Iwantgames:) Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I just subscribed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 released planned by this weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 As Garven 'Dave' Dreis, commander of the 'Red Squadron' said in Star Wars Episode IV: "Almost there"..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Working on this again! My PC crashed and corrupted my edition that I had almost done. So now I have to start all over with it. Fun Fun Fun.. BACKUP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 oh no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 oh no I got it back to what I believe it was. Now just to publish and upload to the FTP.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 All, The November issue of the SHIFT838 Newsletter is out! I have sent it to all my subscribers and below are links: Web view: HERE PDF View: HERE I have noticed that on Windows 10 and the new Edge internet browser the PDF does not pull open. It does in other browsers like Chrome, etc. So if you get a error with Windows 10 and Edge that states: 'Couldn't open PDF' 'Something’s keeping this PDF from opening.' There is a quick fix for it. Left click on the 3 dots at top right of Edge browser then click on open with Internet Explorer. You will then have to navigate back to the http://shift838.wix.com/shift838pageand the newsletter section, then click on the PDF newsletter link. Adds a couple of seconds but works. Or you can just downloaded it from the FTP site with a FTP client and view. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariTexas Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Great work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Haven't had time to read it yet... dealing with gremlins. I'll DL it and give it a good read tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Very good stuff there, Chris! Fascinating interview with mizapf.... I particularly enjoyed reading the F18A section. Thanks for another excellent issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Nice! Great job!(BTW: I just recently bought a beautiful Dallas era Schecter Custom Strat ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 ♫ that´s the way ♫ uhuaha great. The interview with Michael about Mess is very interesting. Facts I never thought about. thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJGuillot Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 The November issue of the SHIFT838 Newsletter is out! Nice issue! I believe I found bug in the KEYINPUT Assembly Tutorial #3 provided by Lee Stewart in this November 21, 2015 issue (Volume 1, Issue 11). I was looking at adapting the KEYINPUT code for a utility I was working on, but the emulator kept locking up it I hit Backspace as the very first character of the input string. The code is actually designed to check for this condition, but it doesn't work because it does a "B *R4" to return (instead of a RT or B *R11) and the R4 value hasn't been copied from R11 yet. I think this can be fixed by simply re-arranging some of the lines of code. Original code snip: BSPACE C R5,R6 first character? JEQ BSPXIT return to caller if so ... MOV R11,R4 save return BL @CURBL call cursor blanking routine LI R0,>2000 load blank MOVB R0,*R5 blank last-written FNAME buffer position DEC R5 decrement FNAME buffer pointer DEC R7 decrement cursor pointer ... BSPXIT B *R4 return to caller (to saved address) Proposed correction to code snip: BSPACE MOV R11,R4 save return C R5,R6 first character? JEQ BSPXIT return to caller if so ... BL @CURBL call cursor blanking routine LI R0,>2000 load blank MOVB R0,*R5 blank last-written FNAME buffer position DEC R5 decrement FNAME buffer pointer DEC R7 decrement cursor pointer ... BSPXIT B *R4 return to caller (to saved address) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Nice issue! I believe I found bug in the KEYINPUT Assembly Tutorial #3 provided by Lee Stewart in this November 21, 2015 issue (Volume 1, Issue 11). I was looking at adapting the KEYINPUT code for a utility I was working on, but the emulator kept locking up it I hit Backspace as the very first character of the input string. The code is actually designed to check for this condition, but it doesn't work because it does a "B *R4" to return (instead of a RT or B *R11) and the R4 value hasn't been copied from R11 yet. I think this can be fixed by simply re-arranging some of the lines of code. Original code snip: BSPACE C R5,R6 first character? JEQ BSPXIT return to caller if so ... MOV R11,R4 save return BL @CURBL call cursor blanking routine LI R0,>2000 load blank MOVB R0,*R5 blank last-written FNAME buffer position DEC R5 decrement FNAME buffer pointer DEC R7 decrement cursor pointer ... BSPXIT B *R4 return to caller (to saved address) Proposed correction to code snip: BSPACE MOV R11,R4 save return C R5,R6 first character? JEQ BSPXIT return to caller if so ... BL @CURBL call cursor blanking routine LI R0,>2000 load blank MOVB R0,*R5 blank last-written FNAME buffer position DEC R5 decrement FNAME buffer pointer DEC R7 decrement cursor pointer ... BSPXIT B *R4 return to caller (to saved address) You are absolutely correct—my bad! Another way involves an extra line following the branch that requires the save, also changing the return line back to the normal RT or B *R11: *== Backspace Routine ======================================================== * Erase cursor. Adjust cursor position if not at start of input * *: C = Compare 16-bit contents of source and destination operands, setting *: or resetting the ST equal bit. BSPACE C R5,R6 first character? JEQ BSPXIT return to caller if so *: At this point, we need to save R11 because we're about to call another sub- *: routine with BL, which will destroy our return to the main program. We'd *: be stuck in this subroutine forever! MOV R11,R4 save return BL @CURBL call cursor blanking routine MOV R4,R11 restore return LI R0,>2000 load blank MOVB R0,*R5 blank last-written FNAME buffer position DEC R5 decrement FNAME buffer pointer DEC R7 decrement cursor pointer *: B = Branch to address represented by the operand. In this case, *R4 means *: the address contained in R4. BSPXIT RT return to caller ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? ALMOST A FULL YEAR OF SHIFT 838 NEWSLETTERS! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Chris, Can you give us a hint of what the year-end/Xmas edition has in store for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Well in this release I was able to score some time with John Behnke the developer of the original Tunnels of Doom Editor as well as many other cool programs! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) All, The December issue of the SHIFT838 Newsletter is out! I have sent it to all my subscribers and below are links: Web view: NO longer available (takes twice the time to create a web and PDF view). PDF View: HERE I have noticed that on Windows 10 and the new Edge internet browser the PDF does not pull open. It does in other browsers like Chrome, etc. So if you get a error with Windows 10 and Edge that states: 'Couldn't open PDF' 'Something’s keeping this PDF from opening.' There is a quick fix for it. Left click on the 3 dots at top right of Edge browser then click on open with Internet Explorer. You will then have to navigate back to the SHIFT838 page and the newsletter section, then click on the PDF newsletter link. Adds a couple of seconds but works. Or you can just downloaded it from the FTP site with a FTP client and view. Edited December 20, 2015 by Cschneider 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Volume 2 Issue #1 coming this weekend! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Volume 2 Issue #1 coming this weekend! Patiently waiting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 yes, I am extremely patient, too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 yes, I am extremely patient, too Do you drink the same coffee blend as Hillary? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 All, The January 2016 issue (Volume 2 Issue #1) of the SHIFT838 Newsletter is out! I have sent it to all my subscribers and below is the link: Web view: NO longer available (takes twice the time to create a web and PDF view). PDF View: HERE I have noticed that on Windows 10 and the new Edge internet browser the PDF does not pull open. It does in other browsers like Chrome, etc. So if you get a error with Windows 10 and Edge that states: 'Couldn't open PDF' 'Something’s keeping this PDF from opening.' There is a quick fix for it. Left click on the 3 dots at top right of Edge browser then click on open with Internet Explorer. You will then have to navigate back to the SHIFT838 page and the newsletter section, then click on the PDF newsletter link. Adds a couple of seconds but works. Or you can just downloaded it from the FTP site with a FTP client and view. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Edge Browser blows chunks and is a totally unfinished product thrust onto the public as BETA testers. It only looks good for speed and that is about the only thing it has going for it. Much like a Funny Car Dragster, really good in a straight line on a flat surface, but totally useless for everyday use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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