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Purpose of this page: collect some of the old knowledge base articles soe they dont get lost and can at some point be merged into the main documentation. Anything that has been merged into vice.texi should get removed from here.
All still valid and useful info from the VICEKB has been merged into [https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/vice_toc.html the manual].
 
== 03-001 ==
=== [Info] Which keys do I have to press for the various CBM keys on Windows machines? ===
 
Have a look at this image for the keys in the C64 emulator x64:
 
[[Image:C64keyboard.gif]]
 
Some additional info:
Run/Stop  ESC
Restore  PgUp
C= (Commodore)  TAB
CAPS-Key  F4  (X128 only)
VDC-Key  F7  (X128 only)
 
== 04-001 ==
=== [Info] Which keys do I have to press for the various CBM keys on OS/2 machines? ===
 
The following table lists the key combinations:
Run/Stop  ESC or CAPS LOCK
Restore  PgUp or F12
C= (Commodore)  PgUp or F12
CAPS-Key  F10  (X128 only)
VDC-Key  F11 or Alt+V  (X128 only)
 
== 13-004 ==
=== [Howto] Print text to a file in WinVICE ===
 
Let's take you are in need of printing a BASIC program listing. Follow these steps:
* Start the emulator (x64, for example) with default settings.
* Disable "True drive emulation". This is critical!
* go to "Settings/Peripheral settings", select "Printer 4", then set "Printer Emulation" to "Filesystem".
* Type open4,4<ENTER>
* Type cmd4:list<ENTER>
* Type print#4:close4<ENTER>
* Close the emulator or Disable printer. This is needed to flush the data to the file).
* Have a look at the file viceprnt.out in your VICE working directory with your favourite editor.
 
== 13-006 ==
=== [Howto] Enable AVI recording with WinVICE ===
 
Download the ffmpeg dlls from http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/ffmpeg-0.5.1-win32dll.zip (for WinVICE 1.21 or later). Put them into the same directory your x64.exe is. Then you should be able to choose different media types.

Revision as of 15:34, 1 May 2022

All still valid and useful info from the VICEKB has been merged into the manual.