Hi,
I'm just a newbie but I've found that stella has problems with certain
special codes in the demos. Try PCAE or Z26? emulators. They should run
your demos.
Later,
Joel D. Park
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maximiliam Luppe" <maxluppe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [stella] Tentative plans for 2nd Edition Stella Guide
> I'm using Stella Version 0.7a, Built on Jul 30 1997, for Windows and I
have
> noticed that many demos didn't work. When I load the demos I got only a
> black screen with a noise. Does anyone can help me. Thanks.
>
> Maximiliam
>
> > > "Hello There" would make a good asymmetrical playfield tutorial, it
> > > sounds like. Would love to include it in the V2 Guide.
> >
> > Here it is. It is actually a better demo grade program than the text
> > generator because it's simpler. I also forgot to take out some test
> > code and detritus in the text generator (for one thing, the "hello
there"
> > bitmap is still there, unused, at the end of it.)
> >
> > > 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 :)
> >
> > Yeah, more of a special effect than something you'd want to use.
> > Why does it flicker so much? I thought the basic 48-pixel code was
> > miraculously flicker-free. Of course, I'm just skirting stuff other
than
> > the playfield right now. You fiend, now you've got me thinking about
> > this...
> >
> > --Roger Williams
> >
>
>
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