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by Symoon
Tue Aug 15, 2023 6:26 am
Forum: Painting tricks
Topic: Changing TEXT / HIRES display size?
Replies: 14
Views: 17717

Re: Changing TEXT / HIRES display size?

That's funny, by doing like above, what is displayed on the line with $1A (HIRES line) is also displayed on the 1st line as a TEXT character (it's actually the status line).

So by changing a single byte value, two displayed bytes are affected. Really challenging for the brain ^^
by Symoon
Sun Aug 06, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oric-1 Reborn - Possible Project?
Replies: 7
Views: 2064

Re: Oric-1 Reborn - Possible Project?

- Replacement motherboards that fit in the original case, behave like the real machine, compatible with the original peripherals, with possible improvements like better reliability, maybe direct HDMI out without requiring special boxes, and indeed possibly things like a built-in equivalent of the E...
by Symoon
Fri Aug 04, 2023 7:42 am
Forum: 6502 assembly coding
Topic: Fastest HIRES filling without page 0
Replies: 4
Views: 4013

Re: Fastest HIRES filling without page 0

Dbug wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 6:58 am Zero page is more flexible but definitely slower (6 cycles per byte instead of 5).
Oh you're right, when I said it was faster I mixed the indirect adressing and thought it would last 4 cycles - rookie mistake.
by Symoon
Fri Aug 04, 2023 6:11 am
Forum: 6502 assembly coding
Topic: Fastest HIRES filling without page 0
Replies: 4
Views: 4013

Re: Fastest HIRES filling without page 0

Ha ha thanks, I thought about it just after posting my message, but as you say 13K is a little huge :mrgreen:
Will run your solution though ;)

(also, I used colour attributes as an example, of course if the goal was to colour the screen, updating a single column would have been enough).
by Symoon
Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:10 am
Forum: Hardware hacks and extensions
Topic: Mageco MIDI interface
Replies: 22
Views: 5271

Re: Mageco MIDI interface

Amazing!
by Symoon
Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: 6502 assembly coding
Topic: Fastest HIRES filling without page 0
Replies: 4
Views: 4013

Fastest HIRES filling without page 0

Hi, I made a test to fill 112 lines of the HIRES screen at the fastest possible way, here starting at #A000 address. Do you think there's any method to go faster, preferably without using page 0 ? (Using page zero here would require 36 bytes and initializing them, which I'm not willing to). I don't ...
by Symoon
Tue Jul 18, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hardware boxes scans
Replies: 13
Views: 5595

Re: Hardware boxes scans

Good news!
I should stop ranting about Oric infos being scattered in social media, and join some facebook groups.

BTW I'll try to picture Microdisc and Telestrat boxes (scanning is too complicated)
by Symoon
Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hardware boxes scans
Replies: 13
Views: 5595

Re: Hardware boxes scans

I made 600DPI scans of an Oric-1 box, but it's really an old one sadly, the only one I have.
It's the version without typos.
I'll try and upload it somewhere some day, I'm running out of time right now.
by Symoon
Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: Operating systems, utilities and other serious software
Topic: Load Vader on disk?
Replies: 6
Views: 3243

Re: Load Vader on disk?

Good news about Cumulus! BTW the Load Vader idea could also be used for a "tape player setup" tool. I mean: - start your tape player - change azimuth/volume - when bytes are being loaded, and without errors, then you setup should be OK for this tape There could simply be a live statistic i...
by Symoon
Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:56 pm
Forum: Operating systems, utilities and other serious software
Topic: Load Vader on disk?
Replies: 6
Views: 3243

Re: Load Vader on disk?

Glad you're trying it. Load Vader has some flaws, for instance IIRC when loading graphipcs, since it corrupts the screen, but it was meant to quickly load, check, and be able to save most (well, non graphics) files. Maybe another version (hehe, LoadLuke or LoadLeia) relocating the loaded data would ...
by Symoon
Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:09 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Wizard's Lair - [raxiss]
Replies: 38
Views: 6663

Re: Wizard's Lair - [raxiss]

Without "cheating", or using saved states in the emulator :D ? No cheat! I did it over one day, only playing 4-5 levels, then doing something else, then going back at it ;) Once you find how to handle most monsters (leading them to traps, or having the right distance to hit first), and yo...
by Symoon
Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:51 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Wizard's Lair - [raxiss]
Replies: 38
Views: 6663

Re: Wizard's Lair - [raxiss]

Thanks Symoon, i saw what the problem was, it will be fixed. :) You're welcome, great news! I played a bit more and hadn't noticed at first how the game is actually incredibly well designed: - loads of animations - using objects spends half a trun it seems - sounds are just excellent (especially th...
by Symoon
Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:26 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Wizard's Lair - [raxiss]
Replies: 38
Views: 6663

Re: Wizard's Lair - [raxiss]

I found a small display bug when using the colour switch:
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This was when switching from colour to monochrom, some colour remained.
by Symoon
Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:15 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Wizard's Lair - [raxiss]
Replies: 38
Views: 6663

Re: Wizard's Lair - [raxiss]

- wouldn't all the details you provide in your inital post require a small "presentation" TAP file, like we had back then on side 1, then the game on side 2? I understand you've struggled finishing the game - so just asking ;) if the first question is: "can a description be added to ...
by Symoon
Tue May 30, 2023 11:23 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Magnetix
Replies: 5
Views: 1368

Re: Magnetix

What's a bit strange is that the magazine explanations were taken from this forum, but can't seem to be found anymore using the search engine. Is there some time limit on the forum content, or could it be an index problem? Regarding Magnetix itself, Steve had scanned the instructions sheet (thanks, ...