RE: Vectrex overlays - got any spare?

I don't know anything about Vectrex overlays, but I do know a little about
laminating transparencies: I've tried several different types of lamination
for transparencies (standard laminator, pouch laminator), and none turned
out very well because of the small bubbles that are inherent in the
lamination process. Normally, you don't notice these bubbles/imperfections
for standard white paper, but you sure do if you laminate clear or dark
solid colors.

So, don't waste your money at Kinko's (et al) using their laminators.

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> [mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com]On Behalf Of Graham Toal
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 1959 1:55 PM
> To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
> Cc: gtoal@gtoal.com
> Subject: VECTOR: Vectrex overlays - got any spare?
>
>
> I mentioned about a month ago that I had won a Vectrex on EBay for $31 :-)
> (fortunately was outbid on the other two I still had bids on)
>
> Well... it arrived on Saturday and I've spent the weekend playing
> the built-in
> game, which was quite fun. (A lot better than I expected from having
> tried it on one of the emulators - for some reason when I played it on the
> emulator I hadn't discovered the rotate keys, so it was pretty hard!)
>
> Also I bought some overhead transparency slides and printed the Minestorm
> overlay onto it - but I have to say it seems almost useless. You can't
> really see anything and the screen is tinged a light blue. Also the film
> is very light and doesn't clip in place where I assume it's intended to.
>
> I suspect a bit of work (darkening the colours, for a start) will make
> it more acceptable, but before I going blowing a whole shitload of money
> on printing materials, I'ld feel a lot happier if I knew exactly
> what it was
> I was supposed to be duplicating... so does anyone have a spare Minestorm
> overlay they could lend me? I want to make some measurements and just
> see how they're put together exactly.
>
> My suspicion is that I can do a reasonable substitute with an overhead
> in combination with a laminator to give it extra strength, but I'ld like
> to see how the originals were done.
>
> Email me if you can spare one, and I'll mail you my address, and I will
> return it after use. (And I'll see if I can find something interesting
> to include when i ship it back by way of thanks)
>
> Although there a few sites around the net to do with vectrex overlays,
> not one of them has a step by step guide to producing your own, in detail.
> So if I work out how to do it well (probably starting with the PCX files
> from the emulators) I'll document it myself on my web site.
>
> FYI my next project now I have the Vectrex is to clone Tailgunner for
> it. No promises, as it may be beyond my level of ability (my automatic
> translation of the Cinemu instructions to run on the Palm Pilot ran at
> a laughable 3FPS so I have learned some humility about my
> limits!), but I'll
> be giving it a good try. I know a machine translation is not an
> option, but
> a high-level rewrite may be on the cards. Fortunately the 6809 is the
> micro I cut my teeth on, so although it's been a few years since I've
> programmed for it, I suspect I'll be able to get back into it
> quite quickly.
> (Even if I have to resurrect the compiler I wrote for it as a student
> project in 1979)
>
> thanks
>
> Graham
>
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