Spectrom

Started by iWasAdam, May 21, 2020, 11:11:38

Previous topic - Next topic

iWasAdam

Here's a little something I'm toying with:

Santiago

looks nice!, i never know a spectrom, but i have my C64c, are you working in a emulator?

remember me the animator years. in 90's

when i see that kind of graphics, i feel like i am home, like in my begininings..

iWasAdam

Quote from: Santiago on May 21, 2020, 14:26:02
looks nice!, i never know a spectrom, but i have my C64c, are you working in a emulator?

Sort of based on the Sinclair Spectrum, but with enhanced display.

It's not going to be an emulator, but a complete system.

My thought is to write a compiler that will compile into bytecode and run apps that way. The compile should be almost instant, so no waiting for compiles. That way I can have an immediate platform for pure retro games all running under a unified OS.
That way you just adjust the system sound/keyboard/joystick, etc and the games just work.

The same for the palette, you get a floating palette which can be used at any time.

I sort of thought about what 'if' and started from there.

I've just got the window system to function basically so far, so not too shabby...

Santiago

ahh, excellent !!, everything looks very neat !!

I ask you, technically speaking, if in a 3D game, you approach a computer, could the player be controlled by a computer that virtually has your spectrum program to make programs?

I always dreamed of the idea, that with virtual reality, I can program from virtual reality more of my virtual reality.

this is more a conceptual question.


iWasAdam

Quoteif in a 3D game, you approach a computer, could the player be controlled by a computer that virtually has your spectrum program to make programs?

That's a very interesting concept. An addition to that would be a game, that you dropped back into the system for you to complete a computer related task, or one that could potentially rewrite the source.

Very interesting...  :o

chalky

Ok - I give up - when the heck DO you sleep?! :o

Xerra

Quote from: chalky on May 21, 2020, 16:44:18
Ok - I give up - when the heck DO you sleep?! :o

He doesn't. Adam is a bot created by the forum software to keep us all on our toes. He creates lots of projects so we feel obliged to get motivated and do stuff too.
M2 Pro Mac mini - 16GB 512 SSD
ACER Nitro 5 15.6" Gaming Laptop - Intel® Core™ i7, RTX 3050, 1 TB SSD
Vic 20 - 3.5k 1mhz 6502

Latest game - https://xerra.itch.io/Gridrunner
Blog: http://xerra.co.uk
Itch.IO: https://xerra.itch.io/

Steve Elliott

#7
Haha yes, I think Xerra might be right.  Neat project.
Win11 64Gb 12th Gen Intel i9 12900K 3.2Ghz Nvidia RTX 3070Ti 8Gb
Win11 16Gb 12th Gen Intel i5 12450H 2Ghz Nvidia RTX 2050 8Gb
Win11  Pro 8Gb Celeron Intel UHD Graphics 600
Win10/Linux Mint 16Gb 4th Gen Intel i5 4570 3.2GHz, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 2Gb
macOS 32Gb Apple M2Max
pi5 8Gb
Spectrum Next 2Mb

iWasAdam

Bleep Bleep. Give me yourz data...  8)
Sorta got all the basics operational now, fullscreen, task manger etc, basic windows stuff. I'm letter the concept of how the 'apps' will operate settle into my thoughts, but I've got a solid concept to work from.

Next up will be window resizing and minimizing to finish things, then onto compilers...

iWasAdam

A very nice little thought just occurred to me...
Spectrom should run very well on a Pi  8)

iWasAdam

One thing i've found while just getting the window system to operate is the speed - It's a demon...

Xerra

Never mind the klinklair klectrum. How about doing the mighty C64? Or the Vic 20. You know - real computers :)
M2 Pro Mac mini - 16GB 512 SSD
ACER Nitro 5 15.6" Gaming Laptop - Intel® Core™ i7, RTX 3050, 1 TB SSD
Vic 20 - 3.5k 1mhz 6502

Latest game - https://xerra.itch.io/Gridrunner
Blog: http://xerra.co.uk
Itch.IO: https://xerra.itch.io/

JaviCervera

Looking awesome!

3DzForMe

If you opt for the c64, can u make the tapes load a bit faster......? My mates took forever to load, we could get a gam of risk in while the c64 loaded!
BLitz3D, IDEal, AGK Studio, BMax, Java Code, Cerberus
Recent Hardware: Dell Laptop
Oldest Hardware: Commodore Amiga 1200 with 1084S Monitor & Blitz Basic 2.1

Steve Elliott

You might want to rename it to prevent alienating some people lol.   :))

Something like Go 8-Bit...there again I think that was a TV Show.
Win11 64Gb 12th Gen Intel i9 12900K 3.2Ghz Nvidia RTX 3070Ti 8Gb
Win11 16Gb 12th Gen Intel i5 12450H 2Ghz Nvidia RTX 2050 8Gb
Win11  Pro 8Gb Celeron Intel UHD Graphics 600
Win10/Linux Mint 16Gb 4th Gen Intel i5 4570 3.2GHz, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 2Gb
macOS 32Gb Apple M2Max
pi5 8Gb
Spectrum Next 2Mb