What about ZACK?

Misel982001 · 19:51, 24 February 14

Dear All
Does anyone know about ZACK?
Is it ready? Does it work? what can someone do with it?

sigh · 20:03, 24 February 14

Link?

Never heard of this.

Misel982001 · 20:39, 24 February 14

ZACK - CPCWiki

Gryzor · 18:12, 25 February 14

Mate, please don't type all your thread titles in all capitals...

sigh · 01:04, 26 February 14

Quote from: Misel982001 on 20:39, 24 February 14
ZACK - CPCWiki

Executioner is on this forum. You should send a PM.

mr_lou · 07:14, 26 February 14

Executioner is too busy.
I'm still waiting for my MODE 2 video recording option in WinAPE.... since years ago.

AMSDOS · 08:19, 26 February 14

I've never used it, but I believe Executioner isn't going to finish it if that's what you're wondering. Though that may not necessarily be a bad thing because I think it's only lacking some SoundFX and some Loaders.

I guess if Richard is reading (or anyone who knows ZACK better than I), can someone easily incorporate M/C Routine into ZACK code?

Misel982001 · 20:06, 26 February 14

Is there a chance anyone finishes this piece of art? What about Mr Tucker himself?

Ps: Ok Gryzor.

TFM · 21:18, 26 February 14

Quote from: mr_lou on 07:14, 26 February 14
Executioner is too busy.
I'm still waiting for my MODE 2 video recording option in WinAPE.... since years ago.

Well, I would appreciate a proper MODE 2 recording too.

Executioner · 00:01, 28 February 14

Quote from: mr_lou on 07:14, 26 February 14
Executioner is too busy.
I'm still waiting for my MODE 2 video recording option in WinAPE.... since years ago.

I'm trying to re-prioritise a bit and have time to do some CPC related stuff. I think the higher resolution video recording works in the latest pre-release along with a sound fix. Maybe I'll just release it now as 2.0A19.

AMSDOS · 07:12, 27 November 15

Quote from: TFM on 21:18, 26 February 14

Well, I would appreciate a proper MODE 2 recording too.

Rumor has it, ParaDOS was holding this up.

Executioner · 11:47, 27 November 15

Quote from: AMSDOS on 07:12, 27 November 15
Rumor has it, ParaDOS was holding this up.

When I started fixing and enhancing ParaDOS (the Plus version) it had less than 100 bytes free. I had to do lots of optimisations to fit all the new features in. At one stage I was 30 bytes over the limit with my code again when I tried to add support for Backup of MS-800 format 4 (which no-one ever uses anyway). I had about 7 bytes free and after some testing discovered a couple of bugs and I'd left out Escape key processing for part of the Copy function. Somehow I just kept finding ways to optimise a little here and there to squeeze it all in, and ended up with 2 bytes free.

||C|-|E|| · 12:16, 27 November 15

Two full bytes!!

You should try to support a few more formats with them

Executioner · 12:45, 27 November 15

Quote from: ||C|-|E|| on 12:16, 27 November 15
Two full bytes!! You should try to support a few more formats with them

I was thinking about using another 8K for that

reidrac · 12:46, 27 November 15

Quote from: ||C|-|E|| on 12:16, 27 November 15
Two full bytes!! You should try to support a few more formats with them

Putting it like that doesn't seem a lot, but 2 bytes allows for 15 16 flags

Bryce · 13:17, 27 November 15

Not 16?

But where do you put the code that uses these flags?

Bryce.

reidrac · 13:20, 27 November 15

Quote from: Bryce on 13:17, 27 November 15
Not 16?

But where do you put the code that uses these flags?

I was joking. And a typo

TFM · 19:03, 27 November 15

Quote from: reidrac on 12:46, 27 November 15
Putting it like that doesn't seem a lot, but 2 bytes allows for 15 16 flags

Well, they can be used by hand then.

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