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LOAD "" CODE in machine code/store 128 bank dataHow do you LOAD "" CODE from machine code? I have written the following MC routine that fits into a REM statement in a basic program. I want to cal…
... loaded 16K worth of 128 code in bank 6?
[CODE ... loading screen
;LOAD 128 bank 6 code
;LOAD ... -
128K Contention - How to get it right?With my recent hardware hackery, I've built a 128K (toastrack) clone. I can't quite get the contention right though. What I'm lack is a clear descri…
... 2A/+3 and 128/+2 have different memory bank models, does not ... page really talking about the 128?, bank bit B0 implies odd pages ... should be contended on a 128.... or is that the "bug ... -
What are editor scratchpads?I've been reading and experimenting with 128 bank switching and using the shadow screen. The technical reference [url="https://worldofspectrum.or…
... been reading and experimenting with 128 bank switching and using the shadow ... -
LOAD "" CODE in machine code/store 128 bank dataHow do you LOAD "" CODE from machine code? I have written the following MC routine that fits into a REM statement in a basic program. I want to cal…
... loaded 16K worth of 128 code in bank 6?
[CODE ... load_routine
[/B]
;LOAD 128 bank 6 code
[B] ld ... -
Composite Video on a 128+2AAny one know of any links or information on getting a composite video image out of my spectrum 128+2A. I know its not the same procedure as for the …
... image out of my spectrum 128+2A.
I know ... simple as the 48 modulator trick so what is it????? -
speccy 128 problemsHi everyone, first post on here, so first better say hello..hello :) Anyhow I just recently got back into gaming so a Speccy seemed just the thing t…
... onto ebay and won a 128 with the heatsink setup (had ... story all do the reset trick or don't start at ... won't work on the 128?
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Spectrum 128 on modern (plasma) TVHello gang! So I want to hook up my 128 to my new Panasonic plasma TV via Scart-RGB, but the picture keeps shifting from left to right. Anyone had s…
... want to hook up my 128 to my new Panasonic plasma ... -HDMI upscaler might do the trick. This one I have in ... -
128 BASIC-compatible way of loading BASIC as code?On a 48K Speccy (or from 48 BASIC or USR 0 mode on a 128K machine), one can do a silly trick like this: [code];; load a 4000 byte BASIC program ld i…
... ), one can do a silly trick like this:
[code ... , if one tries this from 128 BASIC, it all falls in ... BASIC as code from the 128 BASIC interpreter does work; it ... know if there's a 128 BASIC-compatible way of doing ... -
How did bank switching work on the 128K Spectrums?I'm new to Z80 and ZX Spectrum. So I was wondering how the 128+ models managed to work with more than 64K of memory? I'm somewhat familiar with h…
... I was wondering how the 128+ models managed to work with ... 'm somewhat familiar with how bank switching works (I believe the ... -
128K memory bank selection to avoid contention issuesI'm currently developing a game and I'm trying to get my head around the memory contention issues of the various 128K/+2/+2A/+3 spectrum models in or…
... which is in the 16K bank $4000-$7FFF. Hence ... br /> When going into either 128/+2/+3 Basic and using ... in, so without any bank switching, that is where ... ?
The 128 ZK Spectrum reference FAQ says ... screen. I understand that bank 2 is already resident ... -
Converting games from tap to dskHi to all from Greece, Being an old Speccy user and now owner of most models of Spectrum (48k , 48k+ , 128K, +2 grey and +3) , I desided to salvage m…
... basic loader. Works on 128 and +2a/+3 from Tape ... 29184-41184 = 12000 bytes to BANK 1
; copy ... 40184-54008 = 13824 bytes to BANK 4
; copy ... 54008-63224 = 9216 bytes to BANK 3
Swapping ... with 4 should do the trick I suppose.
Hacking the O.C.P Full Screen Editor/AssemblerIf you have been reading my posts recently then you will know that I am eager to have the sourcecode I wrote for the Spectrum during the period 1988 …
... the Spectrum uses that trick... Data must also be ... four banks of 128 blocks, each bank is pre-shifted ... correct @ 9216 BYTES (18 * 128 * 4).
... Self modifying code poked here (bank select)
ld ix ... ; Translate map to block bank
inc e
...enJine: a fast tilemap enginetile engine based on excellent work by Joffa Smifff. here you can download first tech demo. [url=http://ketmar.no-ip.org/tmp/enJine.tap]Get It Now![…
... too (which was a great trick as it makes the scrolling ... bit of shame about the 128's bank switching, you'd think ... on odd frames is in bank 5 and code for the ... even frames is in bank 7)
[QUOTE=Ketmar ...80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
... Investronic just missed a huge trick in ommiting the Timex modes ... , the difference between the 128 and timex banks is irrelivant ... .
The 128K bank switch alters different address line ... *as well*, with whatever bank offset they wanted, including 8K ...Copying data between memory banks in USR0 modeI am experimenting with Funky Fungus to load the majority of its data (levels, screens, music etc.) into memory banks 1, 3, 4, 6 and (partly) 7 by sw…
... "pouring" their contents into bank 0 so that they won ... , you can't use 128 system variables in USR0 mode ... CLEAR 49151 will do the trick. The standard RAM configuration in ... registers without using any of bank 2 or 5, but ... might be to use bank 7 as the screen ...Another vertical scrolling questionwhile talking about w256 x h128 vertical scrolling, are 128k modes have any advantages over 48k models? has extra ram or swappable screen buffer any…
... , the disadvantage of using the 128's swappable screens as a ... use all of the paged bank for screen, it still leaves ... /> So there is no neat trick to make vertical scroll better ...Plea for new hardwareI'm posting this as a poll as I want to judge if I'm a solo loon going on about this, or if people really are interested in either of the following S…
... then listen to the 128's own page-swapping ... replicating them in the appropriate bank. It would also listen ... OUT port to control which bank to write to, and ... here you can add another trick. Instead of just one ... and channel them into its Bank 0, then board A ...Plea for new hardwareI'm posting this as a poll as I want to judge if I'm a solo loon going on about this, or if people really are interested in either of the following S…
... OUT port to control which bank to write to, and which ... here you can add another trick. Instead of just one jumper ... and channel them into its Bank 0, then board A knows ... (which will run on a 128 with a full ULAplus) provides ...Football Director 128Sorry if this has come up before but having downloaded Football Director 128 when I try to load it it always seems to crash on the title page. Any o…
Sorry if this has come up before but having downloaded Football Director 128 when I try to load it it always seems to crash on the title page. Any one know what I'm doing wrong? Does anyone else have this problem?
Cheers!
Paul128 +2 video connections.I have just got my hands on a Spectrum 128 +2 grey model all in working order, what I need to know is if I take a signal from the CVBS Composite Vid…
... my hands on a Spectrum 128 +2 grey model all in ...Stop me from blowing up my original Spectrum 128!I have a Spectrum 128 (not the +2), and I want to play some of those old classic games again. The trouble is this. I still have the original Power Su…
I have a Spectrum 128 (not the +2), and I ... it will work on the 128, but...
I'm ...ZX Spectrum 128 BoxedRoll up, roll up ... etc ... I've eBayed two of my Speccy 128 machines. Only a few days of bidding left ... Take a look if u r interested in acquir…
... eBayed two of my Speccy 128 machines. Only a few days ... a boxed Spectrum 128 machine, and a Spectrum 128 machine without working ... as I have another boxed 128, so these are spares.Multiface 128I have a Multiface 128 which I'm thinking of selling... Only thinking of it... The button and case are damaged, There are some aesthetic defects (I s…
I have a Multiface 128 which I'm thinking of ...Multiface 128Greets :) I am after either.... a) Somebody willing to sell a working one or b) Somebody who can repair a red button activation problem AND/OR so…
Quiz 14(ish)- Giddy up horsey.. whooo! Ok, 10 quick fire questions.. Some cryptic - you`ll have to unravel the clues to get the game name, Some are description of the game. Others are in…
... not included on the Multiface 128 -
what were they?
Claw Line and Cinder Bank are further clues.
Name ...West Bank XxI released!Hello all of you! It's the first time I write in this forum, so I'll present me: I'm the webmaster of Computer Emuzone, a page dedicated to the span…
... software) of the classic West Bank (Dinamic, published in UK by ... />
Its name is "West Bank XxI". Please check it and ...Spectrum 128+ production periodMy favourite version of the Speccy is the 128, the heatsink version, and I'm wondering when mine was made. I got it Xmas 1986 (after seeing the +2 on…
... of the Speccy is the 128, the heatsink version, and I ... they stopped producing the original 128's?
