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How To Use PET Games Downloaded onto a PC
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:58 pm
by administrator
I'm hoping that you can help me. I downloaded the PET games from your site onto my computer (Compaq Presario) and UNZIPed them, but I haven't a clue as what to do next to get them transfered onto a PET or view the code. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Mark
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:08 am
by administrator
Hi Mark;
It is REALLY easy to use an Commodore emulator on a Windows PC to play games or even run GEOS or CP/M (which can be downloard from our site):
1: download the VICE emulator from our site
http://www.commodore.ca/download/commod ... E-1.14.zip
2: unzip it
3: double click on XPET.EXE
4a: either drag the whole .D64 file onto the XPET window (which will load the first program on the 'disk') or
4b: click FILE, ATTACH, DISK 8, select your D64 file and the file you want to load
Sometimes I have to tweak the XPET settings as follows:
1: OPTIONS, DOUBLE SCAN (on or off depending on what I feel like)
2: SETTINGS, PET SETTINGS, 90% of the time I select 4032 button
I hope this helps!
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:15 am
by administrator
You could also migrate them to a Commodore computer using an 'x1541' cable:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dl ... arch&fgtp=
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:09 pm
by gklinger
Perhaps it would be better to direct people to the
VICE website where the current version of VICE is 1.20 (or update the version you're redistributing through your website). Version 1.14 is terribly out of date.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:05 pm
by administrator
Hi Golan;
I have had no issues with 1.2 so I have not updated the build on our site.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:45 pm
by gklinger
administrator wrote:I have had no issues with 1.2 so I have not updated the build on our site.
I'm confused. Did you mean you had no issues with v1.14? Take a look at the
VICE News file to see a list of the additions/bug fixes. The list is staggering. At this point, there's no reason for anyone to be running v1.14. Worse yet, if they do encounter bugs they'll drive everyone crazy complaining about things that have already been fixed.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:00 am
by administrator
Yes, I meant 1.14 but based on your comments I have updated our version to 1.2.