Financial Time Machine

tomse · 30 November 2013, 14:20

Uploaded The Financial Time Machine to the Zone, original dump using Kryoflux -> adf (AmigaDOS).
For those interested, scans will soon appear in HOL.

I've found no references or links to this game.

mai · 30 November 2013, 15:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomse

Uploaded The Financial Time Machine to the Zone, original dump using Kryoflux -> adf (AmigaDOS).
For those interested, scans will soon appear in HOL.

I've found no references or links to this game.

Thanks.

Was it commercial game?
You have real Original(Box, Disk)?
Who was the publisher?

TCD · 30 November 2013, 17:17

Scans are already available on OAGD.net (http://oagd.net/amiga/the-financial-time-machine) and I'll create the HOL entry on Tuesday.

mai · 30 November 2013, 17:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by TCD

Scans are already available on OAGD.net (http://oagd.net/amiga/the-financial-time-machine) and I'll create the HOL entry on Tuesday.

Thanks, added.

Crashdisk · 07 December 2013, 00:34

What is funny is that the source of the game is included! The good old days ^^

rofl0r · 04 August 2014, 03:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crashdisk

What is funny is that the source of the game is included! The good old days ^^

i was curious and extracted the adf's contents with adflib ( https://github.com/lclevy/ADFlib ), however i cant find any source code

do you need a special tool to unpack the game binary ?

Crashdisk · 04 August 2014, 08:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by rofl0r

i was curious and extracted the adf's contents with adflib ( https://github.com/lclevy/ADFlib ), however i cant find any source code

do you need a special tool to unpack the game binary ?

Files have just been deleted. You can recover files with DMS-Workshop

Code:

-------------------------- -------- -------- -- -- -- ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
 Content list             |  Size  | CRC32  |BA|HR|SQ|      Date      | Error reporting                                                 |
-------------------------- -------- -------- -- -- -- ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
amake                     |     250|1A2F1958|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 01:04|Deleted                                                          |
amake2                    |     135|64DBEF93|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:16|Deleted                                                          |
cursor.c                  |      64|A31909F2|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:32|Deleted                                                          |
errno.h                   |     216|35BE551B|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:24|Deleted                                                          |
extern.h                  |   8.990|C25172CF|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:46|Deleted                                                          |
ftm.c                     |  37.726|61780810|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 04:01|Deleted                                                          |
ftm.o                     |  16.236|FEB84A94|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 05:23|Deleted                                                          |
kbhit.c                   |     398|279DECB4|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 01:02|Deleted                                                          |
lessee.c                  |   7.214|9A758286|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 07:47|Deleted                                                          |
lessee2.c                 |   6.690|235B0D61|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:51|Deleted                                                          |
lessee2.o                 |   4.944|DCBAE8B7|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:36|Deleted                                                          |
lessee3.c                 |  18.941|97B55734|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 07:21|Deleted                                                          |
lessee3.o                 |  14.284|456D8AF1|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 07:46|Deleted                                                          |
lessee4.c                 |  13.115|C319D3C8|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:44|Deleted                                                          |
lessee4.o                 |   9.580|8BF2B89F|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:59|Deleted                                                          |
lessee5.c                 |  28.298|4A47D4A9|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:58|Deleted                                                          |
lessee5.o                 |  18.044|1613AC14|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 01:05|Deleted                                                          |
lessee52.c                |   6.700|07D66EA8|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:57|Deleted                                                          |
lessee52.o                |   2.748|37D28139|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:42|Deleted                                                          |
lessee5b.c                |   1.982|E9144AE0|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 01:06|Deleted                                                          |
lessee5b.o                |   2.168|9F57510F|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:34|Deleted                                                          |
lessee5c.c                |   4.259|1F05ECBF|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:10|Deleted                                                          |
lessee5c.o                |   3.888|12ABE927|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:55|Deleted                                                          |
lessee5d.c                |   3.867|AAB3ADA0|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:55|Deleted                                                          |
lessee5d.o                |   2.604|88C5387F|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:31|Deleted                                                          |
lessee6.o                 |  12.004|2AB25F20|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 01:08|Deleted                                                          |
make2                     |     475|6E55B35E|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:55|Deleted                                                          |
make3                     |     690|67526A0B|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:31|Deleted                                                          |
manxc.c                   |     284|4A03BDD4|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:21|Deleted                                                          |
now                       |      24|380006F1|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 08:37|Deleted                                                          |
temp                      |       0|00000000|KO|OK|NA|1978.01.01 00:43|Deleted                                                          |
test1                     |      24|23B60B2C|KO|OK|OK|1978.01.01 00:27|Deleted                                                          |
-------------------------- -------- -------- -- -- -- ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------

rofl0r · 06 August 2014, 22:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crashdisk

Files have just been deleted. You can recover files with DMS-Workshop

thanks! unfortunately, since it's only available as windows binary, i had to compile wine in a 32bit chroot to use it... but it worked out in the end.

the sourcecode of the game is unfortunately incomplete (there are like 10 missing functions).
i spent a bit hacking around and it works now with an SDL backend instead of intuition and implemented a good bit of the missing functionality, so it's working now on my linux desktop

rofl0r · 07 August 2014, 13:31

crashdisk, do you see a way of restoring the non-existing lesssee6.c file ? maybe it's missing due to a bug of DMS-Workshop ? or maybe the contents are still in stored in some sectors ?

alternatively a dissasembly dump of lesssee6.o with string/function call refs resolved would be helpful as well.
however i have zero experience with amiga development and debugging tools :/

due to lack of a manual, i'm currently struggling to figure out the exact semantics of the "EXERCISE" command - apparently it is to be used with another command, like EXERCISE FOO.
the function that checks the user input is validity_check() from that obj file.

Crashdisk · 08 August 2014, 16:27

Unfortunately, I doubt that you can recover that file with this disk (better luck with a copy of the original?). Maybe you can try with DiskSalv but I think nothing will change...

EDIT:
I found a piece of what could be the missing code
I do not know if it will come in handy ...

rofl0r · 19 November 2014, 14:45

thanks! (i just saw your edit a few hours ago)
i made the reconstructed code available here

https://github.com/rofl0r/financial-time-machine

requires a C compiler and SDL library.

most stuff works, however i didn't find out yet how to use the "exercise" command.

there are also a few small differences: for example i renamed the
"T-Bills" command to "bonds" and "keep" to "save".
also my version doesnt support short versions of commands yet (the commands have to typed in full length).
(to continue at the end of quarter, use the jump command or F10)

Crashdisk · 19 November 2014, 17:43

Fine!
If I have news, I will return to you

30 November 2013, 14:20	#1
tomse We need more scans! Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Copenhagen / Denmark Age: 48 Posts: 326	Financial Time Machine Uploaded The Financial Time Machine to the Zone, original dump using Kryoflux -> adf (AmigaDOS). For those interested, scans will soon appear in HOL. I've found no references or links to this game.

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30 November 2013, 17:17	#3
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	Scans are already available on OAGD.net (http://oagd.net/amiga/the-financial-time-machine) and I'll create the HOL entry on Tuesday.

07 December 2013, 00:34	#5
Crashdisk Moderator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: France Age: 46 Posts: 1,982	What is funny is that the source of the game is included! The good old days ^^

07 August 2014, 13:31	#9
rofl0r Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: mt meru / hyberborea Posts: 33	crashdisk, do you see a way of restoring the non-existing lesssee6.c file ? maybe it's missing due to a bug of DMS-Workshop ? or maybe the contents are still in stored in some sectors ? alternatively a dissasembly dump of lesssee6.o with string/function call refs resolved would be helpful as well. however i have zero experience with amiga development and debugging tools :/ due to lack of a manual, i'm currently struggling to figure out the exact semantics of the "EXERCISE" command - apparently it is to be used with another command, like EXERCISE FOO. the function that checks the user input is validity_check() from that obj file.

19 November 2014, 14:45	#11
rofl0r Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: mt meru / hyberborea Posts: 33	thanks! (i just saw your edit a few hours ago) i made the reconstructed code available here https://github.com/rofl0r/financial-time-machine requires a C compiler and SDL library. most stuff works, however i didn't find out yet how to use the "exercise" command. there are also a few small differences: for example i renamed the "T-Bills" command to "bonds" and "keep" to "save". also my version doesnt support short versions of commands yet (the commands have to typed in full length). (to continue at the end of quarter, use the jump command or F10)

19 November 2014, 17:43	#12
Crashdisk Moderator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: France Age: 46 Posts: 1,982	Fine! If I have news, I will return to you

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