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Tombstone City Trivia
Wed May 23, 2012 5:49 PM
Did you know, in Tombstone City the highlighted cactus where the mob is about to come out is done with a sprite! That just struck me funny because the rest of the game's animation is done with tiles, but a sprite was used for something that could have just as easily been done with a color update.
SmartBASIC 2.0 and floppy formatting
Fri May 4, 2012 12:08 PM
I'm trying to troubleshoot a floppy disk problem on an ADAM. I'm not very familiar with the system and I'm finding it very difficult to locate any command reference information, especially when it comes to the disk drive.
I have some games on disk, as well as a version of SmartBASIC 2.0 (see attached image of the start screen) which I believe is probably pretty rare? I cannot find *any* reference to v2.0, only people trying to get v1.0 from tape to floppy.
Basically I need to verify if writing to the disk is working (reading seems fine since I can load and play the games I have on disk). Can a new disk be initialized from BASIC? I tried:
] init
] init d5
] init,d5
The disk spins but BASIC gives a "file not found" error. Also, can you save a program to disk from BASIC? That seems like it would be a very critical task for BASIC to be able to perform.
I don't have any other utilities for the ADAM and I was really hoping to get by with BASIC. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
I have some games on disk, as well as a version of SmartBASIC 2.0 (see attached image of the start screen) which I believe is probably pretty rare? I cannot find *any* reference to v2.0, only people trying to get v1.0 from tape to floppy.
Basically I need to verify if writing to the disk is working (reading seems fine since I can load and play the games I have on disk). Can a new disk be initialized from BASIC? I tried:
] init
] init d5
] init,d5
The disk spins but BASIC gives a "file not found" error. Also, can you save a program to disk from BASIC? That seems like it would be a very critical task for BASIC to be able to perform.
I don't have any other utilities for the ADAM and I was really hoping to get by with BASIC. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
CV ISR (interrupt service routine) code?
Tue Apr 3, 2012 12:54 PM
Can anyone point me to a disassembly, or discussion, of the CV's ISR? If something like that is not available, is there a CV emulator with a debugger that will let me single step the ISR code?
Thanks,
Matthew
Thanks,
Matthew
EU 6-pin A/V cable
Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:37 AM
It has come to my attention that the EU (PAL) 99/4A's have a 6-pin DIN output for the original audio/video vs. the 5-pin DIN used on the US motherboards. Does anyone know of a source for pre-made 6-pin A/V cables?
F18A PRE-ORDER Open
Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:30 PM
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