shafferj@bknlvms.BITNET (Jim Shaffer, Jr.) (04/07/88)
Does *anyone* on this list use Advan Basic? I've never met anyone else who does, and it's pretty frustrating. It's a great product (my only major gripes are the price and the fact that it can be slower than one expects from a compiled language, but the available commands and functions are excellent). Unfortunately, Action! seems to be the language of choice. I don't know whether that's because it came out first, or if the vast majority of Atarians learned C or Pascal as their first language (although Action! is really neither), or just what the situation really is. If there are any users here, have any of you written any useful programs, functions, or subroutines that you'd like to share? Can anyone tell me if there's any Advan software on CompuServe? I haven't seen any, but it's been a while since I checked. Thanks in advance, Jim "Headroom" Shaffer, Jr. Internet: ShafferJ%Bknlvms.Bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu (and other assorted gates) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Holographic images? Well, if you put in a VBI to flip pages, and connected a pair of LCD glasses to the joystick port....." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No guys, I haven't done that. But would it be possible? (Those not familiar with the concept should see the Antic catalog, Atari ST section. The same scheme is also planned for television.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan) (04/07/88)
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >"Holographic images? Well, if you put in a VBI to flip pages, and connected > a pair of LCD glasses to the joystick port....." >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >No guys, I haven't done that. But would it be possible? >(Those not familiar with the concept should see the Antic catalog, >Atari ST section. The same scheme is also planned for television.) >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I figure that this probably could be done, but thereis one problem: speed. Before anyone freaks out on me, I know that swapping speed is no problem, but to effectively run a 3D system you have to have the computer compute a 3D image from two perspectives. It could be that the 6502 just can handle that sort of thing in a reasonable amount of time. Sure, it would be no pproblem to make a neat picture and show it in 3D, but for it to be worth the money you would have to put into it, it should be able to do more. Gary Duzan Time Lord Third Regeneration