Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-27, 12:20
MrFlibble wrote on 2023-04-26, 19:08: Looks amazing on a real CRT 100% - it was one of my motivations for doing the project..
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-15, 13:34
Maybe the QuickPak library has some optimised routines that wouldn't be so hard to drop in to your code, although I'm not sure how well the QuickBASIC linker works - hopefully it's not so dumb that it links in the entire library when you're only using part of it. Links to the library source and …
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-15, 10:20
I don't know if this solves all of the problem but I haven't seen it crash since I made the change. Nice! Can confirm, all is well on the 5160 now. I played through a few puzzles in succession, had my progress saved and everything, so I think it's safe to say that there are no other issues. What's …
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-15, 01:34
I've made a change to the way the timer works and uploaded 1.0.2 snapshot. I'll do some more experimenting later but I think this might've got it.. :-) Reading around on the issue it looks like the number was the problem - I have a DEF INT declaration at the top of the program due to some other …
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-14, 23:22
Wow those CRT images look great! I'm so pleased to see it working there. So far I've only been able to test it on my mono CGA luggable and interpreted VGA -> CGA on my XT. I had one of those style CRT's as a kid but I was lucky enough to have a EGA card which meant I could use the low-res EGA 16- …
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-14, 12:12
Well done! I would love to see photos of it running on original hardware XT/286, CGA.. I was hoping to do that, but... 20230414_125911.jpg ...I get this error (at the same address) whenever I start any puzzle. This is on a 640K IBM 5160 with CGA and XTIDE, running the full version off a 2GB CF card …
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-14, 12:09
Thanks! I was referring to the puzzle list in the collection mode. It took me a while to notice the "DONE" above the tile. I just wanted to play, not read, I guess :D CHILL-4 was not that chill, I finished it with 7 seconds to spare :D Was it meant to have a time limit? I might need to make the …
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-14, 11:16
All the download links at https://4am.org/xywords/ are broken for me, but I suppose you might be uploading a new version since one obviously worked for VileR! The xymini.zip one however is missing a colon and probably an "s" as the other ones are "https". I'm playing via archive.org and I've only …
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-14, 10:45
Well done! I would love to see photos of it running on original hardware XT/286, CGA.. I was hoping to do that, but... 20230414_125911.jpg ...I get this error (at the same address) whenever I start any puzzle. This is on a 640K IBM 5160 with CGA and XTIDE, running the full version off a 2GB CF card …
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-14, 09:03
keropi wrote on 2023-04-12, 13:45: ooh looks very nice, thanks for sharing!!! cheers 😀
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-14, 09:03
MrFlibble wrote on 2023-04-12, 13:30: Looks outright charming, congrats on the release! Thank you very much 😀
Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-14, 08:59
Nice! Is that first screenshot in the 320x200 mode with cyan, magenta and white palette? If so it looks great considering the limitations!! I suggest using a faster PC to generate the puzzles, then copy them over to your XT/286 otherwise you may be waiting a while.. Example: 4.77mhz 8088 took 6:25 …
xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA
Posted on 2023-04-12, 13:02
I've been working on a project called xyWords - a small cross-word anagrams game inspired by the mobile game "WordScapes" Puzzles are on a 19x11 tile board and you use the letters in the circle to make the words and clear the level. Puzzles can be in free-play or organised into collections. Also …
Looking for information/reference - Oriel Scripting language (v1.1) for Windows 3.0 [real mode]
Posted on 2022-09-27, 07:11
I was recently poking around looking for obscure and obsolete scripting languages for early versions of Windows. The language structure looks like an ancestoral VBScript.. I found a few references to Oriel and managed to find a download on some random page. The download is of a demo version and it …
Re: 12" Mono CRT - Just picked this up from eBay *advice needed*
Posted on 2022-05-11, 07:11
SSTV2 wrote on 2022-05-10, 12:36: Google "capacitor reforming" to learn more about this topic and how to prevent catastrophic shorts. Thanks! This is the type of thing I was thinking about 😀
12" Mono CRT - Just picked this up from eBay *advice needed*
Posted on 2022-05-10, 05:36
Hi all, Not too sure what this is - but it was cheap and I was hoping to get it working with one of my many Mono, MDA, Herc cards. Google-ing the model number makes me think it is a generic mono green phosphur. I've never heard of "Sandy" tubes before either.. It has a non-AU 3 pin power plug which …
Re: ESS Solo 1 different versions
Posted on 2022-05-02, 02:01
Here's 2 for the collection. The ES1938MI is currently being used in an EPIA-ITX based project
help with a Turbo LCD display
Posted on 2022-04-01, 09:11
Recently got a 286 fliptop desktop and am trying to get the LCD to light up The original mainboard only has a turbo LED out and plugging this in to various pins does not result in any display. Its possible it wasn't connected in the configuration I recieved.. I figure it might need to be connected …
Re: *The big list of 8086 real-mode Windows 3.0 compatible software - please contribute*
Posted on 2021-09-16, 05:41
This is what mine looks like: Nice looking rig :-) I am very envious of that screen - I had clone one as a junior and still kick myself for getting rid of it While I tested most of the real mode list on 86box my target XT's are a Sharp PC-7100 portable which has a screen that melts your eyes and a …
Re: *The big list of 8086 real-mode Windows 3.0 compatible software - please contribute*
Posted on 2021-09-16, 05:07
This is what mine looks like: Nice looking rig :-) I am very envious of that screen - I had clone one as a junior and still kick myself for getting rid of it While I tested most of the real mode list on 86box my target XT's are a Sharp PC-7100 portable which has a screen that melts your eyes and a …
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