Tag Archives: reversing

The Last Ninja: uncovering details about the demo

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

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 →

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V-MAX! sector ID decoder added to CBM Flux Studio

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

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 →

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Update on the NIB to G64 conversion in CBM Flux Studio for Vorpal (later)

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

The new conversion mechanism is now ready 🙂

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Revisiting the NIB to G64 conversion in CBM Flux Studio for Vorpal (later)

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

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 →

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CBM Flux Studio: NIB to G64 conversion for Vorpal (later) disks

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

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 →

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Encoding details for Vorpal later: fully documented

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

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 →

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CBM Flux Studio: Comparing G64 files from NIB and KryoFlux raw stream files

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

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!

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CBM Flux Studio and NIB files

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

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 →

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CBM Flux Studio: Vorpal track alignment

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

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 →

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Smart meters: what to know before you get one

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Luigi Di Fraia

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 →

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