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by MarcWalters
Fri Dec 30, 2016 6:17 am
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: New Commodore 64 eBook "C64 Hardware A Compendium"
Replies: 6
Views: 7315

Re: New Commodore 64 eBook "C64 Hardware A Compendium"

I visited Amazon and viewed the preview pages. It's a shoddy, badly planned "book". Problems: The layout defies pretty much every rule of typesetting …login to view the rest of this post
by MarcWalters
Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:35 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Another one thinks the earth is flat...
Replies: 25
Views: 24885

Re: Another one thinks the earth is flat...

There's acknowledgement of PLAnkton in the blog's comments section. Communication and dissemination of technical information, especially in the hobby/amateur arenas, is prone to lag and omission due to higher priorities of those involved (jobs, personal life, etc). Perhaps the blogger intended to ba...
by MarcWalters
Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:44 pm
Forum: Chit Chat
Topic: eBay Madness?!
Replies: 45
Views: 24825

Re: eBay Madness?!

Most H.E.S. (Australia) game cartridge releases are being offered at artificially high prices. Double Dragon went for nearly $600. The less common one…login to view the rest of this post
by MarcWalters
Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:09 am
Forum: Chit Chat
Topic: Original Commodore 64C Computer Housing in New Cool Colors
Replies: 14
Views: 7247

Re: Original Commodore 64C Computer Housing in New Cool Colo

Although I like the idea of using the original moulds for "one last hurrah!", I'm not sure what the point is, since there is already a case for each 6…login to view the rest of this post
by MarcWalters
Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:16 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Best C64 shmups? (Shoot'em Ups)
Replies: 33
Views: 22828

Re: Best C64 shmups? (Shoot'em Ups)

I'm not a fan of shmups, but I do get replay value from the following fun games:
Iridis Alpha (Llamasoft)
Galaxy (Kingsoft)
Eagle Empire (Alligata)
by MarcWalters
Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:50 am
Forum: Assembly
Topic: Simple Array Manager
Replies: 0
Views: 4616

Simple Array Manager

Description Simple Array Manager is a simplified version of the Array Manager utility I posted in the forum a while ago. It provides a way to coerce a block of memory within a 24-bit address space to a fixed item-length array. * Each array has an unattached "header" defined statically in ...
by MarcWalters
Sun Dec 21, 2014 2:44 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: black screen, or is full of pixels
Replies: 2
Views: 3040

Re: black screen, or is full of pixels

Search Ray Carlsen's pages for diagnosis tips.

Here is one of his pages:
http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/ ... 4blank.txt
by MarcWalters
Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:10 am
Forum: Game Coding
Topic: Programming Rant
Replies: 11
Views: 11960

Re: Programming Rant

Different people have different needs. There will be a small percentage of viewers of any forum article who get something out of it. I think most will read through a bit, decide it's not relevant to their needs and exit, or maybe come back and read it at a later time when they do have an interest in...
by MarcWalters
Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:38 am
Forum: Assembly
Topic: Array Manager
Replies: 2
Views: 6462

Re: Array Manager

The RAM expansion switching scheme I've developed for the Function Manager will be used by the replacement transfer routine. SuperRAM is faster than the REU and, by default, will have priority over the REU for those general-purpose storage routines in which expansion RAM is treated as a big bag of b...
by MarcWalters
Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:54 pm
Forum: Assembly
Topic: Array Manager
Replies: 2
Views: 6462

Array Manager

This is a work in progress, but useable and bug-free as it is. Format is CBM Prg Studio. Description Array Manager provides a way to coerce a block of memory within a 24-bit address space to a fixed item-length array. An Array can contain 0 to 65535 Items. An Item can be 1 to 65536 bytes in length, ...