ULATOR. ÓYSTEMS LIKE ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 3.0, ÐROFESSIONAL-ÄÏÓ OR ÐROLOGIC-ÄÏÓ CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT FURTHER EXTENSIONS OR ÒÏÍ PATCHES. ÔHIS PURPOSE MAY BE THE JOB OF ANOTHER HARDWARE EXTENSION BOARD, ONE OF THE PROJECTS É AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON. ÔAKEN FROM T WHICH THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ CAN EASILY BE CONFIGURED TO [EMULATEK. ÐERHAPS ÍICHAEL ËLEIN (CBM4LINUX OR OTHER PEOPLE MAY WANT TO DEVELOP SPECIAL SOFTWARE, THAT MAKES USE OF A MAXÒÁÍ EQUIPPED DISK DRIVE (NEARLY 32KÂ OF ÒÁÍ USABLE). ÎOT TO MENTION THE ÒÁÍ DIAU ÔHE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ AS DRIVE EXPANDER ÐART 2 ============================== I ×OLFGANG ÍOSER AND ÎICOLAS ×ELTE ÎOW, WITH THE PATCHED ÒÏÍS, É WAS ABLE TO ÆLASH OTHER ÒÏÍ BANKS WITHOUT THE NEED TO SWITCH BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ÃÂÍ ÄÏÓ N'T NEED TO INSTALL A SPEEDER SYSTEM OR ÒÏÍ IN ANY CASE, INSTEAD IT IS AN OPTION. ÁND ÎICOLAS SAID, THE ÆLASH SOFTWARE CONTAINS SOME POTENTIAL FOR SPEEDUPS WITH THE 1541 DRIVE. ÌET'S WAIT, TEST AND SEE... ÒÁÍ (ONLY) EXPANDER (1541/1571 ÒÁÍÂOARD) AND ÒÁÍE ÒÏÍ, BUT THE ÄÄ2 ÒÁÍ CONFIGURATION IS SELECTED? ÂECAUSE THE ÄÄ2 ÒÁÍ OVERLAYS THE DRIVE'S ADDRESS SPACE FROM 0X8000 TO 0X9ÆÆÆ THE ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ CANNOT BE ADDRESSED THERE. ÆURTHERMORE, ÄÄ2 WENT CRAZY, WHENEVER THE ÆLASH ENABLE SWITCH WAS SET. ÎICOLAS DETEHE UPPER AND LOWER PART OF THE ÄÄ2 ÒÏÍ AT 0XÁ000/0XÅ000); THIS WAY YOU CAN FLASH THE WHOLE CHIP. ÎICOLAS IS ALSO WORKING ON MORE FUNCTIONS, LIKE PROGRAMMABLE BANK SWITCHING ABOUT UNUSED ÖÉÁ/ÃÉÁ PORT LINES. ÍAYBE NOT ONLY ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ-2.0-6 CAN SPEED UP TPART OF ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 2.0. ÔHE ÒÏÍ CODE SHOULD NOT ACCESS THE 8KÂ ÒÁÍ AT THE MEMORY ADDRESS LOCATION 0X8000...0X9ÆÆÆ ANYMORE, BUT AT THE ADDRESSES 0X6000...0X7ÆÆÆ. ÔHAT WAY NO CHANGES TO THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ WOULD NEEDED, BECAUSE THE ÒÁÍBOARD CONFIGURATION COUL , THIS HARDWARE EXTENDS YOUR FLOPPY DISK DRIVE TO A FULL BLOWN HIGH SPEED ÁTMEL ÆLASH DEVICE PROGRAMMER. ÙOU WILL NEVER NEED TO HANDLE WITH ÅÐÒÏÍS AND ÅÐÒÏÍ BURNERS AGAIN. ÔHERE IS NO NEED ANYMORE FOR TRANSFERING THE ÒÏÍ FILES SLOWLY TO THE COMPUTER MEMANK SWITCHING ABOUT UNUSED ÖÉÁ/ÃÉÁ PORT LINES." ÎICOLAS IS CURRENTLY NOT WORKING ON EXTENSIONS TO THE 6502-ÒAMÒOM, IT PERFECTLY DOES ITS JOB AS IT IS. ÓINCE ÎICOLAS ALSO MAY WANT TO AGREE TO REPRINT MY ARTICLE OR BECAUSE HE WANTS TO POINT OUT OTHER THIRE PROBLEM, THAT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIAL ADDRESS DECODING BEHAVIOUR OF THE ÃÂÍ DRIVE SERIES (ÒÁÍ AND ESPECIALLY ÖÉÁ LOCATIONS MIRRORED AT DIFFERENT ADDRESSES; ÉÒÑ FLAG HANDLING). ÓINCE THE ÐÅÔ AND ÖÉÃ20 COMPUTERS DON'T CONTAIN SUCH MIRRORED DEVICE ADDRESSHE WEBSITE HTTP://D81.DE/6502ÒAMÒOM/ I ×OLFGANG ÍOSER AND ÎICOLAS ×ELTE ÒE PRINTED WITH OWNERS CONSENT ÎOTES ÆROM ×OLFGANG ÍOSER ON THE PROJECT ==================================== ÅMAIL: -×OLFGANG ÍOSER IN GENERAL É AGREE ABOUT REPRINTING PARTS OF MYGNOSTIC FUNCTIONALITY THAT REPLACES THE DRIVE'S BUILTIN ÒÁÍ BY THE ONE FROM THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ. ÔHINGS, THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ CAN'T DO EASILY ÂECAUSE THE HARDWARE WAS MAINLY DESIGNED FOR UNIVERSALITY AND SIMPLICITY, IT IS NOT A GENERAL SPEEDER SYSTEM HARDWARE EM 2.6 ÒÏÍ (WHICH WORKED FLAWLESSLY WITH ALL PREVIOUS TESTS). ÐROBLEMS WITH THE PROTOTYPE ANOTHER PROBLEM MANIFESTED WHEN ANALYZING THE [STORE-TO-ÒÏÍK PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVE EXPANSION 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ PROTOTYPE ×HAT HAPPENS, WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO FLASH THE WHOL DIAGNOSTIC MODULEÍORE APPLICATIONS OF THIS BOARD MAY RELY ON THE ÒÁÍ OPTION ONLY, YOU COULD SAVE SOME MONEY BY NOT MAKING USE OF THE ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ CHIP. ÃOPY SOFTWARE LIKE THE WELL KNOWN TOOL SERIES ÍAVERICK ALREADY KNOW HOW TO USE A ÒÁÍÂOARD EQUIPPED DRIVECTED THE PROBLEM BY CAREFULLY REVIEWING THE 1541 ÇÁÌ EQUATIONS. ÔHE ÆLASH OPTION SWITCH DISABLES THE OVERLAYING ÒÁÍ FOR WRITE OPERATIONS. ÎOT A BIG TASK, BECAUSE ONLY THE ÇÁÌ NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, É THOUGHT. ÆIRST WE DECIDED TO PATCH THE FLOPPY ÄÏÓ ÒÏÍ HE ÆLASH PROCESS A LITTLE BIT, BUT OTHER DRIVE SPEEDERS LIKE ÊIFFY-ÄÏÓ, TOO. ÂECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL DESIGNED ÉN-ÓYSTEM-ÆLASH SOFTWARE, THE WHOLE PROCESS IS NOT REALLY SLOW ON A 1541 DRIVE EQUIPPED WITH A STANDARD ÃÂÍ ÄÏÓ (35 SECONDS FOR 32KÂ). ÓO YOU DO D BE USED INSTEAD. ÁND FLASHING THE FULL 32KÂ ÒÏÍ BANK SHOULD BECOME POSSIBLE, TOO. ÂUT ÎICOLAS REPORTED, THAT THE PATCHED ÄÄ2-6 ÒÏÍ DIDN'T WORK, ALTHOUGH OTHER TESTS WITH THE ÖÉÃÅ EMULATOR SHOWED NO PROBLEMS. ÈE FOUND OUT, THAT THERE WAS A REAL HARDWAORY BEFORE THEY CAN BE WRITTEN TO THE ÅÐÒÏÍ. ÔHE WELL DESIGNED FLASHER SOFTWARE MAKES YOUR LIFE EVEN SIMPLER. ÍAYBE YOU WANT TO REPLACE YOUR SYSTEM ÒÏÍS WITH ÄÄ2-6, WHICH REQUIRES SOME LITTLE HARDWARE MODIFICATION (USING ADDRESS LINE Á14 FOR SWITCHING T…NGS, HE GOT A ÂCC COPY OF THIS MAIL. ÃOMMODORE ÆREE É RECEIVED NO EMAIL FROM ÎICOLAS BUT DECIDED TO PRINT THE ARTICLE ...END... S ITS JOB AS IT IS. ÓINCE ÎICOLAS ALSO MAY WANT TO AGREE TO REPRINT MY ARTICLE OR BECAUSE HE WANTS TO POINT OUT OTHER THI# SPACES, THIS PROBLEM COULDN'T BE DETECTED WITH THE ÐÅÔ/ÖÉÃ20 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ PROTOTYPES. ÔHE ÓOLUTION ÎICOLAS WORKED OUT A SOLUTION, THAT NEEDED THE LEAST POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE ÐÃÂ IN COMBINATION WITH CHANGED ÇÁÌ EQUATIONS. ×ITHOUT THE ÇÁÌ, THIS FIX WOUL ONLINE ARTICLE, IF AUTHORSHIP IS MADE CLEAR AND THE ORIGIN OF THIS ARTICLE IS NAMED. ÓPELLING CORRECTIONS MAY BE DONE. ÔHEN THE ARTICLE SOMETIMES CONTAINS OUTDATED INFORMATIONS, LIKE E.G.: "ÎICOLAS IS ALSO WORKING ON MORE FUNCTIONS, LIKE PROGRAMMABLE B ICOLAS IS ALSO WORKING ON MORE FUNCTIONS, LIKE PROGRAMMABLE BANK SWITCHING ABOUT UNUSED ÖÉÁ/ÃÉÁ PORT LINES. ÍAYBE NOT ONLY ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ-2.0-6 CAN SPEED UP THE ÆLASH PROCESS A LITTLE BIT, BUT OTHER DRIVE SPEEDERS LIKE ÊIFFY-ÄÏÓ, TOO. ÂECAUSE OF THE SPECIAà 62/EDITOR 62/COMMENTS 62/BIBLE 62/BITSNPIECES 62/CBM128 62/DISKIMAGERY6 62/PRES.1 62/PRES.2 62/IV FISHER 62/IV HORROCKS 62/IV JOSEPH 62/IV LANCE 128 62/IV RITTWAGE 62/NEW GAMES 62/ROMRAM 1 62/ROMRAM 2 62/NEWS 62/ÈEXFILES THE 6502-ÒAMÒOM, IT PERFECTLY DOES ITS JOB AS IT IS. ÓINCE ÎICOLAS ALSO MAY WANT TO AGREE TO REPRINT MY ARTICLE OR BECAUSE HE WANTS TO POINT OUT OTHER THINGS, HE GOT A ÂCC COPY OF THIS MAIL. ÃOMMODORE ÆREE É RECEIVED NO EMAIL FROM ÎICOLAS BUT DECIDED S ÍARKUS ÂRENNER WANTS TO JUMP IN HERE AND EXTENDS HIS ÂURSTNIBBLER BASED TRANSFER TOOL [MNIBK , SO THAT MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED COPY PROTECTIONS CAN BE DUMPED TO Ç64 DISK IMAGES. É ALREADY STARTED ANALYZING THE ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 3.0 ÄÏÓ ÒÏÍ LOOKING FOR ALL THNSENT ÎOTES ÆROM ×OLFGANG ÍOSER ON THE PROJECT ==================================== ÅMAIL: -×OLFGANG ÍOSER IN GENERAL É AGREE ABOUT REPRINTING PARTS OF MY ONLINE ARTICLE, IF AUTHORSHIP IS MADE CLEAR AND THE ORIGIN OF THIS ARTICLE IS NAMED. ÓPELLING CORLD TAKE MY 1571 FLOPPY DRIVE SOMETIME AND TEST IT WITH THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ, TOO. ÔHERE ARE OTHER FLOPPY SPEEDERS, ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS DRIVE. ÎOT ONLY TO MENTION ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 3.0 FOR THE 1571, BUT ESPECIALLY ÐROSPEED-1571. ×ITH THIS DRIVE, THE MAXÒAMGS, THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ CAN'T DO EASILY ÂECAUSE THE HARDWARE WAS MAINLY DESIGNED FOR UNIVERSALITY AND SIMPLICITY, IT IS NOT A GENERAL SPEEDER SYSTEM HARDWARE EMULATOR. ÓYSTEMS LIKE ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 3.0, ÐROFESSIONAL-ÄÏÓ OR ÐROLOGIC-ÄÏÓ CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT FURTE 1571 DISK DRIVE. ÓINCE THERE IS INCREDIBLY LITTLE SPACE BETWEEN THE MAINBOARD AND THE TRANSFORMER ASSEMBLED OVER IT, É CURRENTLY DON'T KNOW, HOW TO INSERT THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ INTO THE 1571 DRIVE BEST. ÏNE SOLUTION MAY BE TO CONNECT THE BOARD WITH SOME FLASOME MONEY BY NOT MAKING USE OF THE ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ CHIP. ÃOPY SOFTWARE LIKE THE WELL KNOWN TOOL SERIES ÍAVERICK ALREADY KNOW HOW TO USE A ÒÁÍÂOARD EQUIPPED DRIVE WHICH THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ CAN EASILY BE CONFIGURED TO [EMULATEK. ÐERHAPS ÍICHAEL ËLEIN (CBM4LINUX TOR, [1571 LOW PROFILE PARALLEL CABLE ADAPTOR, TOP VIEW, [1571 LOW PROFILE PARALLEL CABLE ADAPTOR, BOTTOM VIEW, ÃONCLUSION AND APPLICATION SCENARIOS ÓPEEDER SYSTEM [EMULATORK[ÅMULATINGK DIFFERENT ÄÏÓ ÒÏÍS AND SIMPLE SPEEDER SYSTEMS LIKE ÊIFFY-ÄÏÓ, ÓPEL DESIGNED ÉN-ÓYSTEM-ÆLASH SOFTWARE, THE WHOLE PROCESS IS NOT REALLY SLOW ON A 1541 DRIVE EQUIPPED WITH A STANDARD ÃÂÍ ÄÏÓ (35 SECONDS FOR 32KÂ). ÓO YOU DON'T NEED TO INSTALL A SPEEDER SYSTEM OR ÒÏÍ IN ANY CASE, INSTEAD IT IS AN OPTION. ÁND ÎICOLAS SAID TO USE THE SLOW SERIAL BUS TRANSFER ROUTINES. ÔHE FUTURE AND SOME IDEAS ÕNTIL NOW, MAINLY THE ÒÏÍ PART OF THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ WAS TESTED, IN THE FUTURE É'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ÒÁÍ CONFIGURATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN SOME APPLICATIONS FOR THE MAXÒAM-ÍODE. ÐERHAP#TO PRINT THE ARTICLE ...END... S ITS JOB AS IT IS. ÓINCE ÎICOLAS ALSO MAY WANT TO AGREE TO REPRINT MY ARTICLE OR BECAUSE HE WANTS TO POINT OUT OTHER THINGS, HE GOT A ÂCC COPY OF THIS MAIL. ÃOMMODORE ÆREE É RECEIVED NO EMAIL FROM ÎICOLAS BUT DECIDED E PARALLEL PORT ACCESSES TO THE 6821 ÐÉÁ. ÍAYBE É'M ABLE TO PATCH IT, SO THAT IT MAKES USE OF THE ÖÉÁ 6522 PARALLEL PORT. ÔHIS WAY PEOPLE MAY USE ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 3.0 WITHOUT HARDWARE HACKING; THAT MEANS ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 6821 ÐÉÁ INTO THE FLOPPY. É SHOURECTIONS MAY BE DONE. ÔHEN THE ARTICLE SOMETIMES CONTAINS OUTDATED INFORMATIONS, LIKE E.G.: "ÎICOLAS IS ALSO WORKING ON MORE FUNCTIONS, LIKE PROGRAMMABLE BANK SWITCHING ABOUT UNUSED ÖÉÁ/ÃÉÁ PORT LINES." ÎICOLAS IS CURRENTLY NOT WORKING ON EXTENSIONS TO MODE OF THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ CANNOT BE USED, IT WOULD OVERLAY THE 1571'S ÃÉÁ AND THE REGISTERS OF THE ×Ä177X CONTROLLER. ÉT MAY BE INTERESTING WHAT COULD HAPPEN, IF THE MAXÒAM MODE IS USED NEVERTHELESS. ÎOT ENOUGH, THERE ARE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE ÃOMMODORHER EXTENSIONS OR ÒÏÍ PATCHES. ÔHIS PURPOSE MAY BE THE JOB OF ANOTHER HARDWARE EXTENSION BOARD, ONE OF THE PROJECTS É AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON. ÔAKEN FROM THE WEBSITE HTTP://D81.DE/6502ÒAMÒOM/ I ×OLFGANG ÍOSER AND ÎICOLAS ×ELTE ÒE PRINTED WITH OWNERS CO T CABLE TO THE PROCESSOR SOCKET. ÁS FOR THE PARALLEL CABLE CONNECTOR (1571 ÂURSTNIBBLER CABLE COMPATIBLE) É ALREADY BUILT ANOTHER LOWEST PROFILE ADAPTOR. [ÉNSERTED 1571 LOW PROFILEPARALLEL CABLE ADAPTOR, [ÓPACE UPON 1571 LOW PROFILE PARALLEL CABLE ADAPOR OTHER PEOPLE MAY WANT TO DEVELOP SPECIAL SOFTWARE, THAT MAKES USE OF A MAXÒÁÍ EQUIPPED DISK DRIVE (NEARLY 32KÂ OF ÒÁÍ USABLE). ÎOT TO MENTION THE ÒÁÍ DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONALITY THAT REPLACES THE DRIVE'S BUILTIN ÒÁÍ BY THE ONE FROM THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ. ÔHINEDÄÏÓ OR ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ IS THE PLAYFIELD OF THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ, WHEN INSERTED INTO ÃOMMDORE'S DISK DRIVES. ÙOU ONLY NEED TO ADD A SIMPLE PARALLEL CABLE FOR SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS. ÁTMEL ÆLASH DEVICE PROGRAMMER ÉN COMBINATION WITH A PATCHED ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ (ÄÄ2-6), THE ÆLASH SOFTWARE CONTAINS SOME POTENTIAL FOR SPEEDUPS WITH THE 1541 DRIVE. ÌET'S WAIT, TEST AND SEE... ÒÁÍ (ONLY) EXPANDER (1541/1571 ÒÁÍÂOARD) AND ÒÁÍ DIAGNOSTIC MODULEÍORE APPLICATIONS OF THIS BOARD MAY RELY ON THE ÒÁÍ OPTION ONLY, YOU COULD SAVE OPY PROGRAM DOESN'T WORK, BECAUSE THE ÒÁÍ LOCATION SEEMS TO BE HARDCODED INTO THE COPY TOOL. É ALSO TESTED ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 3.0, WHICH WORKED FINE WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT IT WAS NEARLY AS SLOW AS THE ORIGINAL ÃÂÍ ÄÏÓ. ÎO WONDER, BECAUSE ÄÄ3 MAKES USE OF AN ERAMMER. ÙOU WILL NEVER NEED TO HANDLE WITH ÅÐÒÏÍS AND ÅÐÒÏÍ BURNERS AGAIN. ÔHERE IS NO NEED ANYMORE FOR TRANSFERING THE ÒÏÍ FILES SLOWLY TO THE COMPUTER MEMORY BEFORE THEY CAN BE WRITTEN TO THE ÅÐÒÏÍ. ÔHE WELL DESIGNED FLASHER SOFTWARE MAKES YOUR LIFE EVICATION AND THE NEW ÇÁÌ. ÁFTER PREPARING SOME MATCHING Ã64 ËERNAL ÒÏÍS [ÁÔ29Ã256 TO Ã64 ËERNALADAPTOR, TOP VIEW, [ÁÔ29Ã256 TO Ã64 ËERNALADAPTOR, BOTTOM VIEW,] É STARTED TESTING THE BURNED ÓPEEDÄÏÓ AND ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ VERSIONS. ÁS MENTIONED EARLIER THE PAT R, BOTTOM VIEW, ÃONCLUSION AND APPLICATION SCENARIOS ÓPEEDER SYSTEM [EMULATORK[ÅMULATINGK DIFFERENT ÄÏÓ ÒÏÍS AND SIMPLE SPEEDER SYSTEMS LIKE ÊIFFY-ÄÏÓ, ÓPEEDÄÏÓ OR ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ IS THE PLAYFIELD OF THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ, WHEN INSERTED INTO ÃOMMDORE'S DISK DRIVEBANK 3. ÎO PROBLEMS WITH THAT AND IT SHOWS, THAT YOU CAN NOW ÆLASH THE ÒÏÍ LOCATIONS FROM 0XÁ000 TO 0XÆÆÆÆ, WHEN THE ORIGINAL ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 2.0 IS ENABLED. ÂUT DON'T TRY TO ÆLASH THE ÒÏÍ LOCATION AT 0X8000. ÂECAUSE IT IS USED BY ÄÄ2'S ÒÁÍ, THE DRIVE MAY BEER ASSEMBLED OVER IT, É CURRENTLY DON'T KNOW, HOW TO INSERT THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ INTO THE 1571 DRIVE BEST. ÏNE SOLUTION MAY BE TO CONNECT THE BOARD WITH SOME FLAT CABLE TO THE PROCESSOR SOCKET. ÁS FOR THE PARALLEL CABLE CONNECTOR (1571 ÂURSTNIBBLER CABLE COMPIN-ÄÏÓ WERE GONE ÁFTER É GOT THE NEW CHANGED ÇÁÌS É REPEATED ALL THE EARLIER TESTS: ÆLASHING THE ORIGINAL ÃÂÍ ÄÏÓ Ö2.6 INTO BANK 0 ÓELECTING BANK 0 AND FLASHING THE PATCHED ÓPEEDÄÏÓ 40 TRACKS ÒÏÍ INTO BANK 1 ÓELECTING BANK 1 AND FLASHING THE ORIGINAL ÄOLPY SPEEDERS, ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS DRIVE. ÎOT ONLY TO MENTION ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 3.0 FOR THE 1571, BUT ESPECIALLY ÐROSPEED-1571. ×ITH THIS DRIVE, THE MAXÒAM MODE OF THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ CANNOT BE USED, IT WOULD OVERLAY THE 1571'S ÃÉÁ AND THE REGISTERS OF THE T FITTED MY NEEDS BEST (INSTEAD OF BUILDING A CABLE WIRED ADAPTOR). ÆLASHING THE 29Ã256 WITH THE LEAST POSSIBLE PAGE SIZE BROUGHT ME A VERY SMALL KERNAL SWITCH BOARD IN A FEW MINUTES; THANKS TO THE WELL DESIGNED ÆLASHER SOFTWARE , THAT IS ABLE TO BURN DO THAT MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED COPY PROTECTIONS CAN BE DUMPED TO Ç64 DISK IMAGES. É ALREADY STARTED ANALYZING THE ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 3.0 ÄÏÓ ÒÏÍ LOOKING FOR ALL THE PARALLEL PORT ACCESSES TO THE 6821 ÐÉÁ. ÍAYBE É'M ABLE TO PATCH IT, SO THAT IT MAKES USE OF THE XTRA PARALLEL PORT CHIP (6821 ÐÉÁ) WITHIN THE DRIVE. ÉT CANNOT COMMUNICATE OVER THE STANDARD PARALLEL PORT CABLE CONNECTED TO THE ÖÉÁ 6522, THEREFORE IT HAS TO USE THE SLOW SERIAL BUS TRANSFER ROUTINES. ÔHE FUTURE AND SOME IDEAS ÕNTIL NOW, MAINLY THE ÒÏEN SIMPLER. ÍAYBE YOU WANT TO REPLACE YOUR SYSTEM ÒÏÍS WITH ÄÄ2-6, WHICH REQUIRES SOME LITTLE HARDWARE MODIFICATION (USING ADDRESS LINE Á14 FOR SWITCHING THE UPPER AND LOWER PART OF THE ÄÄ2 ÒÏÍ AT 0XÁ000/0XÅ000); THIS WAY YOU CAN FLASH THE WHOLE CHIP. ÎCHED ÓPEEDÄÏÓ AND ALSO THE ORIGINAL ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ ÒÏÍ WORKED WITHOUT PROBLEMS. É ALSO TESTED SOME SPECIAL ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ COPY PROGRAMS (ÄOLPHIN-ÃOPY) WITHOUT PROBLEMS. ÔHE PATCHED ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ-2.0-6 (ÒÁÍ AT 0X6000) IS ANOTHER TASK, WITH THIS ÒÏÍ, THE ÄOLPHIN-ÃS. ÙOU ONLY NEED TO ADD A SIMPLE PARALLEL CABLE FOR SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS. ÁTMEL ÆLASH DEVICE PROGRAMMER ÉN COMBINATION WITH A PATCHED ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ (ÄÄ2-6) , THIS HARDWARE EXTENDS YOUR FLOPPY DISK DRIVE TO A FULL BLOWN HIGH SPEED ÁTMEL ÆLASH DEVICE PROGCOME STUBBORN. ÓELECTING BANK 3, CONFIGURING THE ÒÁÍ-ÂOARD CONFIGURATION AND FLASHING THE ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 3.0 ÒÏÍ INTO BANK 0. ×ITH THE PATCHED ÄÄ2-6 ÒÏÍ THE FULL ÒÏÍ BANK (0X8000 TO 0XÆÆÆÆ) COULD BE FLASHED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM, THANKS TO THE HARDWARE MODIFATIBLE) É ALREADY BUILT ANOTHER LOWEST PROFILE ADAPTOR. [ÉNSERTED 1571 LOW PROFILEPARALLEL CABLE ADAPTOR, [ÓPACE UPON 1571 LOW PROFILE PARALLEL CABLE ADAPTOR, [1571 LOW PROFILE PARALLEL CABLE ADAPTOR, TOP VIEW, [1571 LOW PROFILE PARALLEL CABLE ADAPTOPHIN-ÄÏÓ 2.0 ÒÏÍ INTO BANK 2. ÂECAUSE OF THE APPLIED ÓPEEDÄÏÓ ÒÏÍ PATCH, THE ÆLASH PROCEDURE WENT FLAWLESSLY. ÓELECTING BANK 2, CONFIGURING THE ÄÄ2 ÒÁÍ CONFIGURATION AND FLASHING THE PATCHED ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ-2.0-6 ÒÏÍ (ÒÁÍ A LOCATION 0X6000 TO 0X7ÆÆÆ) INTO ×Ä177X CONTROLLER. ÉT MAY BE INTERESTING WHAT COULD HAPPEN, IF THE MAXÒAM MODE IS USED NEVERTHELESS. ÎOT ENOUGH, THERE ARE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE ÃOMMODORE 1571 DISK DRIVE. ÓINCE THERE IS INCREDIBLY LITTLE SPACE BETWEEN THE MAINBOARD AND THE TRANSFORMIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ÒÏÍ CHIP IN SEVERAL STEPS (BY SELECTING A START ADDRESS OF 0X8000, 0XÁ000, 0XÃ000 OR 0XÅ000). 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ FINAL RELEASE TEST REPORT FROM ×OMO, 2003-02-16 ÒETESTING DIFFERENT FLASHING SCENARIOS TO CHECK, THAT THE PROBLEMS WITH ÄOLPHÖÉÁ 6522 PARALLEL PORT. ÔHIS WAY PEOPLE MAY USE ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 3.0 WITHOUT HARDWARE HACKING; THAT MEANS ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 6821 ÐÉÁ INTO THE FLOPPY. É SHOULD TAKE MY 1571 FLOPPY DRIVE SOMETIME AND TEST IT WITH THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ, TOO. ÔHERE ARE OTHER FLOP Í PART OF THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ WAS TESTED, IN THE FUTURE É'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ÒÁÍ CONFIGURATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN SOME APPLICATIONS FOR THE MAXÒAM-ÍODE. ÐERHAPS ÍARKUS ÂRENNER WANTS TO JUMP IN HERE AND EXTENDS HIS ÂURSTNIBBLER BASED TRANSFER TOOL [MNIBK , SÕARE IS PRETTY RELIABLE IF YOU HAVE A GOOD DRIVE. ÉF IT BREAKS, THOUGH, THERE ARE PLENTY LEFT 'IN THE WILD' FOR YEARS TO COME. :) ÐETE ÒITTWAGE Ã64 ÐRESERVATION ÐROJECT HTTP://C64PRESERVATION.COM ...END... ITH AND IT STILL WORKS FINE, SO THE HARDWN THE REAL VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE, THE PROBLEM IS HOW LONG WILL MY DISK DRIVE LAST CONSTANTLY BUMPING THE HEADS ABOUT, Á - ÏNLY THE EARLIEST COPY PROTECTIONS THAT CHECK FOR AN INTENTIONAL DISK ERROR HAVE THIS PROBLEM. ÔHE OLD ORIGINAL DRIVE MECHANISM U ÔHE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ AS DRIVE EXPANDER ÐART 2 ============================== I ×OLFGANG ÍOSER AND ÎICOLAS ×ELTE ÎOW, WITH THE PATCHED ÒÏÍS, É WAS ABLE TO ÆLASH OTHER ÒÏÍ BANKS WITHOUT THE NEED TO SWITCH BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ÃÂÍ ÄÏÓ ÐÃ (RUNNING ÄÏÓ, ×INDOWS, OR ÌINUX) AND AN ØÁÐ, ØÍÐ, OR ØÅÐ COMBO CABLE. ÔHIS CABLE HAS THE EXTRA PARALLEL CONNECTION SOLDERED INTO THE DRIVE LIKE THE 'ÄATEL ÂURSTNIBBLER' OR '21 ÓECOND ÂACKUP' USED BACK IN THE OLD DAYS. Ñ - ÍANY OF THE ÃOMMODORE GAMES E ÒÏÍ, BUT THE ÄÄ2 ÒÁÍ CONFIGURATION IS SELECTED? ÂECAUSE THE ÄÄ2 ÒÁÍ OVERLAYS THE DRIVE'S ADDRESS SPACE FROM 0X8000 TO 0X9ÆÆÆ THE ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ CANNOT BE ADDRESSED THERE. ÆURTHERMORE, ÄÄ2 WENT CRAZY, WHENEVER THE ÆLASH ENABLE SWITCH WAS SET. ÎICOLAS DETE. ÁLSO, THERE ARE MANY GAMES WHICH WERE RELEASED IN DIFFERENT VERSIONS, DIFFERENT REGIONS (ÐÁÌ/ÎÔÓÃ AND LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES) AS WELL AS RE-RELEASES ON BUDGET LABELS, ETC. ÉT'S A BIG JOB. É PROBABLY SPEND A BETWEEN 3-10 HOURS A WEEK ON IT JUST GOING TPART OF ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 2.0. ÔHE ÒÏÍ CODE SHOULD NOT ACCESS THE 8KÂ ÒÁÍ AT THE MEMORY ADDRESS LOCATION 0X8000...0X9ÆÆÆ ANYMORE, BUT AT THE ADDRESSES 0X6000...0X7ÆÆÆ. ÔHAT WAY NO CHANGES TO THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ WOULD NEEDED, BECAUSE THE ÒÁÍBOARD CONFIGURATION COULÖORPAL-PROTECTED DISKS (LIKE ÃALIFORNIA ÇAMES, ETC) ARE NO PROBLEM FOR EMULATORS, BUT ÔHE DISK DRIVE MOTOR MUST BE SLOWED WAY DOWN TO FIT ALL THE DATA ON THE DISK WHEN REMASTERING THEM. Ñ - ÓO WHERE DOES IT GO FROM HERE, IS THIS JUST TO ÃONTINUE COLLECTRE PROBLEM, THAT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIAL ADDRESS DECODING BEHAVIOUR OF THE ÃÂÍ DRIVE SERIES (ÒÁÍ AND ESPECIALLY ÖÉÁ LOCATIONS MIRRORED AT DIFFERENT ADDRESSES; ÉÒÑ FLAG HANDLING). ÓINCE THE ÐÅÔ AND ÖÉÃ20 COMPUTERS DON'T CONTAIN SUCH MIRRORED DEVICE ADDRESSD HAVE BEEN A HUGE PATCH ORGY. ÕNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE TO REDO THE PATCH IF YOU WANT TO USE THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ IN A ÖÉÃ20 OR ÐÅÔ AGAIN. ÁLTHOUGH NOT NEEDED É INSTALLED SOME JUMPERS TO EASILY CONFIGURE THE ÐÃÂ FOR BOTH OPTIONS. ÉN THE MEANTIME É TESTED FLAHIS ÒÏÍ TYPE WITHOUT FURTHER HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS. ÔHEN É TESTED AN ÁÔ29Ã256 AS A SMALL REPLACEMENT FOR MY Ã64 ËERNAL SWITCH BOARD. [ÁÔ29Ã256 TO 32 PIN ÆLASH-ÁDAPTOR, BOTTOM VIEW, [ÁÔ29Ã256 TO 32 PIN ÆLASH-ÁDAPTOR, TOP VIEW, ÂEFORE É HAD TO BUILD AWITH THE PULL-DOWN (AS OPPOSED TO THE TWIST-DOWN) ARE LESS RELIABLE AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED FOR THESE EARLIER DISKS. É'VE GOT A 1541 DRIVE WITH THE TWIST-DOWN DOOR THAT É'VE USED TO READ PROBABLY 10,000 IMAGES WITH AND IT STILL WORKS FINE, SO THE HARDW 2.6 ÒÏÍ (WHICH WORKED FLAWLESSLY WITH ALL PREVIOUS TESTS). ÐROBLEMS WITH THE PROTOTYPE ANOTHER PROBLEM MANIFESTED WHEN ANALYZING THE [STORE-TO-ÒÏÍK PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVE EXPANSION 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ PROTOTYPE ×HAT HAPPENS, WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO FLASH THE WHOLCAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM VARIOUS SITES, THESE ARE NORMALLY CRACKED WITH INTROS AND CHEATS, ALTHOUGH THIS DOES ALLOW IN MANY CASES THE GAMES TO BE PLAYED WITH NEWER OR EXTRA HARDWARE FOR EXAMPLE RUN FROM ÃMD PRODUCTS, LIKE HARD DISK AND ÒAM - ITS NICE TO RUCTED THE PROBLEM BY CAREFULLY REVIEWING THE 1541 ÇÁÌ EQUATIONS. ÔHE ÆLASH OPTION SWITCH DISABLES THE OVERLAYING ÒÁÍ FOR WRITE OPERATIONS. ÎOT A BIG TASK, BECAUSE ONLY THE ÇÁÌ NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, É THOUGHT. ÆIRST WE DECIDED TO PATCH THE FLOPPY ÄÏÓ ÒÏÍ HROUGH IMAGES AND DISKS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH OUR KIND CONTRIBUTORS. Ñ - ÃAN A USER CREATE AN IMAGE AND SEND IT TO YOU FOR THE ÄATABASE IF SO HOW WOULD THEY CREATE THE IMAGES ÙOU NEED A 1541 (PREFERABLY AN ORIGINAL MODEL AS THEY ARE MORE RELIABLE), A D BE USED INSTEAD. ÁND FLASHING THE FULL 32KÂ ÒÏÍ BANK SHOULD BECOME POSSIBLE, TOO. ÂUT ÎICOLAS REPORTED, THAT THE PATCHED ÄÄ2-6 ÒÏÍ DIDN'T WORK, ALTHOUGH OTHER TESTS WITH THE ÖÉÃÅ EMULATOR SHOWED NO PROBLEMS. ÈE FOUND OUT, THAT THERE WAS A REAL HARDWAING DISK IMAGES Á - ÔHAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. ÎOBODY KNOWS HOW MANY GAMES WERE RELEASED ON DISK FOR THE 64, SO WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHEN WE'RE DONE. ×E'RE ABOUT TO REACH ABOUT 2,000 UNIQUE TITLES, AND THERE ARE ABOUT 3500 DISK SIDES THAT MAKE UP THOSE TITLES SPACES, THIS PROBLEM COULDN'T BE DETECTED WITH THE ÐÅÔ/ÖÉÃ20 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ PROTOTYPES. ÔHE ÓOLUTION ÎICOLAS WORKED OUT A SOLUTION, THAT NEEDED THE LEAST POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE ÐÃÂ IN COMBINATION WITH CHANGED ÇÁÌ EQUATIONS. ×ITHOUT THE ÇÁÌ, THIS FIX WOUL SHING OTHER ÆLASH-ÒÏÍS WITH DIFFERENT SIZES. É HAD AN ÁÔ29Ã020 AS SPARE AND TESTED THE BIGGER FLASHING PAGE SIZE. ÒEADING OUT THE ÒÏÍ CONTENTS WITH THE C'T-ÆLASHER AT MY ÐÃ AGAIN SHOWED NO DIFFERENCES. ÎOTE: YOU CAN'T ACCESS/FLASH HALF OF THE BANKS OF T SMALL ÆLASH ADAPTOR, BECAUSE THE 29Ã256 HAS GOT A DIFFERENT PINOUT (28 PINS) THAN THE STANDARD 32 PIN ÆLASH ÒÏÍ CHIPS. É HACKED ÎICOLAS' ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ BOARD A LITTLE BIT BY CUTTING SOME TRACES. ÁLTHOUGH THE ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ ÐÃÂ WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE I ON'T GET MANY DUMB QUESTIONS AT ALL. Ñ - WOULD IT EVER BE POSSIBLE TO RECREATE A DUPLICATE DISK FROM A ÎIB ÃOPY Á - ÍOST IMAGES, YES, YOU ALREADY CAN. ÓOME WON'T WORK DUE TO THE LIMITATIONS OF THE DRIVE HARDWARE, BUT SOME OF THAT CAN BE WORKED AROUND.SED. É COULD WRITE A WHOLE ESSAY ON THEIR MISTAKES, BUT THIS WAS THE ULTIMATE DOWNFALL IN THE END. Ñ - ÃOMMODORE ÐRESERVATION ÓOCIETY - PLEASE TELL OUR READER THE MAIN AIM OF THIS WEBSITE Á - ÔO COLLECT AND DOCUMENT ALL FLOPPY DISKS RELEASED FOR ÃOMMOFORMAT LIKE "ÓPIRADISK" (FROM THE ÁPPLE ÉÉ). 1/2 OF EACH TRACK IS WRITTEN, AND THE HEAD BUMPED 1/2 A TRACK IN THE MIDDLE, THEN REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN ÆOR ABOUT 12 TRACKS. ÔHIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO COPY OR WRITE BACK OUT BECAUSE OF TIMING ISSUES. ÎO MY WHOLE LIFE. ÁND A COUPLE THOUSAND ORIGINAL DISKS AT THIS POINT, ABOUT 1/3 WITH BOXES. ÎOTHING SEALED, OF COURSE. :) Ñ - WHERE DID ÃOMMODORE GO WRONG Á - ×ELL, É WORKED FOR A ÃÂÍ DEALER WHEN THEY WENT UNDER, AND THE OWNER OF THE STORE OWNED ÃÂÍ STOCAT TOO, SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. Ñ - ×HAT ABOUT TAPE PRESERVATION OR HAVE YOU DELIBERATELY LEFT THIS TO OTHERS Á - ÔHERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS DOING THIS AS WELL. ÔAPES AREN'T PLENTIFUL IN THE ÕÓÁ (MOST SOFTWARE WAS ON DISK HEALER AND WAS SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE STILL USED THE Ã64. É HAD A ALMOST A FULL TIME JOB REPAIRING THEM FOR A YEAR OR TWO. Ñ - ×HAT ÃOMMDORE MACHINES DO YOU OWN Á - ÐRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THEY MADE THAT WAS IN COLOR. ÖÉÃ-20, Ã16, A COUPLE OF +4'S, AN E ANY ORIGINAL DISKS AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE HARDWARE TO READ THEM (ØÁÐ, ØÍÐ, OR ØÅÐ COMBO CABLE) THEN FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME TO CONTRIBUTE IMAGES. ÉF YOU DON'T HAVE THE HARDWARE, THEN YOU CAN SEND THE DISKS TO ME OR OTHER PROJECT MEMBERS THAT MAY BE INOUT 6 MONTHS UNTIL É GOT ONE FOR ÃHRISTMAS. ÄURING THAT TIME, É WOULD TYPE IN PROGRAMS FROM MAGAZINES AND DEBUG ALL MY TYPOS, WHICH IS HOW É LEARNED PROGRAMMING. ÂUT OF COURSE WHEN THE COMPUTER WAS TURNED OFF, THEY WERE GONE. :( É PURCHASED A Ã64, 1541 APPROPRIATE) FOR USE IN EMULATION. É USUALLY BRIEFLY ANALYZE THE COPY PROTECTION (MANUALLY) AND MAKE NOTE OF IT. É THEN USE OTHER TOOLS É'VE WRITTEN TO COMPARE THE DATA TO OTHER KNOWN IMAGES OF THE SAME TITLE TO SEE IF IT'S UNIQUE IN SOME WAY. Ñ - ×HDUCE A WORKING COPY. ÔHE OTHER VERY DIFFICULT ONES ARE MOSTLY DUE TO TRACK SKEW. ÏN THE 1541,THERE IS NO WAY TO ACCURATELY ALIGN TRACKS TO ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT ADDING AN INDEX HOLE SENSOR. ÓOME PROTECTIONS (LIKE ÒAPIDLOK) CHECK TIMING BETWEEN CERTAIN P ÐROBABLY 97% OF IMAGES CAN BE REMASTERED WITHOUT PROBLEMS. Ñ - ÐLEASE TELL OUR READER ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE ÎÉÂ COPY FORMAT Á - ÔHE ÎÉÂ "FORMAT" IS REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN ABOUT A CYCLE AND A HALF OF RAW ÇÃÒ DATA AS IT'S SEEN PASSING OVER THE DRIDORE COMPUTERS. Ñ - É HAVE PRINTED THE ÆÁÑ FILE FROM THE SITE BUT YOU MUST RECEIVE SOME REALLY DUMB QUESTIONS CAN YOU ÅNLIGHTEN US Á - ÁCTUALLY, YOU'D BE SURPRISED. ÍOST PEOPLE THAT STILL USE Ã64'S OR PLAY AS A HOBBY ARE QUITE COMPUTER LITERATE, SO É D COPY PROGRAM EVER SUCCEEDED IN MAKING AN EXACT DUPLICATE (WITHOUT CRACKING IT). ÔHERE IS A SPECIAL COPY PROGRAM FOR THE ÓUPERÃARD+ THAT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK, BUT WE'VE TRIED IT ON TWO DIFFERENT ORIGINALS WITH 3 DIFFERENT DRIVES AND NEVER GOTTEN IT TO PROK (AND ACTUALLY WENT TO THE LAST STOCKHOLDER MEETING IN THE ÂAHAMAS). ÉT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE LEADERSHIP AT ÃÂÍ DID NOT WANT TO INVEST THE MONEY IN BECOMING A MAINSTREAM COMPUTER COMPANY IN THE 90'S. ÓO THEY JUST DRAINED WHAT THEY COULD UNTIL IT COLLAPRE) SO É LEAVE THAT TO PEOPLE WITH MORE EXPERTISE IN TAPE PRESERVATION. Ñ - ×HAT IS THE WORST COPY PROTECTION SCHEME YOU HAVE COME ACROSS AND HAS ANY SCHEME HAD YOU UNABLE TO PRODUCE A DISK COPY Á -ÂIG ÆIVE'S "ÂOUNTY ÂOB ÓTRIKES ÂACK" IS WRITTEN IN A ORIGINAL BADGE BREADBOX (Ó/Î 25000 OR SO), MANY RAINBOW BADGE 64'S, A PRISTINE ÓØ-64, A COUPLE 64Ã'S, A COUPLE 128'S, ÁMIGA 600, ÁMIGA1200, ÁMIGA 1000, A COUPLE OF ÁMIGA 500'S, A DOZEN OR SO 1541'S, 1571'S, AND 1541-ÉÉ'S. É HAVE PLENTY OF PARTS TO LAST A COUNTRY NEARER TO YOU. É CAN EVEN PAY FOR POSTAGE BOTH WAYS, IF YOU WISH. Ñ - ÄO YOU COPY THE DOCUMENTATION AND DISK COVERS? ÎO, BUT THERE IS A SITE CALLED "ÔHE ÓIXTYÆOUR ÏRIGINALS ÄATABASE" THAT DOES THIS. ÉT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME TO HANDLE ALL OF TH, AND 1525 IN 1985 OR SO (USED) FROM A FRIEND OF MY PARENTS WHO WAS "UPGRADING" TO AN ÉÂÍ ÐÃ. É MOVED TO ÇEORGIA A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, SOLD ALL MY Ã64 EQUIPMENT, THEN BOUGHT AN ÁMIGA 500 IN ABOUT 1988. ÌATER (1991) É WENT TO WORK FOR A ÃOMMODORE DEAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GAME COPIES IF THE WEBSITE CLOSES Á - ÔHERE ARE MANY CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PROJECT THAT HAVE BACKUP COPIES OF EVERYTHING, SO IF É DISAPPEAR HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL CARRY THE TORCH. Ñ - ÈOW CAN OUR READER HELP YOUR PROJECT ÉF YOU HAVATTERNS ON NEIGHBORING TRACKS AND FAIL IF THEY ARE EVEN A BIT OFF ÆOR THIS REASON, THESE GAMES DON'T COMPLETELY WORK IN EMULATORS, AS THEY DON'T YET EMULATE TRACK SKEW OR EXACT STEPPER MOTOR TIMINGS. ÌONG TRACKS, SUCH AS THOSE USED IN Ö-ÍÁØ OR THE NEWER VE HEADS ON EACH TRACK. ÔHE PARALLEL CONNECTION INSIDE THE DRIVE SENDS THIS ÇÃÒ DATA OUT IN REAL TIME TO THE ÐÃ WHICH STORES IT IN THIS SIMPLE FILE FORMAT. ÔHIS FILE IS THEN ANALYZED, THE TRACK CYCLES ARE DETERMINED, AND THEN CONVERTED TO Ç64 (OR Ä64 IF ED, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SUPERIOR TO THE Ã64 OFFERINGS. ÉN THAT GAME THERE WERE 27 COURSES COMPARED TO THE 8 OFFERED IN THE 64 VERSION. ÅLITE 128 WAS ANOTHER THAT STICKS OUT TOO Ñ É SUPPOSE THE 128_S MAIN ADVANTAGE WAS BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY WITH THERE IN ÁUSTRALIA THEY HAD A HUGE LEAD OVER EVERY OTHER COMPANY, EVEN THEIR ÐÃ LINE WAS SELLING BETTER THAN OTHER "NAME' BRANDS, THEY THREW AWAY AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GOODWILL Ñ ×HAT ÃOMMERCIAL GAMES WERE RELEASED Á ÎOT MANY - ÉNFOCOM HAD A FEW; ÂEYOND U ÉNTERVIEW WITH ÐETE ÒITTWAGE Ã64 ÐRESERVATION ÐROJECT Ñ - ÐLEASE ÉNTRODUCE YOURSELF TO OUR ÒEADER, ×HERE DO YOU LIVE, ×HAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING Á - É AM A ÓENIOR ÎETWORK ÅNGINEER FROM ÁUGUSTA, ÇEORGIA, ÕÓÁ THAT GREW UP IN THE 8-BIT C N ? SEVERAL THINGS, GETTING RID OF ÊACK ÔRAMIEL WAS THE FIRST BIG MISTAKE, INTRODUCING THE 264 LINE WAS ANOTHER MISTAKE, NEXT MISTAKE WAS PRODUCING THE 128 & CRIPPLING IT BY INCLUDING 64 MODE & THEN CONTINUING TO PRODUCE THE 64; THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAN) FROM FRIENDS IN THE ÎORTHEASTERN ÏHIO (ÕÓÁ) AREA. ÉT ALWAYS BOTHERED ME WHEN É GOT A COPY OF A GAME WHERE THE TEXT WAS EDITED WITH SILLY "ÂÒÏËÅÎ ÂÙ" OR "ÃÒÁÃËÅÄ ÂÙ" PHRASES, SO É WOULD ALWAYS REMOVE THEM AND PUT BACK THE ORIGINAL TEXT. ÌATER, WE WERE ITES, THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC COMMUNITY (FORUM) SITES, É FELT IT WAS WAY PAST TIME THAT THE MACHINE HAD A "PROPER" COMMUNITY SITE. ÁS FOR WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THE MACHINE, WELL, ÉÍÈÏ IT'S THE BEST 8 BIT MACHINE FROM ANY COMPANY & IS THE PENULTIMATE 8 BIT WELL & TWICE AS FAST TOO! Ñ ÔHANKS FOR YOUR TIME IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD Á É'D LIKE TO THANK THE CORE GROUP OF MY MEMBERS WHO HAVE PUT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF THEIR OWN TIME & EFFORT INTO GROWING THE SITE. ÁLSO, KEEP UP ÔHE EXCELL STARTING TO GET A (SOMEWHAT BELATED) BOOST Ñ ÔELL OUR READER ABOUT YOUR WEBSITE Á ÉN SIMPLEST TERMS, A "ONE STOP SHOP" FOR ALL THINGS ÃOMMODORE 128 Ñ ×HEN WAS THE SITE CREATED Á ÔHE FORUMS WENT ONLINE IN ÊULY 2006, WWW.COMMODORE128.ORG WENT ONLINE Y NEW TITLES IN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 128 Á ÉN DEVELOPMENT? ×ELL, PROBABLY NOT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT É'VE NOTICED SINCE STARTING THE SITE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO PROGRAM THE 128 AFTER HAVING BEEN IN HIATUS FOR MANY YEARS, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS FECIDED IT WAS BETTER TO JUST TRY TO COLLECT ALL THE GAMES AS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY DISTRIBUTED. ÔHAT WAY YOU AVOID ANY ERRORS OR MISSED PROTECTION CHECKS THAT THE 'CRACKER' LEFT BEHIND. ÔHIS OPENED UP INTO THE CAN OF WORMS YOU SEE IN THE SOFTWARE AND ON T ÃOMMODORE 64 É ALSO THINK THIS WAS ITS DRAW BACK AS MANY PROGRAMMERS JUST MADE ÃOMMODORE 64 VERSIONS NEVER UTILISING THE FULL 128_S POWER DO YOU THINK THIS WAS THE CASE Á ÁBSOLUTELY, SEE MY EARLIER COMMENT ABOUT Ã64 COMPATIBILITY Ñ ×HAT IS THE 128SÚORK, Á ÍIND ÆOREVER ÖOYAGING, ÂUREAUCRACY & ÔRINITY; THEN OF COURSE THERE WERE ÔHE ÌAST Ö8, ÔHAI ÂOXING, ËICKSTART ÉÉ & ÔHE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE ÓHOW - CONVERSIONS ALL, BUT WITH ËICKSTART ÉÉ (AS AN EXAMPLE) YOU COULD SEE THAT HAD MORE GAMES BEEN RELEASOMPUTING ERA DURING THE REIGN OF THE ÃOMMODORE 64. ÍY ORIGINAL GOAL WAS PROBABLY THAT OF A LOT OF RETRO USERS. É WANTED TO RECOLLECT ALL THE GAMES É HAD FOR THE Ã64 WHEN É WAS A KID, WHICH FOR MOST PART WERE GAMES THAT É EITHER COPIED (OR LATER CRACKEDNED ONCE THE 128Ä WAS RELEASED. ÁND THEY DROPPED THE BALL BIG TIME WITH THE ÁMIGA - THEY HAD THE MOST TECHNICALLY SUPERIOR 16 BIT COMPUTER OF THE TIME - EVEN COMPARED TO THE ÍAC - AND THEY LOST THEIR LEAD, ÁÇÁ WAS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. ÉN MARKETS LIKE HE INUNDATED WITH THE "INTRO DEMO" WHICH USUALLY SAW THE LOSS OF THE TITLE SCREENS AND ORIGINAL LOADING GRAPHICS. É SOUGHT TO REMOVE THOSE AS WELL. ÆROM THERE IT EXPANDED INTO COLLECTING ORIGINAL DISKS. ÁFTER DISCOVERING ÍARKUS ÂRENNER'S ÍÎÉÂ PROJECT, É DÃOMMODORE (É DON'T COUNT THE UNRELEASED Ã65 AS IT WAS NEVER FINISHED). ÁDD TO THAT THAT THE 128 HAS BEEN UNDEREXPOSED & UNDERUTILISED FOR SO LONG, IT'S WAY BEYOND THE TIME WHEN IT NEEDED ITS OWN DEDICATED SITE Ñ "WHAT DID ÃOMMODORE DO WRONG" Á ÍY OPINIO{ENT WORK WITH THE MAG! CHEERS, ÌANCE // HTTP://WWW.COMMODORE128.ORG ÃOMMODORE 128 FORUMS & MORE! / ...END... CORE GROUP OF MY MEMBERS WHO HAVE PUT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF THEIR OWN TIME & EFFORT INTO GROWING THE SITE. ÁLSO, KEEP UP ÔHE EXCELLIN ÏCTOBER 2006, HOWEVER THE SITE IS AN OUTGROWTH OF MY ÂÂS THAT HAS BEEN ONLINE SINCE 1987, SO IT HAS A PRETTY LONG PEDIGREE Ñ ×HY ÃOMMODORE 128 WHAT IS SO SPECIAL Á ÔHERE ARE A PLETHORA OF SITES FOR THE Ã64 & EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE A FEW 128 RELATED SOR EXAMPLE WAS SPURRED TO RE-WRITE ÖÉÃÅ'S 2ÍÈZ MODE, PLUS WITH THE CODING COMP WE'RE CURRENTLY RUNNING (SMALL TO START WITH), É'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE ×ILL START DEVELOPING FOR THE MACHINE. ÒEMEMBER THAT ANYTHING THE THE Ã64 CAN DO THE 128 CAN DO TWICE AS HE SITE TODAY. Ñ - ×HAT INTRODUCED YOU TO ÃOMMODORE Á - É RECEIVED A ÖIC-20 FOR MY BIRTHDAY IN 1983 OR SO. ÁFTER THE Ã64 CAME OUT, THEN ÖÉÃ WAS MARKED DOWN TO LESS THAN $100, SO MY PARENTS WERE ABLE TO AFFORD TO GET ME ONE. É HAD NO TAPE DRIVE FOR AB KILLER APPLICATION Á ÔHAT'S A HARD ONE, ÇÅÏÓ 128 SPRINGS TO MIND (80 COLUMN MODE), AND PRACTICALLY ANY OF THE 80 COLUMN BUSINESS SOFTWARE (ÔIMEWORKS WAS ALWAYS A FAVOURITE LABEL OF MINE) Ñ ÁLTHOUGH THE RETRO SCENE SEEMS FIXATED ON THE Ã64 ARE THERE AN YOU'LL SEE THIS A LOT WHEN IMAGING IN NEW DISKS. ÓINCE THE DISKS AREN'T USUALLY DUPLICATED ON A 1541, AND THE TRACKS AREN'T ALWAYS AS LONG AS THEY COULD BE, THE MACHINE LEAVES UNFORMATTED DATA ON THE END OF ALL THE TRACKS, CAUSING A LOT OF SOFTWARE TO ALT IN THE DRIVE LOSING FRAMING AND READING THESE "RANDOM" BYTES UNTIL IT SEES THE NEXT REAL '1' BIT. ÍOST NIBBLERS CAN'T DUPLICATE THIS, SO PROTECTIONS CHECKED A BYTE PURPOSEFULLY ON THE DISK SOMEWHERE AND IF IT READS THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER, IT KNOU ÉNTERVIEW WITH COMMODORE128.ORG ÌANCE ÂY ÃOMMODORE ÆREE MAGAZINE Ñ ÌANCE COULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF FORMALLY TO OUR READERS Á ÌANCE ÌYON, MOST OF YOUR READERS WOULD BE AWARE OF ME FROM COMP.SYS.CBM & WITHIN THE WIDER Ã= COMMUNITY OVER THE EX HOLE, PROTECTIONS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. ÔHEY WOULD MOVE TO A HALFTRACK OR THE NEXT TRACK IN THE MIDDLE OF READING TO SEE IF THE DATA THAT SHOULD BE THERE EXISTS. ÉF IT DOESN'T, IT KNOWS IT'S A COPY. ×EAK ÂITS/ÕNFORMATTED ×E MENTIOTO SUBMISSION WITH MY NON-STOP BEGGING!) TO BUY ME A COMPUTER & WANTED TO GET ME A ÔÒÓ-80, WE ×ERE USING ÅXIDY ÓORCERORS IN SCHOOL & É WANTED ONE OF THOSE, SO THEY VISITED ÓYDNEY & COULDN'T GET EITHER THE ÒADIO ÓHACK OR ÅXIDY MACHINE & BOUGHT A ÐÅÔ 2001 ASURE THE LENGTHS OF THE SYNC, OR THE OCCURANCES OF SYNC ON A TRACK, TO SEE IF THEY MATCH, AND KNOW THEY'RE A COPY IF THEY DON'T. ÍICROPROSE USED THIS METHOD ON SOME DISKS, AND IN FACT "TRIMMING" THE SYNC WILL FAIL THE PROTECTION CHECKS. ÔRACK ÓYNCHRONIZ 'MNIB'. ;) ÎO ÓÙÎÃ ÔHE MEANEST PROTECTION THAT CAME ABOUT USED TRACKS ON THE DISK THAT HAD *NO* SYNC MARKS. ÍOST COPIERS CANNOT READ THESE TRACKS AND MOST TIMES THINK THEY'RE EMPTY. ÔHE LATER ÖORPAL USES THIS. ×E BELIEVE THERE IS A WAY TO FIND THE TRACARK MUST BE AT LEAST TEN'1' BITS LONG TO SIGNAL THE DRIVE HARDWARE THAT IT'S ABOUT TO SEE ÇÃÒ DATA. ÈOWEVER, SYNC MARKS ARE USALLY MUCH LONGER THAN THIS (40 BITS) AND HAVE NO LIMIT TO THEIR LENGTH. ×HEN COPYING A DISK WITH A SOFTWARE NIBBLER, SYNC HAS TO MASTERED IN A NON-STANDARD WAY. ÉT CAN BE ALL SYNC '1' BITS (WHICH WE CALL A 'SYNC-KILLER' TRACK), UNFORMATTED (OR ALL '0' BITS), FILLED COMPLETELY WITH SOME OTHER BYTE, OR FILLED A SPECIAL BYTE SEQUENCE LIKE ÅÁ'S ÐIRATEÓLAYER, OR A COMBINATION OF ALL ONAL ÂÂÓ MACHINE). Ñ WHAT MACHINES DO YOU OWN Á PART FROM THOSE MENTIONED ABOVE, SEVERAL Ã64'S (NOT USED, JUST STORED) Á COUPLE OF ÐLUS4'S, A SEVERAL Ã16'S, TWO ÖÉÃ20'S, 3 ÁMIGA 600'S, 5 ÁMIGA 1000'S, SEVERAL ÃOMMODORE ÐÃ CLONES, VARIOUS CONTEMPORARY ÐÃPPEAR TO HAVE THESE ON EVERY TRACK, AND MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO VERIFY THE TRACKS FROM DISK TO DISK, SINCE THE BYTES WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM SAMPLE TO SAMPLE. É HAVE SEVERAL DISKS FROM ÓYNAPSE THAT HAVE UNFORMATTED PARTS ON ALL THE TRACKS, AND NONE OF THE WS IT'S A COPY. ÌATER COPY PROGRAMS DID TRY TO REPRODUCE THIS-- ÂURST ÎIBBLER DETECTS AND WRITES A 0X01 BYTE IN THEIR PLACE, WHICH IS ENOUGH TO FOOL MOST SOFTWARE INTO WORKING. ÉT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THIS IS THE SAME THING AS UNFORMATTED TRACKS, SOLAST 20 ODD YEARS Ñ WHERE DO YOU LIVE Á ËATOOMBA, IN THE ÂLUE ÍOUNTAINS, 110KM WEST OF ÓYDNEY, ÎÓ×, ÁUSTRALIA Ñ ÁRE YOU A ÃOMMODORE ÆREE READER :-) Á ÙES Ñ ÈOW DID YOU GET INTO ÃOMMODORE MACHINES Á ÉN 1978 MY PARENTS "DECIDED" (READ: É BEAT THEM INNED BEFORE THAT IF THE DRIVE GETS MORE THAN TWO '0' BITS IN A ROW, IT CLOCKS IN A RANDOM '1' BIT OCCASIONALLY. ÓINGLE OCCURANCES OF THIS SEQUENCE WON'T ALWAYS MAKE IT LOSE FRAMING, IT WILL RETURN A "RANDOM" BYTE, BUT MORE THAN A COUPLE IN A ROW WILL RESU INSTEAD. (É STILL WANT A ÓORCEROR THOUGH......) Ñ ÄO YOU STILL ACTIVELY USE ÃOMMODORE MACHINES Á ÙES, MY 128Ä & MY ORIGINAL ÐÅÔ (STILL CHUGGING ALONG) & MY ÁMIGA 1200. É ALSO HAVE A ÃOMMODORE ÐÃ-5 (ØÔ COMPATIBLE) THAT IS USED A LITTLE AS WELL (MY ORIGIATION ×E MENTIONED ABOVE THAT THE DRIVE DOESN'T USE THE INDEX HOLE, SO LINING UP THE TRACKS ON THE DISK IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ON THE 1541. ÓINCE DISKS WEREN'T USUALLY MASTERED WITH A 1541, BUT RATHER WITH MACHINES THAT COULD DO TRACK SYNC BASED ON THE IND†K CYCLE IN THESE AND REPRODUCE THEM, AS ÍAVERICK HAD CUSTOM COPIERS FOR THESE TITLES. ÉT NEEDS DISASSEMBLED AND EXAMINED. ...END.. D THESE TRACKS AND MOST TIMES THINK THEY'RE EMPTY. ÔHE LATER ÖORPAL USES THIS. ×E BELIEVE THERE IS A WAY TO FIND THE TRAC BE REPRODUCED RATHER THAN COPIED, SINCE IT IS MORE LIKE A "SIGNAL" THAN ACTUAL DATA STORED ON THE DISK EXACTLY. ÆOR THIS REASON, THE LENGTH OF A SYNC IS ALSO SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON DRIVE SPEED AND WILL VARY A LITTLE. ÓOME PROTECTIONS COUNT ON THIS AND MEF THEM. ÔHESE TRACKS GENERALLY FOIL MOST ALL COPY PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY EITHER CANNOT HANDLE ALL OR LONG SEQUENCES OF '1' OR ALL '0' BITS, OR THEY ARE JUST READ INCORRECTLY/OUT OF FRAMING. ×E CAN REMASTER MOST ALL OF THESE WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT VERSION OF'S & A WHOLE PLETHORA OF OTHER CLASSIC COMPUTERS (MOSTLY STORED). ÎO ÓPECTRUMS THOUGH ;-) Ñ ARE THERE ANY ACTIVE COMMODORE 128 HACKERS Á ÎOTHING LIKE EXISTS FOR THE Ã64 SCENE, BUT THERE ARE A FEW COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK ON THE FORUM, SO THE SCENE ISTRACKS ABOVE 25 ARE FORMATTED AT ALL! É'VE SEEN THIS USED IN ÒAPIDLOK (ALL TITLES), LATER ÍICROPROSE DISKS, AND ÄATASOFT (ÂRUCE ÌEE, ÔHE ÇOONIES, ÍR. ÄO!) ÓIGNATURE (KEY) ÔRACKS ÔHIS PROTECTION IS SEEN FROM TIME TO TIME AND REVOLVES AROUND A TRACK BEING THEY WERE NORMAL. ÃOPIERS LATER CAME OUT THAT COULD SCAN FOR AND DETECT THESE AND COPY THEM PROPERLY. É HAVE NOT YET RUN INTO ANY DISKS WHICH ARE KNOWN TO USE HALFTRACKS. ÅXTRA ÔRACKS ÔHIS PROTECTION SIMPLY RELIES ON USING DISK TRACKS BEYOND 35. ÎORMALSEEMS TO ALLOW YOU TO LOAD A COPY OF ANY FAT-TRACK PROTECTED DISK REMASTERED WITH ÍÎÉÂ. ÈALF ÔRACKS ÁLONG THE SAME VEIN AS FAT-TRACKS, IT WAS OF COURSE POSSIBLE TO READ AND WRITE TO THE USUALLY SKIPPED "HALF-TRACKS" INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL TRACKS, IF YOU ÏÓ. ÉF YOU WRITE YOUR OWN ÄÏÓ, YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN DISK FORMAT ENTIRELY, IGNORING COMMON SYNC, GAP, HEADER, AND DATA CONVENTIONS ALTOGETHER AND USE WHATEVER YOU WANT. ÙOU ONLY HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE HARDWARE LIMITATIONS OF SYNC AND NO MORE THAN TWO '0' B URE PROTECTIONS, BUT IT STILL STANDS THE TEST OF TIME AND STILL CAN'T BE DUPLICATED RELIABLY WITH THE BEST COPIERS THAT EVER EXISTED. ÉT IS OF NOTE THAT IT *IS* POSSIBLE TO "UNRELIABLY" COPY THESE, AS YOU CAN JUST TRY OVER AND OVER AGAIN COPYING JUST THEÁÍ, SO IT MUST BE BROKEN DOWN INTO 4 PARTS AND STITCHED TOGETHER ON THE DESTINATION DISK. ÉF YOU MAKE A SECTOR LONGER THAN WILL FIT IN ÒÁÍ, IT CAN'T BE COPIED WITH A NORMAL 1541. ÔHIS CAN BE COPIED WITH HARDWARE SOLUTIONS THAT EITHER EXTEND THE ÒÁÍ IN THRIANT OF IT CALLED "ØÅÍÁÇ 2.0" FOR MANY YEARS. ÔHESE PROTECTIONS STAND OUT FROM MOST OF THE EARLY PROTECTIONS BECAUSE THEY COULD *NOT* BE COPIED 100% RELIABLY EVEN WITH *ANY* NIBBLER. ÁS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE 1541 HAS NO WAY TO KNOW WHERE IT IS ON A TRART" BYTES, MEANING THEY AREN'T NORMALLY USED AS DATA, BUT JUST A SPACE FILLER THAT IS IGNORED BY ÄÏÓ. ÔHERE ARE SOME PROTECTIONS THAT CHECK FOR SPECIFIC BYTES HERE, OR EVEN THE LENGTH OF THE GAPS, AND KNOW THEY'RE A COPY IF IT'S DIFFERENT. ÔHIS PROTECTIOAT THE SAME TIME. ÔHE PROTECTION IS CHECKED BY THE PROGRAM BY STEPPING THE HEAD UP AND DOWN BETWEEN THESE 2 TRACKS AND THE HALFTRACK BETWEEN THEM WHILE READING THE WHOLE TIME. ÎORMALLY, A HALF-TRACK WILL CONTAIN A GARBLED COMBINATION OF IT'S NEIGHBORINGTRATES ÁS MENTIONED ABOVE, THE BITRATE IS NORMALLY HIGHER ON THE OUTER TRACKS AND LOWER ON THE INNER TRACKS. ÓOME DISKS WERE PROTECTED BY USING A NON-STANDARD BITRATE ON DIFFERENT TRACKS. ÃOPIERS LATER CAME OUT THAT WOULD SCAN FOR THE CORRECT DENSITY ANDF ERROR DEPENDING ON MOTOR SPEED. ÓOME PROTECTION TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND PUT MORE DATA ON THE TRACK THAN COULD BE WRITTEN BACK OUT AT THE NORMAL SPEED, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO COPY. ÓOME COPIERS WOULD "TRIM" THE DATA IN AS NON-DESTRUCTIVE WAY AS POSSBLY, COPY PROGRAMS DEFAULT TO COPYING ONLY TRACKS 1-35, SO THESE ARE MISSED. É AM NOT SURE WHY THE PROGRAMMERS DIDN'T EXTEND THIS BY DEFAULT, EXCEPT MAYBE SOME WOULD LOCK UP READING UNFORMATTED TRACKS, WHICH THESE TRACKS USUALLY ARE. ÓOMETIMES THESE TRACKWEREN'T WORRIED ABOUT STORING ANY DATA ON THE NORMAL TRACKS. ÔHIS FOILED MANY COPIERS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SEARCH FOR AND COPY THESE HALF-TRACKS BY DEFAULT, SO THEY INSTEAD GOT GARBLED, INVALID MIXES OF THE "REAL" DATA WHEN TRYING TO READ THE TRACKS AS IF ITS IN A ROW, BUT EVEN THAT DIDN'T STOP LATER INNOVATIONS. :) ÌONG ÔRACKS ÎORMAL DRIVES SPIN AT þ300RPM AND CAN "WRITE" DATA AT THE HIGHEST DENSITY UP TO ABOUT 7700 BYTES PER DISK TRACK. ÈOWEVER, THE DRIVE CAN "READ" MORE THAN THAT, WITHIN SOME MARGIN OSE TWO TRACKS UNTIL YOU HAPPEN UPON "CLOSE ENOUGH" ALIGNMENT FOR IT TO WORK. ÔHE ÅÁ PROTECTION IN PARTICULAR RELIES LESS ON THE EXACT TRACK ALIGNMENT, SO IT IS LESS DIFFICULT TO COPY THIS WAY. ÎÏÔÅ: ÓLOWING YOUR DISK DRIVE MOTOR DOWN TO 298.5RPM OR LESS E DRIVE TO 8K OR ADD A PARALLEL PORT SO IT CAN READ AND WRITE THE ENTIRE TRACK IN ONE PASS. ÃUSTOM ÆORMATS ÔHESE USUALLY DEPEND ON THE LONG SECTORS TRICK ABOVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT THEY ALSO ENTAIL CHANGING THE WAY THAT ÇÃÒ IS INTERPRETED IN A CUSTOM ÄCK. ÔHEREFORE, IT HAS NO WAY TO KNOW WHERE IT IS IN COMPARISON TO ANY OTHER TRACKS ON THE DISK. ÆOR THIS REASON, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RELIABLY WRITE THESE TRACKS OUT PERFECTLY ALIGNED WITH A 1541 DRIVE. ÔHIS WAS AN IDEA THAT WAS GREATLY EXPANDED ON IN FUTN CAN BE COPIED WITH HARDWARE SOLUTIONS THAT EITHER EXTEND THE ÒÁÍ IN THE DRIVE TO 8K OR ADD A PARALLEL PORT SO IT CAN READ AND WRITE THE ENTIRE TRACK IN ONE PASS. ÌONG ÓECTORS ÁS MENTIONED ABOVE, THE DRIVE HAS ONLY 2K AND CAN'T FIT AN ENTIRE TRACK IN Ò TRACKS. ÈOWEVER, SINCE THESE TWO TRACKS ARE NOW IDENTICAL, THIS TRACK SHOULD CONTAIN THE SAME DATA AS BOTH OF IT'S NEIGHBORS. ÉF IT DOESN'T, IT KNOWS IT'S A COPY. ÅLECTRONIC ÁRTS USED THIS PROTECTION FROM ABOUT 1984-1985 AND ÁCTIVISION USED A TOUGHER VA THESE DISKS COULD BE COPIED THAT WAY. ÈEADER AND ÔAIL ÇAPS ÁS MENTIONED ABOVE, WHEN A DISK IS COPIED WITH EITHER A FAST COPIER OR A NIBBLER, THE GAP DATA IS NOT COPIED DIRECTLY. ÃOPIERS WOULD COMMONLY JUST FILL THIS SPACE WITH 0X55 BYTES. ÇAPS ARE "INELE (REDUCING SYNC LENGTH AND GAPS) AND IT WAS ALSO POSSIBLE TO SLOW DOWN THE DISK DRIVE TO FOIL THIS, BUT USUALLY THESE DISK RELIED ON A COMBINATION OF OTHER PROTECTIONS AS WELL. Á GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IS ÈARALD ÓEELEY'S "Ö-ÍÁØ!". ÓYNC ÃOUNTING Á SYNC MS CONTAINED ACTUAL ÄÏÓ-FORMATTED DATA, BUT USUALLY THEY WERE JUST "KEY" TRACKS, OR THE SECOND PART OF A "FAT" TRACK FROM TRACK 35. ÔHEY COULD SOMETIMES BE NIBBLED, OTHER TIMES THEY COULD NOT, BECAUSE THEY WERE COMBINED WITH OTHER PROTECTIONS. ÃHANGED ÂI GROUND IS REQUIRED IN HOW THE DISK IS STRUCTURED TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE. Á TRACK IS BROKEN UP INTO A NUMBER OR SECTORS, WHICH ARE FURTHER BROKEN UP INTO A HEADER AND DATA PORTION, AND EACH OF THESE HAS A FILLER "GAP" AT THE END TO GIVE THE DRIVE SOFTW TA IS STORED ON THE DISK IN AN ENCODING SYSTEM CALLED "ÇÃÒ". ÔHIS ENCODING ASSURES THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE MORE THAN TWO '0' OR '1' BITS IN A ROW IN THE DATA ITSELF. ÔHIS "FEATURE" OF THE '0' BITS IS OF COURSE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN SOME LATER COPY PROTE S IT'S A COPY. ÉN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE NO COPY PROGRAMS EXCEPT ÊIM ÂUTTERFIELD'S "ÃÏÐÙ/ÁÌÌ" THAT CAME ON THE 1541 TEST/DEMO DISK. ÔHIS PROGRAM COULD NOT REPRODUCE THESE ERRORS (AND EVEN IF IT COULD, IT TOOK *ÆÏÒÅÖÅÒ* TO COPY EVEN REGULAR DISKS). ÌIK RIVE SPEED AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS UNTIL THE NEXT REAL '1' BIT IS SEEN. ÔHIS DATA IS "RANDOM" IN THE SENSE THAT THE DATA IS NEVER THE SAME TWICE DUE TO DRIVE SPEED (AND HUMIDITY, TEMPERATURE) FLUCTUATIONS. Á GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHEN YOU TRY TO READ A IN SEVERAL PASSES, THEN STITCHED TOGETHER ON THE DESTINATION DISK. ÐROTECTIONS THAT EXPLOITED THIS WOULD USE A SECTOR OR TRACK LARGER THAN WOULD FIT IN ÒÁÍ AT ONCE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO COPY. ÌATER, THERE WERE HARDWARE SOLUTIONS TO THIS, SUCH AS EXTRA IT'S ABOUT TO GET A SERIES OF BYTES REPRESENTING EITHER A SECTOR HEADER OR SECTOR DATA RIGHT AFTER THE SYNC ENDS. ÁN ANOMALY OF THIS CIRCUIT IS THAT IT IF IT RUNS ACROSS THREE OR MORE '0' BITS IN A ROW, IT WILL CLOCK IN AN EXTRA '1' BIT ON EACH 4-BIT SHI Y PROGRAMS THAT UTILIZED PARAMETERS. ÎIBBLERS Á "NIBBLER" WORKS AT A LOWER LEVEL AND WILL DUPLICATE THE ACTUAL HEADERS AND DATA, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE IN ÃÂÍ ÄÏÓ FORMAT. ÉT DOES HAVE LIMITATIONS, THOUGH. ÆIRST, THEY DON'T DUPLICATE THE HEADER OR TAIL DRIVE AS A BINARY 0 (NO CHANGE) OR A 1 (FLUX POLARITY CHANGE). ÂECAUSE OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE HARDWARE USED TO ACCESS THIS MAGNETIC FLUX, THE BITS STORED ON THE DISK HAVE A COUPLE OF LIMITATIONS (OR "FEATURES"). ÔHIS FLUX DETECTION CIRCUIT FEEDS DUAL 4- ETHOD PRODUCES A "CLEAN" COPY OF THE DISK, BUT DOES NOT COPY ANY PROTECTION SINCE IT WILL IGNORE ANY SECTORS WITH ERRORS, OR ANY SECTORS THAT DON'T CONFORM TO THE FORMAT EXPLAINED ABOVE. ÉT WAS REALLY ONLY USED WHEN WE WEREN'T GOING TO TRY TO COPY THE DI FFORTLESSLY DETECT AND REPRODUCE THESE ERRORS WHICH MARKED THE END OF THIS ERA. ÍOST PUBLISHERS OF DISK SOFTWARE USED THIS METHOD BEFORE LATE 1984. ÆAT ÔRACKS ÔHIS PROTECTION INVOLVES PLACING A TRACK ON THE DISK THAT IS ACTUALLY 2 TRACKS (4 HALF-TRACKS) ARE TIME TO CHANGE MODES. ÔHE ACTUAL ÇÃÒ DATA IS STRUCTURED LIKE THIS: ÓÙÎÃ (AT LEAST 10 BITS OF '1' IN A ROW) HEADER0 (8 BYTES IN ÄÏÓ) HEADER GAP (USUALLY 5 FILLER BYTES, LONGER FOR NIBBLED COPIES) ÓÙÎÃ SECTOR DATA 0 (ÃÂÍ ÄÏÓ USES 260 BYTES) TAIL GAP CTION SCHEMES. (ÒAPIDLOK, ÍINDSCAPE, AND ÄATASOFT, FOR EXAMPLE) ;) ÄIFFERENCES BETWEEN A "FAST COPIER" AND A "NIBBLER" ÃOPY PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO BY THESE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES SINCE THE FIRST NIBBLERS CAME OUT ON THE ÁPPLE ÉÉ. Á LITTLE MORE BACK E MOST PROTECTION, THOUGH, IT ONLY FOILED CASUAL COPIERS. ÅARLY, CLEVER CRACKERS FIGURED OUT HOW TO SCAN AN ORIGINAL DISK FOR THESE AND THE METHODS FOR RECREATING THE ERRORS WERE NOT DIFFICULT. ÓOON AFTER, PROGRAMS LIKE "ÃOPY ÉÉ/64" CAME OUT THAT COULD E NEW, UNFORMATTED DISK. ÉF YOU TRY THIS, YOU'LL GET "RANDOM" DATA CAUSED BY THIS ANOMALY IN THE DRIVE HARDWARE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO FLUX CHANGES ON A BLANK DISK. ÔO THE 1541 HARDWARE, THIS IS ALL '0' BITS. ÂECAUSE OF THIS WEAKNESS OF THE HARDWARE, ALL DA DRIVE ÒÁÍ AND PARALLEL PORTS. ÐROTECTION ÍETHODS ÉNTENTIONAL ÄISK ÅRRORS ÔHIS PROTECTION CONSISTS OF A DISK ERROR PURPOSEFULLY PLACED ON A SECTOR OR AN ENTIRE TRACK, THEN IT'S EXISTENCE IS CHECKED FOR IN THE PROGRAM. ÉF THE ERROR ISN'T FOUND, IT'S KNOW FTER THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXIST ON THE DISK. ×HEN THIS HAPPENS, THE TRACK LOSES FRAMING, MEANING THE DATA IS BITSHIFTED AFTER THIS DUE TO OUR NEW PHANTOM BIT. ÉT WILL SHIFT A NEW PHANTOM '1' INTO THE ÌÓÂ ONCE IN A WHILE (AND WRAP IT AROUND) ACCORDING TO D GAPS OR THE ORIGINAL SYNC LENGTH, BUT RATHER CREATES IT'S OWN, SO PROTECTIONS THAT HIDE IN THE GAPS OR COUNT SYNC LENGTHS WON'T BE DUPLICATED. ÓECONDLY, THE DRIVE ONLY ONLY HAS 2K OF ÒÁÍ, BUT A WHOLE TRACK IS UP TO 8K, SO IT MUST BE BROKEN DOWN AND READ BIT "SHIFTERS" WHICH CONVERT THE BITS (DETECTED FROM THE FLUX CHANGES) INTO A WHOLE BYTE (8 BITS), MUCH LIKE A SERIAL PORT DOES. ÉF THIS CIRCUIT DETECTS TEN '1' BITS IN A ROW, IT KNOWS THAT IT HAS READ A "SYNC". ÔHIS SYNC IS WHAT TELLS THE SOFTWARE THAT SK PROTECTION, BUT RATHER APPLY A "PARAMETER" TO THE DISK. Á "PARAMETER" IS NOTHING MORE THAN A PATCH PROGRAM THAT WAS RUN ON THE BACKUP DISK TO REMOVE THE CHECK FOR COPY PROTECTION. ÆAST ÈACK'EM, ËRACKER ÊAX, AND LATER ÍAVERICK WERE ALL VERY POPULAR COP WIDE. ÔHIS HAS TWO EFFECTS. 1) ÔHE SECOND TRACK IS INVALID BECAUSE ÃOMMODORE ÄÏÓ STORES THE TRACK NUMBER AS PART OF THE TRACK HEADER, WHICH IS NOW FOR THE WRONG (PREVIOUS) TRACK. 2) ÔHE TRACKS ARE PERFECTLY ALIGNED ON THE DISK SINCE THEY WERE WRITTEN (USUALLY 5 FILLER BYTES, LONGER FOR NIBBLED COPIES) ÓÙÎÃ HEADER1... (AND ON UNTIL THE END OF THE TRACK) ÆAST COPIERS Á "FAST COPIER" READS THE SOURCE DISK ON A SECTOR-BY-SECTOR, NORMAL ÃÂÍ ÄÏÓ LEVEL, AND RECREATES THEM ONTO A NEW FORMATTED DISK. ÔHIS M ACKUP. ÄESCRIPTIONS OF THE DRIVE HARDWARE ITSELF, AS WELL AS MANY OF THE METHODS THAT DIFFERENT COMPANIES EMPLOYED TO KEEP THE DISKS FROM BEING COPIED ARE FOUND HERE. -------------------------------------- --------------------------------- ÂACKGROUND O YOU, OF COURSE. ×E CAN SOMETIMES RECONSTRUCT THE PROTECTION ONTO THE IMAGE BY LOOKING AT WHAT IT CHECKS FOR, PLUS THEY CAN BE USED TO VERIFY THE ORIGINAL IMAGE IF NOTHING ELSE. ÃOPY ÐROTECTION ÍETHODS ÍANY DIFFERENT PROTECTION METHODS WERE DEVELOPED O SE MARKS THAT ARE WRITTEN TO THE DISK DURING FORMATTING. ÌATER COPY PROTECTION IMPLEMENTATIONS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS BECAUSE THE DEVICES USED TO MASTER ORIGINAL SOFTWARE ARE NOT TYPICALLY A 1541. ÔHEY COULD MASTER THE DISK USING THE INDEX HOLE SO IT WAS T KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES TO STEP THE MOTOR TO GET THERE. ÔHE FAMOUS "DRIVE-KNOCK" IS THE SOFTWARE HACK THAT ÃOMMODORE EMPLOYED TO RESET THE DRIVE TO TRACK 0 WHEN WE COULDN'T FIND ANY SECTORS. ÉN THIS CASE, THE MOTOR IS STEPPED OUT AS FAR AS IT CAN GO UNTIL S ON ANY PARTICULAR TRACK. ÔHE SOFTWARE MUST HANDLE THESE FUNCTIONS WHICH LEADS TO MANY OF THE MORE CREATIVE STYLES OF COPY PROTECTION. 5.25" DISKS CONTAIN AN "INDEX HOLE" WHICH IS THE LITTLE HOLE YOU SEE DIAGONAL TO THE HUB RING ON YOUR DISKS. ÉF YOU SP H ARE SECTIONS OF EACH TRACK DIVIDED BY THE FOREMENTIONED SOFTWARE-GENERATED SYNC MARKS. ÔHE DRIVE MOTOR SPINS AT 300RPM AND CAN STORE DATA AT 4 DIFFERENT BIT DENSITIES (ESSENTIALLY 4 DIFFERENT CLOCK SPEED RATES OF THE READ/WRITE HARDWARE). ÔHE DIFFERENT TED USE TO ONLY THE FIRST 35 TRACKS IN THEIR STANDARD ÄÏÓ, BUT COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE ISN'T LIMITED BY THIS. ÍOST FLOPPY MEDIA IS RATED TO USE 40 TRACKS, AND THE DRIVES USUALLY HAVE NO TROUBLE READING OUT TO TRACK 41, ALTHOUGH SOME WILL BUMP AND NOT GET PAS TER ON THE OUTERMOST TRACKS, THEY CAN STORE MORE DATA, SO THEY USE THE HIGHEST DENSITY SETTING. ÃONSEQUENTLY, THE INNERMOST TRACKS USE THE SLOWEST DENSITY SETTING. ÂECAUSE IT'S RECORDING AT A HIGHER DENSITY, OF COURSE MORE SECTORS ARE STORED ON THE OUTER . ÔRACKS ÔRACKS ON THE DISK ARE ORGANIZED AS CONCENTRIC CIRCLES, AND THE DRIVE'S STEPPER MOTOR CAN STOP AT 84 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS (TRACKS) ON A DISK. ÈOWEVER, THE READ/WRITE HEAD ON THE DRIVE IS TOO WIDE TO USE EACH ONE SEPARATELY, SO EVERY OTHER TRACK iHE MEDIA ITSELF IS ONLY RATED FOR A CERTAIN BITRATE AT A CERTAIN SPEED. ÃONTINUED IN PART 2 ...END.. HE HIGHEST DENSITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISK SURFACE, BUT IT ISN'T GENERALLY DONE DUE TO MEDIA RELIABILTY, AND SLIGHT SPEED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DRIVES. Ô ÔHE ÃOMMODORE 1541 DISK DRIVE IS A STAND-ALONE COMPUTER THAT TALKS TO THE Ã64 THROUGH A SOMEWHAT SLOW SERIAL PORT. ÉT IS BASED ON SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY TO THE Ã64 ITSELF, EMPLOYING A 6502 ÃÐÕ, TWO 6522 ÖÉÁ É/Ï CHIPS, AND ONLY 2K OF MEMORY (THE LIMITATION O VER THE YEARS IN A CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME WITH THOSE THAT WANTED TO MAKE A COPY OF THEIR OWN (OR A FRIEND'S) DISK. ÔHE METHODS STEADILY INCREASED IN COMPLEXITY, BUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PROTECTION WAS COPYABLE OR NOT, A WAY WAS ALWAYS FOUND TO MAKE A WORKING B LINED UP PERFECTLY. ÁS FAR AS KNOWING WHICH TRACK WE ARE ON, THE ONLY WAY TO TELL IS AGAIN IN SOFTWARE. ÅACH SECTOR ON A TRACK HAS A HEADER THAT CONTAINS (AMONG OTHER THINGS) IT'S TRACK NUMBER. ÄÏÓ WILL READ THIS WHENEVER IT NEEDS TO ACCESS A TRACK SO I IT PHYSICALLY STOPS (CAUSING THE KNOCKING NOISE) WHICH GUARANTEES IT'S AT TRACK 0. ÕNFORTUNATELY, THIS BEHAVIOR IS WHAT IS BLAMED FOR THE TERRIBLE DRIVE ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS OF THE EARLY MECHANISMS. ÓECTORING ÔRACKS ARE FURTHER DIVIDED INTO SECTORS, WHIC IN THE DISK AROUND IN IT'S SHELL, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A HOLE IN THAT, TOO. ÏTHER DRIVE MANUFACTURERS USED AN OPTICAL SENSOR TO DETECT WHEN THIS HOLE PASSED BY, WHICH WOULD SIGNAL THE START OF A TRACK. ÃOMMODORE DIDN'T IMPLEMENT THIS, SO WE HAVE TO U DENSITIES ARE NEEDED BECAUSE BEING ROUND AND THE MOTOR RUNNING AT A CONSTANT SPEED, THE DISK SURFACE TRAVELS OVER THE HEAD AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE DRIVE IS ACCESSING THE OUTERMOST OR INNERMOST TRACKS. ÓINCE THE SURFACE IS MOVING FAS T 40. ÍOST SOFTWARE DOES NOT USE ANY TRACK PAST 35 EXCEPT FOR COPY PROTECTION, BUT ALTERNATIVE ÄÏÓ SYSTEMS LIKE ÓPEED-ÄÏÓ USED ALL 40 TRACKS IN IT'S OWN ÄÏÓ IMPLEMENTATION. ÃÂÍ DRIVES HAVE NO WAY IN HARDWARE TO DETECT WHICH TRACK IT IS ON, OR WHERE IT I TRACKS, AND FEWER ON THE INNER TRACKS. ÔHERE IS NOTHING STOPPING THE HARDWARE FROM READING/WRITING AT THE HIGHEST DENSITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISK SURFACE, BUT IT ISN'T GENERALLY DONE DUE TO MEDIA RELIABILTY, AND SLIGHT SPEED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DRIVES. Ô IS SKIPPED FOR A TOTAL OF 42 THEORETICAL TRACKS. ÔHE COMMON TERMINOLOGY FOR THE STEP IN BETWEEN EACH TRACK IS A "HALF-TRACK" AND A SPECIFIC TRACK WOULD BE REFERRED TO AS (FOR EXAMPLE) "35.5" INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL TRACK (WHICH WOULD BE 71). ÃOMMODORE LIMI U ÃOMMODORE ÐRESERVATION ÐROJECT HTTP://RITTWAGE.COM/C64PP ÐART 2 ÄRIVE ÉNTERNALS ÔHE DRIVE HEAD, AT IT'S LOWEST LEVEL, CAN ONLY DETECT AND CREATE POLARITY CHANGES IN THE MAGNETIC FLUX ON THE SURFACE OF THE DISK, WHICH IS INTERPRETED BY THE F WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER). ÉT CAME WITH EITHER AN ÁLPS OR A ÎEWTRONICS 5.25" DOUBLE-DENSITY FLOPPY MECHANISM, BOTH OF WHICH ARE FUNCTIONALLY EQUIVALENT. ÔHIS MECHANISM REQUIRES DOUBLE-DENSITY 48 TRACK-PER-INCH 5.25" MAGNETICALLY-COATED ÍYLAR DISKS MODELS - THE FIRST LOOKED LIKE THE A LARGER 64Ã (& THE DESIGN WAS REPEATED IN THE LATER ÁMIGA 500, 600 & 1200) - THE "FLAT" 128. ÔHE SECOND MODEL WAS A RATHER NIFTY PLASTIC BOX WITH A CARRY HANDLE & SLIDE IN KEYBOARD THAT ALLOWED THE MACHINE TO BECOME A DORE 128 ÔHE ORIGINAL "FLAT" VERSION, BROADLY SIMILAR IN LOOKS TO THE 64Ã, ÁMIGA 500, 600 & 1200. ÔHIS MODEL CAME EQUIPPED WITH THE 16K ÖÄÃ & HAD NO INTERNAL DISK DRIVE. ÔHE ÃOMMODORE 128Ä WAS AN ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE A MORE "BUSINESS-LIKE" LOOKING ÐÃ ANWITH THE 8502 Á RESET BUTTON ÍÍÕ BANK SWITCHING CHIP ÉN THE TWO LATER MODELS, THE KEYBOARD WAS DETACHABLE ÔHE 128Ä MODELS ALSO CONTAINED A BUILT IN 1571 DISK DRIVE 2 ËÂ 4-BIT DEDICATED COLOR ÒÁÍ FOR THE ÖÉÃ-ÉÉ Å ÍÏÓ 8580 ÓÉÄ CHIP FOR SOUND - THIS WAS Tî STOOD FOR "COST REDUCED". ÔHIS RELEASE CAME IN A STURDY METAL CASE, DISPENSED WITH THE FAN, HAD A REDUCED NUMBER OF CHIP COMPONENTS & HAD THE 64K ÖÄÃ. ÔEXT ÒEPRINTED FROM THE WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.COMMODORE128.ORG/INDEX.HTML ...END... RELEASED. ÔHE ÃÒK OF ÒÁÍ OR 64K OF ÒÁM IN LATER MODELS (& EASILY RETRO-FITTED) - IN THE 128ÄÃÒ THIS WAS REPLACED WITH AN 8568 ÖÔ-100 STYLE KEYBOARD WITH A NUMERIC KEYPAD 8502 ÃÐÕ - AN EXPANDED 6502 WHICH COULD RUN IN EITHER 1ÍÈZ MODE OR 2ÍÈZ MODE (THE 40 COLUMN SCREEN U ÃOMMODORE ÐRESERVATION ÐROJECT HTTP://RITTWAGE.COM/C64PP ÐÁÒÔ 1 ×ELCOME TO THE ÃOMMODORE 64 (Ã64) ÐRESERVATION ÐROJECT ÔHE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ARCHIVE PRISTINE VERSIONS OF ORIGINAL ÃOMMODORE 64 SOFTWARE, INCLUDING COPY PROTECTI. ÔO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION & DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE ÃOMMODORE 128. ÔO PROMOTE AN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT SCENE FOR THE ÃOMMODORE 128. ÔO PRESERVE & DISTRIBUTE ÃOMMODORE 128 RELATED SOFTWARE, MANUALS & CODE. ÁND ABOVE ALL - TO HAVE A GOOD TIME WHILE HESE GOALS ARE MUCH LIKE THAT OF Ã.Á.Ð.Ó. PROJECT FOR THE ÁMIGA. ÏF COURSE, TO REACH THESE GOALS, WE NEED YOUR HELP. ÔHIS SOFTWARE EXISTS ONLY ON MAGNETIC MEDIA FROM THE 1980'S, AND AS SUCH HAS BEEN DISAPPEARING INTO ATTICS, YARD SALES, AND LANDFILLS FORN MODE & DUE TO THE ÃÐ/Í COMPATIBILITY (& IT'S ABILITY TO HANDLE MULTIPLE ÃÐ/Í DISK FORMATS) A LARGE LIBRARY OF SOFTWARE WAS AVAILABLE RIGHT FROM THE START. ABOUT OUR SITE ÁÎÄ ÍISSION STATEMENT : ÔO PROVIDE AN ACTIVE & VIBRANT COMMUNITY DEVOTED TO KEEPIIAL ACTUALLY WIPES RIGHT OFF, MAKING THE DRIVE HEADS FILTHY. ÙOU CAN HELP PRESERVE THEM FOR OUR OWN AND FUTURE GENERATIONS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. * ÉF YOU HAVE A 1541 OR 1571 DISK DRIVE AND A ØÅÐ, ØÁÐ, OR ØÍÐ CABLE (SERIAL/PARALLEL COMBINATION), WE CAN SE"LUGGABLE" (THE 128Ä) & THE LAST MODEL WAS THE METAL CASED COST-REDUCED VARIANT (THE 128ÄÃÒ). ÔHE 128ÄÃÒ ALSO CAME WITH A 64K ÖÄÃ AS OPPOSED TO THE EARLIER MODELS 16K CHIP (THEY COULD BE RETROFIITED). ÁLTHOUGH THE COMPUTER SOLD IN EXCESS OF TWO MILLION D WAS IN A LOW PROFILE PLASTIC BOX WITH AN INTERNAL 1571, STOWABLE KEYBOARD & A RETRACTABLE HANDLE THAT MADE THE COMPUTER A LUGGABLE. ÉT STILL HAD THE 16K ÖÄÃ. ÔHIS ÐÃ ALSO HAD AN INTERNAL FAN. ÔHE ÃOMMODORE 128ÄÃÒ WAS THE FINAL VERSION RELEASED. ÔHE ÃÒHE COST REDUCED VERSION, EARLIER 128'S HAD THE 6581 ÓÉD AS USED IN THE Ã64 ÒÇÂÉ VIDEO OUTPUT ALLOWING THE COMPUTER TO CONNECT TO A STANDARD ÃÇÁ MONITOR BUT WITH AN ADDITIONAL MONOCHROME COMPOSITE SIGNAL AS WELL ÔHERE ARE THREE BASIC MODELS OF THE ÃOMMO ND THEM BACK TO YOU. * ÉF YOU DON'T HAVE THE CABLING OR DON'T WISH TO SEND US YOUR ORIGINALS, YOU CAN MAKE US NIBBLED COPIES OF THE ORIGINALS BY WHATEVER THE BEST MEANS YOU HAVE AND SEND US THOSE. ×E WILL PAY FOR POSTAGE, AS WELL AS RETURN THESE DISKS TTURNED OFF AT THE HIGHER SPEED) ÓECONDARY ÚILOG Ú80 ÃÐÕ THAT CONTROLLED THE STARTUP OF THE COMPUTER & ALLOWED IT TO RUN ÃÐ/Í IN EITHER 40 OR 80 COLUMN MODE. ÁLTHOUGH THIS WAS A 4ÍÈZ CHIP, IT WAS CONSTRAINED TO 2ÍÈZ DUE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF INTERFACING ON. Á SECONDARY GOAL WILL BENEFIT OF THIS WILL BE TO CATALOG AND DOCUMENT ALL THE DIFFERENT COPY PROTECTION METHODS USED. ÔHIS INFORMATION WILL BE USED TO IMPROVE EMULATION, AS WELL AS REMASTERING SOFTWARE ONTO DISKS FOR YOU TO ENJOY ON THE REAL THING. ÔWE'RE DOING IT! ÃOMMODORE 128 HARDWARE INFORMATION ÔHE Ã128'S HARDWARE BASICALLY REMAINED THE SAME ACROSS ALL THREE MODELS. ÉT CONSISTED OF : 128KB OF ÒÁÍ (EXTERNALLY EXPANDABLE VIA AN ÒÅÕ) 8563 ÖÄÃ CHIP DRIVING THE 80 COLUMN ÒÇÂ DISPLAY WITH EITHER 16 ALMOST 20 YEARS. ÆLOPPY DISKS WERE ALSO NEVER MADE TO LAST A LIFETIME, AS É HAVE FOUND IN PURCHASING THEM IN AUCTIONS. ÅVEN DISKS THAT WERE STORED AND CARED FOR BY THEIR OWNERS ALL THESE YEARS HAVE PRETTY HIGH FAILURE RATE, SOME WHERE THE MAGNETIC MATERNG THE ÃOMMODORE 128 ALIVE (HENCE THE NAME OF THE SITE) INTO THE FUTURE. ÔO GATHER TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE AS MUCH RELEVANT MATERIAL AS POSSIBLE & TO PROVIDE A "ONE STOP SHOP" FOR THE Ã128 COMMUNITY. ÔO FOSTER A FRIENDLY & SHARING ÃOMMODORE 128 COMMUNITY ND YOU THE LATEST MASTERING SOFTWARE. ÙOU CAN THEN SEND US THE RESULTING IMAGE AND STATISTICAL DATA FOR ANALYSIS AND INCLUSION IN THE ARCHIVE. * ×E WILL HAPPILY PAY FOR POSTAGE TO GET ANY ORIGINAL DISKS YOU HAVE TO US! ×E WILL PROMPTLY IMAGE THEM AND SEUNITS DURING ITS LIFESPAN, NATIVE SOFTWARE WAS THIN ON THE GROUND DUE TO THE INCLUDED 64 MODE - DEVELOPERS DIDN'T BOTHER CREATING SOFTWARE THAT TOOK ADANTAGE OF THE NATIVE MODES. ÈOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL FINE BUSINESS PACKAGES PRODUCED FOR THE 80 COLUM S 1.55740772.) ÕÓÒ(N) (FUN) ÅXECUTES ÍÌ ROUTINE IN MEMORY POINTED TO BY LOCATIONS 784/785. Î IS PLACED IN THE ÆLOATING ÐOINT ÁCCUMULATOR. ÒETURNS THE VALUE IN THE ÆLOATING ÐOINT ÁCCUMULATOR. ÔHIS IS A FUNCTION, NOT A COMMAND, SO YOU MUST EITHER ÐÒÉÎÔ ÕÓ ÒÉÇÈÔ$("0"+ÍÉÄ$(ÓÔÒ$(Ö),2),2) (Â$ WILL CONTAIN "04") ÓÙÓ LOC (COM) ÅXECUTES AN ÍÌ ROUTINE AT MEMORY ÌÏÃATION. ÓÙÓIE COMMANDS ARE OFTEN USED WITH ÍÌ ÍODULES JUST LIKE ÂÁÓÉÃ COMMANDS, COMPLETE WITH PARAMETERS. ÂE SURE TO READ THE DOCUMENTATION THAT C^AND WAYS THEY CAN GO TOGETHER. ÄAVE ÍOORMAN ÅDITOR, ÌÏÁÄÓÔÁÒ ÓEPTEMBER 12, 2005 ...END... IBLE! ÒEAD THROUGH THESE COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS AGAIN! ÔRY THE CODE. ÔRY EXPERIMENTS. ÐROGRAMMING REQUIRES A BROAD KNOWLEDGE OF POSSIBLE COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS PLY ÓÁÖÅ"ÆÉÌÅÎÁÍÅ",8 ÓÇÎ(N) (FUN) ÒETURNS -1 IF Î IS NEGATIVE, 0 IF Î IS 0, AND 1 IF Î IS POSITIVE. ÓÉÎ(N) (FUN) ÒETURNS THE SINE OF Î IN RADIANS. 10 Á = ÓÉÎ(1) (Á CONTAINS THE VALUE 0.841470985. ÓÑÒ(N) (FUN) ÒETURNS THE ÓÑUARE ÒOOT 4 ÐÏÓÉÔÉÏÎ ÃÕÒÓÏÒ ÏÎ ÓÃÒÅÅÎ HIS HANDY ROUTINE WILL PUT THE CURSOR ANYWHERE ON THE SCREEN, WHERE Ø = 0 THROUGH 39 AND Ù = 0 THROUGH 24. 1000 ÉÆ Ù=0 ÔÈÅÎ ?"<ÓHIFT-ÈÏÍÅ>";:ÇÏÔÏ1020 1010 ÐÏËÅ214, Ù-1:? 1020 ? ÔÁÂ(Ø)"×ÈÁÔÅÖÅÒ!" ÎOTE: ÉF THE PRILONGER. ÔO FIND THE LAST CARD, YOU ARE LIKELY TO LOOK AT ABOUT 52 TAKEN CARDS! ÒÕÎ [LN] (COM) ÒUNS A PROGRAM. ÙOU CAN BEGIN A PROGRAM AT A GIVEN LINE NUMBER. ÙOU CAN ALSO USE ÒÕÎ IN A PROGRAM TO START ALL OVER FROM THE BEGINNING. ÒÉÇÈÔ$(S,N) (FUN) ÒETU5 ÄÅÆ ÆÎÈ(Ø) = ÉÎÔ(Ø/256) 6 ÄÅÆ ÆÎÌ(Ø) = Ø - ÆÎÈ(Ø)*256 9 ÁÄÄÒ = 49152: ÒÅÍ ÁÄÄÒÅÓÓ ×ÈÅÒÅ ÆÉÌÅ ×ÉÌÌ ÂÅ ÌÏÁÄÅÄ 10 ÓÙÓ57812"ÆÉÌÅÎÁÍÅ",ÄÖ,0:ÐÏËÅ780,0 20 ÐÏËÅ781,ÆÎÌ(ÁÄÄÒ) 25 ÐÏËÅ782,ÆÎÈ(ÁÄÄÒ) 30 ÓÙÓ65493 ÂÓÁÖÅ ÔO SAVE MEMORYNDOM NUMBER, JUST USE THE FUNCTION. ÈERE IS A ROUTINE TO SHUFFLE 52 "CARDS". 10 ÄÉÍ ÃÄ(52) 15 ÄÅÆ ÆÎÒ(Ø)=ÉÎÔ(ÒÎÄ(1)*Ø)+1 20 ÆÏÒ Ø = 1 ÔÏ 52: ÃÄ(Ø)=Ø:ÎÅØÔ 30 ÆÏÒ Ø = 1 ÔÏ 52: Ò=ÆÎÒ(52) 40 Ã=ÃÄ(Ò): ÃÄ(Ò)=ÃÄ(Ø): ÃÄ(Ø)=Ã 50 ÎÅØÔ IS OPTIONAL. ÔHIS IS A GREAT COMMAND FOR WAITING FOR A KEYSTROKE. 10 ÐÏËÅ 198,0 20 ×ÁÉÔ 198,1 30 ÇÅÔÚ$ ÔHE PROGRAM PAUSES WHILE ×ÁÉÔ WATCHES LOCATION 198 (WHICH HOLDS THE NUMBER OF KEYSTROKES CURRENTLY IN THE KEYBOARD BUFFER). ×HEN A KEY IS U INTRODUCTION TO THE C128 ÔHE ÃOMMODORE 128 (AKA Ã128) WAS ÃOMMODORE ÂUSINESS ÍACHINES FINAL 8 BIT COMPUTER (THE Ã65 DOESN'T COUNT AS IT WAS NEVER COMPLETED & NEVER COMMERCIALLY RELEASED). ÉNTRODUCED AT THE ÊANUARY 1985 ÃÅÓ, IT WAS THE FOLLOW-Ò(Î), OR PUT THE RESULT INTO A VARIABLE -- Á = ÕÓÒ(Î). ÖÁÌ(S) (FUN) ÒETURNS THE VALUE OF STRING Ó. ÎON-NUMERIC CHARACTERS RETURN 0. 10 ? ÖÁÌ("12Á7") 20 ? ÖÁÌ("ÎÁÍÅ") (ÐRINTS 12 AND 0.) ÖÅÒÉÆÙ (COM) ÌIKE ÌÏÁÄ, EXCEPT ÖÅÒÉÆÙ COMPARES THE PROOMES WITH MODULES. ÔÁÂ(N) (PRINT COM) ÍOVES CURSOR TO Î COLUMN WHEN PRINTING. 10 ÐÒÉÎÔ ÔÁÂ(17)"ÃÅÎÔÅÒ" (ÔHE WORD "ÃÅÎÔÅÒ" IS PRINTED IN THE CENTER OF THE LINE.) ÔÁÎ(N) (FUN) ÒETURNS THE TANGENT OF Î IN RADIANS 10 Á = ÔÁÎ(1) (Á CONTAINN TWO SPEEDS (1 & 2ÍHZ) ÎEAR 100% COMPATIBLE Ã64 MODE ÂASIC 7.0 - MORE POWEFUL & FLEXIBLE THAN THE LIMITED Ã64'S ÂASIC 2.0 ÎUMERIC KEYPAD ÂURST MODE DISK ACCESS 128K OF ÒÁÍ WITH MORE AVAILABLE FOR PROGRAMMERS DUE TO AN ÍÍÕ ÔHE 128 WAS RELEASED IN THREE OF Î. 10 Á = ÓÑÒ(9) (Á CONTAINS 3) ÓÔÏÐ (COM) ÃAUSES A BREAK IN THE PROGRAM. ÌINE NUMBER IS REPORTED. ÕSEFUL FOR DEBUGGING. ÓÔÒ$(N) (FUN) ÒETURNS A STRING OF THE VALUE Î. 10 Á$ = ÓÔÒ$(123) (Á$ CONTAINS " 123") 15 Ö = 4 20 Â$ =NTING WRAPS AROUND, AN EXTRA SCREEN LINE MAY BE INSERTED. ÁVOID PRINTING TO COLUMN 39 IF POSSIBLE! ÒEAD THROUGH THESE COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS AGAIN! ÔRY THE CODE. ÔRY EXPERIMENTS. ÐROGRAMMING REQUIRES A BROAD KNOWLEDGE OF POSSIBLE COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS RN THE RIGHTMOST Î CHARACTERS FROM STRING Ó. 10 Á$ = "ÔÈÉÓ ÉÓ Á ÔÅÓÔ" 20 ? ÒÉÇÈÔ$(Á$,4) (ÔHIS WILL PRINT "ÔÅÓÔ".) ÓÁÖÅ (COM) ×E HAVE ALREADY COVERED THE CORRECT WAY TO PUT A ÓCRATCH AND ÓAVE ROUTINE IN EVERY PROGRAM. ÉN A PINCH, YOU CAN SIM TO A FILE. ÃANNOT SAVE FROM 40960-49151, OR ABOVE 53248. 35 Â = 49152:ÒÅÍ ÂÅÇÉÎ ÁÄÄÒÅÓÓ 36 Å = 53248: ÒÅÍ ÅÎÄ ÁÄÄÒÅÓÓ + 1 40 ÓÙÓ57812"ÆÉÌÅÎÁÍÅ",ÄÖ 50 ÐÏËÅ 193,ÆÎÌ(Â):ÐÏËÅ 194,ÆÎÈ(Â) 60 ÐÏËÅ 174,ÆÎÌ(Å):ÐÏËÅ 175,ÆÎÈ(Å) 70 ÓÙÓ6295 ÐLEASE DO ÎÏÔ DO THIS: 10 ÄÉÍÃÄ(52) : 200 ÄÅÆ ÆÎÒ(Ø)=ÉÎÔ(ÒÎÄ(1)*Ø)+1 210 ÃÄ=ÆÎÒ(Ø):ÉÆÃÄ(ÃÄ)<>0ÔÈÅÎ210 220 ÃÄ(ÃÄ)=1 230 ÒÅÔÕÒÎ ÙOU WILL BE ABLE TO QUICKLY "PICK A CARD" AT FIRST, BUT AS THE CARDS ARE TAKEN, EACH PICK WILL TAKE PRESSED, THE PROGRAM CONTINUES, ÇÅÔTING Ú$. ÓÅÃÒÅÔÓ ÈERE ARE SOME "SECRET" ROUTINES THAT DO USEFUL THINGS. ÂÌÏÁÄ ÔO LOAD A BINARY FILE OR BLOCK OF DATA TO ANY PLACE IN MEMORY (EXCEPT BETWEEN 53248 AND 57343). 1 ÄÖ=ÐÅÅË(186):ÉÆ ÄÖ<8 ÔÈÅÎ ÄÖ=8 UP TO THE ÃOMMODORE 64 & WAS A VASTLY EXPANDED & MORE POWEFUL SUCCESSOR TO THAT COMPUTER. ÔHE Ã128 FEATURES : ÃÐ/Í MODE VIA A SECONDARY ÚILOG Ú80 ÃÐÕ IN 40 & 80 COLUMN MODES ÅNHANCED & FASTER 6510 (THE 8502) RUNNING AT 2ÍÈZ ÎATIVE 40 & 80 COLUMN MODES IGRAM IN MEMORY WITH THAT ON DISK WITHOUT CHANGING EITHER. ÉF THE MEMORY MATCHES THE DISK FILE, ÏË IS PRINTED. ×ÁÉÔ LOC,V [,EOR] (COM) ÃAUSES THE PROGRAM TO PAUSE WHILE WAITING FOR THE BYTE AT MEMORY ÌÏÃATION ÁÎÄED WITH Ö AND ÅÏÒED WITH Ã IS NOT ZERO. Ã TION, USE A ÓEQUENTIAL FILE. ÓO, AFTER SCRATCHING THE FILE, WE OPEN IT TO ×RITE, ÓEQUENTIAL (,×,Ó). ÔHEN WE USE ÐÒÉÎÔ#LF TO PRINT THE DATA TO THE FILE. ÔHE BEST WAY IS SHOWN ABOVE, WITH EACH VARIABLE PRINTED SEPARATELY. ×E ÃÌÏÓÅLF AND ÒÅÔÕÒÎ WHEN FINISH ÅÍ (COM) ÓHORT FOR ÒÅÍARK. ÅVERYTHING ON THE PROGRAM LINE AFTER ÒÅÍ IS IGNORED BY THE COMPUTER. ÇOOD FOR COMMENTING ON WHAT THE PROGRAM IS DOING AT A PARTICULAR POINT. 10 ÒÅÍ ÂÅÇÉÎÎÉÎÇ ÏÆ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍ : 199 ÒÅÍ ÍÁÉÎ ÌÏÏÐ ÁÔ 200 : 60100 ÒÅ 1,ÄÖ,15,"Ó0:ÄÁÔÁÆÉÌÅ":ÃÌÏÓÅ1 1005 ÏÐÅÎ4,ÄÖ,4,"ÄÁÔÁÆÉÌÅ,×,Ó" 1010 ÐÒÉÎÔ#4,Á$ 1011 ÐÒÉÎÔ#4,Â$ 1012 ÐÒÉÎÔ#4,Ã$ 1013 ÃÌÏÓÅ4 1014 ÒÅÔÕÒÎ : 2000 ÏÐÅÎ4,ÄÖ,4,"ÄÁÔÁÆÉÌÅ,Ò,Ó" 2001 ÉÎÐÕÔ#4,Á$ 2002 ÉÎÐÕÔ#4,Â$ 2003 ÉÎÐÕÔ#4, -SET TAB LOCATION ON THE LINE. ÓEMICOLONS AND COMMAS CAN SEPARATE DATA IN A ÐÒÉÎÔ COMMAND. ÔHIS IS A COMMAND YOU WILL HAVE TO PLAY WITH! ÒÅÁÄ (COM) ÒEADS VALUES OR STRINGS IN ÄÁÔÁ STATEMENTS INTO VARIABLES. ÍAKE SURE THE NUMBER OF DATA ITEMS IN THE Ä Î$,Ä:ÖÅÒÉÆÙÎ$,Ä:ÅÎÄ ÏÐÅÎ1,Ä,15,"ÉÏ" (SHOULD BE "É" ZERO) MAKES SURE THE DISK DRIVE IS AWAKE AND AWARE. ÔHEN THE PROGRAM NAME IS PUT INTO Î$. ÌINE 60002 SCRATCHES THE PROGRAM NAME, AND ÃÌÏÓÅS THE LOGICAL FILE. ÆINALLY, WE ÓÁÖÅ Î$,Ä, THEN ÖÅÒÉÆÙ Î$,Ä T 53281, 0 (ÔURNS SCREEN BORDER AND BACKGROUND BLACK) ÐÏÓ(0) (FUN) ÒETURNS THE CURRENT POSITION OF THE CURSOR ON THE SCREEN ROW (0 - 39). É HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR! ÐÒÉÎÔ (COM) ÐROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT AND VERSATILE COMMAND IN ÂÁÓÉÃ .] ÎÏÔÅ: ÁLWAYS ÃÌÏÓÅ THE LOGICAL FILE AFTER USE. ÇETTING PROFICIENT WITH ÏÐÅÎ TAKES A LOT OF PRACTICE! ÓEE ÓÅÃÒÅÔÓ FOR OTHER STUFF ABOUT DISK ACCESS. ÐÅÅË(LOC) (FUN) ÒETURNS THE CONTENTS OF THE MEMORY BYTE AT ÌÏÃ. ×E USE ÐÅÅË(186) TO DISCOVER WHICH DI VERY USEFUL, REALLY, SINCE WE USUALLY ÒÅÁÄ DATA INTO ARRAYS, WHICH ARE A LOT EASIER TO HANDLE. ÒÅÔÕÒÎ (COM) ÅNDS A SUBROUTINE AND SENDS THE PROGRAM BACK TO THE ÇÏÓÕÂ THAT JUMPED TO THIS PLACE. ÒÎÄ(N) (FUN) ÒETURNS A RANDOM NUMBER BETWEEN (BUT NOT INCLU HAVE TO EXPERIMENT WITH YOUR PRINTER ON THIS -- AND READ THE MANUAL FOR SPECIAL CHARACTERS AND EFFECTS. ÁT ÌÏÁÄÓÔÁÒ, WE ASSUME A 66 LINE PAGE WITH 80 CHARACTERS TO A LINE -- AND DON'T DO MUCH THAT IS FANCY. [ÎÉÃËÅÌ ÇÁÍÅÓ HAS A BUILT IN FUNCTION TO TURN PUTERS CANNOT DO TRULY RANDOM NUMBERS. ÅVERYTHING INSIDE A COMPUTER IS FAR TOO LOGICAL. ÈOWEVER, WITH A BIT OF MATH, IT CAN GENERATE A LIST OF UNKNOWN NUMBERS. ×HEN YOU USE A NEGATIVE ARGUMENT, YOU RESET THE GENERATOR. É HAVE HEARD SOME ARGUMENTS ABOUT ED. ÔO GET THE DATA BACK INTO THE VARIABLES, WE OPEN THE FILE TO ÒEAD, ÓEQUENTIAL. (ÙOU CAN LEAVE OFF THE ",Ò,Ó" WHEN OPENING A FILE TO ÒEAD.) ÔHEN WE ÉÎÐÕÔ#LF EACH VARIABLE EXACTLY THE SAME ORDER AS WE DID THE ÐÒÉÎÔ#LF, ÃÌÏÓÅLF, AND ÒÅÔÕÒÎ TO THE MAIN Í (Ã)2005 ÄÁÖÅ ÍÏÏÒÍÁÎ 60110 ÒÅÍ ÃÏÐÙÉÎÇ ÔÈÉÓ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍ ÂÙ 60111 ÒÅÍ ÁÎÙ ÍÅÁÎÓ ×ÉÌÌ ÇÅÔ ÙÏÕ 60112 ÒÅÍ Á ÓÌÁÐ ÏÎ ÔÈÅ ÈÁÎÄ! ÒÅÓÔÏÒÅ (COM) ÒESETS DATA POINT SO THAT THE NEXT ÒÅÁÄ RECEIVES THE FIRST DATA ELEMENT FROM THE FIRST ÄÁÔÁ STATEMENT. ÎOT Ã$ 2004 ÃÌÏÓÅ4 2005 ÒÅÔÕÒÎ ×HEN WE ÏÐÅÎ A FILE, WE NEED TO TELL IT THE FILENAME, WHETHER WE WILL BE ×RITING IT OR ÒEADING IT (× OR Ò), AND WHAT KIND OF FILE IT IS. ×E HAVE TWO NORMAL KINDS OF FILES: ÐROGRAM AND ÓEQUENTIAL. ÆOR SHORT DATA INFORMA ÁÔÁ STATEMENTS MATCH UP WITH WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTING! ÆOR STRING DATA, ENCLOSE EACH STRING IN DOUBLE-QUOTE MARKS. 100 ÆÏÒ Ø=1ÔÏ4 110 ÒÅÁÄ Á$(Ø) 120 ? Á$(Ø) 130 ÎÅØÔ 140 ÅÎÄ 20000 ÄÁÔÁ"ÄÁÄÄÙ","ÍÏÍÍÙ" 20001 ÄÁÔÁ"ÊÕÎÉÏÒ","ÓÉÓ" Ò O MAKE SURE WE GOT A GOOD SAVE. ×E ALSO USE ÏÐÅÎ TO OPEN A FILE FOR READING OR WRITING. ÈERE IS CODE THAT WILL SAVE THREE VARIABLES TO A FILE, FOLLOWED BY THE ROUTINE TO GET THOSE THREE VARIABLES. 10 ÄÖ=ÐÅÅË(186):ÉÆÄÖ<8ÔÈÅÎÄÖ=8 : 1000 ÏÐÅÎ 2.0. ÉT PUTS CHARACTERS, STRINGS, AND VALUES ON THE SCREEN. ÅND THE ÐÒÉÎÔ WITH A SEMICOLON TO KEEP THE CURSOR FROM AUTOMATICALLY DROPPING DOWN TO THE FIRST COLUMN OF THE NEXT ROW (CALLED A CARRIAGE RETURN). ÕSE A COMMA TO MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE NEXT PRE SK DRIVE DEVICE WAS LAST USED. ÙOU WILL USE IT A LOT FOR ADVANCED TRICKS. 10 ÄÖ = ÐÅÅË(186) ÐÏËÅ LOC,BYTE ÐUTS ÂÙÔÅ VALUE INTO MEMORY LOCATION ÌÏÃ. ÅSPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR CONTROLLING Ã-64 FEATURES NOT INCLUDED IN ÂÁÓÉÃ 2.0. 10 ÐÏËÅ 53280, 0:ÐÏËÅ DING) 0 AND 1. ÉF Î IS A NEGATIVE VALUE, THE VALUE IS USED TO SEED THE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR. ÔHE RESULT WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME FOR EACH NEGATIVE NUMBER. ÉF Î IS 0 OR POSITIVE, A NEW RANDOM NUMBER IS GENERATED. ÍOST SAY USING 1 IS BEST. ÁCTUALLY, COM A Ã-64 PRINT-OUT INTO A ÐÃ ÔØÔ FILE. ÁFTER DOING A PRINT-OUT IN ÖÉÃÅ, PRESS <ÁLT-ÔAB>, AND CLICK ON ÆILE>ÐRINT. ÉN A MOMENT, YOUR PRINT-OUT WILL BE DISPLAYED. ÙOU CAN COPY AND PAST IT TO A WORD PROCESSOR, SAVE IT AS A ÔØÔ FILE, OR SEND IT TO YOUR PRINTERHOW AN ARGUMENT OF 0 IS NOT AS RANDOM AS A POSITIVE ARGUMENT. ×HO KNOWS? ÔO GET A USEABLE NUMBER, YOU MIGHT USE THIS CUSTOM FUNCTION: 10 ÄÅÆ ÆÎÒ(Ø)=ÉÎÔ(ÒÎÄ(1)*Ø)+1 ÉF YOU WANT VALUES FROM 0 TO Ø-1, LEAVE OFF THE LAST +1. ÎOW ANY TIME YOU NEED A RA PROGRAM. ÏÐÅÎ IS ALSO OUR WAY TO GET DATA TO THE PRINTER. 100 ÏÐÅÎ4,4,7 110 ÆÏÒ Ø = 0 ÔÏ 50 120 ÐÒÉÎÔ#4,Á$(Ø) 130 ÎÅØÔ 140 ÃÌÏÓÅ4 ÈERE WE ASSUME THAT EACH ELEMENT OF THE Á$ ARRAY HAS ONE LINE OF TEXT FOR THE PRINTER. 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ÒEGARDS, ÊOCELYN ÃÏÍÍÏÄÏÒÅ ÆÒÅÅ ÊOCELYN ÇLAD YOU LIKE THE MAGAZINE, WHY NOT CONTRIBUTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS YOU WROTE FOR THE ÃOMMODORE, NO ONE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MAC ÒEALLY GOT INTO SOME RESEARCH THIS ISSUE, É DECIDED TO DO SOME REVIEWS OF ÃOMMODORE VIC 20 GAMES, ÂÕÔ GUESS WHAT, É DUG OUT ÂOMBER AND ÂLUE MEANIES PLAYED THEM FOR 3 HOURS, AND REALISED É HADN'T DONE ANY ACTUAL REVIEWING! ÓO ERR NO VIC GAMES REVIEWS T THE 64 THE OLD VIC GAMES JUST MOVED TO THE ATTIC NEVER TO SEE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN, WELL UNTIL NOW. É HAVE SOME CONCERNS É HAVE BEEN ASKED HOW É CAN JUSTIFY THE COST OF THE DISK IMAGE, AND COPIES OF THE MAGAZINE, TURNS OUT SOME MEMBERS ARE COPYING THE DIE MAGAZINE IS THAT ITS ALL ÆÒÅÅ! ÓO THE DISK IMAGE TEXT AND PDF ARE ALL FREE TO DOWNLOAD OR READ ONLINE, É SUGGEST A LOCAL LIBRARY OR ÃOMMODORE CLUB SHOULD HAVE SOME FORM OF WEB BROWSER IF YOU DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. ÔHANKS THIS ISSUE AND LAST GO TOT BE PROFESSIONAL BUT IT'S THE BEST É CAN DO, AS É HAVE SAID É AM NO WRITER, É ALSO FOUND É AM NOT GOOD AT INTERVIEWING, IF YOU FEEL YOU CAN DO BETTER THEN PLEASE DO AND SEND IN SOME TEXT OR A REVIEW YOU HAVE WRITTEN É JUST READ THE SAD NEWS ABOUT ÒICHAƒISED THE MAGAZINE AND RIPPED IT TO SHREDS AM É DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT, É EXPECT MANY WILL NOW CORRECT THIS OVERSIGHT ...END... .UK É HAVE TRACKED 350 INDIVIDUAL DOWNLOADS OF ÃOMMODORE ÆREE ISSUE NUMBER 4 ÍORE SURPRISING IS NO ONE HAS ACTUALLY CRITICITH YOUR MAGAZINE, É GUESS ÃOMMODORE USERS ARE STILL A "RESPECTABLE FORCE", SO THEY STILL BOTHERED ABOUT COPYRIGHTS, BUT WHY DON'T THEY TAKE YOUR COMMENTS AS FREE ADVERTISING?, É SIMPLY CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEY CAN HAVE COMPLAINS. ÏK, JUST KEEP GOING ON CAN SAY IS THAT É HAVE TO BE MORE CAREFUL ============================ ÙANN ÈI, ×HERE CAN I GET THE 3 FIRST MAGAZINES? BEST REGARDS, ÙANN ÃÏÍÍÏÄÏÒÅ ÆÒÅÅ ÙANN ÄUE TO COPYRIGHT PROBLEMS É CAN NO LONGER DISTRIBUT THE ISSUES, MAYBE YOU COULD FIND ED IN MY EMAIL THAN'K FOR YOUR GOOD WORK! BYE ÄAMIANO ÃÏÍÍÏÄÏÒÅ ÆÒÅÅ ÄAMIANO É AM GLAD YOU LIKE THE MAGAZINE, LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS HERE É AM UNABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THEM DUE TO COPYRIGHT PROBLEMS, ============================ ÊOCELYN HINE AND ITS GOOD TO LOOK AT OTHERS EXPERIENCES ÁS FOR OTHER MAGAZINES THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ÐÄÆ DOWNLOADABLE BUT MOST ARE NOT IN ÅNGLISH, ALSO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISK BASED MAGAZINES TO RUN ON REAL MACHINES ÍAYBE É SHOULD FEATURE AN ARTICLE ON ALL PYRIGHT É WAS CONTACTED BY A NUMBER OF COMPANY'S CLAMING AN INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, OR A MISREPRESENTATION OF THE COMPANY, THE LETTERS LOOKED REAL AND GENUINE AND A NUMBER THREATENED COURT ACTION IF NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN. É DECIDED TO PULL ALL AINST THEM, OR A HATE MAIL LIST, ALL É WANT TO DO IS CREATE A ÆÒÅÅ MAGAZINE FILLED WITH RELEVANT ÃOMMODORE RELATED ITEMS. É MAKE NO MONEY FROM THE MAGAZINE, AND IN FACT ITS COSTING ME MONEY TO KEEP THE MAGAZINE RUNNING, AS WELL AS THE TIME IT TAKES TO C. ILE THE ISSUE. É CAN T BLAME COMPANIES FOR PROTECTING THEMSELVES THAT'S HOW THEY MAKE MONEY, UNFORTUNATELY É AM NOT MOTIVATED BY MONEY, É ENJOY HAVING FUN AND LIVING RATHER THAN THINKING ALL DAY ABOUT MONEY ÒEGARDS ÃOMMODORE ÆREE MAGAZINE ...END..U ÉNTERVIEW WITH ÁNDREW ÆISHER ÆREELANCE ×RITER ÍUSICIAN AND ÃOMMODORE ÐROGRAMMER Ñ. ÐLEASE TELL OUR READERS A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF. Á. ÍY NAME IS ÁNDREW ÆISHER, É'M 32 AND A FREELANCE WRITER. É LIVE IN ÃAMBRIDGE, ÅNGLAND. Ñ. ÔELL OY ARCADE MACHINES LIKE ÇORF AND ÐOLE ÐOSITION. Ñ. ×HEN DID YOU FIRST RECEIVE YOUR ÃOMMODORE MACHINE? Á. ÉT WAS ÏCTOBER 1985, IN A PACKAGE WITH TWO GAMES AND A ÄATASETTE. ÓADLY THE POWERPACK WAS FAULTY, MEANING IT WAS SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE WE GOT IT BACK A Ã128. ÐLUS A ÓPECTRUM +3, ÎÅÓ, ÓÎÅÓ, Î64, ÇAMECUBE, ÐÓ1, ÐÓ2, ØBOX AND A ÊÁÍÍÁ ARCADE CABINET. ÁND A ÇAMEBOY ÁDVANCE, ÇAMEBOY ÁDVANCE ÓÐ AND ÎINTENDO ÄÓ ÌITE. ÁS YOU CAN SEE É OWN QUITE A FEW MACHINES... Ñ. ÔELL OUR READERS ABOUT YOUR WRITING WORK ON ÆORMAT FOR A FEW ISSUES, MOSTLY ON ÇÅÏÓ AND USER GROUPS. ÔHEN É SPENT MOST OF THE 1990'S WRITING FOR FANZINES LIKE ÃOMMODORE ÓCENE, BEFORE ÒETRO ÇAMER APPEARED... Ñ. ÙOU RECENTLY WORKED ON ÒETRO ÇAMER, TELL OUR READERS A LITTLE ABOUT THE ARTICLES YOU W TO A COUPLE OF OTHER ARTICLES, AND HAD MORE UNDERWAY. Ñ. ÒETRO ÇAMER CLOSED, WERE YOU LEFT UNPAID FOR SOME OF THE ARTICLES? Á. ÙES, É WAS OWED MONEY FOR ONE ARTICLE. Ñ. ÄID YOU LOOK TO RECOVER YOUR MONEY? Á. ÁDMINISTRATION IS A DIFFICULT PROCESS (WH Ä, FEATURING SOME OF THE ARTICLES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE ISSUE 19 THAT WAS NEVER PRINTED. ÔHE READERS WERE SO ENTHUSIASTIC, THEY PRE-ORDERED ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST OF GETTING THE ÃÄ PRODUCED, SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PAY MONEY BACK TO ALL THE WRICOMMODORE MAGAZINES ÄISK OR PAPER BASED ÈELP WOULD BE VERY MUCH WELCOME FOR THIS FEATURE, IF YOU KNOW OF A MAGAZINE DISK, OR PDF OR PAPER BASED LET ME KNOW, AND HOW ITS ORDERED OR DOWNLOADED. ============================ ÆOR THE RECORD THEN ON COCOPIES AND TEXT FROM THE WEBSITE, THE LETTERS STOPPED, SO É NOW ENSURE É TRY TO CLEAR ALL TEXT AND PICTURES AND LOGOS WITH THE RELEVANT COPYRIGHT HOLDERS. É AM NOT GOING TO LIST THE COMPANIES INVOLVED AS THEY MAY CLAIM É AM TRYING TO START A VENDETTA AGOMPILE THE ISSUE. É CAN T BLAME COMPANIES FOR PROTECTING THEMSELVES THAT'S HOW THEY MAKE MONEY, UNFORTUNATELY É AM NOT MOTIVATED BY MONEY, É ENJOY HAVING FUN AND LIVING RATHER THAN THINKING ALL DAY ABOUT MONEY ÒEGARDS ÃOMMODORE ÆREE MAGAZINE ...END..TERS. ÉF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ÒETRO ÇAMER AND WANT TO SEE SOME INTERESTING ARTICLES, THE ÃÄ (WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH ÐÃ OR ÍAC) IS AVAILABLE FROM: WWW.RETROSURVIVAL.CO.UK Ñ. ÒETRO ÇAMER WAS PURCHASED BY ANOTHER PUBLISHER, HAVE YOU WRITTEN FOR THIS PUBUR READERS ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER MEMORIES. Á. ÍY EARLIEST COMPUTER EXPERIENCES WOULD BE PLAYING GAMES AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE ON HIS BIRTHDAY, ON HIS ÖÉÃ-20 AND ÂÂÃ (HE WAS A LUCKY KID). ÁS WE WERE LIVING NEAR ÇREAT ÙARMOUTH AT THE TIME, É ALSO STARTED TO PLA WORKING AND HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY THE GAMES - ÁRCADIA 64 (WITH DREADFUL FLICKERING SPRITES, AND IT TOOK 18 MINUTES TO LOAD!) AND 3Ä ÔIME ÔREK (WITHOUT A JOYSTICK). Ñ. ×HAT MACHINES DO YOU OWN? Á. É STILL HAVE THAT ORIGINAL Ã64, A COUPLE OF Ã64Ã'S AND MAGAZINES. Á. ×ELL, BACK IN 1993 É STARTED WRITING A TECHNICAL COLUMN FOR ÃOMMODORE ÆORCE AS "ÐROFESSOR ÂRIAN ÓTRAIN", OR ÔHE ÍIGHTY ÂRIAN. ÔHAT WAS A CARICATURE BASED ON A REAL PHOTO OF ME. ×HEN ÃOMMODORE ÆORCE CLOSED, É WROTE FOR ITS RIVAL ÃOMMODOREROTE. Á. ×ELL, THE FIRST ONE WAS SENT IN ON SPEC, AND PRINTED SO É GUESS YOU COULD SAY É WAS LUCKY! ÔHAT WAS ÔÈÅ ÒÅÔÒÏ ÒÙÄÅÒ ÃÕÐ, LOOKING AT GOLF GAMES THROUGH THE YEARS. ÏN A ÃOMMODORE THEME É WROTE ABOUT CARTRIDGES AND THE ÃOMMODORE 128. É CONTRIBUTED ICH É'VE UNFORTUNATELY BEEN DRAGGED INTO SEVERAL TIMES WITH MY MAGAZINE WORK) AND THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF THE FREELANCERS BEING PAID BACK WITH THE BANKS AND OTHER COMPANIES OWED SO MUCH. ÉNSTEAD, THE FREELANCERS GOT TOGETHER TO CREATE THE ÒETRO ÓURVIVAL Ã YOU ENLIGHTEN OUR READERS? Á. ÔHIS IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOW-UP TO A ÓPECTRUM BOOK THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN ÄECEMBER 2006. É APPROACHED THE AUTHOR OF THAT BOOK, ÁNDREW ÒOLLINGS, THE PREVIOUS YEAR ABOUT DOING A ÃOMMODORE 64 VERSION AND HE AGREED. ÂUT WITH 2006 B93-1994, AND FROM 1995 ONWARDS). ÅACH YEAR HAS A SHORT INTRODUCTION AND A FAMOUS LOADING SCREEN FROM THAT YEAR, BEFORE EACH GAME GETS A FULL PAGE REVIEW WITH SCREENSHOTS, TRIVIA ABOUT THE GAME OR THE PROGRAMMER AND A DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT PLAYS. ×ITH OVEITH ÐAYÐAL OR CREDIT CARD VIA THE WEBSITE - HTTP://C64GOLDENYEARS.COM. ÔHE CURRENT PLAN IS TO GET THE BOOK FINISHED AND PRINTED, READY FOR SALE IN SUMMER 2007. ÓORRY É CAN'T BE MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS THAT WILL AFFECT H LISHER? Á. ÙES, ÉMAGINE ÐUBLISHING STEPPED IN WITH NEW EDITOR ÄARRAN ÊONES TAKING THE HELM (HE HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON GAMESÔÍ'S RETRO SECTION). É HAD WORK IN THE FIRST FEW ISSUES Ö INTERVIEWS WITH ÓHAUN ÓOUTHERN AND ÁNDREW ÍORRIS, PLUS Ã64 ARTIST ÓTEPCE BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE ARE DOWNSIDES - LIKE NOT BEING PAID, TIGHT DEADLINES AND TRYING TO FIND AN OUTLET FOR THE WORK. Ñ. ÉF OUR READERS WANTED TO BREAK INTO WRITING FOR A CAREER, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST? Á. ÔHE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO WRITE AS MUE GOOD FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU WRITE, TRY APPROACHING EDITORS WITH IDEAS. ÒEJECTION IS TOUGH AT FIRST, BUT KEEP AT IT. ÔHE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO MAKE SURE YOU READ A LOT AND WRITE A LOT; OVER TIME YOUR WORK WILL GET BETTER. Ñ. ÄO YOU HAVE ANY FAVOURICENTLY É'VE BEEN HOOKED ON THE ÄÓ PUZZLE GAME ÍETEOS, ÎINTENDOGS AND THE TWO ÌEGO ÓTAR ×ARS GAMES FOR ØBOX. Ñ. ÔELL US ABOUT ÐÏÌ, HOW WERE YOU INVOLVED AND WHAT ÐÏÌ IS? Á. ÐEOPLE OF ÌIBERTY IS A GROUP FORMED BY ÊOERG ÄROEGE, A ÇERMAN Ã64 FAN. ÈE WAS LON THE MID-90'S AND THEN RELEASED A LOT OF MY OWN DEMOS UNDER THAT GROUP. É WAS ALSO INVITED TO JOIN ÒÏÌÅ BACK IN 2002/3, WRITING MUSIC AND TEXT FOR THEM. Ñ. ÙOU WRITE MUSIC, IS THIS ALL "ÓÉÄ" MUSIC? Á. ÙES, THE MAJORITY É HAVE WRITTEN HAS BEEN ON THE ÃR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS É'VE ALSO DONE A BIT OF REMIXING ON THE ÐÃ, TAKING MY ÓÉÄ TUNES AND TURNING THEM INTO MUSIC FOR ÏVINE BY ÄESIGN OR RELEASING IT ON REMIX.KWED.ORG Ñ. ÃAN OUR READERS LISTEN TO SOME OF YOUR MUSIC, AND WHERE WOULD OUR READER NEED WAYS TO LISTEN TO IT ON ÐÃ OR ÍAC. ÁLTERNATIVELY, A LOT OF THE TUNES ARE AT: HTTP://WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/ANDREWRFISHER / IN MY OLD WEBSITE CALLED "ÍERMAN'S ËINGDOM" Ñ. ÁT HTTP://C64GOLDENYEARS.COM/ YOU HAVE ANNOUNCED A BOOK LOOKING AT GAMING HISTORY, CAN EING A BUSY YEAR FOR ME, É DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO WORK ON IT. ÂUT A NEW YEAR PROVED THE PERFECT STIMULUS TO GET ME TO START IT UP AGAIN. ÔHE BASIC FORMAT OF THE BOOK IS THAT IT IS SPLIT INTO CHAPTERS EACH COVERING YEAR (WITH SMALLER CHAPTERS COVERING 19R 200 GAMES CHOSEN TO BE IN IT (AND MANY FAVOURITES HAVING TO BE LEFT OUT TO FIT IT ALL IN) THERE IS A LOT OF READING. Ñ. ÈOW WOULD OUR READER ORDER THIS BOOK - WHEN WILL IT BE AVAILABLE AND WHAT IS THE INTENDED PRINT RUN? Á. ÐRE-ORDERING CAN BE DONE WOW LONG IT TAKES. ÔHE FINAL NUMBER TO BE PRINTED HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED, BUT THE NATURE OF THE BOOK MEANS IT WILL BE A LIMITED AMOUNT. Ñ. ×HO IS THE PUBLISHER OF THIS BOOK AND WILL IT BE AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER IN OUR LOCAL BOOK SHOP? Á. ÐUBLISHING ISHEN ÒOBERTSON (KNOWN AS ÓÉÒ). ÔHEN THERE WAS MY BIGGEST ARTICLE EVER, A LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF ÇREMLIN ÇRAPHICS. ÈOPEFULLY É WILL HAVE MORE IN THE MAGAZINE SOON. Ñ. ÙOU WORK FREELANCE, HAS THIS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE? Á. ÙES, THE FREEDOM IS QUITE NICH AS YOU CAN - IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO GAMES REVIEWS, FIND A WEBSITE THAT IS LOOKING FOR REVIEWERS AND VOLUNTEER. (É'M CURRENTLY WRITING REVIEWS FOR A SITE CALLED ÃONSOLE ÏBSESSION, FOR EXAMPLE.) ÏNCE YOU'VE BUILT UP A FEW CONTACTS LIKE THAT AND GOT SOMTE SOFTWARE? Á. ÉN TERMS OF GAMES, MY FAVOURITES ON THE Ã64 INCLUDE ÔHE ÓENTINEL, ×IZBALL, ÐARADROID, ÉMPOSSIBLE ÍISSION AND ÐOGO ÊOE. ÏN OTHER MACHINES É TEND TO PLAY A LOT OF SPORTS GAMES, LIKE THE ÔONY ÈAWK SERIES AND ÁMERICAN ÆOOTBALL GAMES. ÊUST REOKING FOR CONTACTS TO HELP HIM WITH HIS DISK MAGAZINE AND É VOLUNTEERED. ÉT'S AMAZING TO THINK THAT IS NEARLY SEVEN YEARS AGO. Ñ. ÄO YOU BELONG TO OTHER GROUPS? Á. ÙES, É'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF TWO OTHER GROUPS. É FIRST JOINED THE ÉRISH GROUP ÏZONE BACK I64. É USED PROGRAMMES LIKE ÄUTCH ÕÓÁ ÔEAM'S ÍUSIC ÁSSEMBLER,ÃOSINE'S ÅLECTRONIC ÍUSIC ÓYSTEM (ÅÍÓ) AND ÄÍÃ V4 (ÄEMO ÍUSIC ÃREATOR). É STARTED OUT DOING A LOT OF COVERS FROM SHEET MUSIC, BUT THEN ×ARREN ÐILKINGTON PERSUADED ME TO TRY WRITING MY OWN. ÏVE TO LOOK? Á. ÔHE VAST MAJORITY OF MY ÓÉÄ TUNES ARE IN THE ÈIGH ÖOLTAGE ÓÉÄ ÃOLLECTION AT WWW.HVSC.C64.ORG. ÉF YOU ALREADY HAVE THE LATEST UPDATE, IT'S AT /ÍÕÓÉÃÉÁÎÓ/Í/ÍERMAN (IN OLDER EDITIONS IT'S AT /ÖÁÒÉÏÕÓ/Í-Ò/ÍÅÒÍÁÎ). ÓÉÄÐLAY IS ONE OF THE EASIEST U "ÂITS AND ÐIECES" ×RITTEN OVER A 2 MONTH PERIOD ÈI EVERYONE, HERE IS ÌUKE ÌYNDE AGAIN WITH ANOTHER ARTICLE. ÉN KEEPING WITH TRADITION, É AM TYPING THIS ARTICLE ON A ÒEAL Ã64 USING ÍINI ÏFFICE 2 - SAVING IT DIRECTLY TO Ä64 DISK IMA ÁNYWAY, É LIKE TO DO MY TYPING THIS WAY MORE PREFERABLY! ÔHIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT ANYTHING Ã64 THAT COMES TO MIND, BECAUSE SO OFTEN WHEN WRITING ABOUT Ã64, É SAY TO MYSELF "É SHOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN ARTICLE." ÓO, THIS TEXT HERE, IS ABOUT THING BEING DONE BY ÈIIVE ÂOOKS, SET UP BY ÁNDREW ÒOLLINGS TO PRINT THE ÓPECTRUM BOOK. ÉT WON'T BE ON GENERAL SALE, BUT IT WILL HAVE AN ÉÓÂÎ NUMBER ALLOWING OVERSEAS READERS TO FIND IT. (ÐRINTING IS BEING DONE IN THE ÕNITED ÓTATES, AND THE BOOKS WILL BE SENT GREY... Ñ. ÄO YOU HAVE A SAMPLE PAGE OUR READERS COULD LOOK AT? Á. Á COUPLE OF SAMPLE PAGES ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THOSE ARE VERY EARLY PREVIEWS AND ÓUBJECT TO CHANGE. Ñ. ÄO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE? Á. É'M DOISLY, GOOD LUCK WITH ÃOMMODORE ÆREE, AND THE ONLY QUESTION É WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN ASKED IS "ÄO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WANTS A MILLION POUNDS?" ÃOMMODORE ÆREE ÄÏÈ GUILTY É PINCHED ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS Ö É SHOULD BE ASHAMED Ö ALTHOUGH ÙES É COULD USE THEAVE MISSED, OR FIND OUT SOME FASCINATING TRIVIA ABOUT THE GAMES AND MACHINES, THEN YOU NEED THIS BOOK. ÏR EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE GAMES IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN PICK UP AND FLICK THROUGH ×HEN YOU'RE BORED. Ñ. ÔHANKS FOR YOUR TIME. ÈOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ONG É WOULD CONSIDER A GREAT IDEA WOULD BE LIKE A PORTABLE ÍÐ3 PLAYER THAT PLAYS ÓÉÄ FILES. ÔHAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE MUSIC HARDWARE FOR ME. ÉMAGINE WALKING AROUND THE STREETS WITH A MINIATURE DEVICE THAT CONTAINS OVER 33000 ÓÉÄ TUNES. ÉT WOULD BE GREAT. BASIC KIND OF SOUND LIKE A TELEPHONE RING NOW AND AGAIN! ÓÉÄ MUSIC AS A RINGTONE, THAT SOUNDS A GOOD IDEA, AND IT IS EVEN BEING DONE NOW. ÅVEN SOME ÃÄ'S É HAVE, SOMETIMES MAKE ME THINK THE PHONE IS RINGING. ÉT WAS FUNNY READING THAT COMMENT, BECAUSE ITND $25ÁÕ. ÔHAT'S PRETTY GOOD, SOMETIMES YOU GET IT FOR LESS THAN THAT - POSTAGE ENDS UP BEING AROUND $15ÁÕ. ×HENEVER A Ã64 SYSTEM IS ADVERTISED WITH A DISK DRIVE, IT GOES ABOVE $100ÁÕ. É CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS CRAP, BECAUSE DISK DRIVES ARE SO UNRELIABLE. THEY BECOME "FANATICAL" ABOUT IT ALL, WHETHER IT BE Ã64 OR EVEN SOMETHING LIKE RELIGION. ÌET'S FACE IT, Ã64 HARDWARE IS NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER - AND DUE TO IT'S AGE, IT SHOULD GET CHEAPER AND CHEAPER EVERY YEAR. ÉT IS NOT A COLLECTABLE LIKE ANTIQUES GE, AND THEN CONVERTING IT TO ÐÃ TEXT (.TXT) USING THE ÐRINTER ÅMULATION IN ×INÖICE! ÔHAT WAY, É MAKE IT EASY ON ÎIGEL ;) ÓO WHILE THE TEXT IS AUTHENTIC AND REAL, THE REST OF THE PROCESS INVOLVES THE ÐÃ! ÙES, ÐÃ IS VERY HANDY FOR ALL THE FAKE STUFF... S É FORGET TO TALK ABOUT -WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED HERE, AS É GIVE A BIT OF TIME (A MONTH AND MORE) FOR UPDATED IDEAS AND BRAINSTORMING TO COME THROUGH, BEFORE YOU SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT - AS YOU WILL BE READING IT (NOW) UPON COMPLETION. ÆIRST THINFROM THERE). Ñ. ÔHIS IS A FOLLOW-ON BOOK; WOULD OUR READERS NEED BOTH BOOKS? Á. ÎO, IT WILL STAND ON ITS OWN AS IT IS ABOUT ÃOMMODORE GAMES. ÔHE LAYOUT AND LOOK OF THE BOOK WILL BE BROADLY SIMILAR... BUT IT WILL HAVE BETTER GRAPHICS AND MORE SHADES OF NG MORE WORK ON MY WEBSITE, WWW.SEUCKVAULT.CO.UK É'M WRITING MORE STUFF FOR ÒETRO ÇAMER. ÁND LONG TERM THERE COULD BE MORE BOOKS, DEPENDING ON HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS ONE IS. Ñ. ÁNY QUESTION YOU WISHED YOU HAD BEEN ASKED? Á. ÈEY, THAT'S MY QUESTION! ÓERIOU ÍILLION ÐOUNDS É THINK IT WOULD COME IN HANDY Ñ. ×OULD YOU LIKE TO PLUG THE BOOK AGAIN TO OUR READERS - WHY SHOULD OUR READERS PURCHASE THIS BOOK? Á. ÉF YOU ARE A ÃOMMODORE 64 FAN WHO WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE GREAT GAMES, DISCOVER GAMES THEY MAY Hj THE OPPOSITE END OF THE INTERVIEW? :-) Á. ÉT MAKES A CHANGE TO BE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS! ...END... EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE GAMES IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN PICK UP AND FLICK THROUGH ×HEN YOU'RE BORED. Ñ. ÔHANKS FOR YOUR TIME. ÈOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ON ÉT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE É READ SOMEWHERE (FORGET WHERE) ABOUT SOMEONE PLAYING ÓÉÄ MUSIC, AND EVERYONE AROUND THEM THINKING THEIR MOBILE PHONE IS RINGING. ÂEFORE MY LATEST PHONE, IT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE É GUESS THE ÓÉÄ CHIP HAS THAT IS SO TRUE. É THINK THE COMPOSER ÓMALLTOWN ÂOY MADE THAT REMARK SOMEWHERE. ÏH, ÒANDALL! ÎEXT, É REALLY WONDER ABOUT ÅÂAY. ÉF YOU DON'T KNOW, IT IS AN ÉNTERNET AUCTION SITE. ÉN ÁUSTRALIA, YOU USUALLY PICK UP A Ã64 KEYBOARD AND ÐOWER ÓUPPLY FOR AROU É DON'T KNOW HOW TO SERVICE THEM, SO É AM MORE THAN HAPPY WITH MY 1541 EMULATION ÐÃ SYSTEM. ÔHERE ARE ALSO RARE ODD Ã64 HARDWARE THAT GOES FOR OVER $100ÁÕ, ONCE AGAIN - RIDICULOUS AS FAR AS É AM CONCERNED. É THINK THERE IS A LEVEL PEOPLE REACH WHEN - COMPUTERS HAVE NEVER BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A COLLECTABLE IN THE STRICT ANTIQUE SENSE OF THE WORD. É THINK Ã64 IS A HOBBY FOR MOST OF US. ÅNOUGH ABOUT ALL THAT, É LOVE Ã64. É AM NOT SAYING Ã64 IS CRAP, É JUST SAY THAT FROM ANTIQUE COLLECTOR THEORIES - EAN, A PIECE OF FURNITURE FROM THE 1800'S IS A DIFFERENT THING ENTIRELY! ÔHE Ã64 IS A GREAT COMPUTER, THAT É WILL ALWAYS LOVE. ÎOT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE IN THE SCENE, AS ALOT OF THEM ARE RUDE AND ABUSIVE TOWARDS OTHERS. ÂECAUSE OF THE GAMES AND MAGAZINEY ARE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING Ã64 AND PRETEND TO BE ÇOD. ÔHE SCENE IS SOMETHING THAT EVOLVED OVER THE DECADES, BRING A MIXTURE OF JOY AND IRRITATION TO ALL INVOLVED. ÊOYSTIX? ÙES, É DID A ÐÄÆ MAG ALSO, IT IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM ÃÓÄÂ. ÔHE MPLE IN DESIGN, BUT MORE POLISHED THAN ÉSSUE 1. ÉSSUE 3? É DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, É THINK É WILL DO IT, BUT... É NEED ÉNSPIRATION, AND UNTIL THEN, É WILL LEAVE IT FOR A WHILE. ÉF MORE PEOPLE DOWNLOAD ÉSSUE 2, É WILL DO ANOTHER ONE - IF NOT, WHAT IS THE PLY GOING TO REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL - AND IT CAN GO NO FURTHER. É STILL USE ÐÃ ÅMULATORS, AS MOST DO, EVEN THOUGH É HAVE SOME REAL Ã64'S. ÃOMPARING AN ÅMULATOR TO THE ÒEAL THING, MIGHT BE LIKE COMPARING A CHEAP COPY OF THE ÍONA ÌISA PAINTING TO THE ORIGIHOPE THE READERS OF THIS ÃOMMODORE ÆREE ÐUBLICATION FIND IT AS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, IN THE WILDERNESS COMPRISED OF MANY DIFFERENT AROMAS. ÍY FIRST AND MAJOR THOUGHTS ABOUT ÃOMMODORE ÆREE ÐÄÆ IS: THIS IS INFORMATIVE AND WELL PRESENTED, É HOPE IT CONTINU ÄISKÉMAGERY64 Á DRAG & DROP ÄISK ÉMAGE ÅDITOR FOR ÃOMMODORE 64 Ä64 ÉMAGES ×RITTEN BY ÃHRISTIAN ÖOGELGSANG UNDER THE ÇÎÕ ÐUBLIC ÌICENSE Ö2 ÏFFICIAL ÐAGE IS: HTTP://WWW.LALLAFA.DE/BLOG ÄISKÉMAGERY64 ÉNTRODUCN MY ÍAC. ×ORKING THIS WAY GETS CUMBERSOME IF YOU ARRANGE NEW IMAGES FROM A LARGE COLLECTION OF OTHER IMAGES OR IF YOU WANT TO HAND-CRAFT AN IMAGE WITH MANY FILES FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES. ÆOR THIS TASK É WROTE ÄISKÉMAGERY64... ÄISKÉMAGERY64 IS A ÇÕÉ APPLIAG FILES TO AN IMAGE AND VICE VERSA. ÉNSTALLATION ÄISKÉMAGERY64 IS WRITTEN WITH THE PORTABLE ÑT-LIBRARY (WWW.TROLLTECH.COM) AND IS OPEN SOURCE UNDER THE ÇÎÕ ÐUBLIC ÌICENSE Ö2. ÙOU CAN EITHER DOWNLOAD THE SOURCE CODE OR A COMPILED BINARY. ÔHE SOURCE COMPTTEN BY ÐER ÏLOFSSON. ÆOR YOUR CONVENIENCE THE SOURCE CODE IS INCLUDED IN THIS SOURCE DISTRIBUTION, BUT YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE SOURCE WITH DOCUMENTATION ON ÐER'S OFFICIAL "DISKIMAGE"-ÐAGE: HTTP://WWW.PARADROID.NET/DISKIMAGE/ DISKIMAGE - Ä64/Ä71/Ä81 LIBRARELECTRONICS ARE NOT REALLY INCLUDED. ÅXCLUDING ANTIQUE REFERENCES, IT IS STILL UP TO DEBATE HOW COLLECTABLE ELECTRONICS ARE - IF AT ALL. É TELL PEOPLE É COLLECT Ã64 STUFF, BUT É THINK IT WOULD BE ERRONEOUS TO SAY THEY ARE COLLECTORS ITEMS THEMSELVES. É ME PUBLICATIONS? ÃERTAINLY. ÔHE NOSTALGIA PLAYS A BIG PART IN IT ALL TOO, WHEN YOU GROW UP WITH SOMETHING - SOMETIMES YOU NEVER WANT TO LET THAT SOMETHING GO. ÔHE SCENE? ×ELL É HATE THE ARROGANCE OF RECENT DISK MAGAZINES, FOR SURE, AND PEOPLE WHO THINK THRE ARE 2 ISSUES, THE FIRST ISSUE WAS A REALLY BAD RUSH JOB - BUT THE TEXT WAS OKAY. ÉN ÉSSUE 2 É MADE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKED NICE AND ALIGNED, AND THAT THE SCREENSHOTS WERE WITH BETTER PALETTE, ETC. É LIKE BLACK TEXT ON A GREY BACKGROUND. ÉSSUE 2 WAS SIOINT? ÈO, HUM. Ã64 EMULATION ON THE ÐÃ IS PRETTY GOOD AT THE MOMENT, É GUESS. ÂUT YOU CAN NEVER COMPARE IT TO REAL Ã64. É WROTE AN ARTICLE ON ÅMULATION IN ÃOMMODORE ÆREE #4. ÏBVIOUSLY AN ÅMULATOR IS NOT USING THE REAL HARDWARE OF A Ã64, SO IT IS ONNAL. ÉN SOME WAYS IT MAY LOOK THE SAME, BUT THE FINAL PRODUCT AND OUTCOME IS DIFFERENT. ÃOMMODORE ÆREE ON A .D64 FILE? ÙES, AND EVEN COMPATIBLE WITH 64HDD - BECAUSE OF NO FAST LOAD ROUTINES. ÓO READ THIS MAG ALSO ON A ÒEAL Ã64! ÇOOD WORK, ÎIGEL! É ùUES ON AND ON! ÁS YOU MAY KNOW, THERE AREN'T MANY MODERN ÅNGLISH ÐÄÆS DEDICATED TO ÃOMMODORE?ÁNYWAY, THIS IS THE END FOR NOW, É WILL CATCH YOU AROUND IN ANOTHER ARTICLE SOME TIME. ÃÕÌ8Ò ÓË8Ò È8Ò! ZZZ ÔHANKS ÌUKE ÒEGARD ÃOMMODORE ÆREE ...END... CONTINTION ÉF YOU ARE A Ã64-ADDICT THEN YOU USUALLY LIKE TO SETUP OWN DISK IMAGES WITH NEW SOFTWARE OR WITH NEW ARRANGEMENTS OF EXISTING COLLECTIONS. É OFTEN USE THE GREAT "C1541" COMMAND LINE TOOL OF ÖÉÃÅ, (WWW.VICETEAM.ORG) TO CREATE AND MODIFY DISK IMAGES OCATION THAT ALLOWS TO QUICKLY VIEW AND EDIT ALARGE SET OF DISK IMAGES AND ALLOWS TO COPY OR MOVE FILES BY SIMPLE DRAGGING THEM FROM ONE IMAGE TO THE OTHER. ÆURTHERMORE, A FILE BROWSER ALLOWS ACCESS TO YOUR LOCAL FILE SYSTEM AND FROM THERE YOU CAN ALSO DR ILES ON ALL ÑT-PLATFORMS:ÍAC, ÌINUX/ÕNIX WITH Ø11, AND ×INDOWS. ÓIMPLY CALL "QMAKE" AND "MAKE" IN THE SOURCE TREE TO BUILD IT. ÍAKE SURE TO USE AT LEAST ÖERSION 4.2.X OF ÑT. ÆOR THE LOW-LEVEL DISK IMAGE É/Ï ÄISKÉMAGERY64 USES THE "DISKIMAGE" LIBRARY WRI Y ÃOPYRIGHT (C) 2003-2006, ÐER ÏLOFSSON ÁLL RIGHTS RESERVED. ÆONTS ÆOR AUTHENTIC REPRODUCTION OF FILE NAMES IN DISK IMAGES, ÄISKÉMAGERY64 USES TWO FONTS: ÃÂÍ AND ÃÂÍÓHIFT FOR THE UNSHIFTED AND SHIFTED COMMODORE CHAR SET.ÉN THIS DISTRIBUTION YOU FIND BOTÌINUX USERS CAN USE THE PROVIDED ÃÂÍ.TTF AND ÃÂÍÓHIFT.TTF FILES. ÔHE FONTS WERE NOT CREATED TOTALLY BY MYSELF. É HAD A SCALABLE COMMODOREÔRUEÔYPE FONT LYING AROUND ON ON MY HARD DISK AND É USED IT AS A STARTING POINT. ÔHE EXISTING FONT TOLD ME ITS ORIGISENT. ÆURTHERMORE, THIS REQUIRES TO HAVE TWO FONTS: ONE FOR UNSHIFTED AND ONE FOR THE SHIFTED COMMODORE CHAR SET. É CREATED THE TWO NEW FONTS ÃÂÍ AND ÃÂÍÓHIFT WITH A "ÕNICODE" ÔRUEÔYPE MAPPING BUT WITH EACH PETSCII CHARACTER AT THE CORRECT HEX POSITION. TORY. ÉF YOU FIND ANY ERRORS THEN PLEASE SEND ME YOUR FIXES! ÔHE FONTS ARE ÎÏÔ SUITABLE TO USE THEM AS A REPLACEMENT FOR ANY OTHER UNICODEFONT AS THE EMBEDDED MAPPING IS CALLED UNICODE BUT PETSCII ACTUALLY. ÎEVERTHELESS, THEY ARE PERFECTLY SUITED TO DIR IS LAUNCHED WITH A DISK IMAGE THEN AN ÉMAGE ÂROWSER WINDOWOPENS AND SHOWS THE DIRECTORY OF THE IMAGE. ÉF NO IMAGE IS GIVEN THEN THE ÆILE ÂROWSER WINDOW OPENS. 2. ÉMAGE ÂROWSER ÁN ÉMAGE ÂROWSER WINDOWS SHOWS THE CONTENTS OF A DISK IMAGES. ÙOU CAN OPEN AER WITH AN ALREADY EXISTING IMAGE. ÙOU CAN CHANGE THE DISK NAME AND ID BY FORMATTING THE IMAGE WITH THE"ÔOOLS/ÆORMAT ÄISK" COMMAND. ÅNTER A NEW DISK NAME AND ID IN THE DIALOG. ÔHIS WILL ALSO ERASE ALL FILES ON THE DISK. Á DISK IMAGE IS ALTERED BY COPYI IS COPIED ONTO THE IMAGE. ÆILES ON A DISK IMAGE CAN BE ALTERED WITH THE COMMON "ÃUT", "ÃOPY", "ÐASTE"AND "ÄELETE" COMMANDS FOUND IN THE "ÅDIT" MENU. ÆIRST SELECT ONE OR MORE OFTHEM AND ISSUE A COMMAND. ÉF A DISK IMAGE IS MODIFIED THE CHANGES ARE AT FIOSES THE CURRENT IMAGE BROWSER. ÔHE IMAGE IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY SAVED ONTO DISK IN THIS CASE. ÔHE APPLICATIONS WARNS YOU IF YOU WANT TO CLOSE AN UNSAVED IMAGE. ÉF THE LAST BROWSER IN ÄISKÉMAGERY64 IS CLOSED THEN THE APPLICATION QUITS. 3. ÆILE ÂROWSER ÔHE OWN IN THE BROWSER. ÆURTHERMORE, THE ROOT OF THE SHOWN FILE TREE CAN BE ENTERED IN THE TOP LINE EDIT FIELD. ÓIMPLY ENTER A VALID PATH THERE AND PRESS ENTER. ÁDDITIONALLY, A CLICK ON THE DIRECTORY ICON LETS YOU SELECT THE ROOT DIRECTORY IN A FILE DIALOG. ÓELECT A SINGLE OR MULTIPLE FILES IN THE FILE BROWSER AND DRAG THEM ONTO ADISK IMAGE TO COPY THEM THERE. ÔHE FILE NAMES ARE AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTED FROM ÕNICODE TO ÐETSCII. ÁDDITIONALLY, KNOWN EXTENSIONS LIKE ".PRG", ".DEL", ...ARE AUTOMATICALLY STRIPPEH OF THEM AS SCALABLE ÔRUEÔYPE FONTS. ÉNSTALLTHEM ON YOUR SYSTEM BEFORE RUNNING ÄISKÉMAGERY64. ÍAC USERS SIMPLY DOUBLE-CLICK ON THE ÃÂÍ.DFONT AND ÃÂÍÓHIFT.DFONT FILES ANDSELECT "ÉNSTALL" IN THE ÆONT ÍANAGER TO INSTALL THEM ON THEIR SYSTEMS. ×INDOWS AND NS IN THE HEADER: BASED ON A FONT BYÄEVIN Ä. ÃOOK WITH FIXES FROM ÃHRIS ÍCÂRIDE. É LOADED THIS FONT IN THE GREAT FREE FONT EDITOR ÆONTÆORGE(HTTP://FONTFORGE.SF.NET/) AND STARTED FIXING IT AGAIN: É WANTED A ONE-TO-ONE PETSCII MAPPING AND THAT WAS NOT PREÔHE CHARACTERS WERE COPIED FROM THE OTHER ÔRUEÔYPE FONT AND MISSING CHARACTERS WERE DRAWN BYMYSELF. É HOPE THE MAPPING OF ALL PETSCII CHARACTERS IS CORRECT NOW. ÆOR REFERENCE ÉHAVE PROVIDED THE EDITABLE ÆONT ÆORGE FONT (*.SFD) FILES IN THE "FONTS" DIRECECTLY PRINT PETSCII STRINGS. ÕSAGE 1. ÓTARTUP ÔHERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO LAUNCH ÄISKÉMAGERY64: - ÄOUBLE-CLICK ON THE APPLICATION ICON - ÄOUBLE-CLICK ON A *.D64 IMAGE FILE (ON ÍACS) - ÄRAG A *.D64 IMAGE FILE ONTO THE APPLICATION ICON ÉF ÄISKÉMAGERY64S MANY IMAGE BROWSERS AS YOU LIKE. ÙOU CAN CREATE A NEW DISK IMAGE WITH THE "ÆILE/ÎEW ÉMAGE" MENU COMMAND. Á NEW AND EMPTY IMAGE BROWSER IS OPENED. ÔHE NEW DISK IMAGE IS EMPTY AND HAS A DEFAULT DISK NAME AND ID. "ÆILE/ÏPEN ÉMAGE" OPENS A NEW IMAGE BROWSNG FILES FROM AND TO THE DIRECTORY SHOWN INTHE CORRESPONDING IMAGE BROWSER. ÓIMPLY SELECT ONE OR MORE FILES IN ONE DISK IMAGE AND DRAG-AND-DROP THEM TO ANOTHER IMAGE. ÉT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO DRAG FILES FROM THE ÆILE ÂROWSER TO THE IMAGE. ÔHEN A LOCAL FILERST ONLY PERFORMED IN MEMORY.ÙOU NEED TO SAVE YOUR IMAGE TO DISK TO MAKE THE CHANGES PERMANENTLY. ÅITHERSELECT "ÆILE/ÓAVE" TO SAVE THE IMAGE WITH THE ALREADY GIVEN NAME OR USE"ÆILE/ÓAVE AS..." TO SAVE A COPY OR A CURRENTLY UNSAVED IMAGE. "ÆILE/ÃLOSE" CL ÆILE ÂROWSER SHOWS YOU A DIRECTORY OF YOUR MACHINE'S FILE SYSTEM. ÔHEBROWSER IS USED AS A DRAG SOURCE OR A DROP TARGET IF YOU WANT TO MOVE LOCAL FILES TO OR FROM A DISK IMAGE. ÙOU CAN BROWSE YOUR FILE SYSTEM BY OPENING AND CLOSING THE TREE HIERARCHY SH D FOR THE ÐETSCII NAME AND CONVERTED INTO THE CORRESPONDING ÃÂÍ FILE TYPE. ÔHE TRANSFER OF FILES FROM A DISK IMAGE TO THE LOCAL FILE SYSTEM WORKS SIMILAR: ÓIMPLY SELECT ONE OR MORE FILES IN THE IMAGE BROWSER AND DRAG THEM ONTO A DIRECTORY IN THE FILE BRMAGE. "ÆORMAT ÉMAGE" ALLOWS TO COMPLETELY FORMAT THE VIRTUAL DISK. ÅNTER THE NEW NAME AND DISK ID. "ÁDD ÓEPARATOR" IS USED TO ADD A SEPARATOR SPECIAL FILE TO THE CURRENT DISK IMAGE. Á SEPARATOR FILE IS USUALLY EMPTY AND ONLY USED IN THE DIRECTORY LISTINLATOR TO MOUNT AN OPENED IMAGE. ÕSE THE PREFERENCES TO SETUP YOUR EMULATOR. ÔHE "ÍOUNT ÉMAGE" COMMAND MOUNTS/ATTACHES THE DISK IMAGE TO A VIRTUAL DRIVE IN YOUR EMULATOR AND LAUNCHES THE PROGRAM. "ÒUN ÐROGRAM" ALLOWS TO RUN THE SELECTED DISK ENTRY INSIDE ETHERNET. ÆOR THE Ã64 A POPULAR NETWORK ADAPTER IS THE ÒÒ-ÎET, A 10 ÍÂIT ÎÉÃ MOUNTED ON THE ÒETRO-ÒEPLAY CARTIDGE (AVAILABLE FROM ÉNDIVIDUAL ÃOMPUTERS HTTP://AMI.GA) WHICH IS AN ÁCTION ÒEPLAY CLONE. ÔO SET UP YOUR NETWORK, É SUGGEST TO USE A CROSS-CABLETABLE FOR THE ÒETRO-ÒEPLAY AND AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.OXYRON.DE/HTML/FREPLAY.HTML . ÓETUP THE CORRECT ÉÐ ADDRESSES FOR THE Ã64 AND YOUR ÍAC IN THE ÒÏÍ WITH THE DELIVERD TOOL AND FLASH THE IMAGE ON YOUR CARTIDGE. ÆINALLY STORE BOTH ÉÐ ADDRESSES IN ÄISKÉMILL MEMORY, DOWNLOAD DATA DIRECTLY TO Ã64 MEMORY, JUMP TO MEMORY OR RUN A PROGRAM. ÔHIS IS ALL IMPLEMENTED IN ÄISKÉMAGERY64 BUT CURRENTLY ONLY USED TO DOWNLOAD A ÐÒÇ AND RUN IT. ÉN ÄISKÉMAGER64 SIMPLY SELECT A PROGRAM FILE IN A DISK IMAGE OR A LOCAL FDEVICE ID 6. ÓO A "ÌÏÁÄ "$",6" ON YOUR Ã64 WILL LOAD THE DIRECTORY FROM THE NETWORK DRIVE. ÉN ÄISKÉMAGERY64 YOU CAN CREATE A NETWORK DRIVE FROM EVERY DISK IMAGE OR SELECTION OF FILES (ALSO LOCAL ONES) BY SELECTING "ÎETWORK/ÓHARE ÆILES IN ÎETÄRIVE". ÔHSED BY CUSTOM ROUTINES. ËERNAL LOADING IS OFTEN REQUIRED NOWADAYS (E.G. ON ÉÄÅ64, ÄREAMLOAD ON ÍÍÃ64,...), SO MANY MULTI-FILE PROGS ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE IN PATCHED VERSIONS. * ×ARPÃOPY64 SUPPORT (HTTP://WWW.OXYRON.DE/HTML/WC64.HTML). ×Ã64 IS A SERVER SE COPY DISK IMAGES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. ÙOU CAN THEN DIRECTLY TRANSFER A REAL DISK INTO A DISK IMAGE IN ÄISKÉMAGERY64 OR A DISK IMAGE BACK ONTO A REAL DISK. Á SLOW (MOST ÉÅÃ COMPATIBLE) MODE TAKING SEVERAL MINUTES PER SIDE AND A WARP MODE ONLY TAKING TENS OF SECONDS IS AVAILABLE. ÆIRST OF ALL ENTER ÃODEÎET BY PRESSING Æ6 IN ÔÆÒ. "ÎETWORK/×ARPÃOPY64/ÓTART ×ARPÃOPY" NOW TRANSFERS THE ×Ã64 SERVER PROGRAM TO YOUR Ã64 AND LAUNCHES IT. ÍAKE SURE TO HAVE THE CORRECT ÉÐ ADRESSES SELECTED IN PREFERENCES! ÙOOWSER. ÁGAIN, THE FILE NAMES ARE CONVERTED AUTOMATICALLY AND THE ÃÂÍ FILE TYPE IS ADDED AS A FILE EXTENSION. ÉNVALID CHARACTERS (":","/","\") ARE AUTOMATICALLY STRIPPED FROM THE NAME. 4. ÔOOLS ÔHE ÔOOLS ÍENU OFFERS SOME TOOLS WHILE WORKING WITH A DISK IG TO SEPARATE ENTRIES OR TO GROUP APPLICATION FILES. ÔHE ÁDD ÓEPARATORCOMMAND HAS ALREADY SOME PREDEFINED SEPARATOR STYLES AVAILABLE, BUT YOU CAN DESIGN YOUR OWN SEPARATOR (SEE ÐREFERENCES). 5. ÅMULATOR ÄISKÉMAGERY64 ALLOWS TO CALL YOUR FAVORITE Ã64 ÅMU YOUR EMULATOR. ÍAKE SURE TO HAVE A SINGLE PROGRAM SELECTED. ÔHE EMULATOR IS RUN AND THE DISK IMAGE NAME AND FILE NAME ON THE DISK IMAGE IS PASSED AS ARGUMENTS. 6. ÎETWORKING ÄISKÉMAGERY64 CAN DIRECTLY WORK WITH A REAL ÃOMMODORE 64 IF ITS CONNECTED VIA TO DIRECTLY CONNECT THE Ã=64 TO YOUR ÍAC. ÔHIS AVOIDS TRAFFIC FROM OTHER SOURCES THAT CAN DISTURB THE GOOD OLD 8-BITTER. ÆURTHERMORE, ÔHE ÆINAL ÒEPLAY ÒÏÍ (SHORT: ÔÆÒ) IMAGE IS REQUIRED TO USE ÃODEÎET OR ÎETÄRIVE FEATURES DESCRIBED BELOW. ÔHE ÒÏÍ IS SUIAGERY64'S PREFERENCES AND YOU ARE READY TO GO! ÔHE FOLLOWING NETWORK SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN ÄISKÉMAGERY64: * ÃODEÎET: ÐRESS Æ6 ON THE Ã64 WITH ÔÆÒ RUNNING TO ENTER ÃODEÎET MODE. ÉN THIS MODE THE Ã64 WAITS FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE NETWORK. ÙOU CAN FILE AND SELECT "ÎETWORK/ÒUN ÐROGRAM". ÔHE FILE IS DOWNLOADED IN A SECOND AND RUN ON THE REAL MACHINE. ÔHIS WORKS ONLY FOR ONE-FILERS AS LOADING OTHER FILES IS NOT SUPPORTED IN THIS MODE. * ÎETÄRIVE: ÔÆÒ ALLOWS TO ACCESS A "VIRTUAL" ÉÅÃ NETWORK DRIVE ON E ÎETÄRIVE ALLOWS TO USE MULTI-FILE-PROGRAMS AS A PROGRAM CAN LOAD DATA FILES FROM THE VIRTUAL DEVICE LATER ON. ÔHE PROGRAM MUST ONLY USE THE KERNAL LOAD ROUTINES (NO FASTLOADER, CUSTOM LOAD ROUTINES...) AS THE ÎETÄRIVE WORKS ON KERNAL LEVEL AND IS BYPAS PROGRAM RUNNING ON THE Ã64 AND A CLIENT ON A HOST (ÐÃ/ÍAC). ÎOW YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR Ã64-ATTACHED REAL DISK DRIVES (E.G. 1541) DIRECTLY VIA NETWORK FROM YOUR ÍAC. ÙOU CAN FORMAT A DISK, VERIFY A DISK, SEND DIRECT ÄÏÓ COMMANDS TO THE DRIVE AND OF COUR U CAN PICK "ÎETWORK/×ARPÃOPY64/ÒEAD ÄISK" TO TRANSFER A REAL DISK INTO A DISK IMAGE OF ÄISKÉMAGERY64. ÉF YOU HAVE A DISK IMAGE OPENED THEN THE "ÎETWORK/×ARPÃOPY64/×RITE ÄISK" COMMAND IS AVAILABLE AND TRANSFERS THE IMAGE DIRECTLY ONTO A REAL DISK. ...EU ÉNTERVIEW WITH ÈÏØÓ-PROJECT ÄAVID ÈORROCKS Ñ ÈELLO ÄAVID, AND THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ANSWER OUR FEW QUESTIONS. ÐERHAPS YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF FIRST? Á É AM ÄAVID ÈORROCKS AND É LIVE AND WORK IN ÅNGLAND, ÃHESHIRE AS A THE SURNAME OF THE AUTHOR?) AND WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR AIM? Á ÙES. ÔHE NAME ÈOXS COMES FROM MY SURNAME. É SOMETIMES WONDER IF É SHOULD HAVE COME UP WITH SOMETHING MORE SNAZZY BUT AT LEAST THE ORIGINALITY PRESENTED NO PROBLEMS GETTING A .COM DOMAIN NAME. ÔH O THROW TOGETHER A ÃÐÕ AND GRAPHICS EMULATION BASED ON THE PROGRAMMERS REFERENCE GUIDE. ÂUT THINGS WERE MORE COMPLEX AS É DELVED DEEP INTO THE INNER WORKING AND THEN THE PROJECT JUST GREW AND GREW. ÔHE ÃÐÕ EMULATION BEING THE FIRST PART TO BE DESIGNED WCK LOOKING FOR A NON EXISTENT ÖÉÃ GRAPHICS CHIP. ÔHAT WAS MY CUE TO BEGIN CODING THE ÖÉÃ EMULATION. ÉT WAS MAJOR MILESTONE JUST TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE ÈOXS64 COULD DISPLAY THE WORDS **** ÃÏÍÍÏÄÏÒÅ 64 ÂÁÓÉÃ Ö2 ***** AS EVERY Ã64 EMULATOR AUTHOR WITHER IN THE RIGHT WAY Ñ ×HY DO YOU THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR YET ANOTHER Ã64 ÅMULATOR FOR ×INDOWS? ×HAT CAN ÈÏØÓ DO THAT ×INÖICE OR ÃÃÓ64 CAN'T? Á ×ITH GOOD EMULATORS LIKE ÖICE AND ÃÃÓ IT IS TOUGH TO ARGUE THE NEED FOR A NEW EMULATOR. ÔHESE EMULATORS S RECENTLY BEEN ADDED. ÆÄÉ SUPPORT GIVES ÈOXS64 BETTER ACCESSIBILITY TO COPY PROTECTED DISKS. ÁS FAR AS É KNOW, ÈOXS64 IS THE ONLY Ã64 EMULATOR IN THE WORLD TO EMULATE CYCLE BASED SPRITE COLLISION AND THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN RUN ÅMU-ÆUXX0R PROTECTED SOFS PRESENT VERSION? Á ÈOXS64 IS AIMED AT ALL Ã64 USERS BOTH PROGRAMMERS AND GAMERS. É WILL ADMIT THAT UNTIL É REVAMP THE DEBUGGER THEN PROGRAMMERS ARE NOT AS WELL CATERED FOR AS COMPARED TO THE FULLY FEATURED DEBUGGER IN ×INÖICE. É AM NOT AWARE OF ANY LL WHICH RECENTLY GOT FIXED. ÔHIS GAME REQUIRED Ä64 CUSTOM TRACK FORMAT SUPPORT WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADDED TO THE DISK DRIVE EMULATION. ÉN MY HUMBLE OPINION THE Ã64 SIDE OF THE EMULATION HAS REACHED SUCH A HIGH LEVEL THAT NO LEGACY SOFTWARE SHOULD FAIL. ÉT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS AN INACCURACY IN THE Ã64 EMULATION OR 1541 DISK EMULATION THAT WILL CAUSE SOME SOFTWARE TO FAIL AND É WOULD BE HAPPY TO INSPECT SUCH SOFTWARE. Ñ ×HAT FIXES/ÕPDATES FOR ÈÏØÓ ARE WAITING FOR US IN THE IMMANENT FUND... ICK "ÎETWORK/×ARPÃOPY64/ÒEAD ÄISK" TO TRANSFER A REAL DISK INTO A DISK IMAGE OF ÄISKÉMAGERY64. ÉF YOU HAVE A DISK IMAGE OPENED THEN THE "ÎETWORK/×ARPÃOPY64/×RITE ÄISK" COMMAND IS AVAILABLE AND TRANSFERS THE IMAGE DIRECTLY ONTO A REAL DISK. ...E ÓOFTWARE ÅNGINEER. É CURRENTLY DESIGN AND MAINTAIN DATA MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS WHICH MAKES ÈOXS64 A VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROJECT TO WHAT É DO AT THE OFFICE Ñ ×HEN DID YOU START THE ÈÏØÓ-ÐROJECT (WE MAY ASSUME THAT THE NAME OF THE ÅMULATOR COMES FROME ÈOXS64 PROJECT STARTING DURING A PERIOD OF ANNUAL LEAVE EARLY IN ÊANUARY 2001. ÔHE INITIAL AIM WAS FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MADE A COMPUTER LIKE THE Ã64 TICK. É WAS INSPIRED BY SEEING OTHER EMULATORS AND É MISTAKENLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A QUICK JOB TAS QUIET TEDIOUS. ÔHERE WAS NO VISUAL RESULT FOR ME SEE HOW THINGS WERE PROGRESSING. ÔHE DISASSEMBLE WINDOW WAS A NECESSARY ITEM TO HELP VIEW THE PROGRESS OF THE ÃÐÕ. É REMEMBER GETTING THE ÃÐÕ TO EXECUTE THE INITIAL Ã64 ÒÏÍ BOOT CODE BUT WOULD GET STULL SURELY TESTIFY. Á LARGE AMOUNT OF WORK TAKES PLACE BEFORE THERE IS EVEN JUST ONE PIXEL DOT TO SHOW FOR. ÔHERE IS NO HALF WAY HOUSE TO SHOW. Ã64 SOFTWARE SIMPLY WILL NOT RUN WITH UNTIL YOU HAVE ALL OF A ÒÁÍ, ÒÏÍ, ÃÐÕ, ÖÉÃ AND ÃÉÁ EMULATION ALL PUT TOGEHAVE FEATURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY MISSING IN ÈOXS64 SUCH AS ÒÏÍ CARTRIDGE SUPPORT, MOUSE AND TAPE SEEK INTERFACE JUST TO MENTION SOME. ÂUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT ÈOXS64. ÖINCENT ÊOGUIN'S HTTP://WWW.OLDSKOOL.ORG/DISK2FDI/ ÆÄÉ SUPPORT HATWARE HTTP://WWW.BTINTERNET.COM/þHOXS64/ÐLUS HÄÅMU-ÆUXX0RÄÖ2.ZIP Ñ ÉS ÈÏØÓ RATHER ADRESSED TO THE "SKILLED-PROGRAMMER" THAN TO THE "QUICK-GAMER"? ÂECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL GAMES THAT DO NOT RUN ON THE EMULATOR - HOW COMPATIBLE DO YOU THINK IS ÈÏØÓ IN IT GAMES THAT DO NOT RUN IN ÈOXS64. ÉF ANYONE FINDS A GAME NOT WORKING THEN É WOULD BE HAPPY RECEIVE THE FILE IMAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE EMULATION. ÏCCASIONALLY A USER WILL MAIL A GAME THAT DOES NOT WORK. ÏNE SUCH EXAMPLE WAS ÍICROÌEAGUE ÂASEBA TURE? Á ÕPDATES FOR THE FUTURE HOPE TO INCLUDE A BETTER DEBUGGER, SPEED OPTIMISATION, TAPE SEEK AND SAVE. ÂUT THESE FEATURES ARE NOT IMMANENT AT PRESENT. ÔHE ONLY THING THAT CONTROLS PROGRESS IS HOW MUCH TIME É HAVE TO SPEND. ÑÉS IT PLANNED TO ESTABLISANK ÙOU" FOR THE INTERVIEW! ÒEGARDS ÄAVID ÈOXS64 IS A ÃOMMODORE 64 DIRECT Ø EMULATOR WRITTEN BY ÄAVID ÈORROCKS WITH THE HELP OF DOCUMENTS WRITTEN BY THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE. ÍANY THANKS TO: ÃHRISTIAN ÂAUER FOR THE ÖÉÃ-ÉÉ 6569 INFO. ÍARKO ÍAKELA FOR THE ÃU ÁN ÉNTERVIEW WITH ÒICHARD ÊOSEPH BY ÎEIL ÃARR ÄEFENDER ÏF THE ÃROWN, ÁNTIRAD, ÂARBARIAN AND MORE RECENTLY 11 TRACKS FOR A LEGO GAME. ÁLTHOUGH HE FOLLOWS A DIFFERENT LEAD WITH HIS COMPANY ÁUDIO ÉNTERACTIVE HE STILL WRITES MUSIC TO THI OURITE EVEN NOW. ÁLTHOUGH ÒOB'S WAS TECHNICALLY GROUNDBREAKING THERE'S MORE EMOTION IN ÍARTIN'S STUFF. ÖERY MUSICAL. Ñ ×HAT NON ÒICHARD ÊOSEPH SIDS DID YOU LIKE? Á ËNUCKLEBUSTERS - ÒOB È ÍARTIN ÇALWAY - ×IZBALL (AWESOME MUSIC ÁÎÄ FX. ÔHE WHOLE SOUNDTRAIT. ÂUT É STILL LOVE IT. ÁLSO, THERE WAS A COLLECTION OF GREAT TUNES WRITTEN FOR A GAME CALLED 'ÍONSTER ÍUSEUM' WHICH WAS NEVER RELEASED. ÁNNOYING REALLY, É WAS JUST STARTING TO GET GOOD WHEN THE ÁMIGA CAME ALONG AND WE ALL HAD TO CHANGE OR LOSE OUR JOBSME OF THE BEST GAMES ON THE C64, INCLUDING ÂARBARIAN 1&2, ÄEFENDER ÏF ÔHE ÃROWN, ÁNTIRIAD. ÈOW PLEASING FOR YOU PERSONALLY WAS IT FOR YOU TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FINE TITLES? Á É FELT HONOURED. ÁFTER THE 64 É WENT ON TO WORK ON VERY MANY TOP TITLES CONCENTRATION OF GREAT TALENT. ÔHERE WERE ONLY A FEW GAMES DEVELOPERS IN THOSE DAYS AND IT WAS VERY COOL TO WORK FOR INDIE HOUSES LIKE ÐALACE AND ÓYSTEM 3. Á LOT OF VERY HIGH UP NAMES IN THE CURRENT GAMES INDUSTRY CAME FROM THOSE STUDIOS ORIGINALLY. ÐALAEMBER THE UPROAR IT ALL CREATED IN THE TABLOIDS. ÂRILLIANT. ÔHE ÂARBARIAN HIMSELF WAS OF COURSE A YET TO BE DISCOVERED ×OLF OUT OF ÇLADIATORS. Ñ ×HY DID YOU START WRITING C64 MUSIC? Á ÉT WAS THE FLAGSHIP FORMAT FOR THE FIRST GAME É DID FOR ÐALACE, ÃAUL DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY? Á É HAD SPENT MANY YEARS WORKING IN THE POP MUSIC INDUSTRY AND WAS WRITING FOR MAINSTREAM ENTERTAINMENT WHEN É ANSWERED AN ADVERTISEMENT IN ÍELODY ÍAKER (SADLY NO LONGER WITH US) PUT IN BY ÐALACE WHO WERE LOOKING FOR A COMPOSER TO WORK IN GAMES. ÎOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS WAS 1986 OF COURSE AND THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY COMPUTER MUSICIANS AROUND AT THAT TIME. É'D JUST SPENT A YEAR COMPOSING ABOUT 100 TUNES ON A ÙAMAHA ÃØ5 MUSIC COMPUTER (INCLUDING H A ÈÏØÓ-PORT ON ÌINUX OR EVEN ÍACÏÓ ÃOMPUTERS? Á ÎO ÌINUX OR ÍAC PORT IS PLANNED LARGELY DUE THE FACT É DON'T HAVE ÌINUX OR ÍAC. ÍY PRIORITIES ARE TO IMPROVE THE EMULATION ACCURACY AND USER ACCESSIBILITY TO BOTH GAMERS AND PROGRAMMERS. ÈAVE A BIG "ÔHvÐÕ 6510 INFO. ×OLFGANG ÌORENZ FOR THE ÃÉÁ 6526 INFO. ÒUUD ÂALTISSEN FOR THE FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER INFO ...END... THE HELP OF DOCUMENTS WRITTEN BY THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE. ÍANY THANKS TO: ÃHRISTIAN ÂAUER FOR THE ÖÉÃ-ÉÉ 6569 INFO. ÍARKO ÍAKELA FOR THE ÃS VERY DAY. ÔALKING OF MUSIC.. ËEEP AN EYE OUT FOR A REMIX OF ÂARBARIAN WHICH MAY FEATURE IN A FUTURE ÂÉÔ ÁLBUM BY ÒICHARD HIMSELF. ÒEAL NAME: ÒICHARD ÊOSEPH ÎATIONALITY: ÂRITISH Ñ ×HAT OTHER C64 COMPOSERS DID YOU LIKE? Á ÍARTIN ÇALWAY IS STILL MY FAVCK IS BRILLIANT) Ñ ×HAT TUNE THAT YOU CREATED WERE YOU MOST PLEASED WITH? Á ÉT WAS AN ENDING SECTION FOR ÁNTIRIAD THAT É DECIDED TO CHANGE TO THE PIECE YOU HEAR NOW. ÉT WAS ABSTRACT AND SURREAL AND É FELT THAT THE REVIEWERS AND GAMERS ALIKE WOULD HATE ..... Ñ ×HAT WERE YOUR LIKES/DISLIKES ABOUT THE SID CHIP? Á É HATED THE FACT THAT THE FILTER WAS CHANGED A NUMBER OF TIMES THROUGHOUT VARIOUS PRODUCTION RUNS OF THE HARDWARE. ÔHIS MEANT THAT WE COULDN'T REALLY USE IT AT ALL. Ñ ÙOU CREATED MUSIC FOR SOAND É STILL FEEL HONOURED TO WORK ON THEM EVEN NOW. Ñ ÙOU WORKED MAINLY AT THE NOW NO LONGER ÐALACE SOFTWARE, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT PERIOD TO OUR READERS? Á ÉT WAS A VERY EXCITING TIME. ×E ALL KNEW WE WERE DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL AND THERE WAS A REAL CE WAS A PART OF THE FILM COMPANY THAT MADE ÅVIL ÄEAD AND ÁBSOLUTE ÂEGINNERS SO THE EMPHASIS WAS ON CINEMATIC GAMES FROM THE START. ÐALACE LIKED GETTING PUBLICITY AND ONE STUNT WAS TO FEATURE ÐAGE 3 GIRL ÍARIA ×HITAKER AS THE ÐRINCESS IN ÂARBARIAN. É REMDRON ÉÉ. ÏUT OF THE THREE WE WORKING ON- ÓPECTRUM AND ÁMSTRAD BEING THE OTHERS- THE Ã64 WAS BY FAR THE BEST TO ORIGINATE A SOUNDTRACK ON. É NEVER USED IT FOR ANYTHING BUT GAMES WORK, BUT THEN THE GAMES STUFF USED TO TAKE UP ALL OF MY TIME ANYWAY. Ñ ÈOW THE 'FAMOUS' ÒOBOCOD ONE), AND HAD TINKERED WITH A ÓPECTRUM SO IT WASN'T THAT HARD TO CONVINCE ÐALACE. Ñ ×HAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON YOUR MUSIC BEING RE-CREATED USING MODERN SOUNDS? Á É'M ALWAYS INTERESTED TO HEAR OTHER PEOPLE'S INTERPRETATIONS BUT É DONOU HEARD ANY OF THESE REMIXES/COVERS THAT HAS IMPRESSED YOU? Á ×ELL THEY ALL HAVE TO SOME DEGREE. É JUST LIKE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING DOING THEM, ALTHOUGH É DO WONDER WHY- MY OWN STUFF DOESN'T EXACTLY FIT INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF REMIXABLE SOUNDWEEKS FROM BOOTING UP THE C64 FOR THE FIRST TIME TO DELIVERING A FINISHED TUNE AND 20 SOUND EFFECTS. Ñ ÐROBABLY YOUR MOST REMEMBERED TUNES WERE FOR ÄEFENDER ÏF ÔHE ÃROWN AND ÁNTIRIAD. ×OULD YOU AGREE WITH THIS, AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL OUR READERS ABOUT TH IRIAD THAT NEVER MADE IT, AND É STILL LISTEN TO IT TO THIS DAY AND WONDER WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. ÄEFENDER ÏF ÔHE ÃROWN WAS MORE REMOTE FOR ME, AS ÃINEMAWARE WHO DEVELOPED IT WERE BASED IN THE ÓTATES. ÉT WAS WEIRD WORKING THAT WAY BUT É REALLY ENJOYED IT- ÆAVOURITE WAS ÁMIGA. ÂITMAP ÂROTHERS, ÓENSIBLE ÓOFTWARE, THOSE WERE COOL TIMES. ÌEAST FAVOURITE WAS ÍEGADRIVE. ÏNE OF THE MOST INTERESTING MOMENTS WAS LISTENING TO ÒOB ÈUBBARD'S ÍEGADRIVE CONVERSION OF MY ÒOBOCOD TUNES! Ñ ÓO É SEE YOU ARE STILL INVOLV THE SPECIALIZED WORK, LIKE WRITING ÏRCHESTRAL MUSIC FOR INSTANCE TO EXPERTS IN THOSE PARTICULAR FIELDS. É DID WRITE 11 TUNES FOR A ÌEGO GAME LAST YEAR BUT AS A RULE É DON'T WRITE AS MUCH. ÐROBABLY MORE FOR MYSELF IN FACT. É'VE BEEN WORKING ON AN ORCHESRACTIVE? Á ×E DO EVERYTHING AUDIO FOR GAMES. ×E COMPOSE AND RECORD MUSIC, BOTH LINEAR AND INTERACTIVE. ×E DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT SOUND EFFECTS. ×E DO DIALOGUE PRODUCTION, RECORDING AND PROCESSING. ÉT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG INDUSTRY BUT ITS NOT REALLY. ÉTS JUSTD TO THE OLD TIMES. Ñ ÉF THERE WAS A TUNE THAT YOU WISHED YOU COULD AS YOUR OWN, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY? Á ÐROBABLY ÒOB'S ËNUCKLEBUSTERS. ÔHE TUNE MAINTAINS THE LISTENERS INTEREST FOR WHAT, THIRTEEN MINUTES? ÔHAT'S NO MEAN ACHIEVEMENT. Ñ ×HAT ARE YO ROJECT? Á ÔHE LATEST PROJECT IS ÒEPUBLIC: ÔHE ÒEVOLUTION FOR ÅLIXIR ÓTUDIOS. ÔHE SOUND HAS LOTS TO DO INCLUDING CONVEYING THE VARIOUS ATMOSPHERES OF A CITY AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY AND NIGHT, WITH EVER-CHANGING ORCHESTRAL /INDUSTRIAL FILM MUSIC TO SUIT EACH ACTION WITHIN THE GAME. Ñ ÙOUR MUSIC ON THE C64 WAS GENERALLY MORE SLANTED TOWARDS THE ORCHESTRAL SIDE RATHER THAN HEAVY DRUMS AND BASELINES. ×AS THIS DUE TO THE GAMES YOU MADE MUSIC FOR OR WAS THIS YOUR STYLE? Á ÔHIS ACTUALLY WAS QUITE A PROBLEM'T BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THESE, OR REMIXES OF OTHER'S STUFF IS NECCESSARILY 'BETTER' OR 'IMPROVED' JUST BECAUSE MORE MODERN SOUNDS ARE USED. É THINK ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE THE ORIGINAL C64 RENDITIONS THAT GO DOWN IN HISTORY WHATEVER REMIXES EXIST. Ñ ÈAVE YTRACKS BEING LARGELY ORCHESTRAL. Ñ ÉS THERE A TUNE, YOU WISHED YOU COULD HAVE WORKED MORE ON? Á É ONLY HAD A SHORT TIME TO DO ÃAULDRON ÉÉ. ÔHERE IS A LONGER VERSION BUT SADLY IT DIDN'T GET FINISHED QUICKLY ENOUGH TO MAKE IT TO THE GAME. É HAD JUST TWO ESE TWO SIDS? Á ÁNTIRIAD WAS THE SECOND SOUNDTRACK AFTER ÃAULDRON ÉÉ. É TOOK THE TUNE FROM SOMETHING É'D WRITTEN A YEAR OR SO EARLIER ON MIDI INSTRUMENTS AND STUCK A NEW BIT ON THE END. ÁS É SAID IN ANOTHER ANSWER THERE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE PART Â FOR ÁNT THE GAME ITSELF IS BRILLIANT FUN. Ñ ×HAT OTHER FORMATS HAVE YOU WORKED ON, AND WHAT WAS YOUR PREFERENCE/LEAST PREFERRED? Á ÓPECTRUM / ÁMSTRAD 464 / ÁMIGA / ÁTARI ÓÔ / ÓEGA ÍEGADRIVE / ÓÎÅÓ / ÇAMEBOY / ÇÂÃ / ÐLAYSTATION ÐLAYSTATION 2 / Î64 /ÐÃ ED IN THE GAME MUSIC INDUSTRY WITH ÁUDIO ÉNTERACTIVE. ÄO YOU STILL WRITE MUSIC FOR GAMES, OR DO YOU FOLLOW A DIFFERENT LEAD NOW? Á É AM MORE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF A GAME'S AUDIO. ÔHERE IS SO MUCH MATERIAL NEEDED NOWADAYS THAT É PREFER TO LEAVETRAL ARRANGEMENT OF ÂARBARIAN IN THE STYLE OF ÅNNIO ÍORRICONI, WHICH IS WHAT É HAD AIMED FOR IN THE C64 VERSION, AND ITS TURNED OUT VERY WELL. ÉF ALL GOES WELL IT COULD APPEAR ON A FUTURE ÂACK ÉN ÔIME ÃÄ. Ñ ×HAT CAN YOU TELL OUR READERS ABOUT ÁUDIO ÉNTE THE SAME AS IT WAS IN C64 DAYS BUT ON A LARGER SCALE. ÉF ANYTHING THERE WAS MORE PRESSURE IN THOSE DAYS, AS EVERY SINGLE SOUND WAS CRITICAL. ÔHESE DAYS WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO USE SAMPLED SOUNDS WHICH MAKES THE JOB AN ABSOLUTE DODDLE COMPAREUR FONDEST MEMORIES OF THE C64? Á ÔHE DAY É BOOTED IT UP FOR THE FIRST TIME, AFTER BRINGING IT BACK FROM ÐALACE, AND PLAYING ÂEACH ÈEAD AND ÉMPOSSIBLE ÍISSION WITH MY GIRLFRIEND'S KIDS (WORK IT OUT.... YES É AM VERY OLD!). Ñ ×HAT HAS BEEN YOUR LATEST P FOR ME, WITH THE ÓÉÄ ONLY HAVING VERY LIMITED RESOURCES FOR RECREATING REAL INSTRUMENTS. ÍOST OF THE EARLY GAMES É WORKED ON NEEDED THE KIND OF AMBITIOUS SOUNDTRACK WE ARE CREATING NOW. Ñ ×HAT DID YOU DO AFTER LEAVING ÐALACE SOFTWARE? Á É WENT FREELAN OF OUR SOUNDTRACKS, ÃODEMASTERS' ÃANNON ÆODDER (ÇÂÃ) WAS NOMINATED FOR THE SAME AWARD. Ñ ÈOW WOULD YOU BEST PREFER TO BE REMEMBERED? Á ÆOR THE EARLY STUFF- NOT ONLY THE C64 BUT THE ÁMIGA SOUNDTRACKS É DID FOR ÓENSIBLE AND THE ÂITMAPS. ÎOWADAYS É WOULD ARE. Ñ ÈOW DID YOU GET YOUR INSPIRATION FOR THE MUSIC FOR ÄEFENDER ÏF THE ÃROWN? Á É DON'T THINK ANYTHING WAS AN INSPIRATION FOR ÄÏÔÃ. ÐALACE JUST TOLD ME THAT ANOTHER COMPANY WANTED TO USE ME AND THAT THERE WAS SOME TIE-IN FOR THEM. ÉN A LOT OF WAYS N ÒOLL THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PLACE WITH A RECORD COMPANY RIGHT NOW. ÉT'S QUITE WONDERFUL REALLY! É JUST DON'T WANT IT PUT OUT AS AN MP3 YET- WE MUST HAVE SPENT NEARLY SIX YEARS ON IT FROM START TO FINISH AND É WANT TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT. ÁS FOR THETO SAY TO THE C64 COMMUNITY? Á É WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT'S BRILLIANT THAT THERE'S A COMMUNITY AT ALL. ÁFTER THE C64 DISAPPEARED INTO COMMERCIAL HISTORY AND THE INDUSTRY WAS PUSHING FORWARD É JUST THOUGHT THAT EVERYONE'S PIONEERING WORK WOULD SIMPLY BEOICES WAS AS RICHARD EXPLAINED WAS VERY DIFFICULT. ÈOWEVER HE CAME OUT OF IT WITH FLYING COLOURS, CREATING SOME OF THE MOST AMBITOUS MUSIC ON THE C64. ÐALACE SOFTWARE WAS A SMALL PLAYER IN THE GAMES MARKET, BUT DIDN'T THEY PRODUCE SOME FANTASTIC GAMES ANTTING FOR THE GAME TOO. ×HO COULD FORGET THE MOVE IN ÂARBARIAN WHERE THE PLAYER COULD SPIN AROUND AND CHOP AN ENEMIES HEAD RIGHT OFF IN FULL GORE. ×IKID!!! - ÎEIL ÉNTERVIEW DATE: 30.04.2001 ÉNTERVIEW PRINTED FROM HTTP://WWW.REMIX64.COM/INTERVIEWÄRICHU "ÎEW ÇAMES ON Ã64" ÈI HERE IS ÌUKE ÌYNDE WITH A LOOK AT SOME FAIRLY RECENT GAME RELEASES FOR THE Ã64. ÓOME SUPRISING TITLES HERE, É MEAN - WHO CAN EVER SAY THE Ã64 IS DEAD AND BURIED? ÈERE WE GO... ÂOMBERMAN Ã64 ÃODER+ÇFX: ÓKULL, ÍUSI ING. ÔHIS NEW ÃOMMODORE 64 VERSION FROM ÓAMAR ÐRODUCTIONS IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. ÔHE GRAPHICS ARE SOME OF THE BEST YOU WILL EVER SEE IN A Ã64 GAME. ÔHE TITLE SCREEN IS PROFESSIONAL AND POLISHED, WITH NICE MUSIC+GRAPHIX - AND A SCROLLTEXT FROM ÊAMMER. ×HILE PLAYING THE GAME, EVEN THOUGH É AM NO BIG FAN OF THE ÂOMBERMAN SERIES - THIS IS PERFECTLY PLAYABLE IN ALL ASPECTS, É HAVE YET TO FIND ANY FLAWS WITH ANYTHING ABOUT THIS GAME. É STILL STRUGGLE TO GET PAST THE SECOND LEVEL, THOUGH. ÎOW É REALISCE AND SIGNED UP TO DO GAMES FOR ÔHE ÂITMAP ÂROTHERS, ÓENSIBLE ÓOFTWARE AND ÍILLENNIUM. ÉN 1995 É FORMED ÁUDIO ÉNTERACTIVE AND WE PICKED UP COMPANIES LIKE ÓONY AND ÅÁ. ÌAST YEAR WE WON A ÂÁÆÔÁ ÉNTERACTIVE AWARD FOR BEST SOUND ON ÔHEME ÐARK ×ORLD. ÁNOTHER SAY THAT ÔHEME ÐARK ×ORLD IS PROBABLY THE BEST BUT É HAVE HIGHER HOPES FOR ÒEPUBLIC... Ñ ÈAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED ÒEMIXING OR RE-ARRANGING SOME OF YOUR OLD C64 SIDS INTO MODERN SOUNDS? Á ÙES, THE ÂARBARIAN THING. ÏTHERWISE NO, É LIKE THEM THE WAY THEYIT WAS GOOD TO WORK ON SOMETHING, FOR A CHANGE, THAT WASN'T 'ÐALACE' IN FEEL. Ñ ×HAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR YOU AND YOUR MUSIC? Á É HAVE NO IDEA TO BE HONEST. ÔHERE IS A WHOLE ÃÄ OF MUSIC AND MAYHEM FROM THE ILL-FATED ÓENSIBLE GAME ÓEX N ÄRUGS N ÒOCK FUTURE, ÊON ÈARE (EX ÓENSIBLE) AND É ARE CREATING A SEQUEL TO THE ÓÄÒÒ ÃÄ BUT THERE IS LITTLE PRESSURE ON US TO COMPLETE IT AND NEITHER OF US HAVE MUCH TIME. ÉF ÓÄÒÒ WAS A SUCCESS THEN THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT OBVIOUSLY. Ñ ÌASTLY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FORGOTTEN. ÎOT SO! ÔHE APPRECIATION OF RETRO GAMES AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THEM IS WONDERFUL, AS IS THE CONTINUED USE OF THE MACHINE AND EMULATORS, WITH REMIXES AND ÃÄS... WONDERFUL. ÒICHARD ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE ORCHESTRAL SIDE OF MUSIC.. ×HICH WITH 3 VD WHO COULD FORGET THE PUBLICITY CAMPAIN FOR ÂARBARIAN WHERE THEY PICTURED ÍARIA ×HITTAKER SCANTILY CLAD. ÔHIS CAUSED A REAL STIR AMONGST THE PRESS. ÔHIS HOWEVER MUST HAVE BEEN EXACTLY WHAT ÐALACE HAD WANTED. ÔHE ÂARBARIAN SOUNDTRACK WAS EXCEPTIONALLY FIÐA RDÄJOSEPH.HTML ×ITH ÐERMISSION VIA EMAIL ÓUBJECT: ÒE: ÉNTERVIEW ÒEPRINT REQUEST ÈELLO ÎIGEL, YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. ÒEGARDS, - ÍARKUS ÃOMMODORE ÆREE "A SAD LOSS TO MUSIC" ...END... NTED FROM HTTP://WWW.REMIX64.COM/INTERVIEWÄRICHC: ÃÒÄ. ×ELL, WHEN É NOTICED THIS ÐÒÇ ON A DISK IMAGE É DOWNLOADED FROM THE NET - É REALLY DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE THIS GOOD AT ALL. É HAVE IN THE PAST PLAYED ÂOMBERMAN ON THE ÎÅÓ, AND IT IS A GAME É FIND QUITE ADDICTIVE - BUT ALSO EQUALLY FRUSTRAT E IS SO BAD IT WOULD NOT EVEN BE GOOD FOR A YOUNG CHILD TO LEARN COMPUTER AND OTHER SKILLS, BY PLAYING IT. ÔHE MUSIC IS OKAY, BUT LIKE ALL ÒICHARD'S GAMES APPEAR THE SAME, SO DOES THE SOUND OF HIS TUNES. ÐLAYABILITY: 50% ÇRAPHICS: 60% ÓOUE WHY É DISLIKE ÂOMBERMAN ON THE ÎÅÓ! ÈOWEVER, É WILL CONTINUE PLAYING IT - BECAUSE IT IS ON THE COMPUTER THAT É ADORE, AND IT LOOKS AND PLAYS LIKE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE NOBODY THOUGHT THE ÃOMMODORE 64 COULD DO, AS WELL AS THIS. ÐLAYABILITY: 93% F FRENETIC AND BIZARRE BLASTING MAYHEM - UNPARALLELED IN ANY GAME É HAVE PLAYED BEFORE. ÏN INITIAL INSPECTION, É EXPECTED THIS GAME TO BE DOWNRIGHT TERRIBLE. ÁFTER PLAYING IT, É WAS FILLED WITH AN EXCITEMENT THAT É RARELY EXPERIENCE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME. LANCE A BALL ON A TYPE OF BEAM, WHILE HITTING ANOTHER BALL WITH YOUR BAT WHICH IS SITUATED A TOP OF THE BEAM. ÓOUND SIMPLE? ×ELL IT REQUIRES SOME MAJOR TYPE OF REFLEXES AND PATIENCE TO BE BECOME PROFICIENT AT IT. ÔHE IDEA IS SIMPLE, AND IT WORKS WELL. NOT LOOK SO GOOD - ON MINE THEY ARE FINE. ÔHIS IS THE TYPE OF GAME YOU CAN PLAY, AND WILL PLAY AGAIN, AND AGAIN. ÉT IS A BRILLIANT LITTLE GAME, AND COMES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ÐLAYABILITY: 92% ÇRAPHICS: 82% ÓOUND: 94% ÁDDICTIVENESS: 9T. ÔHE INITIAL DESIGN REMINDS ME OF A PINBALL SCREEN LAYOUT, BUT DIFFERENT. É USE THE JOYSTICK IN PORT 2, BUT APPARENTLY YOU CAN USE A MOUSE WITH THIS GAME, NICE. ÐLAYABILITY: 65% ÇRAPHICS: 78% ÓOUND: 88% ÁDDICTIVENESS: 81% ÌAST. ÉT'S MOMENTS LIKE THESE, THAT KEEPS MY MOTIVATION TO REPORT TO THE WORLD MY Ã64 FINDINGS - AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE Ã64 WORLD AT LARGE. ÂY THE WAY, MY REVIEWS DON'T CONTAIN IMPLICIT REFERENCE ABOUT THE GAME DETAILS, IT'S UP TO YOU TO DISCOVER THEM. É PROV BUT WITHOUT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST RUDIMENTARY GAME CONCEPT TO MAKE IT EVEN SLIGHTLY INTERESTING. ÂASICALLY, COLLECT TREASURE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN WHILE AVOIDING THE FISH. ÁDVANCE A LEVEL AFTER COLLECTING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TREASURE. ÔHIS GAM U ÎEWS AND ÉNFORMATION ================== ÂOMB ÃHASE ÒICHARD BAYLISS RELEASES AND UPDATED ÂOMB CHASE HTTP://WWW.REDESIGN.SK/TND64/GAMES/ÂOM BÄÃHASEÄÒEVIVAL.ZIZ ×ITH UPDATED ÇRAPHICS AND MUSIC ÔHE IDEA OF THE GAME IS TO DASH AROUND C OLLECTING BOMBS BEFORE THEY EXPLODE. Á SIMPLE GAME BUT THE SIMPLE ONES ARE USUALLY THE MOST ADDICTIVE. === ÐÒÅÓÓ ÐÌÁÙ ÏÎ ÔÁÐÅ IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE TWO UPCOMING CONCERTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE: ÏN ÓATURDAY APRIL 7TH WE'LL BE PLAYING IN ÆRANKFURT, ÇERMANY, ND: 45% ÁDDICTIVENESS: 5% ÌASTABILITY: 1% ÏVERALL: 10% ÇREENRUNNER ÃODE ETC: ÁLEKSI ÅEBEN Á MOLESTED CENTIPEDE GAME WITH MINTER-ESQUE EFFECTS. ÔHIS GAME IS FOR THE ÇAME ÏVER(VIEW) FREESTYLE JAM COMPETITION, AND FEATURES 100 LEVELS O ÇRAPHICS: 94% ÓOUND: 91% ÁDDICTIVENESS: 92% ÌASTABILITY: 90% ÏVERALL: 96% [ÇOLD ÍEDAL!] ÂEAM ÃODE: ÓKATE, ÇFX+ÍSX: ÈYDROGEN. ×ELL THIS IS A SIMPLE TYPE OF IDEA, É HAVE NOT REALLY SEEN IMPLEMENTED IN A GAME BEFORE. ÙOU MUST BA ÔHE SOUNDS ARE VERY ATMOSPHERIC, EXTREMELY SUITED TO THE GAME Ö AND THE VOICE SAMPLES ARE AWESOME. ÔHE GAMEPLAY IS FAST AND ADDICTIVE, AND THERE IS ENOUGH VARIETY TO ADD THAT EXTRA POLISH. ÔHE VARIETY OF COLORS ARE OKAY, BUT ON SOME Ã64'S THEY MAY ÓO, THERE IS NOT MUCH TO THIS GAME. ÉT GETS VERY FRUSTRATING, WHEN A GAME CAN BE OVER IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, BUT PERSEVERANCE PAYS OFF. ÙOU HAVE 3 BALLS TO START, AND THERE IS A CONTINUOUS HIGH SCORE FEATURE - WHICH WILL CHANGE THE BETTER YOU GE1% ÌASTABILITY: 90% ÏVERALL: 90% [ÓIZZLER!] ×ELL THAT'S IT FOR NOW, É HOPE YOU ENJOYED READING ABOUT SOME NEW RELEASES ON Ã64. ÁS SUPRISED AS É WAS WITH ÇREENRUNNER, YOU COULD HAVE KNOCKED ME OVER WITH A FEATHER WHEN É LOADED UP ÂOMBERMANABILITY: 82% ÏVERALL: 80% ÄEEP ÓEA ÓALVAGE 2 ÃODE ETC: ÒICHARD ÂAYLISS/ÔÎÄ É REALLY CAN'T SEE THE POINT OF RELEASING GAMES LIKE THIS, AD INFINITUM, LIKE ÒICHARD DOES. ÔHE ONLY THING YOU COULD COMPARE IT TO, WOULD BE LIKE: ÆROGGER UNDERWATER -LIDE AN INTROUCTION, THE MIDDLE AND ENDING IS UP TO YOU. ÅNJOY ...END... MY Ã64 FINDINGS - AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE Ã64 WORLD AT LARGE. ÂY THE WAY, MY REVIEWS DON'T CONTAIN IMPLICIT REFERENCE ABOUT THE GAME DETAILS, IT'S UP TO YOU TO DISCOVER THEM. É PROV AVAILABLE" Á NEW VERSION OF THE 100% ÊAVA SID PLAYER IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.JAC64.COM. ÉT PLAYS MUCH MORE SID TUNES THAN PREVIOUS VERSIONS SINCE IT IS BASED ON THE LATEST ÊAÃ64 VERSION AND USE ÄAG ÌEMMS SIDPLAY ASSEMBLY ROUTINE. ÔHE FULL ÈÖÓÃ LIBRARY IS AV AT THE ÂREAKPOINT'07 DEMO EVENT. ×E HAVE BEEN WANTING TO PLAY IN ÇERMANY FOR A LONG TIME SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. ÉF YOU LIVE IN ÇERMANY DON'T MIS IT! ÓEE THE ÂREAKPOINT WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO: HTTP://BREAKPOINT.UNTERGRUND.NET/ ÐRESS ÐLA S. ( HTTP://ZXGOLDENYEARS.COM ) ÁUTHOR ÁNDREW ÆISHER WILL REVIEW AND DESCRIBE OVER 200 CLASSIC (AND NOT SO GREAT) ÃOMMODORE 64 FANS, REVEALING TRIVIA ABOUT THE MACHINE, THE PROGRAMMERS AND THE GAMES. ÔHERE WILL BE A LIMITED PRINT RUN, AND PRE-ORDERING WI EN.DK (SEARCH FOR "ÐÒÅÓÓ ÐÌÁÙ ÏÎ ÔÁÐÅ") AT 85 ÄËË + FEE. ÁT THE PREVIOUS CONCERT THE DOORS CLOSED DURING THE EVENING BECAUSE THE PLACE WAS CRAMMED, SO BE PREPARED AND BUY YOUR TICKET IN ADVANCE :) ËEEP AN EYE ON OUR EVENT PAGE FOR UP-TO-DATE INFO ABOUT S G SECTION IN THE MAGAZINE, É HAVE ASKED THE WRITER TO PRODUCE AN ÉNTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING. ÓO WHAT'S NEW WITH THAT THERE ARE LOADS OF THESE, ÙES DEAR READER AND IF YOU ARE A PROGRAMMING VIRGIN YOU WILL REALISE THEY ALL START SLOW THEN SEEM TO GATHER P I-UPLOAD CAPABILITY, 40/80 COLUMN SELECTION FOR MESSAGE ENTRY, A "ONE-LINER" FEATURE, AND BEST OF ALL, SOME ONLINE GAMES! É'VE ADDED ÈORSERACE (A "CLASSIC" ÃOLOR 64 GAME), ÍASTER'S ÅMPIRE (A VERY GOOD UPGRADE TO THE CLASSIC ÅMPIRE GAME), AND ÓTOCK ÍARKET C THEN FINALLY TO PRODUCING THE WHOLE GAME IN MACHINE CODE. É WILL ANNOUNCE MORE AFTER É HAVE THE FULL OK FROM THE WRITER TAKING UP THE CHALLENGE. ÍANY READERS HAVE REQUESTED THAT THERE BE A PROGRAMMING SECTION AND É HOPE THIS FILLS THE GAP, ÉF YOU HAVE D THE WINNER. É'LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MORE ÃOLOR 64 MODS TO IMPROVE MY SETUP... É'M ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE... :-) ÃHECK OUT WHAT'S NEW ON ÃOTTONWOOD ÂÂÓ TODAY BY CALLING (951) 242-3593. ÔAKE CARE... -ÁNDREW === ÊÓÉÄÐLAY "ÎEW VERSION OF ÊÓÉÄÐLAY U ÔÈÅ ÈÅØ ÆÉÌÅÓ - ÐÁÒÔ 1 ×RITTEN BY ÊASON ËELK Á FEW PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN LEARNING MACHINE CODE. ÁND AFTER ALL, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE SUCCESSFUL GAMES, DEMOS OR UTILITIES IT IS THE BEST LANGUAGE TO LEARN, ALBEI!T A BIT UNFRIENDLY. ÔHE MAIN PROBLEM WITH MACHINE CODE IS ITS SIMPLICITY. ÔHERE, É BET THAT CONFUSED YOU A BIT EH? ×HAT É MEAN IS THAT ALMOST ANYTHING CAN BE DONE IN A SINGLE ÂÁÓÉÃ COMMAND CAN TAKE A BIT MORE WORK IN MACHINE LANGUAGE BUT AT A GREATLY INC AILABLE TO LISTEN TO! HTTP://WWW.JAC64.COM/SID-MUSIC.HTML === ÔHE ÃOMMODORE 64 ÇAMES ÂOOK ÐRE-ORDERS ARE NOW OPEN FOR "ÔHE ÃOMMODORE 64 ÇAMES ÂOOK 1982 - 199X". ÔHIS IS THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE ÚØ ÓPECTRUM BOOK RELEASED IN ÄECEMBER 2006 BY ÁNDREW ÒOLLING Y ON ÔAPE ÏN ÓATURDAY ÍAY 5TH WE'LL BE PLAYING ANOTHER CONCERT IN ÃOPENHAGEN AT "ÔHE ÒOCK". ÔHE LAST CONCERT IN ÄECEMBER WENT REALLY WELL SO ÔHE ÒOCK WANTED US TO COME AND PLAY AGAIN :) ÈOPE TO SEE ÙÏÕ THERE! ÔICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.BILLETLUG LL HELP GUARANTEE THE BOOK GOES TO PRINT. HTTP://C64GOLDENYEARS.COM ÍORE INFORMATION LATER IN THIS ISSUE OF ÃOMMODORE ÆREE MAGAZINE === ÃÏÍÍÏÄÏÒÅ ÆÒÅÅ ÐROGRAMMING SECTION É AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT IF ALL GOES TO PLAN! ×E SHOULD HAVE A PROGRAMMIN UPPORT BAND AND MORE: HTTP://WWW.PRESSPLAYONTAPE.COM/?PID=CO NCERTSÄTHEROCK2007 ÒÏÃ=Ë ÏÎ! ÐÒÅÓÓ ÐÌÁÙ ÏÎ ÔÁÐÅ ÎÅ×Ó ===== ÃOTTONWOOD ÂÂÓ É'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK ON ADDING "GOODIES" TO MY ÂÂÓ, WHICH IS NOW RUNNING ON ÃOLOR 64 SOFTWARE. É HAVE ADDED MULT ACE TILL IT'S A RUSH TO THE END AND SOMEWHERE MID SECTION YOU SEEM LOST! ÔHE ÃOMMODORE ÆREE PROGRAMMING GUIDE WILL WALK THE USER THROUGH THE BASICS OF ÃODING A GAME IN ÂÁÓÉÃ USING ÃOMMODORE GRAPHICS THEN MOVE TO USING SPRITES, AND SOUNDS, THE ADDING MUSI (ANOTHER GREAT GAME). ÍASTER'S ÅMPIRE AND ÓTOCK ÍARKET ARE BOTH MULTI-PLAYER GAMES. ÅVERYONE GETS TO TAKE TURNS WHILE THEY'RE SIGNED ONTO THE ÂÂÓ, AND OVER A PERIOD OF WEEKS, THE GAME PROGRESSES UNTIL ONE PERSON REACHES THE PRE-SET GOAL AND IS PROCLAIMEï ANY PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE OR ADVICE PLEASE SHARE IT WITH OTHER READERS. ÁGAIN É WOULD LIKE ANYONE WHATEVER BACKGROUND TO SUBMIT AN ARTICLE ON SOMETHING ÃOMMODORE RELATED, ÔHANKS TO ALL READERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ISSUE ...END... GAP, ÉF YOU HAVE! USE 10 (PRONOUNCED "ONE ZERO" OR "ONE OH"). ÂUT IN HEX 10 IS 16 WHICH WOULD BE INCREDIBLY CONFUSING SO FROM HERE ON ANY HEX NUMBER WILL HAVE A DOLLAR SIGN IN FRONT OF IT TO SAY WHICH BASE ITS IN, FOR EXAMPLE $64. ÓO WHY DO WE HAVE TO USE HEX? ÔHE BENEFI!REASED SPEED. ÒIGHT, THAT'S THE INTRO OVER WITH SO LETS START LOOKING AT SOME COMMANDS. ÔHE FIRST ONE É'VE DECIDED TO EXPLAIN IS ÒÔÓ. ÒÔÓ IS SHORT FOR ÒEÔURN FROM ÓUBROUTINE AND ITS JOB IN LIFE IS JUST LIKE THE ÂÁÓÉÃ RETURN COMMAND. ÓO WHY AM É EXPLAIN!IENDS. ÌÄÁ IS MACHINE CODE'S EQUIVALENT OF A CROSS BETWEEN THE ÌÅÔ AND ÐÅÅË COMMANDS, SO ÌÄÁ #$04 IS THE SAME AS ÌÅÔ Á=4. ÂUT ÌÄÁ CAN ALSO BE USED FOR READING THE CONTENTS OF THOSE LITTLE MEMORY BOXES WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, SO IF WE WERE TO USE ÌÄÁ $Ã000 ! UAGE COMMANDS ARE ONLY THREE LETTERS LONG! ÎOW, IF YOU WERE TO JUST PUT THE COMMAND ÒÔÓ INTO AN ASSEMBLER AND TRY TO RUN IT ALL THAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THE "ÒÅÁÄÙ." MESSAGE WOULD COME UP. ÄULL, HUH? ÆOR THE NEXT BIT É NEED TO EXPLAIN A BIT ABOUT THE WORKIN!CAN PUT WHATEVER IS IN Á BACK INTO A MEMORY BOX. ÓO ÓÔÁ WILL PUT WHATEVER Á CONTAINS INTO BOX $0400 (OR 1,024, WHICH IS THE TOP LEFT OF THE SCREEN REMEMBER?). Á GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE:II LDA #$04 STA $D020 RTS ÂASICALLY THIS IS THE SAME AS THE "ÐÏËÅ5328! PRESS RETURN THE LETTER Á APPEARS AT THE TOP LEFT OF THE Ã64'S DISPLAY OVER WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BE THERE. ÁLL OF THESE BOXES CAN HOLD A NUMBER FROM 0 TO 255 (A BYTE). ÉN THE SAME WAY, BOX 53,280 CONTROLS THE BORDER COLOUR OF THE SCREEN SO FOR EXAMPLE Ð!ÎOW THIS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. ÔHE FIRST COMMAND READS FROM 53,281 (THE SCREEN COLOUR, WHICH IS NORMALLY DARK BLUE) AND THEN THE SECOND PUTS THAT COLOUR INTO 53,280 (THE BORDER COLOUR AGAIN) SO BASICALLY THIS WILL TURN THE BORDER THE SAME COLOUR AS THE !GERS MOST OF US HAVE TO COUNT WITH) BUT BASE 16 IS A LITTLE MORE TRICKY. ÙOU COUNT TO 9 AS NORMAL, BUT INSTEAD OF SAYING 10 YOU USE THE LETTER Á. ÓIMILARLY YOU WOULD USE Â TO REPRESENT 11, Ã FOR 12 AND SO ON UNTIL Æ (WHICH IS 15) WHEN YOU WOULD FINALLY ! TWO OTHER LETTERS AVAILABLE AND THEY ARE Ø AND Ù, KNOWN TECHNICALLY AS THE Ø AND Ù REGISTERS. ÂOTH CAN BE USED IN A SIMILAR WAY TO Á IN THAT: LDX #$04 STX $D020 RTS ×ILL DO THE SAME THING AS THE FIRST EXAMPLE AND REPLACING ÌÄØ WITH ÌÄÙ AND ÓÔØ WITH ÓÔ"Ù WILL ALSO WORK. ÔHE Ø AND Ù DO HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FEATURES WHICH WILL BE COVERED IN DETAIL LATER, BUT ONE INCREDIBLY USEFUL THING THEY CAN DO IS ADD OR SUBTRACT 1 FROM THEIR CONTENTS IN A FLASH! ÔHIS TRICK IS DONE WITH THE ÉÎØ AND ÄÅØ COMMANDS !TS WILL BECOME APPARENT LATER ON BUT AS IT'S A GOOD HABIT TO THINK IN HEX WE WILL START NOW TO GET EVERYBODY USED TO THE IDEA AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT TWO COMMANDS, WHICH ARE ÌOAD ÄECIMAL ÁCCUMULATOR, OR ÌÄÁ FOR SHORT, AND ÓÔORE ÁCCUMULATOR, ÓÔÁ TO ITS FR!ING IT FIRST? ×ELL, IF YOU JUST USE IT WITHOUT SUBROUTINES IT ALSO ACTS LIKE THE END COMMAND AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS COURSE WE WILL BE USING ÒÔÓ TO FINISH OUR CODE. ÓO WHY DOES IT HAVE SUCH A SHORT NAME? ÔHAT'S DUE TO THE FACT THAT ALL ASSEMBLY LANG! WE WOULD BE PUTTING WHATEVER WAS IN LOCATION $Ã000 (BOX 49,152) INTO Á. ÔHE USE OF THE # TELLS OUR Ã64 THAT WE ARE GIVING IT A DIRECT NUMBER TO PUT INTO Á AND WITHOUT THE # THE Ã64 WILL READ WHAT IS IN BOX 4 IN THE MEMORY INSTEAD.ÓÔÁ IS THE REVERSE, IT !GS OF THE Ã64; IMAGINE IN YOUR MIND FOR A MOMENT A LONG LINE OF LITTLE BOXES AND THAT EACH BOX HAS A NUMBER ON IT FROM 0 TO 65,535. Á GOOD EXAMPLE IS BOX NUMBER 1,024 WHICH CONTROLS THE CHARACTER AT THE TOP LEFT OF THE SCREEN. ÉF YOU TYPE ÐÏËÅ1024,1 AND!0,4" COMMAND WE SAW EARLIER AND SHOWS YOU WHAT É MEANT BY THE SIMPLICITY. ÏNE SIMPLE ÂÁÓÉÃ COMMAND TAKES TWO IN MACHINE CODE FOR THIS PARTICULAR JOB AND EACH STEP HAS TO BE FOLLOWED. ÎOW AN EXAMPLE OF THE SECOND VERSION OF ÌÄÁ: LDA $D021 STA $D020 RTS !ÏËÅ53280,4 WILL PUT COLOUR FOUR INTO THE BORDER MAKING IT GO PURPLE. ÂUT TO DO THIS IN MACHINE CODE IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX. ÆIRST OFF, ALL NUMBERS ARE STORED IN HEX, WHICH IS BASE 16. ×E ALL COUNT IN BASE 10 (MAINLY DUE TO THAT BEING THE NUMBER OF FIN!SCREEN! ÓO THIS IS THE SAME AS ÐÏËÅ53280,ÐÅÅË(53281). ÂÁÓÉÃ PROGRAMMERS WILL BE WONDERING WHY WE ARE ALWAYS USING Á AND NOT ANOTHER LETTER FOR THE VARIABLE. ÔHE REASON IS THAT Á IS NOT JUST A VARIABLE IN THIS CONTEXT, ITS THE ÁCCUMULATOR. ÂUT WE DO HAVE"EMS. É WANTED TO TEST OUT THE ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 2.0 FLOPPY SPEEDER ÒÏÍ WHICH MAKES USE OF ADDITIONAL ÒÁÍ . ÂUT FOR THIS AND OTHER SPEEDER SYSTEMS É NEEDED TO INSTALL A PARALLEL CABLE FROM THE FLOPPY'S 6522 ÖÉÁ CHIP TO MY Ã64'S USER PORT. ÁND É NEEDED A SIMPLE "FOR THE Ø REGISTER AND ÉÎÙ AND ÄÅÙ FOR THE Ù. ÓO HOW DO WE USE THEM? ÔIME FOR ANOTHER EXAMPLE METHINKS: LDX #$04 DEX STX $D020 RTS ÔHIS LOOKS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLE, BUT THE RESULT OF RUNNING IT WOULD BE TO MAKE THE BORDER TURN CYAN! ×HAT ACTU"ND DIAGNOSTIC BOARD, LEADING TO IT'S FIRST NAME: ÐÅÔÒÁÍ. ÂASED UPON MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH ÎICOLAS IN THE DESIGN PHASE, HE (WE ?) DECIDED TO MAKE USE OF A ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ CHIP INSTEAD OF JUST ÅÐÒÏÍS. ÁND OTHER 6502 MICROPROCESSOR BASED ÃOMMODORE COMPUTERS LIKE " T. É BET YOU CAN'T GUESS WHICH COLOUR 3 MAKES! ÉÎØ WILL HAVE THE REVERSE EFFECT TO ÄÅØ SO REPLACING ONE WITH THE OTHER IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLE WILL CAUSE Ø TO END UP HOLDING A 5 SO THIS TIME THE BORDER WOULD BE DARK GREEN. ÔHE Ù REGISTER IS EXACTLY THE SAM"N PURE 6502 MICRO'S ARE NOT SUPPORTED. 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ PROTOTYPE TEST REPORT FROM ×OMO, 2003-02-07 ÈARDWAREÓOME WEEKS AFTER ÎICOLAS RECEIVED HIS PROFESSIONALLY MANUFACTURED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (ÐÃÂS) OF THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ É ORDERED TWO OF THEM [ÄELIVERED 6"RS AND AN OLD WASHING UP LIQUID BOTTLE. ÉF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE OR MACHINE CODE, EMAIL ME AND É'LL DO THE BUSINESS WITH THE SHOOTERS. ÅRM, TRY TO HELP ÃONTINUES ÎEXT ÉSSUE ×RITTEN BY ÊASON ËELK (ÐUBLISHED WITH ÐERMISSION) HTTP://WW"CRAFTSMAN, SOLDERING THE BOARD WAS NO BIG PROBLEM. ÁLTHOUGH É HAVE TO STATE THAT, FOR A BEGINNER, IT MAY BE TOO HARD. ÐLEASE LOOK ONTO ÎICOLAS' CONSTRUCTION PAGE AND CAREFULLY DECIDE, IF YOU FEEL ABLE TO SOLDER THE BOARD. ÉF NOT, YOU SHOULD ORDER THE RE" SOLUTION TO QUICKLY TEST OUT DIFFERENT Ã64 ËERNAL REPLACEMENTS.ÔHE SECOND WAS NO PROBLEM, BECAUSE É ALSO ORDERED SOME ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ [Ã64 ÆLASH-ÁDAPTER ËERNAL ÒÏÍSWITCH, TOP VIEW, [ÉNSERTED Ã64 ÆLASH-ÁDAPTER ËERNAL ÒÏÍ SWITCH,] ADAPTOR ÐÃÂS AND COULD EASI"SOME CONTENTS INTO THE ÒÏÍS. É TESTED SEVERAL SPEEDER ÒÏÍS, FLASHED DIFFERENT VERSIONS INTO THE FOUR ÒÏÍ BANKS AND SWITCHED THEM FORTH AND BACK. ÅVERYTHING WORKED FINE, COOL. ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 2.0ÂEFORE É COULD TEST THE ÒÁÍ OPTIONS É NEEDED TO SOLVE SOME PROBL#LY BUILD A ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ TO Ã64 ËERNAL ADAPTOR. ÉNSERTING A PARALLEL CABLE INTO MY 1541 DRIVE WAS A LITTLE BIT PROBLEMATIC, BECAUSE THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ BOARD OVERLAYS THE 6522 ÖÉÁ CHIP LOCATION. ÆIRST É USED SOME ADDITIONAL 40 PIN SOCKETS TO LIFT THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ" WITH MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND SOME APPLICATION EXAMPLES. ÏRIGINALLY THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ [6502-ÒAMÒOM INSERTED INTO 1541 DRIVE, SIDE VIEW, WAS CONCEIVED BY ÎICOLAS ×ELTE AND ÐAUL ÆVRSTER FOR THE ÃOMMODORE ÐÅÔ SERIES COMPUTERS AS A ÒÁÍ AND ÒÏÍ EXPANSION A"ALLY HAPPENS IS THAT FIRST Ø IS GIVEN THE NUMBER 4 TO LOOK AFTER. ÔHEN WE TELL IT TO GO DOWN BY 1 WITH THE ÄÅØ COMMAND LEAVING IT WITH 3. ÆINALLY Ø IS TOLD TO PUT IT'S NUMBER INTO THE BORDER COLOUR BUT BECAUSE IT ONLY HOLDS A 3 NOW THE COLOUR IS DIFFEREN"THE ÖÉÃ20 OR THE 1541 DISK DRIVE SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. ÔHE PROCESSOR ADAPTOR BOARD CAN BE CONFIGURED FOR DIFFERENT SYSTEMS BY SIMPLY REPLACING ONE LITTLE ÇÁÌ 16Ö8 PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CHIP. ÔO KEEP THE HARDWARE SIMPLE, THE Ã64 COMPUTER OR OTHER NO"E, SO REPLACING ALL OF THE REFERENCES TO Ø WITH Ù IN THE EXAMPLE WILL STILL WORK AND PRODUCE THE EXACT SAME RESULT.ÔHAT'S ALL FOR THIS FIRST INSTALMENT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO HEAD ON TO THE NEXT PART É'LL SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO WITH AN ACCUMULATOR, TWO REGISTE"502-ÒAMÒOM AND ÆLASH-ÁDAPTOR ÐÃÂS, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE NEEDED COMPONENTS. ÓINCE É DON'T OWN A ÐÅÔ COMPUTER NOR A ÖÉÃ20, É ORDERED ONLY TWO ÇÁÌS FOR THE ÃOMMODORE 15X1 DRIVE REPLACEMENT CONFIGURATION. ÓINCE É CAN CALL MYSELF AN EXPERIENCED ELECTRONIC &W.OLDSCHOOL-GAMING.COM/ ...END... E. ÉF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE OR MACHINE CODE, EMAIL ME AND É'LL DO THE BUSINESS WITH THE SHOOTERS. ÅRM, TRY TO HELP ÃONTINUES ÎEXT ÉSSUE ×RITTEN BY ÊASON ËELK (ÐUBLISHED WITH ÐERMISSION) HTTP://WW"ADY-BUILT EXTENSION BOARD [6502-ÒAMÒOM TOP VIEW, [6502-ÒAMÒOM BOTTOM VIEW [ÓOLDERED OPTIONAL ÓÍÄ-ÒÁÍ, ÁT THIS TIME, THE ÆLASH UPDATE SOFTWARE WASN'T AVAILABLE FOR DISK DRIVE IN-CIRCUIT UPDATES, SO É HAD TO USE MY ÉÂÍ-ÐÃ BASED C'T-ÆLASHER FOR BURNING # M ÁTMEL UNTIL NOW, BUT YOU CAN USE DIFFERENTLY SIZED ÒÏÍS, IF YOU WANT (ÁÔ29Ã256, ÁÔ29Ã512, ÁÔ29Ã010) AND IF YOU DON'T NEED THAT MUCH ÒÏÍ BANKS.ÆOR THE FIRST TIMES FLASHING NEW DRIVE ÒÏÍS WENT FLAWLESSLY, BUT WHENEVER A ÓPEEDÄÏÓ-ÒÏÍ WAS CONFIGURED VIA TH# A BIT HIGHER, BUT É DIDN'T FEEL HAPPY WITH IT; THE CASE COULDN'T BE CLOSED NOW. ÓO É BUILT A VERY SPECIAL LOWEST-PROFILE PARALLEL CABLE ADAPTOR. [1541 LOW PROFILE PARALLEL CABLE ADAPTOR, BOTTOM VIEW, [1541 LOW PROFILE PARALLEL CABLE ADAPTOR, TOP VIEW,#EL WAS RETRIEVED WITH THE '@' COMMAND. É DISCUSSED IT WITH ÎICOLAS AND HE TOLD ME, THAT HE FOUND SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE ORIGINAL ÃÂÍ ÖÉÃ20-ÒÏÍ. ×E FOUND OUT THAT SOME MISDESIGNED ÒÏÍ CODE FRAGMENTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS (ÎOTE: THE ÖÉÃÅ EMULATOR'S # THE TEST OF ÄOLPHIN-ÄÏÓ 2.0 ] WERE DONE, FLASHING THE 1541 DRIVE ÒÏÍ AND Ã64 ËERNAL. É CONFIGURED THE ÒÁÍ OPTION SWITCHES TO ÄÄ2 AND MADE THE FIRST STEPS. ÁNYTHING LOOKED FINE. ÁND WOW, ÄÄ2 ISN'T AS SLOW AS É THOUGHT ALL THE TIME. ÁLTHOUGH BEATEN BY ÐROFüNAL LOGIC OF THE ÆLASH BLOCKS THE WHOLE CHIP SO THAT EVEN READING THE ÒÏÍ FAILS FOR SOME TIME. ÁFTER DISCUSSING THIS POINT IN THE CBM-HACKERS MAILING LIST ], ÎICOLAS MANAGED TO FIX THIS ÒÏÍ BUG AND SO DID É WITH THE ÓPEEDÄÏÓ-ÒÏÍS . ...END PART 1... TER#ALLEL CABLE ADAPTOR AND 6502-ÒAMÒOM (VIEW 2), [ÓPACE BETWEEN PARALLEL CABLE ADAPTORAND 6502-ÒAMÒOM (LIFTED), ÉN-CIRCUIT FLASHING ÔHE NEXT TEST PHASE CAME, WHEN ÎICOLAS WAS FINISHED WITH THE IN-CIRCUIT DRIVE FLASHING SOFTWARE . ÔHIS PIECE OF SOFTWARE WAS#SHING OTHER ÆLASH-ÒÏÍS WITH DIFFERENT SIZES. É HAD AN ÁÔ29Ã020 AS SPARE AND TESTED THE BIGGER FLASHING PAGE SIZE. ÒEADING OUT THE ÒÏÍ CONTENTS WITH THE C'T-ÆLASHER AT MY ÐÃ AGAIN SHOWED NO DIFFERENCES. ÎOTE: YOU CAN'T ACCESS/FLASH HALF OF THE BANKS OF T# BY BLOCK, FROM THE DISK'S SURFACE INTO THE DRIVE'S BUFFER MEMORY AND FURTHER INTO THE ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ. ÔHIS IS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE ÆLASH-ÒÏÍS FROM ÁTMEL ] WERE USED, THAT CAN BE FLASHED PAGE BY PAGE. ÕNFORTUNATELY THE ÆLASH SOFTWARE DOES ONLY SUPPORT CHIPS FRO# SMALL ÆLASH ADAPTOR, BECAUSE THE 29Ã256 HAS GOT A DIFFERENT PINOUT (28 PINS) THAN THE STANDARD 32 PIN ÆLASH ÒÏÍ CHIPS. É HACKED ÎICOLAS' ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ BOARD A LITTLE BIT BY CUTTING SOME TRACES. ÁLTHOUGH THE ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ ÐÃÂ WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE IT FITTED MY NEEDS BEST (INSTEAD OF BUILDING A CABLE WIRED ADAPTOR). ÆLASHING THE 29Ã256 WITH THE LEAST POSSIBLE PAGE SIZE BROUGHT ME A VERY SMALL KERNAL SWITCH BOARD IN A FEW MINUTES; THANKS TO THE WELL DESIGNED ÆLASHER SOFTWARE , THAT IS ABLE TO BURN D#E MAIN ÒÏÍ SWITCHES É RAN INTO PROBLEMS WITH FLASHING OTHER ÒÏÍ BANKS. ÓOME TESTS REVEALED, THAT WHENEVER A ÓPEEDÄÏÓ-ÒÏÍ WAS SELECTED WITH THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ AND THE ÆLASH ENABLE SWITCH WAS SET, THE DRIVE HUNG UP, WHEN A FILE WAS LOADED OR THE ERROR CHANN# ÔHIS ALL DONE, É FIRST TESTED MY BELOVED ÓPEEDÄÏÓ (35 AND 40 TRACKS) AND MADE SURE, THAT IT WORKED FINE. É ALSO TESTED SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COPY PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE, THAT THE PARALLEL CABLE AND THE ÒÏÍ REPLACEMENTS DON'T FAIL. ÐREPARATIONS FOR #BUILT-IN MONITOR WAS EXCEEDINGLY HELPFUL WITH THIS: <ÁÌÔ>-M, DEVICE 8:, WATCH STORE 8000 ÆÆÆÆ, EXIT). ×HENEVER THE ÆLASH ENABLE SWITCH IS SET AND PARTS OF CODE EXECUTED BY THE DESIRED 6502 PROCESSOR STORE VALUES TO THE ÒÏÍ (TO THE ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ), THE INTER#ESSIONAL-ÄÏÓ WORKING WITH IT BRINGS FUN. É COULDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS LIKE LOAD OR ÃÒÃ ERRORS, ALL GAMES LOADED FINE AND WERE PLAYABLE. ÓO THE ÒÁÍ SEEMED TO WORK FINE ALSO. [ÓPACE BETWEEN PARALLEL CABLE ADAPTORAND 6502-ÒAMÒOM (VIEW 1), [ÓPACE BETWEEN PAR#D HAVE BEEN A HUGE PATCH ORGY. ÕNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE TO REDO THE PATCH IF YOU WANT TO USE THE 6502-ÒÁÍÒÏÍ IN A ÖÉÃ20 OR ÐÅÔ AGAIN. ÁLTHOUGH NOT NEEDED É INSTALLED SOME JUMPERS TO EASILY CONFIGURE THE ÐÃÂ FOR BOTH OPTIONS. ÉN THE MEANTIME É TESTED FLA# DESIGNED A VERY, VERY SPECIAL WAY. ÔHE ÒÏÍ, THAT IS GOING TO BURNED IS NOT LOADED INTO THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY AND TRANSFERRED BACK INTO THE DRIVE'S ÆLASH-ÒÏÍ MEMORY. ÔHAT WOULD BE MUCH TOO LONG WINDED. ÎO, THE ÒÏÍ CONTENTS ARE TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY, BLOCK#HIS ÒÏÍ TYPE WITHOUT FURTHER HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS. ÔHEN É TESTED AN ÁÔ29Ã256 AS A SMALL REPLACEMENT FOR MY Ã64 ËERNAL SWITCH BOARD. [ÁÔ29Ã256 TO 32 PIN ÆLASH-ÁDAPTOR, BOTTOM VIEW, [ÁÔ29Ã256 TO 32 PIN ÆLASH-ÁDAPTOR, TOP VIEW, ÂEFORE É HAD TO BUILD A