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« on: February 22, 2012, 07:57:55 am »
I made an attempt at this and that was the problem that I ran into. The overhead was about 20 cycle longer than the delay in 6MHz. Of course, that still made it faster than my current routine (because I didn't use the method of drawing columns first).
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« on: February 21, 2012, 08:40:41 pm »
Ah, cool  And I am glad that uses safe mode. Also, why would it take more time if it is updating a lot? I'll look at the code to figure it out...
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« on: February 21, 2012, 08:35:47 pm »
I had this idea that I plan to apply to Grammer once I totally free up saveSScreen of other uses. During the wait loops of updating the LCD, I can compare the current byte wanting to be updated with the corresponding one in saveSScreen (or some other buffer). If they are the same, don't update and go to the next byte. If they are different, copy the new byte to the saveSScreen location and update that spot on the LCD. At the worst, it will use the same amount of time to update the screen. I know this isn't the best for situations where consistent timing is important, but where you want purely speed (like 3D rendering and whatnot), this could be very useful. I figured this might save a few frames per second for folks  I'll try to write up some code when I have time .___. EDIT: Also, what are some other ways that I can use to update the LCD as fast as possible (that will work in all cases).
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« on: February 21, 2012, 08:23:28 pm »
Yeah, it is crazy If you want to apply this to a system with more colors, instead of dying, you can make it fade one more color to really give it a fire effect! I really think it would be cool to make a grayscale fire routine, but that would work much easier going from white fire to gray, to black. Also, I just realised how I can easily add in better grayscale support (such as drawing as white, black, or gray). What I would do is since you use Disp to define the current draw buffer, you could use Disp ' to define the gray buffer. Also, I might experiment with some behind the scenes stuff to make updating the screen even faster.
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« on: February 20, 2012, 09:10:48 pm »
@Quigibo: Wow, that is nice
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« on: February 20, 2012, 09:01:08 pm »
Pretty much, the pixel is shifted up one and it has a 1/x chance of dying. In Grammer, for now, that chance is about 1/8 (I might add options for 1/4 for smaller flames and 1/16 for larger flames).
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« on: February 20, 2012, 06:53:38 pm »
It should work with all Asm programs (but you might need to wait for confirmation)
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« on: February 19, 2012, 12:53:16 pm »
It will be cool to see what you can do with this I was trying to see if I could make a burning sprite, but I've had no luck 
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« on: February 19, 2012, 10:09:59 am »
Okay, here is that other Fire command. This is Fill(23 and it has this syntax: Fill(23,Type,Y,X,Width,HeightAfter the 23, the arguments are like Pt-On(, except Type comes in two kinds, black fire or white fire. 0 is white, 1 is black
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« on: February 18, 2012, 09:28:29 pm »
If I could use ebay I would definitely take that I might see if I can set up an ebay thing to get that, thanks!
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« on: February 18, 2012, 06:23:31 pm »
@nxtboyIII: That seems like a bit much for what I need (and I would still prefer a laptop) @Thydowulays: That is what I have right now, but I bought it for 40 dollars less 2 and a half years ago I would like to stay on the lower end of the price spectrum, if possible
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« on: February 18, 2012, 06:13:42 pm »
I plan to do my regular programming (so I will have WabbitEmu and Brass) and I need to be able to use LaTeX and TeXMaker for writing math papers and I use Open Office and Notepad for editing documents. I would prefer a laptop since I will be able to use that if the power goes out and I can transport it easily. As for the money, I have a few thousand dollars saved up, but most of that is going to be used for bills, tuition, and books for next semester and as well car insurance if I finally get around to getting my license. I would prefer to spend less than $400 if possible on this computer.
Literally, all I have used in the past year is :
Paint
Windows Media Player
WabbitEmu
Brass
TeXMaker
NotePad
CMD.exe
Chrome
Open Office (the spreadsheet tool and word processor)
a few other miscellaneous tools
So I really use it for business purposes.
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« on: February 18, 2012, 06:00:14 pm »
Okay folks, my trusty laptop of about two to three years has finally started to give out on me. I bought it new with a 1.6GHz processor, 3GB DDR2 RAM and 160GB hard drive space. That is still about all I need, but it has had quite a few problem in its short life:
After about a month, the screen started acting up and I finally took it apart (with no prior knowledge) and I found a component was over heating very easily. I broke the screen casing when I opened it (because I felt the warm spot and opened there), but since then, the screen has not acted up and has worked fine. About 9 months ago, either our dog or my little brother tripped on the charger cord and yanked it hard enough to break it, so the charger has been patched up and still doesn't work as well as it could (we used a charger tip from a 15 year old laptop that is very slightly too small). About 3 months ago, my battery finally gave out and no longer holds a charge longer than 10 to 15 minutes. Coupled with a faulty charger, I have learned to save my progress often. About two weeks ago, I started to notice that when saving to my hard drive, I would occasionally get a message saying that I could not save there (though I still have about 49 GB left). I am suspecting that my hard drive is having issues, now.
Here is what I want to do. I do not have very much money on hand, but I feel like I will need a new laptop. I want to try to take 2GB of the RAM I have on this laptop and put it in the new computer (laptop, most likely), so I am fine with a computer that doesn't have much RAM. A 160GB hard drive is more than enough for me as I mostly use my computer for programming and development as well as math and homework. Since 1.6GHz is pretty much outdated, I suspect that 2.6GHz is going to be what I should expect. The computer can be small or clunky, it does not matter. I figure that if it is small, it will last longer on a charge. I need to be able to access the internet for school and I will need to view .doc files and PDFs. I don't use my computer for games or most of the other garbage that comes with new computers preinstalled, so I don't need a bunch of features.
Does anybody have any tips, ideas, or help? I am currently searching for a computer with the following stats:
32- or 64-bit processor
I am okay with 1.6 GHz or better
120 GB hard drive or more
1 or 2GB RAM (if I am able to take 2 or 3 from this to put it elsewhere)
I still don't know how I will copy my hard drive data or remove the RAM and install it to the new computer.
Thanks much!
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« on: February 18, 2012, 08:58:06 am »
It runs so fast because it is Grammer  But in all seriousness, Grammer is written in assembly, but it is designeed to be much faster than BASIC. @Turiqwalraus: Actually, there is an undocumented particle that does that, kind of >.> The difference is that if there is a pixel above it, it dies  I should add new particles sometime 
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