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ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... Support for seamless IM2 loading/saving, from BASIC and machine code
* System ... commands loaded from ... emulator supports reading/writing from/to TAP files. TAP ... 2. TR-DOS emulator
3. LFN support
OpenSE BASIC 3.1.1The eagle-eyed will have noticed that [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027510"]SE BASIC[/url] got an update last week. As a te…
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* New commands: COPY (call m/c), DELETE (remove BASIC ... the LDIR block data copy machine code command), ON ERROR (error ... your own code (not a lot on a 48K machine, but ...Machine code loopsThis might sound a bit daft, but I,ve forgotten how to do loops using th 'b' register... I want to loop this x mount of times: [CODE]ld a,r and 6 i…
... mount of times:
[CODE]ld a,r
and ... (aa+1),a
call 43100
call 45000[/CODE]
There ... is any easy way by loading 'b ...+3 Floppy drive helpHi guys, I recently found my old spectrum gear and started to see if it all still works, now i had/still have a floppy disk system - Thurnall disk d…
... /still have a floppy disk system - Thurnall disk drive from around 1985 - any ... up and running but the 3" floppy drive (Hitachi hfd305s) is ... to obtain a 3" floppy drive from a speccy +3 machine to see if ... the power connector on the +3 drive? i'm assuming the ...Deaf spectrum +3?I'm not having the best of luck so far. I've made a couple of poorly thought out impulse buys, and to date I've not really had much use out of any o…
... trying to load from tape, my +3 can't seem ... loading. But the border flashing is intermittent as if the volume from ... heart's content. Aside from tapes, I've bought ... my favourite games on a disk compilation - but it' ... buy any more on +3 disk (as they seem to ...Spectrum +3 Disk GamesGreetings from Finland. I have some disk games for sale (in original boxes): 1) Artura 2) International Karate 3) Hercules - Slayer of the Damned 4…
Greetings from Finland.
I have some disk games for sale (in ...
2) International Karate
3) Hercules - Slayer of the Damned ...Spectranet firmware update: TAP file loading fixArchie Robins discovered a problem whereby interrups were being erroneously enabled on the return from a tape trap (that is, when TAP files are being…
... to finish loading with interrupts being disabled from working correctly.< ... some other code in the case of loading headerless blocks or ... otherwise directly called by a machine code program.
... program that's loading blocks has code running in the ...New game: Funky FungusHappy Easter folks! What's better to do during these Spring holidays than playing some new game on our Spectrums? ;-) And lo, here is... [center] [y…
... 1 final boss, all taken from different folkloric traditions of the ... versions: TZX (turbo), TAP (ordinary loading), +3 disk image (DSK) and TR-DOS ... " variant, for both screens and code.
Core game ... -03-31.html]Download it from my website[/url][/b] ( ...720K Amstrad PCW8512 drive B: as drive A: on a Spectrum +3 ?Hi Spec-chums. I happen to have a 720K drive from an Amstrad PCW8512 which i got off ebay, and i was wondering if it is possible to use it as drive …
... to have a 720K drive from an Amstrad PCW8512 which i ... as drive A: on a +3?
Edit: Yes, I ... diskettes to 720K from BASIC, but need to run a machine code program.Spectrum +3 Transfer games onto DiskHi, I have a Spectrum +3, and also use Spectaculator on my PC. I can load games onto my real spectrum from the Emulator by using one of the tools a…
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I have a Spectrum +3, and also use Spectaculator on ... games onto my real spectrum from the Emulator by using one ... games onto the real Spectrum +3 Disk Drive?
I looked ... Archive but they tape to disk ones seem to be Missing ...Hacking a game MAJIKAZOHello, I am trying to put a recent game called MAJIKAZO on disk. However, the loader is written for tape only, so I have to find a way how to rewrit…
... recent game called MAJIKAZO on disk. However, the loader is ... intro screen from Retroworks, then it loads a code and starts machine code. This ... I can easily change all loading commands, but the main ... of depacking to unpack the loading routine. This is very ...Beta Disk MicroP 3.5 Disk Drive DIN Connectors signalsHello, I own a Beta Disk with an 3,5" Disk Drive from MP (MicroP) which has two DIN Connectors. One is a DIN Connector with 5 Pins, the other a DI…
... own a Beta Disk with an 3,5" Disk Drive from MP (MicroP ... original power supply for the disk drive.
Disk MicroP 3.5 Disk Drive.jpg[/img ... 26-181633 Beta Disk MicroP 3.5 Disk Drive.jpg[/img ... 26-181440 Beta Disk MicroP 3.5 Disk Drive.jpg[/ ...MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …
... handle that function in machine code, so the BASIC programmer ... or STOP will automatically call NOTRAP to restore BASIC ... ; 2 = NPC homing
; 3 = NPC guarding
; 5 = ... +GOSUB
; key = key code from KEY_SCAN key codes table (copied ...Converting an integer arbitrary large binary number into a printable decimal formThis was asked a long ago at the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup. At that time, I came up with a solution by extrapolating the classic algorithm of suces…
... numbers is far from fast). Printing the ... a try as Z80 machine code implementation, to see ...
BucConv call Add4Block
call ShiftBlock
... NoAddLow
add a,3
and 0fh< ...+3 Disk drive motorHi, I'm creating a disk file menu selector. I was wondering how to turn off the +3 drive motor and the motor timeout check from Basic (poking the co…
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I'm creating a disk file menu selector. I was ... the +3 drive motor and the motor timeout check from Basic (poking ...Help with File Compressor by Mladen PopovicHi, I'm trying to compress BombJack (MCM) and transfer it to a +3 disk (Yes I own the original game :) ). I'm unsure about the addresses to enter in…
... ) and transfer it to a +3 disk (Yes I own the original ... c CODE 29440
Data (36095 Bytes)
so, loading this ... I will need to call my randomize after loading?
It ... />
clear val "23999": load""code 24000,21696: randomize usr val ...Loading from/saving to Zoom H2NI have recently acquired a Zoom H2N Handy Recorder for various audio-based purposes, and I am interested in loading my Speccy games from the H2N (Wav…
... I am interested in loading my Speccy games from the H2N (Wave ... time since I last experimented (3 years), could somebody help me ...
- Microphone gain dial/wheel (from 1 to 10)
- Jog ...Ghosts n' Goblins loaderI'm trying to put Ghosts n' Goblins onto a +3 disk but struggling to understand the mc loader. Basic loader [code] ink 7 : clear 25000 : load "" cod…
... n' Goblins onto a +3 disk but struggling to understand the ...
I extracted the loading picture/game code binary file with Blockeditor ... />
65188: CALL 65192
65191: RET NC ...
65443: CALL 65447
65446: RET NC ...ZX Spectrum loading from reel to reel tape recorder.Hello to everybody, I did manage to load from an old Nivico tape which my grandpa brought from Japan half a century ago :D The reel was used with so…
... /> I did manage to load from an old Nivico tape which ... my grandpa brought from Japan half a century ago ... they last just for 2-3 years long... I know, you ... our case we need these machine forever.
I used to ...Timex contended memory timings, the TS2068 kludge board and EXROM at $4000 - $7FFFI haven't seen this documented anywhere yet so I thought I'd share my findings. I've been investigating contended memory timings on the Timex Sinclai…
... which plays beeps using a machine code routine which steps through ... port F4 bits 2 and 3. When the program steps ... to bits 2 and 3 in port F4 when ... So we might as well call this "contended ROM".
... those locations.
From the design of the kludge ...Spectrum +3 tape Loading !Hi all ! Wonder if anyone else has come across this. Ive recently bought a +3 from ebay. On the whole its fab. The disks work fine, the 128k tape g…
... this. Ive recently bought a +3 from ebay. On the whole its ... just wont load on the +3.
Whats confusing is ... using 128k games or the disk !
Thanks!
ZX-Assembler version 0.8 (beta) releasedDear readers, yesterday I've published ZX-Assembler in its first version 0.8. It offers you some interesting features, even if I know there are …
... the ability to export to disk, import from disk,
delete and ... or type. Labels found on CALL
or JUMP are ... re-compiled to let them call ZX-Assembler in a dialog ... editing data
blocks containing machine code.
* Error log ...Spectrum 128Ks, disk interfaces and unique and very rare disk softwareI am a 72 year old ex enthusiast who put all his equipment in the loft 30 years ago which was fully working at the time. From memory I have a couple…
... users are aware, no disk software was written for these ... overwrote the tape loading routines with disk loading data. Some are ... there is a separate 3.5" disk drives. From memory, one Plus ... D was converted to swap over from ...Aidata 3'' Disk drive cleaners for sale on eBay. £10I have recently listed 2 Aidata disk drive cleaners on eBay, for 3'' drives as used on our beloved ZX Spectrum+3, Amstrad CPC's & PCW's, and also the…
... have recently listed 2 Aidata disk drive cleaners on eBay, ... for 3'' drives as used on ... our beloved ZX Spectrum+3, Amstrad CPC's & ... packaging has marks and wear from storage/age of item. ... They are from an old computer shop, ...DivMMC and +3 BASIC questionHi everyone, sorry if I'm about to tread a well-worn path here but I looked and looked, and I found something in the DivMMC manual but I'm not sure i…
... 80s, some BASIC, some machine code, and I'd very much ... to get a working +3, and assuming the disks ... copying file by file from the 3" internal drive to the ... t easily copy files from the 3" drive to the storage ... options for connecting the +3 internal drive to a PC ...So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…
wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28; ... the M/C from BASIC
Call48 RST #28 ; call a routine ... DEFW #0000 ; loaded from BC above ^^
RET
[/code]
3 FOR a=23763 TO 23774 ...Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…
... in part 4 of the "Machine Code Calculator" series in ZX Computing ... for a random number function 3*speed of RND and with ... this:
[code]
LD bc,(SEED)
call $2d2b ;STACK_BC ... above method to return from a USR call with a floating point ...How to write files from PC into a +3 disk image?I'm thinking about creating a utility that converts 48k snapshots into tap and dsk files. To do so, I've found that libspectrum allows me to read sna…
... to create files into the disk images (but on a worst ... , I can create a "special" disk image with files at known ... to create / read / write files from a dsk or edsk image?SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…
... copy and paste code to and from the listing window.< ... .g, CLS 1;2;3;4;5;6;7 will ... OSX.
Fix loading of legacy code files.
Fix ... longer crash SpecBAS
CALL as part of an ... now
Graphics created from text strings now respect the ...Headerless tape loading blocksIs there any way to convert headerless machine code blocks to regular headed blocks? I imagine it involves Taper. I ask because now that I know I'…
... way to convert headerless machine code blocks to regular headed ... I've got a +3 that actually works the way ... to but can't load from tape (yet), I ... loaded on an emulated +3 in 128K mode, even ... were usually mutually exclusive from being Crash Smashes or YS ...
