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Super Hi-res Graphics demos for the VZ-200 / VZ-300 / Laser200 / Laser300.
256x192 resolution
For use on either real VZ / Laser with the 6k video modification hack or for use on VZEM emulator.
VZEM / WinVZ : written by Guy Thomason, available at http://intertek00.customer.netspace.net.au/vz200/
Mailing list : www.yahoogroups.com/groups/vzemu
VZ200 / VZ300: Available sometimes to purchase on eBay every now and then. (Aus and USA ebay, TradeMe in NZ)
http://vzalive.bangrocks.com/ downloads & discussion forum
http://www.vz200.org/ Archive of manuals and newsletters
http://archivz.all2ezy.com/ Archive of manuals and newsletters
http://www.mess.org/download.php MESS - Juergen Buchmueller and Dirk Best (VZ emulator)
http://jemu.winape.net/ JEMU - Richard Wilson (VZ emulator)
http://www.geocities.com/emucompboy/ James VZ200 - James Tamer (VZ emulator)
http://intertek00.customer.netspace.net.au/vz200/ Guy's VZEM / WinVZ (VZ emulator)
http://www.gstsoftware.co.nz DSEVZ200 - Monty (VZ emulator)
All demos mount disk 1 into drive 1 and disk 2 into drive 2
If more than 2 disks, the loader program which is always on disk 1 in drive 1, will advise which disk to then mount into whichever drive.
Every 6k frame in every demo will first load into memory, and then will be blitted to the screen tricking into looking like it is awesome animation...
So, essentially these demos will work with three emulators, DSEVZ200, MAME and VZEM.
It was written for, on and tested with VZEM ( http://intertek00.customer.netspace.net.au/vz200/ )
Download and run VZEM.
File -> mount disk1 and point it to the first .dsk file
File -> mount disk2 and point it to the second .dsk file
type 'DIR'
...and run what appears to be the MAIN or MENU or FIRST program to run.
From there, it *should* give instructions on when to mount the third, fourth, fifth etc disk.
Lot of work, and perhaps it is simply just easier searching for these demos on Youtube. They are all on there somewhere under 'VZ200' or 'VZ300'.
/dave
dave.maunder@gmail.com
This file makes no sense. Was written in April 2014.
It is now Dec 2016, and I can't make heads nor tails of it.
Was notes for myself two years ago.
Read it if i=you like, and then simply delete it.
/dave
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1. Find demo / video / youtube / animated GIF file.
2. pull it down or record it and save it as AVI.
3. Use www.online-converter.com to upload and save it back as multiple .BMP files
(ie, 30 seconds will take 5 mins to process and pull down ~300 meg of 300 .BMP files
all depending on DPI, Frame rate, size etc)
4. Scroll thru and remove all double-ups / triple-ups / quadruple-ups /etc-ups.
Leaving individual unique frames. eg: 300 frames down to 120.
5. Rename them all nicely, ie, 001 to 120.
6. Use Paint Shop pro to resize them to 256x192. Shift-S.
7. Use Paint Shop pro to reduce colour to 16 colour. Ctrl-Shift 2. [ Nearest 16 windows-Colour ]
8. Use Paint Shop pro to reduce colour to 2 bit. Ctrl-Shift-1. [ Error with weighted distribution ]
9. save each. Should be 6202 or so bytes each file.
10. Use VZEM "import BMP" function to load each in.
11. BSAVE "FR01",C000,D800
12. Can get 12x BMP files per .DSK image.
13. ...or use existing program to semi-auto load files in.
If can find program ---> RUN499 will do semi-auto load in.
drive 1 d1:disc1 d2:disc2 01 - 12
16 Drive 2 13 - 24
26 drive 1 d1:disc3 d2:disc4 25 - 36
39 drive 2 37 - 48
51 drive 1 d1:disc5 d2:disc6 49 - 60
63 drive 2 61 - 72
75 drive 1 d1:disc7 d2:disc8 73 - 84
87 drive 2 85 - 96
98 drive 1 d1:disc9 d2:disc10 97 -108
111 drive 2 109-120
123 drive 1 d1:disc11 d2:disc12 121-132
135 drive 2 133-144
disk 6 dance06 FR61 - FR72
disk 7 dance07 FR73 - FR84
disk 8 dance08 FR85 - FR96
disk 9 dance09 FR97 - FR108
disk 10 dance10 FR109 - FR120
disk 11 dance11 FR121 - FR132
disk 12 dance12 FR133 - FR144
disk 1 dance01 FR01 - FR12
disk 2 dance02 FR13 - FR24
disk 3 dance03 FR25 - FR36
disk 4 dance04 FR37 - FR48
disk 5 dance05 FR49 - FR60
disk 6 dance06 FR61 - FR72
disk 7 dance07 FR73 - FR84
disk 8 dance08 FR85 - FR96
disk 9 dance09 FR97 - FR108
disk 10 dance10 FR109 - FR120
disk 11 dance11 FR121 - FR132
disk 12 dance12 FR133 - FR144
Disk images of three graphical demos, which will run under the emulator WinVZ, written by Guy Thomason.
( WinVZ available at http://intertek00.customer.netspace.net.au/vz200/ )
15/Feb/2009
Juggler ][
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Run WinVZ
Mount jug1.dsk to drive 1
Mount jug2.dsk to drive 2
DRIVE2
RUN"JUGGLER2"
Type <1> to lower the top of memory
Press <Enter> to run the demo
- Sit back and watch -
Panic/Wormhole
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Run WinVZ
Mount panic1.dsk to drive 1
Mount panic2.dsk to drive 2
RUN"PANIC"
Type <1> to lower the top of memory
Press <Enter> to run the demo
When asked, mount worm1.dsk to drive 2
- Sit back and watch -
http://vzalive.bangrocks.com/ downloads & discussion forum
http://www.vz200.org/ Archive of manuals and newsletters
http://archivz.all2ezy.com/ Archive of manuals and newsletters
MESS Juergen Buchmueller and Dirk Best http://www.mess.org/download.php
JEMU Richard Wilson http://jemu.winape.net/
James VZ200 James Tamer http://www.geocities.com/emucompboy/
/dave
dave.maunder@gmail.com
Super Hi-res Graphics demos for the VZ / Laser.
256x192 resolution
For use on either real VZ / Laser with the 6k video modification hack or for use on VZEM emulator.
www.yahoogroups.com/groups/vzemu
All demos mount disk 1 into drive 1 and disk 2 into drive 2
If more than 2 disks, the loader program which is always on disk 1 in drive 1, will advise which disk to then mount into whichever drive. Every 6k frame in every demo will first load into memory, and then will be blitted to the screen tricking into looking like it is awesome animation...
dave
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1. Find a nice animated GIF file.
2. Grab each frame and reduce it to 256x192 in a black and white (mono) colour.
3. Import each frame on to a VZ disk image through the likes of VZEM emulator 'Load Bitmap'
This will load the (now 6k .BMP file) to 0xC000.
BSAVE"FRAME01",C000,D800
...and keep doing this for each frame.
...you will only get 12 frames (12 x 6k) to a single floppy disk image.
...you will need a "Please insert disk 2" into your import program.
4. Rip off any of the existing loader displaying programs and change accordingly.
5. All credits go to Guy "Intertek" Thomason for the emulator and this animation concept on the VZ.
I use Paint Shop Pro in order to get a nice 256 .GIF --> 2 colour .BMP
There are a multitude of methods of getting the correct pixels to align correct and make a GIF look good.
In Paint Shop I use a combination of either, or both of, ctrl+shift+2 and ctrl+shift+1
ie, Changing the GIF file firstly to a 16 colour image and then to a 2 colour, or depending on the layout of the original colour palette in the GIF, go straight from the 256 colour gif to a 2 colour.
And experiment with either the weighted and un-weighted error diffusion and weighted/unweighted closest colour in both the 16 colour and 2 colour options. Some combinations will work better on some GIFs than others combinations. All dependant on the original colour palette of the GIF.
VZ200 / VZ300 / Laser210 / Laser310 demos
See: http://www.vz200.org
The enclosed software was designed and knowingly works for the the following emulator:
VZEM / WinVZ : written by Guy Thomason, available at http://intertek00.customer.netspace.net.au/vz200/
Mailing list : http://www.yahoogroups.com/groups/vzemu
Physical VZ200 / VZ300 computers (also known as V-Tech/Sanyo "Laser 210" and "Laser 310" sometimes come up available to purchase on eBay every now and then. (Ebay for Australia, USA, Finland, Europe --- and the likes of 'TradeMe.co.nz' in New Zealand)
http://vzalive.bangrocks.com/ downloads & discussion forum
http://www.vz200.org/ Archive of manuals and newsletters
http://archivz.all2ezy.com/ Archive of manuals and newsletters
http://www.mess.org/download.php MESS - Juergen Buchmueller and Dirk Best (VZ emulator)
http://jemu.winape.net/ JEMU - Richard Wilson (VZ emulator)
http://www.geocities.com/emucompboy/ James VZ200 - James Tamer (VZ emulator)
http://intertek00.customer.netspace.net.au/vz200/ Guy's VZEM / WinVZ (VZ emulator)
http://www.gstsoftware.co.nz DSEVZ200 - Monty (VZ emulator)
How to run:
(VZ Emulation program on DOS/Windows/Linux such as VZEM, DSVZ2000, JVZ200, JAVA VZ, MAME)
Typically : File --> Open --> "*.vz"
TYpe RUN <CR> for BASIC programs
Typically most compiled/assembled 'binary' programs should just automatically execute.
For real hardware, will require conversion via utility vz2wav.exe, to convert the '.vz' to a '.wav' (typical .PCM wave file)
Type 'CRUN' on the physical VZ/Laser computer, and play the WAV from the PC through a stereo lead to the "ear" jack on the VZ/Laser.
The file will automatically execute, be it a BASIC or 'binary' program.
dave.
bushy555@gmail.com
