Agemixer (01:40:26)
now how would the CPU act if all the timing of buses is just for graphics chip?

mirrorbird (01:40:02)
i saw that kind of trick used to produce a full-screen smooth water wave on c64, actually, did you see that one? people were asking "how was it done?" but it was character-based all the time. character BASED.

Agemixer (01:39:53)
The VIC accesses the RAM all the time.

Agemixer (01:39:31)
i reveal:

mirrorbird (01:39:30)
also, on "character-based" systems (like UDGs) it's maybe possible to redefine the UDG during drawing, although that's horrific

Agemixer (01:39:10)
that's the cleverness of that VIC chip actually

mirrorbird (01:39:01)
Age: i don't know, my first guess would be messing with timing, so that the renderer is taking from different sources (well, same old trick as raster chasing) -- but probably not what you mean -- i don't know enough about the system

Agemixer (01:37:58)
mirrorbird: Any idea howvthevgraphics of 1000 characters and then sprites over that could bevproduced?

mirrorbird (01:37:53)
only 768 bytes is colours

mirrorbird (01:37:33)
do you know the size of a speccy screen? it is 6912 bytes. sad innit.

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