABEL WIDGETS ARE IGNORED, BUT TEXT INPUTS ARE HANDLED BY WCHRIN(). HECKBOX WIDGETS ARE ALSO HANDLED BY WCHRIN(), BUT WITH THE SPECIAL FLAG , WHICH ALLOWS ONLY A SINGLE SPACE AS INPUT AND USES IT TO TOGGLE BETWEEN A CHECK MARK & ON (COUNTING FROM 0) & CLEARS THE SCREEN LINE LINK TABLE. WLOCATE() CHECKS TO SEE IF A WINDOW IS OPEN: IF SO, IT LOCATES THE CURSOR WITHIN THE WINDOW, OTHERWISE IT CALLS LOCATE(). WLOCATE() RETURNS (0) IF THE COORDINATES ARE OUT OF RANGE FOR THE WWAS CHOSEN WITH NTER, THE MENU STRUCTURE'S MHOSEN FIELD WILL BE SET TO (1) AND THE MURITEM FIELD WILL INDICATE WHICH ITEM WAS SELECTED (YOU WILL HAVE TO WALK THE ITEM STRUCTURES WITH A COUNTER TO GET TO IT; SEE MENUTEST.C FOR AN EXAMPLE). ENU I) ; ACH WIDGET HAS ITS OWN SET OF END KEYS & ALLOWED KEYS. ND KEYS ARE ADDED TO THE ENDKEYS TABLE WHEN EACH WIDGET GAINS FOCUS, & REMOVED AFTERWARD (SINCE THE FUNCTION KEYS MUST REMAIN ACTIVE), BUT EACH WIDGET'S ALLOWED KEYS REPLACE THE ALLOWED KEYS T , BUT TRUMPS BOTH (IT IS MEANT FOR THE CHECKBOX WIDGET DESCRIBED BELOW). HE ALLOWED KEYS AND END KEYS ARE IN 16-BYTE CHARACTER ARRAYS NAMED "ALLOWED" AND "ENDKEYS". O ADD OR REMOVE END KEYS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CALL TO WCHRIN, CALL ADDNDER & RMV ENU, ITEM) STRUCT MENU *MENU; STRUCT ITEM *ITEM; STRUCT *MENUITEM ADDMENU(MENU SUBMENU) STRUCT MENU *MENU, *SUBMENU; EE THE HEADER FILE FOR THE STRUCTURE DEFINITION (NOTE THAT THERE ARE FIELDS CALLED MXTEND & IXTEND THAT CAN BE USED TO "SUBCLASS" TH P OF WIDGETS IS A CIRCULAR, DOUBLY-LINKED LIST OF WIDGET STRUCTURES. HERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF WIDGETS: LABELS, TEXT INPUT, CHECKBOX, & LISTBOX (ALL OF WHICH SHARE THE SAME STRUCTURE). LL WIDGETS ARE DISPLAYED WHEN DOIDGET() IS FIRST CALLED. URING THE D HE SCREEN, WHICH IS NOT BUFFERED: DRAWOX(LEFT, TOP, WIDTH, HEIGHT) INT LEFT, TOP, WIDTH, HEIGHT; HERE ARE 2 ROUTINES TO SET THE CURSOR LOCATION: LOCATE(X, Y) INT X, Y; WLOCATE(X, Y) INT X, Y; LOCATE() SETS THE X AND Y CURSOR POSITI N CHECK THE VALUE OF ENDKEY TO SEE HOW A MENU WAS EXITED (YOU CAN ALSO CHECK THE MENU'S MNDKEY FIELD). HE RETURN VALUE IS THE MENU STRUCTURE THE USER EXITED FROM (WHICH MAY BE A SUBMENU), OR 0 IF A TOP-LEVEL MENU WAS DISMISSED WITH 5. F A MENU ITEM TOP, TEXT) INT LEFT, TOP; CHAR *TEXT; STRUCT *WIDGET NEWHK(LEFT, TOP, STATE, DUMMY) INT LEFT, TOP, STATE; CHAR *DUMMY; STRUCT *WIDGET NEWIST(LEFT, TOP, MENU) INT LEFT, TOP; STRUCT MENU *MENU; ADDDG(WIDGET, FIRSTDG) STRUCT WIDGET *WIDGET, *FIRSTDG ILERS FOR OMMODORE MACHINES, IS THIS SOME OBSESSION, & WHY THE FASCINATION -ES, IT'S AN OBSESSION! WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH COMPILERS! END ME MORE THAT MAY FEED UPON THEM & GROW STRONG! ERIOUSLY, 'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED WITH LANGUAGES, BOTH S ADS DIRECTORIES INTO A MENU STRUCTURE, THEN FREES THE DIRECTORY ENTRIES & MENU ITEMS & ALLOCATES NEW ONES AS THE DIRECTORY TREE IS TRAVERSED). ATURALLY, THAT'S TURNING INTO A SAGA OF MYTHIC PROPORTIONS. O FIND OUT ALL THE GORY DETAILS (INC- LUDING E AVAILABLE ON MY OWER PAGE, HTTP://WWW.LYONLABS.ORG/COMMODORE/ POWERC.HTML. -RE THERE ANY APPLICATIONS WRITTEN IN POWER ESPECIALLY UTILISING THESE EXT- ENSIONS OUR READERS CAN DOWNLOAD TO LOOK AT WHAT IS ACHIEVABLE -OME TO IN HICAGOA SNAPSHOT OF THE SOURCE CODE), OFFER SUGGESTIONS, OR JUST TELL ME 'M CRAZY TO BE DOING THIS, VISIT MY WEB LOG... HTTP://WWW.LYONLABS.ORG/ROLLER/SHADOW/ ENTRY/SWLSHADOWSWIDGETLIBRARY IC PROPORTIONS. O FIND OUT ALL THE GORY DETAILS (INC- LUDING NIX-LIKE OPERATING SYSTEM FOR THE = -HAT WOULD BE YOUR LEAST FAVORITE & WHY -= , GUESS! HE '64 DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM, OR WOULD PUT THAT IN THE SAME CATEGORY. HE =64 JUST BEGS TO HAVE NEW TOOLS CREATED FOR IT! -OU U VERSION 1.00 HTTP://WWW.LYONLABS.ORG/COMMODORE/ C64.HTML NFORMATION & HELP FILE HIS FILE DESCRIBES THE LIBRARY FOR THE OWER COMPILER (OMMODORE 64). F YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE COMPILER, GET IT ON MY WEBSITE, HTTP://WWW & FREE() FUNCTIONS, BECAUSE THEY USE A FIRST- FIT ALGORITHM THAT LEAKS MEMORY; A PROGRAM THAT REPEATEDLY ALLOCATES & FREES LARGE NUMBERS OF "OBJECTS" WILL FIND ITSELF OUT OF MEMORY VERY QUICKLY (THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO IS A PROGRAM THAT REPEATEDLY RE .LYONLABS.ORG (SEE THE = 64 SECTION). LEASE SEND BUG REPORTS OR DOCUMENTATION ERRORS TO ME (LENN OLMER) HE LIBRARY IS A SET OF TEXT-BASED FUNCTIONS WRITTEN IN ASSEMBLER USING - (ALSO AVAILABLE ON MY WEB SITE). PROVIDES: -STRING IN TION, IT'S GOING VERY QUICKLY. 'D LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE USE (OR AT LEAST TRY) , & WELCOME BUG REPORTS. N MY DREAMS, ALSO SEE A COMMUNITY OF OWER PROGRAMMERS SHARING SOUND, NETWORKING, & GRAPHICS LIBRARIES THEY HAVE WRITTEN. LOT OF RESOURCES AR PUT WITH RESTRICTED CHARACTER AND INPUT LENGTH -BORDERED WINDOWS THAT RESTORE THE SCREEN BENEATH THEM WHEN THEY ARE CLOSED -MENUS WITH SUBMENUS -SIMPLE WIDGETS (LABEL, TEXT, CHECKBOX, LISTBOX) THAT CAN BE GROUPED T IS DISTRIBUTED AS A .64 IMAGE CONT , IT'S OWER , NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. PERATING SYSTEM IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. LIKE THE IDEA OF ONTIKI, BUT IT IS, SHALL WE SAY, NOT PARTICULARLY ROBUST. 'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT NIX, WHICH WAS AN ATTEMPT AT WRITING A MULTITASKING AINING SOURCE, OBJECT FILES, A LIBRARY FILE, THIS DOCUMENTATION, & DEMO PROGRAMS. HE BASICS OF USING IN YOUR PROGRAMS ARE COVERED HERE; FOR DETAILED DOCUMENTATION, SEE SOURCE FILES: SWL-MENU.A SWL-MENUUTIL.A SWL-WDG.A SWL-WDGUTIL.A SWL-ASM.A G SINGLE- LINE TEXT ENTRY (AND MAYBE LABELS) WHEN THERE IS MORE TEXT THAN CAN BE DISPLAYED FOR DRIVE ROUTINES, ADD FUNCTIONS TO SEND DISK COMMAND & READ ERROR CHANNEL (ALREADY IN MY WORKING COPY) 'M ALSO WORKING ON A REPLACEMENT FOR OWER 'S MALLOC() SWL-IRQ.A OU CAN SEE WHICH FUNCTIONS ARE IN EACH SOURCE FILE BY LOOKING AT THE .DEF STATEMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH FILE.O USE IN YOUR PROGRAMS, INCLUDE THE HEADER SWL.H & LINK WITH THE LIBRARY SWL.L. HE LIBRARY FILE & THE 6 OBJECT FILES CO Y WROTE THE LIBRARIES IN THE FIRST PLACE: WANTED TO WRITE A OWER APP BUT DIDN'T WANT TO RE- INVENT THE WHEEL IF DECIDED WANTED TO USE THE INPUT ROUTINES AGAIN LATER. T WAS A DETOUR OF MANY MONTHS, BUT NOW THAT 'M ACTUALLY WRITING THE APPLICA RRESPONDING TO THE SOURCE FILES ABOVE MUST BE ON YOUR WORK DISK. OTES ON THE LTHOUGH WAS MEANT TO BE CALLED FROM , SOME S HAVE ASSEMBLER ENTRY POINTS BECAUSE THEY CALL EACH OTHER. EE THE SOURCE CODE FOR THESE ENTRY POINTS & THEIR CALL POKEN & COMPUTER. WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AT ONE OF THE = EXPOS ABOUT WHAT LANGUAGES ARE AVAILABLE, BUT HAVE BECOME VERY FOCUSED ON MASTERING OWER . -HAT IS YOUR FAVORITE = OPERATING SYSTEM & COMPILER/INTERPRETER & WHY -OR COMPILERS ING CONVENTIONS. HE BASIC BUILDING BLOCK OF IS TEXT INPUT ROUTINE, WCHRIN(): WCHRIN(STRING, MASK) CHAR *STRING; INT MASK; EFORE CALLING WCHRIN(), CALL SWLINIT() TO ENABLE THE ROUTINE FOR THE KEYBOARD; YOU CAN DISABLE IT AGAIN LAT ON 27 :) HINGS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE NEXT VERSION: (BUG) BANNER TEXT CENTERED WRONG (ONE CHARACTER TO THE RIGHT) DOIST() SHOULD SHOW A TITLE IF ONE IS PASSED MENUS SHOULD SUPPORT PAGING, OR AT LEAST HOME/SHIFTHOME ALLOW FOR SCROLLINER BY CALLING SWLKILL(). HE SERVICE ROUTINE HAS TWO EXPORTED HOOKS: IHOOKTOP AND IHOOKBOT (SEE SWL-IRQ.A).WCHRIN()'S INPUT CAN BE RESTRICTED BY ING TOGETHER THE FOLLOWING VALUES IN THE EXPORTED VARIABLE "MASK": $01 (): NUMERIC INPUT ONLY  SAID IN A RECENT EMAIL YOU WERE RELEASING "VERSION 1.00 OF THE LIBRARIES", ARE THERE MORE TO COME OR WILL YOU CONCENTRATE ON MAKING THESE AS BUG FREE & COMPACT AS POSSIBLE -HE NEXT STEP IS TO WRITE AN APPLICATION BASED ON . HIS IS ACTUALLY WH IN LOVE EVER SINCE. -LEASE EXPLAIN TO OUR READER WHAT "POWER C" IS & WHAT THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE IS - WAS DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 1970'S & WAS INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE THAT WAS FASTER & EASIER TO CODE. OWER IS A 64/128 IT. - REMEMBER READING THAT THE ORIGINAL = MIGA LIBRARIES WERE WRITTEN IN C ALSO IS HEAVILY USED IN THE & NIX WORLD. F LEARNING OWER WOULD THE SAME PRINCIPLES APPLY TO OTHER FORMATS OF MACHINES -BSOLUTELY. S SAID, OWER USES AN OLD L FIND ALL THE ENTRY POINTS IN ALL THE ASSOCIATED OBJECT FILES BY NAME. F YOU LINK A PROGRAM AGAINST THE OBJECT CODE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY HAVE TO TYPE IN THE NAMES OF UP TO SIX FILES AT THE LINKER PROMPT. UT IF YOU USE THE LIBRARY, YOU ONLY TYPE " N YOUR OPINION PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE IS EASIER THAN SAY = ASIC OR ANOTHER LANGUAGE? -S YOU CAN SEE FROM THE EXAMPLE ABOVE, IS MORE DIFFICULT. HIS BECOMES MORE APPARENT AS YOU BEGIN TO WORK WITH OTHER FEATURES OF THE LANGUAGE LIKE STRUCTURES & PO ADOW'S IDGET IBRARY". HADOW IS MY NICKNAME, & IS A SET OF OWER LIBRARIES WROTE THAT ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE IT EASY TO CREATE SOPHISTICATED USER INPUT SCREENS FROM OWER . -S THIS A LABOUR OF LOVE OR DO YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE ACTIVELY USING THE H IT. HOPE THERE WASN'T ANY CONFUSION ABOUT THAT, BUT 'VE ADDED ALL THE AUTHORS' NAMES NEXT TO THE LINKS. -S THE OMPILED C LANGUAGE AS FAST AS MACHINE CODE -LMOST. -HAT DOES IT TAKE TO USE OWER ? -HILE YOU CAN WRITE & COMPILE PROGRAMS U SE IT USES AN OLDER DIALECT KNOWN AS "&". -S LANGUAGE AN INDUSTRY STANDARD? -T HAS BECOME LESS COMMON FOR PROG- RAMMERS TO KNOW ; NOW THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO KNOW ++ OR AVA. UT IS STILL EVERYWHERE, & THE SYNTAX OF ++ & AVA ARE BASED ON T FILES ARE LINKED TOGETHER TO FORM EXECUTABLE PROGRAMS. OU MAY HAVE TO LINK YOUR OBJECT FILE WITH SEVERAL OTHERS TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS. UT IF SEVERAL OBJECT FILES ARE USED TO BUILD A LIBRARY, YOU NEED ONLY TELL THE LINKER THE LIBRARY NAME, & IT WIL FAST, BUT TAKES UP A LOT OF MEMORY. OST OF THE TIME SPENT DEVELOPING WAS SPENT TRANSLATING EARLIER VERSIONS WRITTEN IN INTO ASSEMBLY SO A PROGRAM USING THEM WOULD STILL FIT! -OU SEEM TO BE A COLLECTOR OF OPERATING SYSTEM & INTERPRETERS & COMP E... HERE IT IS IN : 10 = 10 0 -1 20 30 40 "-!" AND IN : INT MAIN (ARGC, ARGV) INT ARGC; CHAR **ARGV; [ INT I; FOR (I = 10; I >= 0; I--) [ PRINTF("%D\N", I); ] PUTS("-!"); ] -O YOU THINK I RESSIVE AT THE SAME TIME. NCE YOU LEARN IT WELL,YOU CAN CODE VERY FAST, WHICH MAKES IT APPEALING TO USE ON A =. SSEMBLY LANGUAGE TAKES TOO LONG TO CODE, & HIGHER LEVEL LANGUAGES LIKE ASCAL OR TAKE TOO MUCH MEMORY. -HAT IS ? - IS "H REATED BY YOURSELF -OT AT ALL! VERYTHING IN THE DOWN- LOADS SECTION ON MY SITE WAS WRITTEN BY OTHER PROGRAMMERS IN THE HEYDAY OF OWER & THE =. HE ONLY CODE THAT'S MINE IS & THE DRIVE ENUMERATION & RELATIVE FILE SUPPORT ROUTINES THAT COME WIT ES ON LIBRARIES FOR MUCH OF ITS FUNCTIONALITY, COMPILERS CAN BE WRITTEN FOR DIFFERENT MACHINES THAT CAN TAKE THE SAME SOURCE FILE & PRODUCE A WORK- ING PROGRAM SPECIFIC TO THE MACHINE AT HAND. OWER CODE IS NOT QUITE SO PORTABLE TO OTHER MACHINES BECAU RAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE USING OWER BOTH HERE & ABROAD, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT USED MORE, BECAUSE ITS LIBRARIES ARE SO EASY TO SHARE. -LEASE TELL OUR READER ABOUT OWER C EXTENSIONS, -OWER SOURCE FILES ARE COMPILED INTO OBJECT FILES, & OBJEC NGUAGE TO USE FOR EXAMPLE COULD AMES BE WRITTEN IN THE LANGUAGE OR IS DESIGNED FOR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS - THINK YOU COULD USE IT FOR JUST ABOUT ANY TYPE OF APPLICATION. HE LIMITING FACTOR WOULD BE THE MEMORY USAGE. OMPILED ON THE = IS PRETTY COMPILER, RELEASED BY PINNAKER IN 1986; AN EARLIER VERSION BY RO-INE IN ANADA WAS KNOWN AS OWER. -AN YOU GIVE OUR READER A BRIEF SYNTAX FROM BASIC TO , MAYBE A COUNT DOWN TIMER SO THEY CAN SEE THE FORMAT OF THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE -UR ER DIALECT, BUT WHAT YOU LEARN ABOUT POINTERS & SO FORTH WOULD DEFINITELY CARRY OVER. -HAT MAKES "OWER " AN APPEALING LANGUAGE, & WHY UTILISE THIS ON = MACHINES -HERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE SYNTAX OF THAT IS VERY SEDUCTIVE: IT IS COMPACT & EXP SWL.L", & THE LINKER INCLUDES WHAT IT NEEDS FROM ALL 6 OF THEM. -HAT ARE WIDGETS -HIS IS AN OLD TERM THAT REFERS TO THE ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP A USER INTER- FACE: TEXT INPUT FIELDS, CHECKBOXES, ETC. -RE ALL THE EXTENSION TO POWER ON YOUR PAGE C INTERS. N THE OTHER HAND, AS THE SAYING GOES, WITH KNOWLEDGE COMES POWER! -ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE IS THAT IT IS "PORTABLE" CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE TERM & HOW "PORTABLE" IS THE POWER CODE -INCE IS A VERY SIMPLE LANGUAGE & RELI LANGUAGE & THE EXTRA EXTENSIONS YOU HAVE CREATED - ONLY RELEASED THE LIBRARIES A WEEK AGO (ALTHOUGH DID TALK ABOUT THEM AT THE =4 XPO IN INCINNATI), SO DON'T SUPPOSE THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE USING THEM YET! HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SEVE SING A SINGLE 1541 DRIVE, THE MORE POWER YOU THROW AT IT, THE BETTER. OMPILES OF LONG PROGRAMS CAN TAKE QUITE SOME TIME, SO IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON THEM, WOULD RECOMMEND A UPER & A HARD DRIVE OR TWO. -HERE WOULDN'T OWER BE A GOOD LA  WINDOW-BOX-THING (CLICK ON THE SMALL IMAGES TO SEE WHAT MEAN), PLEASE DO NOT PANIC IF NTERNET XPLORER FLASHES UP WITH WARNINGS ABOUT 'ACTIVE CONTENT' & SO-ON. IS 100% SPYWARE FREE & ALL FILES ARE VIRUS CHECKED BEFORE UPLOADING. HE EAM OUT EVERYTHING ELSE GAMING-RELATED. RAVIS MAY NOT LIVE IN THE PAST, BUT HE AT LEAST KEEPS A SUMMER HOME THERE. LOVER OF LOSERS, HE CAN'T HELP BUT GRAVITATE TO THE SYSTEMS TIME HAS FORGOTTEN. S A FREELANCE GAMING JOURNALIST, HE FEELS A SENSE OF OBLIG E CAN BE FOUND REGULARLY AT THE ETRO AMER FORUM & ALSO RUNS THE EEKEND AMER -20 RCHIVE. E IS A SUPPORT MEMBER OF EAM EEKEND AMER, CONTRIBUTING TO , A DOWN- LOADABLE GAMING SHOW. OTH THE -20 ARCHIVE & SHOW CAN BE FOUND AT WWW . E IS ALSO IN A VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE & PLAYS BASKETBALL POORLY. N HIS FREE TIME HE ENJOYS SLEEPING & LOOKING FOR FOOD. E THINKS TYPING IN 3RD PERSON IS STRANGE. EEDS YOU N ORDER FOR TO REACH IT'S ULTIMATE GOAL OF BECOMING A COMMUNITY R ERT UDLEY IS WELL RESPECTED BY AT LEAST 3 PEOPLE FOR HIS HONEST & OCCASIONALLY COMPLETELY FICTIONAL WRITING. E RUNS THE COMBINED SARCASM & BLOG SITE SK UDS & IS A CONTRIBUTOR TO ETRO USION WHERE HE RUNS THE REGULAR AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION FEATURE '  HIS WEBSITE AT WWW.EJTSTUDIOS.COM. THAN ORLEY THAN HAS BEEN CREATING DIGITAL ART FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS & DRAWING SINCE BEFORE HE WAS EVEN CONCEIVED. E IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO TEACH HIMSELF ANIMATION, GUITAR, & ACTIONSCRIPT BUT IS QUITE AN UNFOCUSED PUPIL ME & DEMO DEVELOPMENT TEAM OSINE. RAVIS AHS HAILS FROM THE , PRESENTLY RESIDING IN THE EW ORK AREA. HIS MEANS HE NEVER KNEW THE JOY OF ARGUING OVER A DOZEN DIFFERENT HOME COMPUTER STANDARDS WITH HIS FRIENDS, BUT HE MADE UP FOR IT BY BICKERING ABUN, REGULARLY RELEASED & EXTENSIVE RETRO PROJECT WE NEED A MUCH LARGER DEVELOPMENT TEAM. F YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING REVIEWS OR ANY OTHER RELATED ARTICLES FOR USE IN THEN PLEASE GET IN TOUCH VIA THE FORM ON THE ONTACT PAGE. NG A COMMUNITY R E IS AN OBSESSIVE SCOURER OF CAR BOOT SALES & JUNK SHOPS, & MISSES THE DAYS WHEN CHUNKY POLYGONS & PARALLAX SCROLLING BLEW PEOPLES' MINDS. IRLIVE IRLIVE IS A RETRO GAMING COLLECTOR WITH A PARTICULAR FONDNESS FOR THE =16, -20 & THE PECTRUM. U C COMPILER LENN OLMER (-INK: HADOW) HTTP://WWW.LYONLABS.ORG/COMMODORE/ C64.HTML -LEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO OUR READERS -Y NAME'S LENN OLMER, A AVA PROG- RAMMER LIVING IN ILWAUKEE, (). NSOLES, AMES LIKES TO PRETEND THAT IT'S STILL 1992 & PREFERS HIS COMPUTERS TO HAVE 16-ITS (OR LESS). F YOU FEEL SO OBLIGED, YOU CAN BECOME ONE OF HIS 'FRIENDS' BY CLICKING HERE: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/HEAVYSTYLUS. UDLEY RITISH- VIDEOGAME & MOTORSPORT EXP  FOR ALL THE / CODE & DESIGN OF BOTH THE WEBSITE & THE DISCMAG ITSELF. LTHOUGH ORIGINALLY A HARDCORE TARIAN, LLIOT NOW SPENDS THE MAJORITY OF HIS TIME CREATING BESPOKE BUSINESS SOFTWARE & WEB-BASED SOLUTIONS. ORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON FF, REALLY. HEN HE FINDS TIME IN HIS BUSY SCHEDULE (MOSTLY FILLED WITH SELF-AWARE SARCASM) HE PRETENDS TO MANAGE & EDIT LDSCHOOL-AMING.COM (A REVIEWS SITE DEDICATED TO RECENT GAMES RELEASED ON CLASSIC HARDWARE) & IS A MEMBER OF MULTI-PLATFORM 8-BIT GAU NTERVIEW WITH AMES ONKMAN ISK AGAZINE DITOR WWW.RGCD.CO.UK -LEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF & (ETRO AMER ) TO OUR READERS. -I, 'M AMES THE EDITOR OF - AN HTML-BASED DISCMAG DEDICATED T ES OF ELECTRONICS WHICH "MIGHT COME IN HANDY". HILE HE IS THE ALRUS, HE HAS NOT SPOKEN TO THE GG MAN IN SEVERAL YEARS. UARI 'OOLE IS AN AVID GAMER WHO FOUND HIMSELF CAUGHT BETWEEN BOTH SIDES OF THE MIGA VS TARI WARS OF THE EIGHTIES & NINETIES. AMES ONKMAN OUNDER OF & CURRENTLY THE MAGAZINES MAIN CONTRIBUTOR, AMES HAS A NEAR OBSESSIVE PASSION FOR RETRO GAMING, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO COLLECTING & PLAYING NEW GAMES FOR OLD & UNSUPPORTED MACHINES. FFICIALLY A 'HATER' OF NEXT-GEN CO ATION TO KNOW HIS GAMING HISTORY AS WELL AS HE CAN. LUS HE'S JUST A SUCKER FOR ALL THINGS 2. LLIOT AYLOR ITHOUT LLIOT, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. LLIOT AYLOR IS THE TECHNICAL WIZ BEHIND THE MECHANICS OF & IS SOLELY RESPONS- IBLE 'VE BEEN A PROGRAMMER & A = USER FOR 20 YEARS, & HAVE A WEB PAGE AT HTTP:/ /WWW.LYONLABS.ORG/COMMODORE/C64.HTML. -AN YOU GIVE SOME BRIEF INFO ON YOUR COMPUTING BACKGROUND & HOW YOU CAME ACROSS THE = RAND? -Y FIRST JOB WITH COMPUTERS WAS AS AN .WEEKEND-GAMER.CO.UK. ... ... (AKA ASON ELK) HAS BEEN PLAYING, DESIGNING & PROGRAMMING GAMES FOR 8 & 16IT HARDWARE FOR OVER 22 YEARS, ALMOST ALL FOR HIS OWN ENTER- TAINMENT, & WRITING ABOUT THEM FOR THE LAST 11. N SHORT, HE'S A BIT OF A SHOW-O OPERATOR ON AN 4331. LL THE APPLICATIONS IN OUR SHOP WERE WRITTEN IN ASSEMBLER & COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT, SO THOUGHT 'D BUY A COMPUTER OF MY OWN TO SEE IF IT WOULD HELP (IT DID) PICKED THE 64 BECAUSE OF ITS SOUND CAPABILITIES & HAVE BEEN ET'S LL LAY'. Y DAY HE WORKS IN DEVELOP- MENT FOR A MEDIUM SIZE SOFTWARE COMPANY WHERE HE ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE THE UNIVERSE THROUGH INNOVATIVE ACCOUNTANCY SOLUTIONS. UDLEY LIVES IN ONDON WITH A FLATMATE, ABOUT 50 GAMES MACHINES & SEVERAL BROKEN PIEC OUBLE TAKE ON THE PARAGRAPH TO UNDERSTAND THE WRITER'S COMMENTS. UNDERSTAND FROM VARIOUS EMAILS & GROUPS THAT THIS ISSUE WAS RATHER RUSH- ED, MAINLY DUE TO THE DEMISE OF THE NGLISH LANGUAGE OTAL MIGA MAGAZINE & LETS BE HONEST ITS ONLY AT ISSUE 1 IN U ELCOME TO WWW.RGCD.CO.UK, THE ONLINE HOME OF THE DISCMAG! IS A NEW DOWNLOADABLE BASED MAGAZINE CONTAINING THE VERY LATEST RETRO REVIEWS, FEATURES & DEVELOPER INTERVIEWS, PROVIDING IT READERS WITH AN ESSENTIAL ONE-STOP RESOURCE Y CREATED BY &, A FORMER USER GROUP WHICH HAD TURNED INTO A SOFTWARE PUBLISHER OVER THE YEARS. N ANUARY 2000, LEFT THE MIGA MARKET & SOLD THE PUBLICATIONS TO ALKE ERLAG. N 2000, ALKE SOLD THE TITLE TO &, WHO NOW PUBLISHES THE MAGA O ONE PERSON. OPEFULLY, WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE A TEAM MEMBER DEDICATED TO EACH OF THE 8/16-IT MACHINES THAT ARE STILL BEING ACTIVELY SUPPORTED & DEVELOPED FOR BY THEIR RESPECTIVE 'SCENES', BUT AS OUR MANPOWER IS CURRENTLY LIMITED, WE ARE UNABLE TO ING SHAREWARE & FULL VERSIONS OF SOFTWARE; OBVIOUSLY THE MAGAZINE IS CHEAPER IF PURCHASED WITHOUT A . N ISSUE 1 WE HAVE THE USUAL SUBJECTS COVERED, EWS, ARTY REVIEWS, HEATS, EADERS LETTERS & REVIEWS, PREVIEWS, ARDWARE & A WORKSHOP SECTION. TING INITIALLY WITH A TEAM OF 3 PEOPLE, THE PLAN IS TO CREATE SUFFICIENT INTEREST AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE RETRO-GAMING COMMUNITY & TO ACTIVELY RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS SO THAT FUTURE ISSUES OF THE MAGAZINE ARE RELEASED REGULARLY & WITHOUT THE WORK BEING LEFT T U EXFILES PART 6 Y ASON ELK HTTP://WWW.OLDSCHOOLGAMING.COM/ ELLO CHILDREN, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOING AT RASTER INTERRUPTS & LATER ON WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING ONE OF OUR OWN. OU'LL NEED THE INSIDE OF A TOILET ROLL, SO L SCALE JEWEL-CASE ART- WORK SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP EACH ISSUE IN ITS OWN CASE ALONG WITH THE REST OF YOUR RETRO PARAPHERNALIA & MEMORABILIA. LEASE NOTE THAT AT WWW.RGCD.CO.UK YOU CAN PREVIEW EACH ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE (ESSENTIALLY JUST THE FEATURED G MAGAZINE IS A GOOD MIX OF FEATURES & WELL WRITTEN, PROFES- SIONALLY PRODUCED & IS WELL WORTH THE PRICE AGAZINE ISTORY N 1998, , ERLAG RENAME ITS PIN-OFF MIGA LUS ONDERHEFT INTO "MIGA UTURE". HE MAGAZINE WAS PUBLISHED BY , BUT COMPLETEL AME REVIEW & A LIST OF THE OTHER CONTENT), BUT IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLES & REVIEWS YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL-FAT . IMAGE & EITHER BURN IT TO DISC OR MOUNT IT ON A VIRTUAL DRIVE. HERE IS ALSO A CUT-DOWN 'LITE' VERSION (EX  THE INSIDE IS SADLY MONOCHROME, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A COST PROBLEM AS PRODUCING A FULL COLOUR VERSION WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF RAISING THE AGAZINES COVER PRICE TO A POINT WHERE MOST USERS WOULD OBJECT TO ITS PURCHASE. Y ISSUE CAME WITH A CONTAIN NTO THEN YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. HE PROJECT IS THE BRAINCHILD OF AMES ONKMAN (A LONG TERM READER OF MAGINE UBLISHING'S 'ETRO AMER' & 16BIT TARI FANATIC) & IT WAS CREATED WITH THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF BECOMING A COMMUNITY RUN DISCMAG. TARME STICKY BACKED PLASTIC & 2 WASHING UP LIQUID BOTTLES REMEMBER TO USE PLASTICINE BEHIND CARD WHEN YOU WANT TO MAKE A HOLE WITH YOUR SCISSORS & YOU MAY WANT THE HELP OF A RESPONSIBLE ADULT WHEN CUTTING THINGS. R AT LEAST AN IRRESPONSIBLE ADULT, SINCE TH REVIEWS OF ALL THE LATEST RETRO RELEASES, BUT THERE'LL ALSO BE DIRECT LINKS (TO FILES ON DISC) OF EACH GAME, EMULATOR OR TOOL REVIEWED IRRESPECTIVE OF PLATFORM. LSO, AS IT'S A BASED MAGAZINE WE'VE ALSO MADE THE EFFORT TO CREATE EASILY PRINTABLE, FUL DETAILED EXPLANATIONS & VERY CLEAR PHOTOS OR DRAWINGS WHERE APPLICABLE, THERE IS EVEN A SECTION ABOUT MIGA ODDING & PUTTING AN MIGA 600 INTO A PLAYER CASING. O TO SUMMARISE HE NGLISH TRANSLATION NEEDS CHECKING, MAYBE BY AN NGLISH READER, THE CLUDING ALL GAMES & EMULATORS) IS ALSO PROVIDED AS A DOWNLOADABLE . ARCHIVE FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH LIMITED INTERNET ACCESS OR SLOW DOWNLOAD SPEEDS. LSO, BECAUSE THE MAGAZINE (& WEBSITE) USES JAVASCRIPT TO DISPLAY THE GAME SCREENSHOTS IN A FUNKY LITTLE NGLISH. HE MAGAZINE IS STILL READABLE & A SUPERB EFFORT FROM THE CONTRIBUTORS, ( DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK AM COMP- LAINING HERE KNOW MY NGLISH WRITING SKILLS LACK A LITTLE SOMETHING) HE MAGAZINE COVER & BACK ARE IN GLORIOUS FULL COLOUR; BUT FOR ALL THEIR RETRO GAMING NEEDS. 'S MAIN FOCUS IS ON NEW RELEASES FOR 8/16-IT COMPUTER PLATFORMS, BUT ALSO DEDICATES A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF REVIEWS & FEATURE SPACE TO RETRO LOOK-&-FEEL -BASED REMAKES & INDEPENDENT GAMES, SO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE IZINE. AIN RTICLE TAKEN FROM OTAL MIGA HTTP://WWW.TOTALAMIGA.ORG ORIGINAL INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED BY AGNUS OHNSON REPRINTED WITH ERMISSION ARTICLE IS COPYRIGHT TO 000, ALKE SOLD THE TITLE TO &, WHO NOW PUBLISHES THE MAGA COVER EVERY MACHINE OUT THERE IN EACH ISSUE. OWEVER, OUR MAIN AIM IS FOR QUALITY CONTENT OVER QUANTITY, SO YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT IF A RELEASE IS FEATURED IN THE MAGAZINE THEN IT'S PROBABLY WORTH PLAYING. N EACH ISSUE OF YOU'LL NOT ONLY FIND HE MAGAZINE FEATURES ADS FROM MIGA WORLD, MIGAKIT, MIGA FUTURE ITSELF & CUBE L HE FIRST EDITION IS SOME 52 PAGES IN LENGTH WITH AROUND 7 OF THESE TAKEN BY ADVERTISEMENTS; EVEN SO IT'S A FAIRLY WEIGHTY READ. HE MAGAZINE HAS A GOOD MIX OF FEATURES & GER). URRENTLY AM SELF EMPLOYED IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FIELD. LOVE THE = MACHINES & HAVE MANY STORED IN MY LOFT THEIR STATE OF DORMACY IS RELATIVE TO CURRENT TIME & SPACE CONSTRAINTS (ISN'T THAT WHAT EVERYONE SAYS?!). NYWAY, HOWEVER UNFORTUNAT  CAN GET INFORMATION FROM BEGINNER TO 'SUPER USER'. HAVE NOT FOUND THIS THE CASE WITH THE 64 SCENE, TOO COMPLICATED & IN AT THE DEEP END, & TO LEARN ANYTHING IS AN INVOLVED & TIME CONSUMING PROCESS ... MUST STATE AM IN NO WAY DET- RACTING OR CR RN AM FRUSTRATED WITH LACK OF INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET STARTED. KNOW COULD SPEND A MONTH LEARNING THE INTRICACIES OF THE 64, & PERHAPS IN A WAY, THAT IS THE TRUE PATH OF ANY TRUE DEVOTEE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN SPOILT LIKE ME, & EVERYTHING IS AVAI BRILLIANT. S SAID, AT THAT TIME (WHEN WAS A WEE LAD) ALL CARED ABOUT WAS THE GAMES. HAVE READ WITH GREAT INTEREST THE = CENE MAG, & FOLLOWED, FOR MANY YEARS, DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE 64 & MIGA ON THE ET. UT EVEN AS SOMEONE WHO IS COMPETENT WI COULD IT BE THAT TO BRING ON BOARD NEW 'RETRO' FANS YOU NEED TO RUN SOME BASIC ARTICLES? OR EXAMPLE, AN ARTICLE ON THE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE 64 FROM A BASIC PERSPECTIVE, LIKE HOW TO GET STARTED - SUCH AS HOW TO ADD A HARD DRIVE, INSTALLING , HOW TO C WILL UNDERSTAND FULLY WHY HAVE NO TIME LEFT TO CREATE HOW TO GUIDES & BEGIN- NERS COURSES. INCLUDE AVE OORMANS BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BASIC, HE HAS WRITTEN FOR THE MAGAZINE, ALTHOUGH HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS AT HOME SO THE COURSE IS ON HOLD AT THE MOMENT,  TO MY 64, & CAN FIND MY WAY TO SAVE A FILE. KNOW THE 64 CAN MAKE GREAT MUSIC USING IT'S CHIP, BUT TO GET TO LEARN THE BASICS IS NOT SO EASY & THIS IS MY POINT... F NEED TO BRUSH UP ON MY PROG- RAMMING GRAB A BOOK OR 'GOOGLE' IT & THERE GESTIONS, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, JUST MY OPINIONS & OF COURSE AM TOTALLY OPEN TO THE FACT MIGHT BE COMPLETELY WRONG. UT, FEEL THAT HAVE WAITED SO LONG TO WRITE & MESSAGE, & AM FEELING THAT AT A TIME WHEN REALLY WANT TO LEA UNATELY IT IS VERY OBVIOUS WHEN READING THE MAGAZINE THAT THE ISSUE WAS CREATED IN ERMAN & THEN TRANSLATED INTO NGLISH. HE TEXT IS READABLE, BUT THE RAMMAR IS SOMETIMES INCORRECTLY FORMATTED HAVING THE EFFECT THAT THE READER SOMETIMES HAS TO HAVE A D E CLEAR. ACK IN THE DAY' LOVED THE GAMES & IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE GAMES. FIRST HAD A 16, WHICH LOVED & FONDLY REMEMBER MANY GREAT HOURS ON THAT MACHINE. HEN GOT A 64 & MY WORLD CHANGED!!! HE GRAPHIC & SOUND CAPABILITIES OF THE 64 WERE (ARE) E, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO APPROACH MY FRIENDS (WHO SPECIFICALLY HAD A 64) WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SCENE AS THEY TAKE ONE LOOK AT IT & DISMISS IT AS TECHNO-GEEK STUFF... & HAVE TO AGREE. O SUMMARISE, THINK WHAT YOU HAVE ALL DONE IS AMAZING, BUT EE. EE THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS FIRSTLY THOUGH = REE IS WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY MYSELF ONLY! HAVE MANAGED TO BEG & BORROW ARTICLES FROM OTHER PEOPLE BUT THE MAIN BULK OF THE MAGAZINE IS PRODUCED BY MYSELF. OW WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE YOU LL. ELL, ALTHOUGH LOVE = CUT MY TEETH ON INDOWS, & HAVE COME BACK TO THE 64. F COURSE HAVE PROGRAMMED & EVEN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE ... PUT NEVER IN SPECIFIC RELATION TO THE 64. KNOW WHAT AM SUPPOSED TO DO; HAVE A DISC DRIVE CONNECTED ED IN A 'DUMMIES GUIDE TO' THE 64 WAY. AM WILLING TO HELP, WITH GAME REVIEWS OR WHATEVER... SO AM NOT JUST WRITING TO TELL YOU WHAT () SHOULD BE DONE ;-). HOPE THAT THE TONE OF THIS EMAIL IS NOT IN ANYWAY NEGATIVE. UST TRYING TO MAKE SOME SUGY PRODUCE WHAT YOU WRITE ABOUT, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO PRODUCE THE MAGAZINE & EDIT THE VARIOUS VERSIONS (RATHER BADLY) HANKS ONE IS READING & WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A BEGINNERS GUIDE PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. HE PROBLEM IS CAN ONL E, THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE USE THEY DESERVE - HOWEVER THAT IS ANOTHER STORY. HAVE FOLLOWED THE = SCENE FOR MANY YEARS, ALTHOUGH HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH ANY GROUPS OR FAN CLUBS, GUESS REMAINED ON THE PERIPHERY, FOR REASONS THAT WILL BECOM ITISING THE GREAT WORK DONE BY EVERYONE WHO HAS KEPT THE SCENE ALIVE ALL THE YEARS. OWEVER, GUESS FEEL IT IS A PARADOX; THAT WHILST YOUR TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE HAS KEPT THE SCENE ALIVE IT MAY HAVE INADVERTANTLY ISOLATED NEWBIES TO THE SCENE! OR EXAMPL LABLE IN EASY HOW-TO GUIDES, AM AFFRIAD THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH WANT TO PROGRAM OR UPGRADE MY 64, & UNTIL CAN GET RESULTS THIS EVENING IT WILL SIMPLY REMAIN ONE OF THOSE DESIRES THAT COMES AFTER THE EASIER THINGS! 'EST LA VIE! OURS SINCERELY, TH COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY SOMETIMES FEEL THE 64 FAN SCENE FORGETS THOSE, LIKE ME, WHO COME INTO THE 64 A LATE STAGE (OR AS A YOUNG- STER) & DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HARDWARE SO WELL. GUESS YOU ARE THINKING AN BOD LIKE ME SHOULD UNDERTSTAND IT ALL SO WE ONNECT TO THE NTERNET, ETC. 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MENTIONED ABOVE THAT MY WIFE IS PREGNANT, & 'VE NO DOUBT THAT EAL IFE WILL TAKE ITS TOLL WHEN THE BABY IS BORN... -HO CONTSE ON OF THESE SYSTEMS OVER SAY A ELL OR ATEWAY BADGED MACHINE? ES, 'VE SEEN A FEW PICTURES & READ ABOUT THEM ONLINE. OWEVER, AS HAVE NO INTEREST IN BUYING A TO PLAY *NEW* HARDWARE- INTENSIVE GAMES 'D HAVE LITTLE USE FOR THE POWER THESE SYSTEL HARDWARE - 'VE PURCHASED AN 64 CART (WHICH 'LL BE REVIEWING IN THE NEXT ISSUE) & AN OLD 1541 TOO. T'S GREAT MESSING AROUND WITH IT - ALWAYS WANTED ONE AS A KID. -O YOU THINK THERE IS A MARKET FOR ANOTHER GAMES SYSTEM OR MAYBE AN MIGA 1200 /ASED WITH THE FINAL RESULT & HE'S REALLY QUICK AT MODIFYING BITS & FIXING BUGS. -OU MUST HAVE A FAVORITE GAME CAN YOU TELL OUR READER WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 & MAYBE YOUR TOP 5 PLATFORMS? H CRIKEY - THAT'S A HARD ONE. N NO PARTICULAR ORDER, 5 OF MY ALL FROM "RETRO GAMER MAGAZINE" BEEN IN CONTACT? HE STYLE OF THE GRAPHICS FOR EXAMPLE IS VERY SIMILAR. CTUALLY, YES THEY HAVE - BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU'RE THINKING. WO WRITERS HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH ASKING IF THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE ARTICLES, SO THE TEAM  TERM GOAL OF IS FOR IT TO BECOME A COMMUNITY PROJECT - & FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WE NEED A MUCH BIGGER TEAM. -ILL YOU BE ACCEPTING DONATIONS? -ES, IN FACT 'VE JUST ADDED A AYAL DONATE BUTTON. E'VE HAD A TOTAL OF 0 DONATED SO FAR ! -ITH THE TIBILITY WITH OLD PERIPHERALS. BVIOUSLY, A NEW TARI OR MIGA SYSTEM IN THE SAME FORMAT AS THE ONE-CHIP WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE IN NEW-RETRO GAMING HARDWARE. -AVE YOU SEEN THE OMMODORE GAMING COMPUTERS, DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE TEMPTED TO PURCHAYOU CONFESSED TO OWNING A =64. AVE YOU LOOKED AT OPERATING SYSTEMS LIKE /HEELS & INGS OR ARE YOU A AMES FANATIC ONLY? -ONFESSED? EY, 'M TO OWN A 64! :) N ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, BOUGHT IT SOLELY TO PLAY GAMES & SCENE DEMOS ON REATELY AGES TO CREATE. LLIOT (THE WEB DESIGNER) IS AN OLD FRIEND & CREATED THE TEMPLATE AS A FAVOR (ON THE CHEAP) - & UNFORTUNATELY AS A RESULT THE PROJECT WAS LOW PRIORITY FOR HIM COMPARED WITH HIS PROPER PAID WORK. OWEVER, WE'RE BOTH REALLY PLE(ME), UDLEY, UARI 'OOLE, IRLIVE, .. (ASON ELK), RAVIS AHS, LLIOT AYLOR (WEB DESIGNER) & THAN ORLEY (PIXEL ARTIST). ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH JUST LLIOT & IRLIVE, & SINCE THEN THE MAGAZINE HAS ATTRACTED SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS. -NYONE MAGAZINE, BUT ASIDE FROM THAT WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE WRITERS TO JOIN THE TEAM. -AYBE OUR READER IS AN ARTY TYPE & HAS A GREAT LOGO OR COVER DESIGNER WOULD THESE BE ACCEPTED? GAIN, ANY HELP OR CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. HE LONGDESIGN THAT CAN STILL USE THE CONSOLE'S ORIGINAL PERIPHERALS BUT WITH , -IDEO, , /2 & COMPATIBILITY. HIS IS THE FUTURE OF RETRO GAMING. REALLY WISH SOMEONE WOULD RE-MODEL THE -NE IS THE SAME WAY, CREATING A NEW SYSTEM THAT RETAINS COMPA(ESSENTIAL FOR EMULATION!), 2. MIGA 1200, 3. TARI EGA , 4. =64, 5. EGA REAMCAST. ECHNICALLY PREFER THE TARI TO THE MIGA (BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO USE & CONFIGURE), BUT FOR GAMES THE 1200 ALWAYS COMES OUT ON TOP... -N A RECENT EMAIL GLE IT) TO PRINT ON MY 'S, SO 'VE NO NEED TO CREATE A SEPARATE IMAGE FOR THE . F SOMEONE OULD PROVIDE ME WITH A BASIC TEMPLATE 'D CONSIDER IT THOUGH. -HE WEBSITE LOOKS VERY PROFESSIONAL WERE THERE PROBLEMS WITH ITS DESIGN? ES -IT TOOK ABSOLU RIBUTES TO THE MAGAZINE? DID NOTICE ASON ELK ON THE WRITERS LIST, EADERS OF OMMODORE REE WILL AM SURE RECOGNISE ASON FROM THE EX- FILES HE KINDLY LET ME REPRINT IN = REE & SOME OF HIS = GAMES & EMOS. HE CURRENT LINE UP IS: AMES ONKMAN  MS OFFER. -ACK TO THE MAGAZINE, IS THERE SOME- WAY OUR USER CAN HELP FOR EXAMPLE CONT- RIBUTING ARTICLES OR LINKS TO NEW GAMES ON OLDER HARDWARE? 'D BE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO'D BE INTERESTED IN CREATING A VERSION OF THE TARI1024 STYLE COMPUTER/GAMING PLATFORM? AYBE, BUT ONLY IN THE FORM OF AN , LIKE WITH THE -NE. RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE AZIX ONE-CHIP (HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/1CHIP ) REALLY NEAT WAY OF PRESENTING A SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP IN A  -TIME FAVOURITE GAMES ARE... 1. RIDIUM 2 (MIGA 1200), 2. AVE TORY (), 3. TAR ONTROL 2 (), 4. ETAL LUG 3 (RCADE), 5. JET ET ADIO (REAMCAST) F WAS STUCK A DESERT ISLAND WITH THESE 'D BE HAPPY). ACHINE WISE, MY TOP 5 WOULD BE: 1.  MAY BE EVEN LARGER BY THE TIME ISSUE 3 COMES OUT :) - NICE TOUCH IS TO BE ABLE TO PRINT THE ARTWORK FOR THE CASE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT A SEPARATE IMAGE FOR PRINTABLE ROMS TO PRINT "ON DISK"? OPE. USE AN ARCHAIC LABELLER (OOMAGAZINE BEING YOU NEED A MACHINE TO VIEW IT IS THERE AN OPTION TO PRINT OUT ALL THE PAGES OR A SELECT- ION OF PAGES TO "READ IN THE BATH" OR "ON THE TRAIN GOING TO WORK"? -OT AT THE MOMENT 'M AFRAID. VERSION WOULD BE THE SOLUTION, BUT UNTON TO AN OLD PROBLEM SING THE =128 WITH A ONITOR T'S NOW POSSIBLE TO USE A =128 WITH A MONITOR WITHOUT TOO MUCH HASSLE OR EXPENSE. ELOW IS THE CONFIGURATION OF MY SYSTEM, ALLOWING FOR USE OF BOTH 40 & 80 COL VIDEO MODES AT THE FLIP OF A SW, THOUGH (IN THE BACK BETWEEN THE POWER & BYPASS CABLE CONNECTORS), SO FOR CONVENIENCE 'VE ADDED A TOGGLE SWITCH TO THE FRONT OF MY PROJECT BOX. HANKS TO MEMBERS OF THE 128 LIVE! FORUM HTTP://LANDOVER.NOIP.COM/128/INDEX.PHP OR INFORMATION AND SU WANTED LIST BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE DATE WOULD SOMEONE JUST EMAILING & CONFIRMING THE DATE THE GAME WAS WORKED ON BE GOOD NEWS & WORTH THE EFFORT FROM OUR READER? F COURSE - ANY INFORMATION IS WELCOME FOR THE WEBSITE - BUT WE'D ALSO PESTER THEM FOR THE WAS THE HEAD OF I- EC) CONTACTED US RECENTLY TO TELL US HE FOUND UGS UNNY ON DISK FOR US. E ORIGINALLY MADE FIRST CONTACT WITH HIM THOUGH. HE MAIN PEOPLE WE GET COMING TO US ARE EX- DEVELOPERS FROM THE 64 ERA WHO WORKED FOR THE BIG COMPANIES LIKEHE UTPUT CONNECTOR ON THE -TO- CONVERTER HERE IS A BYPASS SWITCH ON THE BACK OF THE -TO- CONVERTER THAT, WHEN USED WITH A OMPOSITE-TO- CONVERTER, ALLOWS YOU TO TOGGLE BETWEEN 40 & 80 COL MODES. HE SWITCH IS IN AN AWKWARD LOCATION RLY RELEASED IN THE 1ST PLACE! :-) OME DAY 'M SURE THINGS COULD GET MESSY WITH A PARTICULAR FIND- ING ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE "ONIC " ON THE ATURN, BUT WE'D BE CAREFUL ABOUT PUTTING ANYTHING LIKE THAT UP & WOULD MOST LIKELY TELL PEOPLE T E'LL JUST KEEP SEARCHING UNTIL THE DEATH & DIG UP AS MUCH AS WE CAN - MAINLY THE ONES WHICH HAVE BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT LIKE AFFY UCK & URDER. -AVE YOU HAD COMPANIES CONTACT YOU WITH INFORMATION & UPDATES? OT COMPANIES - THOUGH AVE ALMER (HOLIKES OF LECTRONIC RTS ASKED US TO REMOVE ANYTHING, WE WOULD DO SO. E TRY TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IS NON-PROFIT BASED & NOT HENCE DOING ANY HARM (SPECIALLY BECAUSE THE GAMES AREN'T ALREADY BEING SOLD FOR PROFIT ELSE WHERE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T PROPE O SEARCH WITH OOGLE FOR A DOWNLOAD TO PLAY IT SAFE :) -RE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON OTHER PROJECTS, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, AM RIGHT THINKING YOU WERE WORKING WITH ICHARD AYLISS ON A SUB HUNTER PORT OF THE IC 20 GAME TO THE 64? OCCASIONALLY H OUTPUT FROM THE OMPOSITE-TO- CONVERTER IS ROUTED TO THE BYPASS CONNECTOR ON THE -TO- CONVERTER. HE -TO- CONVERTER CONNECTS DIRECTLY TO THE 9-PIN -UB CONNECTOR ON THE 128 FOR 80-COL VIDEO. HE MONITOR IS CONNECTED TO TELP OUT WITH INNY AINOLFI'S "ND OF THE INE", THOUGH 'VE SADLY NOT HELPED FOR A WHILE BECAUSE 'VE BEEN SO BUSY. ALSO OCCASIONALLY WRITE FOR "LD CHOOL AMER" WHICH IS RUN BY ASON ELK & HAVE JUST SUBMITTED A NEW ARTICLE FOR ETRO AMER MAGAZINE S THE RELEASE AMOUNT IS IN DOUBLE FIGURES PRETTY MUCH, BUT THE 64 WAS SO OPEN TO DEVELOPERS - ALTHOUGH AMEBASE 64 HAS ABOUT 30,000 ODD GAMES IN ITS ARCHIVE, THERE'S PROBABLY STILL ANOTHER 30,000 (R MORE!) UNACCOUNTED FOR STILL - THE HARD TO FIND ONES!F THE STILL RUNNING COMPANIES LOOK ON YOUR EFFORTS, FOR EXAMPLE HAS ANYONE ASKED YOU TO REMOVE TITLES FOR SOME REASON OR HAVE YOU HAD ANY FAVORABLE COMMENTS? E'VE HAD NO COMMENTS AT ALL - NOR ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ANYTHING JUST YET. F COURSE, IF THE IL SOMEONE JOINS THE TEAM TO ASSIST WITH THIS WILL REMAIN A -BASED MAGAZINE. = REE WISH YOU LUCK WITH THE MAGAZINE, TS A GREAT GESTURE TO THE RETRO COMMUNITY HANKS -OT AT THE MOMENT 'M AFRAID. VERSION WOULD BE THE SOLUTION, BUT UNT ITCH: EG ITE OMPOSITE-TO- CONVERTER (FOR 40-COLUMN MODE).PPX. COST: $40-60 IGHWAY ()-TO- ONVERTER (FOR 80-COL MODE). PPX COST: $90-140 ASIC WIRING: 40-COLUMN VIDEO IS ROUTED TO THE JACK ON THE OMPOSITE-TO- CONVERTER.GGESTIONS INSTR- UMENTAL IN MAKING THIS THIS POSSIBLE. PECIAL THANKS GOES TO ANGELORE FOR PROVIDING INFO NECESSARY TO OVERCOME THE LACK OF NTENSITY PIN ON THE - TO- CONVERTER, THEREBY ALLOWING ALL 16 DISTINCT COLOURS! HP OR INFORMATION AND SU GAME IF THEY STILL HAD IT ;-) -(AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION) HEN WILL YOU HAVE ALL THE GAMES LISTED? EVER - YOU'RE RIGHT - IT'S AN IMPOS- SIBLE GOAL THAT WILL NEVER BE REACHED UNFORTUNATELY. T'S MORE REALISTIC FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE 4000 OR ECTREX A CEAN, HALAMUS ETC. HEY HAVE OFTEN DONE A SEARCH FOR THEIR NAME IN OOGLE, & FOUND THEIR NAME LINKED TO SOME TITLES IN OUR ARCHIVE. CCASIONALLY A DEVELOPER HAS DISCOVERED A GAME THEY DID WHICH THEY HAVEN'T SEEN FOR ALMOST 2 DECADES! -OW DO SOME OON A LOST ECTREX GAME. EVELOPMENT WISE AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON ABOUT 3 GAMES DOING GRAPHICS - 2 GAMES WHICH CAN'T MENTION AT THE MOMENT, & UB UNTER. HICH WAS ORIGIN- ALLY TO BE A PORT OF THE IC 20 GAME, AS THE 64 VERSION SUCKED OW ITS EVOLVE ME SICK ON THE 64. POOR WASTE OF A TAPE. VEN THE MUSIC IS A CHEEZY INSULT. -GOING BACK TO AMES HAT EREN'T HAS ANYONE FINISHED OFF PARTLY COMPLETED GAMES? ICHARD AYLISS DID FINISH OFF UPER AC WINS FOR A FEW YEARS BACK. OOMBASTIC EUE TO EXCELLENT TECHNOLOGY. OMETIMES A POOR GAME CAN HOWEVER BE MADE GOOD BY INTERACTIVITY VIA ONLINE GAMING - WHICH MAKES SENSE, AS WE OFTEN FOUND ON THE 64 THAT SOME GAMES WERE CRAP AS SINGLE PLAYER - BUT CAME ALIVE WHEN ANOTHER HUMAN WAS INVOLVED.  & PLAYSTATION,XBOX ETC S SAD AS IT IS - SEE LIFE THROUGH ROSE TINTED GLASSES MOST OF THE TIME & REALLY DON'T GET ON WITH NEW GAMES. FEEL THERE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS, & ALL THE 3 PLATFORMING EFFORTS FEEL VERY S GAMES IN THE PAST WITH NOTHING SPECTACULAR AT ALL - ERTAINLY NEVER HAD ANYTHING PUB- LISHED UNLESS YOU COUNT GAMES BEING PUT ON = ONE'S COVERMOUNT. HOPE THAT MAY CHANGE WITH UB UNTER SOON THOUGH WITH A RONOSOFT LAUNCH. WAS MAINLY DOING STUFF 'BASE FOR LATER UPDATES IN THE FUTURE. HELP? UST PLEASE KEEP CHECKING OUT THE ARCHIVE - EMAIL US IF YOU KNOW ANY- THING, KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THE DEVELOPERS OR HAVE INFORMATION FROM MAGAZINES OF THE PAST ETC. E'LL ADD WHATEVER IS SUBMITTED INTO OUR INFO AINLY BECAUSE 'VE BEEN PLAYING IT FOR SO LONG & STILL ENJOY IT. ADDITION- ALLY LOVE HE ENTINEL, LUE AX & URNOUT EVENGE RECENTLY. Y LEAST FAVOURITE GAME HAS TO BE HASE ON THE 64 - AFTER SEEING THE AWESOME PECTRUM CONVERSION, THIS JUST MADTHAT MOST GAMERS ARE CASUAL GAMERS & WANT A QUICK FIX - HENCE SOME OF THE RECENT REMAKES. -O YOU THINK THE "GAMEPLAY" HAS BEEN LOST ON GRAPHICS & SOUND FOR NEW GAMES? N MOST CASES - YES. FEEL PARTICURLY POOR GAMES CAN HIDE BEHIND A LOT OF GLOSS DOME COMPANIES MADE STRANGE DECISIONS - WITH OLAR ETMAN, THE ONLY REASON IT WASN'T RELEASED WAS BECAUSE THE COMPANY DECIDED THAT IT WOULDN'T APPEAL TO GAMERS - YET IT WAS 100 TIMES BETTER THAN MOST STUFF IN 1992 -OW DO YOU RATE THE CURRENT GAMES FOR IBUTE LOADER) & DISK, WITH A FREE DOWNLOAD ON OUR WEBSITES - HOPEFULLY IN TIME FOR MAS 2007. -AVE YOU WRITTEN ANY GAMES & DID YOU HAVE ANY GAMES COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED? F SO CAN YOU NAME A FEW OUR READERS CAN LOOK AT? HAVE DONE A FEW QUESTIONABLENG AT YOUR WEBSITE WHAT CAN THEY DO TO HELP? UST PLEASE KEEP CHECKING OUT THE ARCHIVE - EMAIL US IF YOU KNOW ANY- THING, KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THE DEVELOPERS OR HAVE INFORMATION FROM MAGAZINES OF THE PAST ETC. E'LL ADD WHATEVER IS SUBMITTED INTO OUR INFO "NOTHER ORLD" BY -MPLE IS 1 PRIME EXAMPLE WHICH IS MENTIONED A LOT FOR BEING A GAME WHICH LOOKS THE DOGS BUT PLAYS LIKE A BRICK. -HAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME & LEAST FAVOURITE & WHY? Y FAVOURITE GAME OF ALL TIME IS PROBABLY IDNIGHT ESISTANCE, M OF THE TIME THEY NEEDED DEDICATING TO GET INTO THEM). ECAUSE WORK ALL DAY & HAVE LITTLE TIME AT HOME - LOVE GAMES CAN PICK UP & PLAY. LD GAMES HAVE THIS QUALITY, & SOME GAMES LIKE URNOUT EVENGE DO ALSO - LUCKILY SOME DEVELOPERS ARE REALIZING ONS WOULD SAY IS PROBABLY THE WORST MISTAKE MADE - IERTEX ARE A KEY EXAMPLE OF A COMPANY WHICH JUST WANTED A QUICK TURNOUT INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING ON QUALITY LIKE HALAMUS. UT UNFORTUNATELY HALAMUS HAVE GONE, & IERTEX ARE STILL GOING! :-/ LSO, S ED INTO A SIMILIAR GAME TO THE IC 20 WITH MANY IMPROVEMENTS & DIFFERENT STYLES OF GAMEPLAY CRAMMED IN. THINK ALSO IT SHOULD BE ICHARD'S BEST GAME EVER ON THE 64 THAT HE'S WRITTEN. T WILL SOON BE LAUNCHED ON RONOSOFT ON TAPE (ITH A CUSTOM CEAN TR NNY WAS ADDITIONALLY FINISHED OFF AS OMBERMAN 64 FOR THE RECENT GAME COMPETITION HELD BY AME VERVIEW. PART FROM THAT, NOTHING THAT KNOW OF. WISH SOMEONE WOULD SOMEDAY FINISH OFF PELLCAST. Y FAVORITE OF ALL TIME. -INALLY OUR READER LOOKI OWEVER, FEEL A GREATER QUANTITY OF GAMES TODAY ARE POOR & JUST HIDE BEHIND THE GLOSS & LICENSING. N THE LIKES OF THE 64, BECAUSE OF ITS LIMITATIONS IN COMPARISON TO THE BIG CONSOLES OF TODAY, IT IS HARDER TO HIDE A POOR GAME UNDER GRAPHICS & SOUND.  TALE TO ME. OWEVER, HAVE AN -BOX WITH URNOUT EVENGE, RO VOL- UTION 5 & A LOAD OF THE POPULAR RELEASES REGARDLESS. URNOUT & RO EVO GET PLAYED A LOT, BUT THE LIKES OF ALF IFE 2 & ARE GATHERING DUST ( GOT BORED OF THEM VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE FOR INARY ONE IN , BUT DABBLED WITH ENHANCED TOO. VERALL MY 2 BEST EFFORTS WERE YNETIC & -ILLION , BUT NEITHER WERE GROUND BREAKING -N YOUR OPINION WHAT IS THE WORST MISTAKE = GAMES MANUFACTURERS MADE? USHING CONVERSIU MICRO- PROJECT NTERVIEW WITH INCE RIEL -LEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF Y NAME IS INCE RIEL & RUN A SMALL COMPANY CALLED RIEL OMPUTERS THAT PRODUCES COMPUTER KITS BASED AROUND THE VINTAGE THEME. USED TO COLLECT COMPUTERS & N THE WEBSITE FOR DOWNLOAD. NLIKE MANY OTHER REPLICA'S & MODERN CLONES, THE ICRO- USES ALL COMMON COMPONENTS, NO CUSTOM PROGRAMMED CHIPS (EXCEPT THE ) OR MICRO- CONTROLLERS. HIS MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO COLLECT PARTS FOR THEM- SELVES & WAS FORCED TO LEAVE OFF THE CASSETTE INTERFACE. LSO, THE 2ND 6532 WAS LEFT OUT. T IS POSSIBLE TO ADD THESE IN THE FUTURE IF THERE IS ENOUGH DEMAND FOR IT. OWEVER, THE ICRO- INCLUDES THE -1 INTERFACE AS A 232 CON- NECTION ALLOWING YOU TOO- A CLONE? ES. T FIRST, WAS GOING TO KEEP ALMOST ALL OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN ONLY MAKING CHANGES TO REPLACE THE 6530'S WHICH ARE NOT AVAILABLE. N THE END, MADE SOME CHANGES REDUCING CHIP COUNT & TOTAL PARTS TO REACH THE $99 KIT GOAL. LL OF THVORITE SYSTEM? CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 20 VINTAGE MACHINES, 2001 CHICKLET KEYBOARD, -1, -80'S, & PPLE 'S. Y FAVORITE VINTAGE MACHINE IS MY PPLE PLUS. T WAS MY FIRST COMPUTER & SO IT WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE. -LEASE EXPLAIN THE MIC DELIVERY CHARGE? ES, THE ICRO- IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH KIT & ASSEMBLED FORM. HILE FOCUSED THE PROJECT ON KITS UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN'T SOLDER OR DON'T WANT TO. HEREFORE ASSEMBLED VERSIONS ARE AVAILABLE. HE KIT INCLUDES ALL OF THELED THE FIRST "SINGLE-BOARD" COMPUTER & IS ONE OF THOSE LITTLE KNOWN = COMPUTERS. HE ICRO- IS MY ATTEMPT TO MAKE AN AFFORDABLE KIT COMPUTER FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD. F YOU WANT TO BUILD YOUR OWN, THE PROJECT IS FULLY OPEN SOURCE & THE SCHEMATICS ARE ON OF THE NECESSARY SIGNALS TO REPLICATE THE -1 EXPANSION CONN- ECTORS, SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO RECREATE THE EXPANSION CONNECTORS ON THE 1 MAKING THE ICRO HARDWARE COMPAT- IBLE WITH THE -1. N ORDER TO GET THE ICRO- BOARD SIZE DOWN TO 5"6"  & DESIGN WORK, WAS ABLE TO REACH THE $99 GOAL. HE FINAL RESULT IS A REDESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL -1 USING SOME OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, INCORPORATING SLIGHTLY MORE MODERN DESIGN & REDUCING THE SIZE TO A MUCH SMALLER FORM. -OULD YOU SAY THAT THE MICR OF A SCREEN & AN ACOUSTIC MODEM TO DIAL INTO THE CCESS TIMESHARE BASIC MAINFRAME. IRST TIME USED IT, WAS HOOKED. REMEMBER SKIPPING LUNCH TO GO INTO THE COMPUTER ROOM & PLAY ADVENTURE OR STAR TREK. -HAT MACHINES DO YOU OWN? O YOU HAVE A FAADDED ON-BOARD SO THE USER CAN USE THE -1 BUILT IN OPTION. LSO, THE ICRO- COMES WITH 5 WHERE THE -1 ONLY HAD 1 ON BOARD. -OU ARE SELLING THE MACHINES IN BOTH KIT & COMPLETE SETUP, ARE THESE READILY AVAILABLE & WHAT ARE THE COSTS &UILD & HAVE A WORKING COMPUTER. ITS LIKE THIS JUST DON'T EXIST ANYMORE. OW YOU CAN SIT DOWN WITH YOU KIDS & TEACH THEM HOW TO SOLDER TOGETHER A COMPUTER. -HAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THE ICRO- & THE ORIGINAL IM COMPUTER ELL, THE -1 HAS BEEN LABELTHE EXPANSION CONNECTORS. N THE -1, THERE ARE A LOT OF SIGNALS THAT ARE EITHER NOT NEEDED OR CAN EASILY BE PRODUCED WITH SIMPLE LOGIC. HEY ARE SPACED VERY FAR APART & WOULD REQUIRE A LARGE TO DUPLICATE. HE ICRO- EXPANSION PORT CONTAINS ALLESIGNING THE ICRO-, SET A GOAL TO PRODUCE A KIT SINGLE- BOARD COMPUTER FOR UNDER $100. HIS WAS NO EASY TASK. HEN YOU START ADDING UP THE PRICE OF COMPONENTS TO BUILD A SMALL 8 BIT COMPUTER, THE PRICE QUICKLY ADDS UP. ITH A LOT OF PART SEARCHING OW FOCUS MOST OF MY TIME DESIGNING HARDWARE. -HEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH COMPUTERS? ACK IN THE LATE 1970'S WAS INTRODUCED TO COMPUTERS AT MY R. IGH SCHOOL. T WAS A ECWRITER TERMINAL THAT SIMPLY HAD A KEYBOARD, A PRINTOUT INSTEAD BUILD THEIR OWN BASED ON THE SCHEMATICS. OPEFULLY THE PROJECT CAN BE HELPFUL TO STUDENTS LEARNING MICROPROCESSOR HARD- WARE FUNDAMENTALS. -OES THE ICRO- HAVE EXTRA/ ENHANCED FUNCTIONALITY OVER THE ORIGINAL MACHINE? HE 232 INTERFACE WAS  SEND & RECEIVE PROGRAMS USING A TERMINAL PROGRAM LIKE YPER ERMINAL. - AM SURE MANY READERS WILL ASK "WHY BOTHER" HAVE BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE. HE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. 'M TRYING TO PRODUCE KITS LIKE YOU COULD BUY IN THE 1970'S & 1980'S & B E ORIGINAL -1 SOFTWARE SHOULD WORK ON THE ICRO-. 'VE ONLY TESTED SOME OF THE SOFTWARE OUT THERE BUT SO FAR, EVERYTHING WORKS JUST LIKE WITH THE ORIGINAL -1. OME OF THE DECISIONS HAD TO MAKE WHEN DESIGNING THE ICRO WAS WITH THINGS LIKE  RO-IM PROJECT. HE ICRO- IS A SINGLE-BOARD COMPUTER DESIGNED AROUND THE 6502 THAT COMES WITH ON BOARD KEYPAD & 6 DIGIT DISPLAY. T IS BASED ON THE -1 COMPUTER DESIGNED BY HUCK EDDLE AS A DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR THE 6502 . HEN STARTED D COMPONENTS TO BUILD THE BOARD & YOU SIMPLY NEED TO ADD A ALL ART POWER SUPPLY. HE ASSEMBLED VERSION COMES SOLDERED & TESTED & ALSO REQUIRES A POWER SUPPLY. RODUCTION IS NOW UNDER- WAY & YOU CAN GET A KIT FOR JUST $99 OR AN ASSEMBLED FOR $149. HIPPIE WE ARE TODAY. -O YOU THINK NEWER YOUNGER USERS ARE INTERESTED IN THESE MACHINES MAYBE AS LEARNING TOOLS? BSOLUTELY. 'M REALLY AMAZED WHEN GET EMAILS FROM 11 YEAR OLD STUDENTS WANTING TO BUILD ONE OF MY KITS. F MY KITS HELP GENERATE INTEREST INIGNING THE FRONT PANEL SO THAT IT IS AN ACTUAL COMPLETE LTAIR 8800 ALL ON THE FRONT PANEL. HE IDEA OF HAVING YOUR 4 SYSTEM IN A CASE THAT LOOKS LIKE AN LTAIR 8800 IS A LOT OF FUN. -OW MUCH INTEREST HAS THERE BEEN IN ALL THESE PROJECTS & HAS THE INHEAD IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. BUILT A PROTOTYPE WITHOUT EVEN HAVING SCHEMATICS DRAWN UP FIRST. BROKE EVERY ENGINEERING RULE THERE IS DOING THAT BUT SOMETIMES IF DON'T GET IDEAS DOWN FAST LOOSE FOCUS. O, HAD A WORKING 4 EG CARD THAT USED OLD 3REAT TOOL TO LEARN HOW TO PROGRAM A 6502 PROCESSOR OR LEARN ABOUT HARDWARE DESIGN. -AN YOU TELL OUR READER ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS FOR EXAMPLE THE LTAR & THE EPLICA 1(APPLE 1 CLONE) URE. DESIGNED THE EPLICA 1 WHICH IS A CLONE OF THEOW THE -1 AME INTO BEING & A LITTLE OF ITS HISTORY? URE. CTUALLY WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE AT THE INTAGE OMPUTER ESTIVAL AST 4.0 WHEN HUCK EDDLE GAVE A VIDEO CONFERENCE SESSION DESCRIBING THE START OF & THE 6502. N 1975 FORMER OTOROEM. HAT THINK HAS BEEN LOST IS THAT STYLE THAT COMPUTERS HAD. VERY MACHINE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE EVERY OTHER MACHINE OUT THERE. ODAY'S COMPUTERS ARE JUST AMAZING BUT THE INTEREST IS PART NOSTALGIC, & IN SOME WAYS, PEOPLE JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW WE GOT WHER ODIFYING CASES IN A PRODUCTION FORMAT IS DIFFICULT & REQUIRES A LOT WORK. Y ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS USING A MICRO- CONTROLLER TO EMULATE THE FRONT PANEL BUT IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT VINTAGE FEEL TO IT. 'M NOW WORKING OUT THE CASE DESIGN ISSUES & REDES ADDED A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH 'S & OTHER COMPUTERS WITH A TERMINAL PROGRAM. FTER THAT DESIGNED A 4 EG CARD FOR THE PPLE GS. HAD BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT DOING THIS DESIGN & LOOKED AT ALL OF THE DATA ON THE PORT & HAD A DESIGN IN MY S. -WHAT USES ARE THERE FOR SUCH A SYSTEM IN TODAY'S MODERN WORLD? HERE ARE REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS THAT THE ICRO- CAN BE USED FOR. T IS POSSIBLE, FOR EXAMPLE TO MAKE IT INTO A HOME BURGLAR ALARM WITH SOME INTERFACING. OSTLY THE ICRO- IS A GRESOURCES ARE THERE FOR IM-1 USERS? ANS TTEN HAS A GREAT WEB SITE FOR -1 USERS AS DOES ERN RANER. OB RMSTRONG HAS A GOOD SITE WITH MODERN ADD-ON HARDWARE FOR THE -1. HE 1ST PLACE WOULD STOP AT IS 6502.ORG -OULD YOU UPDATE OUR READER HACHINES, COULD IT BE THAT NEW COMPUTERS LIKE C'S ARE JUST TO COMPLICATED & DIFFICULT TO SAY LEARN PROGRAMMING O, DON'T THINK COMPUTERS ARE MORE DIFFICULT. CTUALLY, TODAY'S COMPUTERS MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR JUST ABOUT ANY- BODY TO BUILD THEIR OWN SYST LTAIR IS A MORE DIFFICULT PROJECT THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. HE CONCEPT IS A FUNCTIONAL CLONE OF AN LTAIR 8800 FRONT PANEL MOUNTED ON A DESKTOP . OW YOUR 4 COMPUTER HAS THAT VINTAGE FLAIR. REAT IDEA BUT AM NO MECHANICAL ENGINEER.N SELLING BOARDS. HORTLY AFTER DESIGNED THE REPLICA 1 DESIGNED A DAUGHTER-BOARD CARD THAT GAVE PPLE 1 OR REPLICA 1 COMPUTERS A SERIAL PORT BASED ON THE VIDEO & KEYBOARD / ON THE PPLE 1. T WAS VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE TO THE PPLE 1 OR REPLICA 1 & IT NG $8.95 IN THE OR $21 OUTSIDE THE . -O YOU NEED TO ORDER THE PARTS FROM YOURSELF OR CAN THEY BE PURCHASED FROM ELECTRICAL COMPONENT SUPPLIERS LL PARTS NEEDED TO BUILD THE KIT EXCEPT FOR THE POWER SUPPLY ARE INCLUDED. O HUNTING DOWN COMPONENT COMPUTER KITS AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. -OU ALSO ARE THE OWNER OF THE HTTP://WWW.KIM-1.COM/ WEBSITE FOR 1 ENTHUSIAST HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEEDBACK BOUT THIS SITE? CTUALLY, DON'T OWN THAT SITE. T IS OWNED & RUN BY ERN RANER. -HAT OTHER  TEREST SURPRISED YOU? ELL, DON'T ADVERTISE. HAVE TO ADMIT, AM HAPPY WITH THE INTEREST & ENTHUSIASM THAT PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN TOWARDS THE KITS. REALLY ENJOY SEEING MY KITS HACKED & MODIFIED. -HY DO YOU THINK USERS ARE STILL INTERESTED IN OLDER M 0 PIN 'S CHIPS & 1 74138 & IT WORKED PERFECT 1ST TIME. GAVE THIS DESIGN TO ARBER TREET NTERPRISES AS A GIFT AS LONG AS RIEL OMPUTERS WAS SOMEWHERE ON THE CARD. PROBABLY LOST OUT ON SALES BUT MY WORK IS NOT ABOUT MONEY BUT CREATING. HE PPLE 1 COMPUTER. S A COLLECTOR WANTED AN PPLE 1 BUT THE PRICE WAS WAY OUT OF MY LEAGUE, SO DECIDED TO BUILD A CLONE. HEN WAS NEARING COMPLETION BEGAN TO GET A LOT OF EMAIL REQUESTS TO PURCHASE ONE SO DECIDED TO START RIEL OMPUTERS & BEGA LA ENGINEER HUCK EDDLE FORMED TECHNOLOGIES & CREATED THE 6502, A $25 . T THE TIME, THE 8080 NTEL WAS HUNDEREDS, & HERE WAS THIS NEW 6502 THAT WAS SIMILAR TO A OTOROLA 6800 FOR ONLY $25. HEY WANTED TO SELL THE 'S AT A COMPUTER CONVENTION BU NTERVIEW WITH ENS CHOFIELD NDIVIDUAL OMPUTERS HTTP://WWW.JSCHOENFELD.COM/INDEX.HTM 1 OF 4 HE FOLLOWING ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE NOW DEFUNCED MIGA MAGAZINE OTAL MIGA AFTER EMAILING THE EDITOR AND ENS BOTH AGREED THAT COU UP TO DATE. EFORE THEY CAN BE PRODUCED, THEY'D NEED A OMPLETE RE-DESIGN. N OTHER WORDS EGOTIATIONS BOUT THE VALUE OF WOULD BE *VERY* HARD. -F YOU WERE GIVEN AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME & DEVELOPMENT COSTS WHAT PRODUCT WOULD YOU CREATE & WHY RE & WRITING PROGRAMS & CREATING USER GROUPS ALL BASED ON A DEVELOPMENT BOARD. -AS THERE MUCH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE FOR THE RIGINAL MACHINE? ICRO HESS IS THE MOST POPULAR PROGRAM THAT CAN THINK OF. HERE IS A INY & EVEN A VERSION OF IC GIVE ME THE CHANCE TO PATENT MY INREASE-OF-POWER-IDEA AND PAY AN ENGINEER OR TWO TO DEVELOP A DECENTLY-SIZED ENGINE THAT CAN BE SOLD TO ANY HOUSEHOLD. ORE DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ON THE POWER GRIDS, AS DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION REQUIRES INT LD REPUBLISH THE ARTICLE IN OMMODORE REE MAGAZINE, WOULD LIKE TO THANK TOTAL MIGA FOR LETTING ME USE THE ARTICLE & ENS FOR AGREEING THE REPRINT & RE READING & UPDATING HIS STATEMENTS, LSO MANAGED TO ADD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MYSELF, THESE APPEAR (IT CAN BE NONE COMPUTER RELATED) - REALLY THINK THAT SUCH A THING WOULD NOT BE ELATED TO COMPUTERS. OU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CREATE A CONNECTION THROUGH "ELECTRICITY", BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT: HAVE READ A LOT ABOUT TIRLING ENGINES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS A LTIPLE OTHER EXPANSIONS FOR THE MIGA. OP- SELLERS WERE THE -URF NETWORKING CARD & THE -FIX (+EXPRESS) ADAPTER. -HEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME INTER- ESTED IN HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT, & WHAT WAS IT THAT ATTRACTED YOUR INTEREST? - WAS ALWAYS FASCINATE-1 (EYBOARD NPUT ONITOR) AS A DEVELOP- MENT BOARD FOR ENGINEERS. HAT THEY DIDN'T REALIZE IS THAT A NEW HOBBY MARKET WAS JUST BEGINNING & THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WERE NOT ENGINEERS BUT AVERAGE PEOPLE. OON PEOPLE WHERE DESIGNING ADD-ON HARDWA FIRST. HE INTERVIEW IS VERY LONG SO LETS GET ON WITH IT: ERE WE GO THEN. OMMODORE REE QUESTIONS -AVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF APPROACHING AURICE ANDAL WWW.CMDRKEY.COM TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHTS TO THE PRODUCT RANGE, TO MASS PRODUCE 64 PRODUCTS LIKND EVEN BUILT A SMALL MODEL ENGINE THAT RUNS ON A TEA LIGHT. MADE A SIMPLE MODIFICATION THAT WAS INITIALLY MEANT TO CONTROL IT'S POWER OUTPUT ( OF THE FREE-RUNNING ENGINE), BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A NICE INCREASE OF THE POWER-TO-SIZE RATIO. NE PROPE 30 YEARS AGO. -O YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PROJECTS PLANNED? ES. ORE THAN WILL EVER HAVE TIME TO MAKE. OPEFULLY CAN GET MANY MORE PROJECTS OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY. OSTLY FORMER & CURRENT -1 USERS THAT WANT TO USE THEIR PROGRAMS THEY WROTELLIGENT POWER ROUTING. HE ELECTRICITY-RELATED 2 OUTPUT OF THIS PLANET COULD BE REDUCED DRAMATICALLY. CIAO, ENS CHOFIELD OTAL MIGA UESTIONS TO ENS -OULD YOU START BY INTRODUCING YOUR- SELF TO THOSE OF OUR READERS WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHO YOU ARUT THEY DIDN'T ALLOW SALES ON SITE SO THEY HAD A HOTEL NEAR THE CONVENTION & SOLD THE PROCESSORS OUT OF THEIR HOTEL. HUCK MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD A "BARREL" OF 6502'S BUT ONLY THE TOP 10% OF THE BARREL HAD WORKING 'S. HUCK HAD ALSO DESIGNED THE E THE , AMLINK & MD ARD DRIVE, F YOU HAVEN'T HAVE YOU OFFERED AURICE HELP IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PRODUCTS, - HAVE THOUGHT OF IT, BUT THAT WOULD INVOLVE SO UCH WORK THAT WOULD NOT HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT ALL. HE DESIGNS ARE NICE, BUT NOTERTY OF TERLING ENGINES IS THAT THEY'RE EASILY SCALABLE TO ALMOST ANY SIZE. 'D LIKE TO FIND OUT IF MY MODIFICATION CAN WORK ON AN ENGINE THAT'S BIG ENOUGH TO OUTPUT 5K (OR MORE), & USE IT TO MAKE SOLAR ENERGY. NLIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY WOULD  ROSOFT FOR -1'S WITH MORE MEMORY. OST SOFTWARE CAME FROM MAGAZINES & USER GROUPS. -S THERE A THRIVING GROUP OF PROGRAMMERS CREATING NEW SOFTWARE FOR THE MACHINES? OSTLY FORMER & CURRENT -1 USERS THAT WANT TO USE THEIR PROGRAMS THEY WROTE, & TO THOSE WHO DO & WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU? -Y NAME IS ENS CHVNFELD, & 'M THE FOUNDER & OWNER OF "NDIVIDUAL OMPUTERS". 'M THE MAN BEHIND THINGS LIKE THE RAFFITI VIDEO CARD, THE UDDHA CONTROLLER, THE ATWEASEL FLOPPY CONTROLLER & MUME OUT FOR THE , WANTED TO HAVE THAT GAME ON MY MIGA, BUT SOON FRIENDS WITH MORE SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE TAUGHT ME THAT THE MIGA IS MISSING AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE: CHUNKY GRAPHICS MODE WHERE 1 BYTE IN MEMORY REPRESENTS 1 PIXEL ON THE SCREEN. HAT'S WHENT ONLY READ COMPUTER BOOKS. HE FIRST KID'S BOOK READ -- AFTER THE INCLAIR MANUAL -- WAS ITJE UCK! HE 81 WAS SOON REPLACED BY THE 64, & ALWAYS TRIED TO CONTROL MY ISCHERTECHNIK WITH IT. OWEVER, HAVING NO EDUCATION IN ELECTRONICS, FRIED THED HOBBY HAD TO MAKE MONEY, NOT COST MONEY, SO COULD CONTINUE DOING IT. EON NTERTAINMENT WERE THE FIRST TO GIVE ME CONTRACT WORK IN 1994; WE DEVELOPED A MOTION- TRACKING SYSTEM TOGETHER THAT WAS BASED ON SEVERAL MIGA 1200'S WITH MY REAL- TIME VIDEO D