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This information needs to be reviewed by someone who knows the ZX demo scene or has used any of these modes. I myself only have access to some image converters and emulators, and couldn't get much more information than what's here.
It would be good to sort out the proper names and machines on which they are avaliable as software or hardware supported modes.
Also, a list of graphic editors for each mode would be nice, along with some software that showcases its use. --Ricnun 15:55, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm a bit worried about Image:Parrot rgb3.gif. I think it could give someone a fit, so a slower version would be better -- maybe with a link to the existing version, together with a warning? --StuartBrady (Talk) 22:30, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
User:Pak21 removed this sentence, citing Shock Megademo as a counter-example:
Shock Megademo does not utilise 8x1 attributes. It uses 8x2 attributes on top of alternating paper and ink lines to achieve a different colour on each line; one colour per line equals two colours per 8x2 cell. Don't know if it's worth mentioning this particular example in the paragraph about 8x2... Slovakia 10:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
I kind of doubt that 8x1 mode could cover half of the screen width. For a 3.5MHz machine, one TV scanline takes 224 CPU clock periods (i.e. 64us) which is enough to change the color attributes for only 14 character blocks (112 pixels) using 14 LDI instructions (one of the quickest ways of copying blocks of memory) without adjusting the pointers back to the start of the hicolor zone (each execution of an LDI intruction takes 16 clock periods). In fact, David Webb propsed in "Advanced spectrum machine language" ([1]) a hicolour mode with a width of only 8 characters (64 pixels). I was able to extend this width to 11 or 12 character blocks (long time since then) by lengthening the code but this would be OR since I don't have anything published. However, if you'd use a single attribute byte per scanline, then yes, you could extend the hicolour zone to half of the screen width (or maybe more - again, David Webb has a full-screen horizon generator that changes the attributes for some 22 characters) but that wouldn't count anymore as 8x1 attributes.89.137.246.65 (talk) 21:48, 27 February 2011 (UTC)Apass
Hello. I am the original writer of the section Color palette in the List of palettes article, ZX Spectrum section. I saw you have copy&pasted the section literally. I think that wikipedians must not to "copy-paste" between us! One of two: or the technical details must keep in this page and the color table keep in the palettes article with a link to the yours, or you should to put a simple paragraph (with your image, it's OK) and a link to the ZX Spectrum section of the "List of palettes" article.
Also, I think that the size you have put the sample thumbnails blurs the images (at least, in my PC) and the original effect is lost. A casual reader (and even an proffesional) will not note any difference between them. I think it's better to keep them at their original 256-width size.Ricardo Cancho Niemietz 20:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
As for the image size, good point. I formated the article for good layout out of experience. If the images are larger, someone will just edit and change their size. I've see this happen and really I don't have to time do keep reverting edits :-) Let me see if I can format this with 100% images and a good layout. Thanks for your input, I'll see to it when I have time if no one else does it first. Also, congratulations for the good job on the pallettes article ;-)Ricnun 00:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I've changed the image sizes, let's hope nobody reverts them as this is pretty important. Moroz1999 (talk) 11:56, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
The exact RGB values for the palette has been taken from the topic on ZX.PK.RU forum, where they have appeared as a result of a thorough discussion, hardware test and mathematic calculations. original topic (in russian)[2]
The mostly agreed result is on the 13th page (Unreal Speccy palette format):
pulsar=00,76,CD,E9,FF,9F:FF,00,00;00,FF,00;00,00,FF
Moroz1999 (talk) 19:06, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
I am quite worried after 4throck's « PAL gamma approximation » that has set 224 as potential RGB values for the dim colors, lately.
→ MY SUMMARY:
I am not convinced at all from this undocumented and rough method, so I'd like to know more about the applied conversion, in scientific terms hopefully. From what I humbly know as a long-term pixel artist and coder, almost all the related users on the real hardwares and via emulators are pretty fine with the medium 192, even the brighter 205 at times, for at least 14 years…
→ MY QUESTIONS:
→ MY DOUBTS:
--d⠚p⠖l⠃a⠒.fr 02:09, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
"If only used to slight modify" does not make sense. I'd change it myself but I'm not completely sure it should be changed to "slightly" or if it's trying to say something else.