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How does a Speccy keyboard work?Hi again. I saw a post a while ago about the Speccy keyboard. I think it referenced an old magazine article. I have no idea how a keyboard membran…
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EliteWhy was there never an Elite II on the 8 bits?? Surely this was a lucrative license. Or was it the perfect game.... _________________ The grass is …
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The Bitch Is Back,,,Well, his nibs was tagged and released back into the wild again on Tuesday, so I suddenly find myself getting back to the old habbits... including ha…
... "seven virgins and a mule"... :D )
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The Bitch Is Back,,,Well, his nibs was tagged and released back into the wild again on Tuesday, so I suddenly find myself getting back to the old habbits... including ha…
... "seven virgins and a mule"... :D )
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Machine Code: quicksort optimisationI came across this z80 quicksort implementation when going through the wikipedia article on the same. It's 44 bytes long. I was wondering if any of …
... push hl
qsloop ld h,b
ld l,c ... swap (bc),(de)
ld h,a
ld a,(de ... bc),a
ld a,h
ld (de),a< ... left-hi
ld b,h
ld c,l ... -
It's my BirthdayI'm 31 today. Growing old is such a pain. Damn this arthritis. :) Necros.
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Elementary Question, sorryI am confused (Currently documenting code) When we are talking about HI bytes and LO Bytes, if the Address is c000h, is: c0h the lo byte and 00h th…
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Advice needed - Xbox EmulatorsDoes anybody have experiance of using a speccy emulator with an Xbox ? My intention is to install Linux and then try and run an emulator (most like…
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[Left Trigger]= H
[Right Trigger]= F
the D-Pad moves Eric (or whatever ... ]=
The D-Pad moves Dan up, down ... ]=
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Screen DisolveHas anyone got any good assembly code to dissolve the screen I could see
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inc d
ld a,d
and ... ,lb5db
ld a,d
sub 8
ld d,a
... lbla+1)
inc h
ld (lbla+1 ... -
Great games that aged badlyAny thoughts of games that were great at the time, but are just not fun to play anymore. eg. I loved manic miner at the time, and still enjoy playin…
I think most 3D games no matter what system they are on always age quicker than 2D games. Speccy wise I'd say Chase H.Q has aged badly. Great conversion back in the day, today it looks jerky and feels sluggish. -
manhole covers of Japan..??[url="http://frangipani.info/photography/v/manholes_of_japan/"]http://frangipani.info/photography/v/manholes_of_japan/[/url] ..pretty, though!!
... as the Japanese ones, they'd be stolen by some thieving ... fire hydrants. I'd look out for yellow "H" signs ([url="http ... the sign, in metres. I'd then stride away from the ... a new house/building, I'd see where the loo was ... -
Any examples of Proportional Font (Dark Star)Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text. Does anyone know of any code to do this? Cheers
... a,(de)
ld d,a
ld e,0 ...
rr d
rr e
ld a,d
or (hl)
ld ... /> dec l
inc h
pop de
ld (hl),a
inc h
inc de
Happy birthday to me!Yes, today I become a Silver Surfer ? 50 years on the planet, 10? years on-line (the latter not constantly, of course). Movin' so slow, you can all …
Spookily, Heart FM (the cybercaf? I use insist on having that cr^H^Hstation on) have just reminded me that I share my birthday with Michael Caine!? (He's 73.)
Not many people know that... :DTimex 80 column display driverI subsequently wrote an 80 column font driver for 512x192 mode.
... ; write to screen
inc d
inc hl
djnz ... ; write to screen
inc h
inc de
djnz ... col3
ld a,h
and #f8 ; clear out ... a,#20
xor h
ld h,a
cp #60 ...Timex 80 column display driverI subsequently wrote an 80 column font driver for 512x192 mode.
... with the shifting, is faster :D It doesn't, for example ... the other hand, "ld ixh,h" is a fishy instruction that ...Games with weird titlesSome games have weird titles. For example "Kokotoni Wilf". What are your favourite weird games titles?
... , though we write it with "H" - [I]Druh[/I], you just ... , super debate about the Speccy :D
[ This Message was ...Shoot-em-up Development UpdateHi Folks, I am still working away at my horizontal scroller. Here is a link to let you see progress. I have re-written the scrolling routine to make…
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LD H,D: LD L,E[/FONT]
LD SP,HL
LD H,D: LD L,E[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New] LD H,D: LD L,E[/FONT]
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…
... =x2
res 7,h
set 6,h ; ensure seg 1 ... for accelerator initialisation
ld d,d ; enable accelerator
.gblt2 ld ... =x
res 7,h
set 6,h ; ensure seg 1 ...Nonamed, unLOGOed, denied, r@re(?) and very strange SpeccyI?ve just bought [url="http://art.speccy.cz/foto/01zxdelogfull.jpg"]strange Speccy[/url] (including two interfaces, cassette recorder and nineteen fu…
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looks like ... /uk/sinclair/inves.htm&h=225&w=300& ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... have some z88dk project you'd like to keep!
h and move them to the ... and read the "spectrum-sp1.h" header file here -- it contains ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
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string.h is included to get hold ... ()'s prototype copied from sp1.h:
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extern ... the horizontal rotation table, I'd normally reconfigure SP1's memory ...Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
... what i have, which I'd like to post here for ... than 8 )
add a,h ;increase h by this
ld ... third)
add a,h
ld h,a
... third)
add a,h
ld h,a
... of the carry flag, that h should need to be subtracted ...Key press to ASCII valueI need a bit of code that will give me an ASCII value when the key is pressed. I only really need a-z. I tried using the following code but it only s…
... on keyboard
ld d,$fe ; d = max 1 keypress< ... ignore SYM SHIFT
inc d ; another key pressed
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ld e,h
ld d,0 ; de = index of ...When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…
Trawling the WoS database, I'd certainly agree about your 1991 ... (1990), Castle Master (1990), Chase H.Q. (1989), Ghouls 'n' Ghosts ...Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
... e,(ix+2)
ld d,(ix+3)
... e,(iy+2)
ld d,(iy+3)
... )
ld (iy+1),h
ld (iy+2), ... takes up 4 bytes: l,h,e,d).
Finally, ... e,(ix+2)
ld d,(ix+3)
... e,(iy+2)
ld d,(iy+3)
...PS2 Resident Evil 4!!Just played the PS2 demo of RE4....fantastic!! Anybody else played it yet?
... blood with ease. :D
I'd recommend playing through Normal ... after you rescue Ashley. Jesus H. Christ, how hard? It's ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... prototype as listed in sp1.h:
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... {0x47,'F'}, {0x07,'G'}, {0x07,'H'}, {0x47,'I'}, {0x45,'J'}, {0x46 ... /> {0x07,'b'}, {0x47,'c'}, {0x07,'d'},
{0x07,'e'}, {0x47,'f ... blade frame 1
{0x07,'h'}, {0x47,'i'}, {0x07,'j'},
