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#1
After arnoldemu's suggestion to simply record myself writing some code I had a try tonight at creating a first part of a series writing a very simple intro (I'll eventually focus on minimising the size because the idea is very simple in itself). I enjoyed the process much more than trying to make a tutorial video. I think the chapter headings should allow people to skip bits they aren't interested in.
I'd love to hear your thoughts - does this format work well? anything you'd like to cover? anything I'm doing wrong/missing the point on? do you have any better coding setups I should be using?
I'd love to hear your thoughts - does this format work well? anything you'd like to cover? anything I'm doing wrong/missing the point on? do you have any better coding setups I should be using?
#2
Quote from: krusty_benediction on Yesterday at 21:09I've just procrastinated a lot and watched your video related to the 4k.Thanks! The most advanced techniques I've used are relatively simply raster bars for volume meters and basic palette tricks so I've got a lot to learn!
I think I'll take a look at the others, but I need time.
Well done, keep doing them!
It is also interesting to listened at your naive guesses (although they are not always true)
#3
Quote from: GUNHED on Yesterday at 23:07Did you try is with FutureOS?
Yes, but I did only a basic check if FutureOS can read the contents of the HD20. It does display the directory and also starts files (even without the X-DDOS ROM).
#4
I don't know if this is possible, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has ever tried this and if so, how successful it was.
1. I have a basic CP/M system (CP/M-86 for IBM PC) running on a basic emulated IBM PC (within Oracle VM Virtualbox)
2. I have some Amstrad CPC6128 disk images (the 100kb system disks) that I can run in an emulated CPC6128
3. VM Virtualbox can add additional emulated peripherals via emulated serial ports.
4. I believe some years ago, it was possible to buy external Amstrad 100kb floppy drives that could be connected to a serial port on the Amstrad CPC6128
I would be interested to know if there is such an emulated external drive that can be connected to my emulated IBM PC.
Yes, I understand that the IBM AT/XT PC was an 8086/8088 processor and the CPC6128 was a Z80 processor, so there could be incompatibility there.
Yes, I also understand that there were many, many formats of CP/M disks, many of which were specific to particular machines (and therefore the IBM might not be able to 'read' the Amstrad disk anyway).
But there's no harm trying, and if I can 'connect' the 'emulated' external drive to the 'emulated' PC, and can transfer data between the two, it might open up the possibility of running some Amstrad software on the PC (for instance, I did run the NewWord word processor on a genuine Amstrad in the '80s, and do have some Amstrad software in disk image form, taken from sites such as this. One of my friends in the '90s, did suggest that he could copy the NewWord documents I'd made into his PC at the time, and then we could transfer those files to IBM 3.5" floppy disks).
Thanks for any comments, thoughts and/or experiences.
1. I have a basic CP/M system (CP/M-86 for IBM PC) running on a basic emulated IBM PC (within Oracle VM Virtualbox)
2. I have some Amstrad CPC6128 disk images (the 100kb system disks) that I can run in an emulated CPC6128
3. VM Virtualbox can add additional emulated peripherals via emulated serial ports.
4. I believe some years ago, it was possible to buy external Amstrad 100kb floppy drives that could be connected to a serial port on the Amstrad CPC6128
I would be interested to know if there is such an emulated external drive that can be connected to my emulated IBM PC.
Yes, I understand that the IBM AT/XT PC was an 8086/8088 processor and the CPC6128 was a Z80 processor, so there could be incompatibility there.
Yes, I also understand that there were many, many formats of CP/M disks, many of which were specific to particular machines (and therefore the IBM might not be able to 'read' the Amstrad disk anyway).
But there's no harm trying, and if I can 'connect' the 'emulated' external drive to the 'emulated' PC, and can transfer data between the two, it might open up the possibility of running some Amstrad software on the PC (for instance, I did run the NewWord word processor on a genuine Amstrad in the '80s, and do have some Amstrad software in disk image form, taken from sites such as this. One of my friends in the '90s, did suggest that he could copy the NewWord documents I'd made into his PC at the time, and then we could transfer those files to IBM 3.5" floppy disks).
Thanks for any comments, thoughts and/or experiences.
#5
The "at3 test" website has now been deleted, and the "official" website of Arkos Tracker 3 is now online, which was the URL of AT2! I hope there will be no quirks, since website migration is not my forte, but everything seems to be fine.
V3.2.6 of Arkos Tracker will soon be published, with the "beta" flag removed. Yes, AT3 is stable, even more that AT2 was!
V3.2.6 of Arkos Tracker will soon be published, with the "beta" flag removed. Yes, AT3 is stable, even more that AT2 was!
#6
I prefer the paperclip method:
Works like a charm.
Works like a charm.
#7
Quote from: SerErris on 16:29, 19 February 22Has anyone found a source for those pins?
I checked with the measurements, and the closest I could find was this:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/324715569305?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=707-159967-267642-0&mkcid=2&itemid=324715569305&targetid=1597449508726&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9044552&poi=&campaignid=15996660938&mkgroupid=138217480928&rlsatarget=pla-1597449508726&abcId=9300802&merchantid=114684840&gclid=CjwKCAiAx8KQBhAGEiwAD3EiPzkxvgpFJHXWXAe0F_t3aG9sDv49q5hZawV3Rb7VY_WtKHAveCf7bhoCd2cQAvD_BwE
That is 1mm nail with a 1.4mm round head and it is 12mm long. So if you cut the pointy part of it, it should be perfect in length and width, but I am not sure if the head is wide enough.
Anyone found something better?
My current workaround is a pin from a pin-header, where I bent the top of the pin to make it stick in the hole. So I think the 1.4mm should be fine, because it prevents the pin from falling through the hole.
i ended up 3d printing one.... cant remember where i found the STL.. was either a thread here, or one of the 3d printing sites...
#8
Quote from: Emu on 15:41, 19 April 25The Dobbertin HD20 should work now, too. The file was not missing, but is created automatically (but in v3.0 the wrong folder was used, so probably it failed). Of course, you need to install the X-DDOS ROM (included) first.That's a great new feature!
Did you try is with FutureOS?
#9
But... there is no "RSF3 salesman" posting in this thread!
#10
All that discussion is a bit silly anyway. The RSF3 salesman went out of control for no particular reason.
I mean the RSF3 is by far the top card for the CPC. And realistically, I think that the PicoCPC won't be as good. So those who want the best for their CPC will continue buying the RSF3 anyway.
However, the one that should be worried is the M4 Board
I mean the RSF3 is by far the top card for the CPC. And realistically, I think that the PicoCPC won't be as good. So those who want the best for their CPC will continue buying the RSF3 anyway.
However, the one that should be worried is the M4 Board