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ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... software (say, a collection of demos) in a seperate directory it ... well.
You could even add a "family" ("screen,16384,6912. ... />
I suppose perhaps a better solution for ordering would ... certainly know that it's a hassle doing cross-development ( ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... the filename. Perhaps a zx-equivalent of a descript.ion is ... already suggested this as a way to provide ordering of ... 32768,0 -- would describe a file that loads to address ... of the "tape"... just add a line to the end of ... . If I was to add more data to the end ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
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If you have a directory full of files, and ... if your program performs a LOAD "" CODE then ... /> BASin has been using a system just like you wanted ... very useful. LOAD "" will open a file requester.
add a header. I do for ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... with multiple files and a single makefile. The result ... to test. This takes a fraction of a second.
a complete project into an ... 's really easy to add a processing step to the ... makefile to automatically add metadata info to the ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... have provoked...
A few observations...
... against trying to treat a directory like a sequential tape, with ... the "fallback" situation where a filename has no particular header ... ; in this case just add a command which re-initialises the ... -
Playing Denied Ultimate GamesHmmm, maybe this belongs in Emulators but it is game specific. Just been leafing through Games(TM) in Smiths and there's an article about a (strong)…
... results and taking them to a group of students to code ... - no-one did. It was a combination of several people and ... is endless - you have to add a mouse, networking cards, etc...
However, a large portion can be traced ... -
need a routine to fill the screen with 'stars'I need a routine that will randomly set pixels to give the illusion of a star filled back ground. Once drawn, the stars don't need to move. Not wanti…
... HL,16384
Loop: LD A,(DE)
AND 7
RLCA
RLCA
ADD A,#C6
LD (Label1+1 ... ),A
Label1: SET 0,(HL ... DE
AND 83
ADD A,L
JR NC,Label2 ...
Label2: LD L,A
LD A,H
CP #58 ... -
Self Relocating CodeOn page 47 of [url]http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80/doc/ldosq1-3.txt[/url] is an article about relocating code. The documented routine that performs the…
... /> LD HL,RELTAB
ADD HL,BC ; BC is start ...
LOOP LD A,C
ADD A,(HL)
LD ... (HL),A ;reloc low byte< ... INC HL
ADD A,B
ADC A,(HL)
LD ... JR Z,ENDC
ADD A,L
JR NC,NOCAR ... -
*WoS database feature request*Greetings, This message is primarily addressed to Martijn, but I've thought of making it public, so that other members may have input on the subject…
... -you inside it. Is that a problem? Note that many zips ... the list, as well as add a lot of additional processor time ... not sure what this would add, what with having the complete ... -
Games club wc 19/08/06Late again :( Voting still ends on Saturday though.....
Whoops! Dunno what happened there! I did add a poll. Honest guv... -
A note to self - in the future from the past.Has anyone come across this quirky site? [url]http://www.futureme.org/[/url] Apparently, you can write a note to yourself for the future. This messa…
... br /> Apparently, you can write a note to yourself for the ... be delivered to a specified email address a couple of ... in the corner of a room, gathering dust and ... now is a website that`ll post a letter to an ... BTinternet when the 10.99 a month deal starts."
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budget PCsi've been asked to have a look around for a PC for my brother, preferably around the 500 quid mark. He's only going to be using it for net access and…
... fancy. I could probably build a good machine for about £300 ... for pennies now, but a TFt will add a little bit to the ... -
In Machine Code, what is the quickest way to sort bytes?I am playing around with some ordering of sprites, where I want to order them by vertical position. I used some Rodnay Zaks code to order some bytes…
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sort1:
ld a,e
add a,d; col4% = col3% + col1 ...
add a,l
ld l,a
adc a,h
add a,e
ld e,a
adc a,d
TZX specs v1.20 RC1Hello folks, after months of waiting finally you have the latest update proposal (RC1) for the TZX format! This update includes revisions to the 0x…
... ]I've sent emails a few times about the ... Your modification is a bit of a hack of the format ... where it's impossible to add a (possibly essential) header chunk ... proof that it's not a clean solution IMHO.
... marked with a v2.1 header as a proprietary flavour, ...TZX specs v1.20 RC1Hello folks, after months of waiting finally you have the latest update proposal (RC1) for the TZX format! This update includes revisions to the 0x…
... characters. Your modification is a bit of a hack of the format ... where it's impossible to add a (possibly essential) header chunk ... application description. I wanted a separate field for the person ... 256 characters which is quite a lot. I basically divided ...In Machine Code, what is the quickest way to sort bytes?I am playing around with some ordering of sprites, where I want to order them by vertical position. I used some Rodnay Zaks code to order some bytes…
... coordinate.you can run
a simple 'repeated searching for minimum ... br />
loop_label:
ld a, [ix + sprite_y]
and %11000000 ... loop_label
ld a, 64
add a, c
ld c ... , a
jp nc, loop_label2< ...How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
... loop replaces it. If a decryption loop running after one ... -scan loop runs in a game, also either incrementing ... :)
It's a less than perfect system and ... rogue program was forcing a loader scan once every ... Think I need to add a little code in there to ...How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
Oh, I see what you mean now. :D
[QUOTE]Think I need to add a little code in there to catch those cases and possibly refine it a bit more...[/QUOTE]
Oh-oh. I think I may have started you off on a wild goose chase!... :rolleyes:Plug in the TV Joystick Games Thingys (Spectrum one??)I brought a from a car boot one of those plug in the TV joystick games thingys for a pound. This one happened to be full with 20 or so Commodore 64…
... is easily hacked to add a PS/2 keyboard port ... have to be hacked a little beforehand to work ... can be hacked to add a cartridge port; portable console ... ://www.atarimuseum.com/fb2hacks/]a page telling you how ... ] make it easy to add joystick ports, keyboard input, ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... because you need to add 32 to desired screen ... Printf thinks there is a scan conversion in the string ... />
puts_cons is a lower level string print routine ...
Edit: Forgot to add that z88dk puts you in ... . You'll have to add a printf("\x01\x20"); at ...Bipboi Beta 2007.10Hello, I am nearing the end of the gameplay to Bipboi. I have made changes to the gameplay and would really like your opinions (Is it too hard etc)…
... most enjoyable games are a combination of skill and ... , you need to add in more stars so ... can learn) will cause a variety of special effects ... />
Perhaps you could add a "basket" where you have to ... (or a computer drone! or three!), could add a real ...TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…
Maybe a third domain of interest is ... I think there would be a "market" for games having "tamed ... the various loading schemes to add a POKE or whatever, but very ... there would be quite a welcome for such a work should one ...Pixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…
... ; l=ypos (0-192)
add a,(hl) ; a (containing xbyte) += hi byte ... ; l=ypos (0-192)
add a,(hl) ; a (containing xbyte) += hi byte ...Pixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…
... ; l=ypos (0-192)
add a,(hl) ; a (containing xbyte) += hi byte ... screenaddress
ld a,b ; a = xpos ( 0 to 255 )
Pixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…
... ; l=ypos (0-192)
add a,(hl) ; a (containing xbyte) += hi byte ... screenaddress
ld a,b ; a = xpos ( 0 to 255 )
Nightshade & Alien 8 on microdrive?Now, I'm very impressed with the covers, but these ain't official releases are they..... are they?!? [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum…
... slot thingsys so I could add a currah u speak into that ...Will we see a return of the microcomputer?The glory days of the 80's are definitely in the distant, revered past, but I notice that computer makers are marketing more and more ultraportable l…
... appear to have a keyboard, and it looks a lot like today ... . It's got to have a proper keyboard. Handwritten character recognition ... ]
It supports Bluetooth keyboards. Add a TV Out socket and it ...Website idea: Text Adventure walkthroughs, complete with full text[QUOTE=ZX Beccy]Oh god am I! I recently bought the Zenobi collection, pure genius. When a computer game can have you in uncontrolable fits of laughte…
... that developed adventure games used a special game engine that allowed ... to play them online and add a piece to the Java to ...Byter and U.F.O. by Protek?Who says these are available for the Speccy? I've often wondered where this info comes from - any info I've seen shows these as available for the ZX-…
... comprising 5873 links).
As a side effect, it also allows ... described. Similarly, if we have a good enough impression that an ... ...
Ronald had done a lot of research and the ... because we get sent a copy, I immediately add a database entry, which ...Looooooooooooooli am teh famous just googled mi name and found this in the results [url]http://www.cpczone.net/boards/viewtopic.php?p=5911&sid=05749f08bbf7cca42f2c…
[QUOTE=andrew_rollings]A few years ago I googled ... /> and if you add a few letters, and take a few away, you ...
