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Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... if using dynamic tables). The data is consistant anyway (in an ... all they did was save only standard data as TAP-like blocks ... is a much clearer and data-like encoding of the block ... -
PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…
... the algorithm to process the data differently. OK, it's a ... tone generated by standard ROM save routines) should have. It tries ... -
Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…
... can help with scrolling some data... if HL points to the ... data, you can do a loop ... address?
Do you save time / bytes by working directly ... -
Quick question re: TAP conversionI'm just in the middle of creating a TAP version of [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006457]Hunchback: The Adventure[/url]; I'v…
... the three chunks of game data are headerless; I've patched ... it's worth patching the save game routine to use $04C2 ... -
Cannon BubbleHello! I would really like to transffer this game ( [url]http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/eng/card.php?id=14[/url] ) to my REAL +3 disk drive. Becau…
... load the program and image data. The +3 will take care ... much after all. This will save you the hassle sourcing a ... , as it loads in the data from tape. The downloadable file ... -
Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... ) so it can overwrite random data in memory. Keep your graphics ... compiling is done, just save your compiled program: SAVE "name" LINE 1 ... -
Beautifully programmed gamesJust watching the bobby bearing tzx and admiring the beautiful programming involved. Which other games would you say had asthetic programming opposed…
... running with the largest level data loaded up.
I ... other people's comments re. 'Elite' and 'Robin of the Wood ... -
ZX 81 games (and an emulation issue or two)Hi Not really sure this is the right forum, but maybe someone can help. As a Speccy fan, I was always intrigued by the old ZX81, and thanks to the w…
... for the loader program, screen, data and machine code sections. When ... /> 7. At this point I save a snapshot (F12), so I ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... couple of shortcuts for some data types. I like to use ... . Sometimes z88dk's limitations can save you from a mouthful :-P ... -
Best media players?With windows whats the best media player? Is WMP 11 the best? or Winamp and how about Jet audio. With windows I only ever use WMP 11 but I'm I miss…
... off about 700mb of video data per 60min for 720x576 res ... Film4+1.... you don't save much at all by encoding ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
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The data placed on the stack while ... thing -- don't forget to save any registers before calling an ... at the source code) so save any that need saving.
Compressors are available for Speccys ?Hi folks, although I was an wasn't strictly a speccy coder in the glory days (amstrad & amiga for the most part), I have secides to arse about with …
... use it you'll only save 4 bytes over the regular ... few ideas regarding how the data for the screen was held ... where the address and screen data interleaved when loaded
Computer troubles - it just restartsMy computer is playing up, and I'm appealing to someone more techy than me to offer a few words of wisdom (or maybe condolence). I was copying a dis…
... boot into another drive - save all your data if you get the ... /> If you have a USB data stick (or CD/DVD) you ... best as you can just save the data directly to that.
Computer troubles - it just restartsMy computer is playing up, and I'm appealing to someone more techy than me to offer a few words of wisdom (or maybe condolence). I was copying a dis…
... boot into another drive - save all your data if you get the ... /> If you have a USB data stick (or CD/DVD) you ... best as you can just save the data directly to that.
Fuse for WindowsAs I posted on CSS: I've put together a [URL="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wholehog/stuart/fuse-win32-beta11.zip"]new test release[/URL] of Fuse (th…
... [*]Poke finder
[*]Load/save binary data
[*]Debugger
... [*]Memory browser
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The load/save ... binary data and poke finder dialogues ... two options of each data type... we should ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... read in this version - to save BASIC space)
To ...
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Pacman maze data naturally fits a ZX BASIC ... I found that you can save coding space by flattening the ... the keyboard. This can potentially save some space, but still I ...68000 programming.Anyone here know anything about this? My question is: how does the programmer know how long hisinstructions are? Do determine the operands to branch …
... the data is in memory or a register, so you "save" register ... by the size of the data.
On 68020 and ... above, you can scale the data register index:
move ...In a 100 years time..When we're all dead and buried (or cremated depending on your preference) and there's no more people around who actually HAD a ZX Spectrum do you thi…
... spectrum versions of laser squad, elite, uridium to its other (often ... a version of Elite (my bro wanted to save his games), but ... patriotic American (I prefer 'God save the King' over 'The Star ...In a 100 years time..When we're all dead and buried (or cremated depending on your preference) and there's no more people around who actually HAD a ZX Spectrum do you thi…
... a version of Elite (my bro wanted to save his games), but ... patriotic American (I prefer 'God save the King' over 'The Star ...text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... Basic can do such "advanced" data processing. Maybe it looks complicated ... fikee]a vocabulary compression can save much space when applied correctly ... an encoded sentence from a DATA statement, use GO SUB to ... on screen, and other read/data or if/then statements to ...Worm In Paradise/playing text adventuresHi folks I've seen this game highly lauded in many sections of this website and I've been dabbling with getting back into text adventures recently. …
... stuff that wrapped the game data so the interpreter can't ... Dreams works fine though, just save it as a .sna snapshot ...text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... BASin coverts m/c into data statements so you're in ... binary files as DATA statemens with basin. (You can save a block ...Help hacking Split PersonalitiesI`ve been hacking away at Split Personalities for the purpose of putting new screens and graphics (items). The current screen is at 41187 and is 160…
... save your new game once you've assembled the levels data ... save the game. Note that there is no level data ... to know how to save a basic program from ... way of saving the game data.
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save takes place.
Music Making Questions (soundtracker)Hello all, Being a big fan of trackers since the Amiga days and as I'm just about to start my final year in Music Tech at Uni, I thought it'd be a g…
... compile a TAP file via 'save song' in Soundtracker, or should ... contain the raw compiled Soundtracker data, outside of any emulator 'container ...Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... number above 10000
and save the header with the headerless ... a free address, load the data from the program.
Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... I would be overwriting game data. But do you think ... lots of 128 paging to save the correct blocks. 48k ... a lot simpler, just save the whole memory from 16384 ... at the end of your save code.
Edit: ... last 3 numbers of the data statements will hold the ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
[QUOTE=Digital Prawn;208367]Right, Let's do this. I will perform your further suggested changes, and free up this further space. See if we can get that mother ship back in after all?[/QUOTE]
That sounds interesting!
Or you could ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... go...
a) Save 2 positions replacing this:
b) Save 1 position replacing this:
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DATA 0 ... /> [/CODE]
c) Save 3 positions replacing this:
I think I can still save more positions but I will ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
OK here's the final version of "Mothership":
[CODE]
1 DIM i$(3,7):
FOR g=1 TO 3:
LET i$(g)=" H H H":
NEXT g:
READ m,b,p,a,s,e,n:
FOR y=0 TO 13:
FOR x=26-e TO e STEP e/13-1:
FOR i=1 TO 3:
...
