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Need Help !

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I'm looking for "CROWN'S MAGIC PICTURE SHOW" (2x *.D64)for my demosite at WWW.SAFECRACKER.DE !
Can anyone help ???

Posted on Apr 7, 2001, 7:04 AM

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Have you checked here?

by James

ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/cbm/plus4/Demos/Crown/



Posted on Apr 7, 2001, 3:58 PM

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Another question...

by rOuGh

How can I know in YAPE which joystick port (1 or 2) I am currently using???



Posted on Apr 7, 2001, 5:16 AM

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If...

by Attila

... the 'Switch joystick ports' is checked, that means thet you are using the second port. If it's unchedked, you use the first.

Good point, it's not obvious, so I might change the whole joystick setup someday...

Posted on Apr 7, 2001, 11:56 AM

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Rescue from Zylon!

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I'm looking for a version without auto-cheat cos the
one floating around the net has (no damage to zeppelin possible!)



Posted on Apr 6, 2001, 10:46 PM

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???

by Lando

What emulator are you using ?

Both the PRG and TAP versions work great on the site.

.PRG
http://plus4.emucamp.com/r.htm

.TAP
http://plus4.emucamp.com/mtapn-z.htm



Posted on Apr 7, 2001, 12:38 AM

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I'm using the version

by rOuGh

from http://www.c16.de

will check this one!

and yape btw.



Posted on Apr 7, 2001, 5:16 AM

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Just for the books

by Lando

I`m as keen as you to have good working copys of all games.






Posted on Apr 7, 2001, 2:24 PM

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Untitled

by Anonymous



Posted on Apr 8, 2001, 12:24 AM

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I know, my Emucamp fellow!! <nt> :)

by rOuGh



Posted on Apr 8, 2001, 12:27 AM

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I`ve had a busy day and just cought up with

by Lando

your news posting COOL !

http://pirates.emucamp.com/

1942 comes to mind again Wish we could find the truth about this game.

Look below on the board at the releated messages about:

"A Plus4 only game that never was released from Anco ??"

One or 2 down you can find a scan of the advert I have for a Plus4 version of Thai Boxing. Ummm.


Posted on Apr 8, 2001, 2:29 AM

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Hehe

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I knew you liked the C16/plus4 section on my site, yet no special things.

except there is an ad for 1942 saying 'C16'!!!!

Do you know if Elite Systems do still exist???



Posted on Apr 8, 2001, 8:04 PM

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I think Elite are gone :-(

by Lando

The last known game I know of was some Frankenstine platform on the SNES. Not sure of the name....

Posted on Apr 8, 2001, 10:11 PM

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BTW, the pages are cool, THX. (nt)

by Lando

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Posted on Apr 8, 2001, 11:16 PM

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X--1541 cable and 1541-II?

by James

I have an XE-1541 cable hooked up to a Commodore 1541-II drive. Copying individual files is fine, but I cannot copy a whole disk image (D64) to a floppy without a 'disk full' error.

Has anyone else had this problem? I formatted the diskettes on a 128D, and the 1541-II has no problem reading these or any of my old Plus/4 disks that are 15+ years old. (This seems to eliminate an alignment problem.)

James

Posted on Apr 6, 2001, 3:13 AM

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In order to better understand, please specify

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a) Do you use StarCommander?
b) If yes, what's its version?
c) If not, try using StarCommander

Waiting for reply
Bye

SVS

Posted on Apr 6, 2001, 2:55 PM

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Yes, I use SC

by James

I use the February beta of Star Commander.


Posted on Apr 7, 2001, 1:16 AM

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Mmmhh, I normally use StarCommander with

by SVS

all the features, but I have no problem.
Have you tried to change the speed (from Warp to Turbo, or else from Turbo to Normal)?
If this is not the case, you can contact Joe Foster, author of StarConmmander at: sta@c64.org.

P.S. - I use a X1541 cable (not XE1541).

Bye

Posted on Apr 10, 2001, 8:18 AM

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I have the same problem.

by Lando

With my 1541 using an XE1541 cable.

I use Starcommander 0.81

To be honest I had problems getting anything to work at first. I put it down to my PC and the way it handles DOS. When I copyed over to PC whole disks they all had errors on. So I had to copy 1 file at a time to D64.

I had problems getting mtap to work as well. I have to use a Win boot disk and then run mtap. It wont run from shutting down to DOS on my machine..

So I blame my PC. Time is short to look into it. I have them working which is the most important part for me even if it`s long winded.




Posted on Apr 6, 2001, 10:22 PM

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Luca, I think I have some cool news:

by Lando

1 page only, running on Netscape4.72 which has the new look and banner on at the same time!

Please check it.

http://plus4.emucamp.com/indextest.htm

As you my understand I have many, many hours of work to do trying to fix pages and even the old pages I have yet to change the look of. Almost all are bad. So take it easy on what you look at. The Games Index and Tap pages are ok for now as they dont have the banners on.

Thanks.

regards,
Mike





Posted on Apr 6, 2001, 2:41 AM

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The Fate of C16/Plus4 ClassiX

by Lando

Yep! At this time it`s unknown.

I have fuckin lost it big time!!!

I can not make this site (new look) work with Netscape4.72 by adding the banners.

No matter how hard I try with new tables, frames or what ever the banners constantly crashes Netscape. I`m having to reboot every time I try to look at it and it ante no fun!

My host Zoop has not replyed to my email asking for help. Today I found out why just on the off chance,

http://www.emucamp.com does the same thing to Netscape. It will kill your machine. No wonder he has`nt replyed........

So I have deleted the banners from each new look page.
It states I MUST HAVE THE BANNERS on each main page on the site, look here: http://www.emucamp.com/hosted.htm

Well I cant live with this shit any longer so unless they sort it out there staying off.

In the mean time they may get upset about it. To be honest I dont know if or when they might complain.

You undersatnd what I`m saying ??

Good!








Posted on Mar 31, 2001, 2:59 PM

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Turn off Java in Netscape

by Attila

You can tell the users to turn off Java (and/or Javascript) in Netscape when visiting your pages.

BUT:

As I told ya, my Netscape 4.75 does not crash at all on your or Emucamp's banners.

Posted on Apr 1, 2001, 8:55 AM

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Thing is, people dont read.

by Lando

We`ve all done it, just jumped into a site with out reading the small print.

Honest Ati it`s bad. It hangs your machine. If anyone was doing anything important then this would be bad.

I was lucky may harddrive did`nt die.

What I did`nt understand was I did get the banners working at one time. So I played around with the tables abit to tidy it up only for it to crash again. After rebooting I put the old table text back on the banners how it woked before, but it crashed.......







Posted on Apr 1, 2001, 11:13 AM

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Screw Netscape

by Akira

It's such a buggy program that it pisses me off. I used to check my paged for 'Netscape compatibility', but I can't be arsed anymore. I don't know wtf is wrong with the bastards who code it but that program is no good for your system.

- Akira
Shmups Mk2 - Showcasing the best 2D shoot'em ups ever!
.:[ http://www.shmups.com ]:.

Posted on Apr 2, 2001, 6:17 PM

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Does anyone know if:

by Lando

Jeep Command was released for the C16 ? This would of been a Bug-Byte release.

In the cover of Zargan Warrior it says "Other amazing games for your C16" and one of them is Jeep Command.

cheers,

Posted on Mar 26, 2001, 7:09 PM

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I can't put my finger on it....

by James

but if I remember correctly this title was offered for sale in the United States by Tri-Micro. I cannot find the last large catalog I received from them in the Summer of 1988, but it is not listed in the previous ones I can set my hands on at this moment.

Tri-Micro did license a lot of Plus/4 and C16 software from UK distributors who did not want to go through the effort of promoting the Plus/4 versions in the US. I obtained several Bug-Byte titles from Tri-Micro on diskette this way.

Once I find the 'big book', I'll let you know.

Posted on Mar 27, 2001, 4:50 AM

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Wow!

by Attila

You might even have some games available in the US only? Or games that are just not downloadable from the net yet?

Posted on Mar 27, 2001, 7:52 AM

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About downloadable games in the US:

by James

United States copyright law allows for a copyrighted work to be protected for the life of the author plus 50 years, or 75 years from first publication in the case of a company or distributor owning the copyright.

There are some titles that were published here that may not have been released over in Europe, but they're usually text-based such as a lottery prediction program and an update to the built-in software.

My wife purchased a software title at one time that showed David Johnson as one of the programmers, and was released by a California company. When I have time, I intend to try to contact this person to see if he is the same David Johnson who wrote the Plus/4's built-in software, and if so to try to get permission to redistribute his update on the Internet for the benefit of those who could not obtain it 15 years ago.

Tri-Micro was the company founded by David Johnson and his wife to distribute computer software. They took it upon themselves to try to keep the Plus/4 alive here in the States. Most of their other software was licensed from other companies and independent authors.

But I will, when I find the 'ultimate' catalog, post a list of what they had available in 1988.


Posted on Mar 28, 2001, 3:10 AM

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Please, what is the updates of built-in

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software you spoke about, on your message?
Waiting for your replay (we Plus4' maniacs are very curious :)) )
Regards.

Posted on Apr 2, 2001, 9:41 AM

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Three-Plus-1 status

by James

The status of releasing the 'update' or 'fix' to the built-in software hasn't changed. I still have not located the David Johnson in question.

However, my wife is almost ready to have a baby (our first son) so there's a lot of other stuff going on here that prevents me from spending as much time on the computer as I used to.

James

Posted on Apr 6, 2001, 3:09 AM

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Ah great and thanks!!

by Lando

If you notice anything in the listings I dont have or you cant find on the net, let us know about them and then the hunt will begin for the lost games

Well, we will try and find them.

Cheers,

Posted on Mar 27, 2001, 9:52 PM

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Jeep Command (response)

by James

Tri-Micro lists "Jeep Command" as part of their "Two-Fer" package in the Fall/Winter 1986 catalog, page 44. It was packaged with Aardvark on the same diskette for $14.95 US.

It only shows in the one catalog, not any before or after, so I suspect that they either had low sales or that they never received the license from the oroginal publisher. (There is a note at the beginning of this section that Tri-Micro was still in negotiations and would need about 30 days before they could ship some of these titles.)

James

Posted on Apr 9, 2001, 3:47 PM

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Many thanks James for this info

by Lando

Just maybe it did`nt make the self after all.

Thanks again!

Posted on Apr 10, 2001, 8:11 PM

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A Plus4 only game that never was released from Anco ??

by Lando

Back in the golden days I was always keen to get my hands on anything that came from Anirog/Anco. At one time I had almost all of them, but there was always one game I never did see.

THAI BOXING

It was a (Last Ninja view) 3D fighting game and showed the boxers faces with brusises from fighting at the top of the screen.

Anco put adverts in the mag`s for this game and showed it available for the Plus4, but I never saw it!

Did anyone ever see it, own it or know if it was ever released ?

I can prove the advert does excist if your now wondering the same.

ummm.



Posted on Mar 25, 2001, 4:08 AM

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Ok... Here is the advert!

by Lando



Posted on Mar 25, 2001, 9:35 PM

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Uh..... Lando.....

by James

you already show this on your own website:

http://plus4.emucamp.com/downloading/t/thai_boxing.prg

James


Posted on Mar 27, 2001, 4:53 AM

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That is the C16 version!

by Attila

What Lando has on the site, is the C16 version (which sucks big time)... He got excited as he thought a game similar to the C64 version was released for plus/4 only and he doesn't have it!

Posted on Mar 27, 2001, 7:54 AM

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In a way you could be correct.

by Lando

Thinking about it. The old C16 Thai Boxing was released in 1985.

Then again, this new Thai Boxing was released 1987-ish and states only the Plus4?

Something in the back of my mind makes me think the C16 version was the one they ment for us but...

In the magazine the month before this it has the same advert, but NO Plus4 version as shown on this one.

At the time ANCO were king and released many cool games, even Classic Snooker was Plus4 only.. then we had Strip Poker and Plus4 versions of Terra Nova, Bridge Head. The games line up was great and just maybe this new version of Thai Boxing was coming our way ?



Posted on Mar 27, 2001, 1:25 PM

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Does anyone have Micro Illustrator?

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I am looking for Micro Illustrator. I originally had it as Commodore USA released it in C64/Plus4 diskette format. My orginal diskette has gone bad.

Does anyone at all have a working copy of this in D64 format (I doubt because of the copy protection) or an original diskette that they would be willing to part with?

I still have the mail-in 'backup' card that Commodore sent with the program, not like it does any good now....

James


Posted on Mar 23, 2001, 3:24 AM

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Found something ...

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Hi James,

I have found a MICRO ILLUSTRATOR in my old Plus/4 disc archive,
I guess it is a cracked version. I dont know if it is the right program,
but you can give it a try. It is a .prg and runs o.k. with Yape.

Enjoy it (if it is the right thing)

Norbert
NKintzler@gmx.net

(MICROILLUSTRATOR.PRG sent via mail attachment)

Posted on Mar 23, 2001, 9:55 AM

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Ehi James, noted the speed by which..

by SVS

we, old plu4 maniacs, give a reply? :))
Eh, eh ... we have everything you needs.

Greetz


Posted on Mar 23, 2001, 1:29 PM

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My Thanks to Norbert

by James

for supplying a D64 archive of this program, and for resending it when the file attachment didn't come through the first time.

Posted on Mar 24, 2001, 1:30 PM

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Please help me before I go MAD!!!!!!!

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Do you have the passwords for Frank Bruno`s Boxing....PLEASE!

I`ve made a .TAP image of the whole game and sure it`s cool, but I cant beat the Canadian Crusher!! So I cant tell if the .TAP is 100% fine with-out having tested all loads of the TAP.

Man I finished this game years ago


If not, anyone is welcome to a copy if you wish to play and help me test it.

Mail me.

Cheers,
(My head is in pain after already playing it for an hour!)



Posted on Mar 22, 2001, 3:55 PM

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FB Boxing

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Lando

Did you get the codes, if not let me know and I will route out some old Commodore User mags form the garden shed and look for them, as I think they were printed once on the POKES & PEEKS Cheats pages, cheers.

Roy.


Posted on Mar 24, 2001, 6:19 PM

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Anybody can hit me about any PC utility...

by

able to search for a filename
inside a cluster of D64 images?
This one could be very useful to fastly view if you own or don't that
new cool prg. you just have seen on the web...
Thanx

$C1A0
S\_/S of [FIRE]

Posted on Mar 22, 2001, 1:31 PM

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Agree.....this would be cool. I have 1500 D64 images.

by Lando

Zsolt if your reading can you help ?
Thanks !!

Posted on Mar 22, 2001, 3:58 PM

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This shouldn't be too hard...

by Attila

Chunks from the emulator can be used for it, and the rest is quite easy.

It would be easier if all the D64s would be in the same folder... You want multiple folders?

So if I find the time besides Yape, I'll make it (if noone else makes that beforehand)



Posted on Mar 22, 2001, 9:33 PM

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Use Windows Commander 4.x with my .D64 plugin!

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Hi SVS (and Lando and all others),

I tried to search in .d64 archives with my (still 0.1 and only reading) WinCmd .D64 plugin and it works! Windows Commander 4.x (http://www.ghisler.com) can search in known archives (in the Find Files dialog box check 'search archives'). It unpacks them to a temporary dir, looks for the file in the temp dir and then deletes the files. And the plugin makes .D64 files to regular archives for Windows Commander. The only point is that you cannot search for non-ASCII chars as they are stripped away by the plugin.

If you want to give it a try, e-mail me and I will send it to you. There is still no site to download, maybe Lando could put it somewhere on the BEST Plus4 site ever (Lando, reading this?)

Regards,

Norbert

Posted on Mar 23, 2001, 9:12 AM

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May I offer some help? :)

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Hi Norbert,

I think Lando would gladly distribute it as well, but my homepage also has a download section, where you not only can download Yape, but some other goodies as well. I always wanted to make PC-util section there, so I offer my help if you agree

Also, I have another section, called "Archives", may I put up Microillustrator there for everyone to enjoy? Thx!


Posted on Mar 24, 2001, 8:36 PM

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[OT] 10th only... ;__;

by Luca/FIRE

An offtopic message only to cry in this board:
my tune reached the 10th position only in the final chart of Forever party, kept in Slovakia a couple of day ago...

http://www.forever.studiostyle.sk/forever/index.php

What a pity... ;__;

Posted on Mar 20, 2001, 1:45 PM

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Ah man!! <snif>

by Lando

Luca

Your piano sound was the best! And you showed them how it`s done on a Plus/4.

keep up the good work!

Posted on Mar 20, 2001, 9:42 PM

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Netscape crashes!

by Luca/FIRE

Lando!!!
Netscape 4.5 crashes 'coz site's new look! ;__;

Posted on Mar 14, 2001, 6:09 PM

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Does`nt surprise me at all.

by Lando

http://home.netscape.com/browsers/index.html

Grab the latest version and see what you get.


Posted on Mar 14, 2001, 8:42 PM

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Netscape 6.0

by Luca/FIRE

Nobody uses the newest version, 'coz it's completely bugged!

Posted on Mar 16, 2001, 5:18 PM

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Well

by Lando

It look`s like the site is pretty fucked with Netscape.

To be honest!! And I lay my hands down now! The new look was made around NS 4.72 all off line. Making sure everything was fine. And off line it works like a dream!!

Could it be the banners or the counter ?? Thats the only things missing when I`m working on it........

But then again I dont think so some how.







Posted on Mar 16, 2001, 11:02 PM

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I`ve deleted the Banner

by Lando

From the main page and it looks ok with NS 4.72

But be warned the whole game index still has the banners on it with my new HTML.

I`ll email zoop to see if he can offer any help.



Posted on Mar 16, 2001, 11:46 PM

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Try Mozilla...

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Try Mozilla, Netscape is based on it, but that is far more ahead of Netscape in terms of stability. You can use the so called Milestones (current is 0.8) or even daily builds! I use it myself since a while!

http://www.mozilla.org

Posted on Mar 18, 2001, 10:52 AM

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In the meantime

by Attila Grosz

I tried the new banner code with my Netscape 4.75 and now I am able to write to the Message Board That means NS survived it...

It is odd though, as Lando's Netscape 4.75 still crashes... while mine is alive and well (I use Win98)

Posted on Mar 19, 2001, 9:05 PM

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Happy Birthday!!

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Lando

Just to say a happy belated birthday on you 1yr 5 day old site, sorry my input has'nt been much yet, but don't give up the sites superb, thanks for all yours and your contributors efforts hopefully I will speak with you soon, thanks again.

Roy.


1yr old and many years to go...........

Posted on Mar 10, 2001, 9:41 PM

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hehe

by Max

Happy birthday Landos site, How youve grown!!!

IM writing this on Dreamcast and its so slow, anyway, goodluck with the best plus4 site in the future!

Max


Posted on Mar 11, 2001, 2:35 AM

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Ah Thanks :-)

by Lando

It`s been a great year for the Plus4 all a round the surf and the future is looking bright

Cheers,

Posted on Mar 11, 2001, 11:14 AM

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Yes and the new look is great! <nt>

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Posted on Mar 11, 2001, 3:53 PM

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Stop! Thief!

by

Take a look at this new Sega game called Monkey Ball for the arcade/Dreamcast. Haven't I seen this somewhere before? I wonder if it's based on the Plus4 classic Trailblazer?



Posted on Mar 6, 2001, 3:43 PM

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Cant they think of anything new ;-)

by Lando

Sort of reminds you of Shaun Southern`s classic. I can here the music in my head now.

Time to fire it up and have a bash me thinks

Posted on Mar 6, 2001, 11:04 PM

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I can't complain about that!

by Akira

It's better to see a remake of Trailblazer than to watch yet another FPS game hitting the shelves... It's really sickening...

A suggestion for all my classic gaming friends out there: buy a Gameboy Advance ;P

- Akira
Shmups Mk2 - Showcasing the best 2D shoot'em ups ever!
.:[ http://www.shmups.com ]:.

Posted on Mar 7, 2001, 1:34 AM

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sidloader.prg on the Plus/4?

by Akira

Hi guys,

Does anyone know if the program sidloader.prg, that comes with SIDPlay for Windows, has been ported over to the Plus/4? I'd like to use a similar player in case I get a SID board.

Do you think it would be too difficult to port it over?

Thanks,

- Akira
Shmups Mk2 - Showcasing the best 2D shoot'em ups ever!
.:[ http://www.shmups.com ]:.


Posted on Mar 5, 2001, 12:40 PM

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I think....

by Lando

it works the same a the C64, you just save the memory location.. Ummm

Try asking Luca as he has a SID card ?



Posted on Mar 5, 2001, 12:57 PM

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[attn] Luca - question

by Akira

Hey Luca,
As lando suggests, here I ask teh question to you. Do you know if the sidloader.prg thing has been ported to the PLus/4? Otherwise, would it be possible to, through a PC64 cable, use the SID-board equipped Plus/4 as a SID playing dummy machine, just like what you do with a C64/128? Is there any chance of porting the program? Easily?

Thanks in advance,

- Akira
Shmups Mk2 - Showcasing the best 2D shoot'em ups ever!
.:[ http://www.shmups.com ]:.

Posted on Mar 6, 2001, 1:28 AM

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mmmmm........

by Luca/FIRE

Mmmmm...
Let me understand: a Sidloader.prg is a +4 stuff that simply plays c64 sid files, right?

If right, there are lots of sidplayer on the black box, try ftp://c64.rulez.org/pub/plus4/Tools/Music

I prefer the Moldi's Musichearing (that plays sids with sidcard, frq converter and wave converter) and the Proky's Siddriver.

Posted on Mar 12, 2001, 8:50 AM

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Not exactly

by Akira

sidloader.prg is a C64 program which, with the use of a PC64 cable, plays the SIDs that SIDPlay for Windows throws at the C64 thru the PC64 cable. I'd like to do the same thing with the Plus/4. So I was thinking about converting teh program or something (if it is not already out there)

About the readily available, normal SID players for the PLus, do any of those accept the vry SAME format that SIDPlay uses?

- Akira
Shmups Mk2 - Showcasing the best 2D shoot'em ups ever!
.:[ http://www.shmups.com ]:.

Posted on Mar 15, 2001, 4:32 AM

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but...a simpler choiche?

by Luca/FIRE

Mh, I got now...

But I find much simple to convert a .sid file with the /files/convert option, then transfer the file on a 5.25 disk and listen to it with a sidplayer...

Posted on Mar 21, 2001, 6:23 PM

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The idea is...

by Akira

... not to fiddle around with any kind of disks. I just send the SID data thru the PC64 cable to the Plus/4, from my PC, with normal SIDPlay commands. I odnt have to touch 2 machines, or even more, I dont even need to turn on the monitor for the PLus/4, since it works in a 'dummy terminal' mode.

That's what I Wanted to do I guess I'm bettere scoring a C64 and using it as a dumb SID terminal...

- Akira
Shmups Mk2 - Showcasing the best 2D shoot'em ups ever!
.:[ http://www.shmups.com ]:.

Posted on Mar 23, 2001, 1:12 AM

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copy files from VC1541 to PC

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Dear Experts,
I'd like to copy my C64 BASIC files from a VC1541 disk drive formatted floppy to PC to run my files there. I haven't been successfull with the C64 emulation programmes, they can't read the floppy.
Can you help me?
Thank you!
Dénes

Posted on Mar 2, 2001, 12:48 PM

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You (only) must have a real 1541 disk drive

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to do this operation. No PC device can read/write 5.25" CBM formatted disks.
If you own a 1541 disk drive, you can transfer your files using a special program (I suggest STAR COMMANDER) running in the PC, while connecting the drive with the parallel port of your PC. The cable is known as X1541

If you have problems ... write here again!.


Posted on Mar 2, 2001, 1:13 PM

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Looking for Plus/4 psu ;(

by Akira

Well, it sems the PSU I have wont work, so I'm in need of a Plus/4 PSU to get my system going.

Anybody knows where I could get one? I have looked on eBay with no luck ;(

- Akira
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Posted on Feb 28, 2001, 1:50 AM

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Go have a peek at here...

by Attila



This is a mirror of http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/cbm

There are some schematics and maybe you can build one yourself...

Posted on Mar 6, 2001, 9:23 AM

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Damn ;(

by Akira

I am really bad at electronics. I heard I can modify a C64 PSU for the PLus/4, however, I don't have the plug to connect it to the Plus/4.

Thanks for your info Attila, much apreciated.

- Akira
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Posted on Mar 7, 2001, 1:31 AM

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Hi Plus 4 Lovers

by Costin

My son put me yesterday to show him how the old Commdoore Plus4 works. So putting it to work I have discovered that it is in perfect condition as well as it's datasette (1531)

Unfortunately I don't have anymore the joystick(s) and I still have only a few games (on tapes).

Looking for some accesoriess and games on the net I have discovered this beautiful site. Good job, Lando !

Can anyone tell me from where can I buy a joystick and how can I download (or buy) some games ? I do not have Commodore diskete drive !

Posted on Feb 27, 2001, 10:06 AM

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Look on Ebay

by Martin

There is one on offer.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1217592514

Posted on Feb 27, 2001, 10:01 PM

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1571 disk drive - Will it work?

by Akira

Ok, I finally am receiving my Commodore Plus/4, and I was wondering: will my 1571 disk drive work with it? I know the +4 takes all the C64 peripherals, but asking just won't hurt

Lando, I'll email ya soon about those joystick adapters =D

- Akira
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Posted on Feb 26, 2001, 11:17 PM

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Yes, but 1551 is faster

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Hi Akira,

your 1571 will work with the Plus4, but only at the normal 1541 speed,
as the Plus4 does not understand the C128/1571 burst protocol.
The 1551 - which is designed for Plus4 - has a parallel
connector and works much faster.
Maybe a Plus4 ROM extension (OS96) understands the 1571 burst, I dont know.

Enjoy your new Plus4

Norbert

Posted on Feb 27, 2001, 9:41 AM

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Thanks

by Akira

I think I might have to go hunt one of those? Must be pretty rare though.

First I'll be buying the SID card for it. I want to utilize the machine for music as much as I can.

- Akira
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Posted on Feb 28, 2001, 1:21 AM

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