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by keith56
Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:28 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Flashing pixels in 8 color mode
Replies: 6
Views: 3276

Re: Flashing pixels in 8 color mode

Ok, scratch that - it works if I fullscreen Q-emulator on an XP VM!... it doesn't work in a window, and full-screen screws up windows 7 something proper.. It looks like the emulator is doing something pretty weird to effect the flash, as bits of windows are flashing at the same time! So it's an emul...
by keith56
Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:05 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Flashing pixels in 8 color mode
Replies: 6
Views: 3276

Re: Flashing pixels in 8 color mode

I'm using Q-emulator (unregistered) but neither of those examples are flashing anything!
by keith56
Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:32 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: Flashing pixels in 8 color mode
Replies: 6
Views: 3276

Flashing pixels in 8 color mode

I'm playing around with QL bitmap graphics in assembly, and I'm a bit confused about the 'flashing' bits of 8 color mode... I can't seem to get them to do anything! According to the documentation, setting a flashing bit to 1 will start the line flashing, and another will turn it off, but nothing see...
by keith56
Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:50 am
Forum: The Welcome Area
Topic: QL Newbie from USA
Replies: 8
Views: 5959

Re: QL Newbie from USA

Welcome to the forum! I'm pretty new to the QL too... I only came across it as part of learning to program the 68000... I've got a QL 'on order' which will be shipped to me from the UK soon, so I'm 'making do' with emulators for now! If you're looking to learn programming in Assembly, I have Z80 and...
by keith56
Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:31 pm
Forum: The Welcome Area
Topic: Greetings! newcomer to the QL here!
Replies: 7
Views: 6439

Re: Greetings! newcomer to the QL here!

Thanks for your comments on my Z80 tutorials!.... The Winape Assembler was great to get me started on ASM - I don't think I could have managed it without it, though now I'm more familiar, I just use Notepad++ and VASM most of the time... I recently wrote a little game called 'Grime Z80' (a remake of...
by keith56
Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:23 pm
Forum: The Welcome Area
Topic: Greetings! newcomer to the QL here!
Replies: 7
Views: 6439

Re: Greetings! newcomer to the QL here!

vanpeebles wrote:A big warm welcome to the forum! :) Are you hoping to do some QL games? :)
Yes, I'm looking to do some multiplatform 68000 games, and where possible, I'll be releasing them on the QL as well.
by keith56
Wed Feb 20, 2019 12:58 pm
Forum: The Welcome Area
Topic: Greetings! newcomer to the QL here!
Replies: 7
Views: 6439

Greetings! newcomer to the QL here!

Hello! let me introduce myself! I'm Keith, Author of the Z80 based 'ChibiAkumas' Game... I started learning Z80 Assembly a couple of years ago, and found it more interesting than I expected! I've since expanded, and learned 6502 and 68000... I came across the Sinclair QL a couple of months back, and...