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Lardo Boffin wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 6:44 pm This works fine on my TS1000. Very impressive!

How do I attach a video? It says the file is too large.

Otherwise set the video on facebook or youtube and the link here.

Moggy wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 2:56 pm Can't wait to see a practical use for this.

I have a conversion of a game on the shelf for years.
I wanted to be LOWRES, not TRUE HIRES. Pseudo hires was not quite a simple thing to use. Now I have already generated some necessary graphics.

Why doesn't it fit 1K? I can help to make it fit. It really wasn't even that close to fitting into 1K, so I'm okay with it being 2K. Optimization tips would be welcome, but I will likely use them to fit as much as I can into 2K. I have experience with 6502 assembly, but this is my first time using ...

I have made a generator to use:

QAOP for control
Space is invert current character

LOWRES TRICK 2:

1 byte (and 2 lines added to dfile at the end)
and you have 26 lines on the screen

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.