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Fastest 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…
... have some: What's the fastest way to clear a screen (i.e., filling the 6912 ... as well and find the fastest solution for each code size ... the memory contention.
To start with, here's the ... 's about 2 50Hz frames to put it in perspective. So ... -
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.
I've ... Loop:
LD A,0
LD (HL),A
INC HL ... DEC BC
LD A,B
OR C
RET
To get rid of flickering my ... that I still have to use double buffering or ... -
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…
... , just write different values to a block and see if I ... can introduce a delay that whould make ... and I'll take a look, just to see if I ... what's the fastast way to fill a block of memory with ... that it was the fastest way to update the screen. I know that ... -
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 ...
Today I had to scan a computer for viruses and the ... in size. The eta to delete the entire folder ... m looking for is a way to delete a folder instantly, if such ... or build a list of what's about to be ... -
clear a windowed area of the screenHi everyone! Ain't been on here for donkeys, but have recently started messing around with a little game. I'm looking for ideas/opinions on the bes…
... recently started messing around with a little game.
way to clear a window on the screen RAM.
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My last attempt at a game ...
I want to clear a 25x24 char section of the screen.
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?
ThanksHow to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... modifying code as well) to do a fast clear screen (still not very fast ... ), no need to understand how this ... it out since it is fastest way to clear the screen apparently:
[code ...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…
... /> This is my fastest code (4433 TStates to copy from screen to store)
; Clear the screen to show we are bringing back ... /> inc de
ld (hl),a
...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…
... ay good ways to organise large multi screen game? Or ... memory and every time a screen change was needed I would ... ld a,(level), cp 1, jp ... but is no good for a flip screen one.
... screen, but as yet not sure the best way to jump to ...How to put up a SCREEN$ - VB6 only.I'm making a little [B]Opus Discovery[/B] floppy image creator/viewer (thanks, [B]Obo[/B]!). It is made in... VB6 (sorry, don't know any "real" langu…
... , but I'd like to add a [B]SCREEN$[/B] viewer.
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I'm thus looking for some way to ... display a Speccy screen, like in a picture box (BRIGHT ... So far I tried to figure out screen handling in VBSpec, but ...Fastest way to decide which pixel to paint in order to draw a straight line(after I saw "Bresenhams circle algorithm" in development forum, I decided to ask this in here) in fact, I want to accelerate a car towards a direct…
... in fact, I want to accelerate a car towards a direction.
to find the course, and decide to move the car to ... next pixel. since target changes position in every iteration, so a ... . But what is the fastest method to do this in basic?Loading a screen in to memory...Hi Folks, I want to load a SCREEN$ in to memory and save it out to RAM disk without it being displayed on the screen. I am worried about over writi…
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I want to load a SCREEN$ in to memory and save it ... out to RAM disk without it ... ?
Or is there a better way?
Yuletide Felicitations ...Fastest redraw of screen from UDGsHere's a question for everyone, to generate a bit of code to be used in games: On a standard 48K Spectrum, what's the fastest way to redraw the scre…
... /> On a standard 48K Spectrum, what's the fastest way to redraw the screen from ... UDGs? The aim is to model ... another machine with a character-mapped screen and render ...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…
... best way to store that data and the fastest way to display ... it?
At first I thought of using a ... matrix of A (x,y,a,b), ... using non-existing coordinates to determine different things. ... PLOT, DRAW a,b and jump to the next ...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 ...
in a,(c)
cp 191 ;191 seems to be the ...Saving all of a SCREEN$I have some .scr files that I have created in img2spec and I can open them in spectaculator and save them by using the EDIT button and selecting scre…
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Is there a way to get these SCREEN$'s saved in their ... it by making a little program to load the SCREEN$ then have the ... same program save the SCREEN ... there any way to get the full .scr files onto a disk in ...Is there a simple way to type a Spectrum BASIC Program into notepad, save, then open in emulator?Hello. I have two emulators 1 under linux:- Fuse. 1 under windows 7 :- spin, also downloaded and run zx-editor. I just want to be able to type in …
... /> I just want to be able to type in a BASIC program using ... files.
However, loading in a basic file from notepad or ... .
i cannot find a simple guide to explain. Open notepad, write ... .
Is there any easy way to do it?
Any tips ...FAST PIXEL DRAWINGI'm looking for the fastest way to put a pixel to the screen (on spectrum ofcoz:). Here is my own procedure (written in PASMO). But I don't how do it…
I'm looking for the fastest way to put a pixel to the screen (on spectrum ofcoz ... /> rrca
add a,40h
ld h,a
ld ...
add a,c
ld c,a
ld a,(bc)
BASIC: Fast way of filling a string?Recently I decided to use string slicing to extract random numbers from a sequence in the one-liner Lottery picker: [quote] 20 RANDOMIZE : LET a$=""…
... decided to use string slicing to extract random numbers from a sequence ... RANDOMIZE : LET a$="": FOR f=1 TO 49: LET a$=a$+CHR$ (f): ... NEXT f: FOR g=1 TO ... $ (g);":": FOR f=1 TO 6: LET b=1+INT ... a$): PRINT AT g-1,8+((f-1)*3);" "( TO (CODE a ...I want to add a power switch to +3Any body know the best way to add a power switch to a +3 ???? cheers CodenameV
Any body know the best way to add a power switch to a +3 ????
cheers CodenameVHow to make a comp video cable for +2 greySorry to bog, maybe the clue is just laiden on another thread but.... I have just obtained a 128 +2 grey, fully working BUT the aerial signal is bad…
... I
begin to think to the RGB DIN socket ... /> an "RGB socket to SCART plug" cable with ... the
best way to obtain a quite good image. ... " composite cable, to be used on a dedicated
... a direct connection ?
3) Is truly needed to worry about to ...Some muppet from the Green Party just asked me to sign a petition.......Knock on door. Tarquin Ponsonby-Smythe fresh out of oxbridge is canvassing to get people to sign a petition to lower speed limits in my neighbourhood…
... is canvassing to get people to sign a petition to lower speed ...
I declined, and offered to explain why.
< ... abiding* motorcyclist, a 20mph limit would serve to inconvenience me, whilst ... at 6am on my way to work, a 20mph limit would just ...Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…
... be possible, with a bit of trickery, to copy a SCREEN$ (or any ... segment of memory) in ZX BASIC without resorting to a ... of the solution. Load a SCREEN$/SCR file when prompted, ... br /> 35 PRINT #0;"load a SCREEN$ then press ""j"""
...Clear the screen from assemblerI want to clear the screen before I draw my graphic elements on it. Speed is not important so I was thinking of using the rom CLS option if that is p…
I want to clear the screen before I draw my graphic elements on it. Speed is not important so I was thinking of using the rom CLS option if that is possible. Can anyone advise on how to call this command or some similar routine to clear the screen?What's the best way to clean a Spectrum case and keyboardI want to clean a spectrum and wondered what would be the best thing to use for cleaning the case, keyboard mat and faceplate. I was thinking just …
... to clean a spectrum and wondered what would be the best thing to ... /> Also need to remove a postcode in security pen from a case, not ...displaying all memory activity in a screenDunno why I keep thinking about this, but here goes Is it easy enough to add a screen to an emulator that shows every memory address' activity.... …
... Is it easy enough to add a screen to an emulator that shows ... br /> It would be superb to show all the dots coming ... even allowing the user to dynamically move the grid ... thinking a 256 x 1536 would be good to show ... plenty of space on screen for thr emulator and ...Is it possible to save a mounted TAP game back to tape, via DivMMC?Hi guys,<br><br>Does anyone know if there is a way to save a mounted TAP game back to a cassette tape via DivMMC?<br>I asked Ben (DivMMC creator) by …
... if there is a way to save a mounted TAP game back to a cassette tape ...how to edit a romhi, i just wanted to know the best way to edit a rom. im going to do it in an emulator first and then run it in a spectrum.
hi,
i just wanted to know the best way to edit a rom. im going to do it in an emulator first and then run it in a spectrum.Best way to mod a Spectrum 48K for Composite VideoIt seems that their are generally two ways to mod a 48K for composite video - just wiring the composite into the RF modulator over to the RCA jack vs…
... their are generally two ways to mod a 48K for composite video ... into the RF modulator over to the RCA jack vs adding ... sort of buffering element, usually a transistor.
I suppose ... RCA is not going to give me a standard driving impedance (75 ...whats the easiest way to store a screen and then display it?so it can be called by a randomize usr, etc?
so it can be called by a randomize usr, etc?
