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  • Saving and loading JpegsI'm designing a graphic ( not very well explained I know ) that will print out 3 inch disc labels, my question is when I load a jpeg that i have save…

    ... Huffman Et-Al for inventing Compression Algorithms in 1952 !!

    murtceps murtceps March 2005 Chit chat
  • Saving and loading JpegsI'm designing a graphic ( not very well explained I know ) that will print out 3 inch disc labels, my question is when I load a jpeg that i have save…

    ... file, which AFAIK employs no compression and stores raw bytes.
    compression methods, ranging from the simple ... "None", through lossless compression methods (eg LZW, Deflate) to ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall March 2005 Chit chat
  • Saving and loading JpegsI'm designing a graphic ( not very well explained I know ) that will print out 3 inch disc labels, my question is when I load a jpeg that i have save…

    ... which AFAIK employs no compression and stores raw bytes.< ... :) TIFF can use various compression methods, ranging from the ... simple "None", through lossless compression methods (eg LZW, Deflate) ... to lossy compression methods (eg JPEG).
    ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Chit chat
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    This is what I've compiled so far:

    [quote]Resources
    =========

    * Make all caps
    ---------------

    You can turn CAPS LOCK on or off using a simple poke to 23658:

    POKE 23658,8: REM CAPS ON
    ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • tape copier for 48K files on a 128K machineDoes anyone know of a tape copier (that can save out multiple copies of games, like LERM), that will load a whole 48K game into a 128K machine in one…

    ... . They all use real-time compression while loading so you can ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat April 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Activision has joined the DENIENCES sessionHello everyone! Activision has stated that their games are not allowed for free distribution, as well as Electric Dreams games! Go to [url="http://…

    ... />
    Instead of continuing a circular argument and burying yourself deeper ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • saving to asmMy another question... I know I can save part of Spectrum memory to .bin file. However I would like to save it (or convert .bin file)into .txt file w…

    ... ( (my $xx=read(STDIN,my $buffer,$LINE_SIZE)) )
    {
    print ".byte ...
    AE.Vasconcelos AE.Vasconcelos April 2005 Development
  • "Hitchhikers Guide"i loooove H2G2, the new movie, the books, the radio show, the tv show (on BBC America), the toothbrush set, and the limited edition Zaphod kitchen si…

    I went last night, and it was excellent. My son (aged 11) and I pissed ourselves laughing pretty much all the way through.

    The new Zaphod made good sense, the new Marvin was hilarious and much better than I anticipated.

    Granted, ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2005 Chit chat
  • Flicker on my scrolling demo, any ideas?I have created a scrolling demo downloadable from [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/scroll.z80"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/scroll.…

    ... is XORed to the back buffer, this will turn into a ...
    robpearmain robpearmain May 2005 Development
  • demo makingHow do you make a demo containing lots of pictures, I can only see how to make a string of screen$ like in a couple of animations by Anestis (sorry I…

    ...


    With just compression we got 10 screens in ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Why emulators are not as good as the real thingI think I remember thx1138 saying before that emus didn't cut it for him. Well, I agree. They are good fun, and I got into the Speccy for a second ti…

    ... horrible buzz when the keyboard buffer got screwed.

    I ...
    dekh dekh May 2005 Emulators
  • T.I.M. - A New Interlace - Demo for DOWNLOADHere's something that's been in the works for quite a while ( mostly in my head ) and recently I've aquired assistance to help it come to fruition. …

    ... /> [code]
    start ld hl, buffer alligned on 256
    exx ... ;11 next line in back buffer



    ;FIRST ... ;8 HL down in back buffer
    ; L=16+32
    buffer



    counter ...
    Fikee Fikee May 2005 Development
  • Interest in a new adventure game?After recently reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the urge to go back to my adventure tools and create something which was actually …

    ... alot hoping for a "super" compression program to use on the ...
    Sadako Sadako June 2005 Games
  • Cant get emu to installHi all, I have just tried to install the z80 emu onto my pc but it came up with this error message c:\wimdows\system32\autoexec.nt. the system file i…

    ... be some kind of a compression routine to make the feathers ...
    Skarpo Skarpo June 2005 Emulators
  • Cant get emu to installHi all, I have just tried to install the z80 emu onto my pc but it came up with this error message c:\wimdows\system32\autoexec.nt. the system file i…

    ... some kind of a compression routine to make the ...
    Early experiments in avian compression didn't result in much ... success - witness the extreme compression of the Dodo.
    ...
    Lossless compression works better. However, the palette ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2005 Emulators
  • Cant get emu to installHi all, I have just tried to install the z80 emu onto my pc but it came up with this error message c:\wimdows\system32\autoexec.nt. the system file i…

    ... />
    Early experiments in avian compression didn't result in much ... success - witness the extreme compression of the Dodo.

    Lossless compression works better. However, the palette ...
    Skarpo Skarpo June 2005 Emulators
  • Trig questionI'm trying to write a function that describes a 2D circle in 3D space - that's not important, just a bit of background! I've almost done it, but the…

    ... allow me to program any circular path in 3D space in ...
    NickH NickH June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • They Sold a Million (?)I remember seeing a few adverts in SU (iirc) for Ocean, Ultimate and US Gold with the headline "They Sold a Million" ... I think it had Bruce Lee, Kn…

    [quote]
    On 2005-06-09 18:56, enzo1701 wrote:
    Wasn't Robocop in the Spectrum game charts for about 30 years? That must have sold loads.

    [/quote]

    That's quite a feat. Are we talking time compression here or what? :)
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton June 2005 Games
  • They Sold a Million (?)I remember seeing a few adverts in SU (iirc) for Ocean, Ultimate and US Gold with the headline "They Sold a Million" ... I think it had Bruce Lee, Kn…

    ... feat. Are we talking time compression here or what? :)

    Skarpo Skarpo June 2005 Games
  • LCD televisionsHas anyone here got an LCD tv ? I went into my local Sony Centre today to have a look at some and of course they had both LCD and CRT screens on disp…

    ... it shows up all the compression artifacts on digital telly, and ...
    Refrenz Refrenz June 2005 Chit chat
  • Q on scanning books.Those of you with experience scanning books: What is the "best" way to scan them without making creases etc? I am wondering if a hand scanner is t…

    ... . It's a loss less compression, black and white and usually ...
    dekh dekh June 2005 Support files
  • JSW - Is this possible?There's an object in the Conservatory Roof which I reckon cannot be collected without losing a life. There's a snapshot taken in the Conservatory …

    ... of each guardian in a buffer at 33024. A slice of ...
    andrewbroad andrewbroad June 2005 Games
  • Emulator Dev: Memory Use When Loading RZXsHi, I am currently working on a port of an emulator to a system with limited memory (64mb). I am running out of memory when loading large snapshots …

    Depends entirely on your implementation. I can't see any reason you'd [I]need[/I] much more than 32Kb (the largest sliding buffer used by the deflate algorithm).
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall June 2005 Emulators
  • online speccyHi Is there a community where speccysts play games online (for example by EmuzWin's NetPlay)? Gal

    ... extra RAM bank containing a buffer or something? The moon on ...
    jonathan jonathan June 2005 Games
  • So very proud today...........to be a Londoner. We've got the games, and we've got the backbone. Rest in peace. T.

    ... station and along the North Circular to get to the M4 ...
    enzo1701 enzo1701 July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • .WAV file volume levelHi all, I am trying to do something: 1. I have a program in TZX format 2. I use TZX2WAV to convert it to WAV 3. Play it via sound card to the spect…

    ... past doing this; the mp3 compression can kill the crucial information ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall August 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • .WAV file volume levelHi all, I am trying to do something: 1. I have a program in TZX format 2. I use TZX2WAV to convert it to WAV 3. Play it via sound card to the spect…

    ... past doing this; the mp3 compression can kill the crucial information ...
    miskox miskox August 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New Platform game in Development : Download availableHi, I have just been working on this for less than a week, so there is not a lot to show. It is based on a game called Jump Around which is currentl…

    Thanks Rob. It uses a back buffer, however there is some flicker near the bottom, its just hard to see against that background.

    How is your own game coming along?

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2005 Development
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