5 thoughts on “darmok.com: Memes in the Tamarian Language”

  1. Dear Michael,

    Sorry going off topic.

    The creator of https://csdb.dk/release/?id=226640 writes in the first comment, that “POKE 56576,1” was not known untill ChatGPT say it would disable the borders and allow for 120 colours.

    Is that really true? And if so, what impact will this have one the demo scene?

    Hugs,
    Sandra

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  2. Look like dithered pixels to make different colours.
    The C64 only had a palette of 16 colours, dither them together and you get 16+15+14+13+12+11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=136 possible combinations of colours.

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  3. Ok, then I am more relieved. What about the claim that this poke removes the borders in a new way? Does that mean that regular graphic can now be in the borders and not just sprites?

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  4. I don’t know, but maybe I’m breaking the joke to someone…

    The POKE do only switch the video bank for VIC II to the 3rd one. ($8000 – $BFFF). It will visually “break” the C64. But it could be reverted by POKE56576,3.

    ¯\(ツ)/¯

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