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Buffered I/O how-to?Hello. How do I implement a buffered I/O? Not all Speccy's I've got will work with more than one device connected to the rear.
Hello. How do I implement a buffered I/O? Not all Speccy's I've got will work with more than one device connected to the rear. -
Name the PSX game, and tell me how to play it? please?!It?s a Japanese game and therefore the title is just a load of squiggles, but I like to refer to it as, ?[B]Paedophilic Cat[/B].? The cover shows a …
... of squiggles, but I like to refer to it as, ?[B]Paedophilic ... metaphor.) It just loops back to this no matter what squiggly ... earth is this game and how is it played?
BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 6The purpose of this demo is somewhat different from previous ones. Instead of teaching a new technique, the main goal here is to demonstrate how much…
... goal here is to demonstrate how much "action" ... bitmap screen
printMode(32);
zx_border(OUTSIDE_COLOR);
32+HRC2OFFSET(hrcPlayer));
if ... still enough time to add a more complex ...i dont know how to use a spectrum!uhhh sorry to elbow in to your lovely fan site, but i'm from usa (living in uk) and selling a spectrum on ebay on behalf of an english friend. I jus…
uhhh sorry to elbow in to your lovely fan site, but ... . i am like: errr uhh how do i do that? the ... and here, we never had to wire our own plugs!! but ...Spectrum +2A/+2B: How to tell?Hi all, Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've not found anything that can really help me tell. I've got a black +2, but would love to be ab…
... +2, but would love to be able to tell if it's ... a +2A or a +2B ... how ...Writing to virtual disks/tapes? (in ZX Spin, please)I have some emulators installed in Windows: Spectaculator 8, ZXSpin 0.7 and Fuse (1.0.0.1). I've been able to save to disks in Spectaculator and fuse…
... how to save to tape in ZXSpin.
When I try to save to ... . Also, I don't know how to create new floppies or tapes ... /floppies or add data to them. I currently use ZXSpin to assemble and ... , but I have to use Spectaculator to save data to disk/tape.
How to benchmark a single routine?I've written a routine. It works. But it was never meant to be the final version. So I rewrote it. The new routine works too. Yay. :) However, I'd …
... . But it was never meant to be the final version.
However, I'd like to know how much better/worse/faster/etc ... is. Is there a way to do that using Spin or ... there that might be able to tell me the number of ... -states or milliseconds it takes to excetute it?Adding games to Spectaculator on un-jailbroken ipadI have just found that you can manually add games to Spectaculator on an un-jailbroken iPad, but, just wanted to check if this is classed as 'hacking…
I have just found that you can manually add games to Spectaculator on an un-jailbroken iPad, but, just wanted to check if this is classed as 'hacking' before I post on how to do it?display file addressing; screen slicingWhile working on this Compendium I'm updating or rewriting a lot of stuff. One thing I eventually came to appreciate was the simple & clever way in w…
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just to show how easy it is to place & move ... BASIC).
To move down the rows add 32 to L.
To move down ... the segments add 8 to H.
To ...How to write self-relocating code using Pasmo?With z80asm, I can write code like this: [CODE] org 0 ; a total lie, but makes the reloc sums work .dest: equ …
... ; addr of code to reloc, relative to 0...
add hl,bc ; ... ... but now in HL relative to ... bc,.reloc_len ; length of code to relocate
ldir ; perform ...How to get 720KB on Opus Discovery floppy (using PC drive)I upgraded an Opus Discovery yesterday with a PC drive, but I'm looking for the way to get a floppy formatted as 720KB. If I understand other topics…
... I should find a utility to achieve this.
There ... shows the name or link to such a utility.
... can type in to perform the necessary changes to the Opus ( ... that utility, how can I get it to the Opus?
to load the utility from tape ...Collision detection for interlocking shapes[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I?m looking for some advice as I?m not sure how to resolve the following problem. I have an in memory structure that holds info…
... as I?m not sure how to resolve the following problem. I ... List of elements that define how the shape is drawn ( ... br /> [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]32 ; Add 32 to the starting address (so directly ... /> [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]32 ; Add 32 to the item drawn previously, so ...Convert AT co-ordinates to PLOT co-ordinatesHow do you convert the 2 from MC? I don't know how to convert the vertical value as they're differently ordered... Heres what I have so far: [CODE]…
How do you convert the 2 ... MC? I don't know how to convert the vertical value as ...
add a,a
ADD A,A
add a,a ...How to print logo onto screen at chosen coordinates?Hi, I've just got back into zx spectrum games after all these years and after seeing some of the great games on here I would like to start learning p…
... on here I would like to start learning programming in machine ... does anyone have a routine to print a logo/graphic like ... game title/name to the screen at chosen coordinates ... how it works. I would like to start with something more simple to ...Colission detection problems.G'ah...it's always the same (I've asked before too) - I'm always struggling when it comes to doing box colission checks, so I'm basically hoping you …
... ; subtract enemy x.
add a,15 ; player is 16 ... ; combined heights are 16+16=32.
jr nc,cc02 ; ... I can't figure out how to use the correct values. ...How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…
... years and was called, "how did they make the games ... exchange assembly code and wondering how the &^%$ you know ... up on these guides on how to code, but I can't ... beeps! So when and how did you all start learning ... and how do you make it ...Double-Buffer ScreenFor my Alien Breed Speccy re-write I decided to use a Double Buffer (DB) or 'Back Screen' to draw all the game action onto, before shuffling the whol…
... , or were not sure about how to write their own version, or ... /> inc d ;Inc d to add 256 to de
ld a,(cslice ... counter again
ld a, 32 ;Add 32 to e, by using a reg ... />
If anyone wants to clock how many FPS this can pull ...how to force a browser page to close?You know those annoying pages that pop up sometimes when you've clicked on a browser window's Close box, asking if you really want to close the windo…
... asking if you really want to close the window? Is ... any way to force that single page to close without ... what they are purporting to do, so I always ... force them to close by opening Task ... something available in the Firefox add-ons library, for example, ...Points on +2 Cassette to add Mono plugHi All, I am looking for the points on the ZX +2 cassette board where I can add the wires to a mono jack to load from WAV Anyone help?
Hi All,
I am looking for the points on the ZX +2 cassette board where I can add the wires to a mono jack to load from WAV
Anyone help?Hooky - hook ZX ROM and rewire RST and NMI to RAM - rantThis is a rather long rant. Not for short tempered. :) The objective is to hook into RST "vectors" and NMI on a Spectrum without affecting the normal…
... /> - IM1 routines. :)
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The only ... a table?
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The ... >HL)
0x11E5 ADD HL,DE ; restore HL
QUESTION: how to rewire RST 0x08 (since IF1 ...USB devices are going to rebel against mankind and kill us all!Well, maybe not. But according to: [url]http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/08/01/usb-security/[/url] USB sticks are potentially vulnerabl…
... USB sticks are potentially vulnerable to malware infections that will be ... And how hard would it be for malware-killer makers to add the ... ability for their product to scan USB ... ? Windows connects easily enough to these USB devices, which ...How to tell a Spectrum +3BAnyone know if there's a way to tell externally (from the case) if a +3 is a +3B? I know about the typing 'Spectrum' once in basic. How rare are th…
Anyone know if there's a way to tell externally (from the case) if a +3 is a +3B?
I know about the typing 'Spectrum' once in basic.
How rare are these Speccys, I know they came later on but anyone know how many were produced?Double Buffer UtilityHi Folks, I've been experimenting with double buffering on a 48k Speccy for a small project I'm working on. After reading lots of good advice here…
... br /> #improvements then feel free to add to what I have done.1 ...
#and add your own comments to explain what you have ... numRowsToCopy = 192 #How many rows to copy
self.rowWidthToCopy = 32 #What is ...From Bedrooms to Billions - Sept Release![url=http://www.frombedroomstobillions.com/shop/blu-ray][img]http://lifeschool.mikendezign.com/pix/bedban1.png[/img][/url] [url=http://www.frombedroo…
... 1970's the film shows how the creativity and vision of ... ]EGX[/b] have asked us to add a second night so we ... co.uk/e/from-bedrooms-to-billions-screening-tickets-12999827835[/url ... www.frombedroomstobillions.com/backers[/url] to visit the ?Backers Zone? clicking ...How to close an HTML Input elementAs I've been off ill for a couple of days, I thought that I'd do some work to catch up not I'm feeling a bit better. Some of the stuff I've been work…
As I've been off ill for a couple of days, I thought that I'd do some work to catch up not I'm feeling a bit better. Some of the stuff I've been working with hasn't, to put it politely, been the cleanest code base I've seen. But this:
[code]Issue 3 /3b power rail improvements<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Hi F…
... added components
to the power circuit on ... /> The changes must improve to power rails around the pcb ... really looking for is a “how to” improvement doc or
guide to show where to make the connection ... to get to work, and may be I should add ...How to scan books without ruining them? And also how to upload torrents?After hating the idea of e-book readers (to be fair, the first couple I tried were slow and not good picture quality), I've spent the last few years …
... idea of e-book readers (to be fair, the first couple ... , and so I'm trying to get all of my old ... find online, so I want to scan them in, and convert ... I'd like to upload them as a torrent. How do I ...How to sign in .<p>Lately I have changed the way the World of Spectrum pages are displayed in Internet Explorer 9 to "Compatible view" (or something like that , I am…
... to "Compatible view" (or something like that , I am not sure how ... this gadget is called in English , but its aim is to ... the older pages to be displayed properly) to avoid some nasty issues ... have discovered this , I had to use some tricks , like signing ...ZXZVM - Inform / Z-Machine.z5 game Spectrum +3 conversions - how to auto-loadGames which were created with Inform - .z5, .z8 etc can be played on a Spectrum +3 using ZXZVM. Now when I play them I have to run them via ZXZVM bu…
... I play them I have to run them via ZXZVM but ... somebody has managed to upload a few conversions,
to run ZXZVM or see any
menu screens - how on ...Newby - How do I go from tape to .tap fileHi all Don't laugh we all start somewhere - just getting into the process of making my Specky a bit more modern so want to know how to go from an …
... so want to know how to go from an original tape to a tap ... have a tape player able to output to the PC and have ... the ability to record in wav or MP3 ...
