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TAP filesI'm trying to figure out how to make TAP files and am none the wiser. Tried downloading Taper, got it working but it was one of the unfathomables. I …
... a TAP file at last from a BASIC program, by SAVEing first ... Z80 that are BASIC loaders with pre-loaded machine code (i.e. orignally ... to find out how much machine code is loaded up into memory ... obvious. I'm guessing most machine code is loaded into memory after ... -
Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…
... someone writing one. Far from being limited to BASIC, ResiDOS makes all ... of its functions available to machine code. I ... )
[QUOTE]128 BASIC is overrated. ResiDOS provides emulation ... -
Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…
... . Each file must be select from basic manually with long command (i ... for SAVE support without source code. But with MB02 memory + ... save support connect to RESIDOS code (very easy).
[ ... Speccy to a simple gaming machine and reduces the feeling of ... -
TAP filesI'm trying to figure out how to make TAP files and am none the wiser. Tried downloading Taper, got it working but it was one of the unfathomables. I …
... number of where there's machine code loaded into memory, so I ... addresses of the USR calls from BASIC. In the simplest case, ... determined from a disassembly.
If there are multiple CODE ... do not have explicit CODE LOADs in the BASIC and where the ... -
Help to run Abu Simbel in a +2A SpectrumI bought this game some weeks ago, but the version is the old one. When I loaded it in the emulator, I had to switch the keyboard issue to 48Kissue.…
... loader for you. :)
Machine code isn't my thing, but ... to 65302
-Some code stays near Basic area and does the ... jumps to 64361 instead of calling it, but if it returns ... . You would then use that Basic loader instead of the original ... -
Machine code and Basic system variablesSpectrum system variables (I mean 48KB model) are essential for Basic. But what if I started my machine code program and it's never going to return t…
... for Basic. But what if I started my machine code program ... and it's never going to return to Basic ... something to do with code executed during interrupts. ... 65535) as long as your code is completely independent.
... it's code from 23296. -
Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…
... select/change TAP files only from basic, not exist comfortable NMI ... !) it does have extensive BASIC and machine-code API support, so it ... work with IDE device only from basic command line.... [/QUOTE]
... , TZX and native files from the command line (and ... -
Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…
... access the +3DOS API from machine code to do this. BASIC support (via channels ... -
How do I load .ASM text files into an assembler ?I notice that the old Sinclair magazines contain assembler routines that someone has put into .ASM files. These files are text files. I have a copy …
... get either file with code stored as machine code digits (.bin or ... In emulator choose from Basic something like SAVE "MyCode" CODE 30000,5000 , ... start your z80 code after loading it from tape , you ... />
1 LOAD "MyCode" CODE
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Hi-colour gamesDoes anyone remember some of the games that used something called Ho-colour? Like the options page on the Agent X games, and a few others. If memory …
... Sinclair to publish the source code in their coding section arround ... of a rotating globe made from dots, which would then animate ... with a BASIC routine, and the rainbow effect with machine code that had ... -
How many of you are game programmers?So, how many of you programmed a ZX Spectrum game? Was it released commercially? :)
... from scratch and who still do. I still regret never mastering basic ... or even looking at machine code in any great ... -
Hi-colour gamesDoes anyone remember some of the games that used something called Ho-colour? Like the options page on the Agent X games, and a few others. If memory …
... Sinclair to publish the source code in their coding section ... of a rotating globe made from dots, which would then animate ... with a BASIC routine, and the rainbow effect with machine code that had ... globe made from dots that took forever to render in BASIC, but ... -
Blank .tap fileHi How do I create a blank .tap file to save games to use in ZXSP ? Very brief info on this in the docs, cannot seem to get to grips with it. Als…
... ? If so, they're just machine code routines. What do they have ... 't equally true of Visual Basic, Delphi, or assembler? (The ... the C or C++ compiled code and the operating system. It ... is called or defining default calling conventions(?). Without this library, on ... -
Blank .tap fileHi How do I create a blank .tap file to save games to use in ZXSP ? Very brief info on this in the docs, cannot seem to get to grips with it. Als…
... /> advantages like discouraging users from choosing a non-microsoft branded ... language that can perform basic functions wouldn't take ... curious about programming. ZX BASIC was the first taste ... to a more complex language; machine code.
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The Life Of The ZX81I was thinking about this on my way to work this morning? What if the Spectrum had come out in late ?84 or even 1985? Would the ZX81 have had a longe…
... . The ZX81 was my first machine and I loved it. It ... learnt to program in both BASIC and Machine Code on that little thing ... a ZX81 only last year from someone at work. It is ... even has the original receipt from Boots! I have yet to ...+3 BASIC and RST 8I've been working on adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style to how Interface 1 does it (catch the RST 8 error trap). This works…
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... commands and functions. Most machine code programs will be under ... real 48K BASIC command or function, including machine code invoked by ... take different actions when calling any standard ROM routine ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
Joefish - 36, from Northants but now living in ... never achieving much in BASIC. Scraped some machine code together from the complete series ... mix of assembly and STOS Basic. It was even harder to ...Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…
... between 1983-86, everything from sprite designers to 3D line ... . My Dad read me the code. Very nostalgic.
[url ... (July 83 Sinclair Programs) basic lines but exciting Tron style ... br />
The Your Computer machine code games were impressive if lacking ...Very simple 128k memory test?Just an idle thought, but... If on a 48K machine: [INDENT][B]PRINT PEEK 23732 + PEEK 23733*256[/B] [/INDENT]yields the last reliable RAM address, …
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Just the ... machines is not accessible directly from BASIC.
You can use it ... Disk but, only by using machine code, can you access the extra ...INPUT magazineDid anyone else have this magazine back in day, I did. Spent hours typing in the examples and it did helped me develop me a few techniques in basic a…
... from having games like these that could have had their core machine code ... game.
Writing machine code routines is one thing, linking ... great way to teach machine code programming and applying it ... explain why they are so basic in their design.
...INPUT magazineDid anyone else have this magazine back in day, I did. Spent hours typing in the examples and it did helped me develop me a few techniques in basic a…
... the programming for the machine code routines and basic programs that appeared over ... of the magazines run. Apart from the mention of Imagine winning ...Tape and Disk breakpointsIs it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint wi…
... not fond of protected BASIC loaders, code blocks with 49152 bytes ... screens corrupted by machine code and stuff made from .z80 snapshots;
-Because there's nothing like a clean BASIC ... variables and/or the BASIC area, but I can ...Tape and Disk breakpointsIs it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint wi…
... 'm not fond of protected BASIC loaders, code blocks with 49152 bytes ... , loading screens corrupted by machine code and stuff made from .z80 snapshots;
from one memory area to another (printer buffer, BASIC overwriting ...Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …
... (as in original Sinclair BASIC). Also the machine code, basic area, etc. (LOAD/SAVE ... do all loading and saving from basic because it makes porting programs ... , it is just like returning from basic subroutine to mc. and this ...Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …
... access to your compiled variables from BASIC - does yours?D.[/QUOTE]
BASIC just output Z80 code to be run on a Z80 Machine ... /> You can read/write machine code variables from Sinclair BASIC using PEEK and POKE ...Tape and Disk breakpointsIs it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint wi…
... is easier when you know machine code, but unfortunately it's something ... hard. I'm just a BASIC user who knows a little ... from Spin or Spectaculator. I would create a simple, non-protected Basic ... one or two blocks of code. Period. No LDIRs, no XORs ...Blake's 7I've got an idea for a Blake's 7 video game for the 128K Spectrum (Only problem is I can't code in neither machine code or Sinclair BASIC, so I will …
... I can't code in neither machine code or Sinclair BASIC, so I will ... need some help - and the rights from ... where Fritzl and Prikropil comes from). Blake's 7 was never ... the game, I do not code."
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Music?: Yes ...River Raid Tech DemoJust a little something to look at. Enjoy. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_01.tap"]Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_…
... (done in BASIC and compiled). This was following on from work experience ... /> I did try writing some machine code multi-colour routines like this ... hang of optimising and timing code based on the Z80 ... big difference between developing the code for a game and ...Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
... time to add
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LD SP,COLMAP
(total 106 T-states)
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This gives another ... on a 48K machine.
When I have my code ready I ... well.
The call from BASIC would be:
RANDOMIZE ...
