Re: [M100] Using an 80's micro as a means to distribute magazines on cassette? (Stephen)

2023-08-11 Thread Russell Flowers
That's very interesting!

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 1:35 AM Peter Noeth  wrote:

> Anything is possible, but few things are probable.
>
> The major problem is the M100's LCD display does not do "grey scale"' like
> the C64. A pixel is either ON or OFF, no dithering. So images would look
> like a Xerox copy of a photo when set for "text" and not "photo" mode. It
> would lose all detail.
>
> Regards,
> PeterN
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 1:10 PM  wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 21:34:00 + (UTC)
>> From: Stephen 
>> To: "m100@lists.bitchin100.com" 
>> Subject: [M100] Using an 80's micro as a means to distribute magazines
>> on cassette?
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>> I don't know how many people still use compact cassettes to store
>> programs and data, but I saw this clever video to do this on the Commodore
>> C64 and wondered if something similar could be done for model 100's and
>> compatible machines.
>> https://janderogee.com/projects/StripStream/stripstream.htm
>>
>> Stephen WaltersProfessional Celebrity Photographer /
>> G7VFYwww.facebook.com/mister35mm
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Re: [M100] Using an 80's micro as a means to distribute magazines on cassette? (Stephen)

2023-08-11 Thread Peter Noeth
Anything is possible, but few things are probable.

The major problem is the M100's LCD display does not do "grey scale"' like
the C64. A pixel is either ON or OFF, no dithering. So images would look
like a Xerox copy of a photo when set for "text" and not "photo" mode. It
would lose all detail.

Regards,
PeterN


On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 1:10 PM  wrote:

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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 21:34:00 + (UTC)
> From: Stephen 
> To: "m100@lists.bitchin100.com" 
> Subject: [M100] Using an 80's micro as a means to distribute magazines
> on cassette?
> Message-ID: <1145237297.2703408.1691616840...@mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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> I don't know how many people still use compact cassettes to store programs
> and data, but I saw this clever video to do this on the Commodore C64 and
> wondered if something similar could be done for model 100's and compatible
> machines.
> https://janderogee.com/projects/StripStream/stripstream.htm
>
> Stephen WaltersProfessional Celebrity Photographer /
> G7VFYwww.facebook.com/mister35mm
> Tel 07956-544202
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