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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair
From: AndyC <a...@sys.uea.ac.uk>
Date: 2000/05/17
Subject: Re: RFC: ULA Replacement for ZX Spectrum SE
On Mon, 15 May 2000, Andrew Owen wrote: Good idea, presuambly PLAY's support for MIDI would still work then. > 16 channel sound - handled by a GM-MIDI card plugged into the MIDI out. > My initial proposal was for 16 colours from 4,096 using two bytes. Sounds more than enough. > Should we sacrifice FLASH to get 32 colours on screen? Hmm. There is still some software that uses it which would look a bit odd > (The more I think about it, the more I think it would be acceptable) without it. But not much, I guess. > How should the palettes be selected (OUT commands etc?) OUT commands. Preferably locked at startup and requiring a special coded sequence of OUTs to unlock the extra hardware for compatability (ala the CPC+) > How big should the palette be? And the CPC+. :-) Although, 256 would be perfectly adequate and would > I personally think 4,096 colours is plenty. > (it was enough for the Amiga and the STE) perhaps better suit an 8 bit machine. > p.s. You have until I have the ROM finished to decide. Then it gets coded Sounds good. Although it would be nice if Sonic ZX still ran on a "proper" > and, hopefully, becomes a new standard (and then Sonic ZX can take advantage > of it). speccy. AndyC You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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