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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... as a compiled binary in memory. Of course, you could have ... that would have reduced available memory even further.
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
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Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…
... the value in non-contended memory above RAMTOP, i.e.
Forget about trying to escape memory contention in BASIC. You can ... better and can be as fast as normal numbers in some ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... 2 to 4 times as fast and added additional commands. They ... system.
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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... memory from the other Timex modes. Yes, it wouldn't be fast ... that don't depend upon fast screen updates.
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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... memory from the other Timex modes. Yes, it wouldn't be fast ... full 12k of video memory gets you a 256x192 ... the DMA device to memory and more contention with ... for the larger video memory is a good idea. ... as many cycles during ULA memory access.
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Byter and U.F.O. by Protek?Who says these are available for the Speccy? I've often wondered where this info comes from - any info I've seen shows these as available for the ZX-…
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Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
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TV Headaches!!!Here's a little puzzle for you all to solve. Back in the early 80s (or possibly the late 70s) I remember watching an American shitcom featuring a mid…
... caused him to run really fast while he was wearing it ... in one spot unable to move because the t-shirt ran ... -
TV Headaches!!!Here's a little puzzle for you all to solve. Back in the early 80s (or possibly the late 70s) I remember watching an American shitcom featuring a mid…
... caused him to run really fast while he was wearing it ... in one spot unable to move because the t-shirt ran ... made the wearer run really fast while he was wearing it ... in one spot unable to move because the shoes ran out ... -
TV Headaches!!!Here's a little puzzle for you all to solve. Back in the early 80s (or possibly the late 70s) I remember watching an American shitcom featuring a mid…
... caused him to run really fast while he was wearing it ... in one spot unable to move because the t-shirt ran ... -
TV Headaches!!!Here's a little puzzle for you all to solve. Back in the early 80s (or possibly the late 70s) I remember watching an American shitcom featuring a mid…
... caused him to run really fast while he was wearing it ... in one spot unable to move because the t-shirt ran ... -
How can this work?You know how in realistic science-fiction (realistic as in obeying the accepted laws of physics), books and films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, spac…
... centrifugal force) that indicates how fast the particle is accelerating toward ... tangential part that indicates how fast the particle is accelerating along ... the particle's tendency to move in a straight line so ... -
How can this work?You know how in realistic science-fiction (realistic as in obeying the accepted laws of physics), books and films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, spac…
... you move out towards the edges. Once the roundabout is moving fast ... -
Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... to draw everything in upper memory area, but what about other ... $7ffd,...)
4. Use a fast m/c program to copy ... that you still need a fast copy in step 4 which ... -
Maps in progressIf you are working on some map, this thread is just for you! Post here the name of that game for which you are creating a map. Only then we can preve…
... is either slow or too fast when it's refreshing the ... the worst because when you move up/down the refresh of ... -
Maps in progressIf you are working on some map, this thread is just for you! Post here the name of that game for which you are creating a map. Only then we can preve…
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Recursive functionsA while ago Phil demonstrated a nice example of recursiveness in a DEF FN function. Sadly it doesn't appear to be online anymore and I have difficult…
... use a large amount of memory to store state for deeply ... try pixel & fill it, move left, try pixel & fill ... it, move up, try pixel and fill ... state info for each pixel move stored on the stack is ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... for testing a tape, but fast:
* Edge
* Flash
I prefer using Fast loading, which I believe loads ... a tape fast by as if normal withough ... such as loading straight into memory (Flash).
Cheers
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... , which would look at the memory surrounding an IN, and try ... iirc.
Byteloader (or fast mode) is a different beast ... .
Both Edge and Fast utilise a faster emulation speed ...Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…
... screen
inc h ;move one pixel down
... ld (gfx_of_number), hl ;the move from the end of gfx ... gfx for "9876543210" in memory it will leads that after ... 9[/color]" in the memory then everything will look ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... make sure things would be fast enough. Normal spectrums can only ... it is set up. To move sprites you simply make a ...The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... just runs the emulation as fast as possible during the loading ... /> [1] Actually, it does disable memory contention to save a few ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... present so sets up the memory map accordingly when loaded (which ... things up or make things move more smoothly it shouldn't ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... on the 2068, the display memory is mapped into the z80 ... on the msx the display memory is owned by the vdp ... 2068 about twice as fast to manipulate screen memory as the msx ... possible by the quick display memory access, but msx scrollers tend ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... / mod mess.
All move sprite functions accept the absolute ... mean an extra byte of memory used for struct_sp1_updates per character ... graphics coming from anywhere in memory. Think of the 2nd ... idea given the amount of memory given up. Maybe I' ...WafaDrives - with the MultifaceI know there were problems using the Wafadrive as it used up so much of the speccy memory. I read that the multiface 1 could be used and load a full…
... 16K cartidge (great cos very fast)
2 x 64K catridges ... a pretty reliable part of memory that won't contain code ...ZX OS'es: really useful? eg. ZX Spectrum OS, "Doors" by Aqua[url]http://www.snakeoillabs.com/2005/10/30/8-bit-guis-eye-candys-not-just-for-the-32-bit/[/url] I know bunch of OSes around like those, are those O…
... know if divide interface is fast enough tho.
Or ... 's Eprom, thus leaving more memory to spectrum programs?
Wii meet againI've now put a finger on what is bothering me about the new Wii and it's unique controller. That slow, sinking feeling that, whilst it's incredibly c…
... when moving the controller really fast but this may be more ... didn?t really have to move it like you would in ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... take up a lot of memory, that's why they're ... the samples take up less memory.
Try Sample Tracker ... loaded, use the QAOP keys, move the cursor to "LOAD SONG ... with the space key, then move the cursor to "LOAD SAMPLES ...
