Comments on: Games by Wayne Westmoreland and Terry Gilman http://www.trs-80.org/games-by-wayne-westmoreland-and-terry-gilman/ TRS-80.org is a source for information about the Radio Shack TRS-80 line of computers, hardware, and software, with articles, interviews, and more! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Daring http://www.trs-80.org/games-by-wayne-westmoreland-and-terry-gilman/comment-page-1/#comment-20967 David Daring Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:55:48 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/?p=153#comment-20967 Hello to you Wayne and Terry. I haven't heard from you since I last visited you guys in 1981. I wrote Reign of the Red Dragon and watched with amazement as you constructed your excellent machine language games. As I recall you were finishing up Eliminator and making explosions. It might interest you to know that I've written a novel based on my game and hope to have it published soon. Anyway, I just hope everyone enjoys your programs as I still do. My model III still works and I play the games now and then. David Hello to you Wayne and Terry.

I haven’t heard from you since I last visited you guys in 1981. I wrote Reign of the Red Dragon and watched with amazement as you constructed your excellent machine language games. As I recall you were finishing up Eliminator and making explosions. It might interest you to know that I’ve written a novel based on my game and hope to have it published soon.

Anyway, I just hope everyone enjoys your programs as I still do. My model III still works and I play the games now and then.

David

]]> By: Ira http://www.trs-80.org/games-by-wayne-westmoreland-and-terry-gilman/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Ira Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:08:21 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/?p=153#comment-527 When in doubt, I always just try Matthew's excellent TRSREAD disk extraction program. If the format is at all standard, the contents will simply be extracted. You can then create your own DSK image as you see fit, based on those extracted files without worrying about the PDRIVE. I believe that Phil Ereaut's "Emulator File Display" program will also display the characteristics of a DSK/DMK image. In this case, it advised: "35 Track S/Density S/Sided Sec/Cyl. = 10 (10 * 1)" I admit this information is only useful to someone familiar with PDRIVE, but it does provide enough information to someone who is. I thought there was a program out there which actually spat out the PDRIVE codes for a given disk but it has slipped my mind at the moment. When in doubt, I always just try Matthew’s excellent TRSREAD disk extraction program. If the format is at all standard, the contents will simply be extracted. You can then create your own DSK image as you see fit, based on those extracted files without worrying about the PDRIVE.

I believe that Phil Ereaut’s “Emulator File Display” program will also display the characteristics of a DSK/DMK image. In this case, it advised:

“35 Track S/Density S/Sided Sec/Cyl. = 10 (10 * 1)”

I admit this information is only useful to someone familiar with PDRIVE, but it does provide enough information to someone who is.

I thought there was a program out there which actually spat out the PDRIVE codes for a given disk but it has slipped my mind at the moment.

]]> By: Matthew Reed http://www.trs-80.org/games-by-wayne-westmoreland-and-terry-gilman/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Matthew Reed Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:43:25 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/?p=153#comment-525 The disk was a single-sided double-density disk formatted by Model III LDOS. I couldn't figure out any PDRIVE settings that could read it either, but I never used NEWDOS/80 very often. To make things simpler, I changed the download to contain two single-density disks formatted by TRSDOS 2.3. These should be readable by any Model I or Model III operating system except TRSDOS 1.3 (which could easily convert them). By the way, here are the PDRIVE settings I used to read these new disks: TI=A,TD=A,TC=35,SPT=10,TSR=3,GPL=2,DDSL=17,DDGA=2 The disk was a single-sided double-density disk formatted by Model III LDOS. I couldn’t figure out any PDRIVE settings that could read it either, but I never used NEWDOS/80 very often.

To make things simpler, I changed the download to contain two single-density disks formatted by TRSDOS 2.3. These should be readable by any Model I or Model III operating system except TRSDOS 1.3 (which could easily convert them).

By the way, here are the PDRIVE settings I used to read these new disks:
TI=A,TD=A,TC=35,SPT=10,TSR=3,GPL=2,DDSL=17,DDGA=2

]]> By: Mark McDougall http://www.trs-80.org/games-by-wayne-westmoreland-and-terry-gilman/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Mark McDougall Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:06:17 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/?p=153#comment-505 I can't for the life of me work out the correct PDRIVE settings to read this disk image in Model III NEWDOS/80!?! I can seemingly read the directory in SU32 using N3D, but no luck in NEWDOS/80. Are you able to help? Regards, Mark I can’t for the life of me work out the correct PDRIVE settings to read this disk image in Model III NEWDOS/80!?! I can seemingly read the directory in SU32 using N3D, but no luck in NEWDOS/80.

Are you able to help?

Regards,
Mark

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