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720K Amstrad PCW8512 drive B: as drive A: on a Spectrum +3 ?Hi Spec-chums. I happen to have a 720K drive from an Amstrad PCW8512 which i got off ebay, and i was wondering if it is possible to use it as drive …
... to have a 720K drive from an Amstrad PCW8512 which i ... 't format diskettes to 720K from BASIC, but need to run a ... -
ZX-Assembler in progress...Dear readers, I just want to announce that ZX-Assembler is not longer only an idea in my mind. It's just alive. Unfortunately, it's too early to mak…
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Flashing systems on DIVIDE interfacesSome peoples can't reflash eeprom chip in Divide interface (original Divide, Divide 2k11, Divide 57d2/57d3). EEPROM chip AT28C64B contain feature fo…
... must contain new GAL chips from RWAP. Here is way for ... DIVIDE PLUS and flash system. Basic contain text with help (show ... card all files and directories from this archive:
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ZSpeak - another speech synthesizerYep, it's just another beeper speech synthesizer. Absolutely nothing special, it just outputs vowel and consonant samples; and sounds crap, like all …
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Copying data between memory banks in USR0 modeI am experimenting with Funky Fungus to load the majority of its data (levels, screens, music etc.) into memory banks 1, 3, 4, 6 and (partly) 7 by sw…
... after another, then recalling them from BASIC and "pouring" their contents into ... the bank I previously read from wouldn't get damaged.
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A few questions about ZX Spectrum assemblyHi, I have a few questions about ZX Spectrum assembly language programming: - What's the best assembly tool for ZX Spectrum? I tried a bit the ZXSpi…
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IF EXIST?In MS-DOS scripting, there is an IF EXIST command that lets you check wether a file exists in disk or not. There are any way to check it out from BA…
In MS-DOS scripting, there is an IF EXIST command that lets you check wether a file exists in disk or not.
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Dan Antohi or other Interface 1bis GurusHi Dan I've been getting acquaited with the IF1bis and am starting to appreciate how much more it can do than what Im using it for. I've been using…
... BIOS that I can call from Basic?
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Spectranet questionsI have received the wonderful Spectranet interface from RWAP today. I have started to experiment with it and I have found an interesting thing... So…
... socket programming from BASIC. Only TCP sockets are available from BASIC? I ... would be funny to control my model railroad layout from ... Sinclair BASIC, but it requires ... If it's not available from BASIC I will use the Z88DK ... -
+3 Disk drive motorHi, I'm creating a disk file menu selector. I was wondering how to turn off the +3 drive motor and the motor timeout check from Basic (poking the co…
... and the motor timeout check from Basic (poking the correct addresses?) after ... -
ULA pinsHi I am trying to figure out where on the ULA , among other things, the VYU pins are. I have been reading schematics , but I am really lost when I …
Frontend for the +3e projectHi, I have recently finished building the 8-bit simple interface and installed the +3e ROMs into my spectrum +2A (Back model) and it is working fine …
... way to launch .z80 files from the "hard disk", ideally I ... possible to load .z80 file from BASIC? And from assembler?
Does this ...Drawing a dotted line...Hi Folks, I cannot be the first person to want this (?) so here goes! Does anyone have a MC routine that does the same as the BASIC DRAW command bu…
... does the same as the BASIC DRAW command but with a ... be able to use it from BASIC.
As always thank ...Why no PLOT, etc. on bottom two lines?I was pondering if there was any way to get PLOT, etc. to address the full screen from BASIC without having to write a few lines of assembler to bypa…
... . to address the full screen from BASIC without having to write a ...Interfaces & ROMsHi everyone, I'm currently looking into the various modern interfaces for the Spectrum to allow me to run all my games from an SD card. I have a few…
... various different interfaces - DivIDE Plus from RWAP, DivMMC Enjoy, SPECTRA ... all my tzx files from to play games with. ... a 16K RAM fault, I could boot from the interface, ... and then test the RAM from it. I'd then ... DivIDE Plus is ?75 from RWAP Software, and that' ...ZX rom type detectionHere is routine for fast detection of zx rom / computer model. [URL="http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/ZXROMDETECT.zip"]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/othe…
... /> Routine read only some bytes from fixed address in zx48 rom ... for unknown zx rom.
From basic can be code used via ... for detect zx rom type from 48basic rom.
I compare ... 48rom pages from all original zx roms. Only ...Reading PC text files from BASIC!I was playing around with my DivMMC Enjoy! and managed to work out that it's dead easy to load PC .TXT files into the Speccy - I've got them viewable…
I was playing around with my DivMMC Enjoy! and managed to work out that it's dead easy to load PC .TXT files into the Speccy - I've got them viewable on the screen in a very short program, but it wouldn't be a difficult step to do more with the data - ...I think maybe I'll try my hand at making a game like Boggle next.Or maybe a sliding puzzle sort of thing? Although its a royal pain working out all those symbolic characters, its kind of rewarding when it works af…
... a character around it - not from Basic, there won't be enough ...Introducing SpectREMYep, yet another Spectrum emulator, this one being for Mac OS. Writing my own Spectrum emulator has been a bucket list item for a while. While I'm…
... also saves to TAP files from BASIC and allows for the creation ... of SNA and Z80 snapshots from what's running. I've ... /> The app can be downloaded from https://www.dropbox.com/s ...zx spectrum soundtracker compiler problemwhen i try to load a song, it doesnt come up with set delay rate. then it defaults to a ridiculous number and only plays the first note when you run …
... note when you run it from basic. what is going on? there ...Looking for a kind/brand of drinkI had a hankering for a cocoa drink, so I got myself a bottle of Malibu. Haven't touched the thing for a very long time, probably over 25 years by no…
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Did they change it from "thick, white" and then when ...hi res udgs on a zx81iv tried to use the software farm hi res program to re create a sprite. unfortunately, it looks nothing like the original. it only has 128 possible b…
... rather something i can access from basic like the software farm program ...How to store and recall a "window"?I would like to memorize and then restore a rectangular portion of a screen, pixels and attributes. To make things easier, this "window" would be sit…
... Assembly routine to be recalled from BASIC - [url=https://zxbasic.readthedocs.io ... /en/latest/]ZX-BASIC[/url] to be precise.
Spectranet source files moved to GitHubIn an effort to make it easier for people to experiment with and contribute to - the source code repository for the Spectranet has now been moved to …
48k spectrum pausing the clockI had a spectrum 3b motherboard donated to me with no case. So i have decided to put it in a custom case with built in kempston port etc. I also …
... if possible to monitor and change ram if required. My electronics knowldge ...How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
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The basic concept of all assembly programing ... /> Poke these numbers into memory from basic, (poke 32767,63 : poke ... get that number from.
RET ; back to BASIC
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This is because BASIC will print the contents of ...How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... it should be getting instructions from.
The standard registers ... be used to store numbers from 0-255 or paired (BC ... into BC to confirm this from BASIC.
Look at my ... 't particularaly good at taking BASIC and making optimised machine code ...Games cracking...A question for the crackers out here.... What was your very first game you cracked and for how long were you 'in clouds' of it? My very first progr…
... wulf" conversion to three-part: Basic, screen and one code, the ... are poked directly into memory from Basic. My first real crack with ... really protected loader was "Ethnipod" from Your Sinclair, beacuse I wanted ...Screen$ +3 disk to tape helpHi, I have several full screen pictures of my +3 disks (Screen$). How can I transfer these pictures onto tape without losing the last to lines beca…
To do this from Basic use an adaptation of the ...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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14: Save London from small, furry animals with big ... game so Artic had to change it. From what old name to ...
