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Thanks!

I used to do a LOT of programming back in the day... back in the 80's and 90's -- but really nothing since Amiga went away.  I mainly used compiled languages - HiSoft Basic back in the day, as well as PowerBASIC & PowerBASIC Console Compiler (PBCC) for PC Applications (PowerBASIC is a very VERY fast complier, with very good compact code output)

Anyway - I'm going to take some time to get up to speed.. so we will see.  I'm thinking of a strategy game, but would probably want and 800x600 screen, or a 1024x768 screenmode... so maybe having more flexibility on the SAGA screenmodes might be a feature. 

It would be nice if all those example carts could be in a single download file, a zip or lha or something. It'd be good to learn by seeing what has already been done with Fred80, and so if there was a way to bundle up a directory of Carts (rather than manually cutting-and-pasting and putting them on a MicroSD card one at a time. So, I'd find it useful if we could send source code, or even  if the Fred80 download would include a bunch of example carts, rather than having to cut-and-paste or type each one in manually.

That would be a useful thing I think. 

OK - thanks, creating that fred80.cfg with the line

ss_timeout = 300'

worked to extend a longer timeout.  Thanks.

OK - my V4 Ultimate is here, and I've downloaded Fred80 onto it.

Is the screensaver configurable for timeout somehow?

Also - the download doesn't contain any example carts - where can I download them? Thanks!

Thanks. And also happy to hear that the built-in screen saver is configurable, or has a longer timeout as well.  10 seconds was way too short. :)  

But thank you again for being so responsive to the community... that's awesome

Nice! I keep trying to get a Vampire V4 and get into SAGA Programming, so I appreciate your work

OK - I wouldn't be surprised if Apollo would give an area on their discord. They have a thread for #ApolloBoot (which I don't think is an official internal project? Maybe? May be Not?🤷) and so them maybe adding a thread for #Fred80 would be a nice, convenient place too? It feels like a #Fred80 thread on the Apollo Discord would be seen by EVERYONE with an Apollo accelerator (and those considering an Apollo accelerator/board)

And yes, I would think that Cut & Paste would be very valuable, vs typing with my old eyes. 😁

I do also have a few suggestions - but I probably should try to find a manual... CRTL-S and CTRL-R are probably already documented somewhere which I didn't see yet. :)

Hi again. OK, I downloaded the Windows version to start figuring it out. Is there a forum somewhere to ask questions? or is there a section on the Apollo discord?  I couldn't see how to save programs. Probably something simple, but I couldn't see how. Also, I couldn't figure out how to get the examples from the example.html page in to see what they  look like -- I assumed I could cut and paste, but that only worked one line at a time, which didn't seem correct.  Anyway - where us there a user community forum for help/instructions. Thanx.

Thank you so much for creating Fred80. The Apollo SAGA has been needing a programming language (other than "just learn assembler!") so I appreciate this, and look forward to getting started!

I will have to get a V4 board however, I have V2 Vampires right now, and without a programming language/environment I can use, I hadn't pulled trigger on a V4, but now I will buy one. Hopefully a good deal on a used V4 if I can find one. 😁