New Exidy Sorcerer stuff

[Jim Battle]

nospam212-cctalk at yahoo.com wrote:
> This makes my third, well fourth really but I traded one long ago. I
> really like the Sorcerer and want to add more resources to the site for
> them. Though this is the first time I've been able to get more than the
> base unit and some doc and software. I can't wait for all my work travel
> to be over so I can set this up and check it all out.
> 
> I just wish I could find some of the other systems on my wish list as
> easily as it seems I find these. :)

> ----- 
> David Williams 
> http://www.trailingedge.com

My intention when I traded with David for one of his sorcerers is was 
that I was going to make some small changes to my Sol emulator and have 
an Exidy emulator.  :-)  I have all the information I need to do it 
(tech manual, rom images, actual specimen for verifying things).

The problem, other than lack of time, is that it hasn't been attractive 
to me to do it since there is so little software for it on the net, so 
why bother.

There was a java sorcerer emulator that was on the net a few years ago, 
but I always had problems with it, so I lost interest.  Hmm, here it is:

	http://www.liaquay.co.uk/

It runs OK; one problem is that the emulator, in an attempt to be 
faithful to the original, maps the keys to return the same symbols that 
he original machine did.  So if you are entering a BASIC program, typing 
"+" enters "=" intead; you have to type ":" to get "+", etc.  For some 
games keeping the original layout is key to controlling the game, but 
for entering text and programs not so good.  When entering BASIC, the 
lag time from keypress to update seems north of 100 ms.

I'm still holding onto the machine, hoping that one day I'll find the 
time and someone will turn up with a nice cache of software to make it 
interesting.