Ah, but that's close to cheating
Of course you can bent any address in a tile to a corresponding piece of bitmap!
Sorry, I thought of a true overlay, but just arranging the tile addrresses is most likely powerful enough.
Also, I was confusing above, saying 2-color mode. The ROM characters need also 4-color mode, but you have to carefully chose the coloring! This would have been the problem with a true overlay concept...
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And remember also that "Text" works in 2-color mode only!
Post Edited (deSilva) : 3/10/2008 1:43:20 PM GMT
http://www.rayslogic.com/propeller/Programming/RaysStuff/RaysStuff.htm
It shows bitmaps and text on either XGA·(VGA 1024x768) or TV...
Of course you can bent any address in a tile to a corresponding piece of bitmap!
Sorry, I thought of a true overlay, but just arranging the tile addrresses is most likely powerful enough.
Also, I was confusing above, saying 2-color mode. The ROM characters need also 4-color mode, but you have to carefully chose the coloring! This would have been the problem with a true overlay concept...