... [...] ... Out of interest, what compatibility problems does instantaneous access present? Is there software out there which makes use of the timing of disk...
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Thomas Harte
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Aug 1, 2001 12:14 pm
... I have no idea what software, if any, is broken, but I didn't have a disc drive when I really owned an Electron 'back in the day', and I don't really want...
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paul@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:25 pm
... So, it's going to be like the tape implementation? By that I mean an emulation of how the various components actually work (in the case of tapes, the ULA ...
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t.harte@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:25 pm
... an emulation ... the ULA ... representations ... Yeah, I've already got most of the code sketched out. I have devised a microcode which controls the...
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paul@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:46 pm
... As I remember, they are propelled in the player's general direction, stopping only at the surface of water. In many respects they behave like the birds in ...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Aug 3, 2001 4:45 pm
... It just occurred to me that if you've started ElectrEm and its read a keyboard map intended for a different build then its highly likely some keys may...
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paul@...
Aug 6, 2001 8:00 am
... I haven't actually tried "clear key", but I did try the other usual methods to get keys working and the "6" key on SDL just wouldn't work. Unfortunately,...
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paul@...
Aug 7, 2001 4:30 pm
I have just uploaded a new release of EEconfigure to ftp.emuunlim.com. It's in the same directory as the old archive, and it has the name... ...
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paul@...
Aug 7, 2001 4:42 pm
I don't know whether this subject was definitively resolved, but... ... When I read this, I was initially confused by your description and thought of what I...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Aug 8, 2001 9:17 am
Normally I don't announce a little thing like this, but there are a few people on this list who have worked on UEF related utilities, so I thought I would...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Aug 8, 2001 9:25 am
Of course I meant to say - the issue is still open for discussion and comment! Anyone? -Thomas _______________________________________________________ Get 100%...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Aug 9, 2001 2:33 pm
I just wondered if there were any Apple Macintosh users on the list in a position to be able to try building ElectrEm for Mac via the SDL target? Theoretically...
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David Boddie
david@...
Aug 9, 2001 5:29 pm
... From my reading of the 0.9 specification, I understand that for most tapes, the value of the first byte will be zero. ... Ideally, then, anything which...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Aug 9, 2001 6:35 pm
... Thats what I first assumed when I didn't include that byte, but as was pointed out to me if you make the start/stop bits explicit you're most commonly...
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David Boddie
david@...
Aug 10, 2001 5:15 pm
... OK. For implicit tape data chunks, it'll be zero for most tapes already converted to UEF. ... Yes, UEF2INF does explicit data chunks incorrectly. It seems...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Aug 11, 2001 5:13 pm
FreeUEF now additionally supports UNIX targets and the new 0.9 spec and I've quite bothered to upload the source code. Its on the web page as per usual. ...
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Pete
yahoo@...
Aug 31, 2001 7:14 pm
Hello, I've just found Thomas Harte's ElectrEm, which is fab, and this list. I can't find a FAQ, so I hope you'll forgive me if these questions are old and...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Sep 1, 2001 3:52 pm
A slight aside first, I hadn't even considered trying to put a FAQ together - can anyone think of any other questions that should go into one? ... I probably...
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david@...
Sep 1, 2001 5:58 pm
... I've noticed that one of the versions of Moon Raider on TSTH fails to load. I think that it's the "original"; version. The re-release works fine. Has anyone...
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paul@...
Sep 3, 2001 8:09 am
... Have you tried redefining the key in the "Keyboard"; tab of ElectrEm's GUI? You might need to do something like this: 1. Click on "Select all shifts". 2....
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Dave M
dllm@...
Sep 4, 2001 3:03 pm
... Hmmm. Both versions seem to work OK for me on Beta 9B, though the original crashes if the Plus 1 ROM is enabled. On a side note, I've made a working UEF...
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david@...
Sep 4, 2001 11:18 pm
... original crashes if the Plus 1 ROM is enabled. I wonder if that happens on a real Electron. I might get around to checking at some point. ... Mineshaft...
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david@...
Sep 4, 2001 11:22 pm
... UEFtrans! (http://www.david.boddie.net/Software/Python/UEFtrans/) I've just written a class for Python which would facilitate a tar-like front end if the...
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paul@...
Sep 5, 2001 12:32 pm
... Well, you know how people like to use tools which behave exactly like the ones they use already. For example, the Java jar utility behaves a bit like tar -...
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david@...
Sep 5, 2001 7:24 pm
... I decided to go for a more command-like approach to avoid using switches. So, that would look like UEFtrans.py mytape.uef append...
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david@...
Sep 6, 2001 8:34 pm
It's bad form to reply to my own message, but... ... I've put UEFfile in with MoonMap, since that now supports direct patching of the Moon Raider UEF file. You...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Sep 11, 2001 9:01 pm
I was just wondering - what are people's opinions on implementing a feature to allow the emulated Electron access (as much as possible) to genuine floppy discs...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Sep 13, 2001 2:57 pm
Of course, I should point out that this is already possible on most UNIXes (definitely Linux) by configuring a /dev entry for the correct floppy geometry and...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Sep 24, 2001 7:01 pm
Just to say : BBC Connect, a freeware BBC Micro and Electron emulator front-end for Windows by Brian Jones (ninsei0@...) and available at ...
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Thomas Harte
t.harte@...
Sep 24, 2001 7:06 pm
I've been looking more closely at the replacement MRB OS ROM that I have and have observed principly that none of the drawing routines actually do any RAM...
