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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…
... is complete, copy it to the main screen. But this copy takes a long ... which is then copied to the screen when the drawing is ... individual char cell to another area of screen completely. A simple ... drawn in left to right, top to bottom on screen (this is the ... -
ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
... imagine the incompatibility is due to the implementation, not the ... ;) )
To be honest, I like the bank switching of ZXCF and ... the rest of the machine bank switches in 16k blocks. ... mapping the writes to port 0x7ffd/1ffd to ZXCF pages. There ... -
ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
[QUOTE=MikeW]To be honest, I like the bank switching of ZXCF and it ... the rest of the machine bank switches in 16k blocks.[/QUOTE ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
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uchar *screen; // +7 address in display ... tile is copied directly to the screen. SP1 contains a ... of action is to copy the background tile to an 8- ... and attribute buffer are copied to the screen.
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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
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When the screen is finally drawn in "sp1_UpdateNow ... SP1_IFLAG_OVERWRITE_TILES bit must be set to copy pointers to the ROM character set ... the "struct sp1_update"s to the screen in some crazy manner.
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... 's update structs to different screen addresses, to rearrange the screen. This one is ... from the previous character drawn to screen is held in the 8 ... we do is copy 7 blank pixel rows to $f200 (since this ... blank row. So we copy 14 bytes to supply the 7 blank ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... - $f200 + 1 = 3584 bytes. By switching to pre-shifted graphics we actually ... that we called sp1_UpdateNow() to draw the screen BEFORE the character cells ... associates each character cell on screen with a struct_sp1_update. The sp1_GetUpdateStruct ...files on +3 discHello! I have question. As you know, when Spectrum +3 loads CODE file from tape, you can get by CAT command from audio header to which address it…
... see displayed on screen.
Use of the copy command does ... +3 (as in: Copy "a:filename.ext" to "t:" but I believe ... the idea of helping you copy games to disk. I am not ... then use the RealSpectrum emulator to copy the files you need from ...Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …
... of using the second screen instead of a memory buffer ... of time it takes to copy the buffer. If you ... have to draw it to the buffer, you then need to copy it ... well using a single screen, but if you're ... the second screen essentially gives you more time to do other ...Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …
... Draw the screen to a buffer area. Copy it to the viewable screen area on ... that is the time taken to copy the screen. That time would be ... better put to use drawing sprites ... or doing a full screen scroll....ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... () call to move sprites to their initial position on screen after they ... new SP1 functions to quickly print background tiles to the screen:
< ... too much. Open up your copy to follow along.
... result of the copy+paste I did to get the program ...DivIDE EmulationHi guys, I should have my DivIDE soon so I've been trying to emulate it to become familiar with the devices functions. I've fired up the EightyOne …
... the moment. You may need to fiddle with the divIDE options ... /board jumpers to stop the onboard ROM from ... got the normal divIDE screen which booted to 48k mode.
to copy a few snapshot files to the +3e. Which ...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…
... thing: the ability to copy these files directly to a storage medium without ... suggest we take that discussion to another topic.)
... DivIDE firmware is the ability to work with raw data files ... *.scr, and a 3 LOAD "" SCREEN$ : PAUSE NOT PI : GOTO PI ...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)…
... leaves a menu on screen (the right-click-the ... it still crashes occasionally, to say nothing of the ... fact that when you copy files and you get ... option, when you tried to copy a file into a ... unstable and prone to errors and crashing. To claim otherwise ...+3e ROMs v1.28 releasedAfter a slight delay (ahem), I have updated the +3e ROMs to v1.28. Amongst other things, this release provides: [LIST] [*]Completely rewritten (and …
... off the 8bit image to a new disk using ... some of the files seem to be missing. However I ... IDEspeed tester program (the screen data file is present on ... find, I must have forgotten to "commit" the hard disk ... have been that I forgot to copy them on altogether, oh ...+3e ROMs v1.28 releasedAfter a slight delay (ahem), I have updated the +3e ROMs to v1.28. Amongst other things, this release provides: [LIST] [*]Completely rewritten (and …
... find, I must have forgotten to "commit" the hard disk ... have been that I forgot to copy them on altogether, oh no ... t get the hdf images to work correctly with the ... when loading a program the screen locks up (not the ... thing is you can save to the disk and then ...What new (ish) ZX game have you played mostJust wondering what games from 2000 on have grabbed you most, I found a lot of TR-Dos games on here last year and was seriously impressed by a little…
... orders and also have a bank account to send payment.
< ... quid each or something. To me its my way of ... donating some money to them to say thanks, if the ... If i had the talent to write a game i would ... chuffed with the updated copy of Football Manager i ...SupadriveHere's an MDR image of Supadrive. Works with Spectaculator, but I haven't tested it with any other emulators. [url="http://www.superfudge.demon.co.u…
... appears to load parts of the "?FGL???Zdd" file into the screen ... ($4000) from drive 1 and then copies these parts out to ... /> [INDENT]Effectively, we need to write a copy of each of the ... you'll need to copy the remaining files on to the new cartridge ...Questions from the new owner of a grey Spectrum +2I managed to pick up a grey Spectrum +2 off of ebay with cheap shipping (I'm in the US... it was $13 total and it has a Donkey Kong tape inside) and …
... additional circuit for the added bank switching that the newer ULA ...
[quote]The easiest way to add compact flash support will ... for Amstrad, you ought to be able to source replacements locally. [/ ... circuit board to fix that. I wanted to attach it to the ...Questions from the new owner of a grey Spectrum +2I managed to pick up a grey Spectrum +2 off of ebay with cheap shipping (I'm in the US... it was $13 total and it has a Donkey Kong tape inside) and …
... circuit for the added bank switching that the newer ULA ... (although it has yet to be tested - there should ... port (1ffd) is aliased to the 128K RAM paging port ... is required in addition to the interface. I don ... how I wrote the software to both!) In the future ...+3e ROMs v1.28 releasedAfter a slight delay (ahem), I have updated the +3e ROMs to v1.28. Amongst other things, this release provides: [LIST] [*]Completely rewritten (and …
... and it's oddly simple to use (provided you have ... of instructions next to you). I was able to copy files from ... 's good to know I can get to the files.< ... to do with block size. I usually work out that a screen ... $ is a screen$ from the filesize ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... and caused other manufacturers to cut prices to meet this market. It ... a software sprite on the screen when a refresh takes place ... unless you time your updates to the screen refresh.
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copy it over? What if you ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... best things Atari did was to put their BASIC on ... the same programs 2 to 4 times as fast ... no migration path (or something to that effect) but you ... CPUs had no migration path to use as a basis ... but you were still stuck bank switching, single digit clock speeds ...Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... a UDG is PRINTed to the screen, it isn't ... just dumped to the appropriate place in screen memory. You ... again your graphic will change to the new version.
copy and paste directly to BASin. Run it ... ) has been POKEd to point to the new data. ...+2 ramdisk - access in machine codeHow can you access the ramdisk in machine code? I've got a +2, and it seems the ramdisk has never been properly utilised. It would be a handy little…
... RAM. To erase a file you have to copy all data ... main 64k
; bank (just like the usual ... memory outside the main 64k bank).
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; enter ... ; if in main 64k bank, stay there
ld ... ; if in main 64k bank, stay there
ld ...When there are no more analogue TVs...It won't be long, I suspect, before it's impossible to buy a new analogue TV. This will of course doom real Sinclair Spectrums to not being able to d…
... American news sites seem to confuse HDTV with ... is no date for switching all transmissions to HD?[/QUOTE]
switching to HD, and no one ... can watch a tiny screen with snow, and not ... use HD, people seem to prefer increased choice of ...Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
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Basic will always draw to the main display at $4000 ... ,...)
2. Use Basic to draw into hidden main display ... a fast m/c program to copy dfile #1 at $4000 ... still need a fast copy in step 4 which ... copy isn't needed -- ie when you redraw areas of screen ...Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... REM ************************
8010 REM COPY TO shadow screen
8020 REM ************************
8030 SAVE !"sc"SCREEN$
8040 ERASE !"sc"< ... br /> 8510 REM Activate normal screen
8520 REM ************************
tips on optimizing assemblyI wrote a small routine to rotate right a whole screen character line complete with attributes. This is my third ever assembly routine, so I guess i…
... thing that you have to be careful about is ... you're about to copy... if you were scrolling to the right, ... on which side of the screen you start from -- it ... bit more convenient to go right to left for a ... Strictly speaking, it's faster to put 31 LDI instructions in ...
