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Optimisation Needed! Is this the Fastest way to copy bytes from screen and back again?I have the screen address (say 0,0 i.e 16384) I want to copy 4 bytes wide by 32 bytes high from the screen to an area of memory. I then want to cop…
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I want to copy 4 bytes wide by 32 ... br />
I then want to copy them back.
I ... fastest code (4433 TStates to copy from screen to store)
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How to copy file from tape (*.tap) to disks (*.dsk) ?I am using zx32 with win98 and i want (in the emulate +3) copy files from virtual tapes to virtual disks. I use => load "NameOfFile" (for copy the f…
... the emulate +3) copy files from virtual tapes to virtual disks.
I want copy files on disk for faster access and faster loading.
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Spectrum +3 tape to discHi I have ZX Spectrum +3 and about 20 blank disks, I need to know if there is a way to copy games from tape to disk i.e a basic program I could write.
Hi I have ZX Spectrum +3 and about 20 blank disks, I need to know if there is a way to copy games from tape to disk i.e a basic program I could write. -
Is there a way to implement that Gigascreen option of emulators on real speccy ?Well the topic sets my dummy question... Is there any hardware way to avoid that flickering on a typical RGB monitor or TV? ;) [ This Message was…
Well the topic sets my dummy question...
Is there any hardware way to avoid that flickering on a typical RGB monitor or TV?
;)
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Game Copy HelpHiya Is there an easy way to copy a game to a +3 disc? my multiface 3 has gone all screwy on me! The way I had been doing it was loading the TAP on…
... /> Is there an easy way to copy a game to a +3 disc? my ... on me!
The way I had been doing it ... to disc with the Multiface 3.
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Fastest way to write something to screen$Hi, I just got pasmo.exe and start playing with attr scrolling, well, not scrolling, just write different values to a block and see if I can introdu…
... scrolling, just write different values to a block and see if ... is, what's the fastast way to fill a block of memory ... that it was the fastest way to update the screen. I know ... /> _________________
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Best way to deal with big spritesI'm trying to write a routine in MC which would display a moving sprite on the screen. The sprite is quite big (24X48 pixels) uses a mask and moreov…
I'm trying to write a routine in MC ... a mask and moreover needs to be rotated 2,4 or ... time. What is the quickest way to display such a sprite? I ... know it would be quicker to store the sprite frames already ...A way to send free texts?Here I go again asking more bloody questions that I never got round to asking! Is there a way to send/recieve sms text messages to UK phones for fre…
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Is there a way to send/recieve sms text messages ... to UK phones for free?
< ... out how or what software to use.
Any of ...Are games on WOS allowed to be copied to tape?Ok, I have download 20 or so games on here since becoming a member. I have also worked out a decent way to copy these games to tape for use on the re…
... out a decent way to copy these games to tape for use ... br /> What I would like to ask though but can't ... WOS archive allowed to be copied to tape" for private ... but I just wanted to check the legality of ... copying the games to tape.:-)
...Tape to CDI've recently found a load of tapes of stuff i taped off the radio, from the 80's and 90's, top 40 stuff mainly, plus some rare 'in session' stuff. …
... wondering there was any way to copy them from tape to CD for posterity ...Is there any way to connect a zx spectrum to a modern PC ?Hello Is there any easy( I don?tknow anything about computing)way to connect a Spectrum to a modern PC? The same question now but regarding connect…
Hello
Is there any easy( I don?tknow anything about computing)way to connect a Spectrum to a modern PC?
The same question now but regarding connecting it to a TFT moitor?
ThanksFastest way to clear a screen.We haven't had an optimizing fun for some time, so let's have some: What's the fastest way to clear a screen (i.e., filling the 6912 bytes at 16384 w…
... some: What's the fastest way to clear a screen (i.e ... the memory contention.
To start with, here's the ... 's about 2 50Hz frames to put it in perspective. So ...Quickest way to mix up an array of intsOk, I have ... [CODE] 10 DIM v(20) : FOR f = 1 TO 20 : LET v(f) = f : NEXT F [/CODE] now.... obviously each array item holds a number from 1 to 20,…
... v(20) : FOR f = 1 TO 20 : LET v(f) = f ... , but what is the quickest way to randomize the array? each value ...Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…
... the best way to store that data and the fastest way to display it ... of using non-existing coordinates to determine different things. If [I ... , DRAW a,b and jump to the next position.
I would like to lean different ways to do this in BASIC ...Using the stack to copy memory blocksA [b]PUSH[/b] and a [b]POP[/b] instruction together take less time than two [b]LDI[/b], so long [b]POP/PUSH[/b] sequences are sometimes used to copy …
... [/b] sequences are sometimes used to copy blocks of data quickly. However ... would be much less profligate to use a loop.
Best Way to Load TZX Files on a Spec Using a Mac?Evening all, I've spent the afternoon bastardising two knackered Spectrum +3s, and I now have one fully working unit. Although I've got a working d…
... was wondering what the best way to get TZX files up and ... , I can get the +3 to pick up the header, but ... too fast for the Speccy to pick up the data.
to use.
So, dear ... the direction of a better way to load TZX files? I'm ...Best way to convert tap files to TRD?What is the best way to convert tap files to TRD? Micky
What is the best way to convert tap files to TRD?
MickyDSK to MGT?What is the easiest way to copy files from +3 dsk to +D mgt format? Is there any tool for such a transfer?
What is the easiest way to copy files from +3 dsk to +D mgt format?
Is there any tool for such a transfer?Is there a way to play Arcadia in Spectaculator with an Xbox 360 gamepad?Arcadia is still one of my favourite Spectrum games (it was back in '84, too), and the keyboard controls are alright-ish, but I would love to finally…
... , but I would love to finally get to play it with a ... I haven't found a way to use the sticks on the ...Best way to organise a multi screen game?Hi All, Does anybody know ay good ways to organise large multi screen game? Or any links to useful texts on the matter? In my previous single scr…
... anybody know ay good ways to organise large multi screen game ... ? Or any links to useful texts on the matter ... yet not sure the best way to jump to set up variables and ...Can anyone see a way to speed up the following line of code?Hi Folks, Been looking at bottle necks in my code using BASin's Profiler and the following line (well the 2nd LET statement) is somewhat slow. [COD…
Best way to read a key row?Hi All, I must confess that reading the keyboard is the bit I understand least about when coding, I've found some things that work for what I want t…
... work for what I want to do so left it at ... we think is the best way to read row?
The ... )
cp 191 ;191 seems to be the null value
What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…
... I do not have access to a real Spectrum.
... difference and I would like to know which is correct.< ... then what is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK from ... ,0; a,,
120 GO TO 100[/CODE]
... second press does not seem to register anything. If I ...Best Way to Learn From Input Magazines?Hey all. I'm the lucky recipient of all the Input magazines that were published by Marshall Cavendish back in the day. I've decided to start prog…
Fastest way to delete a folder?Sometimes ccleaner is enough on some computers I work on, sometimes shift+delete while using Windows or Ubuntu is enough, sometimes rd folder /s /q (…
... , but I'm starting to encounter computers that have dozens ... />
Today I had to scan a computer for viruses ... in size. The eta to delete the entire folder with ... m looking for is a way to delete a folder instantly, ... list of what's about to be deleted. Doesn't ...Copy 4Kb in Assembly?Here's an interesting problem: what's the best way to copy a block of 4Kb in assembly? The most obvious solution is to use [B]LDIR[/B]: [CODE] l…
... what's the best way to copy a block of 4Kb ... br /> A straightforward optimization is to copy bytes using a long "unrolled ... more realistic definition for "best way to copy 4Kb" would be "fastest ... routine under 512 bytes to copy 4Kb" for instance.
...How copy a load menu in a TRD file?Hi I like to watch demos on my toastrack, i'm using DivIDE/DivMMC (with exdos) to load TRD files. Most of those TRD files have a nice boot menu to se…
Hi I like to watch demos on my toastrack, ... using DivIDE/DivMMC (with exdos) to load TRD files. Most of ... have a nice boot menu to select a file I want ... to load. But sometimes I got ... boot menu. Is there a way to copy one of those menu's ...Lightfire (never completely programmed) on it´s way to be recovered ...Lightfire (never completely programmed) on it´s way to be recovered ... Infos and Video from running Game demo from Facebook (only to be seen aft…
... completely programmed) on it´s way to be recovered ...
... from Facebook
(only to be seen after FB-Login ... assember which was the only way to get smooth graphics. Unfortunatelly i ... a Demo called CALIPSE
to be found on Internet, which ...Who stronger, Thorin or Gandalf? Theres only one way to decide! FIGHT!Back when I first played The Hobbit, I tried all sorts of ways to kill Gandalf or Thorin. I tried pushing them off the Misty Mountains. I tried but n…
... all sorts of ways to kill Gandalf or Thorin. ... tried but never managed to get Gandalf into the ... mountain paths and hes hard to find again.
to find a way to have Thorin fight ... Smaug, but I've never managed to ...Fast way to clear the screen ?So I was wondering fastest way to clear the screen. I've tried this and this works but is it better than CLS ? LD HL,16384 LD BC, 6144 Loop…
So I was wondering fastest way to clear the screen.
... , Loop
RET
To get rid of flickering my ... is that I still have to use double buffering or something ...
