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- From: Jason Kelk <tmr@cosine.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: OK, I tried that..
- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 96 00:50:41 GMT
- Organization: Cosine Systems
- Message-ID: <9601050050.AA0009a@cosine.demon.co.uk>
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- In article <9@ppse.win-uk.net>, ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Paul Pieroni)
- wrote:
-
- : I tried the USER PORT'S Reset Line. RSET + GND connection.
- : This works to reset the machine. The problem now is, that the
- : reset is a Hard Reset, and the memory is completly cleared. This
- : makes it useless for cheating at games.
-
- : Any one think of a fix ?
-
- and James Chamblin (jamesch@ix.netcom.com) replied:
-
- : For most games, a hard reset is the only way of stopping the game if
- : RUN-Stop/RESTORE doesn't work. It doesn't completely clear memory,
- : just resets the end of BASIC POINTERS and places a 0 at 2049. If you
- : have a doc with cheats on them, it should tell you of the proper way to
- : restart the program. Some cheats require a Super Snapshot cart to
- : work.
-
- Or an Action Replay. Most of the cartridge cheats in the magazines in
- England assume this as the standard! James is right, the hard reset
- shouldn't nuke the whole RAM just a few pointers (and I think $a000 and
- a few other bits!) so try poking and re-sysing the code.
-
- Oh, if you want an actual reset switch for the parallel port, Chip, Email
- me and I'll give you my work fone number. We have three or four in stock
- (I forget the price) and an Action Replay V6 pro for 25 pounds!
-
- Jason =-)
-