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  • #speccy - I can't log onIs there some problem with the astrolink chat server as I've been trying to connect to it for the last 30 minutes with no luck. :( Necros.

    ... who you are. Then navigate back to the "Servers" branch of ... in decimal of the first byte of the spectrum's display ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • #speccy - I can't log onIs there some problem with the astrolink chat server as I've been trying to connect to it for the last 30 minutes with no luck. :( Necros.

    ... who you are. Then navigate back to the "Servers" branch of ... in decimal of the first byte of the spectrum's display ...
    speccy8 speccy8 April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... will be able to come back and see how things fit ... background tile to an 8-byte pixel buffer and a 1 ... -byte attribute buffer. Then each sprite ... = 1 for 2-byte graphical definition else 1-byte, bits 2:0 ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • 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…

    ... SP1_ID_MASK2 1 // masked sprite 2-byte definition (mask,graph) pairs ... 2 // masked sprite 2-byte definition (mask,graph) pairs ... />
    Let's back off and see how I ... use 1-byte or 2-byte graphical definitions. 1-byte means ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • 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…

    ...

    Getting back to the test program's ... be declared 1-byte or 2-byte. 1-byte sprites do ... a paired graphic byte. The mask byte has a set ... char. If a 2-byte definition is being generated ( ... to place the mask byte before the graphic byte.

    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • 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…

    ... OR draw functions. The 1-byte draw functions are around 42 ... more faster than their 2-byte counterparts.

    Something more ... surrounding the moving sprite are back.

    Program 2C is ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • 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…

    ... draw performance significantly.

    Back to the topic at hand ... occurs depends on the rflag byte. Allowable flags are:

    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Checksum RoutinesHi there everybody, Does anyone have an 'off the shelf' assembler routine for generating checksums? Thanks Jim

    ... ; Move to the most significant byte.
    ld a,(hl) ; ... de, hl ; Swap the pointers back around.
    inc hl ; ... s more to do, loop back to the start.
    ...
    Matt_B Matt_B May 2006 Development
  • Background image with SP1 and Z88DKWhat is the prefered way to place an entire (or very large) image in the background when using SP1? Should I convert it to a long (32*24=768 ) list o…

    ... "take graphics from the back buffer". The back buffer (screen$) will need ... code 0 will use the back buffer screen$ for graphics. ... compiled to indicate where the back buffer is.

    ... 768 bytes of the 6912-byte screen$ for whatever (maybe add ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • 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…

    ... would put the clash-plan back on track, but that ship ... returns a standard joystick status byte that indicates which directions/fire ... asserted. The standard joystick status byte is returned by all the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • 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…

    ... the left side and 2-byte, indicating the graphics are composed ... and 'a'-'m'. If you back up to the struct_sp1_tp_fan[] declaration ... pressed the pacman is moved back to its starting point, ... returns the standrard joystick status byte that is stored in 'i ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Missing NemesisI was reading one of the threads the other day about over rated spectrum games and came across the suggestion that Nemesis (the space shooter known a…

    ... see in game elements sliding back and forth in relation to ... served by a conversion by Joffa (respect) or Dominic Robinson ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2006 Games
  • Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …

    ... I mentioned this on zxspecticle, Joffa Smiff contacted me to say ... the answers he gave me back to them.
    zxspecticle zxspecticle July 2006 Games
  • Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …

    ... I mentioned this on zxspecticle Joffa Smiff contacted me to say ... the answers he gave me back to them.

    I ...
    zxspecticle zxspecticle July 2006 Games
  • Checksum RoutinesHi there everybody, Does anyone have an 'off the shelf' assembler routine for generating checksums? Thanks Jim

    ... version

    I am back on my main machine and ... if there was one ROM byte different?
    I disassembled Dr ...
    Geoff Geoff July 2006 Development
  • Calling ROM routinesFirstly, sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this in, but I wasn?t quite sure under which heading is best fitted. I?m trying to figure out how…

    ... useful too!

    Anyway, back to basics: in order to ... to pass it the mangled byte indicating a string variable?
    trellis trellis July 2006 Development
  • ZX Game Book UpdateHi all... For various unrelated reasons the time I have for editing has been limited to weekends, but I'm still plugging away. I have created 'fi…

    ... :

    No.1 (Bug-Byte) 1985
    Kung-Fu (Bug ... -Byte) 1985
    Movie (Imagine) 1986< ... of "Sbugetti Junction" for Bug-Byte in 1986 but I am ... also paid for his way back home) ;-) Nice story ...

    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Game Book UpdateHi all... For various unrelated reasons the time I have for editing has been limited to weekends, but I'm still plugging away. I have created 'fi…

    ...
    written to Bug-Byte software. Unfortunately for him, ... promotional freebies. Before he left back to Yugoslavia, he spent ... he had written TO Bug-Byte... again I might be ... also payed for his trip back.
    I am ... UK before (for Bug-Byte stuff) or if he ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... - so i must get potentially back to the raw form
    byte in the header? (If your ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall July 2006 Emulators
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... listing shows the last odd byte repeated to the end of ... you scroll away, then scroll back. I guess it's a ... would recommend you make that byte and the next the actual ... 's not necessarily the last byte that's repeated - it depends ...
    icabod icabod July 2006 Emulators
  • Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…

    ... in fact a full size back buffer being used.

    back buffer, individual character cells are completely drawn in an 8-byte ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2006 Development
  • Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…

    ... in fact a full size back buffer being used.

    back buffer, individual character cells are completely drawn in an 8-byte ...
    robpearmain robpearmain August 2006 Development
  • 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…

    ... how to glue the sectors back together into an MDR, as ... /> Done. There was convert 137923 byte(s) in 4 file(s ...
    jp jp August 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 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 The Empire strikes back , Durrells Turbo Esprit ... PHA ; BY SAVING LOW BYTE ON STACK.
    LDA ...
    PLA ;PULL LOW BYTE FROM STACK
    INY ; ... ),a ; the values back in a reversed order< ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... impossible to implement without microcode back then.
    [/quote]

    byte opcodes were constructed such that ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... 30),Y ; THEN GET HIGH BYTE AND
    2 DEY ; ... /> 4 PLA ;PULL LOW BYTE FROM STACK
    2 INY ... a fast byte copy (for copying a back buffer to ... per byte and it's possible to fill a back ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... lie in the same 256-byte page. Are you not? (Better ... /> This should start getting things back more towards the 2-2 ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?

    ... was held in a single byte. Can TG produce customizable data ... will be able to revert back to your previous image palette ...
    Kiwi Kiwi September 2006 Development
  • ** New Game In Development **As one or two of you may already know, Jonathan (Joffa) Smith is currently developing a brand new Spectrum game. The program is called 'SAUCER' It'…

    ... />
    Can`t believe Joffa`s come back to the Speccy, looks ... last games for ZX were back in `88 so it`s ...
    CKay CKay September 2006 Games
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... from tape, if an attribute byte is changed, flashloading aborts and ... , selected normal speed and gone back the game as bloody loaded ...
    pigdog pigdog September 2006 Emulators
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