Hey everybody,
I'm working on a little program for the 2600 and have a few questions
relating to timing and NTSC/PAL stuffs.
How can I make a timer that lasts roughly 1 second in real time but is not
frame based in it's timing so that it functions independently of frame rate?
Is the internal timing of the machine cycles based on the television's
timing? i.e. machine cycles last a different anmount of real-time on NTSC
vs PAL VCSs. Anybody?
I'm trying to make a little program to use as a header for a game I'm
working on that would automatically detect NTSC/PAL format and adjust within
software to suit the setup it's facing. The problem is I'm not sure if the
TIM timers are based on the machine cycles which are based on the
television's speed or if the timers are independant of the television. My
idea was to write a simple "frame" and loop it. Then I set a timer for
around 1 second. When the timer hits zero I check the number of "frames"
that have accured within that second to determine NTSC or PAL by way of
framerate. I believe PAL is 50 per where NTSC is 60 per. I figured this
should be relatively easy but I'm uncertain about the timing issues. If the
machine cycles are indepedent of the frame rate than it's easy (I think),
but I'm not sure. Help please.
Christopher Rydberg
solitaire0@xxxxxxxxxxx
afterlife.100megsfree4.com
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