Page 4 of 10

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 1:43 pm
by .mad.
Sarah wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:36 am Ha ha! Did you decode these or were they already posted somewhere? :geek:
once the program had loaded the enter code word screen.
i used MAME debugger to view the memory.
All the words can be seen in one long string.
So it was easy to split up into 5 letter codes. :ugeek: :lol:

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:23 pm
by .mad.
this was too much like hard work. :P

B&H Demonstration Tape.
salvaged programs from poor WAV recording.
*unable to save "Tool Kit".

good news is, there was a demo of Moon Lander/Rescue with the missing lines needed in the Full version.
so that game code is complete now. 8-)

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 11:02 am
by .mad.
Trivial Crosswords (Quickbeam / *Pulser)
Cassette version.

you must load a question block 1-15 before the starting game.
use cursor keys to move to the start of word square, then press "A" for Across or "D" for Down clue.

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 2:32 pm
by robcfg
If you send me the wav file for Toolkit, I can try to fix that one.

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:10 pm
by .mad.
robcfg wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2019 2:32 pm If you send me the wav file for Toolkit, I can try to fix that one.
I think the recording is too far gone to be saved. :P
maybe the same "toolkit" prog, was released by another company??.

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 10:08 pm
by robcfg
I managed to get the first 10 block out of the wav file.

If everything keeps the way it´s going, it will take some time but seems salvageable.

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:41 am
by .mad.
robcfg wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2019 10:08 pm I managed to get the first 10 block out of the wav file.

If everything keeps the way it´s going, it will take some time but seems salvageable.
nice one!

does the code saved so far, look anything like this toolkit from premier microsystems?

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 6:42 pm
by robcfg
Nop, it seems to be a Toolkit (maybe Graphics Toolkit), from B&H Software 1983.

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:46 pm
by robcfg
44 blocks recovered!

I think that tomorrow I´ll have the remaining blocks :ugeek:

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:29 pm
by robcfg
Success!

Here you have the Graphic Toolkit from B&H Software from 1983.

Cheers,
Rob