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#51

Programming / Re: FutureOS corner

Last post by GUNHED - 20:46, 29 April 25

Please update your ROManager 2.5.0!

Recent important bug-fix in the ROM version and 1/7 faster decrunching now 

Support for ALL ROM devices for the CPC, now including also ROM-RAM-Box and RAMcard.

Enjoy!!! 

#52

Games / Re: Turrican (128K)

Last post by dodogildo - 19:58, 29 April 25

Do you think there could be the possibility to map the special attack (return key) to the second button of a joystick/joypad?

That'd be amazing..

#53

Games / Re: Turrican (128K)

Last post by Jean-Marie - 19:52, 29 April 25

Yes, I can do that for version 2. In the meantime, if you can poke your memory, try :
POKE &DE5D,9
POKE &DE5E,&20

#54

Emulators / Re: CPCEmu v3.0 (April 2025)

Last post by Emu - 19:41, 29 April 25

3. config = same config as 1. but with a filled SCDARD (unzipped fresh SymbOS masstorage files into that folder) >> this config creates a garbled screen (SymbOS crashed)
4. config = same config as 2. but with a filled SDCARD (as 3.) >> this config creates a SymbOS-Desktop with a taskbar and then stops / freezes then. I can't do anything.

I'm reluctant to ask, but I need to check: Are you sure you have copied all files extracted from "SymbOS-40-MassStorageCompletion.zip" into the symbos folder? I can only reproduce your crash/freeze of SymbOS if I solely copy the files from "SymbOS-CPC40.zip" into the SDCARD folder (but not the mass-storage completion files).

#55

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NC100, NC200, PCW, PDA600 - the rest of the Family! / Re: PCW10 boot disk

Last post by squelch41 - 19:24, 29 April 25

I've got images for locoscript and CPM that are PCW10 images but will boot a PCW9256 (I dont have a 10).

Both work in an emulator and when written out with CPCDiskXP v2.5.1 on a PC with a floppy connected to a 'real' floppy interface (as opposed to USB).
I used normal HD 1.44 mb floppies with tape over the left hole to 'make' them 720k discs.

Do you want me to post the images or are you sorted now?

[edit] sorry as I posted post above appeared, those are the same as the images I have

#56

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Games / Re: Turrican (128K)

Last post by jackic - 19:11, 29 April 25

That is really quite the improvement for this game!

Do you think there could be the possibility to map the special attack (return key) to the second button of a joystick/joypad?

That would further improve the experience when playing with a joystick.

Thanks!

#57

Technical support - Hardware related / Re: MEDL Tracking Ball - very ...

Last post by FruityFrank - 17:37, 29 April 25

I got a MEDL trackball here. And while it works in general, its very slow. I cleaned it up but dirt wasn't the issue.
Even when I directly turn the optical encoders, its very slow sending the keys.

Did you test it with the Easi-Art software? Maybe it has to be polled very fast to give a useful output.

not yet, but will give it a try tomorrow. I wanted to use the Trackball in SymbOS  

#58

Technical support - Hardware related / Re: MEDL Tracking Ball - very ...

Last post by Prodatron - 16:44, 29 April 25

I got a MEDL trackball here. And while it works in general, its very slow. I cleaned it up but dirt wasn't the issue.
Even when I directly turn the optical encoders, its very slow sending the keys.

Did you test it with the Easi-Art software? Maybe it has to be polled very fast to give a useful output.

#59

Technical support - Hardware related / Re: MEDL Tracking Ball - very ...

Last post by Prodatron - 15:12, 29 April 25

Is it even meant to be CPC compatible?

I think its supported. It was featured in an Amstrad magazine back in the days:
cpcrulez.fr

Weeske sold it for the CPC since around 9/1988, it was (first) called "Marconi RB2" and bundled with the software "Easi-Art" by Microdraw. They still advertised it in the last issue of the german CPCAI magazine end of 1992.

Before 9/1988 Weeske sold a version only for the "Schneider PC".

#60

Technical support - Hardware related / Re: MEDL Tracking Ball - very ...

Last post by FruityFrank - 13:56, 29 April 25

Is it even meant to be CPC compatible?

A brief search online only seems to find references to the BBC and Acorn systems. And it's worth bearing in mind that "Atari standard" joystick ports were anything but standard: once you go beyond a basic, single fire, digital joystick compatibility is far from guaranteed. Some provided analogue pins, some provide a +5V line etc. Even if they don't require those, devices may need specific software support to work as intended, you can't necessarily assume they can be seemlessly substituted for a digital joystick.

I think its supported. It was featured in an Amstrad magazine back in the days:
cpcrulez.fr