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... Just as a little follow-up.... I fired up my Aquarius last night for the first time in a while, just to check my disks are working. After playing Millypede...
Ian Gledhill
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Dec 1, 2005
10:00 am
510
... Go to the Files>Tools directory (off to the left) and check out the two audio methods... If those don't work for you, it's time to make a serial cable....
emucompboy
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Dec 1, 2005
7:49 pm
511
Harumpph, I tried it. The RomSav program performed exactly as advertised. However, my apparent hardware deficiencies are holding up the show again. Everything...
Jason
mattelaquarius
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Dec 2, 2005
5:07 am
512
... talk ... Sounds great. I should probably make some upgrades to it, but time has become my adversary........
Jason
mattelaquarius
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Dec 2, 2005
5:07 am
513
Ian, Your QD definitely predates mine. You have an earlier ROM and a lower Ser#. My Ser# is 107, so it is interesting how few were made with 1.1! I'm happy...
Jason
mattelaquarius
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Dec 2, 2005
5:10 am
514
... That's not a hardware deficiency, it's a Microsoft WAV specification deficiency. Nuts, I thought I'd compensated for that in all my programs that read WAV...
emucompboy
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Dec 2, 2005
6:56 pm
515
... *chuckles* The version of Chess bundled with my emulator is a bootleg copy, probably hacked. I don't remember where I got it, but it was probably the...
emucompboy
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Dec 2, 2005
7:00 pm
516
... I'll send something to your mmaatttteellaaqquuaarriiuuss address....
emucompboy
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Dec 2, 2005
8:37 pm
517
And a good thing you included it, too. Without it, I would still never have tried Mattel's Chess. ... bootleg...
Jason
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Dec 4, 2005
6:18 am
518
Are you making fun of me??? :) I was actually surprised that the address was still available! BTW, your gift has borne fruit aplenty! Thank you. See the...
Jason
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Dec 4, 2005
6:19 am
519
Thanks to a last ditch effort from James, I have finally succeeded in dumping some coveted ROMS!!!! Here is what I've posted on the Files section of this...
Jason
mattelaquarius
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Dec 4, 2005
6:42 am
520
Hi Jason, Congratulations on your big dumping action! You have been a busy camper ... Doesn't the 1541 ROM provides an additional command set to the BASIC ROM...
mvdsteenoven
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Dec 4, 2005
3:50 pm
521
... Thank you. It was fun, and of course, the real credit goes to Emucompboy. He did a great job on these tools. ... BASIC ... with ... The QD worked,...
Jason
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Dec 4, 2005
7:53 pm
522
Can't download this - Yahoo seems to think it's a text file. Regards, Neil Morrison...
Neil Morrison
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Dec 5, 2005
5:08 pm
523
... it ... The disable program is very short! You could type it....
emucompboy
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Dec 5, 2005
7:10 pm
524
... Not making fun of you, just extending it so that address capturers for spammers won't get the right thing. Yours sincerely, eemmuuccoommppbbooyy...
emucompboy
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Dec 5, 2005
7:10 pm
525
... when ... Try typing in the disable program. It's short. Yes, I know what a pain it is to type things into the Aquarius. rem disable BASIC extenders 5...
emucompboy
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Dec 5, 2005
7:37 pm
526
Ung. Jason, you may want to zip 'em....
emucompboy
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Dec 5, 2005
7:40 pm
527
Yup, I've uploaded it. in the Files>Tools area, AQROMHexPrint.zip There's a program for the Aquarius side, and one for the PC side. The output is intel hex...
emucompboy
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Dec 5, 2005
7:46 pm
528
... it ... Handle with care... but since you can look at the cartridge, could you list the chips that are on it? I'm especially interested in the I/O chips,...
emucompboy
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Dec 5, 2005
8:12 pm
529
... Cartsav uses both my checksum7 and Steve Punter's 16-bit rotating XORed, so the program which extracts from ram.bin should refuse to write an output file...
emucompboy
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Dec 5, 2005
8:46 pm
530
I don't know why AD&D and Shark! do this. If you right-click and selet "save target" then it will work. ... bad the...
Jason
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Dec 6, 2005
3:07 am
531
I'll do better than that. I'll post a nicely detailed jpg here on the group! ... get ... jam ... pins, ... you...
Jason
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Dec 6, 2005
3:17 am
532
... it ... Liberty ... I'm pretty sure the problem is inaccurate replication. I wish my old screen grabber still worked, I'd do some side by side comparisons....
Jason
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Dec 6, 2005
3:28 am
533
... get ... jam ... pins, ... you ... Actually, I have the schematic for this board, as well. Unfortunatetly, it was sent to me by the board's creator. ...
Jason
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Dec 6, 2005
4:00 am
534
... couldn't ... hot ... could ... I/O ... computer ... That's what I get for typing while talking, an unclear post. It's "unfortunate", only because I lost...
Jason
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Dec 6, 2005
4:45 am
535
I had to use IE6 instead of FireFox to download it. Neil ... From: "Jason" <mattelaquarius@...>...
Neil Morrison
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Dec 6, 2005
6:20 am
536
... Paddle emulation? I thought the joysticks worked (at least they did when I tested them back in 2002, with Microsoft Sidewinder joypads). What sort o'...
emucompboy
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Dec 6, 2005
8:03 pm
537
I've uploaded Virtual Aquarius 71at to the Tools directory -- a temporary, test version that I am still working on. I just tried out an old joypad with...
emucompboy
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Dec 7, 2005
2:40 am
538
Oops, That's what I get for not reading "read me" files. I didn't see any mention of paddles in the configuration menus, so I just assumed..... Now, I'll have...
Jason
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Dec 9, 2005
4:06 am
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