Commodore CASSIOPEI, User Manual

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1.2 Display
The Cassiopei has an OLED display which is small but very practical. As it allows the user to
easily configure the device or to see what he/she is doing when loading TAP files. Below is an
image of what the screen would look like configured for a C64 computer (PAL version).
You can see on the line labeled “Mode” that it is configured for using PRG files (using the
fastloader of the Cassiopei) and the line labeled “file” indicates that it will load the file
“PACMAN.prg” which is stored in the games folder (indicated on the line labeled “path”).
Knowing that the files for a C64 are stored in the folder C64 on the root of the SD-card and that
PRG files are located in the folder PRG of the corresponding computer model, the full path for the
game will be “C64/PRG/games/PACMAN.prg”. But as you might expect, that would never fit onto
the small screen.
The top line shows that the Wifi settings are configured and functional, as the IP-address released
for the Cassiopei by the network is shown. The values are shown with trailing zeroes to keep the
alignment a little easier, these zeroes do not need to be entered into the browser. If the Cassiopei
wasn't able to connect then there could be a problem with the password. But it could also be that the
Cassiopei cannot properly receive the signal coming from your router, experimenting with the
distance of between the Cassiopei and your router. You could also experiment with the position of
the antenna(s) on your router (if possible, if not try rotating the router 90 degrees). For long
distances a Wifi repeater can be of help.
The next line shows the time as released by the NTP server, you may use this for GEOS but no
other program is able to use it, so most users will have this option disabled.
The bottom line shows the voltage of the 5V power supply as available on the cassetteport.
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Wifi:192.168.002.036
Time:ntp disabled
Comp:C64 PAL
Mode:PRG fast
Path:games/
File:PACMAN.prg
Pow.:5.12 Volt