http://bbcyber.com/cybertest.htm
I have never used it but remembered a friend who operated at my station
several times wrote this program. Not sure how it compares to Dr. DX. I
think I still have my Commodore 64 with Dr. DX program cartridge laying
around somewhere.
73...Stan, K5GO
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 2:13 PM Jack Brindle via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
> This is not the original author, but a hacker who appears to have
> extracted the program from the cartridge and posted it on-line.
> Thus a red herring…
>
> The code he posted is interesting, and appears to be 6502 code. It is not
> BASIC. At 175K it will take a while to parse.
>
> 73!
> Jack, W6FB
>
>
> > On Oct 1, 2020, at 10:45 AM, Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The Short Wave (TSW) (4 April 1983 - 17 June 1992)
> >
> >
> > Functions :
> > Coder, Cracker
> >
> > Handle alternative spelling :
> > Short Wave
> >
> > Handlestory :
> > In 1983, I won second and third place in a computer idea competition. I
> > bought a C64 from the prize I got, but I didn't have any money on a
> floppy
> > drive anymore because I was a student.
> > So, instead of playing games, I focused on programming and tried to make
> > music. The latter is rather detailed because I am not a professional
> > musician.
> > My friend HEU got a lot of user programs and sometimes borrowed a 1541
> from
> > him.
> > I sold the C64 in 1992 and bought an Amiga 500 instead.
> >
> > Trivia :
> > The Doctor DX program originally came with a cartridge. I implemented
> this
> > in an executable format.
> >
> > Country :
> > Hungary
> >
> > Releases released :
> > DownloadDoctor DX ... 1997 Tool
> > DownloadMac Music ... 1987 Tool
> >
> > Credits :
> > DownloadDoctor DX by The Short Wave ... 1997 Tool (Crack)
> > https://csdb.dk/release/download.php?id=223821
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 12:26 PM Barry W2UP <w2up.co@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In a previous discussion of Dr DX a number of years ago (maybe on this
> >> list, maybe elsewhere...), I recall the programmer of Dr DX responded
> to a
> >> post about it. IIRC, he was a 6-land guy. Maybe some google and/or
> list
> >> archive searches will find that post, if someone is interested in
> pursuing
> >> it.
> >>
> >> Barry W2UP
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 10:57 AM Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> N4ZR asks:
> >>>> Does anyone know the identity of the programmer?? Seems that if source
> >>>> code were available it should be possible to recompile for Windows
> >>>> without too much difficulty.
> >>>
> >>> A little like suggesting building a Stradivarius is as simple as
> finding
> >>> Mr. Stradivarius' CAD drawings and running it through a 3-D printer.
> >>>
> >>> Pete, this is a Commodore 64 and the source code is certainly 6502
> >> Assembly
> >>> directly bit-banging on the C64-specific peripherals.
> >>>
> >>> The fact that Dr DX achieved so much using stone knives and bear skins
> as
> >>> the base technology makes it a more impressive marvel than a
> Stradivarius
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>> Rich's original post where he mentions the possibility of a C64
> emulator
> >>> seems very promising. The paddle/keying would have to be a custom I/O
> mod
> >>> to the C64 emulator but many are modular enough to add simple
> peripherals
> >>> like this.
> >>>
> >>> C64's are quite commonly available used and the ROM dump Rich
> identified
> >>> may allow a new cartridge to be burned. Presumably the paddle/keying is
> >>> done the simplest way possible.
> >>>
> >>> Tim N3QE
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