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  • 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…

    ... basically. Perhaps starting with the BASIC program:-
    [code]
    10 ...
    ccowley ccowley June 2011 Emulators
  • Paper manuals - another casualty of modern times?I've just bought Alice: Madness Returns (about a fortnight back, actually, but I've not tried it until now) and it's another game that comes without …

    [QUOTE=Morkin;546641]You must read quick... Or smoke slow..! ... pays to keep the originals basic.

    I ... they say the extra data is missing from the ... claim it's extra data written specially for the ... cause) the 'extra' data is actually on the game ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2011 Chit chat
  • Saving and Loading from tape in MC?I'm actually having problems with saving and loading from the ROM routines for the interpreter... I'm currently using the following codes for saving…

    ... header block, $FF for a data block
    DE= number of ... the process and return to BASIC; it's supposed to do ... if the BASIC LOAD command might be used to read the file ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2011 Development
  • Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …

    ... access to 2.5MB of data on a computer with 64K ... /> John Elliot already analyzed the data structure of Timex TOS disks ... .
    If you want to READ a disk you only need ... use Timex FDD with Sinclair Basic. CP/M worked on a ...
    Encarnado Encarnado July 2011 Emulators
  • Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …

    [QUOTE=kgmcneil;547059]So this FDD system was essentially a computer without video or keyboard, requiring a spectrum/timex/or other computer/console to act as a keyboard and provide the processing for the video output?..[/QUOTE]

    Yes and... no ...
    Encarnado Encarnado July 2011 Emulators
  • Timex Floppy Disk Drive emulation discussionI feel embarrassed for starting this topic because I can't contribute with actual code, but this is a new attempt to simplify and present what the Ti…

    ... ]I think I have read somewhere that the original ... have overlays, it will read system parts as it needs ... a single disk system (as basic setup) or to avoid ... John Elliot understands the way data is stored, and I ... sometimes have to re-read the manual to remember ...
    zxbruno zxbruno July 2011 Emulators
  • binutils questionSince there's a few people using binutils these days I thought I'd give it a go and see whether it solves my hunt for a replacement assembler/librari…

    ... the only enforcement of a read only section would be ... initialized section (a decompression of data from a compressed block preferably ... run the program, exit to basic and then run the program ... it. (For graphical operations (read: games) it's definitely nice ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2011 Development
  • Frank N SteinThis one > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001849[/url] Always seems to crash about level 7 (maybe a bit more) or so with an …

    ... V1, V2, V3 etc.. Sinclair BASIC won't allow 'V5' as ... . I know it also contains READ and DATA statements, so new code ...
    Jimmy Jimmy July 2011 Games
  • Need help transferring a file to a Spectrum .dsk fileHello, I was wondering if anyone can help me transfer a file that I have into a spectrum *.dsk file? The background to this request is that I have r…

    ... then save that from +3 BASIC as a SCREEN$ to a ... . not the special 3DCK format data disk). I just put it ... 've created that 3DCK-format data disk, then subsequent work can ... a valid 3DCK data disk, but it will read one created by ... , but they won't even read it.
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2011 Emulators
  • QR Codes - CreatingQR codes, distinctive usually black on white square patterns in the form of my avatar, are becoming ubiquitous at the moment. They are on leaflets fr…

    ... so the code can be read regardless of the size or ...
    They can even be read in inverse video and through ... that they can be read when skewed e.g. ... they appear in Spectrum BASIC programs and even on ... arise in your encoded data an alternative mask pattern ...
    Geoff Geoff August 2011 Chit chat
  • Setting the border/paper/ink colours problem[deleted]

    ... 's the first example in basic:

    [CODE]10 REM ... =0 TO 5
    30 READ n: POKE 23760+i,n ... PRINT USR 23760
    100 DATA 62,5,205,155,34 ...
    Timmy Timmy August 2011 Development
  • NEW KEMPSTON interface for ZXHi. Lotharek has released a new KEMPSTON interface for people who doesn't need AY on-board and want to have some really small device. [url]http:/…

    ... />
    - S-KEMPSTON use only data lines D0-D4
    D0 ... games read joystick from port #DF etc....)

    - Data lines D5 ... in sobe games writen in BASIC)
    velesoft velesoft August 2011 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... loading routine. I already read the descriptions of .Z80 ... is not among the data to be read, so what's ... is supposed to mean that Basic SamRom is switched in. ... t even know what a Basic SamRom is, can I ... block of data in .Z80 files. I read the description and ...
    PeterP PeterP August 2011 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... is not among the data to be read, so what's the ... is supposed to mean that Basic SamRom is switched in. I ... 't even know what a Basic SamRom is, can I safely ... ]
    5. Compressed block of data in .Z80 files.[/QUOTE]
    ccowley ccowley August 2011 Emulators
  • machine code loadercan someone have a look at this loader and break down what its actually doing and also how i can stop it from executing the 2 loads of headerless blo…

    ... to and created a new basic loader to load the 2 ... load the last block from basic. The last block has to ... $: REM load the screen$ from basic
    40 RANDOMIZE USR $5b00 ... this is to READ the code out of DATA statements and poke ... load cannot be done from basic.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…

    ...
    Commodore 64 computer
    Data cassette recorder
    1514 big ... now plugged in the printer, read a bit of the manual ... . I never found the quirky basic programming to be unfriendly. I ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Kobrahsoft DB1 - doesn't work?Hi, I've tried loading [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^DB1$&pub=^Kobrahsoft$&loadpics=3"]DB1 by Kobrahsoft[/URL] into two …

    ... code from the loaded data, which may be because ... /> I read off the raw file as a data stream and ... it has a 128 byte header plus three BASIC ... the correct quantity of data there, but I don ... anything about until I read [url=http://www.worldofspectrum ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New tool: SnapToTap R2it's basically a gui update to VSC. But it's now simpler to convert sna files into tap files. what is special about SnapToTap? it converts snapshots…

    ... do.

    A standard BASIC run loader that sits on ... out yet), followed by compressed data.

    The loader ... in the screen and all data, when it's all ... display area, move the data to the end of ram ... work out if I can read things all from the same ...
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay August 2011 Announcements
  • Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…

    ... Speccy can process and shift data about twice as fast as ... pointer to do fast read/write/copy of data. On the C64 ... feature? Is that how BBC BASIC creates it special A% to ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Inlay Project DiscussionAll, It's time this project was actually started in anger. The aim of this thread is to find out what every wants from it and the standards that sh…

    ... potentially just start doing more basic adjustments (e.g. crop and ... than the Netherlands, but mobile data is prohibitively expensive, so the ... (not unless they want to read inlays a letter at a ...
    Bangstick Bangstick September 2011 Support files
  • checking bits in BASICThe question of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this [thread=35728]Keys redefine routine and key check[/thread] thread. I s…

    ... manipulation is very slow in basic but very fast in assembler ... /> 1000 DATA "2A0B5C010400095E2356012400090610A7CB1ACB1B38043630180236312B10F0C9"
    1005 LET a$=""
    1010 READ c$
    mattsteel mattsteel September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Address of monitor to load emulator files into real SpeccyI have a monitor/debugger that can load data over serial port really fast. Now I would like to extend it to load standard emulator files over the ser…

    ... saved files converted to binary data.

    Instead of working ... try and skim-read the first bit of BASIC in a TAP ...
    joefish joefish September 2011 Development
  • User Defined GraphicsCan someone please give some very simple code for a displaying a UDG at a location on screen? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely…

    ... "+7:READ B:POKE F,B:NEXT F
    20 DATA 255 ... " to "u" can be in basic signed with codes 144-164 ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2011 Development
  • TZX format rev. 1.21Once 1.20 draft seems to be official now I would like to suggest some additiones to do on 1.21. I hope it will be easier to upgrade once block 19 has…

    ... out of luck because Visual Basic only runs on Windows ... the file to see the data because it's stored ... want, but if the data is in a plain ' ... documented format, and the audio data in another. It's ... and already-existing libraries to read the pictures and whatnot ...
    Winston Winston September 2011 Emulators
  • Dead Spectrum SocietySo I'm getting back into real Sinclair computers rather than emulators. During the summer months I was lucky enough to buy a working ZX81 and was giv…

    ... may be noise in the data or address bus (probably caused ... />
    I wrote a quick BASIC program to POKE all screen ... is not being written (or read) correctly resulting in that pattern ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2011 Hardware
  • AND,XOR,OR,BIT,RES,SET,CPL,NEG,RLC,RRC,SLA,SRL,RL, RR,SRA for BASICAs this was drifting away from the original INKEY$ thread I thought that I'd create a new one. So here's a routine to provide all of the above mentio…

    ... /> If using a READ-POKE loop in BASIC, then again, knowing ... the relevant bytes in the DATA statement can be recalculated at ... POKE time. Two DATA statements would be needed; ... addresses, so the second DATA statement would define the offsets ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • New WIP underway - 'Dingo'.Hi, Prepare for a long post. Perhaps I can even challenge ewgf here. :razz: Anyway, I've been meaning to get into Z80 programming and making a game…

    ... /> get_kempston:
    ; Kempston joystick read...
    ld bc,0
    BASIC
    ;ei
    data to calling program
    ret

    ; ---------------------- DATA -------------------

    ; I've ...
    polomint polomint October 2011 Development
  • New SpecBAS available - v0.710Been a while, but I've just uploaded the latest build of SpecBAS. This one now supports tilemaps (with rotation and scaling) and added OVER mode (XO…

    [QUOTE=Dunny;579193]I shall pop an archive of demo programs up for you. Here you go:

    [url]https://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/demos.zip[/url]

    Unpack that into your Specbas folder.[/QUOTE]

    Thanks mate. Although now ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Worst graphics ever?There's (yet another) thread about the best Spectrum graphics, so here's one about the worst. Of course, if you want to be fair then a "worst" graphi…

    ... read somewhere the author coded the game from data statements written in basic ...
    Hercules Hercules November 2011 Games
  • Repairing a faulty 48K issue 2.I am investigating one of a pair of non-working issue 2 48K Spectrums that have been sitting in a cupboard untouched for quite a few years. I haven…

    ... fairly specific. I ran a BASIC program that first filled an ... due to a one-off read error. I don't think ... 't corruption occurring to a data value during a write. I ... ULA is in in its read cycle as it accesses those ...
    Zorn Zorn December 2011 Hardware
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