Tool: Console Screen

The console screen tool spawns a screen which can show colored, fixed-width text. The console screen also works as a hi-speed device. The screen is 30 (0-29) characters wide, and 18 (0-17) characters tall.

Description

Function
Displays a grid of fixed-width text on a screen

Primary fire
Spawns a console screen

Secondary fire
None

Reload
None

Inputs
Description

Char
The ASCII code of the character to write at the current X and Y position on the screen

CharParam
The background and foreground color of the character. (RGBXXX - Red, Green, Blue, Gray, Gray, Gray)

CharX
X position of the cursor

CharY
Y position of the cursor

Clk
On/Off

Hi-Speed Addresses

Description
Address

Force cache refresh
2020

Cached blocks size (up to 28, 0 if disabled)
2021

Screen ratio (read only)
2022

Hardware scale
2023

Rotation (0 - 0°, 1 - 90°, 2 - 180°, 3 - 270°)
2024

Brightness White
2025

Brightness B
2026

Brightness G
2027

Brightness R
2028

Vertical scale (1)
2029

Horizontal scale (1)
2030

Low shift column
2031

High shift column
2032

Low shift row
2033

High shift row
2034

Charset, always 0
2035

Brightness (additive)
2036

Shift cells (number of cells, >0 right, <0 left)
2037

Shift rows (number of rows, >0 shift up, <0 shift down)
2038

Hardware Clear Row (Writing clears row)
2039

Hardware Clear Column (Writing clears column)
2040

Hardware Clear Screen
2041

Hardware Background Color (000)
2042

Cursor Blink Rate (0.50)
2043

Cursor Size (0.25)
2044

Cursor Address
2045

Cursor Enabled
2046

Clk
2047