Laser 2001 & Salora Manager - official thread

[@username@]

The Salora advert is strange, in that it just advertises creatiVision software.

Now we need to find a Laser 2001 advert!

[Scouter3d]

I finally got an original Joystick for the Laser 2001, to use on my Salora ;0)

It will need some Retrobrighting (i will do some lightbrighting as soon as the sun comes out :0))

Cheers, TOM:0)

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[@username@]

Wow! Have you had a chance to test if it works yet?

[Scouter3d]

Yes, it works! only strange thing is: in Astro Pinball the left and right firebuttons are switched... very strange...

[MADrigal]

Great finding.
Yes Astro Pinball on Manager plays with inverted joystick buttons.
Read here:
https://www.madrigaldesign.it/creativemu ... php?id=157
I am still not 100% sure the CV and Manager cartridges are different.

[@username@]

The quick patch to invert the fire buttons for Astropib.bin is to switch the tests at $AE14, file offset $E15

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00000E15: 22 11
00000E19: 11 22

[Scouter3d]

Hi,

i got a scan from a vintage german computermagazin showing a Laser 2001 prototype...
PS: I will send the PDFs of the whole article to MADrigal also.

Cheers, TOM:0)

Laser_2001_prototype.jpg

[MADrigal]

Wow that's great!! I look forward to that

[MADrigal]

Hi,

i got a scan from a vintage german computermagazin showing a Laser 2001 prototype...
PS: I will send the PDFs of the whole article to MADrigal also.

Cheers, TOM:0)

Laser_2001_prototype.jpg

Hi Tom
any update on getting that rare scan?

[MADrigal]

Hi all!

With immense pleasure, thanks to the help from two Finnish gentlemen, I announce that our little community now has excellent scans of the Salora Manager technical manual!

128 pages with extremely detailed reference to the computer hardware, a programmer's guide and complete technical data sheets for every single piece of circuit!

It took me quite a few days to clean the original scans. I made it into a PDF and uploaded it to the CreatiVEmu server. The file is 38 MBytes and it is now accessible for free download from:

https://www.madrigaldesign.it/creativemu/datasheets.php