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Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... removing the header blocks in the loading screen ... ROM loader.
The only bit missing is including the Z80 loader in ... the basic loader, but I think ... includes the z80 loader int the basic loader) although I understand ... -
Quill or PAWI'm thinking of putting-together (by which I mean writing) an adventure game for the Speccy. The two most popular utilities for doing so seem to be t…
... how to do it in PAW (in fact I did it ... I want is used in the Quill-authored Harvesting ... compiled games use the standard ROM print routines, so you ... , then modify the BASIC loader to load in the font, then ... point the BASIC CHARS System ... -
Character Based SpritesHi, I'm working through Jonathan's excellent guide to writing games, and have mastered the animation of single UDGs. Before or move onto Pixel…
... make much sense to use BASIC/ROM routines, to read keys. ... process keyboard modes in Basic editor.
The ROM is firmware, ... limited by what the original ROM provides.
Since ... Spectrum.
For 128K we need some more stuff ... -
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…
... it over 4, with 12K in each.
Then ... copy routine can sit in the bottom 4K of ... to run from effectively the 'ROM' space. My stuff certainly ... t need the Spectrum ROM paged back in, so it could ... the game just like the BASIC loader does. It wouldn't ... -
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…
... the 8 KiB ROM's contents in a 16 KiB ... a Disciple working with a 128k toastrack or a grey ... ?
When paging memory on an instruction read ... the Spectrum's ROM and the paging in of the Disciple' ... s memory (RAM or ROM) ... -
Help needed with MIA software with custom (?) loaderHi, I've got into my hands recently a bunch of Polish educational software which are unknown MIA on WOS. I believe they are protected with some…
... longer than expected...
Therefore, in terms of preservation, a specifically ... of a custom loader almost exactly copied from ROM (including timing constants ... /> Finally comes a header/program basic loader that can read the two ... -
Help needed with MIA software with custom (?) loaderHi, I've got into my hands recently a bunch of Polish educational software which are unknown MIA on WOS. I believe they are protected with some…
... a master copy (from BASIC LINE 4)
... LDIR ; Move saver and loader to upper RAM
... ,053F ; SA/LD-RET in ROM
0xEA6A PUSH HL ... ,053F ; SA/LD-RET in ROM (ROM)
0xEAE9 PUSH HL ... -
Help needed with MIA software with custom (?) loaderHi, I've got into my hands recently a bunch of Polish educational software which are unknown MIA on WOS. I believe they are protected with some…
... the second (sort-of) loader (Entry point is 0x5B80):< ... HL) ; Fetch each entry in turn. (ROM)
0x5B3E INC HL ... 1C8A ; REPORT-C - Nonsense in BASIC (ROM)
;Handle CLEAR
... FIND-INT2 operand returned in BC(ROM from 1EAC onwards)
Some Graphic Coding & Audio help.Hello my fellow WoS'ers I am in the process of writing some code for graphical purposes - I have Z88DK raring to go but I do not know how to take…
... loaded with a small basic loader. You would then pass ... that uses the full 128k spectrum's memory). I ... 128k spectrum I would load all the data into banks needed in basic ... anyone can modify the basic loader to run on their ... will not fit into 128k, then you should ...Must be missing the point - machine code... Hi Folks, Trying my hand at machine code again but falling at the first hurdle. I hand crafted the following to run at address 62000 and the co…
... code block or as a BASIC loader followed by your code.
128K you probably need to sort ... loaded one after the other in the emulator. But you can ...48K (in 48) vs 48K in 128K / +2 / +3I'm sorry I've probably overlooked this but despite a search I did not see it. :( and looking at some of the tech pages did not really answer my ques…
... the keypad routines are in ROM 1 (the BASIC ROM) and are called ... keyboard if a bit in a system variable is ... test card also resides in this ROM as there's ... crashiness when run on 128k machines which has the ... keypad and test card code in that area!
So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…
... 128K ROM. By using this mechanism, the programmers that wrote the first 128K BASIC ... routines that BASIC relies on, to the new ROM, but could ... concentrate on writing the 'new stuff'.
In ... beginning to use quite often in a little project i'm ...Recommend games that don't need the ROM ?I'm looking for a few games that: * Are freely available as .sna files * Do not need the ROM at all * Have motion on screen after snapshot resta…
... to not use the ROM you need the ROM to begin with ... /+3 and page out the ROM afterwards.
I suppose there ... since the BASIC loader won't run without the ROM in the first place ... 'd have access to the ROM charset anyway. :)
I ...how to load machine codeI'm reading Jon Caldwell's how to write Spectrum games but can't enter the code! Here's an example:_ LD BC, (score) Call 6683 I tried putting…
... five bytes BASIC uses.
Other machines (like the 128K Spectrum ... ) can electronically 'page-in' different RAM or ROM chips to ... in BASIC you only have half the RAM available to you; the ROM ...how to load machine codeI'm reading Jon Caldwell's how to write Spectrum games but can't enter the code! Here's an example:_ LD BC, (score) Call 6683 I tried putting…
... five bytes BASIC uses.
Other machines (like the 128K Spectrum ... ) can electronically 'page-in' different RAM or ROM chips to ... in BASIC you only have half the RAM available to you; the ROM ...New Game - Pietro Bros [z88dk/Nirvana+][b]PIETRO BROS[/b] Pietro and Luizo were transported to pipe world after eating some rancid mushrooms on his pizza. Help them to escape from th…
... ,128 ; move IY into ROM in case an im1 interrupt occurs ... br /> ld (_spec128),a ; indicate 128k spectrum
jp ... explicitly place it here in
;; the loader so that it is ...DivIDE allram mode help neededHi guys, are there any DIVIDE wizards out there that can explain how i page in the allram and add a rom file to it i sometimes need to load spect…
... ALLRAM mode with 16kB ram paging in zx rom area + selectable writeprotect.
rom from zx ram to DIVIDE allram. In basic you can ... custom rom image in mapram mode is possible (also from basic) use easy paging ...Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…
... support that wasn't available in predecessor TK82.
ZX Spectrum 128K - A separate numeric {ZX ... channels), 32Kb of ROM (with improved BASIC including software sprites) ... 5 MHz), ROM cartridge socket, 2 built-in Microdrive cartridge ...z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …
... just do all the loading in basic before the c program is ... "return 9000;" and then in your basic loader you run the program with ... GOTO 9000 to load something in basic and then it could resume ... rom active but these functions seem to allow calling a specific basic ...z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …
... back to BASIC which then in turn uses the LOAD ROM routine with ... /> [code]
1 REM ***** ZXLaunch Loader *****
10 DIM U$(1 ... ]F$[/b] using the ROM routine from BASIC.
Now ... would need to know where in BASIC such variables would be ...z88dk multicolour enginesI've been trying to work out how the multicolour sprite engines have been implemented in z88dk. It's not obvious. Looking in the source, I found …
... to worry about writing a basic loader to load separate binaries into ... not change sp (below CLEAR in loader)
#include
ROM isr to run, which can ... cause problems with the rom's use of IY (the ...Need help from people with a +2A/+3Started a topic [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55141/need-help-from-people-with-a-2a-3"]here[/url] to get a broader reach, b…
... matter to load in either Loader(128k mode), or 48 Basic? I've also ...Need help from people with a +2A/+3Started a topic [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55141/need-help-from-people-with-a-2a-3"]here[/url] to get a broader reach, b…
... what is shown in Ast_A_Moore sreenshot when loaded in the Loader 128k mode. The ... and appear down the screen. In 48 Basic mode, only the top ... appear below the bar like in 128k mode. If you need me ...Need help from people with a +2A/+3Started a topic [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55141/need-help-from-people-with-a-2a-3"]here[/url] to get a broader reach, b…
... is shown in Ast_A_Moore sreenshot when loaded in the Loader 128k mode. ... appear down the screen. In 48 Basic mode, only the ... below the bar like in 128k mode. If you need ... way of telling where in the frame something has ... on the CPU speed in a given Spectrum model, ...Can't Get My Simple Code To RunHello again, I'm trying to run the following simple code: [code] org 32768 main ld b, 21 ; x coordinate is …
... already been corrupted.
In addition, you don’t seem ... a terminator byte or the ROM routine at $203c.
< ... EQU 003F
Emiting TAP basic loader
Emiting TAP from 0000 ... be the problem. Any assistance in this matter would be greatly ...Can't Get My Simple Code To RunHello again, I'm trying to run the following simple code: [code] org 32768 main ld b, 21 ; x coordinate is …
... [url="http://skoolkid.github.io/rom/index.html"]The Complete Spectrum ... ROM Disassembly[/url]
I ... doesn’t generate the correct BASIC loader).
When you ... akin to the “Play” command in one of the menus.
Can't Get My Simple Code To RunHello again, I'm trying to run the following simple code: [code] org 32768 main ld b, 21 ; x coordinate is …
... is the system reset call in ROM. Without the END you're ... to jump into from the BASIC loader.Can't Get My Simple Code To RunHello again, I'm trying to run the following simple code: [code] org 32768 main ld b, 21 ; x coordinate is …
... [url="http://skoolkid.github.io/rom/index.html"]The Complete Spectrum ... ROM Disassembly[/url]
... doesn’t generate the correct BASIC loader).
When you ... is the system reset call in ROM. Without the END you' ...ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... of it that could in theory be internalize easily ... of Exodos commands typed from 128k basic... For those of us ... that can work alongside the 128k rom... I kinda envy the + ... systems at a time, in each quad of the ... screen, in parallel..
ZXpoly is ...Headerless tape loading blocksIs there any way to convert headerless machine code blocks to regular headed blocks? I imagine it involves Taper. I ask because now that I know I'…
... Dell FDDM-101 you're in luck though cause they ... off this disc, edit the BASIC loader to get shot of the ... file running on a +3 in 128K mode to ensure it works ... simpler case of loading the BASIC blocks into the +3, ... code block into the +3 in turn and saving it, ...
