Has anyone been able to use CBM PRG Studio with MEGA65 BASIC Projects

MightyAxle · 20. November 2022

Hi Everyone ! 😊

Has anyone used or been able to create projects for the MEGA65 in CBM PRG Studio V4.0.0 by Arthur Joridson ?

I can successfully create a program in CBM PRG Studio, but when it launches Xemu MEGA65 it doesn't run the .PRG file created. Xemu doesn't launch the .PRG file. Other Target Emulators work fine.

Any clues or help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks. 👍

dddaaannn · 21. November 2022

Do you see any error messages in the Output panel? Look for "Starting Emulator: C:\..." where it shows the actual command line it is using to start Xemu.

My "Emulator and path" setting has ".exe" at the end. Also, my "Autolaunch .prg Name" reads "auto .prg", if that matters.

MightyAxle · 22. November 2022

I've double-checked all the settings and there aren't any errors when the project builds. When the Xemu launches it does so without the PRG file created with CBM prg Studio or load when Xemu MEGA65 pop-up menu to load a PRG.

However, if you take the PRG file created with CBM prg Studio and put it into a D81 disk, it will load into Xemu MEGA65. That proves that the program successfully builds and compiles.

I have attached another screenshot of what I have done so far. As far as I am aware, the filename doesn't seem to make any difference in what name it is. Even with a new project with shorter names, the same results occur. 😱

MC64 · 22. November 2022

The Support for the MEGA65 is current in development and rudimentary

MightyAxle · 22. November 2022

I worked out another way to get a project file exported to Xemu MEGA65 which doesn't take too long.

- create a D81 image in DirMaster

- export your project .prg file in CBM prg Studio to file to your favoured folder

- open the D81 image in DirMaster

- drag your saved project .prg file from the favoured folder into the D81 image in DirMaster and save the D81 image

- open the D81 image in Xemu MEGA65

- LOAD"$"

- Load .prg file and examine or run

Once the D81 image is created and you use DirMaster, the process takes less than 60 seconds each time.

Arthur Jordison has done a fantastic job with what he has achieved with CBM prg Studio, it's my favoured CBM Studio application. 😊👍

rosettif · 24. November 2022

You won't need a D81 if it is a one-filer. Just download the latest version of the emulator, where you have an option called "Run PRG directly" (within the right-click menu upon the main window). Or you might even drag-and-drop the PRG file onto the emulator window as well, to activate the same option.

MightyAxle · 24. November 2022

After further investigation, I have found that the MEGA65.ROM ( 990003 - November build 2022 ) doesn't allow to RUN PRG correctly. I went back to using ( 920376 - July build 2022 ).

Since reverting back to using the older ROM everything seems to be working correctly and I can use CBM prg Studio like a breeze. 👍

I even asked Arthur Jordison for help which he was most accommodating with and came up with a couple of solutions. Big thanks to Arthur for his time! 👍

I have reported my findings on GITHUB for xemu : https://github.com/lgblgblgb/xemu/issues/364

Many thanks for everyone's help so far. 😊👍

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