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A clever method of using a single 8-bit register to be used for two things at a timeI don't know if this is the way the SAVE routine in the Spectrum works. Anyway, this is what I've learned today. I've been commented the disassembly…
I don't know if this is the way the SAVE routine in the Spectrum works. Anyway, this is what I've learned today.
I've been commented the disassembly of the "save_bytes" routine of the Jupiter ACE. Everything was more or less "familiar": pilot ... -
TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.
... close - they're just a clever method of storing what the spectrum ... -
Shoot-em-up gameHi everyone, For just over a month I have been working on a shoot-em-up game along the lines of Sidewize / Zynaps, ie. right to left scroller. It is…
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Star Wars scroll/crawl/title effectI may have seen this type of scroll on a Speccy game before, but I've never seen it as a type-in or part of a cover tape. Does anyone know how to do …
... used in Agony megademo. Very clever method drawing only changed (moving) lines ... -
Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…
... screen does get corrupt but clever software on the PC side ... on a real Spectrum. My method was a quick hack as ... RAM but still uses some clever method to achieve this. It does ... could save the RAM... my method is generic for any 48K ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... lines is a logic and clever method. A side effect is that ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... lines is a logic and clever method. A side effect is that ... -
New (?) auto-hacking methodFollowing a discussion with BadBeard on another thread, I think it would be appropriate for me to share something with the rest of the world (i.e. th…
... be a new auto-hacking method at all, but I don ... -
Best method for sprite collision detectionHi, I have been trying to incorporate collision detection into a sprite routine I writing. The following is what I have come up with so far: POP D…
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Shipshapes (Clever Clogs)hi well as you can see from today's update, I've received a copy of Clever Clogs' Shipshapes and I'm afraid the tape is not in ship-shape condition,…
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Clever and Smart / Mortadelo y Filemon (missing artist + missing series)[URL="[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000987&loadpics=3"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pics/pics-both.png[/URL]"]Clever and …
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Which reset method on ZX 48K?What reset method is correct on issue 3b ZX 48K: One wire to R68 and one to C27 (Manual from ZX Spectrum +) or One wire to Pin 26 from CPU and one …
What reset method is correct on issue 3b ZX 48K:
One wire to R68 and one to C27 (Manual from ZX Spectrum +) or
One wire to Pin 26 from CPU and one to GND
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Forgotten Worlds - its is possible to change control method?Just I love the fix on old games. not in a cheap way, but in something which make the game fix a problem it had. the version of Slap Fight with slow…
... Worlds?? it has lame control method. A mistake from whatever point ... -
need a new method for m/c parameter assignmentI've been using a variable length function of the form: "FN a$(a$,a[,b...,z])=STR$ USR md" to search a data table and return a string result. By putt…
... USR a$,a[,b...,z];" method and taking the parameters off ... the flexibility of the FN method, which can be used wherever ... the flexibility of the FN method with the speed of the ... PRINT method; probably some way of manipulating ... -
Clever & Smart (Micro Bytes) no more MIAHi All, I submit this title to WOS, If anyone want to show title before next WOS update just to try here .. :) [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxhk7k…
... ://www.dropbox.com/s/dxhk7k0st5l4jhj/Clever%20%26%20Smart%20%281988 ... -
handy method for passing m/c parametersI knew that a single number or string parameter could be passed to a m/c routine with either: [b]LET a=b+USR address[/b] puts b on the calculator st…
... I recently saw this similar method for passing two m/c ... utility by Simon Goodwin, a method which I've not seen ... -
+2 external tape input. Best method?I've seen various ways of connecting an external tape input to a +2, like soldering the wires directly to where the tape head connects to the tape bo…
... , but what is the best method of doing this?
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Any 21st Century Windows10 wav to Tzx or Tap methodThink the title covers everything.. Is there any windows 10 compatible method to convert wav files to Tzx or Tap? I've tried MakeTZX but once that g…
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Anyone for a hacking challenge ?I have to get the DSK version of Tomahawk to work. It uses the well-known Digital Integration "SECURITY CODE" lock just like in Bobsled, ATF, etc. Th…
... . There are though some *very* clever people knocking about here.
Original ST diskshi guys, forgive the side-track, but does anyone have any original atari ST games/disks they'd lend me? it's for a disk preservation project, copy p…
... this analyser is one VERY clever guy.
the problem ... for CAPS, use exactly the method to dump you ST ones ...Quick bioOMG! - so this is what the internet was created for! and all that time i thought it was all about porn! ;) i've finally found somewhere to share my…
... to use a back-buffering method and then copying, whilst also ... screen tearing, which was a clever trick used in games such ...Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
... but i'm sure the clever people at Sinclair or Amstrad ... simply don't like this method very much that's all ...Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
... but i'm sure the clever people at Sinclair or Amstrad ... simply don't like this method very much that's all ... paging is (essentially) still the method used by x86 processors to ... there's a shortage of clever people in the world, or ...Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
... paging is (essentially) still the method used by x86 processors to ... there's a shortage of clever people in the world, or ...I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…
... the half-carry, a straightforward method would be something like the ... half-carry by doing something clever with a lookup table that ...I.E 6Can someone please help me! I know this is going to sound stupid but my I.E 6 has changed! It used to be that when I clicked on a file to download i…
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COM was very clever and used all over the ... /> Another way is the "viral" method. Exploit a bug in an ...Run Length DecodingRun length encoding/decoding is far less efficient than using a modern compression program.
... in bitbuster is advanced compression method than RLE but compression ratio ... /> The RLE part is pretty clever, rather a combination of RLE ... and want to write some clever looking messages about compression in ...MINIGAME COMPO 2006[url="http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/"]http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/[/url] it could be nice to meet you there :)
... you'll have to be clever and split it across multiple ... a tweaked version of this method, automating it with a script ...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…
... never has to have any clever hacks added to it, all ... solved suitably. since using a method like this, you could have ...
