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Can someone tell me how to run this? I managed to install the emulator using this guide:

http://www.n00bsonubuntu.net/content/how-to-install-vice-com...

But I have no idea how to start the game.

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In vice: load the daffy-duck-ds1.d64 to device 8 (file->attach disk image->unit #8). Then run:

    LOAD "DAFFYDUCK",8
    RUN

Edit: for debug controls you rename the "OFF" file to "ON":

    OPEN 1,8,15,"R:ON=OFF":CLOSE 1

Verify that you did it right with:

    LOAD "$",8
    LIST

You should see an entry that says "ON" at the bottom of the list. Then you can run the game as above and will be given an option to have infinite energy and to skip the level with space bar. It also has a nice little banner at the beginning that you don't get with it off.

I installed this Emulator http://www.ccs64.com/ It linked the file extensions of the game to the emulator, hence I only needed to double click the game file.

Hey! On an unrelated note I just noticed your name and thought I'd pop by to thank you. You released the Gr8W8UpD8M8, and I used that as a base for me to set up my own version of it. I still use it daily, so thanks for that! My code is available on GitHub as well[1], forked from your own. I never did get around to making it simple enough for other people to start using it out of the box, but I came pretty close. Just thought I'd say thanks for making your project open source!

[1]https://github.com/Ryan-Myers/Wiiboard-Net

Thank you for your contribution, I'm glad you like it! Unfortunately the pairing failed for me months ago, and I haven't managed to get it to pair again. I'll look at your code, maybe it'll help me get it working again!

Awesome, let me know if you don't get it working again. For me, the key was finding that xwiibind script[1]. It also took em a while to find a way to get it to programmatically run the script as soon as the device connects, and I ended up with a method that has a hard dependency on Bluez 4.99.

[1]https://github.com/Ryan-Myers/Wiiboard-Net/blob/master/xwiib...

Will do, I had to search for a long time for the arcane bluez commands as well. Does your balance board auto-pair now, so you can connect by just pressing the front button (rather than the red one under the battery cover)?

Yup, my board works by just hitting the front button to pair, which then kicks off the script that logs my weight, and automatically shuts down when it's done. I even left in that little blink you added that signifies it's ready to be stepped on :)

Aw, that's how I used to have it :( You can even see the graph of how much I love food over time!:

http://www.stavros.io/misc/weight/

Heh, mine is much more simple looking, and has very few fluctuations. http://ryanmyers.ca:8088/

What happened on Nov 16? :P

Haha, I'm still not sure to be honest. I actually didn't believe it at first, but I verified it with another scale about half way through that week. I felt perfectly fine. :p

C64 emulation is very tricky. Sometimes games run too fast, sometimes they don't run at all. The C64 floppy drive is a constant source of pain for emulation, as most games and software actually included their own drivers for the floppy drive to make it work better...

Fiddle with the floppy drive settings and emulation configs around them.

The other thing is that most games require a joystick, so make sure you've configured one in settings. That said, space bar or joystick button generally starts games, but not always.

Thank you! Fiddling with the drive options got rid of the error (although now it just says "ready"). I'll figure it out from there, thanks!

EDIT: It worked, thanks again!

We had to slog through this for the Habitat project. The C64 is alive and well!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giSot42sK5I

It doesn't work, unfortunately. I get "device not present error" when I try the LOAD.

You must have under (Linux) ~/.vice/DRIVES and ~/.vice/PRINTERS the correct firmware - then you'll be able to use the disk drives. You can get those files from the windows zip distribution of vice.

You need to mount the disk image first in the emulator, most likely.

Simply drag and drop the first file onto the emulator window. (Tested with CCS64)

I'm afraid that produces the same error. Mounting the image/attaching the disk/autostarting produces the same error. I guess it's a VICE thing, I'll try CCS64, thank you.

There may be an error about the drive hardware not being emulated because vice can't find the ROM for the disk drive hardware.

Several distros that package vice don't ship these images dumped from the hardware. You can download the vice upstream distribution and copy the ROM files.

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