On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Roger Williams wrote:
> I just did some of the playfield stuff you suggest
>
> I wrote the playfield character set, which I posted recently,
> to be a starting point and guide. I didn't post but also have
> a simple extension of Nick's how-to-draw which makes it
> asymmetric (adds "there" to "hello"). Of course, what I
> know about the rest of Stella's hardware could be written
> on a postage stamp in 24-point type, but I'm starting to get
> *cough* interested.
>
> Say the word and I'll post "hello there" and give full
> permission to republish the source I'm developing. I am
> actually aiming for a library of utility functions for embedded
> control usages, but the whole thing is addictive in a mad kind
> of way.
>
Believe me, I understand the addictive nature of it :)
"Hello There" would make a good asymmetrical playfield tutorial, it
sounds like. Would love to include it in the V2 Guide.
> People might also want to check out my demo for the
> 3x5 char set, which *cough* does not suck very much. I
> cut my teeth on 3x5 charsets on another early machine and
> actually sold copies of software (OK, just a couple of dozen)
> to people who had no trouble understanding them.
>
Hmmm, did you see my ugly 3x5 charset scrolling marquee? Your demo was one
of the things that inspired it... though I take full blame for the headaches
people will get from using it :)
It may not have made it to everyone on the list, since biglist.com went down
for a couple of days right after I posted it. Have a look in the list archives
though.
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Brian
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