Rumors (and unfinished tales...)

Sinclair QL

Subject: Sinclair QL emulation on
Date: 12 May 96 15:09:00 

...
  In a message on 10 May, wrote :

AA> Looking for Sinclair QL emulation programs for IBM compatibles to
AA> allow QL programs to be run on IBM 486 compatibles.

    Hi Albert,

    Such an emulator isn't yet available. There is one in progress
    and is called QPC. Future ditributor is Jochen Merz Software. I
    have seen the beta test version in Eindhoven last april. It runs
    under SMSQ/E operating system and it runs rather fast on a pentium
    processor at 80 Mhz. Looks like the speed of a Gold Card. Thus
    quite fast. Looks also very nice but hasn't yet all drivers comple-
    ted by Tony Tebby. It will use MMU and act as a virtual machine.

    Greetings,   Sjef  

Vectrex

ME
>I just wondered how far you have come? Is there something to look
>out for? Any beta's available?
>

HIM
It is almost there. I just have to polish the DOS version a bit more.

ME
>where did you get your documentation from?

HIM
I got it from ftp.csus.edu, it is the archive site for the vectrex and
has quite a bit of info.

ME
>Which OS do you support...

HIM
Right now I have a version for Linux/SVGA (with sound), SunOS 4.1.x/X11
(sound is buggy), DOS (no sound at all yet).
It is all in 'C' and quite portable. I hope to get it compiled on other
platforms when I have it working 100%.

Mark

Dragon

Playstation

TI 85

The DOS version of a TI85 emulator is being written by Boris ... .
I'm working on the Unix/X portable version, although it is far
from completion due to the lack of time :(

Marat

Atari VCS

Thema:	HELP HELP HELP HELP
Von:	Thomas ...
Datum:	Sat, 08 Jun 1996 08:00:20 +0200

HELP !

I need the clock table of the 6502, don't laugh !!! I got 4 different.
I need the right one !! in fact I need the 6507 one !
It's the last thing before the first public release of my atari 2600 
emulator (runs games of 2k,4k,8k and 12k; 16k, super chip and ram+ in 
work, joy supported, not the paddle yet;sound is awful but is present; 
opl3 and >; 60 frames/sec on my p120)
HELP me and I'll release the emulator !

> somebody told me you are doing a VCS2600 emulator?
other> true
> how are you doing?
other> fine .. in a week i will have a week off work
other> then ill do some finishing up
other> and hopefully be able to make the first beta
> :-)
other> no promises though
> what OS are you working under?
other> only reason im not finished is because im really
overworked
other> the emulator is for DOS but developed under os2 since
its 100% assembler and asm tends to make nasty system crashes
.. os2 has some nice crash protection that speeds up things
> true, I hate debugging under dos, windows is not better at
that...
other> os2 is nice for developers
> tell me, when finished...
> bye

New CD's

Starting 1983, computer magazines published a lot of advertisements 
for "brandnew" home computers. Some became famous, others we never 
heard from again. However, I find it quite interested to flip through 
the pages of these old magazines. The pictures here are taken with 
permission from "Happy Computer" magazine, MagnaMedia publications.
BTW: Soon, there will be a CD-ROM with all the material from 
"Happy Computer". Did you ever see a CeTec-10 home computer? 
On this CD-ROM, you will... More infos to come!

Gameboy

Thema:	gb: >2k battery backup?
Von:	"Chris" 
Datum:	Tue, 18 Jun 1996 02:03:30 -0700

There is gameboy games with more than 2k battery backups?
If so, what is the address?
I'm trying to make an emulator but I can't get zelda to save
properly.

         Regards,

         Chris

Apple II

Vector Arcade

Thema:	Re: atari x/y emulator??
Von:	      Al K.
Datum:	28 Jul 1996 19:17:41 -0700

From article...: 
> Al K. wrote:
>>The versions I know of don't have math box support, so they
>>wont play ESB/SW/Battlezone/RedBarron/Tempest
> 
> Does Space Duel also require math box support, or will it run under
> the emulators currently being developed?

The version I have on my powermac runs Asteroids, Lunar
Lander, Black Widow, Space Duel, and Gravitar. It was a
port from the X version, and I'm modifying the vector
drawing code to draw anti-aliased vectors. I still haven't
received permission from the original authors to release
it.

VC 20

Thema:	VIC-20 Emulator
Von:	      Bryce E.  
Datum:	25 Jul 1996 03:17:30 GMT

This is a question about the various files available on the net for the VIC 
20. I've recently been working on my own VIC 20 emulator and now I'm in the 
process of testing it with programs. I can get the ROM cartridge files to work 
since they merely need to be loaded at A000h. The problem is with the basic 
files and machine language files which didn't come from cartridges, eg. 
Galactic Abductor and Pyscho Shopper. Where exactly are these files supposed to 
be loaded and what other memory locations need to be adjusted to make them 
operational?

 Any help would be very much appreciated.

 Lance E.

VC 64

Thema:	C64 Emulator Writing Problem...
Von:	      Earle F. P.
Datum:	Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:37:25 -0500

I'm having a slight problem with porting my Mac64 C64 emulator from Mac
to Win95.  Most everything's working okay...I even have a neato
tree-list view for D64 images/etc.  But there's one problem that I
cannot figure out, maybe someone who's had similiar problems can help
me:

When I perform a RESET on the C64 engine, everythign runs fine:  the
memory test is performed, and I get the READY. prompt.  But anything
having to do with printing numbers doesn't function:
  *  I have "0 BASIC bytes free" according to the startup screen
  *  entering any numbers (as in 10 rem) causes a syntax error

Has anyone had such a strange problem porting from 16-bit to 32-bit
code?  I've checked my SBC and ADC functions (the likely suspects) but
they seem to be working fine.  My memory mapping is okay, too.  I've
even disabled interrupts and my keyboard routine!