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Sorting BusinessThis is a little bit different from the usual game-related fare but I know there are a few people here who like this sort of thing. This is about so…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;768734]Wirth thinks it' ... slightly faster in the common case, a lot faster for the ... -
Sorting BusinessThis is a little bit different from the usual game-related fare but I know there are a few people here who like this sort of thing. This is about so…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;768841]OK, I have ... for times (the most common case will be sorting pointers to ... -
THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... .google.com/site/zxgraph/home/einar-saukas/hobbit128"]other screens[/URL ... [/IMG]
In this case I will need to modify ... -
THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... [/IMG]
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;769973]If it was ... screens would work in this case.[/QUOTE]
I ... the Spectrum.
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;769973]The original adventure ... under discussion.
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;769973]It's more ... -
UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…
... UDGs we want. In this case, two banks. It should be ... UDGs:
[CODE]
10 RESTORE 11:
FOR F = 65368 ... :
[CODE]
30 RESTORE 31:
FOR F = 65112 ... -
Using SCM for Spectrum projectsI wonder if anyone use SCM ( CVS, SVN, GIT etc. ) for Zx Spectrum projects. It may seem as overkill for a small project but my friend argue that with…
... from a certain time and restore it later if I want ... files on a pendrive (in case my hard disk failed) every ... -
Using SCM for Spectrum projectsI wonder if anyone use SCM ( CVS, SVN, GIT etc. ) for Zx Spectrum projects. It may seem as overkill for a small project but my friend argue that with…
... from a certain time and restore it later if I want ... files on a pendrive (in case my hard disk failed) every ... -
Why is the scene less participative now? or at least, a bit hollow...I have found out in the last months, that despite of having a huge number of new games with a huge quality, a great number of hardware projects, and …
... .google.com/site/zxgraph/home/einar-saukas/soon"]announced in advance ... are different advantages in each case. -
Slap in the face for modern gamers number 45,107As you probably know, Gamestop (an American video games retailer chain) has plans to offer exclusive gameplay/game sections in AAA games, which is ap…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;780524]You mean, even ... perfectly reasonable to argue* a case for or against a certain ... -
Dark SceptreThis game was popular then and (looking at the Top 100) is popular now but I still don't understand what the hell I should be doing or what sort of s…
... /> Just sayin'
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;780663]What about hacking ... merely a humble suggestion, in case someone's interested. Just saying ... -
Dark Sceptre 128K?This is a follow-up from [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5915"]this thread[/URL]... [QUOTE=scunny;780606]Looking around…
... 's Thane)
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;780674]This is a ... merely a humble suggestion, in case someone's interested![/QUOTE] -
analysing program variable usageIf I wanted to count the number of times each variable is referenced while a program is running (not the number of times each variable is referenced …
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To list the results, restore the "CALL $2C8D" at $28B7 ... ;C =letter from BASIC (lower case)
jp c,CheckMatch ;passed ... ]
set 5,a ;*;lower case letters (numbers unchanged)
ld ... -
9 yr old girl shoots gun instructor dead with uzi[url]http://news.sky.com/story/1325316/girl-accidentally-kills-gun-instructor-with-uzi[/url] saw this earlier.... wtf. all the USA 'gun rights' iss…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;787878][url]http://www. ... flame war. or in this case a ...gun war. (see what ... -
ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;788764]****! I wrote a ... email notification, so I cannot restore it.
From my ... -
ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... /> If I remember correctly, [b]Einar[/b] said it would be ... 's features, but in any case, being able to import a ... -
ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... ]If I remember correctly, [b]Einar[/b] said it would be ... 's features, but in any case, being able to import a ... -
ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... 's features, but in any case, being able to import a ... topic - quite the reverse! As Einar concluded below, it's really ... topic here.
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;788847]Thanks for trying ... twice. :-)
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;788848]In cases 2 ... -
'Interesting' Issue 2 modSo I've been lurking on this forum for a while and I've got to the point where I want to see if I can repair a speccy.. so I bought me a 'broken' one…
... I advocated doing a full restore, but having played a few ... clearance between the board and case. The Recom regulators seem a ... -
Wanted: ZX81 caseJust found my old Issue one ZX81, ULA type 8120 (no other markings on the chip). Looking for a case to put it in and hopefully restore to full worki…
... for a case to put it in and hopefully restore to full ... .
That being the case old B/W tv only ... -
ZX-Paintbrush 2.3 publishedDear readers, Today, I published version 2.3 of ZX-Paintbrush. Inspirated by kgmcneil, I decided to follow his ideas and implemented a switchable p…
[QUOTE=clausjahn;793068]Thank you, Einar. A wonderful algorithm.[/QUOTE]
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ZX-Paintbrush 2.3 publishedDear readers, Today, I published version 2.3 of ZX-Paintbrush. Inspirated by kgmcneil, I decided to follow his ideas and implemented a switchable p…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;793142]Thanks a lot ... assumed yellow INK in one case and yellow PAPER in another ... ]
Ah, yes. In case of both colors are bright ... -
New Game: ZEN[IMG]http://i61.tinypic.com/r94r5f.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/2150kmd.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i62.tinypic.com/308w4zo.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://…
[QUOTE=Alessandro Grussu;798397]Hi Einar, I played Zen and here ... the similarity in the first case. Zenji has equivalent pieces but ... -
clear a windowed area of the screenHi everyone! Ain't been on here for donkeys, but have recently started messing around with a little game. I'm looking for ideas/opinions on the bes…
@Einar
Sorry I missed that. ... peripheral bits and, in this case, counted each command once (apart ... -
LOAD "" CODE in machine code/store 128 bank dataHow do you LOAD "" CODE from machine code? I have written the following MC routine that fits into a REM statement in a basic program. I want to cal…
... RAM to page. In our case is 16 (BASIC ROM) + 6 ... the value of BANKM to restore them... so if you didn ... with RAM pages, remember to restore the "normal" configuration: that is ... -
What is the Speccy? exUSSR edition.In exUSSR 8 years ago have been solved all these issues, and developed a General opinion. All who do not agree with this opinion, are incompetent peo…
... find the Czerweny CZ 2000 case a bizarre mix of a ... Spectrum is like a 48k+ case with a rubber keyboard. And ... the Timex models? Must email Einar he could probably clear up ... -
Retro GamerDoes anybody know when the next issue of Retro Gamer will be out? They told me to include an article about the Spectrum30 show in the News section an…
... Everdrive 64 can backup and restore your N64 game-saves from ... also do an article on case modding for consoles, both for ... -
Detecting flash mode inversionsIs is possible to detect with certainty when flashing characters change from normal to inverted and vice-versa?
... , in which case the 2-line check suggested by Einar would work ... -
Fast Condition TestingHello my friends, I have been writing some input and string handling routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could write them super fast in C/ASM via z88d…
Hi Folks,
On a similar vein I wrote the following general purpose input routine a couple of years back:
[CODE]100 REM ----------------------
110 REM XINPUT DEMO
120 REM \* 2011 PeaSea Software
130 REM 3.1 18- ... -
FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;803990]Ops, there's ... using channels. In this
case, the code above will look ... -
Stone AgeThere is an old (1992) and very playable logic game "Stone Age" [URL]http://hol.abime.net/2125[/URL] It was released on Amiga, Atari ST, PC and C64.…
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They wouldn't. Einar wanted to reduce them to ... each other and in such case it wouldn't work.