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  • Successor to the SpeccyBased on the rambling on the other thread it would be interesting to see what people felt was the 'spiritual' successor to the speccy. Amiga here....

    ... (or more critically scroll registers) in the video hardware.

    [QUOTE ... more [URL="http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2008/02/amiga-history ... />
    [url]http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2007/07/a-history ...
    Matt_B Matt_B May 2009 Chit chat
  • Fastest Block Drawing Code?Following on from my scrolling thread [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=351304#post351304"](http://www.worldofspectrum.org…

    ... go in in order to scroll the screen.

    Now ... it from stack, just fill register pair with null and use ...
    Fikee Fikee May 2009 Development
  • Goldfinch - an open software stack for mass storageYep, another pet project of mine to compete with all the others I've started. But hey, if I didn't get distracted by things like this I'd just get di…

    ... correct disk device on any hardware setup no matter what disk ... finite set of messages (a register containing message id which should ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2009 Announcements
  • Running .TRD filesHi. Is there any way with an emulator to run .TRD files for Spectrum? Or maybe convert them to a usable format? Appreciate it.

    ... />
    Select TOOLS: Options >Hardware >Pentagon 128

    find your disc

    scroll down on the pentagon to ...
    ASH-II ASH-II July 2009 Games
  • Vote for your favourite loading border colourSo it is time for one more important voting! :razz: What is your favourite loading [B]border[/B] design? Since I guess most of us spent many many ho…

    ... (selectable by some I/O register) would be a natural evolution ... successor, I'd also add hardware sprites, but Speccy style: that ...
    Madonna Mk 2 Madonna Mk 2 August 2009 Games
  • Test program for 128k machinesThere is a Test Program for 16/48k machines: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0008884&loadpics=3[/url] Is there a similar progr…

    ... . It was presumably initially for hardware dealers.

    I got ... only acts on B register - not BC register

    LAB_2:
    Geoff Geoff September 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... ]Just tried it on real hardware - and you're absolutely ... why I don't do hardware :-)[/QUOTE]

    On ... generated up to 1000x (bad hardware). Also 128rom (rom 0) ... to divIDE
    control register, following DATA REGISTER access is considered to ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2009 Development
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... ]Just tried it on real hardware - and you're absolutely right ... the case of the paging register for the Spectranet, I estimate ... forgotten that I do a hardware reset on the paging registers ...
    Winston Winston September 2009 Development
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... ld bc,0x00a3 ; C = data register, 0x00 = loop x256
    inir ... ld bc,0x00a3 ; C = data register, 0x00 = loop x256
    inir ... ld bc,0x00a3 ; C = data register, 0x00 = loop x256
    otir ... debouncer" work also on unstable hardware.
    Same routines is used ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2009 Development
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... =15). MB02 not use any hardware automapper as DivIDE then must ...
    OUT (63),A ;backup register A to PIO 8255 (don ... /> IN A,(63) ;refresh original register A from PIO 8255 (don ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2009 Development
  • Colour clash on the Commode64?Was there any? Every now and again, I see a screen shot like this... [img]http://www.lemon64.com/games/screenshots/full/j/jack_the_nipper_02.gif[/i…

    ... processor a bit longer to scroll than the Speccy's 6K ... course it takes longer to scroll, there is more of it ... the display easier, there is hardware support for double buffering which ... even tricks for very smooth hardware scrolling (see Mission Genocide).
    AndyC AndyC September 2009 Chit chat
  • Colour clash on the Commode64?Was there any? Every now and again, I see a screen shot like this... [img]http://www.lemon64.com/games/screenshots/full/j/jack_the_nipper_02.gif[/i…

    ... see how vast the difference hardware assistance would have been when ... added a tiny amount of hardware assistance comparared to the base ... 't they add some basic scroll registers to ULA when 128k ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat September 2009 Chit chat
  • Colour clash on the Commode64?Was there any? Every now and again, I see a screen shot like this... [img]http://www.lemon64.com/games/screenshots/full/j/jack_the_nipper_02.gif[/i…

    ... 't they add some basic scroll registers to ULA when 128k ... scroll registers would have gone a long way. A few hardware sprites ... cost per machine to add hardware scrolling to the SAM Coupe ... 8-bit machine desperate for hardware scrolling, that was certainly it ...
    AndyC AndyC September 2009 Chit chat
  • I just picked up a free Atari 520stJust got a free 520ST, (no cables or leads) and a small box load of games. :? dunno what to do with it, but it was being thrown out, so I grabbed it…

    ... developers and users with real hardware power instead.[/QUOTE]

    scroll and the sound was about ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2009 Chit chat
  • I just picked up a free Atari 520stJust got a free 520ST, (no cables or leads) and a small box load of games. :? dunno what to do with it, but it was being thrown out, so I grabbed it…

    ... were that it couldn't scroll and the sound was about ... Atari's) is just a hardware accelerator. The Amiga had a ...
    Madonna Mk 2 Madonna Mk 2 September 2009 Chit chat
  • I just picked up a free Atari 520stJust got a free 520ST, (no cables or leads) and a small box load of games. :? dunno what to do with it, but it was being thrown out, so I grabbed it…

    ... allows for a smooth vertical scroll in pixel increments, and a ... 16 pixel horizontal scroll.

    To get the ... heard of a 4-pixel hardware scrolling hack, but that's ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2009 Chit chat
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... possible to do this in hardware - if I went for a ... interrupt mode, save the I register then point it at my ...
    Winston Winston October 2009 Development
  • Snow on screen of 48K Speccyok you wizards I fixed up my 4116 ram issue as Winston and McLeod advised me before by replacing with 4164's.... all I could find here in Singapore (…

    ... have only ever set I register in contended ram on an ... it on the humble old hardware but the screen here is ...
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae October 2009 Hardware
  • Amiga or Atari STWhich system did you like the most ??? My person fave was the Amiga as i had loads of fun on it with games like Star Dust, Supr Frog, Speedball 2 an…

    ... the Amiga though you could scroll a full 15 screen * ... scanline parralax... almost SNES hardware looking effects on a 1982 ... type scrolling etc without hardware scrolling or hardware sprites... MC'ers, ... a speccy lover that hardware scrolling and sprites does ...
    CKay CKay October 2009 Chit chat
  • An idea for a possible(?) new interfaceDue to the Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA works, there are a couple things (among others) that are difficult to do: -Gigascreen or a…

    ... brainwave, would be a nice hardware experiment too. Then the next ... often see on a cash register) suspended in a darkened theatre ...
    Winston Winston October 2009 Hardware
  • Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…

    ... (program counter, the 16 bit register that holds the address of ... instruction), SP (the 16 bit register pointing at the address of ... locked. It's a simple hardware peripheral that is always accessible ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2009 Development
  • Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…

    ... address held in the HL register pair). z80 instructions that refer ... display that comes with sprite hardware. The drawback is that the ... the state of the keyboard hardware directly. You can do that ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2009 Development
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... ...

    For the real hardware, which I hope some day ... /> Presumably, the plan for real hardware would be to do a ... 111110] selects the magic number register, and IN 0xFF3A returns the ... [01 111111] selects the firmware register, and IN 0xFF3A returns the ...
    csmith csmith November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... avoid partial decodes with new hardware at any cost, the I ... the implementation of this in hardware, and entertaining the possibility of ... I want a firmware version register - some firmware in the future ...
    csmith csmith November 2009 Emulators
  • Framerate of Spectrum gamesI was reading a bit about framerates in modern games and it got me wondering about the Speccy. First off I'd hoped to find what framerate my old gam…

    ... reasons. The C64 has display hardware that is necessarily tied to ... changing modes, recycling hardware sprites or swapping out colour register values, the ...
    TMR TMR November 2009 Games
  • Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…

    ... enabled the output from the register file and opened the pathway ... terms of how the cpu hardware works.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2009 Games
  • R-Type III missingI was cheking the previous big update of WoS and saw a game called R-Type III, but now is gone from the archive, what did it happend? Cheers!

    ... screen sizes, the pixel addressed hardware sprites, the extra commands the ... easier to start with decent scroll and sprite routines on the ...
    Turkwel Turkwel November 2009 Games
  • R-Type III missingI was cheking the previous big update of WoS and saw a game called R-Type III, but now is gone from the archive, what did it happend? Cheers!

    ... screen sizes, the pixel addressed hardware sprites, the extra commands the ... easier to start with decent scroll and sprite routines on the ...
    Shaun.Bebbington Shaun.Bebbington November 2009 Games
  • R-Type III missingI was cheking the previous big update of WoS and saw a game called R-Type III, but now is gone from the archive, what did it happend? Cheers!

    ... speed and shares the same Register set as the GB. You ... the GB does. The CGB hardware can 'colorize' mono GB games ...
    Turkwel Turkwel November 2009 Games
  • Shooter Racer TypeThingA bit like Spy Hunter flipped on it's side but actually plays a bit more like R-Type on wheels... A mock up screen: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com…

    ... horizontal/vertical scroll was fundamentally easier on the Speccy's hardware. I ...
    Danforth Danforth December 2009 New game ideas
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