SmartBASIC - A Coleco Adam Forum

I will be scanning the Adam CP/M Manual over the weekend for inclusion into the archive - it has a lot of information about the Adma's version of CP/M including interfacing with the VDP in it

I wrote a very playable version of break out in Smart Basic that I will eventually make in to a video showing how to write a video game in pure smart basic:
It has skill levels and progressively gets harder

G8rDuc wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:01 am

Would it be simpler just to use a SCART cable to HDMI?

The adam doesn't have Scart output - just composite and RF. I have tried the upscalers and they do not work very well.

Additional Adam Link routines .org 0100H jp Loop ; **** Subroutines **** ; Check if a key is available and return ; it in A. Z is zet if no character KeyIn: push bc push de push hl ld c,0bH ; Check if character available call 5 cp 0 jp Z,KeyInExit ; No Key ld c,1 ; Get actual key in A call 5 ld c,a ...

And here is some routines I wrote for talking to the adam link modem ; Setup AdamLink and then answer the phone .org 0100H ; Setup UART for 8N1 300 baud ld a,080H ; Get UART's attention out (05FH),a out (05FH),a ld a,040H out (05FH),a ld a,0CH ; 8 bits, no parity is assumed since we are not setting ...

Here is code I use - should be self explanatory ; Serial communications ; Eve / Orphanware compatible 8251 on ports 44h - 47h DataPort .equ 044h ; Data port (in/out) StatPort .equ 045h ; Status port (in) BaudRatePort .equ 046h ; Baud rate port (out) ControlPort .equ 047h ; Control port (out) InMask ...

I have some source code I’ll post

Cpm has all the vdp routines on it same as eos - you can call them via BDOS

Awesome! Ever research what you could get for all of it on eBay?

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