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  • Chess on the ZX Spectrum<p>Which was the ultimate Chess Program for the ZX Spectrum?</p><p><br></p><p>Was there a superior version for the 128 K models that made good progra…

    ... programming use of the extra memory for strategy?.....

    I ... , set 180s as response time. 128K feature was never implemented fully ... them.

    Unfortunately, web page with RZX recordings, with move ...
    Alex_Lux Alex_Lux July 2015 Games
  • EmuZwin 128k banks in assembler Having looked at the assembler help file " ORG [{ RAMn | ROMn },] #target_address [, #dest_address ] Defines target assembling address and ta…

    ... DI
    CALL SWAP ; Page in ROM0 128K ROM
    DI
    memory
    Use Banks 4 ... 2 and 3) (uncontended memory) for frequently accessed data e ... 0 and 1) (contended memory) for infrequently used data storage ...
    dbolli dbolli August 2015 Emulators
  • EmuZwin 128k banks in assembler Having looked at the assembler help file " ORG [{ RAMn | ROMn },] #target_address [, #dest_address ] Defines target assembling address and ta…

    ... usr 0 (to keep the 128k memory available), assembled the code, tested ... fitted around the new interupt routine and it worked first ... playing, the game pause routine and lots of little buggers ... the new load/save routine - basic memory permitting with my mate ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins August 2015 Emulators
  • Bomb Munchies - preview releaseBomb Munchies Preview release Version 12th Jan 2014 [URL=http://s979.photobucket.com/user/MatGubbins/media/bmsix_zpsc33279a2.gif.html][IMG]http://i…

    ... and trying to save on memory, and fixing a few stupid ... on the same page as the keys/joystick page. They have been ... moved to a new page to make it nice and ... been tested on my Spectrum 128K +2 (grey) and is working ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins August 2015 Brand new software
  • DiscipleI have got a Disciple Disk Interface, with no manual, software. I have downloaded the PDF Manual from WOS, which says I have to load the operating…

    ... br />
    On the 128K, however... (and yes, I ... RAM when saving a 128K snapshot, to determine ... "lower 16K" (well, page 5, really... the Spectrum' ... , also, the ROM detection routine looks for 175 ($af) ... also works for the Spanish 128K, French +2, Spanish ...
    zub zub September 2015 Hardware
  • DiscipleI have got a Disciple Disk Interface, with no manual, software. I have downloaded the PDF Manual from WOS, which says I have to load the operating…

    ... chunks. There's a bizarre routine at 0x003B which *might* be ... a paging routine (it's nearly the same in every page, as ... page to another, you have to swap through all of them). Memory ...
    Jmk Jmk September 2015 Hardware
  • DiscipleI have got a Disciple Disk Interface, with no manual, software. I have downloaded the PDF Manual from WOS, which says I have to load the operating…

    ... chunks. There's a bizarre routine at 0x003B which *might* be ... a paging routine (it's nearly the same in every page, as ... page to another, you have to swap through all of them). Memory ...
    zub zub September 2015 Hardware
  • What is the "SPECTRUM" keyword on a 128K?The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new commands; PLAY and SPECTRUM (or possibly the other way around.) The manual ([url="http://www.wor…

    ... RAM so any program in memory is lost. Typing "USR 0 ... />
    The 48k ROM page on the 128k models is not absolutely ... possible to switch back to 128k mode with the available commands ... this.

    That manual page says that RAM disk data ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Games not compatible with the 128+ & grey +2Like the +2A & +3 thread, there are a few games that do not work correctly on the original 128+ and the grey +2. Two games that I know of that wil…

    ... grey-2

    ; this routine adapted from jon north's ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?page=hth63.html
    ;
    ... jp back to this hacking routine
    jr dor ; go ... ld ($9c7b),hl ; again, lower memory addresses
    ld ($6f1b),hl ...
    jp jp October 2015 Games
  • Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…

    ... answered the question from page 6 or so as ... , we're on to page 12 by now, right?), ... could find that speedplot routine that processes multiple draw commands ... a static pin up page, to summarize everything that ... to fit all this into memory: a/ Background scenes, b ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil October 2015 New game ideas
  • What is the "SPECTRUM" keyword on a 128K?The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new commands; PLAY and SPECTRUM (or possibly the other way around.) The manual ([url="http://www.wor…

    ... As for the older 128K models, i haven't ... That 23354 (5B3Ah) is ONERR routine (in ZX Printer buffer), ... routine in 128 and +2, but it doesn't return to 128k ... that when outing to memory mapper port 0x7ffd, when ... bit 5 is set, "memory paging will be disabled and ...
    zPasi zPasi October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Full-screen 32 columns bicolor engine NIRVANA+I'm glad to announce the release of [b]NIRVANA+ ENGINE[/b], providing support for bicolor graphics (multicolor 8x2) in 32 columns for all standard Sp…

    ... capable but it's a memory hog. I'm looking ... a new approach to reduce memory requirements but the other ... making it easy to build 128k games and to load/ ... is there to make memory size pressures go away.< ... php?id=libnew:examples:sp1_ex1"]page[/url] has some new ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2015 Brand new software
  • Spectrom interface ?Hi all, I got 2 of this devices ... :) [img]http://forest.no-ip.org/wos/spectrom/20151006_151428.jpg[/img] [img]http://forest.no-ip.org/wos/sp…

    ... data. And Pacemuzx swaps that page too, (so that data doesn ... that is not possible in 128K or +2.

    Patching ... emulator to work also on 128K and +2 should be possible ... 48K requires both (if the memory suffices, it's tight).
    zPasi zPasi October 2015 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... 16K of memory.

    Those eight blocks total 128K of ... those eight. The screen memory area is bank 5 ( ... can actually page these in to the top of memory as ... the same bit of memory addressable in two different ... to page it in at the top of memory to ...
    joefish joefish October 2015 Hardware
  • Improving on perfection - Suggestions on making great games better!?Penetrator - different button for fire as opposed to move forward Ant Attack - just one grenade button Deathchase - time limit on each level Manic…

    ... high score to the title page, as once it's game ... , but ran out of memory, so a 128K version could include an ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2015 Games
  • 128k Paging a tile routine to a double bufferHi happy new year all :) Does anyone have an example of how to page a routine to the screen ie a tile routine? Thanks :)

    ... 128K spectrums

    Bits 0,1,2 determine the ram page ... />
    Bit 3 determines whether memory page 5 at 4000h is the ... /> this will give a memory configuration in 128k, ie pages 5, 2 ... what is stored in page 7, and page in page 7.

    dmsmith dmsmith January 2016 Development
  • Idk>le me browsing through some game's code >..... [code]61A8 F5 push af 61A9 3EFF ld a,FF 61AB D37F out (7F),a 61AD D33F ou…

    ... is XORred with the respective memory area containing 'random values' and ... which is the key input routine. #ED0D is where the actual ... valid for both 48K and 128K versions)
    Hikaru Hikaru January 2016 Development
  • Knight Lore disassemblyHi, Not quite sure if this belongs here or in "Games" but figured it's more likely that developers would be interested. I've just released the …

    ... 253 is used by 128K Spectrum for memory bank switching, but this ... brothers used the same keyboard routine for all their games and ... book when were writing their routine. :D
    TK90XFan TK90XFan January 2016 Development
  • 128K programmingDoes anyone know any good resources on assembly programming for the 128? All I'm after is an "idiot's-getting-started-guide" on how to utilise the…

    ... Z80 can address 64k of memory, these are divided into ... br />
    On a stock 128K or +2, the first 16k ... have either the 48K or 128K ROM bank paged into ... a +2A/+3 you can page banks into other blocks, ... ways to use the extra memory:

    1. Back ...
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay February 2016 Development
  • 128K programmingDoes anyone know any good resources on assembly programming for the 128? All I'm after is an "idiot's-getting-started-guide" on how to utilise the…

    ... , get your own interrupt routine going in the middle RAM ... how the ROM will page stuff in and out ... 48K ROM that will never page anything, although you will ... be still able to page stuff yourself.

    ... never going to use the 128K ROM, I see no ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas February 2016 Development
  • New game: SETO TAISHO VS YOKAIHello Spec-chums! At last, my new game is available for download: [img]http://www.alessandrogrussu.it/zx/Seto-art.jpg[/img] [b]Features:[/b]…

    ... of memory anyway), how is it possible to work in 128k?[/quote ... of recalling each level from memory (or of loading it from ... order to page the various levels into different banks of memory to ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu March 2016 Brand new software
  • DivMMC Enjoy - I'm not enjoying it!My DivMMC Enjoy arrived today. Excitedly I rushed home to plug it into my +2a. I have quite a few SD card/CF solutions for my computers so I know wha…

    ... the DIP switches for Spectrum +128k "toastrack" and +2AB/+3 ... , needing to lock the 128K paging system, some games ... designed for 128K expect the system variable ... and its place in memory is filled with a ... , so to page in a bank from 128K BASIC, these ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix April 2016 Hardware
  • Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…

    ... code anymore.

    My routine above is not really random ... />
    I'm writing a 128k demo which includes every piece ... everything into all the available memory for a 128k machine.
    FrankT FrankT April 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... .speccy.cz/zx/divide/divide-memory.htm]here[/url] - I assume ... that the ROM tape loader routine is trapped at #0562. I ... . There's also a better 128K .TAP now, without long-ish ... pauses and whatnot so the 128K .TZX is no longer needed ...
    Hikaru Hikaru May 2016 Games
  • New Game - Cap'n Rescue: ReprisalHello, I'd just like to announce my new game Cap'n Rescue: Reprisal for the ZX Spectrum is almost complete. This is the third game in the series…

    ... /> Please fix, the re-spawn routine sprite status initialization.
    ... with, adding sprites is causing memory corruption though.

    ... unused sprite already in memory that could do that ... "]
    Some help page explaining all the "power ups ...
    LoadingScreech LoadingScreech July 2016 Brand new software
  • ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…

    ... to switch banks fast to page in a diferent set of ... "t aford due to "constrained" memory budget).

    P.O ... of memory requirements, never seen on a Spectrum, not even a 128k ...
    RMartins RMartins July 2016 Hardware
  • The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…

    ... a Disciple working with a 128k toastrack or a grey ... br />
    When paging memory on an instruction read, the ... in of the Disciple's memory (RAM or ROM) ... from the currently paged in memory (the Spectrum's ROM). ... I/O instruction to page out the Disciple ROM/ ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK July 2016 Hardware
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