so damn close...

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:21 pm 0

Yak wrote:Do we have Bomb Buenos Aires archived?

I have a tape here but there's a glitch in the very last data block... gnnn..

I've got City Bomb (Z80 Speccy), but not the 'original' version.

adam · Post by **adam** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:26 pm 0

http://radioworldwide.gospelcom.net/essaygenerator/

bloke the other night said he wrote a text generator, then used it to make a 15000 word essay... handed it in & got "don't understand but looks interesting, B+"

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:33 pm 0

PVB wrote:
Yak wrote:Do we have Bomb Buenos Aires archived?

I have a tape here but there's a glitch in the very last data block... gnnn..
I've got City Bomb (Z80 Speccy), but not the 'original' version.

I have a working Vic Blitzkrieg here, but that's after being de-argentised. Really want to get the old version going...

Maybe there might be a better version in the archive box upstairs, I'll have a look.

But now I'm having a break and nipping to town

.

Worth the price of the tape deck just to get Vic Headbanger back anyway I reckon

.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:39 pm 0

Yak wrote:
PVB wrote:
Yak wrote:Do we have Bomb Buenos Aires archived?

I have a tape here but there's a glitch in the very last data block... gnnn..
I've got City Bomb (Z80 Speccy), but not the 'original' version.
I have a working Vic Blitzkrieg here, but that's after being de-argentised. Really want to get the old version going...

Maybe there might be a better version in the archive box upstairs, I'll have a look.

But now I'm having a break and nipping to town .

Worth the price of the tape deck just to get Vic Headbanger back anyway I reckon .

Aah, I have Blitzkrieg as well:

http://www.medwaypvb.com/llamadloads.htm

I agree on Headbanger.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:15 pm 0

Now this would be the prize:

That is in fact what was on the BSG tape... and the transfer *sounded* clean, cleaner than some of the VIC stuff, but it's not quite happy about something - I get a load error right at the end, and although I've got it to run far enough to display the first screen:

I can't make it actually start to play.

Still, I hope that with massaging maybe I'll get the thing to load

.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:52 pm 0

Blitzkrieg is archived, but nothing else you've listed so far Jeff

(I thought I had the word/sentence generator thingy but checking stuff out, I do not!)

Muphex · Post by **Muphex** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:29 pm 0

Yak wrote:Now this would be the prize:

That is in fact what was on the BSG tape... and the transfer *sounded* clean, cleaner than some of the VIC stuff, but it's not quite happy about something - I get a load error right at the end, and although I've got it to run far enough to display the first screen:

I can't make it actually start to play.

Still, I hope that with massaging maybe I'll get the thing to load .

Yes but will you be able to get the wireless AM radio audio expansion to work?

clovis · Post by **clovis** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:26 am 0

Yak wrote:Now this would be the prize:

That is in fact what was on the BSG tape... and the transfer *sounded* clean, cleaner than some of the VIC stuff, but it's not quite happy about something - I get a load error right at the end, and although I've got it to run far enough to display the first screen:

I can't make it actually start to play.

Still, I hope that with massaging maybe I'll get the thing to load .

enough with the foreplay, I am ready to explode

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:49 am 0

Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed it wouldn't load (I looked on the other side of the tape and there's a version that loads but doesn't work, must be an old version I spose)...

But as I said the transfer certainly doesn't sound at all bad and I hope with a bit of work I might get it in. Once in I can just save a machine snapshot and that'll be it.

Anyway the digital archiving has to go on hold for a while now since it's weekdays now and that means Giraffe time

.

tufty · Post by **tufty** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:21 pm 0

Fuckin' ace, Jeff.

I remember that C&VG typein :)

Simon

strawdonkey · Post by **strawdonkey** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:46 pm 0

I had the type-in too, but had no idea if it was actually a type-in. If that makes sense.

As for Headbangers' Heaven, I'm sure I had a copy of that somewhere, though under a different title. Was that you doing a rip-off or you being ripped off?

CharlieF · Post by **CharlieF** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:10 pm 0

Looking forward to trying these out

Maybe we should enter one into the Lleague just ot annoy the Speccy luvvers.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:32 pm 0

Well bugger me.

I just got a feeling in my water saying "Go on, try loading that side 2 image one more time". So I thought ok, one more time, no tweaking, just load it and see what happens. I already tried it yesterday and no reason to expect any more success today.

Load it. No load error. Check listing - looks correct.

(Mind you sinnce the listing consists of the sole line

Code: Select all

10 SYS(1262)

that doesn't tell you much)

.

So I go to type RUN, which always before has yielded either a crash, ?ILLEGAL QUANTITY error in line 10, or at best the game length select screen that I can't get beyond.

RUN, and..

Set num lock on, press 3...

IT

FUCKING

WORKS!

That hasn't seen the light of day for around 26 years

.

Suffice to say a machine snapshot *has* been taken

.

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:34 pm 0

That's splendid news!!

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:35 pm 0

Yak wrote: WORKS!

That hasn't seen the light of day for around 26 years .

Suffice to say a machine snapshot *has* been taken .