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Can someone explain Hi-Res HRG8 to me?

stu232stu232
edited April 2014 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
I've only ever had a plain 1k ZX81 with a 16k ram-pack, this Hi-Res stuff is all new to me.

How much Ram do I need to run one of these awesome Hi-Res demos/games?

Do I need any other hardware?
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  • moggymoggy
    edited April 2014
    stu232 wrote: »
    I've only ever had a plain 1k ZX81 with a 16k ram-pack, this Hi-Res stuff is all new to me.

    How much Ram do I need to run one of these awesome Hi-Res demos/games?

    Do I need any other hardware?


    Hi Stu.

    Try this forum for all Your 81 queries some very knowledgeable folk there.:-)

    http://www.sinclairzxworld.com/
  • MaccMacc
    edited April 2014
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  • joefishjoefish
    edited April 2014
    stu232 wrote: »
    I've only ever had a plain 1k ZX81 with a 16k ram-pack, this Hi-Res stuff is all new to me.
    How much Ram do I need to run one of these awesome Hi-Res demos/games?
    Do I need any other hardware?

    The original Software Farm Hi-Res games ran on a ZK81 with 16K RAM pack. They weren't perfect bit-mapped screens, but they were good enough for sprite-based games. A lot of other Hi-Res games will work like this.

    But for full bit-mapped screens to run some of the latest stuff ( HRG8 ), a hardware modification is needed. I've tried searching and can't find out what it would mean to your setup, but there's a 32K internal RAM upgrade around where it's easily added.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
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