:)
I've never seen it written anywhere - but yes, it IS obvious... once you
know it.
I came up with this idea on the C64 back in 86 or so, when space was real
tight.
I thought it was rather neat at the time.
Cheers
A
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Wilkson <cwilkson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [stella] optimization : sneaky fractional bit representation
>> Here's an old favourite of mine.
>>
>> RAM is pretty tight on the 2600, this one could come in handy for those
with
>> really really tight space problems. Its a way of using, say, 2 and a
HALF
>> bits to represent a particular datum. That is, you don't have to use a
>> whole number of bits.
>
>Wow. This kicks ass! I never *ever* would have though of it, but now that
>someone else mentions it, it all seems so obvious.
>
>Keep 'em coming, Andrew!!!!
>
>-Chris
>
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