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The only running man program I know is the one on page 9 of the Simplified Instruction cards. For your convienence: 10 print chr$(11) 20 for x=0to38step2 30...
mvdsteenoven
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Nov 1, 2005
8:35 pm
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OMG!!!! brings me back.. 12 years old... so cool.. thanks running man lives again.. Thanks!! mvdsteenoven <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: The only running...
JOSH NIGHT
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Nov 4, 2005
2:36 am
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Well, fellow afflicted Aquarius fans, I've been home for a few days, and I am happy to report the condition of "Shark!" (or S!) The title screen boots up as a...
Jason
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Nov 10, 2005
7:46 pm
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Aquarius fans, Another interesting cart came into my possession around the same time as Shark! It has a simple white label with typewriter text calling it...
Jason
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Nov 10, 2005
7:48 pm
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Believe it or not, over the lasts few years, I've receive dozens and dozens of requests for my humble Tetris clone "Fall of the Eastern Blocks." I'm sure most...
Jason
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Nov 11, 2005
5:01 pm
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I see how it is, I'm gone for almost 2 cumulative years and this place is hopping and lively. Now that I'm home, nobody wants to talk Aquarius. I've gotten...
Jason
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Nov 15, 2005
4:56 am
475
I'd be interested in a copy of Tetris. :)...
swap_and_shop
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Nov 15, 2005
3:22 pm
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Aquarius: old computer. No one's unsoldered the character ROM and dumped it. (My emulator uses a character set that was drawn by hand by a friend of Kenny's....
emucompboy
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Nov 16, 2005
12:46 am
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... Actually, on my Aquarius is the character ROM and "bios" in a socket. You could easilly remove it, but I don't have an Eprom programmer or something to...
mvdsteenoven
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Nov 16, 2005
8:15 am
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... Happy to oblige. I hope this means you are hanging on to your AQ stuff.... -Jason...
Jason
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Nov 16, 2005
1:51 pm
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Emu, Aquarius isn't old if you can still print reports on it. Err, wait. I bet the only thing the Aq could do now is go on a bbs. Do dial up providers still...
Jason
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Nov 16, 2005
1:51 pm
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I don't know if anyone else hear reads the "Retrogaming Times", but it is a really cool website that has monthly articles about our beloved games from the...
Jason
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Nov 16, 2005
1:51 pm
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the mattelaquarius group. File :...
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Nov 16, 2005
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Hi Jason, Welcome back & thanks for bringing new life to this group. I am also happy to hear that you have finished your tours in Iraq, and that you won't have...
mvdsteenoven
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Nov 16, 2005
8:56 pm
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... desolder ... The character ROM isn't connected to the CPU -- I don't have access to it. I've never desoldered! To dump ROMs, I load a BASIC program, then ...
emucompboy
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Nov 16, 2005
9:20 pm
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I've uploaded my cartridge-dumping method to the Files area (Files>Tools>aquwav2bin.zip). If you'd like to give it a shot, start by dumping the 8K BASIC ROM --...
emucompboy
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Nov 18, 2005
2:34 am
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I had an epiphany while looking for the Miniexpander schematic. I came across the manual for the QD drive, and I recalled that I haven't powered mine up for a...
Jason
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Nov 18, 2005
6:14 am
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I'm getting really tired of waiting for you to get things done on the emulator. This is becoming an unacceptable trend with you! (That's me ragging) Thank you...
Jason
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Nov 18, 2005
6:15 am
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Martin, Thank you for the kind words and your insight into Z80 programming. I had no idea you were such an Aquarius veteran, but after reviewing your website,...
Jason
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Nov 18, 2005
6:17 am
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... Or you could dump the ROM's for the quick disk drive and the 1541 cartridge. You don't have to yam them neither, and I'd love to see those ROMS Could you...
mvdsteenoven
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Nov 18, 2005
6:55 pm
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And... if the method is unreliable for you, then I'll come up with something else. Please give the BASIC ROM a try. (I don't have a good copy of the non-S2...
emucompboy
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Nov 18, 2005
7:48 pm
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... Yup! The last time I did a release was 2002! Oh my goodness. It'll take me a week to get it up to the level of the VZ200 emulator. ... Look for tasm31...
emucompboy
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Nov 18, 2005
8:04 pm
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... This might be a problem with the drive. The belt might be slipping imperceptibly to you, but enough so that it's not maintaining a constant speed (I have...
emucompboy
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Nov 18, 2005
8:11 pm
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Sorry guys, I've been spending the last few days doing family business before I return to work tomorrow. (Knott's Berry Farm, Mojave caverns, Early ...
Jason
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Nov 21, 2005
2:37 am
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The quick disk drive actually uses a 3 1/2 inch disk system. It's a very unusual drive. I have some documentation on the drive. I know that there is a...
swap_and_shop
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Nov 21, 2005
3:53 pm
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Ah, I need to amend my instructions for ROM dumping. a) The cassette output is too attenuated to use for sending directly to the PC. Instead, what works is to...
emucompboy
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Nov 21, 2005
6:22 pm
495
Finally, I've stolen some time away from Thanksgiving festivities to set up this contraption. :) I should post a picture of my setup. An Aquarius using a flat...
Jason
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Nov 28, 2005
1:41 am
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Okay, I stole the vcr, but it didn't help. Now, it looks like my audio is getting clipped (according to the sound editor). I'll upload this attempt too, but...
Jason
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Nov 28, 2005
4:49 am
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Really strange. Please check to make sure that you're recording on your PC at 44,100 Hz 8-bit mono. That might not help, though. I'm not seeing the discrete...
emucompboy
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Nov 28, 2005
8:19 pm
498
I had the settings correct as indicated. However, there are many different "options" in my sound editor that I may have something on or off, which should not...
Jason
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Nov 29, 2005
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