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  • Screen$I wasn't sure where to put this! Has anyone got or does anyone know where I can download a load of Speccy Screen$ in 1 file. Let me explain..... I …

    ... download a load of Speccy Screen$ in 1 file. Let me ... the way the Speccy loads Screen$ and I would love to ... file that has loads of Screen$ in it so that I ... /> Just type:
    10 Load"" Screen$
    20 Goto 10
    itsallgood itsallgood September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Screen$Is there a quick way to get pictures off a PC e.g. from MS Paint, onto the spectrum without having to type in each individual pixel before saving the…

    ... individual pixel before saving the screen$
    I have no digitizer ... the loader load run a screen$ and then start loading the ... stop the user closing the screen$ away. I guess there is ...
    guesser guesser October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Announce: EmuZWin 2.5 Release 2.2 Post-FinalEmuZWin Version 2.5 Release 2.2 post-FINAL (16-Oct-2004): [-] A small pause added between TAP blocks while loading tape from .TAP image (otherwise s…

    ... 256 colors games (with GFX Screen XOR buffer turned on, actually seems ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov October 2004 Emulators
  • Compressing SCREEN$Guys I'm trying to find an MC type-in routine for the 48K which compressed the screen (including attributes) into an area of memory and also restored…

    ... the 48K which compressed the screen (including attributes) into an area ... restored said compression back to screen area. Any ideas? I want ...
    choccy48K choccy48K November 2004 Development
  • Help required to calculate screen addressesDoes anyone have some code that calculates the screen address one pixel below the given address ? Is it best to use a lookup table ? Any examples of …

    Does anyone have some code that calculates the screen address one pixel below the given address ? Is it best to use a lookup table ? Any examples of this.
    Mr Millside Mr Millside November 2004 Development
  • Help needed with drawing masked spriteI need to draw a small sprite (16 bytes) on to the screen using a mask. Its the only sprite that will be used so speed isn't too important. I was goi…

    ... bytes) on to the screen using a mask. Its the ... draw the sprite to the screen using the mask. On ... the next screen update I would erase the ... data in the buffer. Re-fill the buffer if the sprites ... x,y had moved to a different screen ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside November 2004 Development
  • Screen AttributesNot sure if this is a devolopment question but here goes... In my limited understanding, the 'attribute file' of a speccy is 5800h to 5AFFh and each…

    ... each character position on the screen. With bits 0 to 2 ...
    Saboteur Saboteur January 2005 Development
  • Spectrum loading screen on Ch4?Hi all, this evening I caught a glimpse of a Spectrum loading screen on Channel 4! Just a brief flash, with the borders and some big writing in the m…

    ... glimpse of a Spectrum loading screen on Channel 4! Just a ...
    MattLamb MattLamb January 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 128k Shadow Screen?When emulating the shadow screen in bank 7 should that bank be switched into address C000? If so, what happens if bank 7 is switched out without canc…

    When emulating the shadow screen in bank 7 should that bank be switched into address C000? If so, what happens if bank 7 is switched out without cancelling the shadow?
    Unique Unique February 2005 Development
  • More than 256 colours in full screen Spectaculator?When Spectaculator starts up in full screen and you go to load a game the windows menus are a terrible colour and look garish. I guess thats becaus…

    ... Spectaculator starts up in full screen and you go to load ...
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow March 2005 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... ).

    When loading a screen$ from basic you can see ... />
    you can set the screen black so the lines are ...
    Unique Unique March 2005 Development
  • Best loading screen.What's the best loading screen in your opinion? I really liked the one on Rescue from Atlantis (maybe minus the text) [url="http://www.worldofspec…

    What's the best loading screen in your opinion?

    ...
    Skarpo Skarpo March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Map to screen address problemCan anyone help me out with what I guess is a screen address calculation problem. I need to calculate the screen address of a tile based on a number…

    ... what I guess is a screen address calculation problem.

    I need to calculate the screen address of a tile based ... to calculate for the other screen thirds.

    Could someone ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside April 2005 Development
  • Fastest way to write something to screen$Hi, I just got pasmo.exe and start playing with attr scrolling, well, not scrolling, just write different values to a block and see if I can introdu…

    ... fastest way to update the screen. I know that ldir/lddr ...
    AE.Vasconcelos AE.Vasconcelos April 2005 Development
  • Sinclair flat screen pocket TV problemCan anyone give me some advise regarding a picture problem on a Sinclair flat screen pocket TV The picture has a black curvy band at the top and bot…

    ... problem on a Sinclair flat screen pocket TV

    The ... top and bottom of the screen

    Here is a ... is not moving across the screen

    channel 4 is ...
    Bluegoat Bluegoat May 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Changing the colour of the screenCan anyone tell me the ROM command to change the paper colour of the main screen ?

    Can anyone tell me the ROM command to change the paper colour of the main screen ?
    Mr Millside Mr Millside June 2005 Development
  • Screen distortion problems, I can't fix it!I just managed to get myself a ZX Spectrum +2 from the local car boot sale but for some reason theres a distortion halfway down the screen when i pla…

    ... a distortion halfway down the screen when i play games.
    screen the screen goes out of wack ...
    Resident0 Resident0 July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • screen$ and ramdisk 128kDoes anyone know how to load a screen$ from tape and then save it to ramdisk, without the screen$ showing during the load from tape?

    Does anyone know how to load a screen$ from tape and then save it to ramdisk, without the screen$ showing during the load from tape?
    mgmetro mgmetro July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Screen damaged while loadingI've written a simple Spectrum game and did a loading screen for it and now i'm trying to put it together into tzx file. My Basic loader is really s…

    ... game and did a loading screen for it and now i ... simple:

    1 Load'' Screen$
    2 load '' Code
    My problem is that after screen is loaded,
    Spectrum starts ...
    "Bytes:code" statement into screen, just into hero's face ...
    Ralf Ralf July 2005 Development
  • 128k Speccy ScreenAm I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and d…

    Am I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and draw the sprites etc... a-la 48k ??)
    dansauk dansauk August 2005 Development
  • screen$I'm wanting to create a game which is written mostly is Basic, due to lack of MC skills but i need a MC routine if someone would kindly supply it I…

    ... these in memory
    eg screen 1 at address 23296 to ... 30208
    screen 2 at address 30209 to ... used to mess up the screen if you were pressing a ...
    chop983 chop983 August 2005 Development
  • SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…

    How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
    If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed!
    wilko0070 wilko0070 September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Buffer AdventureQuite a few months ago, probably this year but well before the 60-day history kept on eBay, I was outbid on a copy of Buffer Adventure by someone who…

    ... outbid on a copy of Buffer Adventure by someone whose user ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2005 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Hidden piccy in Cylu loading screen.I was looking at the eggs at [url="http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#"]http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#[/url] and I was wondering about …

    ... wondering about the Cylu loading screen ... the little doohickies* on the ...
    Skarpo Skarpo November 2005 Games
  • The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …

    ... to understand the way the screen is controlled.

    The ... controls output to the the screen and the rom sets out ... the memory locations of the screen ( and attributes ). is this correct ...
    Saboteur Saboteur November 2005 Hardware
  • Optimisation Needed! Is this the Fastest way to copy bytes from screen and back again?I have the screen address (say 0,0 i.e 16384) I want to copy 4 bytes wide by 32 bytes high from the screen to an area of memory. I then want to cop…

    ... (4433 TStates to copy from screen to store)

    screen

    Can ...

    ; Clear the screen to show we are bringing ... ; Copy from store to the screen

    ld hl ...
    robpearmain robpearmain November 2005 Development
  • Convert Screen to TAPHow do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one …

    How do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one for memory and then copy them all together into one tap file)

    Many thanks
    robpearmain robpearmain December 2005 Development
  • Worst loading screenAlmost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?

    Almost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?
    PopoCop PopoCop February 2006 Games
  • Name that screen shotJust picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on pag…

    Just picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on page 18 column 2 row 1
    chop983 chop983 February 2006 Games
  • Screen DisolveHas anyone got any good assembly code to dissolve the screen I could see

    Has anyone got any good assembly code to dissolve the screen I could see
    robpearmain robpearmain February 2006 Development
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