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6.12.3 RS232 usage example

Here we give you a simple example how to set up an emulated C64 using the modem connected to your PC. The following list shows each step.

Attach your modem to your PC at a serial port.

Normally you should set it up to use the modem as "/dev/modem".

start VICE
Setup VICE to use your modem as "serial device 1"

Go to the RS232 settings menu and change "Serial 1 device" to "/dev/modem" (or the device where you attached your modem to) Then go to the RS232 settings menu and change "Serial 1 baudrate" to the baudrate your modem should run at. Watch out, e.g. on Linux there is an additional multiplier to multiply with the baudrate (so e.g. 19200 gives 115200 or so baud) See the "setserial" manpage on Linux for example. However, most modems should be able to autodetect the speed to the computer as well.

Select the RS232 emulation your programs use

If you want to use the Userport emulation, go to the RS232 settings and change "Userport RS232 Device" to "Serial 1". If you want ACIA emulation (swiftlink or what’s it called?) then change "ACIA $DE** device" to "Serial 1".

Enable the emulation

Go to the RS232 settings and select either "ACIA $DE** emulation" or Userport 300/1200 baud or CIA 9600 baud emulation.

Load your program and start it.

If it is able to detect an RS232 cartridge like swiftlink or so, try to detect the ACIA emulation if enabled. Otherwise just set the baudrate to either 300, 1200, 2400 or 9600 according to what you enabled in the VICE menu for the userport.

6.13 Tape port devices

6.13.1 Tape port resources

CPClockF83

Boolean specifying whether the CP Clock F83 (PCF8583 RTC) is enabled.

CPClockF83Save

Boolean specifying whether the CP Clock F83 (PCF8583 RTC) data is saved when changed.

TapeSenseDongle

Boolean specifying whether the tape sense dongle is enabled.

DTLBasicDongle

Boolean specifying whether the DTL Basic dongle is enabled.

TapecartEnabled

Boolean that specifies if a tapecart is attached.

TapecartUpdateTCRT

Boolean, if true write back the tapecart memory contents back to the .tcrt file when detaching the image or quitting the emulator.

TapecartOptimizeTCRT

Boolean, when set to true the .tcrt image will be optimized by leaving out blank space at the end when saving.

TapecartLogLevel

Integer that specifies the tapecart emulation log level. At the default level of 0, only errors are logged. Level 1 additionally logs mode changes and command bytes and level 2 adds details of command parameters.

TapecartTCRTFilename

String specifying the file name of the current tapecart image.

6.13.2 Tape port command line options

-cpclockf83
+cpclockf83

Enable/Disable CP Clock F83 (PCF8583 RTC) (CPClockF83=1, CPClockF83=0).

-cpclockf83save
+cpclockf83save

Enable/Disable saving of the CP Clock F83 (PCF8583 RTC) data when changed (CPClockF83Save=1, CPClockF83Save=0).

-tapesensedongle
+tapesensedongle

Enable/Disable tape sense dongle (TapeSenseDongle=1, TapeSenseDongle=0).

-dtlbasicdongle
+dtlbasicdongle

Enable/Disable DTL Basic dongle (DTLBasicDongle=1, DTLBasicDongle=0).

-tapecart
+tapecart

Enable/disable tapecart emulation (TapecartEnabled=1, TapecartEnabled=0)

-tcrt <name>

Specify tapecart .tcrt image filename (TapecartTCRTFilename)

-tapecartupdatetcrt
+tapecartupdatetcrt

Specify if the attached .tcrt image should be updated when the emulated tapecart is written to. (TapecartUpdateTCRT=1, TapecartUpdateTCRT=0)

-tapecartoptimizetcrt
+tapecartoptimizetcrt

Specify if writing to a .tcrt file should optimize its size by leaving out blank space at the end. (TapecartOptimizeTCRT=1, TapecartOptimizeTCRT=0)

-tapecartloglevel <number>

Specify the tapecart log level. The default level of 0 only logs errors. Level 1 additionally logs mode changes and command bytes and level 2 adds details of command parameters.

6.14 Userport devices

6.14.1 Userport resources

UserportCollisionHandling

Boolean specifying the way the Userport collisions should be handled, (0: error message and detach all involved devices, 1: error message and detach last attached involved device, 2: warning in log and ’AND’ the valid return values)

UserportDIGIMAX

Boolean specifying whether the userport DigiMAX device is enabled.

Userport4bitSampler

Boolean specifying whether the Userport 4bit sampler is enabled.

Userport8BSS

Boolean specifying whether the Userport 8bit stereo sampler is enabled.

UserportRTC58321a

Boolean specifying whether the userport RTC is emulated or not (xpet, cbm2, x64, x64sc, xscpu64 and x128 only).

UserportRTC58321aSave

Boolean specifying whether the userport RTC data is saved when changed or not (xpet, cbm2, x64, x64sc, xscpu64 and x128 only).

UserportRTCDS1307

Boolean specifying whether the userport RTC is emulated or not (xpet, cbm2, x64, x64sc, xscpu64 and x128 only).

UserportRTCDS1307Save

Boolean specifying whether the userport RTC data is saved when changed or not (xpet, cbm2, x64, x64sc, xscpu64 and x128 only).

6.14.2 Userport command line options

-userportcollision

Select the way the Userport collisions should be handled, (0: error message and detach all involved devices, 1: error message and detach last attached involved device, 2: warning in log and ’AND’ the valid return values) (UserportCollisionHandling)

-userportdigimax
+userportdigimax

Enable/Disable the userport DigiMAX device (UserportDIGIMAX=1, UserportDIGIMAX=0)

-userport4bitsampler
+userport4bitsampler

Enable/Disable Userport 4bit sampler (Userport4bitSampler=1, Userport4bitSampler=0)

-userport8bss
+userport8bss

Enable/Disable Userport 8bit stereo sampler (Userport8BSS=1, Userport8BSS=0)

-userportrtc58321a
+userportrtc58321a

Enable/disable the userport RTC emulation (UserportRTC58321a=1, UserportRTC58321a=0) (xpet, cbm2, x64, x64sc, xscpu64 and x128 only).

-userportrtc58321asave
+userportrtc58321asave

Disable/enable saving of the userport RTC data when changed (UserportRTC58321aSave=1, UserportRTC58321aSave=0) (xpet, cbm2, x64, x64sc, xscpu64 and x128 only).

-userportrtcds1307
+userportrtcds1307

Enable/disable the userport RTC emulation (UserportRTCDS1307=1, UserportRTCDS1307=0) (xpet, cbm2, x64, x64sc, xscpu64 and x128 only).

-userportrtcds1307save
+userportrtcds1307save

Disable/enable saving of the userport RTC data when changed (UserportRTCDS1307Save=1, UserportRTCDS1307Save=0) (xpet, cbm2, x64, x64sc, xscpu64 and x128 only).


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