Date   : Sun, 16 May 1999 09:11:30 +0000
From   : Michael Borcherds <emulators@...>
Subject: Re: 6502Em (fwd)

Iain Williamson <Iain@...> wrote:

> > Thank you to all those who helped with information about
> > screen timings etc - I've now got split screen mode & palette
> > stuff working nicely in 6502Em.
> 
> Is this for v3.00, or will this be 3.01 or something?
> i.e. should I wait before upgrading?

Yup, all present and correct in 3.00 :)

> > Games that still don't work:
> [snip]
> >  Plan B (no baddies)
> 
> Having never played it originally, I didn't realise that was why it seemed
> a little pointless!

Curiously, PlanB 2 (what a name!) seems OK!

> >  Rubble Trouble (freezes after screen drawn)
> 
> I thought I'd had the one from BBC Lives working (on v2.20), but with the
> strange 'pausing sound' problems, which also happens with Monsters.

What's this? a bug in my emulator? surely not :))

Do you mean the end of level music? I've just tried it and it seems OK -
might have been a problem bit bit 7 of &FE40 :)

> Good to see there's work on-going with this emulator. I had thought there
> was going to be no more work on it.

that's what I thought, but I got inspired!
[although I won't be happy until Skirmish (my favourite game) works]

> My only personal wish is for *INFO support with Virtual DFS.

I'll add it to the wish list - you never know your luck!

BTW, I've added a few odds and ends to my web site:

RipDFSDisc (3k) a program to read programs from a DFS disc or image file

MakeImage (2k) a program to save files into a DFS image (ie the opposite 
               of RipDFSDisc!)

ReadTape (3k) a program to sample in tapes that runs on a Master 128.
              The resultant samples can be loaded by 6502Em.

BBCDecode (4k) a program to decode the above tape samples.

SaveROMs (3k) a program to save out the operating system ROMs from a BBC,
              Electron, Master 128 and Master Compact for use with 6502Em

ReadTape is quite fun - it lets you have the Authentic Tape Loading
Experience. Anyone remember the music when Dare Devil Dennis loads?
[file format for tape samples on my web site too for other emulator writers]

cheers,

Mike

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