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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…
... in both z80 and x86 assembly to the extent that I ... the hell of it at first, and then finding that people ... much, much better at x86 assembly - nothing more than that. I ... -
divIDEAnyone heard any info on these (IDE interface for Speccy) ? I emailed the people responsible for selling these here in the UK, and heard nothing bac…
... the last part of the first 50-interface batch) and he ... , he asks for patience as assembly takes more time than he ... -
Programs detecting Spectrum modelsHi. I'm curious about knowing how some speccy games detect if they are runnning in a 128k or 48k model. What tricks can be used to make this in a Spe…
... 128k it will be the first one because it gets "preserved ... byte gets simply overwritten. In assembly:
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Currah MicrosourceHi Anyone here got a Currah Microsource ? I have one, its one of the original eval units complete with 'draft' manual. Just interested to see how …
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How to save TZXGreetings to all. I am starting to move on from just games into some testing of home made programs. Although I could have done that in ancient tapes…
... code without requiring a header first. This way you don't ... get the first "Daaaaah DAH" part of the ... .g. The following program (in assembly) uses the ROM load routine ... -
Help where do i startIm thinking of writing a game or two for the speccy. At the moment Im not sure what type. But Im after some general info. I know laguages like Basi…
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Help where do i startIm thinking of writing a game or two for the speccy. At the moment Im not sure what type. But Im after some general info. I know laguages like Basi…
... ) contained an assembly language routine for locating the first byte of 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…
... 's TZX Reporting tool in assembly ;)[/QUOTE]
but you ... do that in asm at first, didn't you?
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…
[quote=Arda]but you thought to do that in asm at first, didn't you?[/quote]
No, not at all. It's purely a myth that I write [B]everything[/B] in assembly!Aggravating problem with screensI've rewritten my Sam C runtime emulator code ( well almost ) to allow me to use my own routines for blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles …
... get my hands dirty with assembly code.
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first place, I'd have just ... that.
2. Learn assembly code for the z80, write ... learn how to write z80 assembly code.
At least ...Target Renegade - dead easy!Got to the fifth level on my second go.
... you can play through the first 2 levels in a matter ... with my bad understanding of assembly, it's still a way ...Problem with SPIN assemblerCan anybody tell me why the following machine code program doesn't assemble in the SPIN assembler? ; my first machine code program ld bc, 5 ret Any…
Your first line of assembly needs to be an ORG ...25.anniversary party?on April 2007, spectrum will be 25 years old. Will there be a quarter century party for our beloved spectrum? It's good to plan ahead, I wanted to r…
... festival since first anniversary of foundation of the Grand National Assembly and ...16k Spectrum.How come emulator's in 16k mode don't provide 32 ram-pack support.
... returns to BASIC on the first non REM # statement
assembly line
3) You don ... BASIC variables directly in the assembly code (it will error the ... must generate a BASIC error first so that the Interface 1 ...So how much programming experience do you need to create a Spectrum Game?Hi all i was just mucking about with that old program "Game Designer" and i was wondering how difficult it is to write a new Spectrum game?
... . Basic is usually people's first introduction; it's too slow ... />
After that there's assembly which lets you do whatever ... and many frustrating debugging sessions. Assembly is very difficult to learn ...Getting scr addresses from x and yCould someone please tell me how to calculate the 8 screen addresses corresponding to a character printed in basic at coordinates x and y? For examp…
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I have enclosed the assembly code for reference (don't ... in dst)
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; First get screen address into bc ...Hard drive crash - any help?My HD has crashed, the OS is Windows 2000 Server. Right at the start of the boot process it says "Error loading operating system". Running the reco…
... my hand a few times, first lightly then reasonably firm. (Not ... album nearly finished, tonnes of assembly source code and .tzx files ...Where to start?Hi all, I wanna start coding something for the speccy. I have good experience at C/C++ and some other languages. I have coded asm on pc too, and ma…
... who taught me my first steps in assembly showed it to me ... the very first day (right after ..."Lost" 48K expansionToday I dug up my Speccy after more than 10yrs of inactivity. I bought it as a 16K in 1983, than I had expanded to 48K and never had problem. Until t…
... all, there was a short assembly language memory tester posted in ... fails at address 32768 (the first byte of upper RAM) which ...Need advice choosing one of these optionsA few spanish friends are willing to help me build and program the ethernet interface for the Speccy. Here are the possibilities. Any advice would be…
... Spectrum as winter project. My first choice so far would be ... allow those experienced with Z80 assembly to make extra uses of ...New Game - JustinA new isometric 3D Game for ZX Spectrum, Justin: [url]http://cpce.emuunlim.com/justin.tap.zip[/url] It can be played in spanish and english languaj…
... in all its badly-coded assembly glory; assemble it somewhere (I ... is pressed (always $01 for first key of segment)
RET ...Game Over for Playstation creatorKen Kutaragi the creator of the Playstation has fallen on his sword and resigned from Sony over the PS3. [url]http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0…
... down on the WII at first but it seems they had ... the buy still exists, the assembly and installation) ... we are getting ...What useless info do you know?Something that you will take to your grave (Spectrum or not) but absolutely no use to anyone: - POKE 23658,8 - Turns caps lock on, on a Spectrum - O…
[QUOTE=Skarpo;186216]My first wife can gleek on command ( ... I was mighty impressed the first time I saw that)[/QUOTE ... restaraunts are pre-packed self assembly units
[*]I can name ...How did people write large assembler programs on real Spectrums?I have been wondering how people did their development back on real Spectrums. If you should write a large program, there would first be an assembler…
... would first be an assembler program in memory, then the assembly code ...Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…
... ]I have just written my first machine code program and I ... do not know that many assembly instructions and I have no ...Soldering surface-mount componentsWinston's latest posts about PCBs and joystick interfaces have reminded me of a question I'm really curious about. Basically: Soldering surface-mount…
... word - "Nerdporn".
The assembly benches at Celestica contained some ... that that heated the solder first, and then sucked it away ...Best beginners guideHi folks One of the girls in work is looking towards learning the very basics(1) of programming. She has never written any type of program or even a…
... me writing programs in the first place - it worked very well ... least doing an intro to assembly language. It's probably not ... important to become an assembly god, but having at least ...8-bit or 16-bit registers?I'm playing around with writing a Speccy emulator for mobile Java at the moment. I did a quick and dirty port of Qaop, which does run but at less tha…
... to write in pure Java assembly (which I'd say is ... were absolutely correct in your first post that the actual thing ...Preferred way of determining Y co-ord in assembly?I know of 2 ways of calculating the y-cord of a pixel row for the speccy in assembly. One is to calculate the address by ways of shifting and masking…
... row for the speccy in assembly. One is to calculate the ... TABLE+256.
The first table is filled with this ... takes 83 states in the first third, and 86 in the ...Help hacking Split PersonalitiesI`ve been hacking away at Split Personalities for the purpose of putting new screens and graphics (items). The current screen is at 41187 and is 160…
... from #00-#9f so the first one will be 15 bits ... can write a compressor in assembly from the info you've ...
