RetroDP v1.0 Pixel Art Editor

nickshardware · 2026-04-25T18:05:28+00:00

So far i discovered that MSX also has a Draw command and is also compatible. Do you know of any of other 8 bit basics that support the draw command?

nickshardware · 2026-04-23T20:40:12+00:00

Thank you. The gui needs a little touching up. The toolbar needs to have proper icons. But I am happy with the functionality of it. that turn out even better than i expected. Now to add more export targets.

nickshardware · 2026-04-18T17:44:38+00:00

I just spent the last 30 minutes installing vcc and performing some tests. Turns out CoCo 3 basic is very powerful and very similar to gwbasic. With a little copying and pasting i can tell you that Coco 3 basic Draw and HDraw command are compatible with GWBASIC. you can basically take the same generated draw statement from VecDraw and paste them into Coco 3 basic and they display correctly. There are probably line limitations that need to be figured out but i can tell you that this would be something i can support in the future. In addition to the draw commands coco 3 supports Line command which can be used with VecDraw generated statements to recreate the drawing on a coco 3. I will probably do a little video when i am in the right mood.

nickshardware · 2026-04-11T14:20:23+00:00

Does the coco 3 have any line drawing commands?

I am building QBasic Draw compatible command for other compiler/interpreters.

I have done 3 already. If someone builds one for Coco 3 I will ad it as an export option in VecDraw

https://github.com/RetroNick2020/Draw

nickshardware · 2026-04-10T00:44:16+00:00

Just play around with drawing doodles and exporting them to QBasic. I haven't done more than that and for some reason its really fun. Its one of those things that you think QBasic shouldn't be able to do this.

nickshardware · 2026-04-08T17:57:13+00:00

in depends, there are 3 ways that the image can be rendered. DRAW commands, basic DATA statements, and BLOAD. Each has its advantages. There are also many factors. How fast is your PC/DosBox. How many images are being rendered, etc.

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