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New demo uploaded: Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:29 pm
by gavinhaslehurst
Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
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A little demo of rendering giant text in assembly. It takes the data from the Lower/Upper character set in ROM and renders it in a large, "LCD-style" font. You can use .asciiz in CC65 for letters, or use a zero-terminated array of bytes to reference the character codes, as below (thanks to
https://www.commanderx16.com/forum/index.php?/profile/5-jimmydansbo/ for the character set reference).
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New demo uploaded: Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:31 pm
by desertfish
Make a chonky text scroller ?
New demo uploaded: Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:39 pm
by gavinhaslehurst
7 minutes ago, desertfish said:
Make a chonky text scroller ?
You literally read my mind! This is the next step!
New demo uploaded: Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:04 pm
by VincentF
It would be funny to see a chonky text adventure ?
New demo uploaded: Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:29 pm
by SlithyMatt
I think it would be great for pinball, but I tried using a different color and it hanged:
It runs fine as long as you keep the default colors.
P.S. - this is inconsistent. It hangs at different times, or sometimes not at all. So, maybe not related to the color.
New demo uploaded: Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:49 pm
by gavinhaslehurst
19 minutes ago, SlithyMatt said:
I think it would be great for pinball, but I tried using a different color and it hanged:
It runs fine as long as you keep the default colors.
P.S. - this is inconsistent. It hangs at different times, or sometimes not at all. So, maybe not related to the color.
I noticed this Matt. I think there's a problem with my code somewhere. I'll take a look at some point. If you spot it, let me know! (You are an assembly legend)
New demo uploaded: Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:51 pm
by gavinhaslehurst
Just now, gavinhaslehurst said:
I noticed this Matt. I think there's a problem with my code somewhere. I'll take a look at some point. If you spot it, let me know! (You are an assembly legend)
Ps I suspect it'll work better if I write direct to vera instead of using CHROUT. And it'll be faster... just need to rewatch your tutorial
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New demo uploaded: Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:52 pm
by SlithyMatt
Do you have a GitHub? It would make it easier for folks to review, use, contribute, etc.
New demo uploaded: Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:56 pm
by gavinhaslehurst
4 minutes ago, SlithyMatt said:
Do you have a GitHub? It would make it easier for folks to review, use, contribute, etc.
This did not occur to me! I'll look into this. It's been a long time since I've really done any proper coding. This lock down fascination got out of hand!
New demo uploaded: Chonky Text in 6502 Assembly
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:58 pm
by SlithyMatt
Unless you are hosting a serious, multi-contributor project, free accounts give you everything you need.
