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  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... the early 80's the CPU was virtually everything .[/quote]
    CPU is the most important element ... does count is in the speed with which it can be ...
    jonathan jonathan July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... much more important and the CPU is the most important element ... does count is in the speed with which it can be ... :p

    As for speed, it obviously had to be ... the size, in preference for speed. This was not a benefit ...
    bb64 bb64 July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... much more important and the CPU is the most important element ... does count is in the speed with which it can be ...
    Fr?hn Fr?hn July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... much more important and the CPU is the most important element ... disagree strongly there because the CPU has nothing to do with ... does count is in the speed with which it can be ... you're conceeding that display speed is important...? =-)
    TMR TMR July 2005 Games
  • Mayhem Accelerator in actionI've put together the first video of the prototype Mayhem Accelerator running on the Sam Coupe. The video shows the Sam running a ZX Speccy emulator …

    ... />
    Dose the increase in speed have any effect on the ... />
    Dose the Sams Z80 cpu get hotter? Will I need ...
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) July 2005 Announcements
  • Mayhem Accelerator in actionI've put together the first video of the prototype Mayhem Accelerator running on the Sam Coupe. The video shows the Sam running a ZX Speccy emulator …

    ... ]
    Dose the increse in speed have any effect on the ... ]
    Dose the Sams Z80 cpu get hotter? Will I need ... /> No. When running at full speed, the Mayhem is using it ... choose if you want 'Normal' speed or 'Mayhem'.

    [quote ...
    Quazar Quazar July 2005 Announcements
  • IDE harddisk emulation usageNot 'howto' question :) I'm curious about how many people tried it. It exists in Spin, Fuse & RealSpec - in last is most interface supported. 8-bit …

    ... (bad totem pole on some cpu's control output, dirty edge ... etc.

    The transfer speed computation is simple, as lordcoxis ...
    zilog zilog October 2005 Emulators
  • OT: PC boot solution anyone?A long shot I know, but what the hell! The thing is this: My Asus K8V SE Deluxe mobo seems to be suffering from a problem. Specifically with the BIO…

    ... /> Also, can you check the CPU fan speed? Overclocking increases heat. If ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty October 2005 Chit chat
  • OT: PC boot solution anyone?A long shot I know, but what the hell! The thing is this: My Asus K8V SE Deluxe mobo seems to be suffering from a problem. Specifically with the BIO…

    ... br />
    " C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
    When the ... BIOS will automatically restore the CPU default setting for each parameter ... - size is irrelevent but speed isn't. Ensure your using ... the correct speed recommended. Make sure you use ...
    ADJB ADJB October 2005 Chit chat
  • ROM POKE-able emulatorIs there an emulator available where you can POKE the ROM (and also altering it) while running? Thereby making the ROM work like RAM. Preferably a…

    ... about emulating a 16-bit CPU on 8-bit hardware?
    CPU. Low address space will require ... speed increasing tricks like by JPP - much more registers on 16bit CPU ...
    piters piters February 2006 Emulators
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... , which will try to maintain speed with a high priority thread ... you can incorporate some aggressive CPU usage option or something else ...
    Pegaz Pegaz February 2006 Emulators
  • Timex 80 column display driverI subsequently wrote an 80 column font driver for 512x192 mode.

    ... , but the thing is that speed is more important than size ... of yet about the lost cpu time -- I think you can ... make use of those lost cpu cycles.


    [ This ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2006 Development
  • Has this been done before?Are there any emulators whose speed can be adjusted by the Spectrum program that the emulator itself is running? So that, say the Spectrum program ca…

    ... games, I just wanted to speed up older classics (newer games ... , that don't push the CPU so much). I'm just ... emulator to alter the emulation speed. Granted these modified versions probably ... to alter the emulator's speed) inserted into the Spectrum game ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2006 Emulators
  • Games that could do with running faster, without affecting the timer, the music or the controlsRegarding the topic on the emulation forum, what Spectrum games do you think would benefit from a speed boost? Nowadays, most of us play Spectrum gam…

    ... followed the description of the speed-stepping - but what i would ... for the emulator to speed up based on CPU load so that ... up the emulator in these CPU overloaded circumstances would be really ...
    48K 48K April 2006 Games
  • Has this been done before?Are there any emulators whose speed can be adjusted by the Spectrum program that the emulator itself is running? So that, say the Spectrum program ca…

    ... like the shortcut to the speed option in Emuzwin, but AFAIK ... possible for overall speed , not for the z80 cpu alone.
    Would ... do really benefict for more cpu power, without affecting musig and ...
    Arm73 Arm73 April 2006 Emulators
  • Best version of The Sentinel?Which version of The Sentinel is the best? I have tried the Spectrum, CPC, PC, ST and C64 versions, and of them I still prefer the Spectrum version. …

    ... you mention d-fend and speed issues I will give you ... experience sentinel at his optimal speed right click on it(under ... select the smallest value for CPU Cycles(that would be 500 ... the game runs at decent speed but not too fast and ...
    Arm73 Arm73 April 2006 Games
  • A hyperthetical Speccy FutureDo you think if the Speccy had've continued through the 90's or maybe up until present day, that maybe they would've made multi-button joysticks/pads…

    ... the functional units of the CPU rather than relying on OOOE ... eek a 5% improvement in speed on your old processor processor ... technology yeilded a 500% processor speed improvement. In fourty years of ...
    cyborg cyborg April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • USB-Pen drive on SpeccyIs someone interested for it? Probably more promising for future data storage than CF cards, drives are cheaper, but making software will be much har…

    ... with new, high speed drives attaching on slow CPU-s like Z80 ...
    piters piters May 2006 Hardware
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... was drawn by Deadie / Horrorsoft / CPU. Thanks to demotopia for hosting ... without affecting the engine's speed. SP1, however, can do such ... a thing without impacting on speed. So, inspired by discussion in ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • PS3 - Wintel killer?What do most households use computers for? Here's what I think are the core uses: Games Word processor Spreadsheet Web browsing Email Instant messag…

    ... , they'll buy a faster CPU and a new graphics card ... .

    CPU's are reaching their maximum speed. Therefore the next ... logical step is to integrate the CPU ... stupid enough to buy a CPU thats not compatible with their ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty June 2006 Chit chat
  • Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…

    ... ]looks[/I] sort of random. Speed is more important.

    cpu time.

    ---

    48K 48K June 2006 Development
  • SPIN RZX playbackNot sure if anyone has mentioned this, but has anyone else noticed that when you play an RZX file back in SPIN at a hiked up Z80 CPU speed level, tha…

    ... at that speed regardless of the setting in the CPU options - it ... timer (as a hiked up CPU will only generate more opcodes ... plays back at normal slow speed when unmuted, that's ok ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2006 Emulators
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... a new set - debugger, full speed and frame advance. Clicking frame ... found to be very, very CPU intensive to emulate - it's ... around a 1ghz CPU *at least* to maintain speed, and will require ... do it and still maintain speed, we will - but don't ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2006 Emulators
  • Questions and answers...I'm bored (downloading some Unreal Tournament levels, when they've finished I'm off to scoff my tea), so I thought I'd create this topic with some Ea…

    ... runs at a lower clock speed. As soon as I start ... (a game, mainly) the clock speed increases. It technically overclocks itself ... to your question... some new CPU's (and GPU's) [I ...
    icabod icabod July 2006 Chit chat
  • Game: the GEM machineHi all, I'm moving this game discussion from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread to here, so we can concentrate on just the game. Any comments/suggestio…

    ... game and hardly exercises the cpu too much (except the scrolling ... ) readability is more important that speed at the moment

    Kiwi Kiwi August 2006 Development
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... software at the same game speed. The number of unauthorized conversions ... CPU also made the Plus/4 stomp on the C64 for speed ... some clock cycles from the CPU. No, it's not as ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... they'd done *nothing* to speed up the notoriously slow BASIC ... the load away from the CPU, and hardware scrolling would definately ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... about CPU efficiency: number of registers.
    It can significantly speed up ... did most of job with CPU registers.
    piters piters September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... about CPU efficiency: number of registers.
    It can significantly speed up ... did most of job with CPU registers.[/QUOTE]
    Look, I ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... (less for NTSC) of the speed of the Speccy. Are you ... d like to see which CPU would be favored more by ... Atari has the same clock speed.

    I'd ... would be *about* the same speed as the speccy but when ... in double speed mode would be up to ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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