pOWER64 IS AN EMULATOR FOR THE cOMMODORE 64. iT WILL ALLOW YOU TO RUN YOUR FAVORITE c64 SOFTWARE ON YOUR pOWER mACINTOSH AT FULL SPEED WITH SMOOTH GRAPHICS AND GREAT SOUND.
2.2 iNSTALLATION AND rEGISTRATION
tHERE IS NO SPECIAL INSTALLATION PROCEDURE NECESSARY TO ENJOY pOWER64. jUST COPY IT TO A CONVENIENT LOCATION ON YOUR HARD DISK AND RUN IT. iT IS NOT NECESSARY TO OBTAIN ANY EXTRA FILES (SUCH AS sYSTEM rom IMAGES); EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED IN THE pOWER64 APPLICATION FILE. sTILL, YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT YOU NEED TO REGISTER YOUR COPY OF pOWER64 IF YOU WANT TO PLAY MORE THAN 10 MINUTES AT ONCE. sINCE YOU'VE ALREADY SENT YOUR REGISTRATION FEE AS DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION (yOU HAVE SENT IT, HAVEN'T YOU?), YOU SHOULD NOW START pOWER64. iT WILL AUTOMATICALLY DISPLAY THE ABOUT DIALOG (iF YOU'VE ALREADY DISMISSED IT, SELECT "aBOUT pOWER64" FROM THE aPPLE MENU). nOW CLICK ON THE rEGISTER BUTTON, AND ENTER YOUR NAME AND REGISTRATION NUMBER EXACTLY AS STATED ON YOUR REGISTRATION EMAIL/POSTCARD. hINT: uSE cUT & pASTE TO AVOID TYPOS.
2.3 uSING THE dEMO pROGRAMS
1) uNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EMULATOR WINDOW OPEN, SELECT fILE/nEW (cMD-n) TO OPEN A NEW EMULATOR WINDOW.
2) sELECT THE PROGRAM YOU WANT TO TEST FROM THE pROGRAMS MENU.smon AND new mAGICIAN ARE TOOLS, THAT ARE USEFUL TO HAVE HANDY WHEN HACKING c64 PROGRAMS. fOR MORE FUN CHOOSE ONE OF THE ACTION GAMES: bLOCK oUT, sERPENTINE (WITH NICE SOUND) OR TWIST YOUR BRAIN WITH qUADROMANIA. fOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THESE GAMES SEE SECTION 7.
3) pOWER64 WILL DISPLAY THE COMMAND NECESSARY TO RUN THE PROGRAM. pRESS <eNTER> TO CONFIRM.
4) eNJOY!
2.4 rUNNING A gAME FROM A dISK iMAGE (*.d64, *.x64) fILE
1) uNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EMULATOR WINDOW OPEN, SELECT fILE/nEW (cMD-n) TO OPEN A NEW EMULATOR WINDOW.
2) sELECT dEVICES/dISK dRIVE #8/iNSERT fLOPPY dISK (cMD-d). a FILE SELECTOR DIALOG WILL COME UP ASKING YOU FOR THE *.d64 OR *.x64 FILE.
3) tHE DIRECTORY OF THE SELECTED DISK IMAGE WILL BE LISTED IN A NEW WINDOW.
4) dOUBLE-CLICK ON THE GAME YOU WANT TO PLAY. pOWER64 WILL EXECUTE THE COMMANDS load"mY FAVORITE gAME",8,1 AND run
5) eNJOY!
tHE ABOVE PROCEDURE ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE USING THE DEFAULT OPTIONS. iF YOU HAVE NOT MODIFIED THE dEVICE oPTIONS (oPTIONS/dEVICE oPTIONS), THE DIRECTORY WINDOW MIGHT NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY. aLSO A DIFFERENT COMMAND CAN BE SELECTED AT THIS OPTION DIALOG.
iF YOU WANT A MORE c64 LIKE FEELING (A MOUSE AND CLICKING ON THINGS IS NOT REALLY c64 LIKE) YOU CAN ALSO PURSUE THE FOLLOWING, MORE TRADITIONAL APPROACH:
3A) tYPE: load"$",8 <eNTER>
pOWER64 WILL LOAD THE DIRECTORY OF THE DISK.
4A) tYPE: list <eNTER>
pOWER64 WILL SHOW THE NAME AND SIZE (IN bLOCKS OF 254 bYTE) OF ALL FILES ON THE TAPE.
5A) sELECT YOUR FAVORITE GAME FROM THE LIST DISPLAYED AND TYPE: load"mY FAVORITE gAME",8 <eNTER>
nOTE: yOU DO NOT NEED TO TYPE OUT THE ENTIRE FILENAME. yOU CAN TYPE ONLY THE FIRST FEW CHARACTERS AND USE THE WILD CARD '*' TO INDICATE THAT THE FIRST FILE HOSE NAME BEGINS WITH THESE CHARACTERS IS TO BE LOADED.
yOU CAN USE load"*",8 <eNTER> TO LOAD THE FIRST FILE ON A DISK.
6A) tYPE: run <eNTER>
7A) eNJOY!
2.5 rUNNING A gAME FROM A zIPcODED (1!, 2!, ...) dISK iMAGE
zIPcODE IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO d64 AND x64. a zIPcODED dISK iMAGE CONSISTS OF 4-5 PARTS, EACH COVERING A CERTAIN STRIPE OF THE DISK. tO MOUNT SUCH A DISK IMAGE, PROCEED JUST AS IF YOU WERE MOUNTING A d64 IMAGE, AND SELECT ANY one (NOT ALL 4-5) SEGMENT IN THE FILE SELECTOR DIALOG. pOWER64 WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOAD THE OTHER PARTS OF THE DISK IMAGE. oNCE THE zIPcODED DISK IMAGE IS MOUNTED, IT CAN BE USED JUST LIKE A d64 IMAGE.
2.6 rUNNING A gAME FROM THE hARD dISK (*.c64/*.cbm OR *.p00) fILE
1) uNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EMULATOR WINDOW OPEN, SELECT fILE/nEW (cMD-n) TO OPEN A NEW EMULATOR WINDOW.
2) sELECT dEVICES/dISK dRIVE #8/aTTACH hARD dISK (cMD-h). a FOLDER SELECTOR DIALOG WILL COME UP ASKING YOU FOR THE FOLDER ON YOUR mAC HARD DISK WHERE YOU KEEP YOUR *.c64/*.cbm OR *.p00 FILE.
3) tHE DIRECTORY OF THE SELECTED FOLDER WILL BE LISTED IN A NEW WINDOW.
4) dOUBLE-CLICK ON THE GAME YOU WANT TO PLAY. pOWER64 WILL EXECUTE THE COMMANDS load"mY FAVORITE gAME",8,1 AND run.
5) eNJOY!
sIMILAR THE THE NOTE IN SECTION 2.4 THIS ASSUMES STANDARD OPTIONS. tHE TRADITIONAL WAY, EXPLAINED THERE IS ALSO USABLE FOR hARD dISKS. iF THE (mACINTOSH) FILE NAME ENDS IN .c64 OR .p00 THEN IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO TYPE THIS EXTENSION WHEN SPECIFYING THE FILE TO LOAD.
2.7 rUNNING A gAME FROM A tAPE iMAGE (*.t64) OR lYNX fILE
1) uNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EMULATOR WINDOW OPEN, SELECT fILE/nEW (cMD-n) TO OPEN A NEW EMULATOR WINDOW.
2) sELECT dEVICES/tAPE dRIVE/mOUNT tAPE (cMD-t). a FILE SELECTOR DIALOG WILL COME UP ASKING YOU FOR THE *.t64 OR lYNX FILE.
3) tHE DIRECTORY OF THE SELECTED TAPE IMAGE WILL BE LISTED IN A NEW WINDOW.
4) dOUBLE-CLICK ON THE GAME YOU WANT TO PLAY. pOWER64 WILL EXECUTE THE COMMANDS load"mY FAVORITE gAME",1 AND run.
5) eNJOY!
sOME GAMES REQUIRE THAT THEY BE RUN FROM A FLOPPY DISK. tO RUN THESE PROGRAMS MOUNT THE t64 OR lYNX FILE ON DRIVE #8 USING THE FOLLOWING APPROACH:
2) sELECT dEVICES/dISK dRIVE #8/mOUNT tAPE/lYNX. a FILE SELECTOR DIALOG WILL COME UP ASKING YOU FOR THE *.t64 OR lYNX FILE.
nOW THE t64/lYNX FILE IS MOUNTED AS A FLOPPY DISK, AND YOU CAN PROCEED STARTING THE GAMES AS EXPLAINED IN CHAPTER 2.4.
sIMILAR THE THE NOTE IN SECTION 2.4 THIS ASSUMES STANDARD OPTIONS. tHE TRADITIONAL WAY, EXPLAINED THERE IS ALSO USABLE FOR tAPE iMAGES AND lYNX FILES. pLEASE NOTE THAT THE TAPE DRIVE DOES not PERMIT THE USE OF EXPLICIT WILD CARDS. tHE FIRST FILE WHERE THE REQUESTED FILENAME MATCHES THE BEGINNING OF THE FILENAME WILL BE LOADED.
nOTE: uNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO STANDARD ram IMAGE FORMAT AMONG c64 EMULATORS. tHUS IT IS LIKELY THAT ram iMAGES CREATED WITH cOMMODORE 64 EMULATORS OTHER THAN pOWER64 WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY WITH pOWER64. a WARNING MESSAGE WILL BE DISPLAYED WHEN pOWER64 DISCOVERS THAT THE ram IMAGE WAS CREATED BY A DIFFERENT EMULATOR. pOWER64 IS NOT ABLE TO LOAD ram iMAGES CREATED WITH fRODO.
nOTE ALSO THAT LOADING A ram IMAGE ONLY RESTORES THE ram, THE i/o aREA AND THE cpu-REGISTERS. iT DOES not RESTORE ANY OPTIONS SUCH AS SELECTED JOYSTICKS, OR SCREEN REFRESH RATES.
2.9 gENERAL hINTS ON gAME cONTROLS
oNCE A GAME IS SUCESSFULLY LOADED AND STARTED IT WILL USUALLY DISPLAY SOME KIND OF INTRO- SCREEN. tO START THE ACTUAL GAME YOU USUALLY HAVE TO PRESS A KEY ON THE KEYBOARD OR PRESS THE JOYSTICK FIRE BUTTON. wHICH KEY MUST BE PRESSED DEPENDS ON THE GAME YOU WANT TO PLAY. uSUALLY IT IS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: sPACE, rETURN, f1, f7 (OR f3, f5).
tHE ORIGINAL c64 FEATURED TWO JOYSTICK PORTS. sOME GAMES CAN ONLY BE CONTROLED USING A JOYSTICK IN PORT 2, OTHERS REQUIRE PORT 1 AND SOME CAN BE PLAYED WITH A JOYSTICK IN ANY PORT. uSUALLY THE ONLY WAY TO TELL THE CORRECT PORT IS TRIAL AND ERROR. bY DEFAULT pOWER64 USES THE KEYS 4568-0 OF THE NUMERIC KEYPAD TO SIMULATE A JOYSTICK IN PORT 2. (SEE 5.6 jOYSTICK FOR WAYS TO MODIFY THIS). iF THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT SETTING FOR YOUR GAME, PRESS cMD-j TO SWITCH TO A JOYSTICK (USING THE SAME KEYS) IN PORT 1.
pOWER64 ALSO SUPPORTS adb-JOYSTICKS CONNECTED TO THE mACINITOSH. tO ACCOMODATE A LARGE VARIETY OF JOYSTICKS WITHOUT THE NEED TO WRITE DOZENS OF DEVICE SPECIFIC DRIVERS pOWER64 USES iNPUT sPROCKET TO ACCESS THE adb-JOYSTICK. iNPUT sPROCKET IS A FREE SYSTEM EXTENSION AVAILABLE FROM aPPLE AS PART OF THE gAME sPROCKET PACKAGE AND SETS THE NEW STANDARD FOR ACCESSING JOYSTICKS. sEE CHAPTER 5.6 (jOYSTICKS) FOR MORE DETAILS.
2.10 tROUBLESHOOTING
hERE ARE SOME COMMON PROBLEMS EXPLAINED IN qUESTION AND aNSWER FORM:
q: cOULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME A COPY OF MY FAVORITE GAME xyz?
a: nO! i DO NOT DISTRIBUTE GAMES TO PLAY WITH pOWER64! cHECK OUT SECTION 3 OF THIS DOCUMENT FOR ftp SITES THAT HAVE ALL THE GAMES THAT YOUR HEART MIGHT DESIRE.
q: tHE MESSAGE 'command (xyz) not emulated' APPEARS IN THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE DISK DIRECTORY WINDOW. wHAT CAN i DOES THAT MEAN AND WHAT CAN i ABOUT IT?
a: pOWER64 USUALLY USES A DISK EMULATION THAT IS TUNED FOR SPEED RATHER THAT OPTIMAL COMPATIBILITY. iF IT ENCOUNTERS A COMMAND THAT IT CAN NOT HANDLE IT DISPLAYS THE 'command (xyz) not emulated' MESSAGE. yOU CAN SELECT A BETTER, BUT SLOWER DISK EMULATION BY SELECTING dEVICES/dISK dRIVE #8/cOMPLETE fLOPPY 1541 eMULATION. tHE DISK EMULATION MODE MUST BE CHOSEN before YOU START LOADING THE GAME. dRAWBACK: cOMPLETE fLOPPY eMULATION IS SLOW. iT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES TO LOAD A GAME.
q: wHAT DO THOSE NUMBER IN THE TOP/RIGHT CORNER MEAN?
a: tHE FIRST NUMBER (X.XXmhZ) INDICATES THE SPEED OF THE VIRTUAL m6510 cpu OF THE EMULATED cOMMODORE 64. iTS VALUE SHOULD BE 0.98 FOR pal-MODE (PREFERRED) OR 1.02 FOR ntsc-MODE. tHE SECOND NUMBER (YY%) INDICATES HOW BUSY THE mACINTOSH cpu IS. wHEN THIS NUMBER APPROACHES (OR EVEN EXCEEDS) 100% YOU WILL GET BUMPY MOTION AND WAILING SOUND.
iN THE SECOND LINE YOU CAN SEE THE FRAME RATE OF pOWER64. tHE FIRST NUMBER GIVES THE NUMBER OF FRAME REDRAWS/SECOND AND THE SECOND NUMBER TELLS HOW OFTEN THE SCREEN IS RECOMPUTED (E.G. FOR SPRITE COLLISION CHECKS). tHE NUMBER IN PARENTHESES SHOWS HOW OFTEN THE SCREEN WOULD BE REDRAWN ON A REAL c64 (50 FOR pal-MODE, 60 FOR ntsc)
q: mY mACINTOSH cpu IS LOADED MORE THEN 100%! wHAT CAN i DO TO REDUCE THE LOAD?
a: uSE THE oPTIONS/eMULATOR sPEED DIALOG. tHERE YOU WILL FIND TWO PULL DOWN ITEMS: oNE FOR fRAMES PER cOMPUTED sCREEN AND ONE LABELED fRAMES PER sCREEN rEDRAW. pOWER64 MAINTAINS THE SCREEN IN TWO STEPS. iN A FIRST STEP IT CREATES AN IMAGE OF THE c64 SCREEN IN AN INTERNAL BUFFER (AS A BYPRODUCT OF THIS COMPUTATION pOWER64 ALSO CHECKS FOR SPRITE COLLISIONS). tHIS IMAGE IS COMPARED TO THE ONE LAST COMPUTED AND ONLY IF A CHANGE IS DETECTED THEN THE CHANGED PARTS ARE COPIED TO THE mACINTOSH SCREEN IN A SECOND STEP.
iF YOU SET fRAMES PER cOMPUTED sCREEN AND/OR fRAMES PER sCREEN rEDRAW TO aUTOMATIC pOWER64 WILL ADJUST THIS PARAMETER SO THAT THE mAC cpu IS LOADED TO ABOUT 90% (OR LESS IF YOUR mAC IS VERY FAST). sOME GAMES REQUIRE VERY PRECISE SPRITE COLLISION INFORMATION. tO RUN THESE (RARE) GAMES, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SET fRAME PER cOMPUTED sCREEN TO 1:1 AND fRAMES PER sCREEN rEDRAW TO aUTO.
{$e2}{CBM-I} cHECK THAT aCCELERATED dRAWING IS ENABLED IN THE oPTIONS/vIDEOsETUP DIALOG. dISABLING ACCELERATED DRAWING SHOULD ONLY BE NECESSARY FOR EXOTIC VIDEO HARDWARE.
{$e2}{CBM-I} uSE A VIDEO MODE WITH 256 COLORS
{$e2}{CBM-I} iF YOU USE SEVERAL MONITORS PLACE THE EMULATOR WINDOW COMPLETELY ON ONE SCREEN; dO NOT PLACE IT ON THE EDGE BETWEEN TWO MONITORS
{$e2}{CBM-I} dON'T USE BACKGROUND APPLICATIONS (PRINTER SPOOLING ETC.)
{$e2}{CBM-I} tURN OFF bALLOON hELP
{$e2}{CBM-I} tURN OFF 'dISPLAY fOLDER sIZE' IN THE dISPLAY cONTROL pANEL
{$e2}{CBM-I} uSE A SINGLE-SIZE WINDOW (CLICK ON THE WINDOW ZOOM BOX TO TOGGLE BETWEEN SINGLE AND DOUBLE SIZED WINDOWS)
{$e2}{CBM-I} dISABLE THE sOUND IF YOUR FAVORITE GAME DOES NOT PLAY A TUNE. uSE oPTIONS/sOUND eMULATIONS/mUTE - dON'T JUST SET THE VOLUME TO 0! aT VOLUME ZERO THE SOUND IS STILL COMPUTED, JUST NOT PLAYED WHILE WITH THE MUTE SETTING NO SOUND IS COMPUTED.
{$e2}{CBM-I} gET A FASTER mACINTOSH
wITH THESE TRICKS IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO GET ANY pOWER64 PROGRAM TO RUN AT 100% ORIGINAL SPEED ON EVEN THE SLOWEST pOWER mACINTOSH.
q: i GET JERKY SCREEN MOVEMENTS EVEN SO MY mACINTOSH cpu IS ONLY LIGHTLY LOADED.
a: mAYBE YOU HAVE OVERDONE SPEED IMPROVEMENT. mAKE SURE THAT BOTH fRAMES PER cOMPUTED sCREEN AND fRAMES PER sCREEN rEDRAW ARE SET aUTO (RECOMMENDED) OR TO LESS THAN 3:1 IN THE oPTIONS/eMULATOR sPEED DIALOG. cHECK ALSO THE ANSWER TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
q: eVERY FEW SECONDS, THE EMULATION FREEZES FOR AN INSTANT AND THE HARD DISK COMES TO LIVE.
a: pROBABLY YOU HAVE ACTIVATED THE fINDER FEATURE 'dISPLAY FOLDER SIZE' IN THE dISPLAY CONTROL PANEL. tHE FOLDER SIZE IS RECOMPUTED IN THE BACKGROUND BY mACos. dURING THESE RECOMPUTATIONS THE EMULATION IS FROZEN (ONLY AN INSTANT FOR SMALL FOLDERS, NOTICABLY LONGER FOR LARGE ONES).
q: iT TAKES FOREVER TO SELECT A MENU ITEM WITH THE MOUSE. cOMMANDS FROM THE KEYBOARD ARE REGISTERED ONLY AFTER A VERY LONG TIME.
a: tHE c64 IS IN A HIGH STRESS (LOTS OF MOVING GRAPHICS, SAMPLED SOUND, COMPLETE fLOPPY 1541 EMULATION) SITUATION, AND THE mACINTOSH cpu EASES ITS LOAD BY ONLY RARELY CHECKING THE KEYBOARD. pRESS THE cOMMAND KEY TO FORCE A MORE FREQUENT SAMPLING OF THE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE ACTIVITY.
q: wHEN i PRESS cMD-k TO RESET THE EMULATED c64 IT DOES NOT RESET, BUT RESTARTS THE CURRENT GAME OR JUST DIES.
a: yOU HAVE BEEN PLAYING A RESET-PROTECTED GAME. tO FORCE A COMPLETE RESET PRESS oPTION-cMD-k. tHIS WILL CIRCUMVENT THE RESET PROTECTION.
q: iS THERE A NEWER VERSION OF pOWER64?
a: pOWER64 2.1.1 HAS BEEN RELEASED IN mAY 1998. a NEWER VERSION MIGHT BE AVAILABLE ON THE OFFICIAL pOWER64 hOMEPAGE:
q: i WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FEATURE xyz ADDED TO pOWER64.
a: sEND ME AN eMAIL: RLIEGER@KAGI.COM
q: i HAVE A DIFFERENT QUESTION!
a: hAVE YOU READ THE MANUAL COMPLETELY AND NOT FOUND AN ANSWER?
q: i HAVE READ THE MANUAL FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND i STILL HAVE A QUESTION!
a: sEND IT TO ME (VIA eMAIL: RLIEGER@KAGI.COM) AND i WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER IT. pLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR PROBLEM AS DETAILED AS POSSIBLE. hERE ARE SOME HINTS AS TO WHAT INFORMATION YOU SHOULD INCLUDE WITH YOUR QUESTION:
{$e2}{CBM-I} wHAT VERSION OF pOWER64 DO YOU USE? hAVE YOU CHECKED THE pOWER64 HOMEPAGE TO SEE IF A NEWER VERSION IS AVAILABLE THAT FIXES YOUR PROBLEM?
{$e2}{CBM-I} wHAT TYPE OF mAC DO YOU USE? wHAT IS YOUR mACos vERSION? aRE THERE ANY UNUSUAL HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE EXTENSIONS?
{$e2}{CBM-I} hAVE YOU TRIED BOOTING YOUR mAC WITHOUT sYSTEM eXTERNSIONS? dID IT HELP? hAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH eXTENSION IS MAKING TROUBLE WITH pOWER64? eVEN IF YOU MANAGED TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM BY ELIMINATING THAT eXTENSION, PLEASE TELL ME THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT i SHOULD FIX.
{$e2}{CBM-I} wHAT PRECISELY DID YOU DO TO CAUSE THE PROBLEM (sTEP-BY-sTEP)? cAN YOU REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM? (aLWAYS? sOMETIMES? oNLY AT AN ODD CHANCE? nEVER?) cAN YOU REPRODUCE IT AT YOUR FRIENDS MACHINE?
{$e2}{CBM-I} iF pOWER64 CRASHES ON YOU PLEASE STATE HOW SEVERE THE CRASH WAS. (tHE c64-GAME DOES NOT RESPOND ANY MORE, BUT THE EMULATOR WINDOW KEPT ON WORKING (LOOK AT THE cpu lOAD INDICATOR!) - oNE pOWER64 WINDOW CRASHED, BUT THE REST OF pOWER64 STILL WORKS -
pOWER64 CRASHES BUT YOU CAN STILL WORK WITH OTHER mACINTOSH APPLICATIONS - tHE mAC COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP AND A RESET IS NECESSARY.)
{$e2}{CBM-I} iF THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO A SPECIFIC GAME? - wHERE DID YOU OBTAIN THAT GAME? hAVE YOU TRIED A DIFFERENT SOURCE? i AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH ALL GAMES. iF A GAME HAS PROBLEM WITH pOWER64 LET ME KNOW; iF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A GAME (wHERE IS ITEM abc IN ADVENTURE xyz? wHAT IS THE BEST STRATEGY TO GET RID OF THE BAD GUYS IN THE SHOOT-'EM-UP xyz?) PLEASE DO not WRITE TO ME - i LACK THE TIME TO SOLVE SUCH PUZZLES.
nOTE: i WILL DO NOT DISTRIBUTE c64 GAMES TO PLAY WITH pOWER64! cHECK OUT THE ftp-SERVERS LISTED IN SECTION 3.
2.11 fUTURE OF pOWER64
dEVELOPMENT OF pOWER64 STILL CONTINUES. fEATURES PLANNED FOR THE NEXT RELEASES INCLUDE:
{$e2}{CBM-I} dRAG&dROP COPYING OF FILES BETWEEN d64/t64 IMAGES
{$e2}{CBM-I} eMULATION OF sid-fILTERS
{$e2}{CBM-I} aCCELERATED DRAWING FOR SCREENS WITH MILLIONS OF COLORS
{$e2}{CBM-I} sAVE oPTIONS WITH ram iMAGES
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDD cHEATS FOR gAMES (E.G. sPRITE COLLISION ON/OFF (MAKE A SUGGESTION))
{$e2}{CBM-I} gENERAL bUG-FIXES (ESP. 1541 VIA hARDdISK)
{$e2}{CBM-I} dOCUMENTATION:
lIST OF m6510 aSSEMBLER cOMMANDS
asic rEGISTER mAP
sYSTEM vARIABLES (LOW 1kb)
sYSTEM rom rOUTINES
pLEASE FEEL FREE TO TELL ME ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL FEATURES THAT YOU CONSIDER IMPORTANT. (eMAIL: RLIEGER@KAGI.COM)
2.12 vERSION hISTORY
vERSION 2.1.2:
{$e2}{CBM-I} geos FINALLY WORKS (AT LEAST SOMETIMES)
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED A MAIOR BUG IN THE fLOPPY eMULATION - m-r NOW WORKS FOR MULTIPLE BYTES.
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED A MINOR BUG IN THE fLOPPY eMULATION ('pIRATES' NOW WORKS)
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED VERY SIMPLE sid-FILTERS (ALL OR NOTHING PASSES - NEEDED FOR SAMPLES IN sPACE tAXI)
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED A EXECUTE-SINGLE-LINE KEY FOR THE TRACE-MODE OF THE DEBUGGER.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED DOCUMENTATION FOR sfx FILES.
vERSION 2.1.1:
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED SOME SERIOUS BUG IN adb JOYSTICK CODE
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED A NEW c64 FONT rom WITH FIXED CHARACTERS 101 AND 103.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED PICTURES ON c64 KEYBOARD LAYOUT
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED DOWNLOADING TIPS TO DOCUMENTATION
vERSION 2.1:
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED A SERIOUS BUG IN EMULATION SPEED CONTROL
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED A SERIOUS BUG (cUT&pASTE) THAT CAUSES mACos INSTABILITY ON SOME MACHINES
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED TWO SERIOUS BUG IN THE fLOPPY1541 EMULATION THAT CAUSED THE mACos TO CRASH WITH CERTAIN GAMES.
{$e2}{CBM-I} cOMPLETE fLOPPY eMULATION DOES NO LONGER REQUIRE cpu TIME, WHEN THE FLOPPY DOES NOT PERFORM ANY TRANSFERS
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED A STUPID BUG THAT CAUSED THE LOCATION OF tAPE IMAGES TO BE FORGOTTEN.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED A oPTION FOR BETTER tAPE fILE tYPE FIXING (aLL FILES ON A TAPE IMAGE ARE prg)
{$e2}{CBM-I} mOUNTING A hARDDISK ON EVERY NEW c64 WINDOW IS NOW OPTIONAL.
{$e2}{CBM-I} tHE WARNING MESSAGE FOR DAMAGED t64 FILES CAN BE TURNED OFF.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED sUPPORT FOR zIPcODED DISK IMAGE FILES
{$e2}{CBM-I} pOWER64 CAN NOW CONVERT BETWEED d64, x64 AND zIPcODED DISK IMAGE FILES. t64 TAPE IMAGES CAN BE CONVERTED TO lYNX AND BACK.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED tRACE cOMMAND TO mONITOR
{$e2}{CBM-I} eXTENDED THE sYNTAX OF mONITOR EXPRESSIONS (aLL VALUES ARE NOW SIGNED OR UNSIGNED.)
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED A sKIP eVERY OTHER sCANLINE vIDEO FEATURE
{$e2}{CBM-I} reu CONTENTS AND fLOPPY ram SAVED WITH ram sNAPSHOT
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED A MINOR BUG IN KEYBOARD HANDLING FOR us KEYBOARDS (RIGHTARROW KEY)
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED fRAMES/sECOND INFORMATION TO cpu lOAD DISPLAY
vERSION 2.0:
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED SOME BUGS IN THE cpu (bAD uNDOCUMENTED oPCODES, tIMING pROBLEMS).
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED fULL 1541 fLOPPY eMULATION.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED ram eXPANSION SUPPORT.
{$e2}{CBM-I} fLOPPY rESET 1541 ON c64 RESET
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED THE POSSIBILITY TO CREATE aiff FILES OF c64 SOUND
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED ACCELERATED DRAWING ON SCREENS WITH THOUSANDS OF COLORS (16 BIT)
{$e2}{CBM-I} sUPPORT FOR TRIPPLE AND QUADRUPLE SIZE WINDOWS.
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED A BUG AT eMULATOR sPEED / sYSTEM cLOCK.
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED A BUG IN ACCESSING cOLORram IN THE mACINTOSH SIDE MONITOR/DEBUGGER.
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED SOME BUGS AROUND MODIFIER KEYS AND mENU SHORTCUTS.
{$e2}{CBM-I} rEWORKED fLOPPY AND hARD dISK eMULATION.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aTTACHED TAPE AND DISK IMAGES ARE NOW STORED WITH AN ram IMAGE.
{$e2}{CBM-I} dRAGGING A dISK OR fOLDER iCON ON pOWER64 MOUNTS IT AS c64 hARDDISK.
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED AN INCOMPATIBILITY IN NEWLY CREATED DISK IMAGES (nEW & vALIDATE COMMAND).
{$e2}{CBM-I} lOAD IS NOW MUCH FASTER (ABOUT 25X FASTER THAN IN pOWER64 1.5, 1000X FASTER THAN A REAL 1541 FLOPPY DISK)
{$e2}{CBM-I} tAPE AND lYNX fILES CAN NOW ALSO BE MOUNTED ON DRIVES #8-#11. (sOME GAMES EXPECT THAT BEHAVIOUR)
{$e2}{CBM-I} eMULATOR WINDOW POSITION IS NOW REMEMBERED
{$e2}{CBM-I} bLACK FRAME IS NOW ALSO AVAILABLE FOR A SECOND SCREEN.
{$e2}{CBM-I} fIXED A BUG IN THE WINDOW DRAGGING ROUTINE, THAT CAUSED THE OUTLINE NOT TO BE SHOWN ON A SECOND SCREEN.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED A DECENT ICON FOR THE rEAD-mE FILE.
vERSION 1.5:
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED mACINTOSH SIDE MONITOR/DEBUGGER.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED lYNX FILE SUPPORT.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED bALLOON hELP.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED ONLINE rEGISTRATION INFO.
{$e2}{CBM-I} sUPPORT FOR 8-WAY KEYBOARD JOYSTICKS
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED SUPPORT FOR adb JOYSTICKS VIA iNPUT sPROCKET.
{$e2}{CBM-I} eMULATION CAN NOW ALSO RUN IN THE BACKGROUND.
{$e2}{CBM-I} eXTENDED rEAD-mE FILE WITH MANY MORE LINKS.
{$e2}{CBM-I} aDDED "aRE YOU SURE?" DIALOGS FOR RESET/CLOSE/QUIT.
{$e2}{CBM-I} dEVICE AND mONITOR WINDOW POSITION ARE NOW SAVED WITH THE PREFERENCES.
