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Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
It reads the keys every 50th of a second and updates the graphics (using a 'byte scan' technique) when it can. That's why it feels so smooth. -
Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
[QUOTE=frobush;326474]It reads the keys every 50th of a second and updates the graphics (using a 'byte scan' technique) when it can. That's why it feels so smooth.[/QUOTE]
And why doesn't it feel as smooth when I'm playing it from the bed :-? -
Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
[QUOTE=frobush;326474]It reads the keys every 50th of a second and updates the graphics (using a 'byte scan' technique) when it can. [/QUOTE]
Now who's going to elaborate on this "byte scan" technique for the rest of us ignorant lot? -
Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
... going to elaborate on this "byte scan" technique for the rest of ... . However, if you rub out byte sections of the old sprite ... is a just a byte.
Byte scan.
Pud Pud ... -
Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
... . However, if you rub out byte sections of the old sprite ... is a just a byte.
Byte scan.
Pud Pud ... -
Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
... ... :roll:
Regarding this byte-scan technique... how is it superior ... -
Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
[QUOTE=Arjun;327444]Regarding this byte-scan technique... how is it superior ... calling HALT?[/QUOTE]
Byte-scan drastically reduces flicker but the ... some flicker in the odd byte. I suppose it may be ... -
Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
... ... :roll:
Regarding this byte-scan technique... how is it superior ... -
post your preferred 'up-down-left-right-fire' keys redefinefor me, and for some reason it was Emlyn hughes back in the day that got me attatched to this, from then on and to this day I will always redefine my…
... ! Or needed to! Well, perhaps byte-scan, to stop flickering graphics. But ... -
WIP: Another demoIt's a couple of months already since I've released something, so I thought it's fun to show a demo of the thing I'm currently working on: [url]http…
... using a variation of the byte scan technique to prevent flicker.
byte at 23672 every iteration of ... ROM interrupt routine increments this byte (I usually put a couple ... -
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…
... ...[/QUOTE]
Use the byte scan method... ACG used it. Joffa ... -
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…
[QUOTE=jonathan;558390]Use the byte scan method... ACG used it. Joffa ... -
Abbaye des morts[url]http://www.locomalito.com/juegos_abbaye_des_morts.php[/url] Looks like Spectrum, sounds like Spectrum, but it's not a Spectrum ('cause no colou…
... /> I'd go for the byte scan method as recommended by Joffa ... to care where the TV scan line is, there is never ... and Jetset Willy.
Byte Me's sprite routine could ... -
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 …
... character and return a two-byte scan-code that indicates the top ... byte of port $fe and mask ... better options specifically for two-byte items already (heapsort and associated ... -
Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
... have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram ... . If I could read each byte as binary I could have ... an 8 byte buffer to store the 0 ... -
RGB output scan rate?Hi, I'm Bruno Florindo. I'm portuguese and I live in USA. I'm trying to find a RGB cable for the ZX Spectrum +2. I can't find the monitor that I had …
... need to find out the scan rate of your computer.
If your computer has a scan rate of 31.5khz, then ... hooking up to, and what scan rate both your devices are ... I don't know the scan rate of the ZX Spectrum ... -
Need scan of batman tape from Crash 60 :-) I have managed to dig out all the cover cassettes from the loft but have Batman missing from issue 60 :( Can anybody scan the cassett…
... 60 :(
Can anybody scan the cassette as I am ... another 40 Crashes left to scan, working through 58 as I ... -
Road Race scan needed I have been through all my speccy games boxes (9 in total!) and can`t find my Road Race Cassette which came free with your sinclair. If somebody co…
... your sinclair. If somebody could scan the actual tape this could ... -
STP: Computer Cookery 1 & 2 - Bug ByteI'm 99% sure these two titles are actually The Computer Cook Book (Bug Byte) that is listed in Infoseek. However, The Computer Cook Book is in fact …
... The Computer Cook Book (Bug Byte) that is listed in Infoseek ... -
help in byte mirroring.I need some help. What is the best way to mirror the byte? (for ex. 10010011 -> 11001001) I mean, if there is a simple way to do it (may be with OR, …
I need some help.
What is the best way to mirror the byte?
(for ex. 10010011 -> 11001001)
I mean, if there is a simple way to do it (may be with OR, AND, XOR and so on), I'll be able not to store a mirrored copys of sprite in memory.. -
memory is filled up under Win XP when opening many filesDear friends, I have the big and strange problem that ZX-Rainbow's game scanner is not working properly under Windows XP. I figured out (during a ti…
... with file informations when I scan about 3000 games. 'Scanning' here ... if I read only 1 byte of the file, XP stores ... -
I bow to you, Mort!!!!!!! (Mag scan delight)Yesterday I just received my three DVDs of Crash, Zzap!64 (don't flame me, please!) and Amtix magazine scans. I bow to you Mort! Having to scan all t…
... to you Mort! Having to scan all them issues (the last ... -
Frost Byte - Game OverVoting time folks go [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Frost+Byte$&pub=^Mikro%2dGen+Ltd$"]here[/url] vote and return to post …
... .org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Frost+Byte$&pub=^Mikro%2dGen+Ltd ... -
Byte magazinesHi folks, Does anyone have any copies of Byte from 1977 - 1984 I could borrow? - scans would be made for all to use. I'm after the aricles on FORTH…
... anyone have any copies of Byte from
1977 - 1984 I ... -
Looking for scan of sinclair catalogueHi, Does anyone know where I might find a scan of the sinclair spectrum software and peripherals catalogue - january 1984 - blue cover. Is there one…
... where I might find a scan of the sinclair spectrum software ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 30 October 2005Sunday 30 October 2005 Crivvens! What an indecently massive load of stuff this month - a veritable feast of tips, maps, POKEs and complete solutions.…
... could provide a higher resolution scan for the maps for
Bloody , Bodorrio Real , Bug-Eyes , Byte Bitten , Cholo ,
Con-Quest ... -
Question regarding Manic Miner (Bug Byte) Acquired another Manic Miner (Bug-Byte Release ?(one that has the guy with the beard on cover)) on eBay (part of someones collection) The thing is,…
Acquired another Manic Miner (Bug-Byte Release ?(one that has the ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 27 August 2006Sunday 27 August 2006 A funky new RSS feed as well as maps and POKEs galore in this month's update! * Marco A.G.Pinto let us know about a typo in t…
... Fruity, The, FBI-13!, Frost Byte, Hamon IV, Hero Quest: Return ... /> * Drew Turpin sent in a scan of a hint sheet for ... -
Tapes from USSR computer "BYTE" ("БАЙТ")I have TZX images of tapes from "BYTE" (on Russian language). If you want to get this images write me on e-mail.
I have TZX images of tapes from "BYTE" (on Russian language). If you want to get this images write me on e-mail.
