I came up with the same trick many years ago, although I only implemented the 256 x 256 (two mode 8 screen) hi color display. The idea of mixing a mode 4 with a mode 8 screen did not occur to me. I produced a demo disk including about 5 colorful images. It was sometime between 1990 and the end of 1993... I showed the result at the Bedford U.S. QL show to a few people but nobody seemed to care. That put an end to my hi color research on the QL...
François > Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:13:51 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ql-Users] Hi Resolution Colour Graphics on a Standard QL? > > It is good to see that progress has continued and the sources now > released for QL - Dithvide, which allows the standard QL to display high > resolution colours - see > http://omega.webnode.com/products/sinclair-ql-dithvide-2/ > > This should be supported - wonder if anyone would be interested in > writing a game using these techniques? > > -- > Rich Mellor > RWAP Services > URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk > URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm