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- >Hope someone can help:
- >
- >1. Is there any way to load raw binary data to a screen?
- > (perhaps if I could find the start address of an open screen?)
-
- The addresses of the bitplanes are in the first six longwords at
- Screen Base.
-
- >2. Can I use an 8 point font other than the default one with normal
- > (not graphic) text operations (and other things like editing
- > zones)?
-
- You have to use the Font_Convert utility (or whatever it's called) to
- convert the desired font into the right format. I don't know whether
- it's even possible in AMOS Pro.
-
- >3. Are there any useful tips for ensuring that your program
- > runs at a similar speed on different speed Amigas, particularly
- > when you're using AMAL?
-
- Use the vertical blank interrupt. In your main program, put "Wait Vbl"
- at the end of your main loop, and use a "P" command at the end of a loop
- in AMAL.. If your loops are long, there may be a speed decrease on slow
- Amigas, but otherwise, your program will be sync'ed to the vertical
- blank, which (apart from differences between NTSC and PAL, which you can
- detect with the Ntsc function) is always the same speed.
-
- >4. And lastly, I've heard mention of a utility that came with older
- > versions of AMOS which converted Sonix music files to a form usable
- > by AMOS. Anyone know where I can get it?
-
- Nope, sorry.
-
- --Andy Church
-
-