Help needed from NTSC-VIC-users
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Help needed from NTSC-VIC-users
I'm working on a yet super-secret program for the NTSC VIC-20 (which I luckily got from eslapion some weeks ago, thanks!). I have the feeling my VIC is displaying the colors wrong as especially Light Orange looks nothing like it should and Light Red and Light Purple look virtually the same. Can other people using real NTSC-VICs also please post pictures of what Mike's colour-test-program produces? This will greatly help improve the quality of the final product. Thanks a lot!
See picture of my screen:
See picture of my screen:
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Like I said, (Crappy cell phone pic).
I'll try to get my 14MP camera and take another with better lighting.
I think my cell only does 4 or 5 MP.
Edit:
Here is a better pic, using a better camera.
I think the colors were washed out from the lighting in the first pic.
Hope this one helps. The type of camera you use makes all the difference!
I'll try to get my 14MP camera and take another with better lighting.
I think my cell only does 4 or 5 MP.
Edit:
Here is a better pic, using a better camera.
I think the colors were washed out from the lighting in the first pic.
Hope this one helps. The type of camera you use makes all the difference!
My uiec cable broke (I had the older model), so if I can be troubled to hold it to the VIC long enough to test this I'll do it next week.
I can say right now though that I recall similarly peculiar colors with my machines to the extent that pictures I made with MINIPAINT in an emulator look terrible on my real hardware.
I'm very interested to see others' pics as well for this reason.
I can say right now though that I recall similarly peculiar colors with my machines to the extent that pictures I made with MINIPAINT in an emulator look terrible on my real hardware.
I'm very interested to see others' pics as well for this reason.
Mayhem, a VIC-1001 would be fine since it's NTSC as well.
Thanks again, buzbard. This looks pretty similar to my picture where Light Orange, light red and light purple all look pretty close to each other. On a PAL-system those three are clearly distinctable and light orange actually looks like a light orange. If I can see just one or two more NTSC-machine pictures this would allow me to adjust the colour palette of my program and maybe this can also be incorporated into VICE itself.
Thanks again, buzbard. This looks pretty similar to my picture where Light Orange, light red and light purple all look pretty close to each other. On a PAL-system those three are clearly distinctable and light orange actually looks like a light orange. If I can see just one or two more NTSC-machine pictures this would allow me to adjust the colour palette of my program and maybe this can also be incorporated into VICE itself.
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I would really like to know what the problem is with setting up the VIC-20, running the test program, shooting a photo from the screen and uploading it to the 'net so to help tokra with his question. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes in total.
On the other hand, fellows like him spend literally dozens of hours in programming new software or designing new hardware for the VIC-20.
Looks like the principle of diluted responsibility is again at work here ...
On the other hand, fellows like him spend literally dozens of hours in programming new software or designing new hardware for the VIC-20.
Looks like the principle of diluted responsibility is again at work here ...
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I would do it, except my SD drive stopped working so I can't transfer programs to the VIC any moreMike wrote:I would really like to know what the problem is with setting up the VIC-20, running the test program, shooting a photo from the screen and uploading it to the 'net so to help tokra with his question. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes in total.
If the program is less than 50 or so lines I'm willing to type it in if you post it here.