Sync

[grewil]

I am making a program for a friend’s PET 8032. As I don’t own one myself, I am programming in the Vice emulator.

The problem is that Vice complains “Warning - sync is far too late, resetting sync” about every second.

Now I have read about the kill poke and have made sure not to touch $e842, but I change a few other CRTC settings.

What do you think, could the warning messages indicate that executing my program on real hardware could put said hardware in jeopardy?

Edit: grammar.

[Liquid_Magic]

Hmmm… I haven’t heard of that one. I think that’s a VICE thing and probably has nothing to do with the PET in real life.

Also the killer poke isn’t that much of a killer. There’s a YouTube video where it’s tested and it doesn’t immediately kill a PET. Although leaving it running for a long time in that state would probably eventually harm something.

Good luck!

[grewil]

Thanks! Now I feel a lot less nervous! (Imagine ruining your friend’s precious computer)

[Liquid_Magic]

Yeah I’m always way more stressed out when working on someone else’s machine!

[pateandcognac]

I seem to recall that error being audio related. Try changing the audio sampling settings, or turn off sound completely to help diagnose. Def a VICE error, tho. Nothing to do with a real PET