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Zero v0.8Pigs can apparently fly because it's the v0.8 update of Zero that no one asked for but is out for public consumption anyway. Grab it [url="https:/…
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- Fixed loading of some 128k Z80 files with trailing zeros ... /> - Fixed screen flip timing during 7ffd out - passes ptime test now. (woody ... -
Are 128K games more likely to crash than 48K ones?Hey, guys. I've been doing some experimenting with various games and even some music demos and apps, and I'm beginning to reach a conclusion that …
... reach a conclusion that the 128K versions of the games in ... version of the Spectrum's test signal. I am aware of ... contention issues between the Sinclair 128K "Toastrack" model and its Amstrad ... -
WANTED: tape replacement for +2?Any tape replacement possible for a +2? My +2 works wonderfully but the incorporated datacorder is simply worn out and won't load ANYTHING. Dirty sig…
... be seen from the following program:
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For a correct test do not press any key ... />
The BASIC program used above is relatively slow ... OUT (254),A
TIMING LD B,7 ;crucial value ... the constant in the TIMING line smaller then ... -
TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.
... and allows the running program to make use of ... then hit tape loader in 128k mode, and play this ... processing in there to test if you're getting ... then, you can't test them all. You could build ... block types - it accelerates the program, not the tape.
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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…
... Buffer at all on the 128K Spectrum which is why it ... , you'll see that the program and variables will slide about ... use the Z80 emulator to test it. -
Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... in the context of a program where other things are ... to experiment to get the timing right.
... loading it on a 128k or higher but ... time you stopped the program. Somewhere towards the beginning ... the last block ( the main program ) with Merge "".
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Need_Help...*.SCR TO *.TAPPLEASE...NEED HELP... HOW MADE STANDART 6912 BYTES ZX-SPECTRUM SCREENBLOCK (.TAP OR .TZX),FROM .Z80 OR .SCR(.GIF) FILE??? In 'Taper' convert .z80…
... will be saved with ROM timing. Note that
you ... 128K mode on a
real Spectrum. Unless the program ... extra memory used by the program is then available!
... been taken so that several 128K programs will
successfully ... -
AY-3-8912 help !Hi all. Happy new yeay. I'm new to spectrum programming, and am interested in writing some music for the +2 AY chip. The problem is...I cant find …
... start the program in usr0 mode: Start up as a 128K Spectrum ... two. It involves using software timing to update the AY registers ... -
question about EmuZWin 2.2can anyone please tell me how to load the games after the first 1 on a cover/complimation tape. i'm using emuZwin 2.2 i know the old way is [load"gam…
... skept, this means that a program could not find a part ... FE done by the Spectrum program to continue loading or just ... mode, some only in 128K, some in 128K but require to enter ... is even important which multicolor timing is On.
Why ... -
Emulation accuracy and how it affects softwareHi folks. I was thinking of bodging together a rudimentary Spectrum emulator myself, not as a competitor to the other emulators, but as an integrate…
... only worse due to NTSC timing differences.
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test any program that does not work on ... -
InterruptsA small piece intended for the FAQ. Comments, corrections, additions welcome. Notably: * How long does the 48K ULA hold /INT low? * What happens i…
... as every 20ms. On the 128K machines, an interrupt is ... the Z80 low. On the 128K machines, /INT is held ... doesn't work on the 128K machines, so it's ... /> Its 19 overall but the timing here is wrong.
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Clone Project feedbackFinally i now have some time to start again with my clone project. I have decided to drop the 48k project and go directly on a 128k clone. This migh…
... , i could run the VGA timing from the CPU clock but ... support that is in the 128k model. But this was never ... can test and verify most of them with my original 128k (and ... -
+2A "Ghost" programHi all - first time posting here, so I'll do a quick background - I was a (far too) dedicated 48k and +2A gamer in my younger days. Thanks to the mi…
... , I also use it to test my eBay tapes to sell ... remember which ones, this Ghost program could be VERY useful !!!...
128k, 48k etc :) ).
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Sid Spider on WOS.Can we take it that the inclusion of Sid Spider on WOS is official confirmation that it is no longer being developed? :( :( :(
... but I'd like to test play them again before I ... and either not play the 128k AY music or playing a ... maybe making seperate 48k and 128k versions. Probably would have been ... he wouldn't have to program that also.
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Fuse Emulator & Manic MinerHi All I am trying to run Manic Miner on two different Spectrum emulators on my Mac. Thing is when I load the game in Miner Willy just keeps jumpi…
... Have you seen the hardware test tape that comes with zxsp ... analysing all the (non-border) timing oddities of the 48K/128K speccies. -
Fuse Emulator & Manic MinerHi All I am trying to run Manic Miner on two different Spectrum emulators on my Mac. Thing is when I load the game in Miner Willy just keeps jumpi…
... Have you seen the hardware test tape that comes with zxsp ... the (non-border) timing oddities of the 48K/128K speccies.
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Interrupt timingsHow long does the ULA hold /INT low for on interrupt on each of the Spectrum models?
... wrote:
A test on real 48K/128K hardware would be good ... to the Sinclair ULA, your program reports each tstate to be ... -
Interrupt timingsHow long does the ULA hold /INT low for on interrupt on each of the Spectrum models?
Nothing doing with this last test anybody?
It's ... be identical to the other 128K models, being a straight 6 ... somebody could run that contention program once more and see if ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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To prevent "Program: foo" or "Bytes: bar" to ... * Alternatively if you want to test only if a UDG is ... routines in a machine code program.
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Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …
... assembler listing, zasm-compatible) to test Speccies!
Once I ... else, so I wrote a program that writes to screen RAM ... blocks). I first burnt your test rom. Spectrum initialized and screen ... that it can check whole 128k ? And what is the meaning ... -
Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…
... /> 4.) I am writing the program in BASin (v13), but I ... . Thanks to BASin now having 128k commands, I can make a ... 128k version that has more illustrations! ... already mention that?). I also test it occasionally on my real ... -
Z80 vs. 8080.[QUOTE=obo]... because 8080 is pretty much just a cut down Z80.[/QUOTE] Really? So what's been cut, and why? Hang on, didn't the 808 evolve from the…
... some instructions had different timing so if a program or loop relied ... effects on the 48K and 128K Spectrums.
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How to get Spectrum games as WAV files?Hopefully I can ask this here, I guess I can. I would like to burn some downloaded favourite spectrum games to cd, to load them on my Spectrum, so I…
haven?t got time to test anything today... :(
but ... course... what I do with 128K tunes with 48K machine;D ... burn Zilog?s JSW cover program to same CD somehow... I ... -
Programs detecting Spectrum modelsHi. I'm curious about knowing how some speccy games detect if they are runnning in a 128k or 48k model. What tricks can be used to make this in a Spe…
... a program written by Vision of TMG that's used to test ... that tests if you have 128k enabled (a non-basic (hence ... not tricky to write a program to do the speed tests ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... prefer using soundtracker (the spectrum program) probably out of habit.
128k spectrum have exactly the same ... with an AY chip (TS2068, 128k spectrum, msx, cpc, etc) with ... it is possible with careful timing from machine code to put ... -
ZXSpin 0.61 Available nowHi all! Well, after a lengthy few testing cycles, I'm taking the plunge and uploading the latest version of ZXSpin, to replace the rather aged old 0…
... a timing difference, but we don't know what the test relies ... before. I know that the 128K runs slightly faster than the ... the border timing differences in Starion, Paperboy etc, when pre-128K games ... were ran on the 128K machine).
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…
[QUOTE=glancaster;167176]128K BASIC doesn't allow ... to type in using the 128K editor ;) ). The extra ... almost all memory for the program test, has vert few variables, ... in workspace and in program area to be copied. ... only need space in program area to store the ...Amstrad +2 Diagnostic BoardCan anybody help I wish to buy the Diagnostic Board that connects to the I/O strip at the back of the Amstrad ZX Spectrum +2. Many thanks Martin
... Spectrums). Consisting of:
* 128K flash ROM (Am29F010, since I ... it so it can take 128K - 512K 32 pin DIP flash ... 8 LEDs, so the memory test can be completed, and that ... the ULA
* ability to program the flash ROM with a ..."Lost" 48K expansionToday I dug up my Speccy after more than 10yrs of inactivity. I bought it as a 16K in 1983, than I had expanded to 48K and never had problem. Until t…
This is the Sinclair Research program for testing ROM/RAM and ... program was allegedly written by Dr. Ian Logan and the ROM test ... on the 48K and Sinclair 128K Spectrum.
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L723B ...
