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Tag Archives: reversing
The Last Ninja: uncovering details about the demo
If you head over to the GTW page on LN1, you will be able to read the following statement about the non-playable demo that was circulating in the 80s: Recently in 2021, we have added the Zzap Sampler tape […] … Continue reading
Posted in Retrocomputing, Reverse Engineering, Technical
Tagged Commodore 64, graphics, Integrator, retrocomputing, reversing
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V-MAX! sector ID decoder added to CBM Flux Studio
I have been having a look at custom V-MAX! sectors in NIB and G64 files recently. Today I added a sector ID decoder to CBM Flux Studio. The interesting thing that I was able to appreciate on the back of … Continue reading
Posted in Retrocomputing, Reverse Engineering, Technical
Tagged Commodore 64, disks, magnetic flux, NIB, nibbling, preservation, retrocomputing, reversing, V-MAX!
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Update on the NIB to G64 conversion in CBM Flux Studio for Vorpal (later)
The new conversion mechanism is now ready 🙂
Posted in Retrocomputing, Reverse Engineering, Technical
Tagged Commodore 64, disks, magnetic flux, NIB, nibbling, preservation, retrocomputing, reversing, Vorpal
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Revisiting the NIB to G64 conversion in CBM Flux Studio for Vorpal (later)
In the last few days I was revisiting the code that takes care of converting NIB files to G64 files in CBM Flux Studio. I noticed that the general approach I had followed made a number of assumptions that I … Continue reading
Posted in Retrocomputing, Reverse Engineering, Technical
Tagged Commodore 64, disks, magnetic flux, NIB, nibbling, preservation, retrocomputing, reversing, Vorpal
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CBM Flux Studio: NIB to G64 conversion for Vorpal (later) disks
In this video I show how CBM Flux Studio can be used to convert NIB files to G64 files, ready not only to be used in a C64 emulator but also for being written back to disk. Stay tuned for … Continue reading
Posted in Retrocomputing, Reverse Engineering, Technical
Tagged Commodore 64, disks, magnetic flux, NIB, nibbling, preservation, retrocomputing, reversing, Vorpal
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Encoding details for Vorpal later: fully documented
It’s been a while since I dissected Vorpal later and I was planning to document low level technical details in the official documentation for CBM Flux Studio.However, I might not be able to finish version 1.0 any time soon due … Continue reading
Posted in Retrocomputing, Reverse Engineering, Technical
Tagged Commodore 64, disks, magnetic flux, NIB, nibbling, preservation, retrocomputing, reversing, Vorpal
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CBM Flux Studio: Comparing G64 files from NIB and KryoFlux raw stream files
In this video I show how one can get comparable results when creating G64 files from NIB files and from KryoFlux raw stream files. Stay tuned for more!
Posted in Retrocomputing, Reverse Engineering, Technical
Tagged Commodore 64, disks, magnetic flux, NIB, nibbling, preservation, retrocomputing, reversing, Vorpal
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CBM Flux Studio and NIB files
In this video I go through the reason I believe NIB files are a valuable resource to produce working disk images (such as G64) and compare results with other tools in the disk preservation space. Therefore I plan to add … Continue reading
Posted in Retrocomputing, Reverse Engineering, Technical
Tagged Commodore 64, disks, magnetic flux, NIB, nibbling, preservation, retrocomputing, reversing, Vorpal
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CBM Flux Studio: Vorpal track alignment
In the video below I show how CBM Flux Studio can be used to realign tracks in a Vorpal disk image in order to allow users to write it back safely to a physical disk, in a way that matches … Continue reading
Posted in Retrocomputing, Reverse Engineering, Technical
Tagged Commodore 64, disks, magnetic flux, preservation, retrocomputing, reversing, Vorpal
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Smart meters: what to know before you get one
In the last few days I’ve got two unsolicited emails, apparently from the utility company that serves my flat, with the following wording: We’d like to offer you a free, brand new smart meter, giving you control of your gas … Continue reading