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ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... the entire video file and copy it to another area (let ... memory as fast as is possible on the Spectrum; to copy data ... -
ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... memory as fast as is possible on the Spectrum; to copy data ... -
The Collapse of Free Radical DesignFor anyone interested in how and why Free Radical (the console games developer, made up partly of ex-Rare employees) managed to go from the brillianc…
... be able to play my copy of Killzone 2. :)
fast action, occasionally lots of enemies ... from an RPG, not a fast action, stop-and-you're ... -
What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... with an OUT and then copy from that address to wherever ... your BASIC program fits below fast RAM. -
Scrolling a mapCan someone explain in idiots terms how you scroll a map. I'm not after code as such, just an explanation of how it can be done. I'd like to scroll…
... /> Finally, you copy a window of that prepared buffer to the screen ... and just copy one line at a time from your buffer.
copy the scrolled chunk into another buffer, draw the ... sprites on it, then copy to the ... -
What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... with an OUT and then copy from that address to wherever ... your BASIC program fits below fast RAM.[/QUOTE]
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Screen routinesHello. For my games I?m using the sprites routine method of a screen buffer and when I finish to print all the sprites I dump all the buffer in the …
... stack pointer to scroll a buffer then another routine to ... dump the buffer onto the screen. All nice and fast.
... doing it in the buffer and having to keep ... you can move the buffer to the screen and ... of joffas) transfer a buffer to the screen then mask ... -
Screen routinesHello. For my games I?m using the sprites routine method of a screen buffer and when I finish to print all the sprites I dump all the buffer in the …
... 1st buffer
2) copy scrolled background to the 2nd buffer
copy it to both bufers at ... /> 3) copy sprites to 2nd buffer
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Screen routinesHello. For my games I?m using the sprites routine method of a screen buffer and when I finish to print all the sprites I dump all the buffer in the …
... 1st buffer
2) copy scrolled background to the 2nd buffer
copy it to both bufers at ... /> 3) copy sprites to 2nd buffer
4) copy 2nd buffer to screen ... -
Screen routinesHello. For my games I?m using the sprites routine method of a screen buffer and when I finish to print all the sprites I dump all the buffer in the …
... scrolling a buffer vertically. Simply change the addresses where you copy it ... start from anywhere in the buffer and just keep copying ... /> Now, you must make your buffer bigger than your viewport, so ... Whether you use an intermediate buffer or not depends on how ... -
Screen routinesHello. For my games I?m using the sprites routine method of a screen buffer and when I finish to print all the sprites I dump all the buffer in the …
... you copy from one line lower in your buffer to the ... you run out of buffer before you reach the ... if your copy routine runs out of buffer and still ... round.
The buffer is always longer than the ... higher and higher in the buffer until you run out, ... -
Screen routinesHello. For my games I?m using the sprites routine method of a screen buffer and when I finish to print all the sprites I dump all the buffer in the …
... in your unrolled line copy routine as padding. Then ... unrolled line copy, loop round it to copy up your ... /> Now that line can copy a row starting 3 bytes ... using this technique to copy from each in sequence ... passes to change the buffer address to start reading ... -
What's best for backing up home data?What's best for backing up home data? I'm not talking about anything too important (if I even had anything like that I'd use multiple DVDs, with some…
... HDD's as primary backup. Fast, cheap, easy, reliable. With a ... [I]extra[/I], off-site copy for a small set of ... have a look here (just fast forward to conclusions):
Keyboard issuesI'm getting back into programming in BASIC, but I'm finding using a PC keyboard to emulate 48k or 128k BASIC tiresome due to the mapping of keys, esp…
... emulators that include a keyboard buffer/spool function... In the Speccy ... spool feature lets you to copy a lump of text from ... clipboard text into the keyboard buffer, which then "types" the text ... program into a notepad file, copy a section of it, say ...GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…
... making the window manager look fast in comparison :)[/QUOTE]
copy from backbuffer to the screen ... could only copy affected rectangle.
3 ...Hdf images onlineHi guys , Just wondered if there was any preloaded hdf images online as just rigged up a 4gb card to my speccy and would like to save a few hou…
... to CF card is very fast :-)
Here is HDF ... ://simonowen.com/samdisk/[/url]
- copy SAMDISK.EXE to same directory ...Hdf images onlineHi guys , Just wondered if there was any preloaded hdf images online as just rigged up a 4gb card to my speccy and would like to save a few hou…
... to CF card is very fast :-)
Here is HDF ... ://simonowen.com/samdisk/[/url]
- copy SAMDISK.EXE to same directory ...GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…
... ]why people think that linear buffer is faster ?[/QUOTE]
... case where a linear frame buffer is quite obviously not ... the peculiarities of the frame buffer layout generally had something to ... frame buffer laid vertically 8 pixels high, which makes it fast to ...The Curlicue FractalSpotted a couple of fractal listings, that are new to me, over at [URL="http://oolong.co.uk/curlicue.htm"]http://oolong.co.uk/curlicue.htm[/URL] The …
Anyone with a copy of SpecBAS can try this:< ... a random seed. SpecBAS is fast enough to produce results very ...ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... attached to it and a buffer.
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well. i ... , just compile that and then copy resulting binary (not a TAP ...64x48 full colour graphicsHow feasible is this? Could an interrupt-driven routine be used to, for example, fill the top two thirds with a 64x32 blocky picture and leave the bo…
... from left-to-right, to copy up a line in segments ... fetch the data from a buffer.
One line takes ...Switching 48/128 modes within a BASIC programI'm not sure what use this would be; ie. being able to switch between 48k and 128k modes and back again from within a continuously running BASIC prog…
... 48 basic clears the print buffer you won't be able ... ]
Perhaps one could copy those 256 bytes to a ...64x48 full colour graphicsHow feasible is this? Could an interrupt-driven routine be used to, for example, fill the top two thirds with a 64x32 blocky picture and leave the bo…
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PUSH IX ;copy MV10
PUSH AF ;copy MV9
PUSH ... /> MA15 LD (22528+30),HL ;copy MV15
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;go ... />
LD HL,(CurrentLineAttrs) ;next buffer data
ADD HL,DE ...Computer pranksAnyone ever play a computer prank on a friend, or had one played on you? Here's a few which will make you laugh that I did back in the day... In 19…
... /> The BASIC was also pretty fast. A friend and I both ... ]. He insisted on having a copy so I made him a ... -screen rolling counter, and a copy of loads of hyperloader noise ...The need of having a 257-byte table for IM2 routinesThis came from a discussion at the speccy.org forum. I have understood that the reason behind the 257-table for IM 2 routines is due to certain joys…
... graphics routines need to be fast, but a lot of other ... you can overwrite the printer buffer and system variables, there's ...copying between RAM pagesSay I'm storing stuff in RAM pages 0,1,3,4 which gets used in 6,7 (which I am) and I might want to transfer up to 7kb at a time (which I do) and I do…
... maths!). I think an intermediate buffer and multiple copies is probably ... the all RAM configs to copy directly.
The Speccy ...A new ZX spectrum cloneOver the past 12 months i have been developing a new spectrum clone as a hobby project to waste my spare time on. It is still not fully complete yet …
... implement it as a fast Z80 with a copy of the calculator ...+2 (Grey) S-video?I have a pretty good Composite/S-video to VGA adapter that does a nice work of running my retro machines on an old LCD screen. However, it looks best…
... to VGA adapter that is fast enough etc. to do the ... . The standard 128 composite video buffer, i.e. three diodes, a ...
