Subj : Re: Looking for Petspeed or another PET compiler To : Tristan Miller From : Andreas Kohlbach Date : Sat May 13 2023 22:39:49 On Sat, 13 May 2023 09:32:35 +0200, Tristan Miller wrote: > > Oh, never mind -- I found the manual at > . Turns out you need an > 8050 or 4040 dual disk drive with the compiler in drive 0 and the > program to be compiled in drive 1. > > Unfortunately, I still can't get it to work -- no matter what PET and > dual disk drive model I try, I get a CPU jam during the first pass of > the compilation. Looks like people have reported something similar > happening with the C64 version of Petspeed: > https://www.forum64.de/index.php?thread/103911-de-compiler-v-3-0/ > > According to the manual, the compiler uses a hardware dongle (plugged > into the first cassette port) for copy protection. It could be that > this is the source of my problem. (I'm running the compiler in the > VICE emulator, which obviously doesn't have access to the dongle.) Forum64 and Lemon64 might be the best resources for answers. Btw. I also tested the Commodore version (in VICE emulator). After asking for a file name it also locked up. Might be because of a missing dongle. Never used that program, so i cannot help. -- Andreas --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .