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Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…
... the text from microdrive one character a time using [b]INKEY ... in this post) is very fast: it glues together three tricks ... is precisely placed inside B$ character array using slice operator and ... -
ZEsarUX-7.0Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX stable version :) This is ZEsarUX 7.0 There are a lot of new features added, more than ever! You can downl…
... /+ colour palette
Added a fast spectrum core (with some features ... : waveform, visualmem, ay player
* Character width can be reduced to ... Next features enabled, useful for fast snapshot loading
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[Asm] Is this nested loop faster than LDIR or a bunch of unrolled LDI's?Hi all. I'm learning Z80 asm on Speccy 48K, and to start with I decided to write my own "CLS" routine (without relying on ROM calls or LDIR) as a lea…
... interests me most is efficient fast code, so after weeks of ... . Screen is cleared now, continue writing code below.
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problem with symbol shift and caps shift key combinations on multilayer keyboard membranesHello, I know, it is generally know that some ZX Spectrums with multilayer keyboard membranes have problems with some key combinations. Typically …
... is not reaching needed level fast enough?) and i newly discovered ... keyboard ports in 512 squares (character/attribute positions).
It ...Drawing LinesHas anyone got any experience of coding a Bresenham line drawing algorithm on the Speccy? I've had a go and I find the algorithm has quite a few s…
... adjacent pixels to that, before writing it back to the screen ... shallow diagonal lines going as fast as possible, to start with ...Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... /> -The use of a character variable for fast printing big sprites (6x6 ... are constructed from the normal character set, using OVER to combine ... . In other words: click very fast the action key when the ...easy character sethave a look at this program im working on: http://pasteall.org/pic/1b1bb11e1d1897f3c3f0b3e6c0db26aa im a bit stuck. what i want it to do is rea…
... over the original upper case character set. (i think i know ...how are character sets (fonts) stored?i know its in 768 bytes of memory. does it store each character in blocks of 8 bytes or is it just a continuation of bytes from start to finish addre…
i know its in 768 bytes of memory. does it store each character in blocks of 8 bytes or is it just a continuation of bytes from start to finish address?PAPER&INK: screen/character differenciation?So I was looking at a type-in listing earlier and I got to wondering how the Spectrum differenciates between knowing that the PAPER/INK commands need…
... background/text colour of the character. To change the attributes of ... a character only the command needs to ...ZEsarUX 8.1 stableHi! I've uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 stable version. Go to the github released webpage to download it: https://github.com/chernandezba/zesaru…
... to disable looking for alternate character sets from sysvar 23606/7 ... and dac activation when tbblue fast boot mode
-added turbo ...Dr. Jim's personal Sinclair showcaseThere were some Spectrum-related webpages that I hosted some of my own stuff on, and it's about time it had an extensive rehash. So, over the last we…
... me. I may not be fast, but I get there in ... at some stage.
- Some character sets and UDGs I've ... of them (the Mighty Musical Character Set) can be found on ...Earliest game to use custom character set ?The [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58040/who-has-got-the-earliest-zx-spectrum-software/"][b]topic here[/b][/url] about early sof…
... game to use a custom character aka "font" set 0-9 ...Why not more interest in C?Just curious. Not trying to provoke anything other than a discussion here. It would seem that it would be better for "Z80 beginners" to write in C…
... wrote" 'greased weasel sh*t fast assembler.' Turned out they compiled ... stated that someone ok at writing C would always "outperform" ... an expert writing assembler especially when the complier ... was C used much in writing games back then? Are ...Why not more interest in C?Just curious. Not trying to provoke anything other than a discussion here. It would seem that it would be better for "Z80 beginners" to write in C…
... wrote" 'greased weasel sh*t fast assembler.' Turned out they compiled ... stated that someone ok at writing C would always "outperform" ... an expert writing assembler especially when the complier ... was C used much in writing games back then? Are ...Why not more interest in C?Just curious. Not trying to provoke anything other than a discussion here. It would seem that it would be better for "Z80 beginners" to write in C…
... wrote" 'greased weasel sh*t fast assembler.' Turned out they compiled ... stated that someone ok at writing C would always "outperform" ... an expert writing assembler especially when the complier ... was C used much in writing games back then? Are ...why not more interest in C?Just curious. Not trying to provoke anything other than a discussion here. It would seem that it would be better for "Z80 beginners" to write in C…
... wrote" 'greased weasel sh*t fast assembler.' Turned out they compiled ... stated that someone ok at writing C would always "outperform" ... an expert writing assembler especially when the complier ... was C used much in writing games back then? Are ...Why not more interest in C?Just curious. Not trying to provoke anything other than a discussion here. It would seem (to me) that it would be better for "Z80 beginners" to wr…
... wrote" 'greased weasel sh*t fast assembler.' Turned out they compiled ... stated that someone ok at writing C would always "outperform" ... an expert writing assembler especially when the complier ... was C used much in writing games back then? Are ...Why not more interest in C?Just curious. Not trying to provoke anything other than a discussion here. It would seem (to me) that it would be better for "Z80 beginners" to wr…
... wrote" 'greased weasel sh*t fast assembler.' Turned out they compiled ... stated that someone ok at writing C would always "outperform" ... an expert writing assembler especially when the complier ... was C used much in writing games back then? Are ...AGD 5 Sneak PreviewLet's be honest, AGD 4 was first released in 2013 and is long overdue an overhaul. Many users have migrated to the far superior MPAGD but not everyo…
... have. I started messing around, writing speculative code for a simple ... able to write their own fast display routines using a combination ...Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…
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; C = character code to display
putc ... tabledone
; get the decoded character
ld a, c
Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …
... spaceship. 4 platforms, one evil fast moving alien.
They`re ... special guest star from a character from onw of their previous ...Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …
... spaceship. 4 platforms, one evil fast moving alien.
They`re ... special guest star from a character from onw of their previous ...Whats it like to be a young speccy gamer now?From some topics on here it seems that alot of us(me included) have left behind our younger years in age along long time ago,so when we play speccy g…
... perhaps. And Deathchase 3D's fast pace and simple controls require ... and perhaps had a good character - amazing visuals and depth of ...Rescue on FractalusI'm trying to find instructions for the Spectrum version of this game, with particular reference to the keyboard controls. Could anybody help me?
... action and need our help fast!
First, we toss ... before the Spectrum since the writing has American spellings.
What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
... up the ZX in ultra fast time (my dad did actually ... memory I have is of writing my first game in Basic ...My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... 'll stick to my raw, fast, and optimised assembly programming.
writing your software in BASIC and ...Name the gamePlease help me remember... I'm looking for the name of a game in which you played an adventurer. This guy was trapped inside a maze of tombs and loo…
... the sprites. The player`s character was a spaceman with a ... know, like... not unlike the character of Nodes of Yesod. The ... know the game I`m writing about please answer my post ...Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …
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writing to form on the note ...Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... own compressed character set? Conversely, the sequel had painfully fast key-response ...Spectrum officeJust out of curiousity ? What are you up to while u are online during the day.. I'm currently in an office for a magazine company in South wales. Th…
... the archaeology report I'm writing that's due in about ... (which have the old 8 character DOS names) renaming them so ...
