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- Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:28 am
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Flashing pixels in 8 color mode
- Replies: 6
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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...
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:05 am
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Flashing pixels in 8 color mode
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3387
Re: Flashing pixels in 8 color mode
I'm using Q-emulator (unregistered) but neither of those examples are flashing anything!
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:32 am
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: Flashing pixels in 8 color mode
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3387
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...
- Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:50 am
- Forum: The Welcome Area
- Topic: QL Newbie from USA
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6216
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...
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:31 pm
- Forum: The Welcome Area
- Topic: Greetings! newcomer to the QL here!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6661
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...
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:23 pm
- Forum: The Welcome Area
- Topic: Greetings! newcomer to the QL here!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6661
Re: Greetings! newcomer to the QL here!
Yes, I'm looking to do some multiplatform 68000 games, and where possible, I'll be releasing them on the QL as well.vanpeebles wrote:A big warm welcome to the forum! Are you hoping to do some QL games?
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 12:58 pm
- Forum: The Welcome Area
- Topic: Greetings! newcomer to the QL here!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6661
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...