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Great article Dbug!

You suggested me this method years ago and it works so well I've been using it since

I even had a demo, but was not as nice as this one, which showed just a matrix of 0s and 1s (1s for the keys being pressed).

It was indeed a smart idea!

Ah, great. I was too fast XD

Nice, great job Dbug!!!

But I tried to head to http://encounter.defence-force.org/ and I got an error (name could not be resolved). Any idea?

Same here. I don't recognize any name...

If I recall correctly it is not related to unused areas, but to the important overhead needed by the C code (managing the stack frame, params, type handling..) plus the size of the libraries that the code uses... although I think a lot of effort was put to reduce them to the minimum.

I had that game back then (always loaded with errors, so sometimes crashed in the middle of a game session). It was quite slow. I always wondered how a "revamped" version with hi-res graphics and colors and written in machine code (or at least, C) would look and play like

Great Symoon! Thanks for keeping Oric.org updated. Most appreciated.

What an interesting thread. I always liked the Microdisc a lot, but I don't have one. On the matter of reading/writing 3" discs, I think the most convenient way is either using a greaseweazle with such a drive, or fitting the Microdisc with a second 3.5" unit or, better yet, a gotek so you...

Jonh wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:16 am b) this is odd, it downloads as a 1.6Mb PDF file, best to Acrobat Reader, where it is fully formatted and complete. Annex 17 is at page 569, Annex 23 at page 611.

Uh... I made a mistake then I opened an html file. This is good for automatic translation, but it was not complete. I'll double check.

Something from Twilighte, as a homage, would be a nice touch. Damn, he is indeed missed

Yes, but a) it is in French and b) online version lacks formatting and, most importantly, the last annexes

It would be nice to have an article on all the different versions, bugs and features. I did not know so many versions existed!

Also for the rest of OSes in the Oric. There is little tech info on them...

Unfortunately, 2023 has been a bad year both for my personal life, for my country, and for the world due to wars and all other troubles. Thousands of people are dead due to big earthquake in the beginning of 2023 in Turkey. The Chinese yin-yang philosophy says that everything in life is in balance....

Great repair! Congratulations!

Happy new year to everyone!!!