Hiya Errol!

 >  Yep, that's true, there are problems with anything $d018
 > related,
Er, that should be $d418, shouldn't it? ;)

 > including the filter probs, plus not being able to fade
 > the music/on/off.. (unless you stop the NMI routines..).
Not true. Is you use the sustain nybble instead of the volume nybble you
can achieve effective fade-outs.

 > If the sample player routine could 'read' the sid players registers,
 > and switch the filter bit on/off as appropriate in its nmi
 > routine, then there would be no probs. difficult tho! (:
Difficult? How about *impossible*? The majority of SID registers are write
only. A solution to this is to read this data out of the SID-player (most
store it internally before putting it into the SID). Basically you need a
fully intergrated SID/Sample routine for it to work properly.

 >  Yep, I've heard there are lots of mods to 'fix' the new new
 > 64c's to work like the original. I've even done one myself -
 > reconnected the reset line to the serial bus. So now whenever I
 > hit reset, the drives automatically reset themselves. Before
 > this mod, if the drive locked up for some reason, the only way
 > to fix it was to on/off the drive and/or computer, which is a hassle!
Hmm, I connected up a seperate push button to mine, and I can just reset
the drive without affecting the computer at all! I also have an NTSC/PAL
switch, and some LED's signalling the status of the serial port.

 >  I'll say! When's the mag due? (-:
Hmm, I hesitate to put a date on that. Should be 1-2 months (Moonlight will
be coming out tri-monthly, er, quarterly).

 > I'll have to get used to macro assembler first, then I can do
 > some REAL code (:
Halleluyah! He has seen the light! =)

 > The hacking mags are fantastic - the article on how the Rob Hubbard
 > routine works was very informative - will make my 2 sample + 2
 > sid channel player much easier to write (just rip the player
 > code (: )
Hmm, well I can give you some source to a few better routines than the R.
Hubbard one... like JCH's, or DMC. I'll be writing one of my own one day
(after the Mag, and everything else I'm supposed to do :)

 >  Btw, I now have 'temporary' INTERNET access! I've sort of been
 > borrowing my dad's COMPUSERVE account, and getting onto internet
 > from there. Read a bit of comp.sys.cbm etc. Good to see some
 > 'real' sceners there - bachus/??? (fairlight?) for example.
Yup, Bacchus is in Fairlight... he's the leader in fact. ;)

 >  Havent figured out FTP or any of the realtime chat though - I
 > dont think they are available through the compuserve gateway.
 > Stuffed around with all the compuserve ones though.. There are a
 > couple of compuserve sites with 64 files, so I'll sponge some of
 > them, plus the sites have chat channels as well (though noone
 > was home..)..  Will keep looking around, only been on twice so
 > far so probably missed a lot through inexperience..
At a guess you have the equivilant of "USENET" access, which
means no FTP or IRC :( I can get some info on various Internet feeds in NSW
if you like...?

 > anyway, chat later!
Okey Doke! Cya.

Tarragon

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