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Post #Awfh5s1ZAbjMobUqfY by [email protected] |
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I'm really bummed about Dragon 32 graphics capabilities (and generally, hom… |
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Post #AwfhOvNMvttsiDmR7I by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina My Apple-branded Apple // monitor, back in the 80s, came with a… |
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Post #AwfhrAApVbHeiONeAi by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina the graphics weren't great for sure - any games work tended… |
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Post #AwfiLMIgzBsn0sSMKG by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina As a 1980s kid I can confirm that yes, the OMG COLOR of it all … |
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Post #AwfiYEIy1aGByoiqXo by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina i made a circuit to get monochrome video from the 6847 Y pin, d… |
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Post #AwfiYEQ3bDvoKo2Vay by [email protected] |
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@evv42 there's a bunch of 74xx and, in some revisions, a handful of transis… |
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Post #AwfifdoNad7J79wujQ by [email protected] |
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@mcc I suspect most people used it with a TV, and for a TV there is probably a … |
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Post #AwfinrVYYD5puT45CK by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina At least the BBC B's 2bpp modes were black, white, red, yel… |
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Post #Awfj8j3z8vuXng7KsK by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina the 6847 video generator is a bit strange in its color chicesht… |
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Post #Awfk84vgSZXbHVUQ40 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina CGA suffered pretty badly from this problem too. Its color grap… |
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Post #AwfkOvRgyPTGn6Uitk by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina And in 2bpp looks like this. (The loading screen is 4bpp) |
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Post #AwfkQapgaCrfRLVq64 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I seem to recall a YouTuber once remarking that CGA “color”… |
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Post #AwfkYz5yG6rl0R8Bfs by [email protected] |
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@pulkomandy it's actually PAL here. I should try to render the colours with… |
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Post #AwfkbrckUeqkhdpsTg by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina ... or, now I think about it, the HP150, which had black, green… |
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Post #AwfkdmfLtkdjuAy8Ya by [email protected] |
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@FromTheFourthPlanet I think it probably looks better in colour on a real CRT �… |
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Post #AwfknPTcyAzKsh4hfM by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one CGA looks absolutely stunning on a composite TV though. Like he… |
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Post #AwfltNQ7d24MC7qPFg by [email protected] |
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@FromTheFourthPlanet I really treasure my CRTs, games on them really look great. |
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Post #AwfmAdZKqFDLCYNsAK by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Yeah, artifact color breaks all the rules. https://www.youtube.… |
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Post #AwfmEOJ5Wlf91dZggq by [email protected] |
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I did the same trick with #cga and it looks pretty cool, I think. This is CGA … |
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Post #AwfmL8HRVoiNLa1H9s by [email protected] |
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@FromTheFourthPlanet I will! If you're ever in Wales, come visit :) |
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Post #AwfnNT2TP3w0GIh98a by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina This brings back memories. |
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Post #AwfnvuSrwQd1AQSsC0 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina In this era I expect you’d have to tailor the art to the capa… |
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Post #AwfodgOnb9z4HjQwe8 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina that’s a good point – I never saw my Dragon 64 in colour, … |
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@u0421793 thanks for sharing the photo! |
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Post #Awfohm3eV5zUzhUdwu by [email protected] |
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@bytex64 alas, most of the games for Dragon 32/64 look pretty bad: https://www.… |
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Post #AwfpvJU9d4kMO0uQvA by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I was surprised by how well a 3D maze game ran on it when I had… |
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@nina_kali_nina I had a Sinclair QL, whose 2bpp mode offered black, red, green,… |
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Post #Awfxkg6E0fL6yE9k4u by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina having video modes with no concept of black is a choice. |
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Post #AwgFjFRTQx87BCYxbE by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I haven’t used a Dragon32 since about 1987 (we had one at ho… |
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Post #AwgOCNHy8cv9XyW5y4 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I blame Andy Warhol. 😔 |
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Post #AwgPuOhQM3qOcLyjho by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina yes of course in the Dragon it's PAL. The 6847 is designed … |
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@nina_kali_nina on my ZX Spectrum, I desoldered the capacitor that enabled the … |
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Post #Awgb9TNwJZEQzQFw8W by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I think you are right, plus the fact that things that are now e… |
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@rotopenguin BK-0011 has RGB+black in 2bpp and I have to say it's even less… |
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@dibben there are actually 4 modes; the richest of them could display up to 8 c… |
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Post #AwgiQJe2TuhPNmlTwO by [email protected] |
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@drj I just fear that all the colours in the palette might end up having the sa… |
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Post #AwgipfJV3SKBpJFHAu by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina on the speccy it was easy "mod", just one leg of one … |
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@drj ooh! That makes sense, I am definitely going to try it! |
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@drj "oh I'm going to try it out at least with a simple BASIC program&… |
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@nina_kali_nina oh no. fingers crossed! |
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Post #AwgwXP85t16zmL64lk by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Turns out CGA stands for "Cute Girl, Anime" |
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@nina_kali_nina I always said that the Dragon 32 was a very nice computer as lo… |
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@cyningstan by the by, with saturation toned down, it can look really really ni… |
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@nina_kali_nina I've now nerd-sniped myself, what was the last game to ship… |
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@wraithcadmus I love new @cyningstan games that target PC+CGA :) |
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@wraithcadmus and if we're looking at big commercial successes: The Secret … |
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@nina_kali_nina Oooh, that's a good one. My initial thoughts were some stra… |
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@nina_kali_nina I admire the 6847 more in cut-price machines like the Vtech Las… |
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@wraithcadmus counter-intuitively, strategy games tend to have high system requ… |
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@cyningstan indeed, very cool |
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@wraithcadmus @nina_kali_nina MobyGames suggests a bunch of games from 1992. Mo… |
