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Other MODs / Re: Unlock Your Datasette
« on: December 14, 2020, 03:31:30 PM »
That's a grand job mate  ;)
Thanks for posting your results.

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1530USB Datasette to PC Adapter / Re: Share your results
« on: December 07, 2020, 07:23:10 PM »
I tried but I didn't get all green.That tape is probably well worn out.It was a very popular game back then.Did you try the side B? You might get better results.

I managed to get the non-optimized one working with Winvice 2.2 disabling the floppy drive emulation.
Older versions of Vice are less picky and warp speed is 3000%.

Also try recording the TAP file back to a tape and try on real C64.

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1530USB Datasette to PC Adapter / Re: Share your results
« on: December 07, 2020, 04:24:07 PM »
TAP is fine mate.It's the copy protection.
Go to Vice settings ->Drive settings
Set the Drive 8 to NONE

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IRQHack64 / EasySD Cartridge / Setting up the cartridge and how to use
« on: November 29, 2020, 05:29:03 PM »
This cartridge is for sale on Ebay.HERE is the LINK



First of all,you need to find a micro SD card upto 32GB and format it to FAT32 file system.

You need to copy over one of the browsers below to the root of the SD card.



Download Browser

This browser has the good looks but the filenames are limited to 20 characters.
Navigating UP and DOWN with the CURSOR keys and scrolling with the < > keys.You can also use a joystick.



Download Browser
This browser supports filenames upto 34 characters.
Navigating up and down with the + and - keys.RETURN to select the file.
Next and previous pages by < and > keys.

Create a new folder on the SD card called GAMES.Copy some PRG files to this folder.

Insert the Micro SD card to the cartridge.
Set the jumper setting to IRQhack64



Plug in the cartridge to your C64 and turn it on.
You will get the Basic screen.
Short press the button on the cartridge will load the browser.

If you press the button bit longer (0.5 seconds to 2 seconds) it RESETs the computer.

After loading a program,if you press the button even longer (2 to 5 seconds),that program will be autoloaded when you turn off the C64 and turn it back on.
If you want to cancel the autoload,RESET the computer and hold the button for about 3-4 seconds while on the basic screen.

TURBO Mode

If you want to make the cartridge even faster,you can turn the Turbo on.
While in the browser,push the button for longer than 5 seconds and a short press after to go back.You will see TURBO written on the top of the browser.

In normal mode,a 50 kb size file loads in about 3 seconds.
In Turbo mode,a 50 kb size file loads almost instantly.

Bluetooth data transfer doesn't work properly in Turbo mode.

BLUETOOTH Connection and the wireless data transfer:

Attach the bluetooth module to the cartridge,plug it in to the C64 and turn it on.
Go to your Windows machine and search for new bluetooth devices,pair it with EasySD.

Password is 1234

To Start Device Manager

    Open the “Run” dialog box by pressing and holding the Windows key, then press the R key (“Run”).
    Type devmgmt. msc .

Find the Ports



You should find 2 new bluetooth COM ports.Make sure they are both set to 57600bps



    Click OK .

Download this RAR file.
Unrar it to your desktop.Right click on the send.bat and click on edit.

You need to change the COM port number according to your own.If it is 6,it should look like this,

IRQHackSend.exe "%~1" COM6

Save and close the notepad.Drag and drop the jus.prg file onto the send.bat



If you get a message saying "Waiting arduino to initialize".it means that's the wrong COM port.
Edit the send.bat with the other COM port number and try again.

If you can succesfully transfer a PRG to C64,
Move IRQHackSend.exe and send.bat files under the folder C:\windows\

Go back to your desktop and right click on the jus.prg and select properties.



Click on the button says "change",choose "Look for another app on this PC



Navigate to the C:\Windows\ and choose send.bat

Now on,if you double click on any PRG file,it will send it directly to C64.

You can change the settings on your web browser to open PRG files instead of saving to downloads folder.This way if you click on a link ending with .prg,it will also send it to C64.

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To be continued...


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General Discussion / Re: Taperecorder script for linux(Debian and Ubuntu)
« on: November 01, 2020, 04:12:20 PM »
Thank you for your hard work and contribution to the scene.
I've added the link to the setting up guide so Linux users can try it out.
You should try to submit it on the alternatives list.

http://wav-prg.sourceforge.net/alternatives.html

Fabrizio Gennari might be in charge with that page.

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1530USB Datasette to PC Adapter / Re: Unable to Record to Tapes
« on: October 21, 2020, 09:12:04 AM »




I recorded that TAP file to a tape and tried it on real hardware.No problemo.
If you get some games working some games don't,you might have a partially failed CPU or PLA chip.

I had a similar problem with a PLA chip I bought from ebay.


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1530USB Datasette to PC Adapter / Re: Unable to Record to Tapes
« on: October 17, 2020, 07:02:48 PM »
FinalTap gives 100% but it works if cleaned.
There must be a small issue.It might be the drive belt or tape deck might be picking up some noise.
Make sure your mobile phone and the WIFI router is away from the datasette.

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1530USB Datasette to PC Adapter / Re: Unable to Record to Tapes
« on: October 13, 2020, 07:36:08 PM »
it arrived. I tried it, something strange. I recorded two cassettes, one worked only on one side. Strange, the recorder can't even read what it writes..

If you managed to record something and it loaded,it shows adapter is working fine but there is something else wrong.



Make sure your speaker settings are exactly same as above.Increase the volume to 100.

Do you have any other tape decks?

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Datasette Health Check:

You can test your tape deck by recording a 3Khz tone,play it back monitoring with a Wow and flutter program.

It should fluctuate between 2990 and 3010hz.If it fails this test,you might need to change the drive belt.





https://onlinetonegenerator.com/

http://www.ant-audio.co.uk/index.php?cat=post&qry=library

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Other MODs / Re: Unlock Your Datasette
« on: September 30, 2020, 05:36:58 PM »
I marked the LEFT and GND on the photo below.
You need to use a 100nf capacitor or a 100K resistor.

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1530USB Datasette to PC Adapter / Re: Writing Turbo Games to Casette
« on: September 17, 2020, 11:01:55 AM »
I'm not quite sure what is causing the problem.
Double check your settings and make sure it is set to 48000 Hz.Increase the speaker volume to 90.

Have you cleaned the heads on the datasette? Don't forget to clean the pinch roller as well.Check the drive belt,you need to change it if it's too loose.

Do you have a disk drive or an emulator like SD2IEC or Pi1541? You can try copying from disk to turbo tape and see if the datasette is faulty.

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1530USB Datasette to PC Adapter / Re: Writing Turbo Games to Casette
« on: September 14, 2020, 10:54:21 PM »
OK,let's try recording a turbo load game first.

Download the Turbo 250

http://www.load64.com/up/turbo.prg

Record it to the tape with the settings in the picture below



Download the Giana Sisters

http://www.load64.com/up/giana.prg

Record it to the tape with the settings in the picture



We checked the Raw Mode as we are going to use the Turbo 250 so we don't need another loader.

After recording them to tape,try it on your C64.Also do a backup and see if it comes up like the one before.

You won't get the colorful raster bars while loading with this turbo loader.

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1530USB Datasette to PC Adapter / Re: Share your results
« on: September 03, 2020, 09:40:50 PM »
Thank you for spending your time and joining the forum to post your results.
Support forum has been very quite for almost a year.It's very nice and motivating to get feedback time to time.

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