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by ibisum
Tue Apr 15, 2014 1:07 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: OType
Replies: 88
Views: 123690

Re: OType

Hey sure was, Godzil. Sometimes I quite miss his enthusiasm, but then I'm glad we've got the current crop of geniuses around to keep us amused. Twi certainly set the standard high - I doubt we'll get another Oric hacker as talented as he was, any time soon - but I'd sure like to be wrong about that.
by ibisum
Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:29 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Oric Kong 2013
Replies: 23
Views: 40124

Re: Oric Kong 2013

I'm with you Dbug, one of the motivations is nostalgia - sure - but on the flipside, I hope that I can one day train my kids on how these 8-bit machines worked, and even still be doing cool things with them long into the future. I think that the complexity and cognitive load of modern machines just ...
by ibisum
Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:55 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Oric Kong 2013
Replies: 23
Views: 40124

Re: Oric Kong 2013

Hi ellis, *REALLY* great that you could join us! I never in my teens would have thought I'd *ever* find a way to communicate with the authors of these type-ins, but I recall typing in ORIC KONG on my Oric-1, one of the first in Australia, during a particularly strong stormy season at our house on th...
by ibisum
Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Blue Oric 1
Replies: 13
Views: 17603

Re: Blue Oric 1

I'd say it, at the least, shares some design cues in the case department, with the Oric-1. It looks like a 'fat Oric', anyway, even if the keyparts are different - the intent of the designer is so similar when comparing Oric-1/Td-1000, that I'd be surprised if it at least wasn't the same mechanical ...
by ibisum
Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Blue Oric 1
Replies: 13
Views: 17603

Re: Blue Oric 1

Would be great to see it boot and play something new! :)
by ibisum
Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Future plans for Defence Force
Replies: 7
Views: 9048

Re: Future plans for Defence Force

- I'm not sure about the Wiki, the only person to use it were Twilighte and I and it contains mostly stale information

If you and Twi were using it, then it must have become something of value. I think it'd be a pity to lose it - and thus I volunteer to help maintain it if needed.
by ibisum
Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fun stuffs on eBay
Replies: 2
Views: 5194

Re: Fun stuffs on eBay

I'll take one of everything in that catalog please! :)
by ibisum
Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:31 am
Forum: Mags and books
Topic: Atmos-Oric1 manual de référence tome 2 travaux pratiques
Replies: 7
Views: 18588

Re: Atmos-Oric1 manual de référence tome 2 travaux pratiques

Wow, this looks like something I'd love to read - any chance we can get those scans online?
by ibisum
Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oric SD Drive videos
Replies: 10
Views: 13410

Re: Oric SD Drive videos

Right, those apps do look pretty nice .. well, I guess it would be nice to hear from you what other nice titles the Pravetz8D world produced for our similar machines! ;)
by ibisum
Tue Apr 08, 2014 7:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oric SD Drive videos
Replies: 10
Views: 13410

Re: Oric SD Drive videos

Really? How so? I'm genuinely curious, I did not know that. I thought the Pravetz was a clone of the Oric - did it have its own entire software eco-system separate to that of Oric-1/Atmos, then?
by ibisum
Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:23 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Fast scrolling game howto, anyone?
Replies: 229
Views: 226642

Re: Fast scrolling game howto, anyone?

On the sound glitch - are you sure you're sending an invalid value, and not just hearing the results of the Envelope going too short too suddenly (i.e. trying to play a sound with a long sustain value, then a sound with a fast attack/fast decay..)?
by ibisum
Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oric SD Drive videos
Replies: 10
Views: 13410

Re: Oric SD Drive videos

Looks cool! I'd buy one, but I'm quite happy with the Cumulus at the moment! :)
by ibisum
Sun Apr 06, 2014 5:33 pm
Forum: Demos
Topic: Fixing the Oric Giga Demo
Replies: 5
Views: 15983

Re: Fixing the Oric Giga Demo

I can't imagine what the world of Oric would have been like if we'd had such quality pictures to drool over way back then .. ;)
by ibisum
Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:19 pm
Forum: Emulators
Topic: Emulator roms and cloading speed
Replies: 6
Views: 13168

Re: Emulator roms and cloading speed

I seem to remember reading that during the French years of the Atmos scene, there were fixes to the tape-loading bugs, finally, in limited distribution. I wish I had the chops to dump the ROM's, find the tape-routines, and do a diff .. I'm not sure if I can find the references to the French fixes, h...
by ibisum
Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:31 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Fast scrolling game howto, anyone?
Replies: 229
Views: 226642

Re: Fast scrolling game howto, anyone?

Chema - did you read this yet?

http://bizzley.imbahost.com/It's%20Behi ... 20Pape.pdf

It reminds me of your project in some ways .. and maybe there is a little motivation in there for us to get an R-Type clone in the future? :)