Re: [stella] Variable cycle delays

Subject: Re: [stella] Variable cycle delays
From: Chris Wilkson <cwilkson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 13:50:01 -0800 (PST)
> That's... incredibly wizardly.  But isn't something backwards?  The way I
> see it, won't a larger value in the accumulator cause it to jump farther
> into the table, skipping more instuctions and delaying fewer cycles?

Yeah, but mine was like that too...the delay equaled the max count minus
the accumulator value.

Maybe you want to use it this way:  The delay you put into the accumulator
is actually counted from the right edge of the screen.  Ie, just negate
your x-axis.

-Chris


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