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by 6502Nerd
Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:00 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Murders in Venice
Replies: 23
Views: 5075

Re: Murders in Venice

Wow this looks absolutely amazing - fantastic work! We needed games like this back in the day, it would have (in the UK) been a serious competitor to the ZX Spectrum! I need to get much better at AIC approach to graphics - and indeed programming the Oric in general!
by 6502Nerd
Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: BASIC programming
Topic: 10 Line BASIC Competition 2022!
Replies: 30
Views: 9891

Re: 10 Line BASIC Competition 2022!

Dear rax - I have been not logging on to the forum recently due to being busy and it also stopped me from submitting something for the compeition. But I want to congratulate you again for winning 2022!! Fantastic work and I have learned a few things looking through your code. I love that an Oric ent...
by 6502Nerd
Wed Feb 23, 2022 3:08 pm
Forum: BASIC programming
Topic: 10 Line BASIC Competition 2022!
Replies: 30
Views: 9891

Re: 10 Line BASIC Competition 2022!

Yay - it will great to have you again this year!

You set a high standard for yourself by winning the PUR-80 category! But I agree it is even more about the participation, fun and showing that Oric has a following too, not only the C64, Spectrum, Atari etc..
by 6502Nerd
Sun Feb 20, 2022 3:14 pm
Forum: BASIC programming
Topic: 10 Line BASIC Competition 2022!
Replies: 30
Views: 9891

Re: 10 Line BASIC Competition 2022!

Ok this is good, looks like maybe we will have more than two Oric authors for the competition this year - will be good to balance against all the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari 800XL and Amstrad-Schneider submissions that one often sees!
by 6502Nerd
Fri Feb 18, 2022 9:45 pm
Forum: BASIC programming
Topic: 10 Line BASIC Competition 2022!
Replies: 30
Views: 9891

Re: 10 Line BASIC Competition 2022!

Dbug wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 11:57 am I've already way too many things to play with (like The Hobbit :p)
We all have too many projects! But The Hobbit optimisations will be fantastic if you can find a way, so good luck to you with that!

Hopefully one or two others will have a go at the 10 line competition - it's fun, by the way!!
by 6502Nerd
Fri Feb 18, 2022 9:47 am
Forum: BASIC programming
Topic: 10 Line BASIC Competition 2022!
Replies: 30
Views: 9891

10 Line BASIC Competition 2022!

I haven't been on here for a while, just due to other distractions but I hope everyone is doing well. But I wanted to quickly point out that the 2022 10 line BASIC competition is under way. The deadline for submissions is Saturday, March 26, 2022, 6 p.m. CET, with the award ceremony on Saturday, Apr...
by 6502Nerd
Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:45 pm
Forum: Emulators
Topic: is the Oric rom open source ?
Replies: 4
Views: 3716

Re: is the Oric rom open source ?

I guess technically if the ROM contains unlicensed Microsoft code, it's already shady on a legal point of view: "Is it illegal to use without authorization something made from unlicensed code" :) Here is a solution - we can use dflat! It is created by me from scratch and I have made it op...
by 6502Nerd
Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Projects we are working on :)
Replies: 16
Views: 7880

Re: Projects we are working on :)

iss wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:26 am @6502Nerd: Great ToDo list!
6502Nerd wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:05 pmI think we can "make Oric great again" MOGA!
FYI: In BG-language "MOGA!" means literally "I CAN!" ;).
Oh wow that's actually brilliant!!! :D :lol:
by 6502Nerd
Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Projects we are working on :)
Replies: 16
Views: 7880

Re: Projects we are working on :)

This is awesome work! I have not had the opportunity to be on here for a while, but I have been on Twitter and YouTube where I have seen iss and rax. As rax mentioned - I am pursuing #Orictober with videos almost daily about the Oric-1 and Oric Atmos. I have so far; - Shown some old games - Given a ...
by 6502Nerd
Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:33 pm
Forum: BASIC programming
Topic: Another one 10 lines competition.
Replies: 20
Views: 11085

Re: Another one 10 lines competition.

rax has been knocking the ball for 6 (a cricket term!) with these 10 line marvels!
Even more awesome would be indeed an international Oric meet - we may need to wait for a while, but the Oric will still be around I'm sure :-)
by 6502Nerd
Fri May 07, 2021 2:58 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Krillys - real hardware and tape!
Replies: 6
Views: 3363

Re: Krillys - real hardware and tape!

I guess it didn't sell that well as there were a lot of cassette inlays left over. This is one of the reasons it was chosen as a freebie with Sedoric. Those that registered got the Sedoric manual and Krillys inlay. Tapes are so slow after using disks. I only use them when I don't have the game on d...
by 6502Nerd
Sat May 01, 2021 12:26 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Krillys - real hardware and tape!
Replies: 6
Views: 3363

Re: Krillys - real hardware and tape!

Yes well spotted, it must be as you say! :-)
by 6502Nerd
Sat May 01, 2021 12:22 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Los Caminos de Galdeon
Replies: 21
Views: 9655

Re: Los Caminos de Galdeon

@jperin - wow this is amazing work! Bravo!! :-)
by 6502Nerd
Sat May 01, 2021 12:18 am
Forum: Operating systems, utilities and other serious software
Topic: dflat - work in progress game and deployment question
Replies: 4
Views: 3125

Re: dflat - work in progress game and deployment question

Thank you everyone for the ideas and guidance. I think to load dflat in to RAM would be quite a compromise - not only is the 16K ROM range not used, but as dflat needs the full 16K of space, means taking 16K away from free RAM (need to leave space for hi-res etc.). However it is an option - although...
by 6502Nerd
Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:15 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Krillys - real hardware and tape!
Replies: 6
Views: 3363

Krillys - real hardware and tape!

I thought this might bring some memories.. I have had the Oric-1 since 1983 and the Krillys tape and tape player since around 1984. Using the same hardware I had as a boy, I was amazed that the tape loaded and played perfectly only a few days ago after 37 years. I have done no maintenance on the tap...