Subject: RE: [stella] Reflex: To NTSC/PAL50/PAL60, or not to NTSC/PAL50/PAL60 From: "Lee Fastenau" <stella@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 21:59:10 -0500 |
Erik, I read Adam's post a while back and, I agree, it was an excellent (read "elegant") solution, which is why I referred to it again. I've decided not to cut any corners and implement that method as well as the startup method I described in my previous post. Basically, hold Select at power on to get PAL50, hold Reset to get PAL60, and nothing to get NTSC... then you can use the Color/BW switch to cycle through the three modes. I'll be hacking away at PAL support tonight... :) For any other n00bs that haven't already added this link to their Stella programming arsenal, here's Glenn Saunders's most excellent TIA Colorchart: http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/200109/msg00285.html (It even has tooltip rollovers for quick value lookup!) -Lee PS: I have placed online the scant beginnings of a Reflex WIP page here: http://ioyu.com/io/atari/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Mooney [mailto:erik@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 12:36 PM > To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [stella] Reflex: To NTSC/PAL50/PAL60, or not to > NTSC/PAL50/PAL60 > > > >That's generally the problem with the non-toggle console > switches, including > >the difficulty switches: it requires the user to alter the state of their > >system from what they might consider the "normal" state. For many, that > >might be Color and both difficulty switches set to A. > > I'd recommend the method that I used in INV (thanks to Adam's post for > inspiring it, of course.) Three video modes, NTSC (default at bootup), > PAL-50, and PAL-60. Cycling the video mode is done when the switch > changes from B/W to Color. So basically, you flip the switch from Color > to B/W and then back to Color to change modes once. Essentially, this > treats the Color/BW switch as a momentary switch like Select and Reset. > > So NTSC users (the most common case) don't have to worry about anything at > all, since the game will always just boot up in NTSC and stay there. PAL > users can cycle the switch down and up once to get to PAL-50 or twice to > get to PAL-60. Everyone that's commented on it in INV likes it. :) > > > > > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://stella.biglist.com > --+---------------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed as: ##L@##H > To unsubscribe, send email to: > stella-unsub-##0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Or go to: > http://stella.biglist.com/unsub/stella/##L@##H > --+-- >
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