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Re: The Pawn is back. And it's not alone!
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:34 pm
by tofro
Pssst. Don't kill the fun!
Re: The Pawn is back. And it's not alone!
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 12:48 pm
by Cristian
Andrew wrote:Is it possible to fit a Q68 in a original QL case?
I suppose the main problem is the lack of a keyboard adaptor:
https://www.qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php ... ard#p28500
Re: The Pawn is back. And it's not alone!
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:20 pm
by Sparrowhawk
That's brilliant.Congratulations on your work. I'm looking forward to playing these on my Q68.
Incidentally,some of the Mag Scrolls games are also been re-released in an updated format on Win/Mac/Linux with features like auto-mapping and clicking on items to get their "examine xxxx" equivalent. I have all three that they have released so far and can recommend them.
https://strandgames.itch.io/
Re: The Pawn is back. And it's not alone!
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:28 pm
by Sparrowhawk
I should add that I have never managed to finish ANY of the Magnetic Scrolls games
But I still love playing them.
Re: The Pawn is back. And it's not alone!
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:10 pm
by Peter
tofro wrote:Coming soon!
Wooow Tobias! This is absolutely amazing!
Can't wait to try!
Re: The Pawn is back. And it's not alone!
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:31 pm
by Peter
Andrew wrote:Is it possible to fit a Q68 in a original QL case?
There were at least two QL matrix keyboard adaptor projects, if one of them finishes, yes.
As you see below, I designed the board dimension exactly for the QL extension space. Some tinkering would be needed for power supply etc.
The more elegant solution would be an UltraGoldCard, derived from a Q68, but with a direct QL extension connector, not needing adaptors.
Such a project is really tempting for me. But since it would not bring real technical progress, it's hard to decide if I should spend my very limited time.
That time would be missing from projects like Q68 cache, ethernet, or advancing to modern chip generations.
Peter
Re: The Pawn is back. And it's not alone!
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:40 pm
by Peter
Andrew wrote:The Q68 Pawn with Amiga graphics
Tobias, are you using the Aurora graphics mode?
Any chance to use 16 bit high colour pictures instead?
Re: The Pawn is back. And it's not alone!
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:20 pm
by tofro
Peter wrote:Andrew wrote:The Q68 Pawn with Amiga graphics
Tobias, are you using the Aurora graphics mode?
Any chance to use 16 bit high colour pictures instead?
I'm using the original Atari ST graphics, which are 16 colours only (amazing, isn't it, what you can do with 16 colours?) from a pallette of 256. As the graphics are directly ripped from the originals, and I'm by no means the artist the guys at Magnetic Scrolls used to be, that's unfortunately how it is.
Re: The Pawn is back. And it's not alone!
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:38 pm
by RWAP
This is excellent news and I am looking forward to this (and any other Magnetic Scrolls games)...
Re: The Pawn is back. And it's not alone!
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:40 pm
by Peter
tofro wrote:As the graphics are directly ripped from the originals, and I'm by no means the artist the guys at Magnetic Scrolls used to be, that's unfortunately how it is.
Still great work! Amazing!