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IF2 Rom snapshot creationHi, is it possible convert a Speccy 16k snapshot to a Interface 2 Rom file? I've the original Ultimate Pssst, Cookie, Trans-am and Jetpac tapes and …
... Some games require the charset in the ROM to be intact
in and around "reserved" ROM to provide a ... the ROM do you think? (I am not an expert in ... the layout of the ZX ROM)
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IF2 Rom snapshot creationHi, is it possible convert a Speccy 16k snapshot to a Interface 2 Rom file? I've the original Ultimate Pssst, Cookie, Trans-am and Jetpac tapes and …
... character" routine will be needed. In fact none of the RST ... get around problems with the Basic LOADer. It won't make it ... the game still uses the ROM.
I recommend Geoff ... fully commented disassembly of the ROM online. I use it a ... -
Blizzard's Rift in Spinanyone else having trouble playing blizzard's rift in spin, the game loads ok, you can select controls, select a system to visit but when you select …
... pretty much the best Speccies in terms of reliability - but software ... register in such a manner that would cause snow on the 128k ... Sinclair 128k ROM was full of bugs, and very unreliable - especially for BASIC ... -
Something completely different (new game tech-demo)Since finishing Stranded 2.5 (available soon from Cronosoft - plug!) I've been playing with the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-b…
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Channels and streamsSo I've put some thought into channels and streams, and read the dead (and presumably rotting corpse) of the CSS FAQ which contains some information …
... versions of the 16K ZX ROM. I'm sure the ... to type in a paper copy listing of the ROM if ... in 1992 I had to type in the ZX ROM via a hex loader ... as I had no way of transferring the ROM from ... IP, although I think ZX Basic is going to struggle a ... -
'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... do I flip between screens in Basic again? I've forgotten the ... to flip between screens from 128K BASIC? I am unsure to be ... - [b]initscr[/b] sets up paging registers such that second screen ... into second screen (Very slow in BASIC - takes a few minutes. Hint ... -
'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... as a new channel in order to write directly ... was wondering if the 128K ROM supported some additional channel ... part of the standard ROM and in any case, for ... of the "shadow screen" from BASIC.
I ... to a 100% pure BASIC program). I could presumably ... -
New Game Vera[url]http://vera.retropc.ru/[/url] version with fixed "snow effect" - software unrainer [url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/vera-fixed_im2.zip[/url…
... Spectaculator can open them when in Pentagon hardware mode.
... Then RUN "name" (whatever the basic loader is called), to load and ... support Betadisk interface in Sinclair 48k or 128k hardware modes?
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alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…
That sounds facinating Andrew.
(What did you mean by "including PLOT"?)
Does basic page the screen in/out when it needs to write to it?
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alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…
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[quote]Does basic page the screen in/out when it needs ... the screen is permanently paged in at 0xc000 with RAMTOP set ... BASIC.
[quote]Is it a 48K ROM only (but on 128K ... editor ROM as that ROM expects the system variables to be in their ... -
I just learnt that Spectrum has 1kB of unused ROMWell, man learns through all his life. I have just discovered that Spectrum has over 1 kilobyte of unused ROM memory, from address 14446 to 15615. Al…
FREE MEMORY IN ZX ROM:
Original Spektrum rom (ZX16/ ... -#3CFF
Spektrum 128k rom (rom 0):
#0013-#0017
Spektrum 128k rom (rom 1 - 48 basic):
#000B-#000F< ... br />
BS rom 140 (used in MB02+ interface):
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Changing the way SCREEN$ is loadedThe way the speccy loads in a SCREEN$ is interesting - top two-thirds first, then middle and finally the bottom, which is due to the way the speccy d…
... ]So can we do it in BASIC or what?[/QUOTE]
Some kind of "still-BASIC-mode" would be to have ... a BASIC program that includes some POKEs ... almost similar copy of the ROM loader, but with different values for ... -
16K Rom with RS232 supportHi all, I am looking for a 16K Rom-code (to fit into the speccy) which supports RS232 and Network of IF1. Background: I am using 48K Issue 3 with W…
... have learned a lot about paging in ROM and trap handling.
But ... Its not a problem of paging in the ROM, its simply an I ... connector) everything works perfect! Rom can paged in and out and I ... basic knowledge in MC. So I will never mange to change Peras ROM ... -
Multiface3 and Divide combinationI recently bought a Multiface3 from ebay, I haven't got it yet but I was wondering... since the MF3 has a through port (the one i got), will it be co…
In which case, at least one ... 0x0066 executes (and both are paging in at the same time).
ROM module. The Spectranet, having 128K flash and 128K static RAM ... -
New BASin features - what do you want?Ok, this poll is just a quick method of gaining the measure of what you lot expect from BASin. Go vote! Which ever gets the most votes at the end of…
... bigger programs by using memory paging or multiple passes from ... which is used widely in BASIC, but in its most arbitrary form ... commands, making calls to the ROM routines for the remainder. ... some that replace particularly slow ROM routines with their own ... -
Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... re all z80 files. In the "in-game" list, there ... br /> [I]128K Load[/I]: Needs multiface, tried it in ZXSpin with ... resets back to tape loader (maybe it's meant ... it gives me a "Nonsense in BASIC" message.
[I] ... just resets back to tape loader.
[I]Jet ... -
BASin r14d - Final bugfix for the r14 seriesOk, there's not a great deal to "show" here, as most of the work has been going on "under the hood" so to speak. And there's been a [i]lot[/i] of wor…
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1) Type in
[CODE]10 PLAY "ABC ... you'll get "nonsense in BASIC" at line 20 after ... end when it reports "nonsense in basic" at line 20.
... - and when the 128k ROM is paged in, you get a ... br /> This affects strings, not BASIC text. I can fix this ... -
Usr 0 ?I'm not sure I've ever seen this explained before, but why do some programs (only demos, as far as I can see, so far) need USR 0 mode when run on a 1…
... 48kB memory(basic) and set 48 rom with enable 128kB memory paging. For ... switch from 128 basic to 48 basic ... .speccy.cz/other/zx128rom-enable-paging-in-48-basic.zip[/url]
Usr 0 ?I'm not sure I've ever seen this explained before, but why do some programs (only demos, as far as I can see, so far) need USR 0 mode when run on a 1…
... offer over the standard 128K mode? And why does ... because the program combines BASIC and machine code. ... and then return to 128k basic. That's why many ... which load in multiple parts and use BASIC loader require USR ... suggest, run a program in 128k mode which sets up ...Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
... .1 is in ROM 15 and BASIC 4 is in ROM 14. As ROM 15 has ... . To get into BASIC the built-in OS command '*BASIC' has to be ... used as BASIC has no ... ROMs the project has become 128K only.Usr 0 ?I'm not sure I've ever seen this explained before, but why do some programs (only demos, as far as I can see, so far) need USR 0 mode when run on a 1…
... MB02 with a fixed ROM (loaded into RAM of ... MB02 and paged in). This interface puts a ... Spectrum 128 permanently in USR 0 mode. The ... remember another difference between 128K and USR0 mode:
in 128K Mode in BASIC because, if I remember ...Is the original divIDE compatible with Interface 1Is the original divIDE hardware compatible with Interface 1 ? I would like to use the divIDE and Microdrives connected at the same time. Is this pos…
... to inhibit the divIDE from paging in its EEPROM on top of ... Interface 1 ?
In other words, could software running ... IDE routines without using the Basic LOAD command trap of the ... ? Any paging port ?
Divide connect external rom memory if ...How Long!Hi Been playing around with FUSE today and loading some .tap .tzx files using the built in tape function. I know I can load them straight in but li…
... , and Golden Apple has no BASIC loader, for some reason, so you ... restart the virtual cassette deck in the emulator, if it doesn ... longest loader on the Spectrum was Daley Thompson's Supertest 128K, which ...DivIDE on Spectrum +3Hi all, Is it possible to use the DivIDE on the Spectrum +3 in 128K mode? I have the 'A' jumper set on the board, but my +3 resets into 48K mode wit…
... Basic as intended behaviour (and not just on the +3), the 128K paging ... mode - so many (most?) 128K programs will still run, as ... don't rely on the 128K Basic extensions.[/QUOTE]
... both ROM's with EPROMS which contain +2 or original 128k ROM contents ...ZX Printer emulation in 128 modeFuse doesn't emulate the ZX Printer in 128 mode. ZX Spin does, but it doesn't run under Wine. Thankfully vbSpec does. Although the print buffer isn'…
... launch of the 128K Spectrum, calls the ROM COPY (in consideration of readers ... typing fingers) and crashes when dumping in 128K ... mode.
The Outlet magazine version prints fine in 128K BASIC.Biggest single-load game?How many screens is the biggest single-load game? I'm not thinking of levels that randomly generate, but ones with difined screens. 16k, 48k and 128k…
... Director 2 128k? Bloody thing took ages, as it saved basic to ... game that had an actual basic loader part missing, right near the ... time :p
However, in answer to your question, the ... longest loading game was Starglider 128k.Tape and Disk breakpointsIs it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint wi…
... m not fond of protected BASIC loaders, code blocks with ... s nothing like a clean BASIC loader with a clean listing, ... area to another (printer buffer, BASIC overwriting, etc.), after this ... a custom loader like in Nonocross where you cannot use the ROM loader to ...Loading screens, worth the wait?Inspired by a topic in the chit chat thread I thought I would have a poll about loading screens. What with the R tape loading error problems and ea…
... sometimes I broke into the basic loader to skip the screen loading ... big unused areas of 0s in their code block (or maybe ... did). Splitting the game code in several smaller blocks also seems ... had a distinct block for 128K music at the end of ...Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…
... idea to page the 48K rom while in +3 DOS. Is it ... could use SAVE under +3 BASIC, but it doesn't help ... of any difference between the 128K's serial port and the ... via a SAVE command under BASIC? Let's say I ... send custom size binary files (rom dump, ram dump, dump ...divide plus back to life , preorderI have green light form authors to made DIVIDE PLUS, anybody interested? Promise from me , fully asembled and tested DIVIDE PLUS in plastic case. Qua…
... the ROM depending on which machine type you're using (48k/128k ... in USR 0 mode. But 128 basic is enable only with correct rom ... fatware support only SPANISH rom with 128 basic).
For example: ... only. But writing command in 128 basic is possible only with " ...
