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  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    ... /> LET p=5-p:
    BORDER p+1:
    INPUT ':
    BORDER color (without flashing pieces to mark the ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas October 2010 Development
  • TESTROM3 - utility/rom for test your ZXHere is TESTROM3 utility as 16kB ROM file + flasher for install this rom to divide eeprom (or mapram mode). Work also on ZX Spectrum without ROM and …

    ... /> Work also on ZX Spectrum without ROM and RAM - use only ... pages (during test sign in border color actual
    tested ZX ram ... test for visual controll of tape loading.
    First videoram ... status + same TAPE IN status are signed
    in border area (yellow ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... BORDER color (bits 2, 1 and 0).

    * LOADing from tape ... when loading blocks from tape (so they don't ... /> -------------------------

    On 48K without interface 1

    POKE ... then use a different color than the controlcharacter and ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • Sinclairean A3[B]Sinclairean[/B], a new ZX Spectrum emulator written in machine code for x86-compatible, OpenGL-capable computers. Features: [LIST] [*]Fast machin…

    ... viewport background, so the border color always filled the whole ... giant white border that fills the entire screen without black ... stripes. When any border effect happens (real tape ... close to the original, without reducing all visible area. ...
    Madonna Mk 2 Madonna Mk 2 March 2010 Emulators
  • Need help from people with a +2A/+3Started a topic [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55141/need-help-from-people-with-a-2a-3"]here[/url] to get a broader reach, b…

    ... sort of magic is possible without I/O contention. I ... numbers are otherwise consistent. Without tape acceleration, all is well ... like it's unrelated to tape acceleration. Load [url=https ... border' test, it begins by returning 15 (presumably) from the blue color ...
    Hikaru Hikaru September 2017 Development
  • My to-buy listWhat I want to buy: -ZX80 - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR] -ZX81 - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR] -ZX Spectrum 48K - [COLOR="Red"]bought!!![/COLOR] -ZX…

    ... - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR]
    -DK'Tronics Lighten Interface (without pen) - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR ... March 7 - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR]
    Sokoban tape - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR]

    zxbruno zxbruno March 2007 Wanted
  • Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …

    ... try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to ... alternating red/cyan border. Instead the tape just runs with ... br /> I have tried a tape I know loads (tested it ... screw between the tape desk and the tape controls.
    ... I've given the tape head a cursory clean ...
    Outraged Donkey Outraged Donkey July 2008 Hardware
  • Key repeat weirdness with EI & IYI finally (after 35 years!) decided to write something a) for 48k speccy b) in z80 assembler. It's been over 20 years since I've written anything in …

    ... a macro that changes the border color so because of that I ... does not seem to work without interrupts enabled...


    without HALT & EI?

    arttu arttu July 2017 Development
  • [Asm] Is this nested loop faster than LDIR or a bunch of unrolled LDI's?Hi all. I'm learning Z80 asm on Speccy 48K, and to start with I decided to write my own "CLS" routine (without relying on ROM calls or LDIR) as a lea…

    ... own "CLS" routine (without relying on ROM calls or ... /> out (ULA_PORT),a ; Change border color. Alternative: call $229B/8859 ( ... Spectrum ROM function to change border color).
    ; ROM CLS = ... terms of efficiency/speed without increasing code size much ...
    ST1 ST1 November 2018 Development
  • Fuse/SPIN vs Spectaculator border timingsHello, I'm trying to figure out at which moments the 48K ULA samples the current border color into its internal latch. To do that I wrote a small …

    ... 48K ULA samples the current border color into its internal latch. To ... few lines on the top border at specific CPU ticks and ...
    kosarev kosarev April 2019 Emulators
  • Fire Ruby - More HelpI cant pass the spikes in the fire ruby by lawrence creighton, can someone please help? [ This Message was edited by: welsh_brawler on 2003-08-08 21…

    ... over state 0
    Default border color 0
    The Illustrator ...
    {16}{5}Plastic, without the needle.

    ... For Tim Kemp: A game without a{6}maze!
    ... br /> {16}{5}Looks weird without a wick!

    ...
    BadBeard BadBeard August 2003 Games
  • Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …

    ... cares about keyboard, sound, tape and video) generates a signal ... same time ULA draws border. the border color is taken from value ... draw sequence: left border-pixel screen - right border for every pixel ... about multicolor or effects in border}.

    good ...
    Fikee Fikee August 2004 Development
  • Reading the border colorI am building a snap-button to my ZX-PC Interface. Is there a way to read the bordercolor which is set by an OUT-command. (and please don't tell me …

    ... proposal how to do it without extra hardware:

    After ... , user can enter actual (last) border color, and it can be later ...
    piters piters April 2007 Hardware
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... of an initial BORDER 2, use BORDER r right after the ... game stops, the current BORDER color will clearly indicate the winner ... />
    [CODE]
    ... THEN BORDER r: INPUT ': ...
    [/CODE]
    without calculating the coordinate re- ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas September 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... of an initial BORDER 2, use BORDER r right after the ... game stops, the current BORDER color will clearly indicate the winner ... run a little bit faster without calculating the coordinate re- ... on the core game logic without thinking about optimizations.
    ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn September 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... ,0 means PASS. Maybe the BORDER color could indicate each player's ... OTHELLO implementations simply accepts PASS without checking anything. If there isn ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas September 2007 Development
  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    ... BEEP;247304]Why is the BORDER set white and yellow?

    The BORDER color is important to make the ... quickly realize that, when the BORDER changes to yellow, he/she ... 's tunes.

    Without the BORDER indication, at the time the ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas February 2008 Development
  • ZXSpin 0.7 public testingOk, now that the private testing phase is over, I need to get more people testing ZXSpin 0.7 I am not terribly interested in emulation problems, bec…

    ... a doubt: where are the border color bars when loading? I only ... multicolour rendering turned on? And tape acceleration turned off?

    Dunny Dunny November 2009 Emulators
  • Sinclairean A3[B]Sinclairean[/B], a new ZX Spectrum emulator written in machine code for x86-compatible, OpenGL-capable computers. Features: [LIST] [*]Fast machin…

    ... A14) or the current border color (like old versions) upon ... br /> NB that using the border color as the viewport background will ... any border FX takes place (real tape loading, demo border FX) ... viewport blanking past the extreme border boundaries.

    ...
    Madonna Mk 2 Madonna Mk 2 March 2010 Emulators
  • Sinclairean A3[B]Sinclairean[/B], a new ZX Spectrum emulator written in machine code for x86-compatible, OpenGL-capable computers. Features: [LIST] [*]Fast machin…

    ... as best as it can, without losing a single pixel. That ... your 1024 x 768 monitor without either stretching (and thus, distorting ... seems that it keeps generating border color even past the 288 active ...
    Madonna Mk 2 Madonna Mk 2 March 2010 Emulators
  • RGB-Output (interface) for rubber 48k / Spectrum+I wonder if there is interest for a small RGB-interface for the rubber 48 k / Spectrum+. I developed a schematic using a very small number of parts.…

    ... monitor is absolutely sharp and without any shadows.

    Current ... not generating correct border. (color is working but not border effects)

    willcz willcz April 2010 Hardware
  • Sinclairean A3[B]Sinclairean[/B], a new ZX Spectrum emulator written in machine code for x86-compatible, OpenGL-capable computers. Features: [LIST] [*]Fast machin…

    ... resolution that show entire screen without black strips on sides.[/ ... to cover the full screen without cropping, stretching, or showing ... 256x192 area (nice for most border-agnostic games.)

    border color. That will render a ...
    Madonna Mk 2 Madonna Mk 2 April 2010 Emulators
  • Sinclairean A3[B]Sinclairean[/B], a new ZX Spectrum emulator written in machine code for x86-compatible, OpenGL-capable computers. Features: [LIST] [*]Fast machin…

    ... [/URL] yet?

    If border color changes are appreciated as ugly ... lot but enough to work without problems.
    Maybe my processor ...
    Pegaz Pegaz April 2010 Emulators
  • Spectrum hangs upWhat might be problem when my ZX Spectrum 48K (rubber keys) hangs up after few minutes play? It had memory problems but i changed (or an expert did i…

    ... simple: it simply changes the border color, at the (almost) maximum speed ... continously, without hangups or other strange phenomena?
    - Do border bars show ... the pattern showed by the border bars is different)
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2010 Hardware
  • zx spectrum +2 troubleshootingHi There I am new here and I need some advise as to where to look for issues on my zx spectrum +2 it was working fine this morning .. then while pl…

    ... ? If I'm right, the border color indicates you what memory bank ... be more useful that the border color would indicate which bit -i ... faulty).

    Is the border color always the same?

    without any of its 128K features ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2010 Hardware
  • DivIDE Real Tape?Am I going mental? I can't get my speecy to load from tape with divIDE installed. So my question is.. How do you load from a real tape when your div…

    ... will see that the loading border is different to indicate ... is possible load from real TAPE without tape emulation ! Also T-BIOS ... BIOS use original tape routines in ZX rom. Border colours can ... (FATWARE, ESXDOS, DEMFIR) or TAPe emulation is set manually (BS ...
    velesoft velesoft May 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…

    ... 0xFE, among other things, identifies border color (three least significant bits). So ... as border color, speaker etc., then doesn't every keypress change border color/state ... keyboard to emulated Spectrum keyboard, without taking special care of which ...
    PeterP PeterP August 2011 Emulators
  • ULAPlus: showing different screen modes in one screenI wanted to write a demo showing the same screen, converted to various screen modes available on the Spectrum (well, a Spectrum clone capable of show…

    ... ULA+ palette entry for the border colour.

    The ... border stripes at first. The demo worked well in the clone without ... tiny blocks dissappear but the border color change happens while the right ... border is still being drawn so ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix May 2012 Development
  • ISO-Copy - Individual Software revisitedHi folks In another thread about Supertape: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36203[/url] ... we touched on ISO-Copy by th…

    ... the speed deviation along the tape before, and don't make ... little pilot, that sounds while border flashes, without loading. It is a ...
    jlsoler jlsoler June 2012 MIA/STP/SDP
  • SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…

    [code]; --- THE TAPE HANDLING ROUTINES ----------------------------------------------

    ; ... ld a, (bordcr) ; get border color
    and %00111000 ; mask it ...
    and %00000111 ; preserve border color
    or %00001000 ; set ...
    chev chev October 2013 Development
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