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Total Replay Problems [message #385451] Fri, 26 July 2019 21:47 Go to next message
Tempest is currently offline  Tempest
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I keep getting an Image/Drive Size mismatch when I try to copy over Total Replay using ADTPro. Is anyone else getting this error with ADTPro? Other hard drive images seem to work just fine.

I'm using a SCSI card and a real hard drive on an Apple IIgs. I'm using an Uthernet card to move things over.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385458 is a reply to message #385451] Sat, 27 July 2019 02:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 7/26/19 9:47 PM, Tempest wrote:
> I keep getting an Image/Drive Size mismatch when I try to copy over Total Replay using ADTPro. Is anyone else getting this error with ADTPro? Other hard drive images seem to work just fine.
>
> I'm using a SCSI card and a real hard drive on an Apple IIgs. I'm using an Uthernet card to move things over.

As mentioned on Facebook where you posted the same question - that means
the size of your image does not match (block for block) the size of your
destination drive. If the image is ProDOS in nature, and the size of
the image is smaller than your destination drive, it shouldn't matter a
whole lot.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385460 is a reply to message #385458] Sat, 27 July 2019 09:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Different people frequent FB and the newsgroups, that's why I posted in both.

They're the exact same size though (32MB). Unless there's something screwy with the TR image. I can push out other hard drive images without issues, it's just this one.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385462 is a reply to message #385451] Sat, 27 July 2019 09:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 3:47:49 AM UTC+2, Tempest wrote:
> I keep getting an Image/Drive Size mismatch when I try to copy over Total Replay using ADTPro. Is anyone else getting this error with ADTPro? Other hard drive images seem to work just fine.
>
> I'm using a SCSI card and a real hard drive on an Apple IIgs. I'm using an Uthernet card to move things over.

A ProDOS 32MB disk = 65535 blocks
Total Replay = 65532 blocks (don't ask me why!)

Marco
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385464 is a reply to message #385462] Sat, 27 July 2019 10:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 9:32:29 AM UTC-4, Marco Verpelli wrote:
> On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 3:47:49 AM UTC+2, Tempest wrote:
>> I keep getting an Image/Drive Size mismatch when I try to copy over Total Replay using ADTPro. Is anyone else getting this error with ADTPro? Other hard drive images seem to work just fine.
>>
>> I'm using a SCSI card and a real hard drive on an Apple IIgs. I'm using an Uthernet card to move things over.
>
> A ProDOS 32MB disk = 65535 blocks
> Total Replay = 65532 blocks (don't ask me why!)
>
> Marco

Ah. Could that be causing my problems? Can someone add the 3 blocks to fix that or tell me how to do that? It won't boot at all when I try.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385465 is a reply to message #385464] Sat, 27 July 2019 10:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 4:30:49 PM UTC+2, Tempest wrote:
> On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 9:32:29 AM UTC-4, Marco Verpelli wrote:
>> On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 3:47:49 AM UTC+2, Tempest wrote:
>>> I keep getting an Image/Drive Size mismatch when I try to copy over Total Replay using ADTPro. Is anyone else getting this error with ADTPro? Other hard drive images seem to work just fine.
>>>
>>> I'm using a SCSI card and a real hard drive on an Apple IIgs. I'm using an Uthernet card to move things over.
>>
>> A ProDOS 32MB disk = 65535 blocks
>> Total Replay = 65532 blocks (don't ask me why!)
>>
>> Marco
>
> Ah. Could that be causing my problems? Can someone add the 3 blocks to fix that or tell me how to do that? It won't boot at all when I try.

I used CiderPress to convert the image to ".po" then I used a hexadecimal editor adding $00 to the end until the desired size was reached.

Marco
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385466 is a reply to message #385465] Sat, 27 July 2019 11:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Can you post your fixed image somewhere?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385467 is a reply to message #385465] Sat, 27 July 2019 11:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: fadden

On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 7:55:35 AM UTC-7, Marco Verpelli wrote:
> I used CiderPress to convert the image to ".po" then I used a hexadecimal editor adding $00 to the end until the desired size was reached.

Two approaches with CiderPress alone:

(1) Use the volume copier. New > Disk Image, select ProDOS and 32MB (65535 blocks), save as new.po. Close that, then Tools > Volume Copier (open file), and select new.po. Click the volume and then "load from file", and select the Total Recall image. When it warns you about wasted space, click OK.. You'll end up with a 65535-block file with a 65532-block image inside.

(2) Use the file copier. Open the image and Ctrl+A/Ctrl+C the files. Create a new image of the correct size, and Ctrl+V to paste them in. (Only recommended for 100% standard ProDOS images, e.g. no DOS MASTER volumes.)

With the image open, Ctrl+I will show you how many blocks the image has, and whether there's any waste space in the image file.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385468 is a reply to message #385467] Sat, 27 July 2019 11:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: fadden

On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 8:13:52 AM UTC-7, fadden wrote:
> (2) Use the file copier. Open the image and Ctrl+A/Ctrl+C the files. Create a new image of the correct size, and Ctrl+V to paste them in. (Only recommended for 100% standard ProDOS images, e.g. no DOS MASTER volumes.)

I should mention: if you use this option, make sure you have "strip pathnames when pasting files" unchecked in Preferences, or use Edit > Paste Special to ensure pathnames are preserved. Otherwise you'll immediately get a complaint about the volume directory being full.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385475 is a reply to message #385451] Sat, 27 July 2019 15:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I was able to transfer the file now without an error, but it still won't boot. Is there something special I need to do or can you not boot from that partition?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385480 is a reply to message #385475] Sat, 27 July 2019 15:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I tried to browse over to the partition using ProDOS but it seems to skip that partition like it's not there. Is there something with this Total Replay partition that doesn't work on a real hard drive with a SCSI card?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385481 is a reply to message #385480] Sat, 27 July 2019 15:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 7/27/19 3:53 PM, Tempest wrote:
> I tried to browse over to the partition using ProDOS but it seems to skip that partition like it's not there. Is there something with this Total Replay partition that doesn't work on a real hard drive with a SCSI card?
>
It should boot with the LAUNCHER.SYSTEM program. But since it isn't
recognized on your system, either it didn't transfer successfully (which
would be unusual, since you only need the first few blocks to be good
for it to "appear" OK as a ProDOS volume) or there's something else
wrong. Can you re-format your SCSI partition and ensure it's showing up
as good and has the right number of blocks when blank, and then re-try
transferring?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385483 is a reply to message #385481] Sat, 27 July 2019 16:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 3:56:50 PM UTC-4, schmidtd wrote:
> On 7/27/19 3:53 PM, Tempest wrote:
>> I tried to browse over to the partition using ProDOS but it seems to skip that partition like it's not there. Is there something with this Total Replay partition that doesn't work on a real hard drive with a SCSI card?
>>
> It should boot with the LAUNCHER.SYSTEM program. But since it isn't
> recognized on your system, either it didn't transfer successfully (which
> would be unusual, since you only need the first few blocks to be good
> for it to "appear" OK as a ProDOS volume) or there's something else
> wrong. Can you re-format your SCSI partition and ensure it's showing up
> as good and has the right number of blocks when blank, and then re-try
> transferring?

What's the best utility for formatting the hard drive?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385484 is a reply to message #385481] Sat, 27 July 2019 17:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Success.... maybe?

I reformatted the hard drive using the Advanced Disk Utilities. Now when I transfer the TR image over it actually shows up when I try and select the volume from the ProDos launcher. I can even run the program if I select the launcher.system. However it still refuses to BOOT from that partition. If I try it just sits there and hangs like it can't figure out what it is. The really odd thing is that if I run the launcher.system once and then do a warm restart it will boot the image. It just refuses to do it from a cold start. Any ideas?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385485 is a reply to message #385484] Sat, 27 July 2019 20:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Well if I put it on the second partition and then browse over to it, select the launcher, then it works. I guess that will have to do.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385497 is a reply to message #385451] Sun, 28 July 2019 08:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Another weird thing I'm seeing. I downloaded the TR image from archive.org and when I start it up it says there are 152 games on it. But Alex Lee over on his website says that there should be 203 games on it. Any idea?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385498 is a reply to message #385497] Sun, 28 July 2019 09:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Jul 28, 2019, Tempest wrote
(in article<bcd0f7dc-c358-4d5f-9a26-199db3acbd2f@googlegroups.com>):

> Another weird thing I'm seeing. I downloaded the TR image from archive.org
> and when I start it up it says there are 152 games on it. But Alex Lee over
> on his website says that there should be 203 games on it. Any idea?

TR auto-detects what the machine is capable of using and filters it down. So,
if a game requires 128K and you launch it on a machine without 128K, the game
will be hidden. You are probably seeing a filtered list. I think it can also
check if a joystick is present, so if you don't have a joystick plugged in,
that might filter it down as well.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385501 is a reply to message #385484] Sun, 28 July 2019 10:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 3:54:00 PM UTC-6, Tempest wrote:
> Success.... maybe?
>
> I reformatted the hard drive using the Advanced Disk Utilities. Now when I transfer the TR image over it actually shows up when I try and select the volume from the ProDos launcher. I can even run the program if I select the launcher.system. However it still refuses to BOOT from that partition. If I try it just sits there and hangs like it can't figure out what it is.. The really odd thing is that if I run the launcher.system once and then do a warm restart it will boot the image. It just refuses to do it from a cold start. Any ideas?


One idea is to check the order of the files in your root directory. Prodos runs the first .system file it sees. If the file transfer was done alphabetically instead of in the same order as the original, the system file that needs to be run first may be later in the CATALOG list.

Kind of the same as the first idea, applesoft may not be getting initialized from a cold start which may require some zero-page variables to be set before the 2nd .system file or startup file is launched. A warm restart would mean applesoft was already initialized.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385502 is a reply to message #385484] Sun, 28 July 2019 11:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Frank M.

On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 2:54:00 PM UTC-7, Tempest wrote:
> Success.... maybe?
>
> I reformatted the hard drive using the Advanced Disk Utilities. Now when I transfer the TR image over it actually shows up when I try and select the volume from the ProDos launcher. I can even run the program if I select the launcher.system. However it still refuses to BOOT from that partition. If I try it just sits there and hangs like it can't figure out what it is.. The really odd thing is that if I run the launcher.system once and then do a warm restart it will boot the image. It just refuses to do it from a cold start. Any ideas?


It has it's own bootloader and doesn't use prodos, so any copy that doesn't do blocks won't work. Alternatively, you can format as prodos, add the prodos file, and then copy the contents of the disk image as files. If launcher.system is first in the directory it will work.

Another option is starting from another prodos partition and switching to it from there.

f
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385503 is a reply to message #385501] Sun, 28 July 2019 12:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Sun, 28 Jul 2019, I am Rob wrote:

> Kind of the same as the first idea, applesoft may not be getting
> initialized from a cold start which may require some zero-page variables
> to be set before the 2nd .system file or startup file is launched. A
> warm restart would mean applesoft was already initialized.

I would argue that it is very bad for a program to assume this. Something
like this should be in a program that needs BASIC initialized:

invec = $38
bascold = $E000
init = $FB2F
home = $FC58
cout = $FDED
setnorm = $FE84
setkbd = $FE93
setvid = $FE89

entry: lda bascold
cmp #$4C
beq isfp
ldy #$00
@1: lda msg, y
beq @2
eor #$80
jsr cout
iny
bne @1
@2: jmp @2 ; ALWAYS
msg: .byte 13, 13, "APPLESOFT REQUIRED", 7, 0

isfp: lda #<reentry
sta invec
lda #>reentry
sta invec+1
jmp bascold

reentry: jsr setnorm
jsr init
jsr setvid
jsr setkbd
jsr home

.
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(Disclaimer: This is mostly typed off memory)

-uso.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385507 is a reply to message #385498] Sun, 28 July 2019 15:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 9:37:26 AM UTC-4, Paul Hagstrom wrote:
> On Jul 28, 2019, Tempest wrote
> (in article<bcd0f7dc-c358-4d5f-9a26-199db3acbd2f@googlegroups.com>):
>
>> Another weird thing I'm seeing. I downloaded the TR image from archive.org
>> and when I start it up it says there are 152 games on it. But Alex Lee over
>> on his website says that there should be 203 games on it. Any idea?
>
> TR auto-detects what the machine is capable of using and filters it down. So,
> if a game requires 128K and you launch it on a machine without 128K, the game
> will be hidden. You are probably seeing a filtered list. I think it can also
> check if a joystick is present, so if you don't have a joystick plugged in,
> that might filter it down as well.

I'm running it on a IIgs with a Joystick, so I'm not sure what it would be filtering out. I'll have to try it on my IIe and see if that goes up to 203.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385508 is a reply to message #385503] Sun, 28 July 2019 17:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 10:02:32 AM UTC-6, Steve Nickolas wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jul 2019, I am Rob wrote:
>
>> Kind of the same as the first idea, applesoft may not be getting
>> initialized from a cold start which may require some zero-page variables
>> to be set before the 2nd .system file or startup file is launched. A
>> warm restart would mean applesoft was already initialized.
>
> I would argue that it is very bad for a program to assume this. Something
> like this should be in a program that needs BASIC initialized:



I was more trying to get to the point that something is not getting initialized. Maybe some location from Basic being one of them. No need to argue. :)
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385509 is a reply to message #385451] Sun, 28 July 2019 17:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Someone posted an image over on Facebook that works for me. The one I was using must have been damaged somehow.

Is there a way to exit Total Replay and get back to Prodos so I can browse over to other partitions?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385549 is a reply to message #385509] Wed, 31 July 2019 18:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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@Tempest, well I don't think there is any 'exit to ProDOS'. Total Replay does not include a full ProDOS so it can't exit to anything. You need to load a usable image of ProDOS, which means you need to reboot the machine.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385557 is a reply to message #385549] Wed, 31 July 2019 23:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yeah I realize that now. I wonder if that could be added in the future?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385648 is a reply to message #385557] Sat, 03 August 2019 11:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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4am and I are talking about how to add that.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385649 is a reply to message #385648] Sat, 03 August 2019 12:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 11:53:25 AM UTC-4, qkumba wrote:
> 4am and I are talking about how to add that.

Great. I got around this by just not making it the first partition on my hard drive.

BTW when in Basic, is there a way to boot a specific partition on a hard drive? PR#7 (my card is in 7) boots to the first partition. Is there a way to select the second partition instead?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385675 is a reply to message #385649] Sat, 03 August 2019 23:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Not directly, no. It's what you were doing already:
enter Bitsy Bye, Tab to the partition, run the .SYSTEM file.

Based on the Pitch Dark thread, Total Replay is affected by the same "only runs from the first partition on SCSI" problem.
I will work out how to fix that.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385718 is a reply to message #385675] Mon, 05 August 2019 14:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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> Based on the Pitch Dark thread, Total Replay is affected by the same "only runs from the first partition on SCSI" problem.
> I will work out how to fix that.

Hmm... I wonder which games have that problem? I tried a few different ones (including 128K games like Airheart) and they seemed to work ok. Of course I haven't tried more than a handful of the 203 so I probably just haven't found one.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385785 is a reply to message #385718] Wed, 07 August 2019 11:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Oh, well that's *very* interesting. So I might have fixed something in Total Replay as a side-effect of something else...
Okay, now I get to study the two versions line-by-line to work out what happened.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #385786 is a reply to message #385785] Wed, 07 August 2019 11:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 11:16:24 AM UTC-4, qkumba wrote:
> Oh, well that's *very* interesting. So I might have fixed something in Total Replay as a side-effect of something else...
> Okay, now I get to study the two versions line-by-line to work out what happened.

I can do more testing tomorrow for you. The only thing I've noticed not working in Total Replay are the screenshots for the 128K DHRG games like Airheart. When you get to one of those games the screenshot area is empty and I think it says something like "Press Tab for more Screenshots", but if you do it either hangs or crashes.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #386369 is a reply to message #385786] Mon, 26 August 2019 18:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I installed Total Replay on my Mac LC III with IIe card and only 152 games are available on the boot screen. I'm assuming this is because the program is not detecting a 6502 chip? One of the games that doesn't show up in the menu is Choplifter, but I can run it fine from the ProDOS prompt from the "X" folder. Any potential fixes?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #386371 is a reply to message #386369] Mon, 26 August 2019 18:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Monday, 26 August 2019 18:11:10 UTC-4, Todd Holcomb wrote:
> I installed Total Replay on my Mac LC III with IIe card and only 152 games are available on the boot screen. I'm assuming this is because the program is not detecting a 6502 chip? One of the games that doesn't show up in the menu is Choplifter, but I can run it fine from the ProDOS prompt from the "X" folder. Any potential fixes?

152 is the number of games I get offered on my Enhanced //e too (I have the 65C02.)

I also do not see Choplifter in the LAUNCHER.SYSTEM selection. So it seems what you are seeing is consistent with an Enhanced //e.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #386376 is a reply to message #386371] Mon, 26 August 2019 21:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That's weird, you should see 203. I saw 152 on my IIgs and assumed it was due to it not being a true 6502 variant. When I tried it in my enhanced IIe I saw 203.
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #386377 is a reply to message #386376] Mon, 26 August 2019 21:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Monday, 26 August 2019 21:02:37 UTC-4, Tempest wrote:
> That's weird, you should see 203. I saw 152 on my IIgs and assumed it was due to it not being a true 6502 variant. When I tried it in my enhanced IIe I saw 203.

Very strange. I wonder what that is all about. I see 203 under GSPort (don't have a real GS.)
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #386378 is a reply to message #386377] Mon, 26 August 2019 21:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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There's code that attempts to tell if a joystick is connected. Some games won't show up if they're in the TR database as requiring a joystick.

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On Monday, August 26, 2019 at 6:18:22 PM UTC-7, Bobbi wrote:
> On Monday, 26 August 2019 21:02:37 UTC-4, Tempest wrote:
>> That's weird, you should see 203. I saw 152 on my IIgs and assumed it was due to it not being a true 6502 variant. When I tried it in my enhanced IIe I saw 203.
>
> Very strange. I wonder what that is all about. I see 203 under GSPort (don't have a real GS.)
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #386379 is a reply to message #386378] Mon, 26 August 2019 21:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Bobbi

On Monday, 26 August 2019 21:29:13 UTC-4, Frank M. wrote:
> There's code that attempts to tell if a joystick is connected. Some games won't show up if they're in the TR database as requiring a joystick.
>
> f
>
>
> On Monday, August 26, 2019 at 6:18:22 PM UTC-7, Bobbi wrote:
>> On Monday, 26 August 2019 21:02:37 UTC-4, Tempest wrote:
>>> That's weird, you should see 203. I saw 152 on my IIgs and assumed it was due to it not being a true 6502 variant. When I tried it in my enhanced IIe I saw 203.
>>
>> Very strange. I wonder what that is all about. I see 203 under GSPort (don't have a real GS.)

That would explain it. No joystick or paddles on this machine. However now Total Replay makes it so easy to play all these games I may have to find myself a joystick. Would be good for Sublogic FS2 if nothing else!
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #386389 is a reply to message #386378] Mon, 26 August 2019 23:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The weird thing is I did have a joystick hooked up to my IIgs. Maybe it wasn't being detected somehow?
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #386390 is a reply to message #386378] Mon, 26 August 2019 23:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Todd Holcomb

On Monday, August 26, 2019 at 8:29:13 PM UTC-5, Frank M. wrote:
> There's code that attempts to tell if a joystick is connected. Some games won't show up if they're in the TR database as requiring a joystick.

Oh yeah, I'm now getting 203 games with a joystick hooked up to my IIe card... Thanks!
Re: Total Replay Problems [message #386421 is a reply to message #386389] Tue, 27 August 2019 11:19 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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> The weird thing is I did have a joystick hooked up to my IIgs. Maybe it wasn't being detected somehow?

The two things that reduce the count of available games are joystick present or not, and 128kb vs 64kb.
It's 203 games with both joystick and 128kb.
It's 183 games with joystick but only 64kb.
It's 152 games with no joystick but 128kb.
It's 139 games with no joystick and only 64kb.

So yes, your joystick was not detected.
Can you confirm that your joystick works if you boot, say, Choplifter manually? If so, then we have a detection issue that we need to fix.
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