For Amstrad ... not Schneider! (Needs Amstrad branding name in startup-message)
What was your easter egg at the time ?
I laughed! :)
BTW, this is easy to hack out if you felt inclined to do so...
Flashing cursor and CAPS LOCK enabled on startup...
I mean you had an hidden machine as an easter egg, wasn't it a C64 ?
I'm sure the same effect can be done in 1KB file without changing ROM. :)
You should do these from other systems, such as BBC, Spectrum, Atari 8-bit etc.
I never seen CLI in A500 so it remind me nothing from Amiga but font.
I was hope to see upper barr with info about chip ram and frame with gadgets. ;)
10 MODE 0
20 FOR t=0 TO 15
30 IF t=1 THEN PEN 15 ELSE IF t=15 THEN PEN 1 ELSE PEN t
40 FOR k=1 TO 20:PRINT CHR$(143);:NEXT
50 NEXT
60 PEN 1
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *STANDING OVATION*
(of course the letters do not 'align' with the latin ones - for instance, δ is the equivalent of d but Ψ (psi) has nothing to do with C. Still, so cool! :D
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *STANDING OVATION*
(of course the letters do not 'align' with the latin ones - for instance, δ is the equivalent of d but Ψ (psi) has nothing to do with C. Still, so cool! :D
Can you please, please post / send a table which shows exactly which Greek letter shall be put at which latin letter?!?
I'm searching that since ages, but nobody can help. But I want to have the "Greek" option on my CPC too! :) :) :)
| A | A,α |
| B | Β,β |
| C | A |
| D | Δ,δ |
| E | Ε,ε |
| F | Φ,φ |
| G | Γ,γ |
| H | Η,η |
| I | Ι,ι |
| J | J |
| K | Κ,κ |
| L | Λ,λ |
| M | Μ,μ |
| N | Ν,ν |
| O | Ο,ο |
| P | Π,π |
| Q | Q |
| R | Ρ,ρ |
| S | Σ,σ |
| T | Τ,τ |
| U | U |
| V | V |
| W | Ω,ω |
| X | Χ,χ |
| Y | Υ,υ |
| Z | Ζ,ζ |
I'm not a fan of packing everything into ROM. Because then it can be run only run by ROM-BOX holders and not by everybody.
So, you love to have things in ROM, it's fine for me. And buying is easy no doubt. But in my opinion not everybody is a handyman to figure out how to use it.
Most people likes using simple and easy things without reading instruction, like click something by mouse. I don't think it is enough ability to set ROM-BOX.
So, you love to have things in ROM, it's fine for me. And buying is easy no doubt. But in my opinion not everybody is a handyman to figure out how to use it.
Most people likes using simple and easy things without reading instruction, like click something by mouse. I don't think it is enough ability to set ROM-BOX.
ROMs have the advatange of "always being there", ie: you can call a program up immediately without looking for / swapping disks etc. But it doesn't always make sense. Some things are better off on disk, others are better on ROM.
As far as technical knowledge is concerned, you don't need very much to use a ROM and starting a ROM program is usually easier than starting a program from disk.
Bryce.
I know what are the advantages of keeping programs in ROM.it sounds to me like you want an xmass. But, like all other mass storage options you need a ROM to use it, so I guess you need an xmem too!
I don't have ROM-BOX, but a little experimented on emulator, and I'm discouraged. And I think I have more patience to read about it and experiment than average person.
However, some ROMs must be in a particular slot to work well, sometimes in the same as another ROM that we need. Or we have to turn off some ROM to proper run another ROM even if it takes a different slot. And all this picking and searching for the right combination takes long minutes, much longer than run this from disk. Result is instead of getting a faster start takes us more time and nerves. And it happen too often in my opinion.
That's why I'm not a fan of ROM-BOX. I think ROMs Cartridge was good before hard drive become cheap. But now it would be better connect some fast mass storage (SD card) with a GUI. It gives you the same speed like ROMs and space for thousands program instead a few for similar price.
Oh did I mention? No looking for disk and no switching ROMs needed. :)
However, some ROMs must be in a particular slot to work well, sometimes in the same as another ROM that we need. Or we have to turn off some ROM to proper run another ROM even if it takes a different slot. And all this picking and searching for the right combination takes long minutes, much longer than run this from disk. Result is instead of getting a faster start takes us more time and nerves. And it happen too often in my opinion.