Subj : A happy day
To   : AKAcastor
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sun Jun 02 2024 07:15:15

  Re: A happy day
  By: AKAcastor to Bob Worm on Sat Jun 01 2024 14:56:08

Hi, Chris.

 > Oh wow, IT LIVES!!!  Great work, Bob!  Running at 9600 bps?

Full 9600, baby! Hold onto your hat!

Actually the fully assembler-ified code ends up waiting for the bytes to come in :) :) :)

 > That's awesome, sounds like a great terminal emulator.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves - it might get there one day.

 > The quotes around "correct" colours makes me hope you're not colour
 > blind.  ;)

Thankfully colour recognition is one part of me that still works. I say "correct" because a) the terminal emulator I have until now been using on the Arc uses different colours, and particularly can't do intensity so Bubble Boggle is unplayable, b) the determination that IBM VGA colours are the right choice is a little arbitrary, and c) The palette on the A3020 is only granular to (I think) 4 bits per colour so the colours are very close to the VGA spec but not necessarily perfect in places.

 > ... what about Zmodem?  :)

Roadmap :)

Features in front of Zmodem in the queue include arrow keys, the ability to exit and a flashing cursor...

BobW
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