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Help needed to speed up functionCan anyone help me to re-factor this code snippet. The "MAP" section holds information about which tiles go where on the screen (handled by another f…
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The incredible shrinking screendumpIn this topic I stated that I would be impressed if the screendump could be smaller than 37 bytes. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewt…
This this code on WoS inspired me to try to alter the screendump once again.
DEC BC
INC B
DJNZ READY
In the old screendump the test for return is done by
DEC B
LD B,H
RET Z
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TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…
... be vastly different. BASin's BEEP composer is exactly that - a ... statements for use with a BEEP routine.
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Fun with games!Does anyone have nonstandard ways of playing any games? On Heathrow ATC, I found the first two exercises a bit easy, and the third just about imposs…
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Who the fcuk is Paul McKenna??Disappointing development: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?permit=houses/McKennaPaul.pmt"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.…
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On 2005-02-15 15:11, Arjun wrote:
Has anyone else mailed him?
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Who the fcuk is Paul McKenna??Disappointing development: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?permit=houses/McKennaPaul.pmt"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.…
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On 2005-02-15 15:39, monty.mole wrote:
Oi, McKenna, you !
Odin Computer Graphics ! Steve Wetherill . . money-grabbing ! World of Spectrum forums snout in the trough . mediocre Thor ... -
Troubleshootin PeteAll this talk about a certain person has been a downer this week, so to lighten things up how about if we had some tales of YS? Preferably ones that…
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Roller coasterHas anyone here ever completed roller coaster? Ive just tried it with infinate lives, energy and fall from any height. The problem is, when i get to …
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How many of you lot still own your original Speccy?I have reason to believe the majority of you still own your original Spectrum. I think thats great, but it also really suprised as well. I was obsess…
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About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
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ADCI'm a little confused about how the Z80 manages the ADC instruction. I'm assuming two ADD instructions are performed (am I wrong?!) I can think of 3 …
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Off Topic: Really annoying ebay related problem. Hope someone can help!Okay, so you know the counters at the bottom of ebay auctions which give you an idea how many hits the page has had? Well they don't display on my co…
Nah, I hear what you're saying. The actualt page withe the counters on that you're actually after is well hidden, and takes several steps to get to.
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Games that cannot be completed due to bugs - the definitive listIt would be nice if the community of WoS compiled a list of all the games that are known to be impossible to complete due to bugs. Perhaps one day, a…
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... module to do music, as BEEP is woefully underpowered. The power ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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Spin 505 and Rainbow Islands.tzxI have tried a few games including Rainbow Islands and when it tries to load an island the border goes hay wire and the scratchy sound comes blaring …
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Speed of blinking L on a Speccy???Friend of mine and I have had a "discussion" (close to a game of fisticuffs) about how fast it takes to invert the attribute for the blinking L (or t…
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Loaded some games.. At last!!!Hello again, After buying a speccy game set from ebay, i tried to load them and succeeded. So am i a real specchum now?
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which BIT is insane?
Please tell me so I can repair the bug!
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Loaded some games.. At last!!!Hello again, After buying a speccy game set from ebay, i tried to load them and succeeded. So am i a real specchum now?
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On 2005-03-23 11:32, Dr BEEP wrote:
2^0 * 1 = 1 ,so it is BIT 0
2^1 * 0 = 0
2^2 * 1 = 4 etc.....
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Loaded some games.. At last!!!Hello again, After buying a speccy game set from ebay, i tried to load them and succeeded. So am i a real specchum now?
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On 2005-03-23 11:32, Dr BEEP wrote:
2^0 * 1 = 1 ,so it is BIT 0
2^1 * 0 = 0
2^2 * 1 = 4 etc.....
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Loaded some games.. At last!!!Hello again, After buying a speccy game set from ebay, i tried to load them and succeeded. So am i a real specchum now?
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How to detect 48k modeHow can you detect if a 128k machine is in 48k mode (from an emulation point of view, not via BASIC or machine code)? Checking the current rom? But …
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How to detect 48k modeHow can you detect if a 128k machine is in 48k mode (from an emulation point of view, not via BASIC or machine code)? Checking the current rom? But …
... produce so much as a beep yet so this may explain ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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ZX-81 emulation help - seriously :)Actually, I know very little about the ZX-81. As a huge Speccy fan, I have always been curious about its predecessor. Can anyone suggest a good, me…
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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Stuff from Dr Beep's 1-liner "how-to ...Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
BEEP, the program doesn't work in BASin (11a)!
Dunno if this is a code problem or something with BASin. Haven't been able to try in an emulator yet.Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... 08:58, Arjun wrote:
BEEP, the program doesn't work ...
