I'm mostly posting this for reference and as a backup. A year ago I took a course in software engineering and the final project was to select an open source project (with certain limits) and contribute something to it. We had to document various steps of the interaction, write a report and give a presentation. I chose KOS and wrote two minor updates for it, fixing the screenshot ability to work on more video modes, and adding capability for using the vmu speaker.
Attached are the report and presentation along with the code additions and a software map.
KOS update project (some minor documentation)
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KOS update project (some minor documentation)
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- Screenshot update.zip
- Screenshot function update.
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- VMUBeep_src.zip
- VMU Speaker support.
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- Report and presentation.zip
- The report and presentation (.doc and ppt files are not allowed).
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- Bit of a software map.
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Re: KOS update project (some minor documentation)
Nice flow chart. What software did you do that with?
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Re: KOS update project (some minor documentation)
http://www.gliffy.com/ I didn't even bother to take out the notice on the bottom of it that is an advertisement for the site 
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Re: KOS update project (some minor documentation)
Nice Job! (hella late I know).
I'm still trying to get practice working with images so I updated this update by adding *.bmp output support.
You can find sources HERE.
I'm gonna try and do something interesting with VMUBeep.
I'm still trying to get practice working with images so I updated this update by adding *.bmp output support.
You can find sources HERE.
I'm gonna try and do something interesting with VMUBeep.
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Re: KOS update project (some minor documentation)
Yea, I had planned to add bmp and optional png support, but just never got around to it.
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Re: KOS update project (some minor documentation)
Since you mentioned png support I updated it to (optionally) compress(.gz) the screenshot using the zlib library because I couldn't make .png's...same thing anyway right?
EDIT: I made something using VMUBeep. Its like a cheap music player that uses the beeps as notes in a song. The timing between beeps doesn't work right sometimes though. If anybody wants to mess with it or play the intro to the Jingle Bells song be my guest. Don't waste a CD though. Use a coder's cable or BBA. I am warning you now... I'm not a musical genius when it comes to using hex values as notes in a song.
Download Here
EDIT: I made something using VMUBeep. Its like a cheap music player that uses the beeps as notes in a song. The timing between beeps doesn't work right sometimes though. If anybody wants to mess with it or play the intro to the Jingle Bells song be my guest. Don't waste a CD though. Use a coder's cable or BBA. I am warning you now... I'm not a musical genius when it comes to using hex values as notes in a song.
Download Here