-
Screen$Is there a quick way to get pictures off a PC e.g. from MS Paint, onto the spectrum without having to type in each individual pixel before saving the…
... individual pixel before saving the screen$
I have no digitizer ... the loader load run a screen$ and then start loading the ... stop the user closing the screen$ away. I guess there is ... -
Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…
I am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine ... has something to do with screen refeshing, interrupts and HALT command ... -
Compressing SCREEN$Guys I'm trying to find an MC type-in routine for the 48K which compressed the screen (including attributes) into an area of memory and also restored…
... the 48K which compressed the screen (including attributes) into an area ... restored said compression back to screen area. Any ideas? I want ... -
Help required to calculate screen addressesDoes anyone have some code that calculates the screen address one pixel below the given address ? Is it best to use a lookup table ? Any examples of …
Does anyone have some code that calculates the screen address one pixel below the given address ? Is it best to use a lookup table ? Any examples of this. -
Screen AttributesNot sure if this is a devolopment question but here goes... In my limited understanding, the 'attribute file' of a speccy is 5800h to 5AFFh and each…
... each character position on the screen. With bits 0 to 2 ... -
Spectrum loading screen on Ch4?Hi all, this evening I caught a glimpse of a Spectrum loading screen on Channel 4! Just a brief flash, with the borders and some big writing in the m…
... glimpse of a Spectrum loading screen on Channel 4! Just a ... -
128k Shadow Screen?When emulating the shadow screen in bank 7 should that bank be switched into address C000? If so, what happens if bank 7 is switched out without canc…
When emulating the shadow screen in bank 7 should that bank be switched into address C000? If so, what happens if bank 7 is switched out without cancelling the shadow? -
More than 256 colours in full screen Spectaculator?When Spectaculator starts up in full screen and you go to load a game the windows menus are a terrible colour and look garish. I guess thats becaus…
... Spectaculator starts up in full screen and you go to load ... -
Invisible loading screenI can't remember how this is done (I did it years ago but can't remember how). When loading a screen$ from basic you can see the lines being display…
... ).
When loading a screen$ from basic you can see ... />
you can set the screen black so the lines are ... -
Best loading screen.What's the best loading screen in your opinion? I really liked the one on Rescue from Atlantis (maybe minus the text) [url="http://www.worldofspec…
What's the best loading screen in your opinion?
... -
Map to screen address problemCan anyone help me out with what I guess is a screen address calculation problem. I need to calculate the screen address of a tile based on a number…
... what I guess is a screen address calculation problem.
I need to calculate the screen address of a tile based ... to calculate for the other screen thirds.
Could someone ... -
Sinclair flat screen pocket TV problemCan anyone give me some advise regarding a picture problem on a Sinclair flat screen pocket TV The picture has a black curvy band at the top and bot…
... problem on a Sinclair flat screen pocket TV
The ... top and bottom of the screen
Here is a ... is not moving across the screen
channel 4 is ... -
Changing the colour of the screenCan anyone tell me the ROM command to change the paper colour of the main screen ?
Can anyone tell me the ROM command to change the paper colour of the main screen ? -
Screen distortion problems, I can't fix it!I just managed to get myself a ZX Spectrum +2 from the local car boot sale but for some reason theres a distortion halfway down the screen when i pla…
... a distortion halfway down the screen when i play games.
screen the screen goes out of wack ... -
screen$ and ramdisk 128kDoes anyone know how to load a screen$ from tape and then save it to ramdisk, without the screen$ showing during the load from tape?
Does anyone know how to load a screen$ from tape and then save it to ramdisk, without the screen$ showing during the load from tape? -
Does Anyone Still Write Games For Speccy?I was wondering, does anyone still write games for Speccy? Is there someone in this forum for example who has written a text adventure or another kin…
I was wondering, does anyone still write games for Speccy? Is there someone in this forum for example who has written a text adventure or another kind of game for Sinclair? -
Screen damaged while loadingI've written a simple Spectrum game and did a loading screen for it and now i'm trying to put it together into tzx file. My Basic loader is really s…
... game and did a loading screen for it and now i ... simple:
1 Load'' Screen$
2 load '' Code
My problem is that after screen is loaded,
Spectrum starts ...
"Bytes:code" statement into screen, just into hero's face ... -
128k Speccy ScreenAm I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and d…
Am I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and draw the sprites etc... a-la 48k ??) -
screen$I'm wanting to create a game which is written mostly is Basic, due to lack of MC skills but i need a MC routine if someone would kindly supply it I…
... these in memory
eg screen 1 at address 23296 to ... 30208
screen 2 at address 30209 to ... used to mess up the screen if you were pressing a ... -
SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed! -
3 missing Your Sinclair "write-in" programsIn this context a Your Sinclair "write-in" is a type-in program listing where YS made such a mess of printing it that it was unusable and, as they di…
... this context a Your Sinclair "write-in" is a type-in ... it correctly, readers had to write in to get the correct ... had published corrections. The three write-ins I'm looking for ... -
What Spectrum games have yet to be bettered on any machine?What Spectrum games do you think are still better than any other of their types, on any machine? I mean, Turbo Esprit is an absolute classic, but I t…
... /> Manic Miner: The best single screen 2D platform game ever, even ... the programmers were forced to write to a very limted hardware ... -
Best way to deal with big spritesI'm trying to write a routine in MC which would display a moving sprite on the screen. The sprite is quite big (24X48 pixels) uses a mask and moreov…
I'm trying to write a routine in MC which ... a moving sprite on the screen.
The sprite is quite ... -
Hidden piccy in Cylu loading screen.I was looking at the eggs at [url="http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#"]http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#[/url] and I was wondering about …
... wondering about the Cylu loading screen ... the little doohickies* on the ... -
The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …
... to understand the way the screen is controlled.
The ... controls output to the the screen and the rom sets out ... the memory locations of the screen ( and attributes ). is this correct ... -
Return of Speccy screen buffer formatI recently discovered that the Spectrum screen buffer format that allows only two colours in an 8x8 pixel block has made its return in a slightly dif…
... recently discovered that the Spectrum screen buffer format that allows only ... -
Optimisation Needed! Is this the Fastest way to copy bytes from screen and back again?I have the screen address (say 0,0 i.e 16384) I want to copy 4 bytes wide by 32 bytes high from the screen to an area of memory. I then want to cop…
... (4433 TStates to copy from screen to store)
screen
Can ...
; Clear the screen to show we are bringing ... ; Copy from store to the screen
ld hl ... -
Convert Screen to TAPHow do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one …
How do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one for memory and then copy them all together into one tap file)
Many thanks
