WRX True High Resolution Graphics

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WRX True High Resolution Graphics

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Please could anyone give me a simple overview of this system including programming?

I found a link on the Fruitcake site (scroll to the bottom of the page), but it's dead and not saved on the Wayback machine. Thanks

http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ ... upport.htm

I'm particularly interested in this title:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... e_of_Peril

Thanks in advance
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PeterJ wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:54 pm
I found a link on the Fruitcake site (scroll to the bottom of the page), but it's dead and not saved on the Wayback machine. Thanks
I've found this backup, not sure if helps http://web.archive.org/web/202011081149 ... torial.htm
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For the game, see also
https://www.sinclairzxworld.com/viewtop ... f=11&t=289
and
https://www.sinclairzxworld.com/viewtop ... f=4&t=1317

For the details on how hires works, this site is a bit more readable (apart from the ASCII diagrams) ;-)

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Someone archived Wilf's site and uploaded to Dropbox here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ewop992480t9w ... r.zip?dl=0
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Thanks for all the information everyone.
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Another hires system for the ZX81 in this implementation for Forth called ARX, details here..

https://www.sinclairzxworld.com/viewtop ... 995#p54995


Details on the driver itself here...


https://sinclairzxworld.com/viewtopic.p ... 857#p54857
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