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_____ From: vzemu@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vzemu@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of James Diffendaffer Sent: Saturday, 1 March 2008 12:44 PM Interesting stuff but...
Guy Thomason
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Mar 1, 2008
8:25 am
5463
Here's a pic of it currently, still some things to fix up but encouraging. Going to fire up the 300 and do some comparisons...
Guy Thomason
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Mar 1, 2008
8:28 am
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teh sexeh :D ... -- http://www.BangRocks.com/ - the Bangrocks network. http://www.AndroidChi.com/ - Google Android applications...
Jason Oakley
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Mar 2, 2008
12:21 am
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Its also wrong, which has me scratching my head. Interesting stuff though, better than watching telly or doing crosswords. Ran the split screen code on a...
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guy_thomason
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Mar 2, 2008
5:43 am
5466
The top bit is in the top border of the screen. You can't change it. Escape River et al look the same on a real VZ iirc. On 02/03/2008,...
Jason Oakley
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Mar 2, 2008
7:02 am
5467
Check this photo I took on a real VZ years ago: http://games.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vzemu/photos/view/f16a?b=7 On 02/03/2008, intertek00@......
Jason Oakley
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Mar 2, 2008
7:04 am
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... Yep...what has me befuddled is in text mode, the top border is black. In graphics, the top border is green (or buff). I'd expect to see a black line ...
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guy_thomason
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Mar 2, 2008
8:20 am
5469
From memory, the 6847 will only change display modes in the displayed section of the screen. (ie. From the left border of the first scan line through to the...
Richard Wilson
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Mar 2, 2008
9:02 pm
5470
Thanks - that behaviour does make sense ... This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au...
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guy_thomason
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Mar 3, 2008
2:54 am
5471
Can't see the pic, the Yahoo group doesn't store those when you attach 'em that way. ... encouraging....
James Tamer
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Mar 3, 2008
10:17 pm
5472
Here's a pic as of yesterday - fixed up the border as per Richard's comments. It now matches the results on my vz300, but I still have to fix up the font and...
Guy Thomason
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Mar 4, 2008
12:32 pm
5473
Yes, the interference is caused by the 6847 reading memory at exactly the same time the Z80 tries to write it, and therefore the data byte fetched for the...
Richard Wilson
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Mar 4, 2008
11:07 pm
5474
Been reading up on that 1977 chip we all love to hate, the mc6847. An EXTREMELY clever game called dragonfire on the coco changed color palette mid scanline in...
Guy Thomason
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Mar 5, 2008
11:54 am
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... flipping ... on a ... If I remember correctly, and I probably don't, I think that on the CoCo, the CPU could read the HSYNC signal....
James Tamer
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Mar 5, 2008
8:36 pm
5476
... It still had to use timing loops to change at a specific location on the screen. Since timing is different on the CoCo3, Dragonfire's color's switch at...
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 11, 2008
2:32 am
5477
I finally won a VZ on ebay. It's a VZ200 and I don't know if it works but the shipping is cheap. ...
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 13, 2008
4:34 am
5478
Let us know what rom version it is! Wonder if it is ntsc or if it has just changed hands several times and found its way to the U.S ... ... This email was sent...
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guy_thomason
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Mar 13, 2008
5:46 am
5479
Yeah, I was bidding on that too. It looks like another NTSC model, which is good, because if it works, there will now be at least three of us with one. ...
Bill Loguidice
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Mar 13, 2008
12:19 pm
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I'm hoping it's NTSC but it doesn't even look like it includes a power supply so I'm guessing it's PAL. You know that some company had to buy a minimum...
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 13, 2008
12:56 pm
5481
Well it IS based on the TRASH-80 :) ... -- http://www.BangRocks.com/ - the Bangrocks network. http://www.AndroidChi.com/ - Google Android applications ...
Jason Oakley
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Mar 13, 2008
9:31 pm
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The more I look at the photo the more I think it is an NTSC machine. The box doesn't say Dick Smith and has a VTech logo right above where it says "Personal...
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 14, 2008
12:58 am
5483
After looking around at these machines on a bunch of the "Computer Museum" sites I found several VZ200's with "Color" rather than "Colour" printed on them. It...
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 15, 2008
8:15 pm
5484
There seem to be at least 3 versions of the machine in that case (the Laser 210, Solora Fellow, etc... used a different case). Here is the Dick Smith...
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 15, 2008
9:24 pm
5485
Congratulations. An old friend of mine was bidding for that too. Enjoy your new computer....
James Tamer
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Mar 17, 2008
7:18 pm
5486
James, Didn't you have the other NTSC VZ? I wasn't about to let that one get away... I bid well over the winning price....
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 18, 2008
12:46 am
5487
Just got my order of bits from Futurelec, its amazing how small the chip for the 2k 6116 static ram is. Its about 4 times smaller than the one hooked up to the...
intertek00@...
guy_thomason
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Mar 18, 2008
3:00 am
5488
Just don't let the smoke out! You do know that electronic components are just packets of smoke? When you let the smoke out they don't work any more... On...
Jason Oakley
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Mar 18, 2008
3:33 am
5489
I just got outbid on a vz200. It went for $102.50 Not a complete system, just a 200 with power supply. I don't believe it is a legit sale. I was winning up...
intertek00@...
guy_thomason
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Mar 19, 2008
5:15 am
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2 Legit 2 Quit!!! On 19/03/2008, intertek00@... <intertek00@...> ... NOT HAPPY, JAN!!! -- http://www.BangRocks.com/ - the Bangrocks...
Jason Oakley
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Mar 19, 2008
5:44 am
5491
Could give ya 4x VZ300's and a VZ200. You just then gotta buy some now *_extremely_* rare VZ smoke to put back into them....
Dave Maunder
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Mar 19, 2008
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