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  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... zx, write LOAD "" and ENTER). Fast as SNAPshot loading

    block registers (rrr=1..7) or ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2009 Development
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    - after load any data block to screen area (to adress ... loading is often very very fast and game screen is viewed ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2009 Development
  • Spectrum +3 Disk Service (.dsk files to CF2 disk)I am offering a disk service for +3 disk users.... If you have Spectrum +3 emulator images (these have the file extention .dsk), I can transfer them…

    ... Alcatraz, Speedlock or Three Inch Loader systems, etc.[/QUOTE]
    Have ... if they're running too fast there won't be enough ...
    obo obo October 2009 Sales
  • Transfer DivIDE +3 DiskHow I can transfer games (tap, dsk) from DivIDE to 3" disk on ZX Spectrum +3?

    ... tap file is a standard loader use fatware to select the ... loader and the start address and number of bytes of the block ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN October 2009 Hardware
  • Fastest loading cassette game?What was the fastest loading cassette game? Obviously size vs speed has to be compared, but I seem to recall a car racing game which seemed to load …

    ... opening basic block to load and that meant some pretty fast load ...
    thingley thingley October 2009 Games
  • szx to real spectrum?Hi, I could not find something about this, but is there any tool that can convert the szx snapshots to tap (for example) or any other way to load th…

    ... (all but last very small block), proper setting of all Z80 ... am tempted to add ROM loader to it one of these ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Fastest loading cassette game?What was the fastest loading cassette game? Obviously size vs speed has to be compared, but I seem to recall a car racing game which seemed to load …

    ... think) had an annoying block type loader, reminds me of how Electron ...
    spider spider October 2009 Games
  • DSK to TZX?Is it possible to convert a DSK disk image file to a TZX tape file? If so, then how? And is there a utility out there that does something like that? …

    ... Alkatraz, Speedlock, and three inch loader systems etc read files out ... necessary to perform alot of fast forward and rewinding of the ... and requires user intervention of fast forward and rewind buttons :-D ... to tap files), a BASIC loader would have to hunt through ...
    Hercules Hercules October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Trying to repair a 128K (heatsink)I've bought another ZX Spectrum 128K (heatsink model), but unfortunately the last owner did not tell me it did not work.... Because this Speccy also…

    ... Spectrums. Other candidates include any fast inverter: 74AS04, 74ALS04 or CMOS ... find a complete quartz oscillator block with the right frequency. More ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie December 2009 Hardware
  • Trying to repair a 128K (heatsink)I've bought another ZX Spectrum 128K (heatsink model), but unfortunately the last owner did not tell me it did not work.... Because this Speccy also…

    ... time. Usually not dramatic or fast, but perhaps the circuit wasn ... for a ready-made oscillator block, and be done with it ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie December 2009 Hardware
  • Imagine loading by tape nowadays!!!!I was bored so i did some working out how long it would take to load a more modern game at the rate old speccy tapes do which is 1500 bps (bits). 8 …

    ... . Once it's copying the block of data we're interested ... , it uses LDIR - so as fast as LDIR will go. On ... /> In practical terms, it's fast enough to show full motion ... doesn't get nearly as fast as a lightweight 'protocol' to ...
    Winston Winston December 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Oooh! Good draw!England has come up trumps with the World Cup 2010 draw. We're in group C, playing against USA, Slovenia and Algeria. I think it's pretty safe to say…

    ... . At least one potential stumbling block/winner is going to be ... game.

    A lightning fast winger/side back is going ...
    Vampyre Vampyre December 2009 Chit chat
  • Making TZXsI would like to be able to make new TZX files containing new software/data. If at some point I do manage to complete the writing of a little game or…

    ... can save it all out block by block from Basic and save ... need to write the Basic loader in an emulator.

    block which emulators have to skip ...
    gasman gasman December 2009 Development
  • 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…

    ... ];
    ; machine code microdrive file loader
    ; proof of concept
    block
    call lvmch
    ;
    jp jp December 2009 Development
  • What Z80 development tools do you use? What books?Hi. I've been meaning to do it for over 25 years, but.. better late than never :) I'm starting to learn machine code and am trying to get a developme…

    ... /> [B];All of the above block (in red) can be reduced ... to this block:

    dec hl
    fast? Perhaps even too fast? But, as I ...
    Chris Pile Chris Pile January 2010 Development
  • TZX Vault Update THANK YOU !Hi folks, I'd like to thank everyone who helped towards this latest update and the WoS community for their patience to get this update out. There h…

    ... according to Tapir the main block differs so I kept both ... /> It uses a loader called Tiny's Loader 1.3 maybe that ... next 3 unchecked, and Edge Loader for Acceleration, with Full Graphics ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker January 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Games Notorious for F*cking UpThis is a thread dedicated to games notorious for f*cking up or crashing mid-game (48K and 128K games). :) Music demos are also welcome. My experien…

    Dr Dooms Revenge on the CPC was notorious for f*cking up on loading.. Bloody Read Error A or B!

    (it was done with the CPC's crappy block loader)
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 January 2010 Games
  • Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …

    ... genre for coders. You need fast,smooth routines and the worst ... blocks per level, so a block could be stored with one ...
    Ralf Ralf January 2010 Development
  • Matthew Smith's Delta Tau OneGoing through some old boxes I've managed to dig up some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B]Delta Tau One[/B]. I don't know…

    ... sight this appears like a fast version of Invaders, but there ... the attack is extremely good, fast, crisp and very definitely on ... of the Spectrum's 2x2 block graphic characters) and arise out ...
    Turkwel Turkwel January 2010 Games
  • Converting games from tap to dskHi to all from Greece, Being an old Speccy user and now owner of most models of Spectrum (48k , 48k+ , 128K, +2 grey and +3) , I desided to salvage m…

    ... the main block (RAM0) last.

    So your basic loader is ... games that load in one block from 16384, there is an ...
    FrankT FrankT January 2010 Emulators
  • Converting games from tap to dskHi to all from Greece, Being an old Speccy user and now owner of most models of Spectrum (48k , 48k+ , 128K, +2 grey and +3) , I desided to salvage m…

    ... version of Terramex. Standard basic loader. Works on 128 and +2a ... /+3 from Tape Loader or USR0.

    [url ... flickery.

    Original tzx block is split up like this ...
    FrankT FrankT January 2010 Emulators
  • Turbo LoadersI absolutely love the different loading schemes that were used on the Spectrum over the years. There are a couple of questions that I have been meani…

    Zombie Zombie's Turbo-loader is sooo fast! You have to have your cassette in pretty good shape, or it just won't load. Impressive when it does though. Jeepers, could the get it any faster?!
    Graz Graz January 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Turbo LoadersI absolutely love the different loading schemes that were used on the Spectrum over the years. There are a couple of questions that I have been meani…

    ... way it loads the second block of code (after the basic ... like that in any other loader....
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae January 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Transferring programs on real tapeHi, I've converted a TZX to WAV by using "TapeToWav" utility. Then I've tried to transfer the wave to a real tape, connecting the sound card speaker …

    ... run about a semitone too fast from standard UK speed.
    loader.

    It helps me ...
    FrankT FrankT January 2010 Hardware
  • Help my Mouse to live a happy lifeYes I have a mouse, probably only one, it must have been forced in by all of the snow, it is in the cupboard under the stairs. I boxed in the bottom …

    [QUOTE=mile;418545]maybe you should be driving so fast in a built up area, it's not the people fault you are driving like a maniac.[/QUOTE]

    Run over the cat, then go around the block and kill the people at the bus stop. Problem solved.
    frobush frobush January 2010 Chit chat
  • Kraal corrupted :/Seems like 48 and 128 versions of Kraal, available on wos is corrupted :/ Look on this: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Kra…

    The 'Stop The Tape' tzx block should be if 48k machine ... .

    I checked the loader and it will only run ...
    FrankT FrankT January 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Why did Ultimate games load like this?What I remember about the early Ultimate games was the unusual way they loaded. You'd get the BASIC bootstrap loader, then a SCREEN$, then a main bl…

    ... must have been a custom loader designed by Ultimate themselves.[/QUOTE ... than loading all in one block, but what?
    joefish joefish February 2010 Games
  • Turbo LoadersI absolutely love the different loading schemes that were used on the Spectrum over the years. There are a couple of questions that I have been meani…

    Holy underpants - that is fast! As you said, Andy, it's only 19K but that is some loader!
    itsallgood itsallgood February 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Most Disappointing Budget Game?I've completed my ten now ([URL="http://jdanddiet.blogspot.com/2010/02/spectrum-budget-games-special-part-2.html"]http://jdanddiet.blogspot.com/2010/…

    ... is a square box 1 block wide around you! What use ... , as it was a stupidly fast multi event game. Maybe they ... Master Ninja to have reflexes fast enough to play it!
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek February 2010 Games
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