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Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... I've had fun messing with the border colours; loading ... forwards; loading data XORed with a fixed value and decoding ... liberating.
Tinkering with this for my own amusement ... the Sentient loader? Or are turboloaders generally considered fair game, ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... this thread, been doing battle with a sickly 4S all week ... things fun :mad: Never mind, experimenting with turboloaders is as good a method ... -
What Spectrum projects (Software/Games/Utility)(Hardware)(Others) are you working on?So, basically that :) You dont have to give names or more clues if you dont want to ;) Also, if you are working on more than one, you can tell all of…
Do the custom loaders being discussed/developed by a couple of us in the "Experimenting with turboloaders" thread count?
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Compression comparisonsI did some comparisons of different compression methods. To make this relevant to zx spectrum, I first gathered a corpus of relevant data: 6660 .TAP …
OK, I just tried a 3rd time and got this:
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Compression comparisonsI did some comparisons of different compression methods. To make this relevant to zx spectrum, I first gathered a corpus of relevant data: 6660 .TAP …
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Compression comparisonsI did some comparisons of different compression methods. To make this relevant to zx spectrum, I first gathered a corpus of relevant data: 6660 .TAP …
... .worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/44546/experimenting-with-turboloaders/p1[/quote]
That ... is some detailed analysis together with source codes of several turbo ... /47463/unusual-custom-turbo-loaders-with-sources
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Problem with Page 7I've been experimenting with running code in page 7 (+3) from BASIC and I seemed to have got it sorted out but then it all went wrong. Firstly, I tr…
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Unusual custom turbo loaders - with sourcesI have always been fascinated by turbo loaders; my games all feature a TZX version with one of such schemes implemented, and I have been experimentin…
... implemented, and I have been experimenting with several of them.
... later converted as TZX images with WAV2TZX, in order to discover ... tape magazines featuring hacked games with changed names and badly ... of high quality to begin with.
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Problems with AY sound. Experts needed. :-)<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">I need to play some AY sound effects, so I've bee…
... effects, so I've been experimenting with Shiru's AYFX Editor package ... is what I'm working with btw: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com ... to the two other addresses with EQU statements and that doesn ... -
Spectrum and Z80 emulators with Python APIHello everybody, It may be the right time to create a topic for these two emulators. They are not at the initial release point yet, but might be w…
... speed and another one with the support for breakpoints ... br /> I spent some time experimenting with various approaches (that can be ... history), and ended up with breaking the processor emulator ... instructions executor, that communicate with each other by calling ... -
Lunar Jetman = The Confusion 2k3I had a 128k Spectrum in my youth, now experimenting with a ZX emu on my Amiga I played some Jetpack and found out what an amazing game it was and th…
... Spectrum in my youth, now experimenting with a ZX emu on my ... I tried some Lunar Jetman with my ZX emu on my ... it the same way as with Jetpack (but Jetpack was easy ... -
D80 disk interfaceI was just experimenting with this interface and I must admit that I kinda like it: simple syntax, relatively high capacity, high speed. Too bad it's…
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Guarentees ...........LMAOJust been looking at the manual for newly aquired valhalla game from 1983 on page 4 it states.... "your valhala program cassette carries an unconditi…
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Problems gettingI have been experimenting with the audio-out options most Spectrum emulators feature, in the hopes to get some of my games running again from the ROM…
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Microdrive FormattingHo hum, yawn, microdrives - my favourite subject... ;) I?ve been doing some tinkering around, and have noticed that issuing a FORMAT command (with t…
... issuing a FORMAT command (with the appropriate syntax) from ... or by directly entering FORMAT with a BASIC program present, ... appear to be ?tainted? with remnants of the BASIC program ... clean? format with BASIC present? I'm currently experimenting with the first ... -
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…
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Development IDE collaborationI was wondering if other people making development IDE's (MetalBrain, LCD , Claus Jahn and Carlinski as far as I know) would be interested in combini…
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I'm interested in experimenting with C# or managed C++.
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Was Knight Lore Really Written Before Sabre Wulf?Was Knight Lore really written before Sabre Wulf or was this a clever form of self promotion by the Stamper brothers? It was a great piece of journa…
... journalism when in an interview with the Stampers that they let ... of other programmers you worked with experimenting with the isometric format before Knight ... -
Spectrum bot?I remember spending 1 hour or so in front of my Spectrum, experimenting with a BASIC program which attempted to learn things based on my input. The p…
... in front of my Spectrum, experimenting with a BASIC program which attempted ... of basic A.I. But with time it would start associating ... similar? Trying to have fun with text adventures is one thing ... -
Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…
I've been experimenting with transferring games to run from ... from a lazy Sunday afternoon, with caveats though...
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Question on copying screen bufferHi, Al my prevoius games were copying graphics directly to screen memory starting at 16384. Now I'm experimenting with screen buffer where I could d…
... at 16384. Now I'm experimenting with screen buffer where I could ... somehow I'm not happy with the result. It's hard ... -
The quest for true 50 HzAfter experimenting with interframe blending on Sinclairean, I wonder if someone has ever managed to get a custom Spectrum-friendly 50 (or better, 50…
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Hi Everyone :)Hi all, I'm new to this site as you may have guessed! I have a Speccy 48k v2. I have also modded it for the composite video(womble) and just bought …
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Centipod instructionsHi, I've been experimenting with a scanner I picked up a few weeks ago (Epson Perfection 1660 Photo in case anyone cares). Looking into how to get t…
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I've been experimenting with a scanner I picked up ... the output using JBIG2 compression with jbig2enc, then output a PDF ... -
Grey +2 video output and oddities.I've been experimenting with one of the above that I acquired years ago, but had just been buried at the back of a cupboard. I've connected it up to…
I've been experimenting with one of the above that ... analogue RGB or composite video, with or without the chroma signal ... my monitor couldn't synchronise with it. Transistor TR4 seemed to ... ceramic capacitor across D35 (associated with one of the keyboard inputs ... -
4116 SRAM replacement (and ULA timings).As mentioned in another thread, I have spent quite a lot of time experimenting with different circuits and components for using a static RAM IC to re…
... quite a lot of time experimenting with different circuits and components for ... to be.
With a 5C112E installed, CPU access ... noticeable (if at all) with a simple display, say blank ... text, but becomes quite obvious with a more complex picture - ... -
Is there any software that can do this?Not sure if this should go in here or Sinclair Misc... There's a YouTube user who says he's been experimenting with music visualization and his video…
... who says he's been experimenting with music visualization and his videos ... usual 3 bars in demos with AY music!
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Moving a line down the display in assembler?...It's not a "[I]how can I do it[/I]" question, it's more a "am I missing something in trying to do it a new way" kinda question. What I've been doing…
... easy, but now I'm experimenting with doing it differently - to try ... first example, I come up with this (untested);
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Magnatonix-Future RacingOne of around twelve game ideas i have on paper and one of five separate projects that i am currently working on,this is for a Wipeout/F-zero type ra…
... sound as i am just experimenting with game design,perspective,layout and ... a raised metal race track with the ground way below,the ... try to visit the forum with updates here and also at ... -
Game BoosterAnyone here use it? I've recently been experimenting with Gamecube emulation and most games are only giving me about 30fps instead of 60, so, I was l…
... it? I've recently been experimenting with Gamecube emulation and most games ...
