Re: [stella] New to Atari 2600 programming

Subject: Re: [stella] New to Atari 2600 programming
From: Dennis Debro <ddebro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:52:09 -0400
Welcome aboard Ronen :)
> Hi,
> I'm pretty new to Atari 2600 programming and was wondering if there was a >code that shows how to place alphanumerical characters on the screen. Or, >should I take the "score display code" and extend it to include all the >letters as well?

Use the 6-digit display example on the Dig. You are going to have to draw your fonts yourself as Stella has no character set.

BTW doing all the alphanumeric characters is going to take a lot of ROM space. Do you need all of them?

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