Hi Brian!
> http://www.urchlay.com/stelladoc/v2/toc.html
It is a good starting base, but not really a V2 :-)
If this shall grow into a real tutorial like
'VCS Programming in a nutshell' I'd completely rip
it into pices and then assemble it again.
I think the glossary is very good, and some of the
tables would make some good appendix pages.
But the rest...
What about sorting all that stuff first.
For a real V2.0 I'd suggest some simple structure like:
1. Introduction
Part A: Basic stuff
2. Graphic Elements
2.1. Playfield Graphics
2.2. Player Graphics
2.2. Ball / Missile Graphics
3. Colors
4. Sound
5. Inputs / Switches
Part B: Advanced stuff
5. X-Line Kernel Discussion
6. Horizontal Positioning Strategies
7. Player Multiplexing Strategies
8. Advanced Missile Graphics
9. Advanced Playfield Graphics
10. 6-Char Alghorhythm
11. Advanced Controlers
12. Random numbers
13. Optimizing Strategies
14. Illegal Opcodes
15. Advanced Sound/Music Generation
16. Overlayed Graphics
17. Cosmic Ark Stars
18. PAL/NTSC/SECAM Conversion
19. Avoiding black HMOV lines
20. ... insert additional topics here...
Part C: Apendix
21. Annotated Register Tables
22. Eckhards Sound Tables
23. Color Tables
24. Links (The Dig!, Colbert, Stella Archives...)
25. Disassemblies Of Pre 90's Games
26. Essential Stella Demos With Source
27. Finished Stella Games With Source
29. Tools To Use/Know
28. Glossary
That'd do for a good start I think.
We could start with all the old stuff just 'sorted'
into the right places and one after another replace
the resulting 'Copy & Paste' chaos into real
feature articles.
But once a good structure is done we all can contribute
and help fleshing it out.
If for example someone (Glenn?) could ZIP & Mail me
the _complete_ Mailing List Archive, I'd volunteer
to sort out everything and write the articles
for the topics
"Essential Stella Demos With Source", "Finished
Stella Games With Source" & "Tools To Use/Know"
Greetings,
Manuel
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