The "funkheld" Question Thread

[funkheld]

Thanks.

 

I changed again.

is not possible yet.

greeting

Edited October 15, 2018 by funkheld

[_The Doctor__]

While he might be an AI script (lol, bad joke), I think he could be an interactive learner... reading does not help him as much as being told and trying.. this is common to a larger degree than most would realize.

 

The problem isn't his method of learning... it's that a new thread is started every time and that's just bad etiquette, and is getting under the skin of a number of people on AA. This doesn't mean he should stop be admonished or relegated from AA. It does mean all of his threads need to be stuck in a single thread perhaps named like...

 

Learning ML, DLI, VBI interactions in Fast basic FunkHelp

 

I find him quirky in his ways and the wording is something else.. but he is learning something. No problem in everyone helping him out. I was pleased to see people pitching in. It's good to see explanations of why it's done and how. the only way we keep going is to help fresh people into the world of programming the Atari. (fresh does not mean young, but rather new to an area of the Atari)

Edited October 15, 2018 by _The Doctor__

[funkheld]

Hello, good evening.

With over 70 years you become quirky.

you are still young foxes and still have to learn to deal with quirky people, right?

The VBI makes me a problem in Fastbasic. In ACTION! and Madpascal, I managed to get both of them up and running with the CLI and VBI in one program. Maybe you can do it in Fastbasic sometimes. Whether it's vital, that's not the question but just to make something like that. I do not know the internal structure of fastbasic

.I do not want to do 1 + 1 = 2 with the Atari. but I want to go into depth.

greeting

Edited October 15, 2018 by funkheld

[sanny]

Hello funkheld,

 

 

With over 70 years you become quirky.

you are still young foxes and still have to learn to deal with quirky people, right?

 

 

Ok. I'm 51, so age-wise nearer to you than to my children :-) I guess most of the folks here are at or around my age...

 

I didn't want to offend you with my post. It's just that some of your posts (e.g. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/283680-i-would-like-to-use-please-the-memory-in-the-atari800xl-of-c000-cfff-with-m/ or http://atariage.com/forums/topic/283774-as-i-find-in-fastbasic-a-startaddress-from-a-proc-for-a-vbi/) appear to me that you want us to do your homework. In the former example you should be aware what it means to turn off ROM to use the $C000..$CFFF area before you try to do that. That's why I said, "read documentation". In the latter one you seemingly use assembly language, again with apparently just cursory knowledge. Read docs about 6502 assembly language programming.

 

 

 

The VBI makes me a problem in Fastbasic. In ACTION! and Madpascal, I managed to get both of them up and running with the CLI and VBI in one program. Maybe you can do it in Fastbasic sometimes. Whether it's vital, that's not the question but just to make something like that. I do not know the internal structure of fastbasic

.I do not want to do 1 + 1 = 2 with the Atari. but I want to go into depth.

 

 

So, what are you trying to do? Are you "playing around" with ACTION, MadPascal, and Fastbasic? To decide which one to use for "going into depth"? Or "go into depth" with each of them?

 

 

regards,

chris

 

[dmsc]

Hi!

 

Hello, good evening.

With over 70 years you become quirky.

you are still young foxes and still have to learn to deal with quirky people, right?

 

The VBI makes me a problem in Fastbasic. In ACTION! and Madpascal, I managed to get both of them up and running with the CLI and VBI in one program. Maybe you can do it in Fastbasic sometimes. Whether it's vital, that's not the question but just to make something like that. I do not know the internal structure of fastbasic

Just post your complete, working, Madpascal or Action source, we can help you port it to Fastbasic.

[funkheld]

thanks

 

herre ist for ACTION! VSCROL with VBI in graphics(17)

 

now only the VSCROL needs to be called:

for x = 0 to 7

do

z = x

delay (1000)

od

 

these are the routines for VSCROL with VBI.

---------------------------------------

PROC VBLANKD()

vscrol=z

[JMPI OLDVEC]

RETURN

PROC SETVBV(CARD ADDR)

CARD POINTER TEMP

BYTE V

TEMP = $216 + 14

V = RTCLOCK+ 1

WHILE V <> RTCLOCK DO OD

TEMP^ = ADDR

RETURN

OLDVEC = VVBLKD
SETVBV(VBLANKD)

----------------------------------------

module
 
card 
start,
dlistadr,
VVBLKD = $224,
SDLST = $230,
OLDVEC
 
byte  
vscrol=$D405,
RTCLOCK = 20,
z,x,y
 
DEFINE JMPI = "$6C"
 
PROC VBLANKD()
  vscrol=z
  [JMPI OLDVEC]
RETURN
 
PROC SETVBV(CARD ADDR)
  CARD POINTER TEMP
  BYTE V
  TEMP = $216 + 14
  V = RTCLOCK+ 1
 
  WHILE V <> RTCLOCK DO OD
 
  TEMP^ = ADDR
RETURN
 
proc delay(card z)
  card i
 
  for i=0 to z
  do
  od
return 
 
proc main()
card savmsc=$58      
card sdlst=$230
 
graphics(17)
 
OLDVEC = VVBLKD
SETVBV(VBLANKD)
 
start = savmsc
dlistadr=sdlst
  
for z=0 to 79
do
poke(start+z,z)
od
 
poke(dlistadr+3,$66)
poke(dlistadr+6,$26)
poke(dlistadr+7,$26)
 
for x=0 to 7
do
z=x
delay(1000)
od 
 
z=0
 
for x=0 to 7
do
z=7-x
delay(1000)
od 

do
od
return

Edited October 15, 2018 by funkheld

[dmsc]

Hi!

 

thanks

 

herre ist for ACTION! VSCROL with VBI in graphics(17)

THis is a direct translation of your Action program to FastBasic:

 

VVBLKD = $224
SDLST  = $230
savmsc = $58

'                     LDA $0  STA $D405   JMP $0000
data vblankd() byte = $A9,$00,$8D,$05,$D4,$4C,$00,$00
z = adr(vblankd)+1

PROC SETVBV
  dpoke Adr(vblankd)+6, dpeek(VVBLKD)
  pause 0
  dpoke VVBLKD, Adr(vblankd)
ENDPROC

proc main

  graphics 17

  exec SETVBV

  start = dpeek(savmsc)
  dlistadr = dpeek(SDLST)

  for x=0 to 79
    poke start+x, x
  next

  poke dlistadr+3, $66
  poke dlistadr+6, $26
  poke dlistadr+7, $26

  do

  for x=0 to 7
    poke z, x
    pause 2
  next

  poke z, 0

  for x=0 to 7
    poke z, 7-x
    pause 2
  next

  loop
endproc

Exec main

And I will repeat again, using a VBI for writing the VSCROL register is a bad idea, it complicates the code and makes it slower.

 

Compare with this equivalent program:

SDLST  = $230
savmsc = $58
VSCROL = $D405

'                     LDA $0  STA $D405   JMP $0000
proc main

  graphics 17

  start = dpeek(savmsc)
  dlistadr = dpeek(SDLST)

  for x=0 to 79
    poke start+x, x
  next

  poke dlistadr+3, $66
  poke dlistadr+6, $26
  poke dlistadr+7, $26

  do

  for x=0 to 7
    pause 0 : poke VSCROL, x
    pause 1
  next

  for x=0 to 7
    pause 0 : poke VSCROL, 7-x
    pause 1
  next

  loop
endproc

Exec main

[funkheld]

hello thank you for your endurance and work. I would like to run something independent in Fastbasic

Your example is small and simple and has a big impact in Fastbasic. Maybe I'm the only one who comes up with such an idea, the Fastbasic so ausure.

In this example, you realize again that the fastbasic is something special.

Thank you.

greeting

[funkheld]

Hi good afternoon.

I'm looking for something like dir2atr.exe.

but it should not produce a finished dosdisk.

but I would like to transfer to my own atr only my files, nothing more.

where is there such a thing please what about a batch?

Thank you.

greeting?

[OmaOhneBH]

With Atadim you are able to export files from or import files to your atr-images.

 

 

[funkheld]

thanks for the info.

 

greeting.

[ivop]

@funkheld, it has been said before, but could you please start ONE single thread, like funkheld's adventures in Atari-land or something and just add your questions to that thread. Just this month (barely half has passed) you started 22 threads!!

 

Edit: I do appreciate thought that you did it on the programming forum and not the main one

Edited October 17, 2018 by ivop

[funkheld]

Hi, Thank You.

I am looking for a solution like:

diskmaker.exe test.atr program.xex with batch.

then program.xex should be on the atr.

Thank you.

greeting

Edited October 17, 2018 by funkheld

[funkheld]

I have time, 24 hours, I am a pensioner, so I can imitate and ask so much. I can as a pensioner day and night time. I do not need to work anymore.

greeting

Edited October 17, 2018 by funkheld

[sanny]

What is wrong with dir2atr?

 

I don't understand what you mean with "but it should not produce a finished dosdisk."

dir2atr creates an ATR image file with the files in the source directory.

 

regards,

chris

[funkheld]

if I create an atr with dir2atr, then the atr does not start the ACTION! -Module CAR.

I can not start the ACTION! Module CAR then.

with normal atr the module ACTION! -CAR starts first and can then with "D" to dos and back to ACTION!

Thank you

greeting

[tebe]

atrcopy

Python command line utility to manage file systems on Atari 8-bit and Apple ][ disk images.

 

https://github.com/robmcmullen/atrcopy

[funkheld]

Hello thanks for the information.

atrcopy 1.6.0 is ok. with python 2.7.15

Thank you.

greeting

Edited October 18, 2018 by funkheld

[Wrathchild]

You can also drag-drop files into Altirra's Disk Explorer.

 

This can be accessed from the Tools menu or in the "Disk Drives" dialog (Alt-D) using the right-arrow menu against a mounted disk.

 

 

[funkheld]

thanks for the information.

that does not work with ACTION!

Thank you.

greeting

[Wrathchild]

Action is a language in cartridge format?

I've read post #8 but you just can't run a CAR file from a disk image... it is a file format recognised by Atari emulators

[_The Doctor__]

he is words order mixed up speaking, he wants cart init disk boot return to action... this how it the language carts, express car, music cart etc, maybe atari writer carts work.. he found whatever.atr doesn't work... he needs to make sure atr format and dos are compatible the he can save and load other modules/programs etc..

Edited October 18, 2018 by _The Doctor__

[funkheld]

Hi good afternoon.

I would like to please the sentence:

AAAAAAAAAA

Slide 32x pixels to the right and then 32x pixels to the left.

then I want to scroll the sentence over the zoom screen so that it disappears.

I can only 8x pixel hscrol.

gr. 17 no print !!!

text just poke

Thank you.

greeting

 

[code]



dlist =560

savmsc=$58

vscrol=$d405

hscrol=$d404

 

gr. 17

 

ramadr=dpeek(savmsc)

 

dl=dpeek(dlist)

poke dl+3,$56

 

for z=0 to 4

poke ramadr+z,0

next z

for z = 5 to 15

    Poke ramadr+z,33

next z

 

for z=0 to 5

for a=0 to 8

pause 5

pause 0

poke hscrol,a

next a 

 

for a=0 to 8

pause 5

pause 0

poke hscrol,8-a

next a 

next z

 

repeat

until key()

 

end

Edited October 19, 2018 by funkheld

[sanny]

> I can only 8x pixel hscrol.

 

To scroll more that eight pixels you have to modify the screen memory start address of the line to scroll in your display list.

 

Like I said before: Please read the documentation.

You said before that you are retired and have much time to ask questions. How about using your time to learn about the system?

Asking questions for every simple thing wastes the time of everyone, and they (me at least) don't have that much time...

 

regards,

chris

[funkheld]

thanks greeting.