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rea 13-14 nor rea 16-17 nor rea 19 nor rea 21-22 nor rea 25 nor ************ Topic 13 Mon Oct 04, 1993 DO.RAE.MI (Forwarded) Sub: Gif & Print Wanted 1/2 or less to convert Gif to Something C64'able & print it 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 13 Message 1 Mon Oct 04, 1993 DO.RAE.MI (Forwarded) I need a utility that will convert gif map files for games into something printable on an epson type printer. I have noxious power lately & require it convert in substatially less time than the Leave It On All Night converters I'd have a blank screen in the morning, not a Gif. I'd like suggestions for a convert gif to doodle or Koala and print utility in the library. Thanks. Ted ------------ Category 7, Topic 13 Message 2 Tue Oct 05, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) If you are a C-64 user I would suggest using geoGIF by Randy Weems (R.WEEMS1) and converting the .GIF to a geoPaint and then printing it out. There are other ways like using a SS/Action Replay cartridge to capture the image after displaying with VGIF or something like that, though I will leave that suggestion/details up to someone that has actually done it. ------------ Category 7, Topic 13 Message 3 Wed Oct 06, 1993 DO.RAE.MI (Forwarded) sigh...I guess I'll have to work with geos...not my strong suit...not sure I got it installed right...interruptions didn't help. I do have a supersnap shot cartridge...wonder if that would work. ::wanders away mutter about The Manual...any manual:: ------------ ************ Topic 14 Mon Oct 04, 1993 R.DAY (Forwarded) Sub: stereo player device 8 to 29! code for stereo player to go to deviec 29. 5 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 14 Message 1 Mon Oct 04, 1993 R.DAY (Forwarded) I got my Hard drive set to 20 I can do swipop 8 or 9 with it but had some time and looked at the code in stereo player using super s snapshot. I loaded the playerstereo player I made that auto finds your 2nd siSID chip and here is how the code looksit loads in from 801 to 7664. Here is how the ML code looks starting a 58ed.. S some of the 1st code my is repeted. 58ed ldy $098a 58f0 iny 58f1 cpy #$1e ;this is the highs deviecece # 58f3 bne $58f7 58f5 ldy #$08 ; this is the lowes # ddevice # 58f7 sty $098a 58fa jsr $5900 58fd jmp $4508 5900 lda #$03 5902 sta $da2a 5905 sta $da2b 5908 lda $098a 590b ldx #$00 590d tay 590e txa 590f sed 5910 clc 5911 adc #$01 5913 tax 5914 tya 5915 cld 5916 sec 5917 sbc #$01 5919 bne $590d 591b txa 591c and #$0f 591e ora #$30 5920 sta $062b 5923 txa 5924 and #$f0 5926 ror 5927 ror 5928 ror 5929 ror 592a ora #$30 592c sta $062a 592f rts 5930 nop 5931 nop 5932 nop 59335933 nop 5934 nop 5935 nop 5936 nop That's all just type in this code and save it out from 801 to 7664 I did not know hor have any ifnfo on how to convert haex to dec do I just put the CPU in dec. mode and out of dec. mode to concoundt down till the haex # went to 0 and then the dec. # would be right. I hope this will be fgoo d for others or that you can use it. I upload a arc file with stereo palayer in it but it only waent up to deviece 16. ------------ Category 7, Topic 14 Message 2 Tue Oct 05, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) You have to use *SN to keep columns formatted on GEnie. Matter of fact that is all I use now. :) ------------ Category 7, Topic 14 Message 3 Tue Oct 05, 1993 R.DAY (Forwarded) I tryed the *sn and it just does me back to the menu :( I don't know if any one can read that now. But if you don't what it to look like 08 or 09 just 8 or 9 for the device add this: 592c cmp #30 bne $5932 lda #20 sta $062a rts. That will do it. Is the arced file up here that I uploaded called sidfind.arc? after I uploaded it genie locked up on me so I don't know if it did get it. If not I could add this device code and arc it again and uplaod it again. ------------ Category 7, Topic 14 Message 4 Tue Oct 05, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) Hi :) I just checked the libraries and it looks like the file never made it. If you get disconnected before the upload is finished GEnie usually does not put the file into the library. Please DO reARC and upload it. JBEE (: ------------ Category 7, Topic 14 Message 5 Tue Oct 05, 1993 R.DAY (Forwarded) I just reuploaded it and it asked was the file ok. I did not get that last time. So this one has in it to go to device 8 to 29 :) ------------ 7 ************ Topic 16 Fri Nov 12, 1993 L.SCHONDER [Lou] (Forwarded) Sub: ComputerEyes to geoPaint I vaguely remember hearing about a converter that can do this. Does it exist? I'm about to start looking... 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 16 Message 1 Fri Nov 12, 1993 L.SCHONDER [Lou] (Forwarded) What program can convert this? ------------ Category 7, Topic 16 Message 2 Tue Nov 30, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) re: ComputerEyes to geoPaint Do you still need this program? I have the program that can capture images while running under GEOS. ------------ Category 7, Topic 16 Message 3 Thu Dec 02, 1993 L.SCHONDER [Lou] (Forwarded) I have that file too, JBEE. It turns out the that's what I'm going to use for my immediate need. The GEOS ComputerEyes driver has one big drawback: You can't easily view recently captured files unless you enter geoPAINT. No big deal, though. Thanks, JBEE! :) ------------ ************ Topic 17 Thu Sep 09, 1993 A.HALE2 (Forwarded) Sub: PageFox to FunGraphics I want to find out how to convert Pagefox screens(320x200) to normal 32 block files to use in FGM. 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 17 Message 1 Sat Sep 11, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) I believe FGM will import them directly as Handyscanner 64 graphics. I am still experimenting with my copy of FGM, otherwise I would have a better answer :) ------------ Category 7, Topic 17 Message 2 Tue Sep 14, 1993 C.KELTS (Forwarded) I recieved a request from member of a local user group to convert Handysca [C [C [C [C ner graphis to Print Shop 3 block graphics. I know only a small part of the original would end the original would end up in the original. So far I can see how to get Handy Scanner into Geos then using Graphix Link to Billboard then to Print Printshop. Is the there an easier way! C.Kelts ------------ Category 7, Topic 17 Message 3 Tue Sep 14, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) An easier way: HS64/Pagefox to Doodle to PSA. There is a C-128 utility program that will convert HS64 graphics into Doodle format. ------------ 7 ************ Topic 19 Sun Mar 21, 1993 T.RUTTER2 [Troy Rutter] at 13:03 EST Sub: Ultra SIDplayer - Discussion This topic is for ideas, comments, questions about the new SIDplayer called Ultra SIDplayer. It is currently in alpha testing so any comments can help shape the future of the program. 17 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 1 Sun Mar 21, 1993 T.RUTTER2 [Troy Rutter] at 13:03 EST Hi, my name is Troy Rutter (DATASID, QDJ Troy/Data on Qlink) and I thought Id sign on and finally start this topic for discussion about Ultra SIDplayer v1.0 that will be coming out shortly. Basically this SID player goes where no SID player has dared go before. Do you hate downloading your SIDs in the slr,msw,pil,wpl formats-- then have to dissolve them-- then have to boot up the SID player only to discover you forgot to dissolve one? ARGH! Well, don't despair-- Ultra SIDplayer is here! Ultra SIDplayer takes your archived SIDs and plays back the music, stereo, words (and later the pictures!) without having to dissolve them! So all you need to do is load up the player then select your SIDs and there ya go! Currently I have all file formats working to some extent. I must admit i need to look at the older versions of the .msw files more closely. Picture displays for wpl and pil are not available yet. A beta version will be coming shortly... please let me know what additional features you would like to see (no MIDI, please!). -Troy ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 2 Mon Mar 22, 1993 C128.JBEE at 05:33 EST Hi Troy :) If you are the author of Ultra SID Player maybe you should contact me by e-mail about it. I have the exclusive rights to the Sid book by Compute, maybe we could work together on something. ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 3 Mon Mar 22, 1993 T.RUTTER2 [Troy Rutter] at 09:00 EST Jbee, My source code for the SID player is built around the code that Mark Dickenson released into the public domain when he started his Stereoplayer. The filename of the source is called stereo.mod. Since it uses stereo, Mark had to completely re-write Craig's code. Which means I'm not quite sure what your exclusive rights pertain. When I release the SID player, since I am using Mark's PD source, I could not, in all conscience, attempt to sell the final product. I don't know the legalities involved here. Specificially, if a PD source code is used can the finished program be sold. Or is it just my conscience telling me I won't. I dunno Jbee.. clarify what you meant in email or something. Im a little confused. ;D ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 4 Mon Mar 22, 1993 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 09:07 EST Is the pd source for ML code or BASIC? I am interested in the PD stuff regardless of how the other stuff works out. ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 5 Mon Mar 22, 1993 R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 09:25 EST If it is truly PD, then it is completely legal for you to do anything with it. You could even turn around and sell the code yourself unmodified. Thus, it would certainly be legal. As to conscience: how much in the way of modification did you do to the code yourself? If you've made any significant changes and enhancements, you probaly have a "moral" right to claim the code as your own. A lot of people use public domain code segments, code segments they've licenced, algorithms worked out by others, etc. in their code, and the code is still very much theirs (IMHO). For instance, if you are writing a database program, but implement your sort according to a bubble sort algorithm that you read in a book (or even with a legally used code fragment from that book), you can still claim rights to your program, even though you didn't reinvent the wheel :) -Rob (IMHO, of course :) ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 6 Mon Mar 22, 1993 T.RUTTER2 [Troy Rutter] at 16:41 EST What I have done is this: Mark Dickenson, gracious as his is, released his stereo source (for only playing the music) into the public domain in 1988. In the documentation he says it is intended to be used to install in games, programs, whatever. Which is what I am doing. I have built an entire player around his interrupt routine that will take a SID archive (.msw for instance), interpret it, then play the left side, the right side, show the words, and will probably later display the pic. So as far as the code for the program itself, it is mine. The actual SID routine is Mark's. (Does that make ANY sense at all?) Anyway, I'm still in the early stages.. getting the music,stereo and words to play.. Heck, I havent even added the directory routine yet. :DD As for Ed's post... the code that Mark provided is strictly machine language... and strictly for the 64. As is evident in the Book/Disk combo JBee has rights too... the 128 routine is slightly different. However.... in the back of the book accompanying the Enhanced SID Player, it gives tips for adding the code to your own programs.. the only limitation being that due credit is given for the source. And, if possible, the file called sid.obj128 remain titled in that way. ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 7 Mon Mar 22, 1993 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 20:57 EST Ok, given what you have just posted, could you upload the player code to our libs... if it is for th C64 that is not a problem. I'm sure I can adapt it, and I am more than willing to credit the author, keep the name, etc. I just don't want to re-invent the wheel, and this seems to be exactly what I need. I'm not interested in making a competing product.... just a player for SIDS that can be used within my program. Would you upload the code? Thanks! ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 8 Tue Mar 23, 1993 HOWIE-CBM at 00:39 EST Rob, I thought bubble sorts were superceeded by several newer and faster ones. As for code ownership I fully agree with what you have expressed. I do not see how there can be any question but that Troy can do as he sees fit with his code, even tho portions may contain others algorythms. New code always relies on prior existing code. Else how would we ever progress? Howie ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 9 Tue Mar 23, 1993 C128.JBEE at 01:30 EST Actually all I wanted to know about and ask was if I could include it on the back of the SID disk (with the book) and if you would want to write some articles for TC128/64 on the how the SID player works and how to make good sounding SIDs vs. just copying sheet music. I just didn't want to turn the topic into a commercial which is why the reply was a bit "terse" :D ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 10 Wed Mar 24, 1993 T.RUTTER2 [Troy Rutter] at 20:34 EST Ok, heres the scoop... I have the SDA of the stereo code Mark uploaded to Qlink.. no problem. NOW... On Qlink.. not once, not twice.. but THREE times under different uploaders is a file called sid.obj.128 now... supposably Craig released this into the Public Domain shortly after the ENHANCED SIDplayer book/disk came out with the 128 code. don't want to be fingered for uploading proprietary (??) software... but it is on Qlink and they are VERY careful about PD stuff. Whatcha think JBEE, is it safe? ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 11 Wed Mar 24, 1993 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 23:15 EST And judging by the filename, sid.OBJ.128, is this source code... I am not picky as to which machine I get it for.... 128 or 64 is ok. I believe I can work with either because when it comes right down to it, there is not that much different wrt the SID stuff ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 12 Thu Mar 25, 1993 C128.JBEE at 12:09 EST >software... but it is on Qlink and they are VERY careful about PD stuff. I will try to connect with Craig this week and ask him :) ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 13 Fri Mar 26, 1993 B.VRIELING1 at 19:07 EST Howie, (Perhaps this is in the wrong thread (Sidplayer, not sorts) but good info is likely always welcome so...) Bubble sorts have never really been "superceded" by anything, though other sorting algorithms can be generally faster. Bubble sort runs in order N^2 time, where N is the number of elements to compare (which is a usual basis for comparing sorting algorithms). Shell sort, and quicksort run in O(N LOG N) time, so for N large, they win out in a big way. This makes more sense when you consider the implications of an O(N^2) algorithm. If sorting 300 elements takes a certain amount of time, sorting double that number will take *FOUR TIMES* the amount of time. However, an O(N LOG N) takes slightly more than twice the original time - which can be a big savings. To see the benefits of an O(N LOG N) algorithm, consider the case of sorting 10,000 elements. With bubble sort, you end up doing 100 million comparisons (1000^2). With quick sort, you end up doing 40,000 comparisons (both these comparisons modulo some constant). However, (and being a critic of all this math mumbo jumbo, even though it IS my major), this all breaks down with N small. For 150 elements, bubble sort is manageble. A bubble sort is also WORLDS easier to code; I'm sure if you sat down and tried to come up with a sorting algorithm from scratch, it would look something like bubble- sort - it's intuitive. In addition to the simplicity of bubblesort, it can be implemented without using recursion - try doing THAT with quicksort. Neither quicksort nor shell sort qualify for being easy to understand either (well, for most people :D). And finally, that comment above "modulo some constant" can be a pig if the coder isn't careful. In conclusion, if you have only a small amount of data, bubble sort is still the easiest sorting algorithm around. If you have lots of data, and are working on a C64/128, consider the shell sort. ...Bruce GEnie: B.VRIELING1 Internet: bvrieling@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu Fido: Bruce Vrieling @ 1:229/15 ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 14 Mon Mar 29, 1993 HOWIE-CBM at 06:53 EST Bruce, Thanks for that explanation. I never really knew before why one was better than another, and now I do! :) Howie ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 15 Sat Nov 06, 1993 T.RUTTER2 [Troy Rutter] at 20:53 EST HI All! Just a short update on how Ultra SIDplayer is doing... I made a couple more additions today... one of them probably the most important. So far.. Ultra SID player will do the following: Play slr,msw,sal,pil,wpl files without dissolving them. This includes: slr - music and stereo msw - music, stereo, and words sal - music, words pil - music wpl - music, words All the above include title block display So far, only the newer archives created with Robert Stoerelle's Stereo Editor play the stereo side with any reliability. The formats were almost totally rewritten by Robert so I have some major work to do on the older archives. Everything points to the right address... just wont play right in the older ones. (grrr) Today I fixed the words display bug (thanks Ed!)... it was a simple poke... i felt really dumb. :D Also today, I went through all of my old loadstars and found dirtovar.o, a wonderful disk directory selector. So a selective directory is now added! This is really turning out well, time to go take a rest. Nite! -Troy ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 16 Sat Nov 06, 1993 C128.JBEE at 21:00 EST > This is really turning out well, time to go take a rest. Nite! "take a rest" ;) Can't wait to see the finished result. ------------ Category 7, Topic 19 Message 17 Sun Nov 07, 1993 T.RUTTER2 [Troy Rutter] at 16:15 EST Heheheh JBEE... did I make a funny? :D <g> ------------ 7 ************ Topic 21 Wed Aug 18, 1993 R.KANE [edgarderby] (Forwarded) Sub: GEOS to GIF conversions There IS a way to convert GEOPAINT to GIF without jumping too many hoops! Using 'I Port', convert a GeoPaint pic to I Paint, then I Paint to GIF. There's more... 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 21 Message 1 Wed Aug 18, 1993 R.KANE [edgarderby] (Forwarded) A lot of people want to convert GEOS pictures to GIF format. Unfortunately, they've had to convert to KOALA or something to do so, losing a whole lot of detail or picture size. .... There's a solution for 128 owners: 'I Port' from Living Proof, Ltd. It's designed as an add-on to I Paint, but can benefit others as well. (and not just GEOS-- it'll work for Doodle and Basic 8 as well!) I Port will convert GEopaint to I Paint format-- 640x400, interlaced. You can scroll up or down to capture the best 400 lines of the Geo pic. Then, use I Port to convert the I Paint file to GIF! ---- you don't need I Paint to do this, but you DO need 64K of VDC RAM. ---- a mouse is nice, but not required. --------- $24.95 postpaid from: Living Proof, Ltd. PO Box 80714 Minneapolis, MN 55408-8714 ------------ ************ Topic 22 Sun Aug 01, 1993 B.GANN1 (Forwarded) Sub: MIDI files Finding files for your keyboard 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 22 Message 1 Sun Aug 01, 1993 B.GANN1 (Forwarded) How do I find files to work with my Casio MT240 keyboard? Do I have to buy a sequencer? Are there any files I can download that will change my keyboard's settings? ------------ Category 7, Topic 22 Message 2 Mon Aug 02, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) I do not know what model numbers work with what model numbers, but we do have MIDI utilities for the Casio product online in the library. Just use the search option (#3) and search for MIDI and you will pull up about twenty files. ------------ 7 ************ Topic 25 Mon Apr 04, 1994 C.HANNA at 23:53 EDT Sub: how to b get vidio digitizer? need/want vie dio digitizer can't find one for sale how to find one? 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 25 Message 1 Mon Apr 04, 1994 C.HANNA at 23:58 EDT I hav e tried to get a vidio digitizer from rio computers but I cn7t can't get them on the phione. the # I have is 7023692633 address 3310 Berwyck st., LasVegas,NV 89121. does anyone know the maker of v.d. in germany I think... ------------ Category 7, Topic 25 Message 2 Tue Apr 05, 1994 C128.JBEE at 05:42 EDT Hi :) I posted RIO's new address and phone number earlier. Please see Category 2 Topic 26 Message 62 ------------ 7