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You're right - the online one is v 1.2 while my cartridge is v 1.8. I've stuck a note on my monitor to track down the right ROM it.

Thanks! I worked with Mauvila quite a bit to get all the javascript support in place, and Nathan was kind enough to send me hi-res versions of Artie and Anna to use. It took quite a while to chop up the images, which is why I've blown off fixing the broken TV in Internet Explorer. I think the way to fix it would be chop out a taller section in the middle of the TV and set the background color for that cell of the table to be black. Before Artie and Anna I didn't use anything for the TV and had generic arrow graphics for the console. The arrows are still visibile on the dedicated Medieval Mayhem and Stay Frosty pages.

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Looks nice, but don't atariksi see the dithering

Today's Penny Arcade! is so fitting for this topic.

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If you view the source at my site you'll see how to set up multiple games on the same page. Turn the console off to select a different game, turn the console back on to play the selected game. Each game's instructions also get loaded in a block below the Atari. turned off: new game selected, instructions updated: Heads up - there's an issue with JStella and Safari 4 Beta - the display is stretched and clipped: I found that resizing the browser window fixes the problem: It works correctly in WebKit so I expect the official Safari 4 release will work OK. There's also a problem with Internet Explorer - it gives the java display too much room which cracks Nathan's TV. Safari and Firefox on Windows work OK. I haven't worked around it because Microsoft's not worth the trouble

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hmm, MacMAME needs 51xx.bin and 52xx.bin and I haven't been able to track them down.

I'm pretty sure I saw a Yamaha or two at last week's Ladytron/The Faint concert.

Unlike the Atari, which changed the hardware specs (CTIA to GTIA, different slots, different RAM, different joystick ports, etc), Commodore just repackaged the C64's hardware into a new shell to make the 64C look like the 128. So for the case of this discussion, they're the same computer. There's nothing wrong with upgrading if it's backward compatible. GTIA is backward compatible with CTIA (perhaps some artifacting difference). Joystick ports are the same (just 2 now instead of 4 earlier). RAM is backward compatible and one reason why games targetted for machines fit in 16K or less. All PCs are backward compatible still going back to DOS stuff from 1980s (you'll just have to boot from floppy). I think Commodore was making more machines incompatible. Seems like you missed the point, even though you explained why it can be an issue with the "16K or less" comment. If you're a developer and want your game to run on the most systems(and thus increase possible sales), then you ignore the extra features. Same thing happened with the C128, because it was backward compatible not a lot of software was written to take advantage of it's expanded abilities (extra RAM, faster CPU, 80 columns). In the case of the C64 and 64C, they're the same system - developers don't have to ignore features.

Unlike the Atari, which changed the hardware specs (CTIA to GTIA, different slots, different RAM, different joystick ports, etc), Commodore just repackaged the C64's hardware into a new shell to make the 64C look like the 128. So for the case of this discussion, they're the same computer.

It's worth watching that CSI episode online (link in prior reply). They built the siege ladder for the second DDV episode. While interesting, the dynamic still isn't there and Alan Bovinett, the engineer, announced he was leaving the show at the end of the episode. Not sure what to make of that.

New Placebo album, Battle For The Sun, in June The single Battle For The Sun on YouTube.

Cool! I've messed with a number of these options in MAME. The one I like best is raster lines - makes the images look a lot less pixelated.

Congrats!

Wiki has a photo of CGA going thru via composite, it's not pretty though it would have been nice to have it as an option. The VDC does have a monochrome signal, a few of my friends went that route with their older Commodore monitors. I suspect Commodore added the 80 column chip instead of improving the VIC's 40 column abilities as a number of 80 column display adapters were sold for the 64.

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the CPU was only locked to 1 MHz if you used the 40 column display, and it only needed to be locked during 200 scan lines. I normally used my 128 in 80 column mode, so it predominately ran at 2 MHz. However, for the few times I used the 40 column mode, I had written a raster interrupt that would turn on 2 MHz outside of those 200 scan lines. That resulting in an average speed of 1.24 MHz. The 2 MHz raster trick also works while running in 64 mode. 64 mode's ability to turn on 2 MHz is why a 64 few programs don't work correctly on 128s - they'd accidently enable 2 MHz, resulting in a garbled display. I agree it would have been nice if they'd updated the VIC chip to support 2 MHz and a larger palette. The 64's Color RAM was NYBBLEs not BYTES, so it should have been possible to do something there for 256 colors. In other words, it's not a co-processor - all kidding aside, that would have been neat though I recall reading about bus conflicts when they tried to do that. When running CP/M on the 128, the Z80 does hand off some work to the 8502 - but it has to shut itself off during the duration. I think they should have put 2 SIDs in there, for stereo sound. RGB-I is CGA, IBMs first color standard for the PC. Hardly exotic. The monitor I had for my 128 was actually a TV/CGA monitor. After buying my 128, I asked my folks for a new monitor for Xmas, my folks found that and thought it would be better since I'd be moving away from home soon.

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Did you catch last week's CSI episode, A Space Oddity(online episode)? They did a nice homage to Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica. Kate Vernon is a guest star and there are cameos by Ron Moore, Grace Parks and Rekha Sharma. Joshua Cox, of Babylon 5, was also in it. That Tribune blog has a couple entries about it - Space is the place for a diverting episode of 'CSI' and More on 'CSI's' sci-fi flavored 'A Space Oddity'. Also saw a new series on Discovery, Doing DaVinci. 4-guy show like Prototype This, but instead of coming up with new ideas they're building things based on Leonardo da Vinci's designs. Interesting show, they built the tank in the first episode, though the dynamic between the 4 guys pales in comparison to the gang on Prototype This. Before this show I had no idea that Leonard da Vinci came up with the idea for ball bearings.

Great concert though the opening act Crocodiles didn't leave much of an impression for my buddy Keith and I. Sadly, Keith's fiance got sick and wasn't able to go with us. She'd really been looking forward to the concert. Ladytron and The Faint are co-headlining. Apparently they're alternating and The Faint played after the opening act in Houston. I'd not heard of The Faint before finding out about this concert. I really enjoyed a number of their songs, is the one that's stuck in my head! I will definitely be buying some of their albums. We were towards the back of the audience during The Faint's performance. I thought the chandeliers looked neat with the colored spotlights shining on them. The candles glowed with the light, though it was a lot more vibrant in person than these iPhone photos show. For Ladytron we moved up closer to the stage while they were changing out the instruments and background lights. I'd say we ended up 25-30 feet from the stage. I really enjoyed their performance and was worn out by the end. However, the crowd seemed to be a lot more energetic when The Faint were playing. Based on group t-shirts I saw, I suspect the crowd was more familiar with The Faint than Ladytron.