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by sixxie
Fri May 13, 2011 10:06 pm
Forum: Discuss This Site
Topic: dragon 32 games author - new
Replies: 7
Views: 6677

Re: dragon 32 games author - new

If you have problems loading, give the most recent snapshot a go - I've done a bit of work on the loading routines and they now default to "fast", which also sidesteps a few "insufficient leader bytes between block" problems. If you build a GTK+ Linux version, there's also a nice new tape control wi...
by sixxie
Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:45 am
Forum: Software Requests
Topic: 8-colour Pacman clone ?
Replies: 4
Views: 4565

Re: 8-colour Pacman clone ?

"Ghost Attack" fits the description...

"Flee!" was in Dragon User but uses 12-line Semigraphics 6.

Edit: both are in the download section!
by sixxie
Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:05 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Read Flex disks on a PC ?
Replies: 20
Views: 16668

Re: Read Flex disks on a PC ?

Both MM and JSW were written by playing/studying the spectrum version and then writing code to mimic what I saw Now, this is impressive :D Seconded! Graphics is one thing, but ports done in that way often get the behaviour "not quite right" (witness certain versions of Chuckie Egg), and MM/JSW both...
by sixxie
Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:38 am
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: What Hardware?
Replies: 16
Views: 7850

Re: What Hardware?

I would absolutely love it if you find you do have a spare one!

Frankly, it's your fault I ever wanted one in the first place. ;)
by sixxie
Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:59 pm
Forum: Software Requests
Topic: Underbeings of Croth - Loading Problems
Replies: 6
Views: 5139

Re: Underbeings of Croth - Loading Problems

I think it must leave the motor on for ages after "side one" before trying to load the next part. If you insert 1024 fake leader bytes ("U" characters) between the parts, it loads ok from one file.
by sixxie
Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:08 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: xroar and disk writeback
Replies: 5
Views: 2999

Re: xroar and disk writeback

No it isn't, but I'll take that as a feature request!
by sixxie
Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:48 pm
Forum: Hints and Tips
Topic: Dragon OS-9 question
Replies: 4
Views: 3304

Re: Dragon OS-9 question

Haha, an excellent solution!

There may be an easier way though - I think there's a tool that comes with MESS called IMGTOOL that supports OS-9 disks (and probably RS-DOS format disks too). I've never used it, but it's worth checking out.
by sixxie
Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:34 am
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Dragon32.com and a new Disk mag?
Replies: 16
Views: 6899

Re: Dragon32.com and a new Disk mag?

Very handy feature! Thanks for adding it. Would be even more useful if you flush the output file from time to time so that I don't have to exit xroar to get all the output :-) Ah, try Control+Shift+P. I guess when sending to file a timed flush would be useful, but the reason it's not there now is t...
by sixxie
Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:38 am
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Dragon32.com and a new Disk mag?
Replies: 16
Views: 6899

Re: Dragon32.com and a new Disk mag?

CSAVE"..",A will save in ASCII, but it's still wrapped up in tape block headers/footers. With a decent text editor it's quite easy to strip all those headers, but there is now an easier way. If you try the latest XRoar snapshot from here , you can run with "-lp-file filename ", and then type "LLIST"...
by sixxie
Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:57 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: What Hardware?
Replies: 16
Views: 7850

Re: What Hardware?

What happens on a real CoCo 3 if you point the IRQ vector at a routine like the one below which RTI's without first clearing the interrupt condition with a lda $ff02. Does it (a) seemingly cause the computer to do nothing other than update the IRQ routine (like any real CoCo 1,2 or Dragon) or (b) c...