X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9c5db9e6be40caff X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-18 18:01:40 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!easynet-quince!easynet.net!news1.carrier1.net!amsnews01.chello.com!Flipper.POSTED!not-for-mail From: ppunk@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: OT: Spamfighting (was: All YOUR Romantic Needs - Relationship101.com 9857) Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: <60u09t8aabjgmcqgi4fmimgsadebq2tp0j@4ax.com> References: <16gr8tgalfh8057ciisd8uakbji47jar43@4ax.com> <2g3u8tgim9e14esk4a7nh9mesg9o6d3oas@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 130 Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 01:55:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.93.74.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: Flipper 982547735 213.93.74.225 (Mon, 19 Feb 2001 02:55:35 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 02:55:35 MET Xref: supernews.google.com alt.ascii-art:4466 On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 05:19:06 GMT, Nate / DAC provoked the following text: >> You know, i only went as far as the Flash8, contrary to the SCPU it had very >> little compatibilty. I couldn't get GEOS to run stable, a lot of screens would >> be f*cked up, both in demos as well as in games. The only programs that really >> befitted from the Flash8 were Basic programs and a few other programs that just >> ran faster like a flightsim (don't remember the name) in which you could take >> off, climb to 40,000 feet and crash in 2 seconds flat :-)) > >Flight Simulator II has been patched for Super CPU, as has GEOS. However, >most games and demos still screw up, either because they use illegal >opcodes that only 6502 variants can execute (65816 doesn't have any >illegal ops), or they use 1 MHz-specific timing. > >Sometimes it's a memory mapping problem, but this, I would think, is >extremely rare since the Super CPU only adds a handful of registers to I/O >space. I think you misread my text, i wasn't talking about the SCPU but about the Flash8 accellerator cartridge. >> >> >Now if you have a CMD Hard Drive, which offers Parallel, >> >> You don't need a CMD drive to have a parallel drive. There were/are kits around >> >Certainly not, >> Certainly it could! I bought a kit and ran the 1541 in parallel mode >> for about a year before i retired the good old C64. >Sorry, my statement came out wrong - the "certainly not" was supposed to >enforce your "your dont need..." comment, not reject it. :) Ah, sorry 'bout that... >> >> I had that one! It came with a number of song, "99 Luftbalons" amongst >> >> others. >> >The one I'm thinking of only had one tune, something about "eliza" or so. >> In that case i think that we are thinking of two different programs. >> Mine was a program to make these tunes with. >Ahh, the one I tried didn't have a composer in it, it was just the one >tune. "Flowers for Eliza" or something like that? Still, a neat thing to >mess with, if you already had a nearly dead 1541 to play around with (I >wouldn't want to use that program on a known good drive :) A good drive would certainly survive it, it just vibrates the head in a similar way it does when reading a floppy, nothing more. >> >> Does it run standalone or does it need GEOS/Wheels? >> >It needs Wheels, a Super CPU with at least 1 MB of RAM, and a high speed >> >modem with Swiftlink-compatible RS232 card. >> What ever hapened to Net64? I'm on cable now and if i ever want to internet with >> the C64 i'll need that one. >64-Net? No, Net64 (i so sure that was the name), it enabled you to connect a C64 to a LAN. >> And when i checked again it was back up. If i ever need docs to the commie i >> know where to go :-) >Definitely. Be sure to obtain a copy of the C64 Programmer's Reference >Guide sometime, if you ever decide to mess with the C64 again (or with an >emulator, such as Vice).. It's an invaluable reference, tells you >everything you need to know short of describing the way the signals move >about through the machine :) Twalking about emulators: Years ago, the best C64 emu one could get was C64S, is that still the case or are there better emu's now? >> >True, a lot of the Commodore people get lazy when it comes to thier >> >websites (myself included). Some just don't take the time, though. >> I think it's time you go and do you part then! >Me? :) Yep! :-) >Actually my site's not too far out of date, only a few months at >worst. However, it probably could use a facelift. And where can i find your site? >> >Either way, there's a lot more to be done before these old machine can >> >rightfully be called 'dead'. So far, the end isn't in sight yet. >> I love it to see a true believer like i once was. >Curious...why did you give up using it anyways? Well, i bought a 286 for my wife and before long i had taken over the machine, trying stuff out (like "is it really impossible for a PC to read a C64 floppy?" 'n stuff). Then i discovered Windows 3.1 and i was impressed by the speed, the resolution and the high availability of software. Eventually i noticed that i didn't use my C64 anymore so after a few months collecting dust i decided to put it in my computer storage roon (yes, i have one) where it noe rests. Mind you, i didn't scrap it, nor did i retire it. It simply rests there. >> But i have never declared the commie dead, what i do say is that the >> scene isn't as vibrant as it once was. > >Agreed... Seems the most activty now is centered in Germany and >Poland. If you look at the US Scene just on the serface, it looks flat >out dead. But if you dig a little deeper, you'll turn up all kinds of >little goodies that we're doing now. One user, Jeri Ellsworth, is working >on a VGA card for C64 (I've seen the working prototype). Cool! In one of the CW's CMD had a suvey, asking if we would be interested in buying a C64 compatible computer if it required a VGA monitor. This reminds me a bit of that. >I'm working on an MP3 decoder board wrapped around the MAS3507-D chip >(www.micronas.com). > >Others are pursuing things like better CD-ROM support, multitasking OS's >like JOS, Ethernet support, etc. > >One friend of mine is working on a whole new C64 board - he wants to try >to pack the entire board, plus a few enhancements, into a single chip (in >VHDL I think). Very High Density Layers? Anyway, it sounds promising... -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Draai je V3.03 al van de SETI@home client? http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer. 822wu/1.26yrs Learn Chinese in 5 minutes: Did you go to the beach?: Wai Yu So Tan?