Re: A89: New programmer help.


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Re: A89: New programmer help.






>
>>what is the difference between a byte,  word, and longword.  when would
you
>>know to use which one?
>
>A byte is an 8 digit long binary number.  A word is 16 digits long and a
>long word is 32.  Which you use depends on the application -- a longword
>can represent higher numbers then a byte, but may display functions use
>bytes for 8 pixel bits of the screen.
>
>>what is xored, and anded?  and when would i use which?
>
>a  b  |  a xor b  a and b
>----+----------------
>0  0 |       0          0
>0  1 |       1          0
>1  0 |       1          0
>1  1 |       0          1
>
>>is anyone making or have a tilemaps tutorial up?  if not if someone knows
and
>>has time it could work.
>
>I think acz has/is working on a tilemap library and tutorial.  I could be
>wrong though.
>
> --Nate


not a library, I'd prefer to never use any libraries.  They rarely come in
useful anyhow unless you are writing simple test programs, especially
graphics libraries.

Eventually I'll write more tutorials for 89 central, but right now I'm
working on my side-scroller :-)