27-06-2024, 01:04 PM
In preparation for the Canberra Vintage Computer Faire, the second of the 2 new models has been prototyped,
and will be on display on Alan (Chickenman) Laughton's table.
I've updated the demo software to show off more of the bee's display capabilities.
I've also added the scaling to the hardware cursor / sprite, which now displays in the proper ratio.
Here are some photos, set up in the front of the Microbee Technology Shop :
I ran out of time working on the demo software to allocate the right palette to each of the pictures on the windowed demo screen,
so the pictures (the Bee Logo, and pictures of the PCB, and both model shots) don't look as good as they should.
The 'Hackerman' screen however uses the correct palette.
All of the pictures are actually standard windows BMP files (at 4bits per pixel). The routine that loads them checks the size (in pixels)
of the picture, gets the palette information and loads it to 1 of the 16 available palettes, then draws up the pixel data onto the screen.
and will be on display on Alan (Chickenman) Laughton's table.
I've updated the demo software to show off more of the bee's display capabilities.
I've also added the scaling to the hardware cursor / sprite, which now displays in the proper ratio.
Here are some photos, set up in the front of the Microbee Technology Shop :
I ran out of time working on the demo software to allocate the right palette to each of the pictures on the windowed demo screen,
so the pictures (the Bee Logo, and pictures of the PCB, and both model shots) don't look as good as they should.
The 'Hackerman' screen however uses the correct palette.
All of the pictures are actually standard windows BMP files (at 4bits per pixel). The routine that loads them checks the size (in pixels)
of the picture, gets the palette information and loads it to 1 of the 16 available palettes, then draws up the pixel data onto the screen.