[A83] Re: 83 help


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This may sound silly, buy Dustin, are you sure your bitmaps are 96x64? The
830 bytes sound more like another image format...

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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: D Weiss <dwedit@hotmail.com>
Aan: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Datum: donderdag 29 maart 2001 20:37
Onderwerp: [A83] Re: 83 help


>
>AVOID obj83.  Use Devpac83 instead.  And make sure TASM is outputting
binary
>files (-b).  This is what squished programs are, not HEX (double sized),
but
>binary.
>
>If you have not done so already, make it SOS or ION compatible so it can
run
>from a shell.
>
>
>>From: "Dustin Davis" <titan2782@hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
>>To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
>>Subject: [A83] Re: 83 help
>>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 02:47:58 -0800
>>
>>
>>Well, I was going to try to squash it, but i wasnt sure what squash was
>>from
>>the description it gave. Also, i tried RLE compression and it took it down
>>by only a few bytes. I am coding it in notepad, then i run tasm and then
>>obj83 to convert em into a 83p file. I make the picture in neopaint, and
>>set
>>it to 256 colors lik eit says to do for pic83, but i only use black and
>>white. I tried to convert it to a 1 bit black and white but pic83 wont
read
>>it. I did find a bmp converter than changes from 1 bit bmp's to the code
>>(alot of .db statements) I can get the image down to 830bytes but the .db
>>statements equal to about 3k for some reason. And when i run it through
>>tasm
>>and obj83. I was thinking of squish but like i said, i read the readme on
>>it
>>and i still didnt understand what it did too clearly. But the name kinda
>>gives it away :)
>>
>>Hey, dont worry i have made way dumber mistakes in my programming career.
>>You wouldnt beleive how many times my system has crashed just for a
>>mispelled command or forgetting to add a loop break...and not only that,
>>but
>>in over 7 different languages...I'd spend days on end changing, recoding
>>and
>>recompiling over and over and over and resetting my system just because i
>>commented something out and didnt realize it. As programmers, i assume you
>>know how the late night programming sessions go. Dunno bout you but i
>>always
>>get my ideas right as i am going to bed at 4am so i cant sleep till i get
>>up
>>and code a working demo...anyways, i aprriciate your help so plz keep
>>giving
>>me suggestions.
>>
>>Dustin Davis
>>Lead Software Developer
>>Vision Works Studios
>>
>>
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