Maybe my last post in this forum:

The guys from the CCL (Commodore Connection Line), especially Skern presented this weekend in Stuttgart (Germany) on the "Hobby & Elektronic" Consumer Show a C64 running under water (aka U64). They tried to keep the C64 running for an hour and the third try was successful. That is a new world record. There is a video on Youtube.

Regards WTE

Info in German: http://blog.c128.net/archives/498

Bunker Party 2010 is over.

Short Review:
http://blog.c128.net/archives/482 (in German) => Google-Translation (very creepy English)

Some Pix:
http://www.c128.net/album/bp2010/index.htm

With greetings from Dr. Fred, Edna, Ted, and Ed.

Regards WTE

During the developement of a new game [Original Link (DE): http://blog.c128.net/archives/442 ; (bad) translation (EN): http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.c128.net%2Farchives%2F442&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 ] I found a mystery as I tried to activate my own 40 column charset with hires graphic on. The result of manipulating the VIC directly (read $d018, select bits, write $d018) was a total desaster. The C128 crashed (the VICE emulator didn't do that). Manipulation of the "zeropage" mirror register of the VIC however works fine.

The following code shows the problem:
1 printpeek(dec("d018"))
2 printpeek(dec("d018"))
3 graphic1,0
4 printpeek(dec("d018"))
5 printpeek(dec("d018"))
6 printpeek(dec("d018"))
7 graphic0

run
21
21
21
121
121

ready.


My question, why crashed* the (original) C128?
And what the f*** is the origin of the "121"?

Regards
WTE

* the crash takes place after reading the ("wrong" value) 121, manipulation of some bits and storing a ("wrong") 121 (instead of 25) to $d018 and the mirror byte!

Maybe someone remembers ...

It is possible to use the "relacation of the stack"-trick to copy data from bank1 to bank0. This is much quicker than bank switching (of course). I know that I've read an article or forum message about this but can't find it anymore.

Any idea how to find this information in the world wide swamp?

Regards WTE

I have a question about the so-called Fast Print or Killer Poke for early PET / CBM Computers.

Info: http://6502.org/users/andre/petindex/poke.html

POKE 59458,PEEK(59458)OR 32

This poke speeds up early PETs (old boards) but is a problem for machines with a CRTC (newer boards).

As I want to write a little multi platform BASIC programm I need a peek to distinguish between old and new boards. So that I'm able to poke or not to poke. I've read that there had been a solution for this problem long time ago in an US computer magazine. Is there anyone who can remember this?

Regards WTE

Ok, as airship don't want...

Now my most favorite question:

Why is a C 128 out of the "first batch" basically only a C 119?

WTE

Pix are language independent
So have a look on some pictures of the Hobby & Electronik trade show in Stuttgart, Germany (2007-11-15 to 1007-11-18): http://www.c128.net/album/he2007/index.htm
Read more (in German only) on: http://blog.c128.net/archives/94

We, the CCL (Commodore Connection Line), had a booth in the computer club area of the trade show. The main focus was "25 years of C64". We had T-shirts, bags and stickers. Every hour we ran a competition: stacking Commodore Disks (5 1/4"); identifying SID versions of famous songs and playing games with a dancing mat (very crazy).

Some people worked on a hardware project (upgrade of the IEC2ATA) and I stressed my VC 1520 to plot  HPGL graphics (which I before displayed on a C128 using the Graphic Booster software).

And don't forget to get a look on this car: http://www.c128.net/album/he2007r/00.JPG

WTE