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Puzzler
Aug 30, 2005 17:42:37 GMT -5
Post by thea1ien on Aug 30, 2005 17:42:37 GMT -5
Although I am sure it won't actually work yet, like other games, but anyone know how to add Puzzler (or get into it)? Again I don't see any file to add it to the Qlink disk. Although I think I recall it being maybe a SuperQ only game, and thus already in the list or something like that...
Anyhow, if anyone remembers anything on this, please let me know.
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Puzzler
Aug 30, 2005 18:42:30 GMT -5
Post by Keith Henrickson on Aug 30, 2005 18:42:30 GMT -5
Puzzler is superq only, and is permenantly 'added'.
There is no hard coded menu like in people connection, but somewhere I have a way to force it to load. I think it's commodore-L, then type in 'Puzzler', then some command from the server, and off it goes. There's something you send from the server side before you can hot commdore-L. I'll look if I have anything left from those experiments when I get home.
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Puzzler
Sept 3, 2005 12:29:10 GMT -5
Post by MetalMage on Sept 3, 2005 12:29:10 GMT -5
What is SuperQ?
Does anyone remember the max baud rate Q-Link software supported? 1200, 2400, or higher? I think it was 2400 with v4 of the software, but I am not sure.
SeaStrike and Hangman are the games that came with the Q-Link disk. You had to go buy/download other games from the mall didn't you?
Chess would be a superb game to get working.
Dave
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Cloister Maximus III
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Puzzler
Sept 3, 2005 12:46:10 GMT -5
Post by Cloister Maximus III on Sept 3, 2005 12:46:10 GMT -5
1200 was always the max baudrate for q-link, no matter what version of the software. However, some people took to patching their q-link disks to support 2400 baud.
You have to remember, even when 2400 baud was widely available to most folks, a lot of 64'ers still stuck with 1200 baud because 2400 baud was a little flakey under the 64. If I remember correctly, the 64 doesn't even have a proper uart and used some sort of goofy emulation for rs232 communications and as a side effect they were dirt slow. I remember my 2400 baud connections always had a considerable amount of garbage mixed in with the data received.
Does anybody have a super-q disk? I haven't been able to find one online.
-Sir Cloister Maximus III, Esq.
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Puzzler
Sept 3, 2005 13:16:50 GMT -5
Post by Keith Henrickson on Sept 3, 2005 13:16:50 GMT -5
www.phin.com/qlink/puzzler.d64Switch this out for your qlink disk and then load people connection. Of course, you'll just get a black screen right now.
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Puzzler
Sept 3, 2005 22:21:08 GMT -5
Post by Keith Elkin on Sept 3, 2005 22:21:08 GMT -5
1200 was always the max baudrate for q-link, no matter what version of the software. However, some people took to patching their q-link disks to support 2400 baud. You have to remember, even when 2400 baud was widely available to most folks, a lot of 64'ers still stuck with 1200 baud because 2400 baud was a little flakey under the 64. If I remember correctly, the 64 doesn't even have a proper uart and used some sort of goofy emulation for rs232 communications and as a side effect they were dirt slow. I remember my 2400 baud connections always had a considerable amount of garbage mixed in with the data received. Does anybody have a super-q disk? I haven't been able to find one online. -Sir Cloister Maximus III, Esq. That plus Q-Link didn't want you using 2400 baud as it cost them quite a premium extra per minute, and their billing system just wasn't designed to bill you the higher rates that Tymnet, Telenet, & Datapac surcharges for the higher baud rate. -Keith
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Puzzler
Sept 4, 2005 2:24:25 GMT -5
Post by Keith Henrickson on Sept 4, 2005 2:24:25 GMT -5
I'm thinking that the 2400 baud patch could be upgraded to 57,6k as the chip handles such rates.
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Puzzler
Sept 4, 2005 3:20:48 GMT -5
Post by RaymondDay on Sept 4, 2005 3:20:48 GMT -5
The 2400 baud patch was for SwitfLink. I did not know there was a 2400 baud patch for the user port.
I got a old Q-Link mail that said if I change 3 bytes in a file the SwitfLink patch would change to 4800 baud. I did that but I could not get it to work.
The BASIC ROM to go 2400 baud did not work to good but if you replaced the BASIC ROM code that did the RS232 you could get 4800 baud. At 2 MHz in the 128 you could get 9600 baud. The fastest baud I seen the user port go. Snap Term built in Super Snap Shot V5 can go 4800 baud. In it on a 128 in 64 mode using the 80 screen. You can press C=F for C128 40/80 Mode then go up to 9600 baud with C=B. It all so lets it go to 9600 on the 40 screen. But I am not sure it can work good at that speed at 1 MHz. When you switch to 40/80 the 40 goes blank because it goes at 2 MHz.
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Puzzler
Sept 4, 2005 3:49:04 GMT -5
Post by Keith Henrickson on Sept 4, 2005 3:49:04 GMT -5
Well, if you wanted to get really fancy and hang a 16C550 off the cartridge port, you could get 115,200. Or, at least you could THEORETICALLY. The 16 byte fifos and all. I think they make newer uarts with bigger fifos.
I was more thinking of updating the swiftlink patch, as it should be basic 6551 code.
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Puzzler
Sept 5, 2005 9:24:42 GMT -5
Post by RaymondDay on Sept 5, 2005 9:24:42 GMT -5
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