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From: Lars Haugseth on 23 Nov 2009 06:09 * Anssi Saari <as(a)sci.fi> wrote: > > "Joe Forster/STA" <sta(a)c64.org> writes: > >> Yes, it may not be a HardSID... > > Now *that* would be the coolest, a portable HardSID! Maybe the > originator of this thread might consider that as an option? Portable 12V DC (in the MP3-player meaning of "portable"), now there's a challenge... ;-) -- Lars Haugseth
From: Oldbitcollector on 23 Nov 2009 19:12 > The capture I posted was an early capture which was extremely limited > by my method > of grabbing it. Even the author of the emulator has complained. :) > We'll post another > (from him) soon and see if we can make both of you happy. > Here's one recorded from the author of the emulation software. One channel is a real SID, the other is the emulation. http://forums.parallax.com/forums/attach.aspx?a=36539 Which is which? :) OBC
From: Joe Forster/STA on 24 Nov 2009 06:30 > Here's one recorded from the author of the emulation software. > One channel is a real SID, the other is the emulation. Very nice! All I can hear is that is that one of the channels has more bass... Is the emulator software a completely new one or is it based on some already existing one; can we get some specifications about it?
From: Oldbitcollector on 24 Nov 2009 09:40 On Nov 24, 6:30 am, "Joe Forster/STA" <s...(a)c64.org> wrote: > > Here's one recorded from the author of the emulation software. > > One channel is a real SID, the other is the emulation. > > Very nice! All I can hear is that is that one of the channels has more > bass... Is the emulator software a completely new one or is it based > on some already existing one; can we get some specifications about it? The emulator runs on 1 cog (1/8th) of a Parallax Propeller chip. This is the chip which is incorporated into the SIDstick design. Perhaps I can talk the author into dropping in and giving some additional insight into the design. OBC
From: Groepaz on 6 Dec 2009 15:54
A. Hornbridge wrote: > Clocky <notgonn(a)happen.com> schrieb: >> Maybe I am missing the point, but wouldn't it be much easier to grab an >> MP3 recorded from a real C64 from SOASC and put it on a portable MP3 >> player? > > Would it not be easier to buy the stick device and copy a SID file to it? it would have been, if that propeller "emulation" wouldnt be fake as hell, and thus requires preprocessing the .sid file :) -- http://www.hitmen-console.org http://magicdisk.untergrund.net http://www.pokefinder.org http://ftp.pokefinder.org Easy to learn = hard to use, Easy to use = hard to learn, Easy to learn and use = won't do what you want it to, Powerful = hard to learn and use, Menu-driven = easy to learn. <Stephen Manes> |