Re: BlueFlash Progress Update

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

vinchy...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After the announcement made a week ago, I have had several very
> exciting progress on BlueFlash
>
> 1. Tested many games (single disk) and they all work but one (have not
> found the reason).
>
> 2. To my biggest surprise, "Write" disk has been made successfully
> without too much difficulties, right now files can be saved (written)
> to disk.
>
> 3. Tested more CF cards and Sandisk Ultra ][ 512M and 1G work very
> nicely. Transcend CF card still did work after many efforts, don't
> have a clue at all. So I will just stick with Sandisk's CF card and
> you should too.
>
> 4. Tested many DOS 3.3 commands and work fine. However, INIT doesn't
> really work, it failed at the end of formatting process and I have
> traced the DOS code, the tracks were formatted fine but the problem is
> at the "Write Hello" part of INIT process, for some reason it just
> failed. No clue why, but an alternate way to "Format" has been tested
> OK.
>
>
> Later, I will try to finish "BlueFlash Menu" program with which you
> can do many tasks such like load disk, creat new disk, transmit disk
> via Bluetooth..... The programming part is almost done and
> verification is about to start. Also I need to test multi-disk
> programs and the disk-flipping (-swapping) mechanism, make sure multi-
> disk program can run. Once it is OK, BlueFlash should be ready to go,
> can not promise a day though.
>
> So next I have two question
>
> 1. I haven't tested on Apple ][gs, I need to retrieve my old ][gs from
> old home next week to test. But before I test it, I just want to ask,
> can Disk ][ controller/Disk ][ Drive work on ][gs? If so, good news is
> BlueFlash should also work on ][gs since BlueFlash is really a 100%
> (almost) clone of Disk][.
>
> 2. Does any body know the titles for two games (forgive me for asking
> this, game is the very original purpose why I started BlueFlash,
> remember?).
>
> First game -
>
> What I remember is, it is a vertical shooting game, you control a gun
> on the ground moving sideward and there will be some strang creatures
> coming down from above and one special creature if you did not shoot
> it up before it lands on the ground, it sticks on the ground and
> becomes a bomb. Another  specific type of creature, when it land on
> the ground, it jumps and you need to go below it not to hit it.
>
> Second game -
> You control something like a snake in a room with many walls, and you
> can push bricks of the walls to form a shelter and you can also push
> the brick to hit the enemies to destry them.
>
> Whoever can give the correct titles oo the above two games, will be
> the very first one to receive a BlueFlash....
>
> (hey, you know I am kidding ........^_^)

Greetings,

I don't remember the title of either game, sorry. To answer your
question about Apple IIGS and the Disk II Controller/Drives, yes the
IIGS can use them. When I first bought a IIGS, from a friend in Las
Vegas in 96, I used the Disk II Controller and Drives from my Apple
IIe with it.

Of course I got rid of that computer when I fried the motherboard
about 3 or 4 years ago, stupid mistake on my part. I just bought
another IIGS about 3 months ago, so if you'd need help testing it on
the IIGS I'd be willing to give it a try. ;-)

Dean