There were two different races you could compete in on the c64 cracking scene; the race for the first release or the fight over the best release (in Triad’s publication “Gamer’s Guide”). In the definition of best, size was the …
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Making scene versions of games is something done also in 2018. New games are released, and people find old games to release. How to find games is beyond the scope of this text. As a basis for this text, I’m …
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Running into the issue of having source code in a binary format and having no clue of how the editor worked, made me look high and low on the web, with no luck. In the end Uwe and Jan helped …
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Which was the best cracking cartridge on the Commodore 64? I come across this question irritatingly often, and usually at my mobile, where writing a longer text is not really an option. So I’ll spill the beans here in order to have a …
I have been interviewed a few times in public media now (Reference 1, Reference 2) about the early days of software piracy but in general I believe I didn’t fully get my point through and I hence take the opportunity …
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C64 dure Carsten Berggreen, posted this nice list in a Facebook group: Here is the documentation you need to control 65536 bytes of hardcore computer If you have forgotten most of everything about how to control it or you never really …
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If you seek work at FRA (the military unit handling signal intelligence, now also in cables) you need to pass a test. The challenge is in Swedish and you have to be a Swedish citizen in order to get the …
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I had problems with the helpfiles to Delphi 2009. Found the help that did it for me here, thanks to Samir Shagavatov Try following: Go to “C:\Program Files\CodeGear\RAD Studio\5.0\Help\Doc\” directory and type these commands h2reg.exe -u h2reg.exe -r if h2reg.exe …
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Rave is the reporting engine in Delphi (since long!). In Delphi 2009 they ship version 7.6.0 (7.6.1 is possible to download for registered users and I read on forums that version 8 is available, at least for pre-order). The Nevrona.com …
I just downloaded the demo of Delphi 2009 and installed it. Watched a few demonstration videos. Quite a few to watch: http://dn.codegear.com/article/38478 A good pick: http://windemo1.codegear.com/Tiburon/LaunchReplays/Delphi2009Launch/Delphi2009Launch.htm Was reminded that the Logitech camera interferes with Delphi. I think it still does …