I found all the files: the display drivers, with source, about 9 hi colour images and even the source of the GIF decoder (but not the executable). I will PM you the files later today.
François ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:44:44 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Hi Resolution Colour Graphics on a Standard QL > > > >> From: Francois Lanciault >> >> >> I know I have the demo disk, with some images and the binary code to display >> them. ... I will email you the files when I find time to do it. > Thanks Francois for nice message with history of your driver, it reminds > me the enthusiasm I also had writing the display driver. That's hard to > describe. I am looking forward for your files. >> If I remember well my images were not as striking as yours. > We have different possibilities today. > >> To convert the image, I did it the hard way... At the time I had no other >> computer than the QL. And there was no internet, so to speak. So I got a few >> PC disk with public domain image encoded in GIF. I then wrote a complete >> from scratch GIF decoder that output to the appropriate two mode 8 screens >> format. That was my first big programming project on the QL. > That's really nice story. Your work deserves credits for pioneering of > the dithvide on QL! It's really pitty that this method was not explored > deeper in the past. During the years it could evolve who knows how. >> I have not seen this GIF decoder on my floppies since a long time. I am >> afraid it is on some 720k 5 1/4" floppy and I don't have the drive to read >> those anymore. >> > It should not be so difficult to get the drive... :-0 >> Anyway thanks for bringing back those memories. >> > You're welcomed, it was nice reading. >> From: sinclairql >> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Hi Resolution Colour Graphics on a Standard QL >> >> >>>> Another cuestion: >>>> this code will run whit a RGB TTL monitor? >>>> >>>> >>> Absolutely, as you can see it my QL is connected to Commodore 1084 >>> monitor. >>> >>> >> The 1084 or 1084S are TTL monitors? >> > 1084 is monitor with both inputs. see: > http://www.elektro-obecnice.cz/konektory/connector/av/c1084a.html > http://www.elektro-obecnice.cz/konektory/connector/av/c1084d.html > _______________________________________________ > 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
