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Nick Guru  Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 512 |
A new suggestion! (Geoff...Geoff...Why are you running out the door?) PROGRAMMABLE CHARACTER SET!! A command that lets you define the character set. Maybe something like... CHAR n1,n2,n3,n4,n5,n6,n7,n8,n9 The first n1 would be the ascii character being redefined. The next n2 to n9 are 8 x 8bit numbers that make up a pixel matrix of 8 x 8 bits. (I'm assuming the character matrix that Geoff is using is 8 pixels high, whatever). This opens the door to many new applications. You can define an IBM character set, Commodore 64 character set, scientific symbols, electronic symbols and most importantly of all.... a games character set! PCG (programmable character graphics) or Tiles as it's known on other computers. I reckon this wouldn't be too difficult to add and brings about a needed speed boost to any graphics that create something a bit more detailed than what can be contrived with the LINE and CIRCLE commands. A massive speed boost over PSET. |
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donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Nice one Nick, http://www.themaximitecomputer.com/wish-list-priority-level- poll/ Now wish 24: should be doable I would think. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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sparkey Senior Member  Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
how about a sd-card total memory used in Kb or Mb depending on what directory you r logged to/in regards .... technicians do it with least resistance |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Basically, you grab the smallest size SD card you can get your hands on. The PIC32 has 128K Ram, and this is spread across many functions including video memory, so if you use a 128Mb card, you will never fill it. They should be almost giving these away at op shops. Is there a real need for a total memory counter in an SD card if this is the case? Just my opinion. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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VK6MRG Guru Joined: 08/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 347 |
Hi Don, I just went to have a look at the poll and I only see 13 points on the wish list. Maybe something wrong as the list is up around 24 now. Its easier to ask forgiveness than to seek permission! ............VK6MRG.............VK3MGR............ |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
All there, you may have to refresh by a reload, or click on another message, or click on view results, or get a new PC 
Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Gday Fellas, I have just had a thought about the flashing of the LED on powerup... this is simple to do anyway just a 1 line prog saved as AUTORUN.BAS as follows: 10 pause 500:pin(0)=0:pause 500:pin(0)=1:pause 500:pin(0)=0:pause 500:pin(0)=1:pause 500:pin(0)=0:pause 500:pin(0)=1 will flash the led for you.. If you want to run another prog on startup just add a second line as follows: 20 RUN"HAMURABI.BAS" (if its Hamurabi you want to run) Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| VK6MRG Guru Joined: 08/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 347 |
Looks like it was the PC after all Don. The home PC has no problems. Work computer is a bit old by todays standards! 
Its easier to ask forgiveness than to seek permission! ............VK6MRG.............VK3MGR............ |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Thanks Mick, I was thinking of it more like the old "POST" (Power On Self Test) diagnostics, we wrote years ago, where you can flash the LED 3 times for all hardware OK, and flash other sequences if there are other other problems that the boot up procedure may be able to detect. Perhaps even USB comms detected, VGA detected, keyboard detected. Would be valid flash sequences. Even Morse code zero to 9 for ten power up conditions. Then we would have users learning Morse code, and looking up a condition table. Your AUTORUN.BAS is valid of course, and useful, but it doesn't do what I wanted. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Thanks Matthew, had me worried for a tick. 
Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Yes that would be nice... The MIKFLASH.BAS prog will still at least let you know that the MM is alive and functioning as a computer, the CPU works, the basic interpreter is working and the SD card is readable... and by adding the second line (20) it doesnt interfere with ay autorunning program.. But would still be nice in hardware.. The number of flashes tell its state? so could have a look up table?? maybe an overkill but if its do-able why not? mik Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
If it had a tummy ache, or a temperature, it could tell you in Morse code. Reminds me of a joke from "Edison The Man" film with Spencer T. But I won't go into that. As you know, I did a lot of diagnostics with a single LED in ye old days last century. A running program and no I/O to tell me where my program counter ended up, flash a LED x times for path a, and y for path b. Or was that path 1 and path 2? Or was 1 and 2 for times? Well it used to work for me anyway. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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stuarts Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 199 |
I'd like to see a change to the SAVE command. If you have previously saved the file, could it be changed to allow just the SAVE command and let it use the same filename as previous. If no previous save, maybe have it save as "untitled.bas" It just works as a bit of a failsafe. In summary, allow save command with no filename. Stuart Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. |
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| stuarts Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 199 |
I'd like to see the ability to insert labels into code. To be used as a destination for a goto or gosub. I have code running at the moment that is almost all gosubs and its so hard to read without a lot of comments. A goto or a gosub to a label can be self documenting. Summary, Can we have labels. Stuart Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Added to wish list Stuart. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Added to wish list Stuart. I did a copy and paste of my previous response and was accused of spamming. :-) Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
a maxi mite user manual other then what is already explained in the pdf file more advanced explaining and giving examples of how and what the functions doo i think that ..its eatly days but it would be of great advantage to us new users of basic...i was always a dos man so im slowly getting the hang of things...thankyou .... technicians do it with least resistance |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Yes Please Mr Music. Mik Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
how about a "tree" function...... technicians do it with least resistance |
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| sparkey Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
also how about when you type "list" you get the filename up top before the program technicians do it with least resistance |
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