Subject: Re: [stella] 2600 questions From: Glenn Saunders <cybpunks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:14:24 -0700 |
suspect it wasn't that the early games needed the program time, but that they didn't have the experience yet to realise what all could be done.
Yes, paddle reads must be done during the screen.
I had always wondered about that 'score' bit. I mean it is theoretically great for doing scores at the top of the screen like in airsea battle. The thing I don't understand is because I think this is why it was designed this way when they designed the TIA, but that would imply that when they designed the TIA, they knew that they could do playfield updates mid line. I had thought that this was a later revalation...
Never heard anything of it. It is 100% doable. the 6532 is a stock part, and those pins are simply not connected.
may want to catch. With the latch, you can catch all presses, no matter how fast(I lie, the speed is limited to the transistor speed, but that is pretty darn fast).
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