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  • Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…

    ... integer instead of a floating point variable then use the integer ... the time HiSoft BASIC is fast enough. It will also compile ...
    chev chev November 2009 Games
  • Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…

    ... rave reviews as a very fast BASIC compiler, but you had ... instead of the slower floating-point operations.[/QUOTE]

    The ...
    Matt_B Matt_B November 2009 Games
  • While we're on about graphics...I did this for ZXSpin: [img]http://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/CRT.png[/img] Which is a 2x filter, simulating (badly) a CRTdisplay. This is the…

    ... 'll also need a very fast PC if you want a ... make it automatic at some point.

    D ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2009 Emulators
  • To bobs, andrew rollings, psj etchi folks, yes I'm a bit hyper today, don't know why. I apologise to you bobs for getting your thread closed, I'll try not to do that again. :-o sor…

    ... it, this was the turning point for me thinking that anything ... who wasn't copying as fast as everyone else she'd ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek December 2009 Chit chat
  • Is This Quad Core Any Good??Gonna buy me a new computer for christmas!!! Basically, would like a semi-decent graphics card, windows 7 and quad core Will only be using it for b…

    ... on it, no point having a super fast one for that. Lots ...
    psj3809 psj3809 December 2009 Chit chat
  • difference between 1080i and pthe gf got me a 22" 1080i we could upgrade to a 1080p for a mere 80 quid. is it worth it? ive googled it, but no one has a definate answer. it not…

    ... better quality and smoother for fast action such as sport or ... movies, but as most people point out, you might not notice ...
    Captain Scarlet Captain Scarlet December 2009 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... up with gibberish after this point. Any way around this?

    It's mentally fast though, doing 60000*7 border ...
    xyzzy xyzzy January 2010 Development
  • 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 …

    Let me state my point.

    When around 2005 ... genre for coders. You need fast,smooth routines and the worst ...
    Ralf Ralf January 2010 Development
  • Star Wars scroll/crawl/title effectI may have seen this type of scroll on a Speccy game before, but I've never seen it as a type-in or part of a cover tape. Does anyone know how to do …

    ... pixel displacement to the vanishing point of your work screen (say ... either need to write very fast code to do all these ...
    jonathan jonathan January 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Building a WoS FAQ - contributions and thoughts please!Hi there, as you may have read in [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28168]a nearby thread recently[/url], Martijn has boug…

    ... can serve as a starting point seeing that some of the ... have mass storage and the fast emerging ULAplus standard, with the ...
    Arjun Arjun January 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... kill them too. then i fast travelled home and some regulators ... all the killing at that point so i went to help ...
    mile mile January 2010 Chit chat
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... kill them too. then i fast travelled home and some regulators ... all the killing at that point so i went to help ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek January 2010 Chit chat
  • 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/…

    ... well. I got to the point where I genuinely started to ... , 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
  • More questions to ponder/argue/ignore as you wish...Just copying some stuff to a memory stick, and I found some old questions I'd intended to post on these forums to provoke debate, that I'd never got …

    ... and other search engines so fast?
    [/quote]

    Lots ... language use... I have to point out it's [b]Americans ...
    Winston Winston February 2010 Chit chat
  • Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…

    ... can store your configuration.
    * Fast to write to - same speed ... :
    * Writing isn't so fast - you can't just LD ... the point is a bit moot today - mass storage is fast enough ...
    Winston Winston February 2010 Hardware
  • Graphics problemHi guys. Finally got a REAL zx spectrum, cost ?20 from a friend. When i draw plots and circles, it takes time to do it, but how do i do it instantly…

    ... is found using a floating point computation that includes multiplies and ... can be done in any fast draw algorithm where successive points ... implemented in asm as any fast graphics library needs to be ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Graphics problemHi guys. Finally got a REAL zx spectrum, cost ?20 from a friend. When i draw plots and circles, it takes time to do it, but how do i do it instantly…

    ... ---- 6395
    10317-PROGRAMMING: ENTRY POINT FE -SPM ---- 3196
    10328 ... FOR ARCADE GAMES AND OTHER FAST SPECTRUM PROGRAMS
    MACHINE CODE ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Help fix this keyboard read program?This code runs in an interrupt routine with DI. What would be the simplest way of making it so it doesn't auto repeat a keypress? [code]keys: ld a…

    ... code can only be as fast as it's slowest component ... well. Getting code to run fast usually increases the memory footprint ... have a "well it's fast on my PC, look at ... people do not get past point number one.
    Edit: If ...
    csmith csmith February 2010 Development
  • OptimisationI've participated in several thread hijacks about this, so perhaps I should open a new thread. Et VIOLA! Here it is! Knuth, who was earlier reporte…

    ... *enough* though, that's the point. Microsoft themselves aren't the ... . A 400MHz ARM is blazingly fast, in real terms, especially on ...
    Winston Winston February 2010 Development
  • OptimisationI've participated in several thread hijacks about this, so perhaps I should open a new thread. Et VIOLA! Here it is! Knuth, who was earlier reporte…

    ... is to make it very fast to reference frequently used memory ... works OK, and is quite fast to do. But it has ... any process that at some point needs to allocate a lot ...
    Winston Winston February 2010 Development
  • OptimisationI've participated in several thread hijacks about this, so perhaps I should open a new thread. Et VIOLA! Here it is! Knuth, who was earlier reporte…

    ... is to make it very fast to reference frequently used memory ... works OK, and is quite fast to do. But it has ... any process that at some point needs to allocate a lot ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter February 2010 Development
  • OptimisationI've participated in several thread hijacks about this, so perhaps I should open a new thread. Et VIOLA! Here it is! Knuth, who was earlier reporte…

    ... really have to, make it fast while keeping it beautiful.
    point at which many people switch ...
    Winston Winston February 2010 Development
  • Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]

    ... make many games run too fast :-(

    On MSX, the ... simple from a programmer's point of view (and it does ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]

    ... make many games run too fast :-(

    On MSX, the ... simple from a programmer's point of view (and it does ...
    csmith csmith March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…

    ... Spectrum itself is simply not fast enough. A user here (natxcross ... build I have - at the point the work becomes synchronous again ...
    brownb2 brownb2 March 2010 Development
  • Be honest now...When you got your (first) Spectrum, was it the computer you wanted? And don't worry, this poll is anonymous, so your secret is safe, even if you're …

    ... grips with it at some point.[/QUOTE]

    if you ... loading is slow without a fast loader.
    fog fog March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... are coming through think and fast now, plus, the fight's ... before I get to that point[/spoiler]
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob April 2010 Chit chat
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... 've heard it's really fast paced... that's gonna take ... it a go at some point tonight... I think I'm ...
    GreenCard GreenCard April 2010 Chit chat
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... 've heard it's really fast paced... that's gonna take ... it a go at some point tonight... I think I'm ...
    mile mile April 2010 Chit chat
  • Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …

    ... . I agree totally with your point that it's a good ... routine. If you want a fast(ish), compact, no-ROM routine ...
    Turkwel Turkwel April 2010 Development
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