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I have been gone and back for work several times over the last couple months. I have a lull for a few weeks, and then I'll be out and about again. I have only...
mattelaquarius
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Apr 17, 2008
11:04 am
816
1) String arrays Doesn't seems to be possible. But perhaps there is a way in tricking the Aquarius, making it think that the array contains numbers, by poking...
mvdsteenoven
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Apr 17, 2008
3:51 pm
817
... 9) AqPoke Yeah, good work Bill! Will it also be possible to read a saved file, and to continue working on the design? Thanks. Eventually I can add some...
bill
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Apr 17, 2008
9:26 pm
818
... Hopefully I'll be able to release it, if we can track Ron down. It's great to be able to instantly change the screen colors with a command call: scr, or...
mattelaquarius
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Apr 18, 2008
12:45 pm
819
If you upload it to http://www.rapidshare.com/ you can post the link here for download. Before uploading, go to 'Free zone' : 'Collector's Zone Login' and ...
Neil Morrison
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Apr 18, 2008
6:25 pm
820
... It is not possible to save text arrays. Text strings are not saved in memory like numerics. If a string is not changed then the variable will use the...
mvdsteenoven
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Apr 18, 2008
9:27 pm
821
... a head up from under the bottom of ... I can think of some more futures; how about colors? using pset/preset mode to draw lines? using pset blocks to draw...
mvdsteenoven
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Apr 18, 2008
9:42 pm
822
Thanks for the idea. I don't have a wave of Tetris, but I'll try putting the existing CD files on rapidshare next week....
mattelaquarius
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Apr 19, 2008
10:34 am
823
... It looks like that type of scheme is what I'll have to resort to. This is more of a hobbyist brain-puzzle than a serious effort. After all, we all have...
mattelaquarius
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Apr 19, 2008
11:05 am
824
... just ... great". ... The colors option would negate my need for the negative images of the characters. I wonder if Bill is loading in pre-rendered images...
mattelaquarius
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Apr 19, 2008
2:00 pm
825
... Currently that is how it is done. I would prefer to use the Font I made, but that has is own issues. ... With the current method, maybe so. With the font...
William Griffin
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Apr 19, 2008
2:39 pm
826
Jason - I volunteer to transfer FALL OF THE EASTERN BLOCKS. Snail- mail me the cassette(s) and CD(s). I've performed this operation before, with about 70%...
James
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Apr 20, 2008
11:03 pm
827
I wanted to beat the rush and got myself a 1541 floppy drive. It also came with a Commodore 64, but hey.... Let the mass production of the 1541 cards begin :-)...
mvdsteenoven
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Apr 29, 2008
8:36 am
828
... LOL. We live and hope. I found Ron's email and sent him a message. I haven't heard back, yet. I'll send another email in a while. Hopefully we'll hear...
mattelaquarius
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Apr 30, 2008
10:57 am
829
... I've looked at your site and the board only has 7 IC's. Can you tell us which numbers these IC's have; I can't see it on the picture? Thanks Martin...
mvdsteenoven
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Apr 30, 2008
1:56 pm
830
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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Apr 30, 2008
8:44 pm
831
... you ... Martin, As you've already seen, Ron has allowed me to release the ROM to the world! You can download it from the files section. He still intends...
mattelaquarius
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Apr 30, 2008
8:53 pm
832
... Got it! I've read the manual and it has many features which can also be used within the Virtual Aquarius. As long as you don't try to read or write to the...
mvdsteenoven
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May 1, 2008
12:37 pm
833
... I was under the impression that it was Extended BASIC modified with some new commands for the disk drive. I might be wrong about that, though!...
emucompboy
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May 1, 2008
5:34 pm
834
... write ... Well, ever one to say I told you so (ha ha)...I've said since '99 on my website, the following: "The only commands added by Extended Basic are:...
mattelaquarius
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May 1, 2008
7:52 pm
836
... write ... I would be remiss to not thank you, Emu, for the software tools, procedures, and guidance which allowed me to dump the ROM for this wonderful...
mattelaquarius
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May 2, 2008
11:07 am
837
Mattel was quite obnoxious with their warranty legalese (which is still prevalent today). Since almost every single piece of Aquarius hardware and software...
mattelaquarius
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May 2, 2008
11:11 am
838
... the ... write ... He's ... technical ... etc). ... I have one already, and even I want to buy one from Ron. I, too, hope Ron is able to finish up in due...
mattelaquarius
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May 2, 2008
11:21 am
839
... It's on the way! Please work your magic. Before burning you a new CD, and recording a new BLOCKS cassette, I played some of the games again. The...
mattelaquarius
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May 7, 2008
12:30 pm
840
... wrote: storage. ... He there Mister Sleepyhead........ Phrogger is already available in the Virtual Aquarius. The filename is called "Froggy_bas.caq"....
mvdsteenoven
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May 8, 2008
6:33 am
841
... Scramble, ... LOL! Oops. I missed those during my absences, and I missed seeing them here later. Thanks for setting me straight. ... is ... available;...
mattelaquarius
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May 8, 2008
8:48 am
842
My memory is fuzzy, but haven't I seen two different Frogger games floating around for the Aquarius? I see now that I did already know about the Froggy game...
mattelaquarius
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May 8, 2008
12:47 pm
843
Uploaded a game called Flight Controller. The game needs a hand controller / joystick to play. The game appeared in Aquarius User Magazine, no. 12/1985 ...
mvdsteenoven
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May 8, 2008
4:55 pm
844
I've taken a closer look at the 1541 ROM dump and saw that there is an undocumented command called "TDCOPY" Looks like it copies the tape to disk...
mvdsteenoven
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May 8, 2008
5:58 pm
845
... The graphics are impressive. Now I finally must invest for a PC controller to use with the VAQ, so I can try that game. Thank you for taking the time to...
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8:27 pm
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