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Floating bus on 128K models[b]Background:[/b] i need run code with interrupt enabled but i need use stack instruction to maximize performance in copy/shift/mirror routines. dur…
... use two versions of routines: fast with stack manipulation and slow ... . if not, i will use fast routine else code fallback into ... -
Fast AY PlayerThis is player for ay register dump stream (compiler for PC included). Speed: 980..1067t / 1200..1287t (without pattern change/with pattern change) …
This is player for ay register dump stream (compiler for PC included).
Speed: 980..1067t / 1200..1287t (without pattern change/with pattern change)
[URL="http://zx.pk.ru/showthread.php?t=14307"]Discuss on russian community board (zx.pk. ... -
Why doesn't my loop work?Can anyone help me understand why my loop doesn't work? Is it to do with how DEC HL affects the flags? [code] ; Read 32k bytes from port 191 as fa…
... bytes from port 191 as fast as possible
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Help with mystery game programmer...Hi, I wanted to try to revive an old C.S.S post from 2004, where I was trying to track down the name of a very exploited Spectrum games programmer. …
... /> time. It was all incredibly fast. I mean, all of a ... -
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... that involve building cheap but fast computers for hobbyist and educational ... -
A fast DRAW routineI was investigating how to speed up the line drawing for the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL]…
I was investigating how to speed up the line drawing for the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL], and finally end up with an asm Bresenham's drawing routine. The routine was shorter an faster than that ... -
Games based on BlockadeAs I've just uploaded one of these, I thought I'd start a thread on all the games of this type to add to Martijn's workload. ;) You probably know i…
... .wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_(video_game)"]Snake[/URL], but the first game ... -
For those that are interested: SpecBAS 0.0.601 available nowWith added bug fixes! This build allows you to PEEK and POKE strings to memory banks (for very fast movement of bytes in memory) and to send variable…
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Spectrum 48k's and +2a for saleHaven't got round to taking snaps yet, (but I will) or putting them on ebay, that's happening Sunday but I've basically got about 7 48k rubber key Sp…
... new membranes (cheers Rich, super fast delivery as always!), I'd ... -
Is converting Microdrive formats possible???Hi. First post. I'm a long-time Speccy owner, was lost, but found my way home! :D I have a Disciple as well... Now to my question, but first the …
... (file-type 4).
Fast-forwarding 17+ years, I got ... -
Anyone use to repair vcrs?Anyone use to repair vcrs?,have a JVC industrial pro editing machine vcr*made in 1984 *,it fast forwards and rewinds off screen but when comes to pla…
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Collection of Spectrum 48K Games (49 in total)I have quite a few Spectrum 48K games (49 in total) wanting to go to a good home for sale. All in original boxes, instructions etc. Some are multi p…
... Dizzy Collection (5 games) - Dizzy, Fast Food, Fantazy World, Treasure Island ... -
alchemist td0 imageshi all im sat here very confused atm lol im trying to work out wot exactly i gotta do with the alchemist disk images and am getting nowhere fast i tr…
... images and am getting nowhere fast
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Broken LinkHi, On [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html[/url] Under Windows Emulators there is a link to Steve Snake on Klive which seems to be b…
Hi,
On [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html[/url]
Under Windows Emulators there is a link to Steve Snake on Klive which seems to be broken.
Thanks for a great site.
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Any folks with a mechanical mind on here...?I need some advice about my motor. I drive a 1.8 VVT-i Toyota Avensis T4, 53 plate. It's one of them engines that over-revs when you start it to wa…
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Smooth (vertical) scrolling on ZX SpectrumI was just thinking about this. You know, you have systems like Atari 2600 or Sega SG-1000 that have no hardware scroll, but they have games that sti…
... it is about to move fast, when Atari 2600 can scroll ... it fast and smoothly... I suspect it ... it did not scroll that fast anyway. I mean when Atari ... -
Problem: Win7 and copying to USB-diskI wonder if any of you have experienced this problem: When copying large files from the PC (Win 7) to an external USB-disk, there is a pause between…
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The transfer itself is fast all the way. No slowing ... -
New tool: SnapToTap R2it's basically a gui update to VSC. But it's now simpler to convert sna files into tap files. what is special about SnapToTap? it converts snapshots…
The Death of Arcades and why it sucks...For the past week I've been travelling, and I've been in at least 7 diferent airports... spent lots and lots (and lots) of hours in them waiting for …
... machine still makes sense, a fast paced game that you "burn ...Memory upgrade for ZX Spectrum 16/48This is external memory upgrade for ZX Spectrum models with 16kB ram. Can be connect also to 48kB models, but need remove 8 dram chips (from sockets …
... ]+ all external ram pages are fast (ULA no slow down CPU ...Spectaculator - recommended recording levels when loading from cassette tape?Hi, I have connected a physical cassette recorder to Spectaculator in order to load my saved programs/games from yesteryear-mainly to see if it would…
... my laptop is simply not fast enough in order to keep ...Best games, and fast loading?I'm getting my long-awaited Spectrum 48+ in the mail tomorrow, and I want to know what are some of the best games for it. I know about games like Jet…
I'm getting my long-awaited Spectrum 48+ in the mail tomorrow, and I want to know what are some of the best games for it. I know about games like Jet Set Willy, Jetpac, Lightforce, and pretty much anything by Rareware, but what are the other must plays? < ...Rendering techniques in emulatorsI've been giving thought to the possibility of speeding up the rendering in Zero considering I've been putting it off long enough. My approach is c…
... as I can tell. Blazingly fast though!
Some info ...Zynaps: is it handcoded?sorry if this question was already answered. but i did some inspection of Zynaps code and it seems to me that it's screen drawing (and maybe other pa…
... how they did that amazingly fast scrolling anyway %-), i'm just ...5 live Bill Nicholls interview5 live had a '1981' day yesters and heard this at work last night, former head of public affairs for Sinclair Research, [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ipl…
... Livesey show[/url] [UK only]. Fast forward to 1:21:00 ...Three Weeks in Paradise V3.0 releasedTeam SpecNG has released V3.0 of our remake. It can be downloaded from the official site: [url]www.specng.org[/url] New in version 3.0 ============…
... would sometimes be too
fast.
b) Taking screenshots in ...
