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Why the name "8-bit computer"?The Spectrum was called an 8-bit computer, but what does that mean? For modern hardware and operating systems (32 or 64-bit) it seems to be the poss…
Indeed - which is where the ST got its name. Sixteen/Thirtytwo. 16 bit databus, 32 bit internal arch of chip .
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Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... and that is the second bit. As you can see ... C provides char (8-bit signed value -128 to ... 127), unsigned char (8-bit unsigned value 0 to ... 65535), long (32 bit signed), unsigned long (32 bit unsigned), float and ... another variable or a bit of program code. In ... -
8-bit or 16-bit registers?I'm playing around with writing a Speccy emulator for mobile Java at the moment. I did a quick and dirty port of Qaop, which does run but at less tha…
... to access your 8/16 bit registers and the code would ... PC as a char (16-bit signed) it means I don ... 16 bits of an int (32-bit signed) instead, which appears to ... -
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Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... c -- if necessary!). A bit of review here -- a ... to 32767) and longs (32-bit and therefore range across +- ... that can hold 16-bit numbers and instructions ... . However sometimes the 16-bit range (+- 32767 or so ... which is only a little bit different):
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Was there ever a British console?It seems to me that all of the console gaming systems were/are all either American or Japanese (such as the Atari 2600 or the XBox for the former, or…
Was there ever a British console?It seems to me that all of the console gaming systems were/are all either American or Japanese (such as the Atari 2600 or the XBox for the former, or…
Was there ever a British console?It seems to me that all of the console gaming systems were/are all either American or Japanese (such as the Atari 2600 or the XBox for the former, or…
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... to be a 32-bit long because a 16-bit unsigned int can ... for scores in this game. 32-bit longs can go up to ... . Again needs to be a 32-bit long.
[b]type ... header file. As of now bit 7 set is used to ... can be any species with bit 7 set although in the ...Spectrum Hardware Emu!Well, not really but it may be of some interest to you speccyphiles over here! It was certainly inspired by the good old rubber keyed one! [URL="ht…
... classic speccy games on a 32 bit microcontroller the [URL="http://www ...Cyberknights (CRL)I've got the tape for this MIA rarity in front of me. I'm hoping in a few days to meet up with one of the preservation team and make a TZX and do inl…
... (Audacity) only does 16 and 32 bit sampling, and I'm kinda ...Cyberknights (CRL)I've got the tape for this MIA rarity in front of me. I'm hoping in a few days to meet up with one of the preservation team and make a TZX and do inl…
... ) only does 16 and 32 bit sampling, and I'm ... select WAV (Microsoft 8 bit PCM) as the export ... save as an 8-bit file and MakeTZX should ... Samp2TZX which handles 16-bit Stereo samples.... MakeTZX supports ... 16 bit samples too.
...Photographing a Psion 3a LCD screenI'm trying to take photos of a Psion 3a LCD screen for a (very) vaguely Speccy-related project, and they're coming out terribly (usually blurry and o…
... prices than the 5mx (16mb, 32-bit processor) on eBay. It's ...Photographing a Psion 3a LCD screenI'm trying to take photos of a Psion 3a LCD screen for a (very) vaguely Speccy-related project, and they're coming out terribly (usually blurry and o…
... 5MX has (I think) a 32 bit processer but with 16meg RAM ...Starting on machine code - BASIC first?Howdy. If I wanted to start learning machine code for the speccy, from scratch, would you recommend I learn BASIC first or is it entirely possible to…
... IP addresses are just a 32 bit number. So most browsers would ... and octal to a raw 32 bit unsigned integer, you could also ...Starting on machine code - BASIC first?Howdy. If I wanted to start learning machine code for the speccy, from scratch, would you recommend I learn BASIC first or is it entirely possible to…
... IP addresses are just a 32 bit number. So most browsers would ...Starting on machine code - BASIC first?Howdy. If I wanted to start learning machine code for the speccy, from scratch, would you recommend I learn BASIC first or is it entirely possible to…
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'tis a wee bit surprising that network engineers don ... IP addresses are just a 32 bit number.[/QUOTE]
There ...PC 64 bit architectureA friend of mine offered me a new cheap PC. But it is based on the 64 bit architecture. Do you have personal experience with these computers? I plan …
... you just install the 32 bit operating systems. There's ... if you install 64 bit Windows XP or Linux ... no longer supports 16-bit or DOS apps, and ... been hard coded for 32 bit machines. Non-mainstream hardware ... I'd suggest sticking to 32-bit Windows, unless you've ...PC 64 bit architectureA friend of mine offered me a new cheap PC. But it is based on the 64 bit architecture. Do you have personal experience with these computers? I plan …
... of RAM, then use a 32 bit operating system. All other things ... generally be slightly slower than 32 bit (although when using the amd64 ...Zilog's new corporate logo...On my last visit to Zilog.com, I note they have a shiny new corporate logo. Gone is the big Z, and now the all new lowercase 'zilog' with a yellow Z.…
... also have an ARM-cored 32 bit microcontroller going now, too, which ... of course, the classic 8 bit Z80 we all know and ...Cross Platform DevelopmentWhat's the best way to develop cross platform apps? By best, the only limiting criteria would be "at no cost" :)
... you're not talking about 32-bit applications I have to say ... weird code, I use this bit of code in one of ...Need Help With Ad Hoc network.I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop, both with wifi cards. Desktop connects successfully to the outside world. Both are seeing each other …
... is running the normal IPv4 (32 bit ip addresses). If you right ... addresses are back to normal 32 bit ones. And if so do ...Remakes using Spectrum graphics - worth doing?After reading the comments in this [post=251540]post[/post], I was surprised to see some support for the idea of a PC remake (or sequel) of a Speccy …
... modern PC can throw around 32-bit sprites no problem. I can ...Remakes using Spectrum graphics - worth doing?After reading the comments in this [post=251540]post[/post], I was surprised to see some support for the idea of a PC remake (or sequel) of a Speccy …
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except it?s a bit more laborious to code for ... modern PC can throw around 32-bit sprites no problem. I can ...Remakes using Spectrum graphics - worth doing?After reading the comments in this [post=251540]post[/post], I was surprised to see some support for the idea of a PC remake (or sequel) of a Speccy …
... modern PC can throw around 32-bit sprites no problem. I can ...Interview for a passport!!!.....Hi all me again! Applied for a passport about a month ago, had a letter come through saying that I gotta go for an "interview".... What the hell is…
... it was supposed to be 32 bit at the time. The SNES ... levels and had a little bit of half decent music. The ...Integer RangesOK, I need a little help clarifying something. I am making good progress with the emulator so far - I've emulated most ADD, INC, DEC commands (as we…
... properly represented in an 8-bit register.
0111 1111 ... be represented in an 8-bit register.
In hardware ...16-Bit Binary MathsHi, I'm trying to figure a few things out regarding 16-bit maths (SBC HL, ss in particular). regHL is an UInt16 (unsigned 16-bit integer) in my emu…
Can't you use 32-bit ints to hold register values? Then it's just a case of copying b32 to your emulated carry flag.Handling RST8 on a +3Well, I've come to that bit of my project that I wasn't really looking forward to (because I don't understand enough about the ZX BASIC ROM) - extend…
... you have to do a bit more than OUT (r), n ... /> * Socket family of AF_INET (this bit can be left out, since ... a string to a 16 bit int)
* Internet address ... or dotted decimal into a 32 bit big endian int)
* Whether ...Other active retro computer/console forums?I know WOS is the best active forum on the net but is there any other active forums(Amiga, Megadrive/Genesis??)
Atari-forum.com is pretty good for all your 16/32 bit Atari needs.
For other platforms, I just know German forums which prolly wouldn't help you.
