Morning, all. I was wondering if anyone could shed a little light into how the Inty handles the 8 bit value returned from the hand controller. I understand...
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Kyle Davis
kyledavis25
Apr 1, 2002 4:09 pm
I don't know if this will help, but here's some source code from Bliss where I'm declaring all of the values for each button press and disc direction. The Exec...
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Kyle Davis
kyledavis25
Apr 1, 2002 4:13 pm
More info on this. The controller is laid out such that you can either use the disc and action buttons OR the keypad. If you use both at once, the Exec will...
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oblachubs
Apr 1, 2002 4:13 pm
I didn't realize the Intellivision Roms were not freeware. I figured they were like the atari ones are. Since all I got was bashed in response I'm sorry I...
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oblachubs
Apr 1, 2002 4:13 pm
... is ... legal ... game). ... ask ... own....
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Fisher, Joseph
joseph.fisher@...
Apr 1, 2002 4:24 pm
This part I understand. The thing is, my joystick driver is doing the work of the exec...ie, translating these values into joystick inputs so the Inty hand...
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Kyle Davis
kyledavis25
Apr 1, 2002 4:29 pm
Oh, I see what you're asking. Just bitwise OR the values together. Certain combinations of input will indeed confuse the Exec, but that's the Exec's problem....
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 1, 2002 8:33 pm
... Actually, the Atari ones are not either. Both will be covered by copyright and subject to civil liability for illegal copying (and maybe, with the DMCA,...
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 1, 2002 8:37 pm
... Kyle, you have it backwards. He's writing a driver for the PC's OS, and needs to do the same work the EXEC is doing. Joe, Take a look at my Linux kernel...
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 2, 2002 3:49 am
All, As I've mentioned many times in the past, I've been working on a new game for the Intellivision. Well, I finally have something worth posting, so I...
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 2, 2002 10:26 am
All, I just found a new site w/ CP1600 data. Not a whole lot of new information, but still an interesting link to add to the collection of Intellivision- ...
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Evil
evil_3vi1
Apr 2, 2002 1:36 pm
Wait, I take it back. Obviously this guy knew that we - Intellivision programmers - are in dire need of credit. This is most certainly a case of "targetted"...
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euphoric_cat
Apr 2, 2002 2:10 pm
Hi there, I have recently received my Intellicart. First, let me give my compliments to those of you who developed this goody. It sure beats juggling around...
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gary712
Apr 2, 2002 4:50 pm
I downloaded a emulator "BlissJX" and it says I need to files to make it work, an EXEC and GROM file. Does anyone know how I can get these? Or can some kind...
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Fisher, Joseph
joseph.fisher@...
Apr 2, 2002 7:10 pm
Joe Z, you are an evil, evil man. I love it ;) hahahahahaha I had a bunch of the guys clustered around my office computer to see this new Inty port run on...
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 2, 2002 7:39 pm
... Welcome to the programming club! [...] ... These were my earliest demos, and while they work in the Inty emulators, the do NOT work on the real hardware....
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 2, 2002 7:41 pm
... Tee hee. Did you see the "movie" I eventually posted on the site? ... Isn't it more like: "Left more" *zzt* *boink* "Left more" *zzt* *boink* "Right more"...
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Fisher, Joseph
joseph.fisher@...
Apr 2, 2002 8:49 pm
Yea the sfx are crazy! They make you feel panicked ;) I guess that was the idea! -Joe ... From: Joseph Zbiciak [mailto:im14u2c@...] Sent: Tuesday,...
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nick55569
Apr 3, 2002 6:44 pm
Hello, Downloaded the BlissJX161 emulator for windows but doesn't work. Got the exec.bin and grom.bin files. What else is needed? Or if someone knows of...
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Fisher, Joseph
joseph.fisher@...
Apr 3, 2002 7:47 pm
I'm looking into exactly that now. Just today I got an Inty controller working through my serial port, so the leap to USB shouldn't be that great. I've just...
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 3, 2002 7:54 pm
... Incidentally, if you hurry, you might be able to get some good controllers (and a small warehouse worth of other stuff) in this auction, if you have over...
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jpkurki
Apr 3, 2002 9:35 pm
... controllers ... *WHOA* .. I think my Visa card needs a *LOT* bigger limit .. :) OTOH: I allready have quite many 8bit computers and not space to keep them...
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Fisher, Joseph
joseph.fisher@...
Apr 3, 2002 10:33 pm
It doesn't do anything useful yet ;) I'm trying (without much success, I might add) to figure out how to write a driver so it can be installed as a normal...
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euphoric_cat
Apr 4, 2002 2:17 pm
Thank you Joe for the quick help regarding my problem with creating .bin's that were working in the emulator, but not on the Intellicart. You're information...
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euphoric_cat
Apr 4, 2002 8:14 pm
Hi all, So I have been tinkering with Intellivision programming, and thanks to all of the great documentation that is available I'm starting to get a...
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 4, 2002 8:55 pm
... Actually, these are very good questions. Allow me to dive right in. :-) ... It's an interesting document, but more for historical reasons. Its contents...
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 4, 2002 8:59 pm
... You're probably best off just punching $0020 as one of the first instructions in your ISR. I discovered that STIC registers are only accessible for about...
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 4, 2002 9:10 pm
... It occurs to me that I didn't explain why that NOP needed to be there. It has to do with how the STIC reads BACKTAB. 13 to 14 times a frame, the STIC asks...
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euphoric_cat
Apr 5, 2002 4:12 pm
Wow Joe! Thank you for the very detailed responses to my questions. You've just solved what were a lot of mysteries to me about how the Intellivision works....
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Joseph Zbiciak
intvnut
Apr 5, 2002 7:05 pm
... It's actually a table of "process" addresses and periods. During the game, "processes" are called after their number of ticks expires. These "processes"...
