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Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... when we tried to write a fast sort in BASIC - choosing the ... forums.
Anyway, to get on topic, and for ... br />
; Prints characters directly to screen bypassing ROM calls
LD A,H ; Convert to attribute address
RRA
world smallest font.. Tasword?I think Tasword uses font like this: [url]http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1438228/The-Worlds-Smallest-Legible-Font[/url]
... 4x8 space to me (look at the '2'). Though the lower-case tails ... .
The capitals will shrink to 3x5 in a 4x6 space ... much loss in readability, but lower case wouldn't look quite so ...Converting TRD-Dos into TapHello, there are still many programs appearing on TRD-Dos or SCL format and users of normal Spectrum cannot run them. Of course I know about emulator…
... TR-DOS load all basic programs to zx ram at different position ... . TR-DOS shift first basic adress to original adress+112 bytes. ... adress. TRD2TAP only convert files from TRD image to TAP file, but ... also shift basic (add to begin of TAP file one BASIC with ...Converting TRD-Dos into TapHello, there are still many programs appearing on TRD-Dos or SCL format and users of normal Spectrum cannot run them. Of course I know about emulator…
... Also TR-DOS load all basic programs to zx ram at different ... . TR-DOS shift first basic adress to original adress+112 bytes. ... ) adress. TRD2TAP only convert files from TRD image to TAP file, but ... also shift basic (add to begin of TAP file one BASIC with machine ...Graphics card questionI'm currently running an Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT card in my PC. I've been playing GTA IV over the last day or two and every time when i've finished pl…
It's high but not deadly to the card.
Might be worth changing the airflow through the case to lower the temps a bit with an extra fan.Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…
... games, but I had to use HiSoft BASIC (with the requiered modifications ... do when coding to compile your sources. Sinclair BASIC is heavily ... Basic. It's fast, and incredibly easy to use, to get used to ... ).
Now, to this case in concrete: if you have ...Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…
... [U]Sinclair Basic[/U] listing and convert it to M.C. ... BASIC syntax as possible to minimize the learning curve.
To easily convert ... a program (tap, tzx) to the compiler, ... copy the BASIC listing to ASCII (e.g. to the clipboard ...Converting TRD-Dos into TapHello, there are still many programs appearing on TRD-Dos or SCL format and users of normal Spectrum cannot run them. Of course I know about emulator…
... which just have a normal Basic loader with loading commands for ... parts, then it is easy to convert to MGT.
So when ... a TAP Version and the Basic uses:
LOAD " ... should return into Basic and can add the Basic loading commands. However ...Do you believe in alien life?Do you believe in alien life? That is, life anywhere but on Earth? So do you believe that there is life on other planets, or do you instead believ…
... in this universe. Our universe (lower case 'U'), however, is finite, ... , does not necessarily correspond to any of our universes laws ... number with every possible difference to ours. And an infinite ... number identical to ours. With an identical me ...Turn OCR-ed listings into Speccy filesHi! I do not know whether I have posted this in the proper subforum... If not, I am sorry. We have a site that we scan/preserve Greek computer maga…
... /> I remember using BAS2TAP to convert a BASIC listing to a TAP file in ... here will probably be able to suggest other applications that will ...RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... it chan_4 that I need to call with bytes read into ... a small size. I tried to make a 4x6 font for ... x 64 columns but no lower case letters. I stored the characters ... byte. I was wanting to create something similar to Zub's menu.+2 grey composite modWithout digging out the schematics, is it possible to do the composite mod like the 48k on these?
... in China (hong kong) according to the mouldings.
Most ... (whatever is moulded on the lower case plastic)The Dragon 32/64 threadI got a Dragon 64 a few years ago. Not many games included though. Back in the day, they always reminded me of the BBC with its shape. There always…
... resolution (see above!)
[*]No lower case text (unless you plotted the ... under-rated machine and deserved to do better.Amperage drastic reduction in a rubber 48KWell, I am now with the approach of a drastic reduction ZXSpectrum amperage. As a first step would change the Z80 processor for other (Z80C). Unfortu…
... saturated, it will circulate almost to 3400 mA, and this ... at least, there seems to be the case. This is because of ... Ultimately, my greatest challenge is to introduce within the 48K 1800mAh ... br /> My second challenge is to lower consumption for LCD, rubber 48K ...Small Machine Code Routines Which Maybe UsefulAs part of creating Flynn's Adventure in Bombland I created a lot of little routines to do all sorts of things. A lot of these I created based on inp…
... br /> _PLOT2CHR:
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; move to correct place in ROM for ... br /> and %11100000 ; 7t - convert to screen address
add a ... this is correct for rerturn to basic
exx ; 4t ...Put off by the Spectrum character setAm I the only one? Someone suggests a game, and you go "Ooooo haven't heard of that one, I'll give it a sho...*recoils in horror at the ZX Spectrum c…
... are copy from game, lower cases are same as ... cases but 1 point lower, added punctuations missing in ... misleading with no relation to source, no reference ... and lower case j z, also very small changes to few ... 1996' with no reference to sources. This is plagiarism, ...multiple songs with savage enginesorry friends, another thread with my stupid questions. maybe wos should introduce a noob section for people like me? :oops: anyway, how does using …
... RAMTOP variable, which tells Basic interpreter to not touch memory above certain ... lower than lowest address used to load data. With beeper music and Basic ... use a bit of memory to store interrupt vector. By default ...Print TextHow do i print text on the bottom left row(memory location in attribute 23295) of the screen in assembly? I understand the parts better on paper and …
... that then you have to play by BASIC's rules, you don ... haven't told your emulated BASIC code to change them first.
to change colours before printing text ... 't normally do in BASIC but in this case, with the Calls ...writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
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Just add the lower 11 bits (non-zero based ... just input some lame BASIC programs to test if the emulation was ... of course have to write a mapping algorithm to get equivalent attribute ... a separate loading routine to be able to run games?
[/ ...Microdrive using simple coilWhile listening to my iPod using cassette car adapter I came to idea - why not doing the same for the microdrive? Anyone ever tried that? Do you thin…
... MP3-to-microdrive adapter is not possible without modyfing the case.< ... audio device will be unable to faithfully reproduce it.
... fit into an hypothetical MP3-to-microdrive adapter, and the ... containing an MDR file, and convert to/from the format that the ...BASin Problems etc.Hi Folks, Paul has asked me to open this thread to document any outstanding issues that we find within BASin. No guarantees that Paul can/will fix …
... Coleman;547424]Thanks Paul - good to know this helped SpecBAS. :-) I ... using the Profiler in BASin to find the quickest command I ... place between two consecutive GO TO/GO SUB commands on the ... proved to be [B]DATA o[/B] where "o" is the lower case ...Downloading on WOS doesn't work?Hi. A friend found out that lately downloading from WOS is impossible and the explorers require Login/Password. If it's temporary - when normal d…
... /username to log in.[/QUOTE]
For me, the upper case ... A in the beginning seems to do the trick ... (it didn't
work with lower case ...One for the geeksComplete this sentence::: U0c5c1pDQnRlU0F1TGk0dQ== (sorry, posted this to wrong group but can't seem to delete it)
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Binary?
Upper case and lower case.
11010101101 / 1111110101 ...ZX Spectrum + alive thanks to this site.I was given a dead unit several months ago. I finally had time to look at it yesterday. Using the repair guide on this site the thing is now alive.…
... you added a joystick socket to the case somewhere this could be ... seem to recall what I saw was rather more basic than that ... , and involved soldering wires direct to the ... 'm not sure it's to be recommended. Your solution sounds ...Assembler question about collisions and arranging dataSay you have a game with a playercharacter and some items on the screen - pretty normal for most games, and now you need to check if the player has r…
... one from the other and convert to a positive number. Do ... have a basic box collision.
Now to clip the ... should come to 30. If you want to clip a ... check that this sum comes to more than 26. If ... There's some example code to do this in the " ...Best way to read a key row?Hi All, I must confess that reading the keyboard is the bit I understand least about when coding, I've found some things that work for what I want t…
well, if you want to wait to keypress, you mustn't use ... requested port to lower byte of address bus (in this case higher byte ... will be 0 and lower 254)Modified 8x8 Font...Hi Folks, I am trying to come up with a good looking font for the Spectrum. I have looked at the BBC Micro font, Apple Mac etc. and so far I have: …
... 't go all teh way to the top. Maybe even look ... -down. The lower-case 'w' could have a symmetrical curve to both sides ...Modified 8x8 Font...Hi Folks, I am trying to come up with a good looking font for the Spectrum. I have looked at the BBC Micro font, Apple Mac etc. and so far I have: …
... /> I'd be tempted to try just one extra pixel ... probably shouldn't go right to the top. You could ... central vertical bar one pixel to the right, and make ... long. Similarly, try the lower-case 'f' with a symmetrical ... />
But feel free to ignore my tastes.Modified 8x8 Font...Hi Folks, I am trying to come up with a good looking font for the Spectrum. I have looked at the BBC Micro font, Apple Mac etc. and so far I have: …
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Did not look right to me.
[QUOTE= ... probably shouldn't go right to the top. You could shorten ... joefish;555470]Similarly, try the lower-case 'f' with a symmetrical crossbar ... br />
Looks better without to me.
Next version ...Kiwi OS for z80 computerHi everyone, Nearly made my z80 computer with 2K ROM 32K RAM. It has an OS im still writing called Kiwi (apple, blackberry, you get the idea ;D) he…
... right and i shall attempt to make this universal as possible ... stuff, how can one convert BBC basic to work on a custom machine ... /> Like for example, BBC basic writes to memory to display text but my ...
