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  • MULTITECH pictures[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/data-gear.htm[/url]

    ... , it is not running :(. 2T timing of read/write cycle is ... due to +3's ULA contention. Don't know...
    [/QUOTE ...
    velesoft velesoft October 2007 Hardware
  • MULTITECH pictures[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/data-gear.htm[/url]

    [quote=omega;221081]Timing is issue, on 128k is ... />
    The +3 has no contention outside of paper areas. It ... with 16x8 cycle sequences of contention, but with 7 cycles out ...
    Woody Woody October 2007 Hardware
  • The new GP2Xpectrum releases threadYeah, I know the thread title isn't exactly too original, but I've decided that just one post to hold all updates makes more sense than a lot of smal…

    ... br /> - I was still applying contention emulation in a place where ... I shouldn't when "no contention" was selected. Now the ... /> - Fixed a bug in HALT timing, it was taking 8 states ... /> - Small optimizations.

    Beware, timing is still not perfect, and ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain October 2007 Emulators
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally ... the floating bus behavior and timing. An explanation how the ULA ... the bytes without any memory contention would be nice, too.[/QUOTE ...
    zub zub November 2007 Emulators
  • Emulator accuracy test?When I first created my emulator it worked fine. But then I found one or two games that had odd quirks. Eventually I found the flag or command that w…

    ... , memory location (and maybe contention and timing too, if possible), without having ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2008 Emulators
  • Emulator accuracy test?When I first created my emulator it worked fine. But then I found one or two games that had odd quirks. Eventually I found the flag or command that w…

    ... , memory location (and maybe contention and timing too, if possible), without having ...
    Robocop48k Robocop48k March 2008 Emulators
  • 48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…

    ... this.

    7) Z80 timing differences. The Z80 in a ... .

    13) The RAM contention models are different between the ... machines. This would only cause timing issues, not really a crash ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 Games
  • RZX Player interface - Possible?If I have a Mass Storage interface and some media (CF, SD) with a couple RZX files, what would I need to play them on a real Spectrum? If the RZX fil…

    ... is there to deal with timing variances between different emulators.
    contention being the obvious culprit here ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall June 2008 Hardware
  • RZX Player interface - Possible?If I have a Mass Storage interface and some media (CF, SD) with a couple RZX files, what would I need to play them on a real Spectrum? If the RZX fil…

    ... the right instruction timings, including contention, for every opcode played back ... to attempt to deal with timing variances, the whole thing does ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall June 2008 Hardware
  • InterruptsI need help emulating interrupts. My z80 core currently emulates all un-prefixed opcodes and the CB opcodes. I thought I would start on emulating co…

    ... Spectrum specific. What's more, contention on the CPC is also ... you follow the CPC's timing and build a model based ...
    AndyC AndyC July 2008 Emulators
  • InterruptsI need help emulating interrupts. My z80 core currently emulates all un-prefixed opcodes and the CB opcodes. I thought I would start on emulating co…

    ... Spectrum specific. What's more, contention on the CPC is also ... you follow the CPC's timing and build a model based ...
    MadDoc MadDoc July 2008 Emulators
  • Fast screen writesI wondered what the faster than LDIR methods of writing to the screen were.

    ... get clobbered by the memory contention in the screen ram which ... or at least very delicate timing, as an interrupt will push ...
    Matt_B Matt_B October 2008 Development
  • Fast screen writesI wondered what the faster than LDIR methods of writing to the screen were.

    ... . For a full description of contention, I'd recommend that people ... you're really careful with timing you could synchronize your code ...
    Matt_B Matt_B October 2008 Development
  • ZX Spectrum (16K) sound/beepHi all, I think I'm in right place now, I've tried to find an answer how to generate two channel sound using ZX Spectrum 16K. Only think I've found …

    ... an example of how bad contention is, try using the Magical ... sounds awful in Spin with contention turned on though; music for ... length of the timing loops to take memory contention into account. That ...
    Matt_B Matt_B November 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Spectrum (16K) sound/beepHi all, I think I'm in right place now, I've tried to find an answer how to generate two channel sound using ZX Spectrum 16K. Only think I've found …

    ... sounds awful in Spin with contention turned on though; music for ... length of the timing loops to take memory contention into account. That ...
    jp44 jp44 November 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …

    ... 48K users.

    The timing issue is more complicated than ... cycles between interrupts. The memory contention timings are also different between ... read/writes combined with the timing tests to get an accurate ...
    joefish joefish March 2009 Development
  • Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …

    [QUOTE=joefish;341445]The timing issue is more complicated than ... cycles between interrupts. The memory contention timings are also different between ... read/writes combined with the timing tests to get an accurate ... due to the early/late timing differences.
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall March 2009 Development
  • Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …

    ... />
    But the problem with timing is when I'm using ... you run into the memory contention issues, which means the code ...
    joefish joefish March 2009 Development
  • Real 60Hz NTSC 48K ZX SpectrumNot a 3rd party mod. The joystick mod was added by the user, but the board and the computer is exactly what was sold in Chile, South America. We migh…

    ... hacked some of Phil's contention testing code from fusetest that ... probes the contention pattern at a given tstate ... that one of the key timing routines needs to be called ...
    Fred Fred April 2009 Hardware
  • Real 60Hz NTSC 48K ZX SpectrumNot a 3rd party mod. The joystick mod was added by the user, but the board and the computer is exactly what was sold in Chile, South America. We migh…

    ... hacked some of Phil's contention testing code from fusetest that ... probes the contention pattern at a given tstate ... that one of the key timing routines needs to be called ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall April 2009 Hardware
  • The So What's This Buzzsaw All About Then? Thread.Erm. This: [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap"]http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap[/URL] Keys…

    ... information, the game has 4 timing profiles:

    1. 48K ... each line, allowing for some contention. The Pentagon version takes exactly ... T-states per line, without contention.

    I'm not ...
    joefish joefish August 2009 Development
  • The So What's This Buzzsaw All About Then? Thread.Erm. This: [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap"]http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap[/URL] Keys…

    ... . If memory contention is disabled, it'll do its timing checks against ... a Pentagon, and set the timing up for that. It'll ... in the Pentagon top-border timing delay. It looks like it ...
    joefish joefish August 2009 Development
  • The So What's This Buzzsaw All About Then? Thread.Erm. This: [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap"]http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap[/URL] Keys…

    ... mode, with the contention turned on. With the contention turned off, the ... 've adjusted the +2A/+3 timing so it has its own ...
    joefish joefish August 2009 Development
  • Snow on screen of 48K Speccyok you wizards I fixed up my 4116 ram issue as Winston and McLeod advised me before by replacing with 4164's.... all I could find here in Singapore (…

    ... , no INK change) so ULA contention issue would surely make black ... demo (thats gorgeous using ula timing to mask out half of ...
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae October 2009 Hardware
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... (high priority)
    4) is timing for muliticolors same like on ... .
    4. Standard ULA timing will not change, as a ... handling must not change the timing. Palette updates however will ... be at exactly that moment (contention excepted), or very shortly ...
    csmith csmith November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... pixel display area to avoid contention with you wonderful chaps who ... because we want to avoid contention with the palette updates. Loading ... issued should work, though the timing will be slightly different to ... if we want to avoid contention. Doing so when the ...
    csmith csmith November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... -scanline and its affect on contention. My question then is, do ... sort out the behaviour and timing requirements. Some may not be ... remain compatible with the Spectrum timing.

    But if built ...
    csmith csmith November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... choice. Similarly, if there are timing issues with changing the palette ... learn and work with the contention and timing, and just trust that ...
    joefish joefish November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours in existing games?I have been trying to follow the various threads about the new ULA and more colours. I don't understand quiet a lot of it as back in the day all I di…

    ... without affecting the normal ULA timing. Thankfully memory is fast these ... too. Currently documenting the CPU contention, which is proving tricky to ...
    csmith csmith December 2009 Emulators
  • Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]

    ... /O ports. There are some timing requirements to observe when video ... is quicker even allowing for contention. The MSX also has a ...
    joefish joefish March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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