40-column TV text

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• CJ Posts: 470

  2006-06-30 21:40 edited 2006-06-30 21:40

  I haven't seen anything like that for the TV, but Chip's High res text driver can hande 128x64 text on 1024 by 768 vga video
  
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  I've killed a fly with my bare mind.
  
  Post Edited (CJ) : 6/30/2006 9:49:43 PM GMT
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514

  2006-06-30 22:05 edited 2006-06-30 22:05

  Try Chip's tv_text object, http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=587524, or my tv_wtext object, http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=590631, which is based on Chip's work.
  
  -Phil
• Newzed Posts: 2,503

  2006-06-30 23:47 edited 2006-06-30 23:47

  Will this work on my TV_terminal or is it just for a VGA monitor?
  
  Sid
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514

  2006-06-30 23:55 edited 2006-06-30 23:55

  These objects are designed to work with a TV monitor.
  
  -P.
• Newzed Posts: 2,503

  2006-07-01 00:08 edited 2006-07-01 00:08

  Are you talking about a computer monitor or a regular TV.· If a regular TV, how do I tell the program my TV starts on pin 12?
  
  Thanks
  
  Sid
• Mike Green Posts: 23,101

  2006-07-01 00:15 edited 2006-07-01 00:15

  Both tv_text and tv_wtext use an underlying tv driver that normally produces video that can be connected to a tv with a video input (or a computer monitor with a video input). Typically a video input is used for connecting to a DVD player or video tape player. With some changes to a parameter table in the tv object, it will put out a broadcast signal that can be received by a standard television on one of the low numbered channels (usually 3). Look at the code for tv.spin. The tv_pins, tv_mode, and tv_broadcast parameters will need to be changed so that a "broadcast" signal will be put out on the 4 pin set that has the appropriate resistors and RCA connector. tv_broadcast would be 60_000_000 for channel 3.
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514

  2006-07-01 01:12 edited 2006-07-01 01:12

  Sid,
  
  The parameter to the start routine in each object is the number of the base pin for video output.
  
  -Phil