A belated happy birthday to you Coolman. I must say, I know its been a couple of years, but you don't look your age.
You goingto the Play expo today/tomorrow? Its back in Blackpool again. Missing it again myself, going on holiday in a couple of weeks so need the cash.
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- Sat May 02, 2015 8:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Birthday present
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7694
- Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 6502 week on /r/retrobattlestations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5201
Re: 6502 week on /r/retrobattlestations
Upvoted, hope it helps.
- Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:10 am
- Forum: Hardware hacks and extensions
- Topic: Video output without SCART/RGB
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8610
Re: Video output without SCART/RGB
Is there any lag in SCART to HDMI adapters?
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:42 am
- Forum: Hardware hacks and extensions
- Topic: How to build a cable to plug a tape device ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7992
Re: How to build a cable to plug a tape device ?
You don't really need the remote line, since it just pauses the tape motor if you've a remote input on your tape deck. Most Oric games load in one hit without need to pause anyway.
- Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:00 pm
- Forum: Painting tricks
- Topic: Compression
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14590
Re: Compression
A two pass run across each column wouldn't add much overhead, since your run length compression would be storing alternate lines, so lines 1,3,5 etc would come first, followed by 2,4,6 etc. The actual stored data is potentially less, since you're more likely to have a successful run of similar bytes...
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:22 am
- Forum: Painting tricks
- Topic: Compression
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14590
Re: Compression
Given the current penchant for alternating colours on every line, would it be worth scanning every column twice, once for even lines and once for odd lines? I'm curious of the impact this would have as an option.
- Sun May 25, 2014 9:33 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Oricutron for android (POC)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 28662
Re: Oricutron for android (POC)
Doesn't seem slow on my tablet, the auto starting demo is running at 50fps according to the emu. I'm on an Asus ME301T.
Menus are fiddly even on 10", but impressive work.
Menus are fiddly even on 10", but impressive work.
- Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blue Oric 1
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9536
Re: Blue Oric 1
Sorry, but I didn't become a customer of theirs until a few years ago, so I missed these. I might have changed bank sooner if I'd known.
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cumulus Issues
- Replies: 358
- Views: 175559
Re: Cumulus Issues
Good to know, as that's what I planned to use once I get an adapter to reverse the polarity (don't want to cut the cable so I can still use it vwith my Speccy).Chema wrote:I am using a ZX Spectrum + 1.5 A PSU (with the polarity reversed) and it works perfectly with Oric+Cumulus.
- Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:27 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Flappy Oric :)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18783
Re: Flappy Oric :)
With some clever setting up, you could do it fast in basic. Have first game area column as char A, next game area column as char B, and so on. Define all of those chars to be blank. Now you can plot a 'hole' by placing a strip or three of unused character across the screen for your blank, then redef...
- Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cumulus Preorder Thread
- Replies: 272
- Views: 203371
Re: Cumulus Preorder Thread
I collected my Cumulus from the Post Office today. Once I get a suitable PSU I'll test it. What are the current recommended PSUs? Do we have a 'standard' one that doesn't need polarity selecting or anything that can be ordered online?
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cumulus Preorder Thread
- Replies: 272
- Views: 203371
Re: Cumulus Preorder Thread
Whats happening? AndyRCM has just posted pics on facebook showing they have received theirs. I am one down in the list, yet I have not had a PM or message or head anything yet. Is this special treatment for the select few, getting theirs before the others or have I missed something? Mine is in the ...
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:53 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: The Return of Viking Chess (Hnefatafl)
- Replies: 268
- Views: 210686
Re: The Return of Viking Chess (Hnefatafl)
30 years since you started, and almost 3 years for this version alone. Well done for sticking with it, that's taken dedication. All the more impressive when you've learnt C along the way.
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:27 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Android emulator
- Replies: 40
- Views: 32801
Re: Android emulator
Great, when will you have it readyibisum wrote:I would just port Oriculator to Android for free

- Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:03 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Android emulator
- Replies: 40
- Views: 32801
Re: Android emulator
There are games that will run in 16k e.g. Light Cycles from P.S.S. I do agree that in principle, 9 pounds (which is more than 10 euros) is not a large sum. But in relative terms, compared to other similar products within the same market, it is high, especially for a new unknown quantity. I bought Sp...