A bit of borderline creativity :)

[azesmbog]

Drawing on a curb is something like writing with a pitchfork on the water

Another "masterpiece" based on Escher.
But I like it Draw frames and patterns, or sometimes test programs.
Moreover, the creation of a border sometimes takes many times longer than the main picture.
There are three options in the archive - for the Pentagon, and for 48 \ 128.
There is a very big difference in the code between them due to contended memory and differences in the construction of the border

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iynTXv ... sp=sharing

[uglifruit]

Beautiful and impressive.

[azesmbog]

Well, then let there be the first part, drawn 7 years ago for the Pentagon.
Modified for 48 \ 128, of course not quite as for the Pentagon, but as much as possible, similar to the original.
Both parts are in the new archive.
By the way, on the new clones of the Harlequin there will be a difference in the picture compared to the classic models
But it is unlikely that anyone will run it on real hardware., And in emulators it should be "equally equivalent"


B&WLM.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19wPBFQ ... sp=sharing

[R-Tape]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iynTXv ... sp=sharing

Very cool.

I can't get the first download to work, and in the second one, only the pentagon version has the right timings (in SPIN0.666). Can you make the 'archive ready files' available please

[4thRock]

Love it!

[azesmbog]

I can't get the first download to work, and in the second one

The second link in the archive contains everything that was in the first link.
But I can't edit the first post.
Now for the emulators.
I check all my crafts in the Spectaculator and in SpecEmu - everything in them is as the author intended
I did not find the ZXSpin0.666 version, but in the more recent version 0.7 it shows correctly.
Picture under the spoiler.

Spoiler

And further. As you can see, in the screenshots on the right, a test that shows correctly in SpecEmu and does not work correctly in Spin.
From this we can conclude that Spin may be a very good emulator, but not the most accurate one

[azesmbog]

In one of the adjacent topics, they discuss drawing a spiral in BASIC.
I remembered that I once also drew spirals, one might say I started with them. Here is the very first one, maybe I won't find the code, I just found a picture

To the second spiral, the file is

Well, the third, one might say also a spiral

of these three, only the last one can be modified under 48\128, the first two are exclusively for the Pentagon.

[azesmbog]

On the border, you can make a creeping line. This has long been known. On the Pentagon clone, it is somewhat smoother and more beautiful, but on zx48 \ zx128 it also looks quite good.

The picture shows three emulators running simultaneously in zx48, zx128 and Pentagon mode.
Again, this is not so simple, they all have different timings and different building of the border.
Well, AY sounds have been added to make it not so boring to watch.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ld-nvE ... sp=sharing

p.s. You can add a picture to the screen according to your own taste, I have not thought of it yet

[Einar Saukas]

There's an utility to generate this kind of rotating messages in the upper border:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... m/Rotatrix

It was used in this game:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... _Demons_DX

[azesmbog]

Just a few words on how to draw on the border
It is very easy!!
"Reproduction" of a painting from a very famous DEMO. In the original, an automatic conversion was most likely done, but for me it was drawn anew, pixel by pixel, or rather, it looks more like folding a mosaic or puzzles. 4 years ago I made a gif, do not waste the good

[azesmbog]

I was checking the latest version of the emulator and came across a border picture that I drew last year.

Pentagon timings
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BkZcoF ... sp=sharing

And this I "plagiarized" a little.
I really liked the font