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Happy Birthday Dr BeepHappy Birthday Dr Beep... ...41 or 29H or 101001b today.
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Happy Birthday Dr. Beep !!Happy Birthday Dr. Beep ! Have a good day, have a beer: [_]p ... and keep on beeping those tunes!
Happy Birthday Dr. Beep !
Have a good day, have a beer: [_]p
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What is a Kempston joystick?Just a quick question from an ignorant Commodore user (what, a Commodore user on this sacred ground? Relax, I'm a fan of all 8-bits, including the wo…
... 2002-09-04 14:32, Dr BEEP wrote:
To explain it ... />
When used you could read the tapeinput (IN 251) or ... interface decodes the joystick input to values read by the spectrum from ... KEMPSTON-interface your Spectrum will read the controls with
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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* Reading the joystick
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* Sinclair Interface ... fire, respectively).
* Kempston Joystick can be read in port 31: IN ... and you can read them in a SCREEN$. [Dr. BEEP]
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OUT to file, IN from fileOUT - sentences won't do much on emulators since they mostly communicate with external devices. If there was an emulator that would write the (last) …
... value to a file and read the (last) IN-ed value ... another WINDOW-program you could read this value and show the ... .IN and the emulator would read the value with LET A ... /> [ This Message was edited by: Dr BEEP on 2002-08-11 16 ... -
My to-buy listWhat I want to buy: -ZX80 - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR] -ZX81 - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR] -ZX Spectrum 48K - [COLOR="Red"]bought!!![/COLOR] -ZX…
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-DK'Tronic's Programmable joystick interface - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR ... ="Red"]bought[/COLOR]
-Dr Beep's PC-ZX interface (built ... />
Joysticks:
Cobra joystick
Quickshot - [COLOR="Red"]bought ... -
Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
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-Create a routine to read data from the m array ... to be a game for Dr. Beep's one line BASIC program ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... lots of inspiration from the Dr Beep / DP / ES monster thread, but ... /> INK 5:\
CLS :\
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VIC 20 emulation on the SpectrumI'm sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing the full Commodore experience to Sinclair users with the "Twenty Commodes" program. It e…
... it copes with the 6502 read-modify-write instructions better than ... release the source code. Well Dr. Beep, you certainly have a tough ... -
Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
... by bigjon, incorporating suggestions from Dr Beep, skoolkid and Matt B
;read keyboard
;set new carposition ... moveright
ld bc,32766 ;read keyboard space to b
ld bc,32766 ;read keyboard space to b
unusable KEMPSTON JOYSTICK in gamesSome ZX games use bad routine for read kempston joystick port. For example game BLOOD VALLEY read kempston joy from port #DF ( BIN 11011111 ). This s…
... use bad routine for read kempston joystick port. For example game ... BLOOD VALLEY read kempston joy ... using port #1F for read joystick state. Other ports are ... (create breakpoint on all kempston joystick ports)
[img]http:// ...PC ZX Parallel interfaceIs any working PC<->ZX interface based on LPT cable implemented ? I know that DR.Beep were posting about such solution long time ago, but I could not…
Is any working PCZX interface based on LPT cable implemented ?
I know that DR.Beep were posting about such solution long time ago, but I could not find any sw/documents.
It has to read/write with minimal ROM changes.A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... writing a sprite routine, a joystick handler and you can write ...Model Railway Timetable Version 1.4.12.0313...Hi Folks, Since November 2010 I have been working on my [B]Model Railway Timetable [/B]software. Thanks to the considerable help and patience of yo…
... ], [B]Battle Bunny[/B], [B]Dr BEEP[/B], [B]Paul/Dunny[/B ... project viable. I had to read a lot of Spectrum books ...Games with time travel in themOn another forum the topic came up about time travel related video games, and it is disappointing how few games involve something as interesting as t…
... ] (ZX Spectrum, by our own Dr Beep),
There ... who doesn't want to read spoilers.Best way to codeHi, I've been using Zeus Assembler to code MC programs so far. Nothing fancy just the odd scroll left or animation stuff. Wot I'd like to know is, …
... . Speccy uses this intrupt to read the keyboard. If you use ... offence, but the name is DR BEEP !!!!!ZX81 Emulator (HARDWARE FREAKS NEEDED!!!!)For the ZX Spectrum I have programmed a ZX81-emulator. ZX81 games can't run directly on a ZX Spectrum due to memory adresses used by the Spectrum (li…
... 2002-03-26 09:21, Dr BEEP wrote:
For the ZX ... ) will be updated and keyboard read.
If you switch ...Digital Joystick on my PCI am sure this subject has been raised before but here I go anyway. I still have my old Kempston style (digital) jotstick that I used on my speccy ag…
... scheme from Ruud Zandbergen's Joystick interface.
[url ... /> [ This Message was edited by: Dr Beep on 2002-04-12 14 ... /> [ This Message was edited by: Dr Beep on 2002-04-12 14 ...Books on Programming (ZX Assembler )Before you ask I trawl eBay on a daily/hourly basis. Any books in VGC wanted on programming games for the ZX Spectrum 48K. No creased, defaced or mi…
mpaulj - I want the Supercharge your Spectrum book so please read your private messages.
+CotL-DS - I'm bidding for this but thanks for the tip-off.
Dr Beep - nice resource thanks v.much.Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
... the BASIC couldn't be read you loaded a small MC ... /> [ This Message was edited by: dr beep on 2002-07-23 08 ...Z80 to TAPNot directly emulator-stuff, but more emulator related than the other forums. I have written a serverprogram to load .TAP-files through my ZX<->P…
... 2002-12-30 07:46, Dr BEEP wrote:
version 2.01 ... , so without compression. I do read bit 5 for compression.Kempston/PC adaptorDoes anyone know where i can get an adaptor that will allow me to plug a good old-fashioned Kempston/Atari Joystick (in my case my old Powerplay Crui…
... for the Zandbergen Joystick Interface which connects your joystick to the PC ... /> [ This Message was edited by: dr beep on 2003-03-21 11 ...AMX MouseDoes anybody knows how the AMX-mouse works? Is it like a mouse for the Atari ST/Amiga? And if so which IN-port uses the software Which programs can …
... 2003-05-09 07:44, Dr BEEP wrote:
Does anybody knows ... easier to use:
just read a couple of ports for ...Using old Joysticks in PCshi, is it possible to use old speccy serial joysticks in PC emulators? do i need any drivers? Thanks
Try google with Zandbergen Joystick interface
Lunter's ... /> [ This Message was edited by: Dr BEEP on 2003-12-22 09 ...Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
... the link ASAP.
Dr BEEP: Thanks for your effort, but ... (as far as I can read assembly) does the print for ...UDG/sprite HelpRestore 5: For N=20 To 21: Read G$: For R=0 To 7: Read B: Poke Usr G$+r,b: Next R: Next N
... 2004-03-30 09:07, Dr BEEP wrote:
POKE USR "A ... BINs are 8 horizontal pixels. Dr. Beep has made a box.
read them with SCREEN$ from the ... print all your characters and read them back with SCREEN$. Not ...Redefinable joystick keysEr... difficult to describe in a subject line, but you'll see what I mean. :) Just about all Spectrum emulators allow you to map one of the joystick…
... Vladimir and Dr Beep are talking about is setting up your joystick to ... /> I don't have a joystick - I'm talking about EMULATED ... bottom which says 'Choose a joystick to emulate using your computer ...Reading the keyboardDoes anyone have a code sample to read the keyboard in machine code ?
... 2004-11-18 13:26, Dr BEEP wrote:
Why not use ... -routine if you want to read just 1 key. You even ... /> .scanloop
in e,(c) ; read status of key row
