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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?
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.
Re: repaired games from bad tapes
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:23 pm
by .mad.
this was too much like hard work.
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.
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.
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
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