%import syslib %import textio %import math %zeropage basicsafe ; converted from plasma test program for cc65. ; which is (w)2001 by groepaz/hitmen ; ; Cleanup and porting to C by Ullrich von Bassewitz. ; See https://github.com/cc65/cc65/tree/master/samples/cbm/plasma.c ; ; Optimized and Converted to prog8 by Irmen de Jong. main { const uword VERA_CHARSET = $f000 ; $1f000 const uword VERA_TXTSCREEN = $b000 ; %1b000 sub start() { txt.color(6) txt.clear_screen() makechar() uword frames = 0 cbm.SETTIM(0,0,0) while cbm.GETIN()==0 { ; sys.waitvsync() doplasma() frames ++ } uword jiffies = cbm.RDTIM16() ; restore screen and displays stats cx16.screen_set_charset(2, 0) txt.color(7) txt.clear_screen() txt.print("time in jiffies: ") txt.print_uw(jiffies) txt.print("\nframes: ") txt.print_uw(frames) uword fps = (frames*60)/jiffies txt.print("\nfps: ") txt.print_uw(fps) txt.nl() } ; several variables outside of doplasma to make them retain their value ubyte c1A ubyte c1B ubyte c2A ubyte c2B sub doplasma() { ubyte[txt.DEFAULT_WIDTH] xbuf ubyte[txt.DEFAULT_HEIGHT] ybuf ubyte c1a = c1A ubyte c1b = c1B ubyte c2a = c2A ubyte c2b = c2B ubyte @zp x ubyte @zp y for y in 0 to txt.DEFAULT_HEIGHT-1 { ybuf[y] = math.sin8u(c1a) + math.sin8u(c1b) c1a += 2 c1b += 5 } c1A += 3 c1B -= 5 for x in 0 to txt.DEFAULT_WIDTH-1 { xbuf[x] = math.sin8u(c2a) + math.sin8u(c2b) c2a += 4 c2b += 1 } c2A += 2 c2B -= 3 ; sys.waitvsync() ; if you put this in it will run at 30 fps synced which looks really nice and smooth ; use vera auto increment writes to avoid slow txt.setchr(x, y, xbuf[x] + ybuf[y]) for y in 0 to txt.DEFAULT_HEIGHT-1 { cx16.vaddr_autoincr(1, VERA_TXTSCREEN + y*$0100, 0, 2) ubyte @zp yvalue = ybuf[y] for x in 0 to txt.DEFAULT_WIDTH-1 { cx16.VERA_DATA0 = xbuf[x] + yvalue } } } sub makechar() { ubyte[8] bittab = [ $01, $02, $04, $08, $10, $20, $40, $80 ] ubyte c cx16.vaddr_autoincr(1, VERA_CHARSET, 0, 1) for c in 0 to 255 { ubyte @zp s = math.sin8u(c) ; chance ubyte i ; for all the pixels in the 8x8 character grid, determine (with a rnd chance) if they should be on or off for i in 0 to 7 { ubyte b=0 ubyte @zp ii for ii in 0 to 7 { if math.rnd() > s b |= bittab[ii] } cx16.VERA_DATA0 = b } } } }