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  • Quick question regarding contended memoryIf I've read the documentation correctly, the following applies: 128k/+3 "Memory banks 1,3,5 and 7 are contended" +2A/B/+3 "RAM banks 4, 5, 6 and 7…

    ... ,3,5 and 7 are contended"

    +2A/B/+3 ... , 5, 6 and 7 are contended."

    That means, that ... code that runs at full speed on all machines, only bank ...
    Sdw Sdw May 2012 Development
  • Games that benefit from a change in speed.Has anybody tried playing games on an emulator at different speeds? I've found that certain games are more playable with a slight speed tweak. Obvio…

    ... more playable with a slight speed tweak. Obviously programs written in ... a 10-20% reduction in speed.

    On the other ...
    Martyh! Martyh! June 2002 Games
  • [NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0Hi everyone, Finally managed to finish it... enjoy! --- [NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0 Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs runnin…

    ... mode - up to 20x normal speed. Useful for replaying
    action ... .

    o Changed the contended memory model for the 128k ... ,3,5,7 are now contended rather than 4,5,6 ... />
    o Customisable Z80 CPU speed from 3.5MHz to 100MHz ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle January 2003 Emulators
  • Emulation accuracy and how it affects softwareHi folks. I was thinking of bodging together a rudimentary Spectrum emulator myself, not as a competitor to the other emulators, but as an integrate…

    ... />
    As for contended memory and finite-speed screen refresh - I don ...
    GOC GOC May 2004 Emulators
  • need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …

    ... monster?:) Everything I need is speed.
    [code]DRTABL ;precalculated table ...
    moroz1999 moroz1999 August 2004 Development
  • TZXs speed loadingIs it possible to write a program that will play back tzx files at double speed, the way that TAPER can play back z80 files at 3000 baud? The Z802TZX…

    ... back tzx files at double speed, the way that TAPER can ... can turn Z80 files into speed loading TZXs, but that's ...
    Spector Spector September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speed up your Spectaculator(or EmuZWin)!Do you want to speed up a starting of your loved emulator? There is an instruction: 1. Download this file: [url="http://www.exetools.com/files/compre…

    Do you want to speed up a starting of your ...
    aprisobal aprisobal February 2005 Emulators
  • speed upHas anyone else tried turning the speed up in an emulator to make a slooooow game more playable? If so which ones actually got "enhanced" rather than…

    ... anyone else tried turning the speed up in an emulator to ...
    alanspec alanspec January 2006 Games
  • 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…

    ... the +2A/+3 having different contended banks...

    Anyway, I ...
    Jmk Jmk February 2006 Games
  • 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 …

    ... . What is the effect of contended RAM on the R-register ... not run any code in contended RAM, but I do make ... thing, but then without the contended RAM the HALT would take ...
    icabod icabod July 2006 Development
  • ZX Spectrum +3 - incompatible ?Hello :) I'm newbie here. I know WOS site since years, never checked forum before ;) , but this moment came when I have problem. I wanna buy ZX Spe…

    ... RAM banks were now contended causing high-speed colour-changing effects to ...
    dax dax September 2006 Hardware
  • k7zx, a utility to load programs to Spectrum at very high speedk7zx is a windows program that convert .tap, .tzx , .sna and .z80 files to a wav file that can be played to a real Spectrum. You can down load it f…

    ... the Spectrum at very high speed from 11 kbs upto 38 ... fine on emulator. The maximum speed for a real spectrum in ...
    decicoder decicoder January 2007 Development
  • Control CD-Rom/DVD drive speed?Im using epsxe with a few games and my drive is going nuts when i load them. Its so loud as its going full speed. Apart from Nero, is there any sof…

    Im using epsxe with a few games and my drive is going nuts when i load them. Its so loud as its going full speed. Apart from Nero, is there any software for XP that i can use to slow the drive down with?

    Thanks all.
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow April 2007 Chit chat
  • speed of my Broadband connectionI have done a speed test on my Broadband connection and got a result of 2.5 and 4.2 megabits, the thing is i have just upgraded my connection to 20me…

    I have done a speed test on my Broadband connection ...
    swordheart swordheart July 2007 Chit chat
  • How do i alter speed of dvd writingI use Nero for writing my DVD's but i have started burning a lot of coasters, i want to write the discs at a slower speed but can't work out how to …

    I use Nero for writing my DVD's but i have started burning a lot of coasters, i want to write the discs at a slower speed but can't work out how to do it ?
    swordheart swordheart July 2007 Chit chat
  • Slapfight - Hack the speed ?I really want to like this game but the ultra fast bullets just totally ruin it for me. Try as i might i just get wound up with those super fast nea…

    ... not some variable saying bullet speed = 'silly speed' but to some of ... much more but the bullet speed is just crazy. Even if ... the bullet speed was very slow (Eg like ...
    psj3809 psj3809 October 2007 Games
  • Games you speed upI was just having a go of Striker because it has such a high rating (8.94!): [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004952[/url] As…

    ... />
    My solution was to speed up emulation with a swift ...
    Mousey Mousey June 2008 Games
  • How do you make a CD play at its normal speed in a PC?OK, annoying. I want to play a CD using my laptop but it seems silly to me to have the thing going at 24x generating a ton of heat and noise. I tried…

    ... tried a programme called CD speed and reduced it to 4x ... spin down to the right speed, then up to read the ... CD play at its correct speed?
    Windows XP Pro Corp ...
    Vertigo Vertigo July 2008 Chit chat
  • Emulator speed?I'm guessing a few forumites use an emulator to get their speccy fix. I use one, and interestingly on a few speccy games find it hugely entertaining…

    ... when played at twice normal speed and I play my fave ...
    jdanddiet jdanddiet December 2008 Games
  • Any ideas whats wrong with my download speedA couple of days ago i noticed my download speed was really slow im on 8mb (though i usually only get 4-6mb). Im getting 100kbps download speed and t…

    ... ago i noticed my download speed was really slow im on ... -6mb). Im getting 100kbps download speed and thats not just with ... odd thing is my upload speed is just slightly slower that ...
    festershinetop festershinetop July 2009 Chit chat
  • Impressing speedI just bought 2 SATA-2 SSD drives, and put them up in RAID 0 mode as system drive on my PC. The speed is stunning. Normal SATA-2 harddrives in RAID …

    ... on my PC.
    The speed is stunning.
    Normal SATA ...
    Pilsener Pilsener November 2009 Chit chat
  • help in making a tzx file from standard speedIn short, I want to create a tzx file from the original Navy Moves & Army Moves compilation, giving that the one in WOS archive has an error on Army …

    ... . The recording is in standard speed, so in theory it should ...
    secarica secarica November 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Project OTLA / k7zx (high speed loading)Hello, I am proud fan of zx spectrum (I do not have speccy, but clones (Didaktik Gama, Didaktik M)), I am using portable CD player to load games. Al…

    ... . Also I found the high speed loading projects OTLA (former k7zx ... to convert games to high speed loading audio. It does works ... routinne for normal
    loading speed to load last block.
    wlcina wlcina November 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New interface for ZXThis is my old (2004) unfinished project of internal interface for ZX Spectrum 128+2: ([url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/hardware_in_development.htm[/u…

    ... PENTAGON memory)
    Speed-up slow ZX memory (contended memory pages)
    velesoft velesoft December 2009 Hardware
  • I Need Speed inlayMartijn, the same as with the Gommy defensor medieval inlay, here is the I need Speed Inlay : [url]http://computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=752&pg=co…

    Martijn, the same as with the Gommy defensor medieval inlay, here is the I need Speed Inlay :

    [url]http://computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=752&pg=covers#menu[/url]


    Thanks ;)
    Ivanzx Ivanzx January 2010 Support files
  • Bit functions speedI just stared nonplussed at the documentation for the bit functions. Apparently, if you're using the accumulator, using AND and OR is faster than se…

    ... a register for for maximised speed.


    Anyone else ... an awesome example of code speed optimization. Even if trying to ...
    Gedlion Gedlion February 2010 Development
  • Speed loading from Mp3Hi all, I have been messing around with a 48k plus that I picked up on ebay a while back. I got a great deal on a working system with games, etc how…

    ... the games load at normal speed, IE 3 mins for Horice ...
    Rocky1980 Rocky1980 February 2010 Hardware
  • CPU speed measure possible?Is it possible to measure the CPU speed and shows the result on a LED display? Micky

    Is it possible to measure the CPU speed and shows the result on a LED display?


    Micky
    -Micky -Micky May 2010 Hardware
  • LDIR timings in contended RAM?The 48K Spectrum technical reference page ([URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/48kreference.htm"]here[/URL]) describes the detailed ti…

    ... describes the detailed timings of contended RAM. It gives timings ... residing in, or reading/writing, contended RAM.

    ... LDIR instruction in non-contended memory, and the source ... and destination (DE) addresses in contended memory.

    Machine ...
    ajmoss ajmoss June 2010 Development
  • 3d speed hump[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1310044/New-3D-speed-bump-girl-crossing-road-suddenly-appears-drivers.html[/url] like you see th…

    [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1310044/New-3D-speed-bump-girl-crossing-road-suddenly-appears-drivers.html[/url]

    like you see the adverts for companies on cricket pitches
    fog fog September 2010 Chit chat
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