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   -=> Daniel wrote to Dennis Katsonis <=-   
      
    -=> Dennis Katsonis wrote to Daniel <=-   
      
    -=> Daniel wrote to mewpo...@hotmail.com <=-   
      
    Da> "mewpo...@hotmail.com"  writes:   
      
    > Heyas!   
    >   
    > I recently wrote a Solitare implementation for modern platforms   
    > because I thought I might play it on my tablet and so on and I hate   
    > ads.   
    >   
    > Anyway, I just had to do a C64 implementation, too!   
    >   
    > Et voila!  I ported M3wP Solitare to GEOS on the C64!   
    >   
    > Its not complete yet, I have to make a proper icon and so on as well   
    > as implement auto solving and some nice end game effects but its   
    > playable now.  Oh!  The graphics are a WIP too.  I'm getting help with   
    > those.   
    >   
    > I'm not sure if there are any other Solitare implementations for GEOS.  It   
    DK> doe   
    Da> sn't matter, I suppose...   
    >   
    > My implementation is open source and available on GitHub at   
    DK> https://github.com   
    Da> /M3wP/M3wPSolitare   
    >   
    > There is no documentation as yet, either.  Sorry!  I'll get there!   
    >   
    >   
    > Daniel.   
      
    Da> At some point, I will be recapping and restoring my C64 and will have   
    Da> GEOS and all that jazz working. This sounds exciting.   
    Da> --   
    Da> Daniel   
    Da> Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world   
      
    DK> Do ceramic caps need to be replaced?  I've noted on my Vic 20, which   
    DK> isn't displaying an image, most of them appear to have a white powder,   
    DK> one one near the VIC chip seems to have a small hole.  This might be   
    DK> why there is no image.   
      
    Da> I don't know. I've seen a number of C64 and Vic20 cap replacement kits.   
      
    Da> I think it may be good practice to replace all of them..   
      
    Da> Did you know someone reverse engineered the C64 mainboard and sells it   
    Da> new?   
      
    Da> www.tindie.com/products/bobsbits/sixtyclone-commodore-64-replica-pcbs   
      
    Da> I think you can order the cap kits from him too. I've seen the kits on   
    Da> various sites on the web so they're not novel.   
      
   The caps you can get anywhere.  The dodgy looking ones are 0.1um Farad rated at   
   25V.  I'll buy 10 and replace them.   
      
   Oddly, it produces sound, albeit very, very, very quietly.   
      
   Once the lockdown lifts, I will get the other C64's from my parents garage and   
   test them. I know one doesn't start (black screen), and one only has 29 bytes   
   RAM free.  It's really weird.  It WORKS, but instead of 38911 bytes, it says 29   
   bytes free.  Type a couple of lines of BASIC code and you run out of RAM.   
      
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