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Tau Ceti crashes on SD2IEC

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:45 am
by Starglider
Hi, I've tried 5 different D64 and PRG variants, but each time Tau Ceti loads, it freezes after 5 seconds.

Any ideas?Image

Thanks!!


Re: Tau Ceti crashes on SD2IEC

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:38 pm
by merman
Odd... Unless there is some anti-cartridge/freezer code in there.

Re: Tau Ceti crashes on SD2IEC

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:14 pm
by Starglider
Could it be a fault in my machine? I do occasionally see some garbled text on screen in general in programs or BASIC, which seemed to be relieved by removing the joystick from its port.

That's the only thing that I think is up with my hardware.

Can anyone test on the SD2IEC?

Re: Tau Ceti crashes on SD2IEC

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:20 pm
by eslapion
@Starglider
Is it possible the software is designed to run on a PAL C64 and you have an NTSC machine ?

Re: Tau Ceti crashes on SD2IEC

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:46 pm
by Starglider
I do have an NTSC machine. Is there any way round the issue, like a poke or hack?

Re: Tau Ceti crashes on SD2IEC

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:56 pm
by eslapion
Starglider wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:46 pm I do have an NTSC machine. Is there any way round the issue, like a poke or hack?
Can you run the software in WinVICE ?

Re: Tau Ceti crashes on SD2IEC

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:47 pm
by Starglider
Of course, just wanted to do it on the real machine that's all.

Re: Tau Ceti crashes on SD2IEC

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 6:36 am
by eslapion
Starglider wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:47 pm Of course, just wanted to do it on the real machine that's all.
Well, when you run it in WinVICE is the emulator set to PAL or NTSC ?

Re: Tau Ceti crashes on SD2IEC

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:33 pm
by Zippy Zapp
Could it be that it requires an actual 1541? There was an NTSC release to USA and Canada by Thunder Mountain. Perhaps you just need that version.

Re: Tau Ceti crashes on SD2IEC

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 10:32 pm
by Starglider
Confirmed, all the versions out there seem to require PAL. Maybe a physical disk of the NTSC version is needed to create the first NTSC .dsk file.