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- From: aeg03@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Jan T. Kim)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech,alt.lang.basic
- Subject: Re: GFA Basic graphics routines
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 02:52:53 +0100
- Organization: Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne
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- Keywords: atari,gfa,graphics
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- In <dud.722247592@milton> dud@milton.u.washington.edu (Dan) writes:
-
- [...]
-
- >PLEASE TELL ME THIS: Is there a compiler for GFA 3.0 ???
-
- Yes.
-
- >If so where do I get it? And, where could I find a manual for just the compiler
- >on earlier versions. I bought a bunch of software from a guy, I got 3.0 in the
- >box with manual. And an earlier version, but no manual. I am writting a cool
- >game program, and everything was going fine, then all of a sudden I was unable
- >to compile it. My work has screeched to a stop because of this!!
-
- Regarding getting a working version of the compiler, the
- situation seems to be kinda unclear these days, as Richter is
- continuing the ST version of GFA basic, but GFA themselves maybe
- too... at any rate, the best advice I can think of is contact
- either Richter or GFA. One of them should be able to inform you
- about the compiler.
- Another possibility may be, try to update to GFA basic 3.5. The
- update price should be moderate, and it's worth it anyway.
- Sorry, I don't have any addresses handy right now, but both the
- GFA address and Richter's address used to be around in other
- postings these days...
-
- >I want to finish this program, I already have 100 hours into it, several sound
- >samples, and lots of work with Degas.
-
- Wish you good luck and lots of fun!
-
- >Also, another question while we are on the subject:
-
- >Is there any source code out there (GFA) that will play digitized samples and
- >leave the os free to do other things while these samples play?
-
- I never did anything like that myself, but I'm sure you
- absolutely can't do a background sample player in GFA for the
- plain old ST. Getting arbitrary samples out of the PSG requires
- exceedingly fast and well-timed loops and can therefore only be
- done in assembly language. The newer Ataris (STe and TT) that
- have DMA sound are another matter, but still, if you want to have
- CPU time for other purposes, assembly language is the way to go.
-
- Greetinx, Jan
-
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