George: hi Daniel Daniel Bienvenu: hi George! Daniel Bienvenu: I'm too earlier this time? George: where is Rich?
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changed username to rich-c Daniel Bienvenu: hello rich George: i was first rich-c: Hi George, salut Daniel George: Hi Rich rich-c: sorry I'm late, but the laptop needs reconfiguration Daniel Bienvenu: no problem! rich-c: not once I figure out what's wrong, but until I do, it's a problem George: we got 7" of new snow rich-c: hey, you did better than we did - we've had only tiny flurries rich-c: it was supposed to be cloudy with flurries today but so far we've had bright sunshine George: we are sunny too rich-c: the difference is, George, soon your will be melting George: not at 24F rich-c: our forecast is high -6C for the next few days - low about -14C Daniel Bienvenu: Here... it's cloudy too... and cold rich-c: well, you're into Winter Carnival season now, n'est-ce pas? Daniel Bienvenu: I received an answer from someone who build a multicart. he asked me to do a menu for his maulticart and the result still in WIP. Daniel Bienvenu: rich : Yeah! it's the "Carnaval de Québec" rich-c: you mean, he can do teh hardware but needs help with the software programming? Daniel Bienvenu: http://www.carnaval.qc.ca rich-c: how long dow the carnaval last, Daniel? Daniel Bienvenu: rich : yeah! he needed help because he can't produce the software menu himself George: i wish they would ship my neighbor that lives above me to IRAQ Daniel Bienvenu: I will search this information in the carnaval web site rich-c: interesting - there is a SmartBASIC program around, Multicart backup, that should work on firmware too I would guess rich-c: cheaper to ship a rug for him from Iraq, George Daniel Bienvenu: ok! the carnaval started in january 31... and will stop after Valentine's day George: no, i want to get rid of them rich-c: just the two weeks - I had thought it ran longer rich-c: like, the Ice Hotel runs what - mid-December to mid-March or such? Daniel Bienvenu: the Ice Hotel... I have no information about that. George: oops rich-c: it gets a lot of publicity from the Tourist Bureau, but doesnt expect much local trade, I suspect rich-c: feeling a bit pleased with myself today Daniel Bienvenu: I saw the ice hotel two times during the news in january. George: it's lost on me rich-c: so it is getting some local attention, then rich-c: it's simple, George: each winter they build a hotel out of ice George: not for me Daniel Bienvenu: About the multicart , There still problem with the multicart. to access again the menu, we can't do a reset... we have to do a "POWER OFF". rich-c: you sit on ice=block seats to drink at the ice-block bar rich-c: a full power-off, not just a soft reboot? George: i don't even like the idea of an igloo rich-c: hate to admit it but it's so long since I played with a multicart tape I've forgotten how it works Daniel Bienvenu: web page for the ice hotel : http://www.icehotel-canada.com/ rich-c: there you are, George, you can get pictures and see how it works Daniel Bienvenu: but I'm talking about a cartridge "multicart" not a tape. George: NO! rich-c: to pick up the url, highlight it and press control-c to copy it to the clipboard rich-c: my guess, Daniel, would be that it would work the same on tape, disc or cartridge ROM rich-c: George: then clear you address bar, put the cursor full left, and press control-v rich-c: after all basically what you are doing is burning the contents of a disc or tape into firmware Daniel Bienvenu: the software I have done seems to not reset well to start the selected game. Exemple : With Mr Do! there are ramdom characters on the titlte screen and a noise came out the sound chip. rich-c: that sounds like it is not loading quite properly - it can happen with a defective cart I know George: i don't understand a word of it rich-c: you play games on the Adam, don't you, George? George: not now George: i forget rich-c: don't you remember plugging in a cartridge and pulling reset to get going? George: its been a long time Daniel Bienvenu: Or, maybe the NMI interupt could interfer during the process to select the game. But I change the reg values to stop the NMI calls. rich-c: I wonder, Daniel, if any of your problem comes from the interposition of the management layer between the bus and the individual games George: pci sound stinks rich-c: all the original games wr4e one to a cartridge - if you wanted two, you got a double-ended cartridge Daniel Bienvenu: I kown you have disk images with a loader with ColecoVision games. If only I can look at the "loader". rich-c: am I right that games plug into the bus directly and use only part of the operating system? rich-c: the loader I use is Multicart Backup, part of the Practical Utilities suite Daniel Bienvenu: I have dsk files with a loader and CV games. But I can't read well the binary code. rich-c: at one time I think Guy LaForest, from down a bit easst of you somewhere, did a multi-boot program for BASIC rich-c: you're saying you need the BASIC code or at least assembler; a higher level rich-c: do you have an Adam up and running, Daniel? and does it have disc or tape drive? Daniel Bienvenu: I have two adam standalone with one tape. the disk drive still not working. but I tested the dsk files with an emulator. rich-c: I am not clear on that - can you use physical disc files with the emulator? Daniel Bienvenu: no I can'T Daniel Bienvenu: my disk drive for the adam doesn't work rich-c: that's what I had thought - and more's the pity rich-c: it is possible to persuade the floppy drive in a DOSbox to read and write in the Adam format - that's how Dr.D's program works Daniel Bienvenu: programs lie dcopy? Daniel Bienvenu: lie?.. like rich-c: I was thinking more about Adamserve, where you use an old DOSbox as an Adam server rich-c: I'm not knowledgable enough about DCOPY to say anything Daniel Bienvenu: I suppose we will have a big discussion next time with dr.d rich-c: yes, or you could fire him an email and see if he has time to answer rich-c: Guy I believe wrote DCOPY and some of the other utilities so maybe you could ask him too Daniel Bienvenu: I prefer an instant reply by using a chat room like this one rich-c: I sympathize with that - but then, I'm old enough to remember when letter was fastest because telegram and phone were too expensive rich-c: I still think email is the greatest thing since sliced bread Daniel Bienvenu: with all the spam, someone can erase your e-mail without reading it. George: its not so great with spam rich-c: well, I have a spam filter that isn't the owrld's greatest, but keeps things managable George: phooey rich-c: of course I do not post to newsgroups so there's nothing for the 'bots to pick up rich-c: and I have a couple of expendable addresses I can use if I'm suspicious of someonne George: TV stinks now rich-c: I wouldn't say that; I plan to ring off in about ten minutes to go watch the first event of SpeedWeek George: i'd rather watch a XXX video rich-c: to each his own George: which is about the last thing George: i'll play zoo tycoon rich-c: well, the really big event is next weekend, the Daytona 500 rich-c: I don't have the patience for long games; Freecell is about my limit rich-c: anyway, I'm going to have to go get the satellite and tv set up, so I must leave now rich-c: see you two on Wednesday, I trust George: yes, i'm about to go rich-c: OK, to both, au revoir
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