How do you convert the .td files in the nvg FTP into sam coupe files
do i just change the td extension into td0, then use teledisk to write
back to a blank floppy,
or is there an easy way to convert td into sam .dsk, SAD, etc
Cheers
Dean
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aley Keprt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 20 April 2001 11:34
> To: Sam Users
> Subject: Re: MESS & Sam Coupe emulation
>
>
>
> > Aley Keprt wrote:
> > > Here is "who" actually contributed (taken from messnew.txt):
> > >
> > > 1. Sam Coupe (preliminary) [Lee Hammerton]
> > > 2. Updated Sam Coupe to use WD179x code (same as WD1772).
> > > [Kev Thacker]
> >
> > Ahh! I knew about Kev (we've chatted about stuff in , but wasn't sure
> > about the main driver author. I guess he's not a member of this list?
> > Maybe he should be invited!
> >
> > btw, how does their description of "preliminary" fit with yours of "all
> > aspects 100% right" from your previous post? Where did you get your
> > info?
>
> That is not my opinion. I just wrote what I read in MESS. Not my
> opinion!!!
> In "messnew.txt" is stated 'preliminary' in version 37b2 or what. In MESS
> itself is stated 'working' in 37b13, and
> documentation says that 'working' means 100%.
>
> > > And what about WinCoupe sources? Where can I get source code
> > > of this GNU GPL software????? ??? ?? ? ?? ??? ???? ?????
> > > ?????? ???????
> >
> > Just ask me to e-mail it, as a number of other people have already done.
> > I don't remember you every explicitly asking me to send it, and I'm not
> > in the habit of e-mailing 1MB binary files to people unless they really
> > want them sending!
>
> Oh man, I really want it. You don't believe me that I will compile it? You
> really don't believe me?
> Oh.....
> My address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > I can send the source archive for the latest binary on my site (as I'm
> > obliged to), tho lots of stuff has changed since then. A current
> > development archive would probably be more useful, tho it means some
> > stuff will be temporarily disabled/broken etc. (the Win32 version won't
> > even compile at the moment!).
>
> I would prefer some compileable version, which I can upgrade. I'm not
> going
> to change existing things
> massively. I just want to add some features from my ASCD and see how it
> goes
> in Win32.
>
> > > (Note that new ASCD 0.81 for DOS does exists but is
> > > unavailalbe due to GNU GPL - I used some code which can't be
> > > distributed in source form under GNU GPL ;-)
> >
> > *grins* How about the source for 0.801?
>
> 0.801 is okay. Of course. I tried to let you download 'any' of my ASCD
> sources and include some goods from it
> in WinCoupe. But you have never wanted :-(
>
> > I guess the "some code" is for your super-top-secret encrypty jobbie for
> > your games tournaments? I noticed you play Starquake (one of my
> > all-time favourite games that) - I got to the stage where I could finish
> > it every time I played it! I'd try and record some games, but ASCD
> > doesn't run under Windows 2000 :-(
>
> Yes, I've done some changes, so ASCD itself doesn't ahng up Win2k. But it
> uses some library (Allegro?), which
> hangs up Win2k itself. :-(((
>
> You are completely right. ASCD 0.81 is not free, because it contains AIR
> library, which is used to save AIR files.
> AIR files are encrypted Aley's Input Records. ;-)
> We use it in our tournament, and other people already announced they will
> use it for other things, as Speccy Tour 2001 tournament and also some high
> scores database. It can record both Sam Coupe and ZX Spectrum. Anything
> can
> be recorded, even disk operations don't damage recording (this applies to
> ASCD+AIR).
> AIR will be soonly added to some good ZX Spectrum emulators ("Real" is the
> main candidate).
>
> For some unknown reason, sothing like AIR have been done before for ZX
> Spectrum / Sam emulation. Because of security reasons I won't give AIR to
> all emulators, although I've recently offere it to them, and most active
> authors want it. I decided to keep it hidden and support only a few
> emulators to minimize possibility of hacks into it.
>
> WinCoupe is a good candidate, although it is GPL. AIR can operate on DLL
> basis in Windows, which doesn't violate GPL. :-))))) Good :-)))))
> GPL sucks.
>
> > Si
>
> best regards
> Aley Keprt
>
>
