Subject: Re: [stella] applications From: Rob <kudla@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 22:54:15 -0500 |
At 05:14 PM 1/6/01 -0800, Glenn Saunders wrote: >sequences using Suicide Mission graphics. He was convinced he could store >a meaningful chunk of compressed dithered 1-bit video into a 6K >Supercharger load. I think you could do meaningful FMV, maybe a couple seconds' worth, in 40x50 playfield graphics. The resolution wouldn't be much worse than those kiddie camcorders that came out a couple of years ago, and the smoothness might fool the eye into thinking the resolution's better. That way it's a page per frame and you could probably get a simple kernel and 24-28 frames of video into a 4K image... but the Suicide Mission method, while requiring RAM, would probably look better (though the alternating scanlines might be distracting, and you're intrinsically limited to 15fps.) >I think a WAP viewer might be doable... Oh, I have no doubt it is, on the display side. I'd certainly rather look at a 2600's output than, say, my cell phone. The reason I left it to the hardware hackers is the interface for getting the data to the 2600 in the first place. I'm envisioning a FIFO like on any PC serial card, mapped to some RAM on the cartridge, which comes out to like 4 bytes per kilobit of bandwidth assuming the program can clear the buffer once a frame. (I'm not at all sure that's possible given the relative complexity of WAP compared to plain text, but at least it was meant for cheap embedded devices to be able to parse it.) But I've made more second-degree burns than successful solders in my life, so that part of the project's not for me. Rob kudla@xxxxxxxxx ... http://kudla.org/raindog ... Rob -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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