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  • Frank N SteinThis one > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001849[/url] Always seems to crash about level 7 (maybe a bit more) or so with an …

    ... , here's two. The first one is the standard game ... speedlocking it for a bit faster loading on a real machine ... with a "BugFixed 2011" line at the top of that ... is the same as the first, but with a few ... screen along with an 'Immunity' line on the right.

    spider spider June 2011 Games
  • 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…

    ... surprise me twice here,
    first the GOTO's. Even with ... so much that it became faster anyway, so,....i go check ... br />
    The IF on line 120 takes 29385 Ts.
    The IF on line 130 takes 25161 Ts.
    The IF on line 140 takes 22587 Ts.
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman July 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Frank N SteinThis one > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001849[/url] Always seems to crash about level 7 (maybe a bit more) or so with an …

    ... I can now decompile the first program inside Video Olympics ... = V6
    60 GOSUB 120:GOSUB 170:GOSUB 80:PAUSE 5:NEXT ... .

    The line numbers probably won't match ... do not keep a line number table as M2d ... FOR always ends a line (as NEXT effectively does ...
    Jimmy Jimmy July 2011 Games
  • Most colourful games?I just played [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001563]Earth Shaker[/url] and am fairly dazzled by the overload use of colour (t…

    ... was a quick and dirty line-by-line port and not efficient ... have needed modifying in the first place. Swapping the Head and ... 'd be a tiny bit faster) and the production time and ...
    TMR TMR July 2011 Games
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... /> begin dw 0,length-4 ;; line number, line length
    db #F7 ... /> db #0D ;; end of line (no next line)

    runusr res ... hl ;; (for detect RETURN without GOSUB)
    ld sp,hl
    first) with any other TAP. It ...
    velesoft velesoft January 2012 Games
  • Screen routinesHello. For my games I?m using the sprites routine method of a screen buffer and when I finish to print all the sprites I dump all the buffer in the …

    ... ]

    Certainly!

    First the basics - All memory is ... that it is correct to line up with the bits of ... just one bit will be faster than shifting by 7 bits ...
    bobs bobs January 2012 Development
  • Fairlight's use of LDIRYS, comparing Fairlight and Nightshade, said: [quote]Fairlight is much more interesting even though the techniques that Bo Jangeborg uses for screen…

    ... 's standards. This is the first game, for example, I've ... use special routines that draw line by line upwards from the bottom ... don't understand why drawing line by line "upwards from the bottom ... write into the screen is faster than LDIR, but the pointer ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain January 2012 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…

    ... playing my way through the first [I]Saw[/I] game ... the Xbox recently. I first played this on the PS3 ... version is alot better. First of all, even though ... version loads [I]much[/I] faster. Plus, the PS3 install ... But, I've found some line drawings online, so that [ ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob March 2012 Chit chat
  • ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…

    ... NMI menu shows only the first characters of the filename. FATware ... if it fits on one line.
    Is it possible to ... game folder on CF card first, and the BIN and SYS ... it could get that much faster than FATware.
    The NMI ...
    bverstee bverstee April 2012 Announcements
  • ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…

    ... NMI menu shows only the first characters of the filename. ... if it fits on one line.
    Is it possible ... game folder on CF card first, and the BIN and ... it could get that much faster than FATware.
    The ... think it needs to be faster though...

    ...
    phoenix^ra phoenix^ra April 2012 Announcements
  • Byte-order backbufferThis is a tool for Z80 coders who wish the Spectrum screen had a serial layout. It runs as an interrupt mode 2 service routine and uses POP and PUSH …

    ... /> ld ix, bitmap + 6144 - 16 - (line * 16) - (cell * 32) - (row ... )
    ld iy, 16384 + 6144 - (line * 16) - (cell * 256) - (row ... defb 24 ; combined with first ROM byte forms JR vector ... which means LDPUSh could be faster still! (thinking out loud!), ...
    R-Tape R-Tape April 2012 Development
  • z88dk vs. sdccI've just read this article (in Spanish) [url]http://www.cpcmania.com/index2.asp?urldest=Docs/Programming/SDCC_vs_z88dk_Comparando_tama%F1o_y_velocid…

    ... up to 6-7 times faster than z88dk.

    line switch but the problem ... asm libraries because to first order the fastest code ... C implementations of qsort and line drawing. z88dk has an ... be tens of times faster than sdcc's compiled ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2012 Development
  • z88dk vs. sdccI've just read this article (in Spanish) [url]http://www.cpcmania.com/index2.asp?urldest=Docs/Programming/SDCC_vs_z88dk_Comparando_tama%F1o_y_velocid…

    ... now with a simple command line switch but the problem is ... providing asm libraries because to first order the fastest code will ... C implementations of qsort and line drawing. z88dk has an asm ... could have been benefited by faster generated code.

    One ...
    na_th_an na_th_an May 2012 Development
  • Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…

    ... ROM routine because it's faster and far better. Simply, I ... : strange vertical bars appeared). At first I thought it was this ... back and worked flawlessly (and faster!). Thanks!

    [B]Update ... it, there is a vertical line not fully covered. It depends ...
    boriel boriel May 2012 Development
  • 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 …

    ... routine is about eight times faster.
    [code]
    ... (char top and one line down)
    ld bc ... (char top and one line down)
    ld bc ... br /> [/code]

    First you need 7 Tstates more ... (char top and one line down)
    ld bc ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP June 2012 Development
  • GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…

    ... ex ante solution would be faster?

    The way I ... . calculating the byte / line offset into the first visible area of the ... front. I wonder what is faster? Mask or math? :) I suppose ... back buffer, draw bottom windows first, top windows would cover them ...
    flashjazzcat flashjazzcat July 2012 Development
  • dungeon crawlerHi. I'm toying with idea of making simple dungeon crawler in spectrum basic and i actually got first version working somehow. [IMG]http://watashi.ic.…

    ... :)
    Anyway thanks. I'll first try a method where i ... 'll first construct the whole scene as ... out in one line. that might be bit faster (but uglier code ...
    rikokun rikokun July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …

    ... :

    * The variables at line 6 are being reset 32 ... and gives a "RETURN without GOSUB" error.

    * The references ... AT 10,0,, clears the line.

    * The E loop ... /> 1 PRINT AT 21,0;"FIRST HEART SHOWS WINNER"
    2 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Revisiting Spectrum CPU clock regenerationWarning: This post will be a bit nerdy :-) Some time ago, I experimented with phase locked loop circuits as a possible way to regenerate the Spectru…

    ... the signal so it has faster rise and fall times, and ... to a nice impedance controlled line on the PCB!)

    first).
    Winston Winston September 2012 Hardware
  • Mini scroll routineI'm looking for a routine that scrolls a small section of the screen downwards and replaces it with nothing, 2 x 2 charcter blocks to be precise, to …

    ... file in 88 bytes. (The first part just fills the screen ...
    pop hl ;get previous line back
    call nextlineup ;now ... /> nextlineup ;points hl at next line up in display file. Modified ... , so is a fair bit faster

    [QUOTE=ZnorXman;655871 ...
    R-Tape R-Tape October 2012 Development
  • Disciple troubleAnother day, another problem. While waiting for my 16-to48K upgrade chips to arrive, I tried to bring my Disciple back to life, which I just bought a…

    ... same as MGT), so the first command is good for setting ... even add the -n command-line option to stop it formatting ... writes, which makes it much faster (~35 seconds per disk).
    obo obo November 2012 Hardware
  • Ay Real Time Synthetizer SoftwareSpectlemen and Spectladies!It's been a long time that I'd like to ask this.... I ask thee to create a new musical software for our ZX Spectrum machi…

    ... a high enough rate (the faster the better) yet still have ... ]

    I thought at first you were saying MIDI input ... I/O through the 1488 line driver, which converts the TTL ... require an optocoupler and or line driver between the MIDI device ...
    toadstool toadstool November 2012 Development
  • CSW file formatHi, i can't google any reasonable description of CSW file format. Can anyone point me to right place ?

    ... ]

    Loader is slightly faster than ROM and use diferent ... :
    - You can try cutting first several thousand bytes from the ... the first bit pulse after the sync pulse, note the line number ...
    catmeows catmeows January 2013 Emulators
  • Is this TZX OK?I'm in the middle of preserving a bunch of Danish MIAs and STPs. I'm slowly getting up to speed with MakeTZX. One tape is giving me some trouble. You…

    First, thanks for your help with ... =971ms.
    Block 2 => ------------------- - Line= 10, Length= 11, Pause=483ms ... /> Edit: Ooops, you guys were faster ;)
    Ralf Ralf January 2013 MIA/STP/SDP
  • RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…

    ... a simple XOR with previous line produced almost identical results to ... &postcount=28"]#28[/URL]. First image below shows joefish's ... a simple XOR with previous line:

    [IMG]http://i50 ... assembly) would be shorter and faster. Even so, RCS+ZX7 still ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas February 2013 Development
  • "Chronos": how fast should it really be?I was reading [URL="http://timfollin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Archive.htm"]Tim Follin's webpage[/URL] the other day and came across a curious remark abou…

    ... before, but run about 10% faster.[/QUOTE]

    Providing both ... to improve visuals in the first option (such as using masked ... ", just executing a single command-line (that you can provide in ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2013 Development
  • Keyboard scanning routines / techniques?What keyboard scanning routines or techniques do people use? I'm looking to write something which doesn't rely on the ROM-based keyboard scanner, an…

    ... a nice reception with my first post here announcing a multitasking ... link protocol) which multiplexes this line and adds redundancy mechanisms (CRC ... in the background. It is faster then tape and it leaves ...
    tstih tstih May 2013 Development
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