Subj : Re: Looking for Petspeed or another PET compiler
To   : Tristan Miller
From : Andreas Kohlbach
Date : Sat May 13 2023 10:39 pm

On Sat, 13 May 2023 09:32:35 +0200, Tristan Miller wrote:
>
> Oh, never mind -- I found the manual at
> <http://www.6502.org/users/sjgray/mikes.html>.  Turns out you need an
> 8050 or 4040 dual disk drive with the compiler in drive 0 and the
> program to be compiled in drive 1.
>
> Unfortunately, I still can't get it to work -- no matter what PET and
> dual disk drive model I try, I get a CPU jam during the first pass of
> the compilation.  Looks like people have reported something similar
> happening with the C64 version of Petspeed:
> https://www.forum64.de/index.php?thread/103911-de-compiler-v-3-0/
>
> According to the manual, the compiler uses a hardware dongle (plugged
> into the first cassette port) for copy protection.  It could be that
> this is the source of my problem.  (I'm running the compiler in the
> VICE emulator, which obviously doesn't have access to the dongle.)

Forum64 and Lemon64 might be the best resources for answers.

Btw. I also tested the Commodore version (in VICE emulator). After
asking for a file name it also locked up. Might be because of a missing
dongle. Never used that program, so i cannot help.
--
Andreas

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