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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 19 April 2024, 18:39
Replies: 5
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Posted By Photon
Well, the code already spends a bsr per read...

Well, the code already spends a bsr per read word, which should be costly. The second one is slightly faster.

Minimal change to solve the 0 length issue JOTD points out would be

.pokecode2:...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 19 April 2024, 18:31
Replies: 15
Views: 436
Posted By Photon
List of pros and cons: A generic PokePtrs...

List of pros and cons:
A generic PokePtrs routines is easy to write and can be used for sprite, audio, etc pointers as well. That is, if you set them with the Copper. If you set your pointers in...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 12 April 2024, 00:11
Replies: 75
Views: 3,284
Posted By Photon
There were also these....

There were also these. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu3UxtDRrpA

Not posted by me as claim because "OK SM64 guy did the voice for that too, but Nintendo didn't find them to sue them like they...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 11 April 2024, 19:08
Replies: 75
Views: 3,284
Posted By Photon
I endeavor to always say true things. Here...

I endeavor to always say true things.

Here is the PC Mario game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Is_Missing!), also released for NES and SNES. A writer for a games magazine witnessed it...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 10 April 2024, 22:29
Replies: 75
Views: 3,284
Posted By Photon
Again, I don't see why iconic characters have to...

Again, I don't see why iconic characters have to be platform exclusive.

Mario was first on arcade, there's a PC game, and Super Mario Wonders is on PS5.
Conclusion: iconic but not from the NES...
Forum: Coders. Tutorials 10 April 2024, 01:23
Replies: 64
Sticky: ASM: Resources
Views: 134,333
Posted By Photon
I have added a zip with what seems English...

I have added a zip with what seems English translations of Randy's tutorials (http://corsodiassembler.ramjam.it/index_en.htm) to the Zone.

Provided by Amiga Code (FB group) user Muzaffer...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 06 April 2024, 15:13
Replies: 4
Views: 868
Posted By Photon
Beam-racing is the old way and Amiga showed the...

Beam-racing is the old way and Amiga showed the new way (bit inspired by Atari 8-bit). It was necessary on the C64 etc in order to do splits, but splits are not a problem with the Copper. :great
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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 06 April 2024, 14:46
Replies: 19
Views: 1,117
Posted By Photon
I created the different sub-forums from a poll a...

I created the different sub-forums from a poll a long while back to allow experts to subscribe to the forums matching their interest and area of expertise, help make threads more on-topic, and to...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 06 April 2024, 13:48
Replies: 75
Views: 3,284
Posted By Photon
Fuzzy question. For personality you're looking at...

Fuzzy question. For personality you're looking at lots of dialog, and/or lots of expressiveness sharing that. For there to be enough of it to *really* say you've captured a lot of a personality...
Forum: support.Amiga Forever 04 April 2024, 23:44
Replies: 50
Views: 3,009
Posted By Photon
I'm for a free and libre release of the rights to...

I'm for a free and libre release of the rights to AmigaOS and developer documentation to its community.

I'm against encrypted or inexact Kickstart images, because there will be no way to make part...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 26 March 2024, 19:21
Replies: 33
Views: 1,475
Posted By Photon
Sounds fun, don't forget to also have some free...

Sounds fun, don't forget to also have some free time in your free time :)
Forum: Hardware mods 23 March 2024, 21:00
Replies: 57
Views: 4,308
Posted By Photon
Nobody can explain it until you share the sources...

Nobody can explain it until you share the sources with context for the figures. E.g. on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68060) there are no figures for higher than 75 MHz.

MIPS...
Forum: Hardware mods 23 March 2024, 12:46
Replies: 57
Views: 4,308
Posted By Photon
Latest mask full CPUs get less warm and if you're...

Latest mask full CPUs get less warm and if you're lucky, you can find uncommon individual CPUs that can boot in 100MHz with air cooling, the rest will have a top speed of between 80 and 100, say...
Forum: project.EAB 19 March 2024, 01:15
Replies: 47
Views: 2,854
Posted By Photon
I mean that some so-called (but commercial)...

I mean that some so-called (but commercial) search engines such as those from Microsoft, Google, and Apple can at any time change the priority of results from "articles online containing what I...
Forum: project.EAB 18 March 2024, 19:12
Replies: 47
Views: 2,854
Posted By Photon
If there's an indexing issue, you should see it...

If there's an indexing issue, you should see it in your Google control panel. Possibly you could try a recrawl (https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/ask-google-to-recrawl).
...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 16 March 2024, 12:18
Replies: 5
Views: 342
Posted By Photon
It's in the P6112.lha...

It's in the P6112.lha (http://aminet.net/package/mus/misc/P6112) archive and is called P6112-Example.S. :great
Forum: support.Apps 16 March 2024, 12:15
Replies: 20
Views: 4,774
Posted By Photon
My A500-ACA500Plus is faster than an A1200, but a...

My A500-ACA500Plus is faster than an A1200, but a compiler setting make the binaries unusable.

I wonder where this 68020 minimum comes from. If it's a compiler setting, please consider making a...
Forum: Coders. General 16 March 2024, 12:09
Replies: 3
Views: 1,217
Posted By Photon
A discussion of AI inevitably turns into one...

A discussion of AI inevitably turns into one about stealing. Most Amiga programming books are out of print but available online, and you can download searchable PDFs. If you need access from...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 15 March 2024, 19:27
Replies: 2
Views: 378
Posted By Photon
In AsmOne/Two/Pro, lines longer than 80...

In AsmOne/Two/Pro, lines longer than 80 characters are supported. So even if the whole line doesn't fit on the screen, it should still assemble correctly. You can temporarily write the statement as...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 15 March 2024, 19:00
Replies: 5
Views: 342
Posted By Photon
Yes, the example does exactly what you want - in...

Yes, the example does exactly what you want - in the form of the intensity of color of a scanline per channel.

I don't remember exactly, but I think you can also read the instrument number when a...
Forum: project.aGTW 14 March 2024, 20:23
Replies: 0
Views: 148
Posted By Photon
Echelon by Access Software Inc., U.S. Gold

Is MIA on HOL. Advertised for Amiga in C+VG Nov 88 p. "99".
Forum: project.aGTW 14 March 2024, 20:16
Replies: 0
Views: 159
Posted By Photon
Giana Sisters in the Future World

Third sequel apparently canned from a Nintendo lawsuit. C+VG Nov 88, p.8.

Someone called Carsen (Carsten?) Borgmeir was mentioned as the tipper offer.
Forum: project.aGTW 14 March 2024, 20:01
Replies: 16
Views: 10,715
Posted By Photon
Posting in this forum, because I have a general...

Posting in this forum, because I have a general question: Is it normal for Amiga Games That Weren't to be mentioned on HOL? I'm thinking it's not MIA if there's no written reference mentioning that...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 13 March 2024, 22:51
Replies: 125
Views: 8,640
Posted By Photon
Agree with SotB [series?] and RD series. I think...

Agree with SotB [series?] and RD series. I think also Nebulus series has that problem of memorization and frustration.

Agree with Dragons Lair and similar - and this also points a little bit to...
Forum: News 13 March 2024, 21:41
Replies: 18
Views: 1,704
Posted By Photon
I use a small mixer (Xenyx 502 not USB) for...

I use a small mixer (Xenyx 502 not USB) for headphone work, and speakers that are quite naturally "40% separated" for everything else. I don't like mono because I still want to hear what I'm doing.
...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 12 March 2024, 22:35
Replies: 17
Views: 2,420
Posted By Photon
Cheers, I looked at these specific lines, but I...

Cheers, I looked at these specific lines, but I also noticed that the REPT_STACK had increased to 14 per stack item instead of 12, and there was another offset reference into it that had also...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 12 March 2024, 19:39
Replies: 17
Views: 2,420
Posted By Photon
It was fixed somewhere in between Asm-One 1.20...

It was fixed somewhere in between Asm-One 1.20 and 1.49RC2. Had a look, but nothing had changed in AsmPro 1.17 in any relevant code portion.

A clue is that if you type as many ENDR as the REPT...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 11 March 2024, 20:49
Replies: 67
Views: 7,572
Posted By Photon
This is why I brought up CloanTo's installation...

This is why I brought up CloanTo's installation disks. ;) 3.1.4 seems modern?


Modern interfaces come with floppies (storage, network, mouse etc.) If other new peripherals or graphics cards are...
Forum: support.WinUAE 11 March 2024, 19:38
Replies: 29
Views: 2,714
Posted By Photon
Great thread Michael! And some other good input...

Great thread Michael! And some other good input too. :) Emu licensing 'pay us, then add your own warez' is a very weird proposition.

I would add that being indie and accepting only voluntary...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 11 March 2024, 18:28
Replies: 2
Views: 444
Posted By Photon
It was demonstrated in the PT-01 demo...

It was demonstrated in the PT-01 demo (https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=64464). Like the documentation says in the source code, use noshorts=1, call it with those parameters, and you get a sample...
Forum: Amiga scene 10 March 2024, 16:11
Replies: 8
Views: 697
Posted By Photon
NP. Yeah that could go in the same forum too, for...

NP. Yeah that could go in the same forum too, for better answers.
Forum: Amiga scene 10 March 2024, 16:02
Replies: 81
Views: 6,434
Posted By Photon
IDK either. There was a chance for games with...

IDK either. There was a chance for games with actual ideas and gameplay for a while, then it all turned into fighters, racers, and shooters.

It's a dull cardboard 2.5D shooter where you can't even...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 10 March 2024, 15:42
Replies: 67
Views: 7,572
Posted By Photon
You don't have to perpetuate the use of floppy...

You don't have to perpetuate the use of floppy disks for software distribution for 3.1.4. The entire Amiga can be emulated, leaving the physical computer an unused adornment. If you must use disk...
Forum: Amiga scene 10 March 2024, 02:27
Replies: 81
Views: 6,434
Posted By Photon
As a rough baseline, a 320x200x8bpp ready buffer...

As a rough baseline, a 320x200x8bpp ready buffer takes roughly 1 frame with the CPU, or maybe a bit less on a fast 060. This means that there's little or no time left to render something interesting...
Forum: Amiga scene 10 March 2024, 01:58
Replies: 20
Views: 1,596
Posted By Photon
I think it will be difficult for this...

I think it will be difficult for this Kickstarter, as there are now conversion solutions for HDMI and cheap (https://www.dell.com/sv-se/search/bildskärm%20se2422h), new 15kHz@50Hz compatible flat...
Forum: Amiga scene 10 March 2024, 01:39
Replies: 8
Views: 697
Posted By Photon
Hey CCCP_Alert! This belongs in the Asm/Hardware...

Hey CCCP_Alert! This belongs in the Asm/Hardware forum as this is the perfect forum for a question like this one.

Humm. DMA is instead of interrupts, so there's no such thing as a DMA interrupt....
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 10 March 2024, 01:27
Replies: 26
Views: 1,366
Posted By Photon
Some games, especially French ones, updated the...

Some games, especially French ones, updated the screen only when an animation frame changes. This usually results in a terrible experience. IDK if there was some engine that was used in many games,...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 10 March 2024, 01:16
Replies: 122
Views: 17,258
Posted By Photon
Today I fixed a nagging bug in AsmTwo that to my...

Today I fixed a nagging bug in AsmTwo that to my knowledge (and checking AsmOne 1.20 and AsmPro 1.17) is not fixed in any AsmOne/Pro version.

I'm still finding time to finish the todo-list for a...
Forum: project.aGTW 23 February 2024, 20:48
Replies: 8
Views: 3,828
Posted By Photon
The C64 version is easily found...

The C64 version is easily found (https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/solar-jetman/), and has two playthroughs on YT, but whoever edited that WP article has access to information not found by two...
Forum: project.EAB 22 February 2024, 00:39
Replies: 47
Views: 2,854
Posted By Photon
Search engines are overrated. Use a search box...

Search engines are overrated. Use a search box (that isn't itself a search engine). Too many vested interests, as opposed to "search the database for these terms".

"Search" engines don't want you...
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