http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/ APF Consoles and Computers Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:48:33 GMT Adam Trionfo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1268 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1268 Two people from the APF group pointed me to an ebay auction for an APF MP-1000 console that ended yesterday. I wasn't willing to spend too much ($41 was my Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:11:05 GMT Adam Trionfo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1267 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1267 ... There was some early discussions on this. ... I remembered this; it was when the APF group was first started. I don't recall anyone got anything to work. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:29:41 GMT Lance F. Squire http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1266 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1266 ... I tried a similar patch to no avail on my hairball patched unit. Haven't tried on a unit without the hairball. There was some early discussions on this. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:47:17 GMT Adam Trionfo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1265 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1265 Does anyone know of a composite circuit for the APF MP-1000? I've found one that is for the CoCo 2 here: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:08:34 GMT ward_shrake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1264 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1264 ... Things change. Things end. That's just the way things work. I've learned to accept that. And to shrug, and to move on. The only way to hold onto the past, Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:09:34 GMT James Jacobs http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1263 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1263 Re. some of Ward's points: Game rarity is not generally much to do with the intrinsic quality of the game but seems to have rather more to do with the release Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:16:16 GMT Lance F. Squire http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1262 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1262 ... Nicely done! Lance Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:23:52 GMT ward_shrake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1261 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1261 Just a quick announcement that over on the Retrogaming Times Monthly web site, there's an article by me called "The Legend of Trash Truck". It talks about the Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:34:48 GMT Adam Trionfo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1260 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1260 I just won a small auction on Ebay for eight APF cartridges: Backgammon Baseball Blackjack Brickdown - Shooting Gallery Casino 1 - Roulette - Keno - Slots Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:45:51 GMT Adam Trionfo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1259 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1259 ... Thanks for your comments. ... Sure. It's obvious that a lot of work has gone into that cartridge. ... Send me the "cartridge" and I'll examine it. ... Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:32:42 GMT enrique3425 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1258 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1258 Thanks for your comments. Send me the "cartridge" and I'll examine it. Tell me the differences in a real APF. Enrique Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:48:57 GMT Adam Trionfo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1257 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1257 ... I wrote columns as an exercise to see how a cartridge worked. ... It's mighty fine. Ward and I both consider Columns a great game (probably the best on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:18:40 GMT enrique3425 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1256 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1256 I wrote columns as an exercise to see how a cartridge worked. It is of little use as it requires an IM with 16K RAM. You can recognize "targets" as an example Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:30:32 GMT Adam Trionfo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1255 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1255 I sent Ward an attachment with a 5.77K zip file called CharDump.zip. It contains three files for the program "Character Table Generator" that I just finished Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:37:32 GMT Adam Trionfo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1254 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers/message/1254 I'm looking for an APF MP-1000 console so that I can test the programs that I'm writing on real hardware and not just in emulation. I do have one console