Money for nothing video beimg played on the @VZ200 / @VZ300 Z80 computer.

[@nordford68]

Hi Dave…WOW…how is this possible? Was it done with real hardware? Another question please…you‘re using Ben Vens VZ300 SD-Card-Loader? I‘ve received my unit 2 days before and I didn‘t manage to get extra RAM to my VZ200 or Laser210. What about a nice Video of the VZ300 SD-Card-Loader? (I‘ve downloaded your manual from Bens Shop Website, and can load vz-files but I‘m always ending with errors because of low memory) Your channel is awesome…best VZ / Laser channel on KZbin. Best regards from Germany.

[@djmaunder]

Hi Frank. Yes, this, and other videos, are running on a real VZ300 with the sd card loader - just outside of camera view. No tricks. This was (I think from memory) my first or second video that I managed to get four colour working. Grab a video, using ffmpeg & magick can extract some ~9,000 individual frames in 128x64 for a 25fps 6 minute video clip. Using another little utility to stack all frames back together again. Place this on to the SD card, then with some assembly, read the file in a continuous way and display in mode(1). Using this similiar reading technique, can play a modified 1 hour long wave file in as a 1-bit wave file. 2-bit music should be possible by playing it out to the cassette port with an amplified speaker plugged in --- I'm still working on this. We have identified that there is an issue with the 2k vz200/laser210 as there is a missing 2 or 4k gap between top of memory in these units, and the start of ram in the SD card reader. I don't know of an easy fix. If you happen to be on facebook, and you aren't already a member, look up 'vz laser fans' group. We're a small group of enthusiasts - and are reasonably quite friendly. Cheers