Scoopex delivers slowly.... The Emulator V2

[TjLaZer]

Excellent job!

[Dunny]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Disk has to be write protected to ensure you don't overwrite anything, not by me, Randy Linden set it this way.

Might have to patch that out then... or make a proper slave I guess. Question is - is it worth it?

[TCD]

Congrats on the release I've added the disk to 'Non TOSEC Applications/Disk' on the file server.

[kremiso]

congrats again!
yes i also would like to see this somewhat running on better hardware than stock A500, or in Fast RAM

v1 in 1987 and v2 in 1988, was damn too early
crazy attempt from sir Linden

i just like it (both), very old school
everything until typing RUN is just perfect, very C64 style

Phill, was that copy lock challenging?
seems that in part limits the emulator itself experience, like the DH0 option that in reality doesnt work (in the ipf too)

EDIT nice cracktro, and lovely insta-loading

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by kremiso

congrats again!
yes i also would like to see this somewhat running on better hardware than stock A500, or in Fast RAM

v1 in 1987 and v2 in 1988, was damn too early
crazy attempt from sir Linden

i just like it (both), very old school
everything until typing RUN is just perfect, very C64 style

Phill, was that copy lock challenging?
seems that in part limits the emulator itself experience, like the DH0 option that in reality doesnt work (in the ipf too)

EDIT nice cracktro, and lovely insta-loading

Didn't have copylock, it was called Readylock and bore no relation to how or what Copylock does.

It was actually the last bit to crack, if you don't clear a certain area in memory, the emulator refuses to load/run files properly.

[JoeJoe]

Once again impressive work incl. nice oldschool cracktro.

[Dunny]

Does this have any relation to the BBC BASIC version? Also called The Emulator. Had that one on my A1000, runs really nicely on the pistorm in the Workbench 1.3 slave.

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by Dunny

Does this have any relation to the BBC BASIC version? Also called The Emulator. Had that one on my A1000, runs really nicely on the pistorm in the Workbench 1.3 slave.

Nope, this was written by Randy Linden, no connection to the BBC emulator

[LordCrass]

Would be interesting to read a description of how the protection worked.

I've looked through some of Randy's protection code before. He's a very clever guy.

[kriz]

Any manual for this ? How do i load files, i only get to the C64 blue screen

[SkulleateR]

Originally Posted by kriz

Any manual for this ? How do i load files, i only get to the C64 blue screen

Still in DaZone - https://eab.abime.net/zone/The%2064%...2%20manual.zip

[Apollo]

His name didn’t rang a bell for me but there is a wikipedia article about him. He also wrote Bleem! interesting.

[Estrayk]

aMAZING !!! great work my friend!

[mesklin]

Excellent work - good to see the cracking scene is still going strong!

Weird thing happened when I booted it on my A500. It's stock apart from a ROM switcher, which only has a 1.3 in there for now (ie. the other slot is empty). When I fire up the emulator it tries changing to the other ROM, which should usually only happen when I hold down Ctrl-A-A for five seconds.

I CBA to remove the switcher but I'll find another ROM chip tomorrow and fit it, to see if that prevents it happening.

[Snoopy1234]

I found a compilation ad is from Amiga Format 88 Sept 1996.

[Marconelly]

Thanks! I'll finally have a chance to try this

Originally Posted by utri007

Sorry dumb question, but what is this? Is it some kind of emulator? Any links?

It is the Commodore 64 emulator for Amiga 500, made by Readysoft in 1987. I've no idea what its compatibility level is, and I've never had a chance to try it, just heard of its existence. I think for accelerated Amigas, MagiC64 is by far the better choice.
Here's a recent thread here discussing it, as well as some other emulators for Amiga: https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=117452

[Viceroy]

Well Done!

[khayoz]

@Galahad/FLT

Thank you!