Graeme's 2005 Yaroze Page

hello i saw that stuff about xgamestation on the ngs, and thought this sounded more fun.

• download some videogame VHDL source. Then download a free VHDL compiler and load the design into a cheapo FPGA board from (maybe) here. mmm but will it fit??
• i haven't managed any pacman yet, but getting the PC talking data to an FPGA over the parallel port was fun. designing a console is harder..
• someones made a spectrum.
• if you don't fancy learning VHDL you could always compile up some C code and design a PS3-destroying parallel monster.

old stuff.

• minicons siocons replacement. all your favourite keystrokes still work. usage minicons [-pPORT] [-bBAUDRATE] [autofile] where PORT is like COM1, BAUDRATE is like 115200. it remembers the last settings in the registry under HKLM/SOFTWARE/Yaroze (which is a bit daft if you're logged in as a standard user). stuff missing: dos shelling, nested auto files, logging, probably other stuff. should work on any windows but apparently not on 95/98 unless you've installed sysinternals portmon. uses win32 serial calls. [last updated 2001]
• yaroze file transfer classes. in case you feel like building your dream siocons clone with drag-n-drop XP shell integration - these classes can handle the boring protocol bit. will compile with visual c++, are unicode-friendly, will also compile on creaky windows ce if you get the free eMbedded visual compiler from microsoft. [last updated 2001]
• itslove. 'its love' by the softies is one of the greatest indiepop albums of the nineties, shame about this. i think i wanted to play parappa the rapper but couldnt afford it or something. find the secret moves..
• the famous gnu c++ v2.8.1, as much maligned on various newsgroups. but hey it does work, and its free.
• pune. a yaroze version of a 1994 dos conversion of an ancient amiga shareware game called dune. strangely it lost something every time. once had its own fan club page on the US yaroze server. 4 should play at once.