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But I noticed one bad effect - in an undetermined moment graphics mode is switched back to text :?, pictures continue to be loaded but the mode remains text. In ~90% of cases when this happens is the Oric-1 picture just loaded, but I don't think that we can blame this particular picture. Is it poss...

Here is a "special build" of my first test (FASTLOAD with all these well known and fantastic images from the Oric scene) with a Track 0 interleaving to be able to load/run on a real machine (I hope and expect!). https://github.com/Archange427/FASTLOAD/releases/download/FASTLOAD_RM/fastload...

@iss : very nice job! It's not a surprise that my two previous tests don't work as is on real hardware. Because I used an interleaving to boot on Oricutron. With such interleaving, the other sectors of track 0 cannot be loaded in the correct order from a real DISK II (or a SDFloppy II emulator). But...

Great job (again)!

The differences between your Upgrade Time: Encounter Redux and the original one are impressive!

@@Dbug: Thank you for this new video. Great again!

I saw you used -f6 parameter (for PictConv) to convert pictures including those you have drawn by hand.
For these monochrome images, -f6 and -f0 seem to return exactly the same result (as well as -f1!)

Is it always the case for monochrome images?

@@iss: yes 1.0205Mhz was for Apple II but I reused directly (lazy you say?!) the music data file I used for Apple II and frequencies were calculated for 1.025Mhz so I leave these value for the INT. But honestly but I'm not sure that much changes the sound heard :D Thanks for the -2 tip btw! And to c...

@@iss: you're right! The most important thing is to do what you like! We are all here just for fun anyway! And there will be - at least - one other person interested in your work because I think the Pravetz 8D with a Disk II is just great! Btw, source code for my second test is now available (https:...

AppleWin (https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin) is an Apple II 8bits emulator very accurate for the disk access. Could be a lead to follow... But is it really worth it? Seems that the Pravetz8D (with Disk II) is really a marginal machine nowadays even for Oric's lovers... And there are already very...

@@iss: thanks for your sources! Btw I noticed something weird when running my two tests with Oricutron: if we let the program runs for more than two minutes, we notice that the loading of the images becomes "linear". And then, he stays like that ad vitam aeternam! In fact, with the interle...

@Chema: thank you! @iss: I love the way you use the $036D routine to load your own sectors. The RTS at $B800 is pure genius! ;) As promised here the sources for FASTLOAD: https://github.com/Archange427/FASTLOAD .DSK file is available in the release part. Sorry but I don't know very well Github and i...

Thank you guys!

@iss: very nice speed. I will look at your code more closely!

[media]https://youtu.be/pRZY0a3FEaw[/media] Second and probably last of my tests with Pravetz8D/FDC (aka DISK II). Still adapted from my past work on Apple II. This time, purpose is to load images while music is played. I will released this weekend .DSK files and source code for my previous test (fa...

Very interesting! Congrats!

These videos are a good illustration of the power of cross-development in general and OSDK in particular.
And for me, who know almost nothing about ORIC, it's a fun way to learn a lot of things!

More please!

I tested your demo. Very interesting approach! Speed in Pravetz/FDC mode actually seems to be slow. Is it because of the use of standard DOS routines? Or is slowness because of another issue? But at the same time, it really seems that the Pravetz8D/FDC mode does not interest many people in the Oric ...

Thank you ISS!

I will post a file (.DSK) as soon as possible.
If you have specific questions, I would be happy to answer them even if my english is not very good...