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Spectrum Emulator for Windows XPHi all. I'm struggling to get any emulators to work with Windows XP. I'm just after an emulator with Joystick support. Any suggestions? Thanks
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Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
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128k Screen Flipping - Sample Code PleaseI know this has been covered before, but I cannot find out code to do the following: On a 128k Spectrum tell the speccy to display from address 4915…
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Games that crash because of contended memory.I find these are really annoying. You load up a game like Astro Marine Corps, Fantasy World Dizzy, Dizzy: Prince Of The Yolkfolk and so on (the init…
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Assistance with IM2 routineI subsequently got a working IM2 routine.
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FuseX on the Xbox :releases, testing and feedbackI'm creating a new thread here to continue on from the thread about emulators on the Xbox ([url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php…
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RealSpec start upI understand that you can add a start-up line to initiate the version, mode,interface etc; for RealSpectrum but I'm a complete ham with emulators, a…
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ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
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ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
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What should be the base address to set for my codeHi, I am new here and I have a simple question but one which I have not found an answer to. When I am developming my programs what should I set th…
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Bored...It works! Yep, here I am. I think I'll try going forward now, ready, set, go!
... stabilisation materialisation vector codecs in contended memory! What an idiot...
Bored...It works! Yep, here I am. I think I'll try going forward now, ready, set, go!
... stabilisation materialisation vector codecs in contended memory! What an idiot...
When do you optimise?I was just wondering when people here optimise their code. Do they wait till it is all done or do they code a routine and then optimise that?
... to be located in non-contended memory (ie 32768 or higher ...Bored...It works! Yep, here I am. I think I'll try going forward now, ready, set, go!
... stabilisation materialisation vector codecs in contended memory! What an idiot...
Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …
Just remember that, even if the screen isn't "active", the memory it resides in is still contended, so you'll still suffer slowdown.Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …
... , given that it lives in contended RAM. You still have to ... be avoided. The RAM being contended only means that it will ...Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …
... only have 16K of non-contended memory (ie. page 2) available ... be stored in another non-contended page and then paged in ... or 9K of the non-contended memory in page 2 to ... most from being in non-contended ram. The other 7K is ...RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
It's more the claims of "100% exact contended memory and multicolor emulation" when it's been proved time and time again not to be the case that annoy people a bit.RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... the claims of "100% exact contended memory and multicolor emulation" when ...R Register, Contended RAM and ClonesHi. I've had a quick look at the CSS FAQ but didn't spot quite what I'm looking for (also the CSS FAQ doesn't have much detail of the clones - there …
... of the R register with contended RAM (according to Spin when ... using the Pentagon or No Contended RAM options).
I would ... longer if there is no contended RAM?R Register, Contended RAM and ClonesHi. I've had a quick look at the CSS FAQ but didn't spot quite what I'm looking for (also the CSS FAQ doesn't have much detail of the clones - there …
... is performed if access to contended memory happens. More access to ... contended memory means more delays inserted, ...R Register, Contended RAM and ClonesHi. I've had a quick look at the CSS FAQ but didn't spot quite what I'm looking for (also the CSS FAQ doesn't have much detail of the clones - there …
... due to previous accesses to contended RAM? Accessing RAM that's ... contended will mean that, technically, the ... ) whether the memory model is contended or uncontended - I think the ...R Register, Contended RAM and ClonesHi. I've had a quick look at the CSS FAQ but didn't spot quite what I'm looking for (also the CSS FAQ doesn't have much detail of the clones - there …
... R-register because of the contended RAM. Each instruction executed should ... that it executes internally. If contended memory has been accessed during ...The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... machine always has its first contended cycle at 14335, but the ...RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... the low byte, point at contended memory, shall be called a ...Memory Map/ContentionHi I'm new to speccy coding (well I did some z80 coding a few years back - like 20yrs ago :) ), and I'd like to get back into writing some scrolling…
It's a bit simpler than that. The entirety of the memory between 4000h and 7FFFh is contended including the screen.You know how the 128K was faster than the 48K Spectrum?Regarding how the Spectrum 128K ran at 3.54 MHz rather than the 48K's 3.5MHz, was this difference enough to be an advantage? If not, then surely Sinc…
... make some difference, even in contended address space!
The ...Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…
... store the value in non-contended memory above RAMTOP, i.e ...You know how the 128K was faster than the 48K Spectrum?Regarding how the Spectrum 128K ran at 3.54 MHz rather than the 48K's 3.5MHz, was this difference enough to be an advantage? If not, then surely Sinc…
... make some difference, even in contended address space!
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