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Quiz VI - Trident on VESA Local Bus.... Something to keep everyone busy while Arjun sorts out his caboodle of questions.... Ok, 12 quick fire questions.. Some cryptic - you`ll have to un…
... Poked to change memory banks/pages in a 128k Spectrum?
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Quiz VI - Trident on VESA Local Bus.... Something to keep everyone busy while Arjun sorts out his caboodle of questions.... Ok, 12 quick fire questions.. Some cryptic - you`ll have to un…
... Poked to change memory banks/pages in a 128k Spectrum?
Poke ... -
Quiz VI - Trident on VESA Local Bus.... Something to keep everyone busy while Arjun sorts out his caboodle of questions.... Ok, 12 quick fire questions.. Some cryptic - you`ll have to un…
... Poked to change memory banks/pages in a 128k Spectrum?
Poke ... -
Quiz VI - Trident on VESA Local Bus.... Something to keep everyone busy while Arjun sorts out his caboodle of questions.... Ok, 12 quick fire questions.. Some cryptic - you`ll have to un…
... Poked to change memory banks/pages in a 128k Spectrum?
Poke ... -
Some \"newbie\" questions about the Spectrum +2I bought a +2 last week. I had never owned any of the 128k Spectrums before, nor seen them in action. I have a couple of questions; 1) Do all 128k …
... +2 (I own the original 128K+ machine), I think there's ... , should be loaded in 128K mode. Memory bank swithing is not possible ... -
Some \"newbie\" questions about the Spectrum +2I bought a +2 last week. I had never owned any of the 128k Spectrums before, nor seen them in action. I have a couple of questions; 1) Do all 128k …
... with the Plus 2 - if memory serves, it featured Tank, Tai ... always loaded games using the 128k mode unless told otherwise. -
FoonI've recently discovered Foon, which is a Speccy emulator that runs on the Gameboy Advance. I have used it with a GBA emulator to try and get a feel…
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My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... than a 6mhz one and 128k ram would struggle to store ... say near because the extra memory adressing commands use the LD ... them for). You can maintain 128k paging compatabilty by simply addressing ... just soldier the solid state memory directly onto a board and ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... +3 ROMs and extra 128k ROM as well as the ... Important Ports
7FFD - 128k paging
D0...D2 ... is used as Spectrum contended memory.
D1 - selects ... entire 64k video memory.
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My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... read the whole program into memory. THAT is DMA.
I ... DMA.
Look at the 128k. It has trouble with 48k ... clocked to maximum
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My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... br /> [quote]Look at the 128k. It has trouble with 48k ... I don't think the 128k had any problems - ... machine due to a memory configuration that was designed ... to maximum
>128k RAM
>2 ... d require?
Secondly 128k is seriously lacking. You ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all ... be based on the 48k/128k).
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... clocked to maximum
>128k RAM
>2 ... use to write programs? 128k of RAM isn't going ... leave a large amount of memory after a language is ... -
Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…
... gets rid of any empty memory pages in a snap: this ... games being played on the 128k machine.
Also (and ... the days of 640Kb memory limits (and segmented memory) this was pretty ... -
Spectrum helpHello all I run a website which is some sort of community/game information hybrid. It's dedicated to most gaming platforms (currently 62 of them). I…
... note the significance of extra memory in these days of multimegabytes ... total addressable space.
The 128k therefore cannot by virtue of ... address that extra RAM. The 128k models page the top 16k ... port for example).
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Memory usageBrowsing the online documentation for the Spectrum I came across a peculiar discrepency. As we all know the start of the RAM is at 16384 which is whe…
The 128k Print buffer would obviously be in the paged memory somewhere. The +3 I know uses page 7 as a scratchpad for +3 DOS.
Either this answers my question - I want to use all the RAM for M/C anyway. -
Anyone got a copy of 'Z80 for primates'?This Z80 lark isnt easy, in fact it makes me feel very much like Washoe the chimp trying to learn learn sign language, I just dont think I've got the…
... ULA memory and all that if you want to use 128k speccy ... in your assembler jumps and memory refrences may have labels machine ... code into the point in memory where the assembler started compiling ... the AY do not access memory - you have you use OUT ... -
Memory usageBrowsing the online documentation for the Spectrum I came across a peculiar discrepency. As we all know the start of the RAM is at 16384 which is whe…
... Buffer at all on the 128K Spectrum which is why it ... variables will slide about in memory when you print.
memory at 23296.
A ... -
Spectrum Web BrowserI recall a while back that someone was developing internet software for the Spectrum for use with one of those old Prism modems. Did this ever come …
... larger than 48K, or even 128K, in some cases.
memory only formatting info and that ... -
Spectrum +3 fault - flashing screen on power onHi ive just bought a +3 When I power it on the power led and disk drive led come on. The screen just flashes black and white around the border, almos…
... a few fair duff 128k speccies since my post ... being a symptom of faulty memory - I'd say ... which prevents the faulty memory effect from manifesting as ... that you turn to the memory as the next step ... on the later +2s, the memory is conveniently packed into for ... -
Z80 AssemblerSome of you may know that I'm working on a Z80 assembler. I thought I'd start a thread so I can see what people think and what they might want to see…
... larger than the entire memory space of a 128k for a complex ... -
"La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…
... 3rd part.
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The saved positions in memory will disapear when the computer ... saved or retrived from the memory , but you need to load ... positions , are 1st saved in memory , which menas they will be ... -
"La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…
... last part.
SPECTRUM 128K or +2.?Tape Loader or ... not loaded any status in memory and computer will freeze ... version you save status in memory pressing symultaneosly SYMBOL SHIFTand keys ... />
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More "fake" screenshots, please.I don't know about anyone else, but I really like seeing Spectrum screenshots of modern and/or original games - even if there ends up being no game t…
These screens will use too much Spectrum memory, even if you use tiles. So I think, 128K versions of these games could be done with some background simplifacations.
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NEW CRONOSOFT RELEASES: HOP 'N' CHOP & GLOOP! Now availableTwo new Cronosoft releases for the Spectrum are now available for purchase online, or by mail order: [url="http://www.cronosoft.co.uk"]www.cronosoft…
... chap called Orson Karte, if memory serves. Hmm. I wonder who ... playing in the background on 128k machines (and there?s a ... -
Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... is to the area of memory taken up by the editor ... stop you paging in a 128k ram bank. -
Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... is to the area of memory taken up by the editor ... stop you paging in a 128k ram bank.
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Rediscovering my inner Spec-chumIt's been a LONG while since I last felt like this about Spectrum retrogaming. My interest in my current websites waned quite a bit over the past cou…
... same amount of memory (for the most part till 128K came along ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... compare it to a 128k or higher? 128k vs 64k, now may ... same colors etc, just more memory and a sound chip, so ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... br /> "Probably a memory thing. Lack of memory was always a problem ... the game into
memory, but that's pretty ... That could be a memory thing too, or it ... ever any plans for a 128k version?[/B]
memory.
[B] ...Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
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128K machines. If you choose this ... at a different location in memory.
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... can then load directly into memory with most emulators. Once ...
