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Moggy wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 2:56 pm Not set up for video but it seems to do on real kit what it does in an emulator
Can't wait to see a practical use for this.

Just a video with the phone is already enough

Not set up for video but it seems to do on real kit what it does in an emulator Can't wait to see a practical use for this. :) Take the blocky display. A word comes up. You press a key when you see it. The sooner the more points. With blocks half size a maze can be 2x larger in lowres, like my game...

If ANYONE can make a video on real hardware.
Please... I would like to see that.

I guess you are redirecting the char lines in the rom but stil maintaining the slow tex mode... I can't imagine how did you do this I make dfile point to the next line to display after displaying 2 lines. First effort was just to swap EX DE,HL but that only works with 1 full line (8 lines). The LD ...

Why doesn't it fit 1K?

I can help to make it fit.

You need 2 118 at the start to have DE right.
With some trick it is possible on 1 line but that is harder

I will post the source later.

The display is executed 8x to form a character. After 1 line the ROM test C for reaching 0. C is hardware connected to characterpointer. When C <> 0 a POP DE is done to keep HL on same line, when C=0 POP HL is done to go to next line. Make a screen like this Dfile 118,118 Char db “H”-27 Ld h,d Ld l,...

I opened this thread to discuss my demo.

That's is all I will say now. Please give your comment after you saw the demo.

HOLD YOUR JAW OR IT WILL DROP

SOURCE

Besides this game I am thinking of making some trackcreator and then make your own digital train similation runon the screen.

In 1K offcourse.