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PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…
... can't see any advantage this brings beyond saving a few bytes ... expense of introducing a load of special-case code ... flashloading emulator) then they can do that by recognising ... -> WAV converter) can just do the straight number ... all the flaws we can see, if we ... -
Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... Patrik Rak;189852]Pitty it can't encode the loaders which use ... correcting loader, which stores the bytes as usual separated with distinct ... each 64 or so bytes. But don't despair, all that ... pulse. Similary the Bleepload, Dynamic Load, etc. are stored in the ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... 0 terminated list of character bytes, remember) and another string ... />
strtok() changes the bytes contained in the original string ... run the program again (don't load up a fresh copy!) with ... keep it simple, these command bytes can only be placed at the ... -
text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... ]Basin has a z80 assembler, can`t you just past the code ... ]You *can* do this another way - import your binary (or LOAD CODE ... , and import it (it doesn't matter how large the graphics ... , just that they cover enough bytes). Then use the Send system ... -
Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... learned machine code, I didn't had much success.
I ... , not the loader) and that can be accessed via the use ... , 17 ;The header is 17 bytes long
62,0 LD ... ,86,5 CALL ROM (Load) ;Execute ROM's LOAD BYTES
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Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... hard with SPIN to load the BASIC as bytes (with both my ... is. Otherwise, my MC won't load it.
This will take ... correct phase. But Spin won't load it. The tape manager just ... responsive, I mean I can change tapes and load anything else, but ... -
A few questions about machine codeOh no... another noob. I'm giving my first steps in assembler (finally, after 20 years stuck in BASIC). I read a SU article explaining that if I wan…
... it, but I don't understand why certain registers have ... ' sets the amount of bytes to be copied. Is this ... It means to move BC bytes, FROM HL to DE. ... a ROM routine, you can't be sure which registers will ... every time you call the load-bytes routine.
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NickH ThreadProbably best I create my own thread...! Inspector Hecti is listed in Infoseek as "Insector Hecti" - missing 'p'.
... Codemasters.
I can't find it in the archive ... . I *can* see "Superbike Trans Am", ... King..
The LOAD SCREEN$ has been modified, and ... POKEs don't match - they're out by 31 bytes, so ... />
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Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... "Hisoft Pascal 4". These modules can't be loaded into the pascal ... the following:-
CLEAR 39999: LOAD "t:" : LOAD "" CODE : RANDOMIZE USR 40000
bytes around near the top of ... 8x8 character sets). I can't find any routine in either ... -
DEF FN DirectivesI am looking at using some machine code functions from the DK Graphics Pack. They are machine code but they are called via Basic with the function de…
I can't speak for the stuff you' ... through the parameters... skip 4 bytes to get to the X ... co-ordinate, skip 8 bytes to get to the Y ... -ord, and skip another 8 bytes to get to the string ... would appear in BASIC, then load the address of your parameters ... -
help sought with first foray into machine code - pixel scrolldownI have started to code my first machine code program, a simple roadrace game. I've based it around the pixel scrolldown routine in 40 Best Machine Co…
... . Then you can keep the 14 bytes at a time ... /> Should the next cycle load the stack pointer with the ... address for popping (reading bytes) should point at the ... address for pushing (writing bytes) should point at one ... every 1/50s if you can't do your game loop ... -
Dangerous Z80 Assembly CommandHave been reading Toni Bakers' "Mastering MC On Ya Speccy" book and came across the list of Z80 commands in the dictionary section. Page 102 "[b]IM…
... posted it, but I can't remember now what part of ... issue was my PC, I can't really tell.
... crash SPIN, but I can't remember if it was version ... to a 16K model. Load the tape. You get ... message "block size exceds 16384 bytes" or something similar, but ... -
Problem with Speccy GraphicsI'm creating a couple of background images for the BombJack Editor using Photoshop (I can't seem to get my head around the graphics editor in BASin).…
... BombJack Editor using Photoshop (I can't seem to get my head ... renamed to JPG, it won't load. In the Follow up to ... , you have no attributes and can use all 15 Spectrum colours ... the price is high: 24576 Bytes per screen). Unfortunaly the Real ... -
FAST and SLOW .TAP loading in RESIDOSWhy is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this fi…
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RESIDOS can in ROM area disconnect external ... LOAD "FILE" CODE 65532 (file length is about 11300 bytes).
Loading is slow with multicolour border lines (how ? You can ... />
Command %TAPELIST can't display starting adress of block ... -
FAST and SLOW .TAP loading in RESIDOSWhy is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this fi…
... " + LOAD "FILE" CODE 65532 (file length is about 11300 bytes).
Loading is slow with multicolour border lines (how ? You can ... />
[QUOTE]Command %TAPELIST can't display starting adress of block ... use with just [B]LOAD %"file.c" CODE[/B]. -
Channels and streamsSo I've put some thought into channels and streams, and read the dead (and presumably rotting corpse) of the CSS FAQ which contains some information …
... channel, but BASIC can't open it - it can only open K, P ... they must be within 256 bytes of the associated OPEN and ... Network and SAVE and LOAD commands. I didn't have the skills ... default printer buffer were 256 bytes further down in memory - so ... -
'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... , or type y and load 2 loading screen$ in ... is that a few bytes of assembly are essential to ... BASIC trick that I don't. :D ) Most other things ... and active screen selection), can be done well enough in ... major limitation that you can't seem to write directly ... -
Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
... co-ordinate system. I can therefore keep a native ... ), the Spectrum/Timex/SAM can't go beyond 24 rows. ... Envelopes for example require 14 bytes. It [I]should[/I ... time BASIC wants to LOAD or SAVE a file ... get basic PLOT/DRAW and LOAD/SAVE routines working.
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VIC 20 emulation on the SpectrumI'm sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing the full Commodore experience to Sinclair users with the "Twenty Commodes" program. It e…
... trying to squeeze a T-state out here and ... [QUOTE=digital prawn]I didn't realise until reading your post ... bytes. I believe this was because Jack Tramiel had a load ... of 1K chips he needed to use up. You can't ... fair amount of software won't work. However, if ... -
VIC 20 emulation on the SpectrumI'm sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing the full Commodore experience to Sinclair users with the "Twenty Commodes" program. It e…
... bytes. I believe this was because Jack Tramiel had a load ... of 1K chips he needed to use up. You can't ... fair amount of software won't work. However, if you ... Until now, I couldn't understand why many of the ... total number of bits that can be stored).
Design Design / Crystal ComputingNice post on [URL="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_thread/thread/56e6ebdedc6930ac#"]comp.sys.sinclair[/URL] about [URL="http:…
... "defb 0" took three bytes of memory (the editor tokenised ... Chewrubba/[/CODE]
I can't quite remember correctly, but I ... of problems while attempting to load under emulation...[/QUOTE]
... that the original tapes wouldn't have.
A ...BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... load of options at the bottom of the window:
Bytes ... per line - how many bytes you want in ... UDG set is 168 bytes, a full charset is ... 768 bytes).
Start/Step ... in mind that you can't use line 9999 unless ...Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
... , time flies...), but didn't get to finish it, and ... long as you don't start deleting and overwriting files ... you read the 'number of bytes' value, treat it as ... rather than a value to load into BC.
can't use the 128's second ...RGB on speccy ?hi, just a question : are you aware of scene demo trying emulate rgb ? i was a bit ill last few days so laying in bad i come with a (stupid ?) idea.…
... Draw routine has to copy bytes around, and even the fastest ... characters, but here we can just load one register pair and keep ... full line if it wasn't for memory contention.Usr 0 ?I'm not sure I've ever seen this explained before, but why do some programs (only demos, as far as I can see, so far) need USR 0 mode when run on a 1…
... 'm sure someone else can explain it much better ... basic to 48 basic you can use command "SPECTRUM", but ... But again, why not just load the demo in 128K mode ... the Spectrum uses some more bytes in Bank 7 afaik, ... mode is necessary, why can't the demo program set all ...Usr 0 ?I'm not sure I've ever seen this explained before, but why do some programs (only demos, as far as I can see, so far) need USR 0 mode when run on a 1…
... definition, downright lazy? And can I invite them to ...
I would, but I can't be arsed.
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... REM or as a separate Bytes: block) - which means ... that the first Bytes: block didn't care what page ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... at "Autosave para Phoenix". Haven't uploaded anything yet.
bytes).
I can also get it to load some ... .
But, I don't really think these screens show ... may be another one that can't be done unless the accompanying ...SNA convertHi Can a .sna be coverted to .tzx and would there be any point ?
... truly wonderful utility which doesn't get talked about much. Here ... br />
With OTLA you can load a .sna file into a ... located at printer buffer (256 bytes). Antonio Villena already used this ... of Otla. So k7zx can now load snapshots with "clean" screens ...Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…
... micro did) but you won't be able to easily " ... least 12-14 bytes, quite possibly more. We can easily store ... 255
17 bytes + 1 STOP byte.
t need to zeros and ... be "relocatable" and you can even load in a number of ...z80 program to BASIN?I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in a z80 snapshot file. I would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder what must be done before…
... a real speccy). You can use a LOAD "myUDGs" CODE in ... the .bas file. The LOAD "myUDGS" CODE statement in ... on a tape. You can then load that .bsc file into ... bottom of the window, set "Bytes Per Line" to 8 ( ... The disadvantage is that you can't edit the UDGs in the ...
