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+3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…
... autostart.
you can keep switch if you like even with ... ROM -- so even on a 128k machine, it will power-up ... idea was something like a BASIC program to load the code ... MC would drop back to BASIC, where the "save" routines could ... -
ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
... affects certain bits in the bank registers. This means that you ... have upto 32 128k programs in memory and switch between them by ... -
ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
... 6 bits available for the bank select, meaning that
bank (hence, all odd ... This should provide a Spectrum 128k compatible memory map, while ... to pay in context switch time. So I personally ... than using R0 in bank 0) that would map ... -
What should I get??I want to add a Spectrum to my collection but having come from the Atari/Commodore/TI/Apple world, I am a little unsure what to get? Something that …
... you could compress 48K and 128K games to fit even more ... button (Auf Wiedersehen Monty 128K is the only one I ... Spectrums, as it can play 128K software, it has the ... and if has a reset switch that's far easier on ... you what keys produce what BASIC key words in 48K ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... better), as was the reset switch (though it should have ... had an on/off switch too), and the sound ... And I hated the new BASIC interface. Typing was terrible, as ... so much space in the 128K of RAM, or he ... and the system variables in BASIC, but they could have ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... excellent features. And the BASIC is far superior to ... with a built in Basic compiler but it would ... like this. 1 ROM bank for editor and related ... got one). Extended Color Basic was almost exactly like GWBasic ... /> You'd probably need 128K of RAM to make it ... -
You know how the 128K was faster than the 48K Spectrum?Regarding how the Spectrum 128K ran at 3.54 MHz rather than the 48K's 3.5MHz, was this difference enough to be an advantage? If not, then surely Sinc…
... These benchmarks suggest that the 128K Spectrum was 30% slower ... in 128K mode than 48K mode when running BASIC. [/QUOTE]
Don't forget that every statement in 128k ... SPECTRUM) commands had to switch to the 48k ROM before ... -
Looking for one particular music demoHi. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it. There is a music demo I'm looking for. Unfortunately I don't k…
... to switch to 48K from 128K to run it... go into 128 Basic ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... RAM machine where you could switch out the ROMs to an ... ROMs and any of the 128k RAM.
The system ... each line entry that Sinclair Basic does. I absolutely hate the ... -
Spectrum +2a Keyboard bug?If anyone has a Working +2a... I bought a +2a for Christmas 1986 with an 80 Column thermal printer from Dixons. It was bundled with a tape supposed…
[QUOTE=Phil2] sold my soul to the devil and bought a C64 instead[/QUOTE]
Poor poor phil. You wasted your youth for nothing.
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DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
... Ignore support for 128K BASIC altogether although 128K BASIC users are the ... !![/QUOTE]
128K BASIC doesn't allow you to ... Plus Board to select 128K BASIC compatability (not ideal really ... divIDE allows you to easily switch between +3e operation and ... -
ResiDOS v1.92 and +3e ROMs v1.30 releasedI've just updated ResiDOS to v1.92, and the +3e ROMs to v1.30. Full details can be found at: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/zxplus3e/"]http://…
... , the firmware and modified BASIC has to live somewhere, ... , or extra BASICs etc (SE BASIC, anybody? ;) )
switch between multiple tasks, then ... lose the ability to switch between cards so easily ... than a 32K or 128K chip, which wouldn't ... -
DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
... from one medium and then switch to another. Which means, if ... />
This allows for addressing 128k RAM.
Now for ... should preserve bank3 as MAPRAM bank. But we must somehow define ... -
basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
[QUOTE=aowen;170396]Yes. SE Basic adds six commands by using ... look for keywords with additional switch settings. FAST would be one ... do it would require some bank switching but FAST would require ... -
ResiDOS v2.00 releasedI've just posted a major new release of ResiDOS, at: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/residos/"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/residos/[/URL] T…
... from tape every time you switch on.
[QUOTE]Only ... allow you to run the basic ResiDOS system. You won't ... to a single port to switch banks. The SE's paging ... two port outputs to switch between some bank combinations. It could all ... -
Help with having more than 21 UDGSHi All, I'm trying to work out how to have multiple banks of UGS. What I've read so far is that the default memory area for. 48K is 65368 16K is 326…
... the risk of overwriting your BASIC program if you go too ... used (or 19 on the 128k Speccy) then POKE the sysvar ... need 168 bytes for each bank.
When you use ... -
What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... a genuine advantage over Spectrum BASIC.
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... very dissapointed that the 128K Spectrum's did away ... single key entry (in 128K mode). The BBC's ... story line, and then switch to a nice mode ... program and see the basic source, having the assembler ... -
Recent Returnee to the spectrum fold needs hardware adviceHi all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. This is my first post to this forum after I stumbled on this site just a few weeks ago, i only reg…
... NMI menu you can simply switch between disk and tape) Very ... -DOS runs in 128k Mode but uses the 48k basic interpreter with ... that known token input, the basic is corrected and improoved with ... -
My idea for Spectrum game fansI remember the excitement of finding the new issue of Sinclair User on the newsagents? shelf and rushing home (after paying for it!) to check out the…
... run, getting the banks to switch on 128k - the sense of achievement ... help you with your first BASIC program :lol:
How about ... -
My idea for Spectrum game fansI remember the excitement of finding the new issue of Sinclair User on the newsagents? shelf and rushing home (after paying for it!) to check out the…
... run, getting the banks to switch on 128k - the sense of achievement ... help you with your first BASIC program :lol:
How about ... -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... Plus Interface from 128K Mode on the Spectrum 128K, Spectrum +2, ... this command to switch the DivIDE Plus into 128K mode. You ... various options to start 128K BASIC etc. Enter 128K BASIC and then PRINT ... you to switch the DivIDE Plus between 48K and 128K mode ... -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... this command to switch the DivIDE Plus into 128K mode. You can ... various options to start 128K BASIC etc. Enter 128K BASIC and then PRINT USR ... you to switch the DivIDE Plus between 48K and 128K mode ... mode by itself (not the 128K selector) right?
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Dangerous Z80 Assembly CommandHave been reading Toni Bakers' "Mastering MC On Ya Speccy" book and came across the list of Z80 commands in the dictionary section. Page 102 "[b]IM…
... /> However, the 128 Basic editor always pages in Bank 7 back into ... exact same code crashes in 128K basic when located anywhere in the ... -$BFFF is permanently hardwired to Bank 2.
Anyway, the ... when you enter the 128K editor, is bank 7 paged in! This ... -
Why are we here? (At WoS)No, not a deep philosophical question about the nature of life, the universe and human existence. The thread “what does your partner think of …
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And Spectrum BASIC, which was always present, very ... is a pity that Sinclair BASIC was so slow, as ... keys were lost when the 128K came out (and the +, ... have had a reset switch and a power switch (in fact, ... no Speccy had a power switch - I had to buy ... -
Memory paging in 128 KB - 64KB RAM possible?I have found a quote in Spectrum 3 manual (available at WOS) -------------------- In the +3, we have crammed in more than twice the amount of memory…
... +3 it's possible to switch the system into "special" mode ... the ROM for either memory bank 0 or 4.
128K programming specs)
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smallest character?- games like Earth Defence where you basically control a cursor don't count, I'm talking about where your character is an actual sprite. any suggest…
actually...why's that game got a 128K version? I had my emu on 48K mode by mistake and it crashed straight away. switch it to 128K and it's got the most basic graphics Ive ever seen. wtf? -
MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... possibility for my nmi to switch between bsdos and residos. I ... OUT between both systems from BASIC but it would extend user ... - with jump to basic (normall jump to BASIC as it exists already ... is writing here, MB02+ switches bank 0 when nmi button is ... -
MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... return control to the bank that was interrupted, at ... can not know which bank was active when the ... the hardware would automatically switch NMI Menu back in ... address in the ResiDOS bank ($0063 would be a ... If you use an alternative BASIC, such as Gosh Wonderful ...
