Comments for Robert Hurst

Comment on OpenCBM by Rob

Rob — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:08:12 +0000

After copying a bunch of files to a real floppy, you can make a backup of the media using the d64copy command, i.e., $ time d64copy -w -v 8 vic20.d64 [Info] Trying to identify drive type [Info] drive 08 (1541): 00, OK,00,00 [Info] copying tracks 1-35 (683 sectors) 1: ********************* 2: ********************* 3: ********************* 4: ********************* 5: ********************* 6: ********************* 7: ********************* 8: ********************* 9: ********************* 10: ********************* 11: ********************* 12: ********************* 13: ********************* 14: ********************* 15: ********************* 16: ********************* 17: ********************* 18: ******************* 19: ******************* 20: ******************* 21: ******************* 22: ******************* 23: ******************* 24: ******************* 25: ****************** 26: ****************** 27: ****************** 28: ****************** 29: ****************** 30: ****************** 31: ***************** 32: ***************** 33: ***************** 34: ***************** 35: ***************** 100% 683/683 683 blocks copied. real 1m22.080s user 0m2.073s sys 1m15.706s

Comment on QUIKMAN: 1984 revisited by Robert Hurst » Quikman + 8k

Robert Hurst » Quikman + 8k — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:41:01 +0000

[...] year, I re-discovered a Pac-Man clone I wrote way back in 1984 for the Commodore VIC 20. A month later, I enhanced the game, yet kept it within the memory [...]

Comment on New workstation by Robert Hurst » C64 Forever

Robert Hurst » C64 Forever — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:40:42 +0000

[...] also received a 2-week timed secure link to download the product. It installed flawlessly on my Vista64 workstation and it was up and running in seconds. It comes with 100+ games and another 100+ demos — [...]

Comment on Quorum of Twelve by Robert Hurst » Analysis Paralysis

Robert Hurst » Analysis Paralysis — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:39:40 +0000

[...] of earshot range and I was soundly asleep — probably dreaming of better days ahead in the new IBM BladeCenter. Still, I was ultimately reached just minutes after the system [...]

Comment on Programmer’s Delight by Robert Hurst » Quik Death

Robert Hurst » Quik Death — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:37:12 +0000

[...] Of course, I am playing the ROM version, because of the extra half kilobyte of enhancements. But read what others have to say about the 2008 unexpanded version. [...]

Comment on ‘Low End’ Computers (1985) by Wedge

Wedge — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:34:40 +0000

speaking of low end computing… the hack n slash is down? oh, no! help me, obi-wan kenobi. you’re my only hope.

Comment on NIH Syndrome by Wedge

Wedge — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:55:48 +0000

sorry, slightly off-topic… just wondering if the hack n slash server was coming back any time soon? i need my fix! thanks.

Comment on Omega Fury by Rob

Rob — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:07:52 +0000

Got a nice remark posted by a respected retro-gamer and emulation guru:

“Just played a couple of stages. Very, very cool. Great classic feeling and the gameplay is tuned perfectly IMO. A true 6502 tour de force.”

- R. Belmont, Programmer and a maintainer for SDLMAME, http://rbelmont.mameworld.info

Comment on Quikman + 8k by Rob

Rob — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:22:38 +0000

I suppose the theme for all of this is VIC 20 was different — a trailblazer for affordable home computing — and a flame should burn forever marking it as a pioneering leader in that space. So us “aging geeks” continue to pour what’s left of our diminishing IQ into a piece of hardware that has less memory than one contact kept in a cellphone — a genuine human attempt to perpetuate validation that VIC 20 could do “just about anything”, despite its handicap against that next Commodore model which ultimately made a permanent mark in history as “people” know it.

Comment on Oldsoftware.com by Rob

Rob — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:30:55 +0000

I have to report that I did receive a $20 check as refund for some re-usable chips obtained from the machine. It was never about the money; it was about restoring it or making some practical use out it. I am glad it helped somebody.