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Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
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Finding the length of loaded Bytes:Is there a way from BASIC of finding out how big a block of bytes loaded from tape was? i.e. - if you do LOAD""CODE and load in a lump of bytes, ca…
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An intriguing question...Well, intriguing for me anyway. As we all know, when calling a Machine Code function from BASIC, we use the USR (address) function. But for this to …
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Stupid Question... but: BMP2SCRI have downloaded bmp2scr, and produced a couple of pictures in the hires formats, I can see that there are 3 binary files, a red,green,and blue, how…
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Invisible loading screenI can't remember how this is done (I did it years ago but can't remember how). When loading a screen$ from basic you can see the lines being display…
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When loading a screen$ from basic you can see the lines ... colours attributes are loaded (using basic, not machine code).
+3 Disk commandsHello. How can you operate the +3 drive from BASIC? Does it use the CAT, MOVE, ERASE and FORMAT? Also, how does the +3disk sector structure look li…
... you operate the +3 drive from BASIC?
Does it use the ...ANN: Sam Revival issue 13 out now! [Sam CoupIssue 13 of 'Sam Revival' magazine is now out! Kicking off issue 13 of Sam Revival is a 14 page news section to give a lowdown on what's happening i…
... he developed to use it from BASIC via the Comms Interface. In ... I bought the rights to from Hydrasoft earlier in the year ... . A quick cut and paste from the start of the instructions ...Wanted: z80 asm routines...for the Sam. This call goes out to Colin and others who know how it should be done. If you look on the Sam C disk you can see the implementation…
... BASIC ( which the manual sayes should work ).
Hints from ... input but, this time from the specified
character ... these commands are the standard BASIC
streams -5 to ... #2,"P" command is executed from BASIC prior to running your program ...Spectaculator and favorites location helpI am using Spectaculator and i have a fair few favorites bookmarked with the menu in the emulator. I have recently moved all my games from my C: dri…
... recently moved all my games from my C: drive to I ... : location but i cant change it from the Spectaculator menu option as ...Unconventional way of diagnosing a faultHi everyone Some time ago I got a 48k Spectrum (issue 3B board) in a pretty bad condition. I believe the power supply transistor TR4 failed, causing…
... access and check Spectrum's RAM from Galaksija.
The only ... probably prevent me from testing the lower 16KB of RAM. I can ... 't just remove ULA from the circuit ... .e. prevent it from accessing the video RAM) without affecting the part ...Vector drawing routines.Anybody could point me to some sort of vector drawing package of routines, callable from BASIC? With "vector drawing" I mean to draw 2D pictures with…
... drawing package of routines, callable from BASIC? With "vector drawing" I mean ...ZX Spectrum ScreenHello folks! I know, that ZX Spectrum has character resolution 32x24. And you can't write with PRINT AT command to last two lines. But, I know that…
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I know, that ZX Spectrum has character resolution 32x24. And you can't write with PRINT AT command to last two lines.
But, I know that it's possible (from BASIC). Anyone know how that can be done? Maybe some POKEs?If you've got a real working MF128,IF1, and MDR combo can I ask a favour?So, if you do have a real Multiface 128, Interface 1, Microdrive and, oh yeah, a Spectrum (48k or 128k) that are all working, can I ask a favour...? …
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From a freshly powered up Spectrum ... @drumfu.com
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; From BASIC invoke with:
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; PRINT ... ;
exx ; save return to basic address
push hl
exx ; restore return to basic address
pop hl
Interface 1 emulation issuesFor Virtual Spectrum v3.0 I am implementing virtual Interface 1 and Interface 2 options! The I/F2 ROM option works already, and I have got the I/F1 s…
... 255 (well PRINT IN 239 from BASIC returns 255). Unfortunately this means ...Did you publish any hoax back in the day?I did tons of those. I need to explain the "setting" though: Around 1990, we had this computer classifieds magazine printed on thin crappy recycled p…
... powerpack with variable voltage to change it from 6 to 12V to ... on the mechanism prevents you from pulling out the cartridge but ...The ZX printer buffer in +3 modeI have a few programs on .DSK images that were transferred from Timex disks, but some of them have code starting at 23296. Most of the time the code …
... .DSK images that were transferred from Timex disks, but some of ... time the code is loaded from Basic and needs to returns to ... Basic.
Since all I need ...Understanding the StackSorry folks. I guess I'm going to be a pain for a little while. Hope it's ok with everyone. I'm currently studying the stack and wrote the little pr…
... exists on the above assembly. From BASIC it is being called with ...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 …
... /> ld a,c ;On entering from BASIC, BC holds the
and ... interrupts
;Return to Basic:
ld bc,colour_map ;This ... again
ret ;Return to BASIC
;Main ... the keyboard still works in BASIC):
jp 56
< ...Hacking a adventure gameHello folks, on the recent issue of SCENE+ Diskmagazin is a game called "By right of Birth",you can find this game also on WOS. Although this magaz…
... loader and therefore write a Basic Loader. It was a ... and it is this adventure from the year 2002.
... MC part is loaded from Basic and it is a ... get a runable version with Basic loader.
... can just load all parts from Basic and use this start ...WAV to TAPI'm having huge troubles trying to convert a program from a real tape to TAP virtual tape. I have tried several utilities and nothing works. I have p…
... of creating standard TAP with BASIC and machine CODE blocks just ... supposed to... it saves from basic but not from TF Copy... the same ... WAV (in Gold Wave from Windows mixer) - from the TF Copy program ... (0,88)
lenght program basic/not used for 'bytes-array ...Print at 128,87? :)The advanced search function didn't help me find the answer to this, and I don't remember seeing anything similar in magazines or books... so please …
... print a character or UDG from BASIC but using pixel coordinates?
Phaser1 - new 1-bit music editor for 48KYes, another one 1-bit tracker from me. This time I've finally managed to make out my ideas about beeper engines into working code, so it is not base…
... , another one 1-bit tracker from me. This time I've ... player could be called either from Basic or machine code. Player size ...48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…
... enabled, the next 16KB from 16KB to 32KB is handled ... .
The upper RAM, from 32KB to 64KB on the ... you to read data from an address range and ... resistor also prevents this from being a dead short ... was able to prove the RAM from 8000 to FFFE, hooking ...New Vector utility (and questions)I was taking a look at the new version of vector creation utility from the Mojon Twins. The program exports a binary file that can either be read fro…
... version of vector creation utility from the Mojon Twins. The program ... that can either be read from BASIC or M.C. The (translated ... [/url]
If someone from the Mojon Twins is reading ... 've experimented with a small BASIC program that allowed me to ...Looking for cursor routineIt's been a long time since I programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to create a simple cursor routine: [url]http://db.tt/SPnSdpx[/url] I k…
... programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to create ... :
-Can be called from Basic
-Relocatable
-Ability to ... when the routine returns to Basic (maybe via PEEK?)
- ... Return to Basic if certain keys are pressed ...JSpeccy with SEBasicHi, Just a quick post to update everyone on JSpeccy. A new version is out which has a couple of new machine types: Spectrum 48K + SEBasic v2.18 Sp…
... (including BBC BASIC)), although I may change the BBC BASIC ROM to the ... ="http://sebasic.freeforums.org/se-basic-suggestions-questions-t10.html"]http ... ://sebasic.freeforums.org/se-basic-suggestions-questions-t10.html[/URL ...Storing two 4 bit values in one byteHi Folks, Another little tip to share although I suspect this one will be known to a lot of you out there. ;-) I wanted the ability to store two 4 …
... following solution that works well from BASIC.
[CODE]100 LET ...
