Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce!monu1!monu6!vac122g From: vac122g@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Daniel Bowen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: 8-bit. mode in elite. Message-ID: <1991Jan11.002342.9218@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Date: 11 Jan 91 00:23:42 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Monash University (Caulfield Campus) Melbourne, Australia Lines: 28 In article , quan@sol.surv.utas.oz (Stephen Quan) writes: > I have made mode 8 from the Advanced Users Guide, and know would like to > make a black and white mode similar to the top part of the screen in Elite. > Basically it was 32x32(?) characters, (if the black and white part were to > fill the screen). I been modifying mode 8, but still could not get anything > like it. > > Reason of use: Each line takes 256 bytes of storage, which makes it simpler > to address bytes for graphics. Try something like this: 10MODE4 20VDU23;1,32;0;0;0;0;0;: REM MAKE SCREEN 32*8 =256 BYTES WIDE 30VDU23;2,46;0;0;0;0;0;: REM CHANGE SCREEN POSITION.. LIKE A HORIZONTAL *TV The OS of course won't expect it, so any printing using OSWRCH will be out of position. The screen will still start at &5800 and go to &7FFF, but not all of it will be visible. Hope this helps. Daniel Bowen Starving but surviving beeb owner. -- Raymond Luxury-Yacht | HAPPY NEW BEER!!!!!! | I've got an IQ of 6000. a.k.a. DANIEL BOWEN |-------------------------------| Which is the same IQ MONASH UNIVERSITY, | vac122g@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au | as 6000 P.E. teachers. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |vac122g@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au | [Holly, Red Dwarf]