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Attention Arjun (and people interested in BASIC games programming).I've been looking at the games created by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^EP+Software$&model=spectrum"]Angel Ortega/EP S…
... I've solved the how to expand Football Manager problem: If ... I still need to set up some routines to page out the screen ... almost a full 48K available to BASIC.[/QUOTE]
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Compact file to zip using DOS command promptI know there are lots of clever people here so I am hoping I can get some help. I need a DOS command to compact a file into a zip file from Windows …
... the end of the command to page it and stop it scrolling ... | more[/b]
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Jetpac questionHi all, I just bought a copy of Jetpac off of Ebay and I'm having problems. To start, I'm trying to play it on an issue 2 Speccy with Interface 1, 2 …
... RES 0,L ; Align to an even number of bytes ... />
PrintResult ;Subroutine to print result of current pass ... br /> JP CreateHexString ;Equiv to CALL CreateHexString : RET
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Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…
... button actually causing bank-switching to occur.[/QUOTE]
I ... last set memory page from port 219. NMI jump to page 0, but ... you can read previous page number from ... />
Support RESIDOS writing to FAT16 with 4GB partition ?(64kB ... -
Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…
... the moment it is limited to managing a single 128K task ... last set memory page from port 219. NMI jump to page 0, but ... you can read previous page number from ... />
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Fastest way to clear a screen.We haven't had an optimizing fun for some time, so let's have some: What's the fastest way to clear a screen (i.e., filling the 6912 bytes at 16384 w…
I'd think that the quickest way of clearing the screen is to page in the shadow screen.
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New game: Nanako Descends to HellJust a bit over two weeks after their first game, The Mojon Twins strikes again with a new game for Spectrum 128k and Amstrad CPC: [url]http://www.m…
... located at 0xf000
// page in bank 1
// page in bank 2
to page in the music page), it must page in the bank ... that was active prior to ... -
BSDOS 309 for MB02+ by DuskyI heard, there is a new version of BSDOS 309 for the MB02 disc interface coded by DUSKY (Nick: UB880D). I have three pieces of MB02 (including a prot…
... more BSDOS versions (original BSDOS to page SRAM 0+1 and new ... version to other memory. Actually can MB ... -
Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …
... the ULA also reading it to refresh the screen.
to page in the different ROMs, so ... RAM banks were actually available to a program?
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Home Computing WeeklyIssue 15 seems to have 4 extra images that are duplicates of the previous four. HomeComputingWeekly01500049.jpg HomeComputingWeekly01500050.jpg HomeC…
... =c1541;347332]Issue 39 has page 36 missing
The files ... HomeComputingWeekly03900036.jpg to HomeComputingWeekly03900057.jpg should be all ... has issue 39 go up to page 64, so there's more ... -
Multiface 128 Disassembly questionI was looking at a disassembly from a Multiface 128 rom, now I'm not a coder so I have a question, am I correct in understanding the code starts at #…
... and the MF 128 to page in on the leading ... trap instruction fetches to know when to page in do so ... traps was to do a fairly aggressive page-in and ... The purpose of this early page in, at the leading ... bus is guaranteed to be right, to prevent electrical collisions ... -
Multiface 128 Disassembly questionI was looking at a disassembly from a Multiface 128 rom, now I'm not a coder so I have a question, am I correct in understanding the code starts at #…
... incarnation and the MF 128 to page in on the leading edge ... changed (because it'll continue to function regardless), or perhaps it ... -
Speccy +2 (Grey) peripheralsHello all, I have just bought a grey +2 to use as a workhouse whilst I keep my 128 toastrack for Sunday best. It hasn't arrived yet, however I was wo…
... /> Many newer peripherals are designed to be +3 compatible - they'll ... "+3 switch" or a jumper to enable the second ROMCS. On ... - otherwise if the peripheral were to be used on an earlier ... corrupted whenever the peripheral needed to page out the main Spectrum ROM ... -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... snapshot.
; DIZZY-B2 0 = page 0
; DIZZY-B2 1 ... = page 0
; DIZZY-B2 2 = page 1
; DIZZY ... machine code for the loader, to page in the bank with B2 ... in bank (to be safe), before returning to bank 0 to start the ... -
Rom upgrade(s) for the Humble spectrum +2 (not 2a or 2b)Hello there my fellow forum chummies, I was thinking today, after reading all this lovely rom burnery stuff, is there a way I could update the ROM o…
... would like to know if its possible to have a ... ROMCS which allows your peripheral to page out the internal ROM, ... stop the CPU. (How to keep RAM refreshed is ...
If you want to see how to add 512K of in ... -system programmable flash ROM to a Spectrum, you can ... -
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…
... us modify his routine to allow it to be used on the ... it's a good idea to page the 48K rom while in ... , could you allow it to receive binary files of any ... code routine that allows me to dump a complete 3" ... ]
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Help wanted! Disc Interface articalok hardware fans this is a long shot.. I trying to locate a hardware atrical form the 1982-1984 ish . The artical was about a disc interface for a …
... ://retro.hansotten.nl/index.php?page=elektuur-articles"]here[/URL]
to page 11-58[/URL]. Sorry it ... Dutch is far too bad to make much headway, but there ... -
Which speccy do you use & why ?I`m lucky enough to have the choice of using a 48K original, a 48K+ and a 128+2B Sometimes I prefer the 128 because of it`s nice keyboard, crisp pic…
... ;364767]I`m lucky enough to have the choice of using ... , not least for its ability to page RAM in place of the ... -
ANN: ResiDOS v2.25 and +3e ROMS v1.38 releasedA major new release of ResiDOS, v2.25, is now available! The most important new features are commands and functions allowing new extended streams an…
... "standalone" and doesn't attempt to page in any of the others ... it's not too difficult to retain compatibility)[*]The 48K BASIC ... order for the ResiDOS installer to function correctly (ie if this ... BASIC mode, users will need to ensure they install ResiDOS in ... -
Interface One - New FunctionalityAs you may (or may not) be aware the Interface One is a pretty powerful piece of kit. One of it's greatest features is being able to easily extended …
... you'd still have to trap *something* to initialize your hardware ... being selected. Peripherals have to bring their own memory paging ... error routine, and to allow multiple peripherals to be daisy chained, ... device is still going to need to page its own ROM for ... -
Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... need to setup +3DOS so it only uses page 1 ... stack would both have to be in page 5.
Also, consider what happens when you want to ... just specify the RAMy page in the B register for ... or 2, not just limited to page 5.
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Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... or 2, not just limited to page 5.
... and that is to reserve a buffer within page 2, and ... call dos to read the ... then return from dos, page and copy it into the ... 'initialization' routine does need to fit into page 2!
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…
... writing to all four ram pages (also to page RAMa3). Set CONMEM to 1 ... always enable writing to ram pages ... . After set D7=0 will page RAMa3 ...128K dev / PASMO (or alternative) question...When I assembly my code, I have it set up so that PASMO automatically creates a TAP file complete with loader, and this works great for 16/48k Do y…
... and the loading screen, to produce the final game. ... guess it's time to move away from single ... assemble statements and move to a batch file for ... Switch to Page 1
load "" code 49152
Switch to Page 2< ... an example of a loader to do this?
128K dev / PASMO (or alternative) question...When I assembly my code, I have it set up so that PASMO automatically creates a TAP file complete with loader, and this works great for 16/48k Do y…
... /> Switch to Page 1
load "" code 49152
Switch to Page 2
to do this?
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to 80 files on one disk ...Elite +3This is a patched version of ELITE that saves commander data on +3 disks (and +3e hard disks) and of course loads them back. Commander names can only…
... transition from 0 in 7 page of memory occurs the automatic ... places a code in 7th page are necessary at transition from ... you mean that I switch to page 7 when I make ... 3DOS calls but then again page 7 is mandatory for + ... is used in order to load in page 6 a copy ...RAM PagingCan anyone shed some light as to how RAM paging actually works, at a hardware level (so not POKE xxxxx stuff). I know about CE and OE lines on DRAMs …
... clearly I need to know the paging io addressing to page in other ... blocks of ram, back to the mame ...Memory concerns with z88dkI've retaken my old spectrum project and sadly I've reached a dead end very fast. I'll try to explain my worst problem in a few lines. I'm not a vet…
... would still be perfectly fine to store game data, for ... /> push hl
; code to page in music code stuff into ... /> call music_routine
; code to restore original bank into top ... was called. When the sp1 page is put back in place ...Skooldaze TooDear WoSsers, Thanks to Skoolkid's disassembly I'm attempting to write a new "improved" version called [B]Skooldaze Too[/B]. As part of the improvem…
... her (more routines needed to be changed to cope with teachers with ... string routine for "Please turn to page xyz" removed as it now ... has been re-coded to make it easier to check for 15000 ...Converting games from tap to dskHi to all from Greece, Being an old Speccy user and now owner of most models of Spectrum (48k , 48k+ , 128K, +2 grey and +3) , I desided to salvage m…
... there are many ways to transfer them to 3" or 3 ... emulators or convert .z80 to .sna and vice-versa. ... explain the right way to modify the BASIC and ... someone mentioning the need to page the original 48K rom ... : And here are some links to similar topics:
