impossible mission ?

[impossible mission ?]

I was thinking, why wasn't there released an atari 8 bit version of Impossible mission ? A bit strange, on almost all homecomputers it was released.......even later on the 7800, ST and Amiga..

 

Thelen

[Xasm include problem]

I have uninstalled my video driver, and the problem is gone ! (but also my resolution and colors )

 

Thelen

[Xasm include problem]

Thanks guys,

 

I was using codegenie, and I was using Unix mode. changed it to dos, but that didn't help. (why is it standard on unix mode ??)

 

the problem was, I was using vers. 2.5.1, and I upgraded to 2.5.2, and the problem was solved !!

 

one other thing, I don't have buyed or registered codegenie, and when i push the arrow UP button i get The message (pop-up) Nvidia 4 in a box, i close it, and some time later when i push arrow up, it appears again. I'm getting sick of that. Is it because i don't have registered it ?

 

Thanks, Thelen

[Compact Flash adapter with MyIDE]

I have been thinking about this too. A compact flash cart can work in various modes, and one of them is a real IDE mode. It would be great to have 512 Mb CF inside.....But wil it work ? Has anyone tested some other IDE media beside a harddisk ? a zip drive ?

 

Thelen

[Know what kind of memory upgrade this is?]

dead bug chips

 

Thelen

[Xasm include problem]

for the first time I wanted to use an include, since my program was getting a little unstructured.

 

so in my main program I typed

ICL 'vleer'

 

 

and I made a file with the name vleer.asx with some source in it.

 

but the problem is, I get a error : Line too long....i don't get it... When I cut three lines of the source code (doesn't matter which ones) it works ok.

 

source :

 

vleer LDX #0

STX VLEENR

 

;VLLOOP LDX VLEENR

; LDA VLEEON,X

; BNE VLEC1

; LDA #$B0

; STA VLEEPH

; LDA #$20

; STA VLEEPL

; LDA #1

; STA VLEEON

; JSR VLEBACK

;

;

;VLEC1 ;

 

 

 

VLEBACK LDX VLEENR

LDA VLEEPH,X

TAY

LDA VLEEPL,X

TAX

JSR CHECPOS

STA TMP1

LDY #$A0

LDX #$00

STX TMP2

 

 

I really don't understand why my lines are too long, and when i cut random three lines, it say's it's ok. Maybe i'm doing something very stupid, but i can't find it.....

 

I use XAMS and Codegenie

 

Thanks, thelen

[320KB memory upgrade]

I have done a memory upgrade to 320K on an 800XE, which is working properly as far i know, Numen is working on it, It's really great to see this demo on the real hardware !! (I have also soldered in a good gtia )

 

has somebody some ram test software for me ? to check if everything is ok....

 

Thanks,

 

Thelen

[Tengen/AtariGames on the 8-bit Atari?]

well i'm from europe, and i haven't heard of a badlands game here for the 8 bit. But I think what you guy's don't have in the U.S whe won't have either here....

 

Thelen

[Space Harrier 130XE February 2003 Update]

This is really looking good !!!!

 

that interlacing is a nice idea !, and lots of sprites !

 

Thelen

[changing a color register on thesame scanline]

Yes you're right Heaven, I did move some code from $B000 to $C000, just to get some screen data temporaly moved...Thanks, i was thinking 'Professional' )

 

Thanks,

 

Thelen

[changing a color register on thesame scanline]

Thanks man( I didn't have time to test it before) it works, but the color changed only 1 time on the scanline.....i want at leat three

 

and I am using XASM, and it says to me : WARNING professional loader needed, what does that mean ?

 

Thanks,

 

Thelen

[Who will want buy a Ram-Cart...]

well, it depends on the price, and what can be done with it..

 

Thelen

[My IDE query]

If you use the Myide OS eprom, you can boot direct from your harddisk. That's very nice, no need for a diskdrive anymore.

 

Thelen

[changing a color register on thesame scanline]

Thanks, but that's not what i'm looking for, that example changes the screencolor only once. I want to change the color register a few times on the same scanline, so that on one scanline the background has multiple colors

 

 

Thelen

[changing a color register on thesame scanline]

yes i'm using the hardware register, COLBK $D01A, but i get no color variation on the same scanline, only at the scanlines underneath.....

 

Thelen

[changing a color register on thesame scanline]

I've tested it on the emulator and on the real hardware, but i don't understand how to do it.... ?

 

Thelen

[changing a color register on thesame scanline]

I was doing some little experiments on the atari 8 bit, but it just won't work..

 

Is it possible to change a color register multiple times on the same scanline ? I was thinking it should be possible. let's say change the background color 10 times on the same scanline :

 

sta wsync

ldx #0

loop stx colbk

inx

cpx #10

bne loop

 

and I run this from in a DLI

 

is this possinle ? and how ?

 

Thanks,

 

Thelen

[Anyone heard of this happening?invisible main sprite & m]

If cleaning up the cart slot doesn't help (which I think) your TIA chip went bad. The TIA chip does all those sprite (player/missile) things.

 

Hope the cleaning will help !

 

Thelen

[APE for the ST?]

I think it isn't made yet, and it won't be made so soon. that's because the atari st diskdrives are just normal 3.5'' 720KB pc standart drives. so you have to emulate a normal diskdrive. Off course it can be done, but it seems for me more difficult then a sio2pc circuit.

 

Thelen

[Forget all about POKEY-Sound ;)]

Sounds very nice !

 

Thelen

[how to re-use players (atari 8 bit)]

thanks, thanks ! I have re-used my players!!!....and I understand it !!!. actually its very simple with a DLI. And yes, changing the color is simple too (off course, when i think about it now)

 

Thelen

[how to re-use players (atari 8 bit)]

thanks guys. I think I understand it now (haven't tried anything yet) I was doing things with pmbase switching....and changing the Pcolors....haha.

 

The only thing is off course that if I re-use player0 the re-used player will have thesame color as player0, or I should use a kernel...

 

Thelen

[how to re-use players (atari 8 bit)]

I'm trying to re-use vertically players.....but i don't get it to work, and i don't know how exactly Who can give some information on how to do this ?

 

Thanks, Thelen

[Windows Atari 800 Assembler]

you mean a cross-assembler ? I would recommend XASM or DASM

 

Thelen

[1050 Technical Service Data]

Yeah, that would be very great to put someting like that on-line. My drive broke down last week, i'm now busy with it. My test software says everything is right, only HEAD STEP/SETTLE TEST FAILS.....what does that mean ?

 

My other 'happy' disk drive hjas some problems too. first it must warm up before it loads some quicker, en the test says : HEAD STEP/SETTLE TEST FAILS and TRACK 00 SENSOR test Fails...??? how can this be, if it can boot a disk ?

 

WHo knows more than i ?

 

Thanks,

 

Thelen