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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? -
How British Video Games Conquered the WorldStumbled upon a new book at the library: Grand Thieves & Tomb Raiders: How British Video Games Conquered the World Magnus Anderson & Rebecca Levene …
... Grand Thieves & Tomb Raiders: How British Video Games Conquered the ... talk about newer games but to my surpise (and delight ... takes you through bedroom coding to the big time.
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PCB for romselector for toastrack/grey +2 giveawayHi guys. I've tried my hand at hardware design, and to my great surprise, my very first design worked as expected... :razz: I wanted to be able to …
... the factory. I tried to get as big a groundplane as possible ... on both sides of the print ... .
This selector is guaranteed to NOT fit ... . I can however teach you how to build your own contents.
Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …
... to add yours if you enjoy reading mine.
A big ... finally had the time to figure out how to hook up and operate ... but we didn't know how to complete it. One day we ... up two 2-digit numbers and asked him to buy me the ...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 ...Converting an integer arbitrary large binary number into a printable decimal formThis was asked a long ago at the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup. At that time, I came up with a solution by extrapolating the classic algorithm of suces…
... unable to divide two arbitrary 8-bit numbers, so 2040-bit numbers is ... .com/index.php/displaying-large-numbers-on-the-zx-spectrum[/url ... which it's very easy to print it. It's easy because ... /> NUMERO ds 255,255 ;In big endian format. This is 2 ...What's the deal with hash tables, anyway?As there's nothing in the [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/0-surc-contents.htm]Compendium[/url] about hash tables, and as I've …
... more of an idea how to use them thanks to Kweepa's help ... limiting of hash table sizes to prime numbers.) Remember that "MOD x ... " gives results in the range 0 to ... table doesn't have to be particularly big before some advantage can ...SpecBAS 0.802 Released!Hi folks - It's that time again when I release the latest round of features and bugfixes to SpecBAS :) New for this version are ZONEs which act ver…
... the MATCH() function, and PRINT USING (and the USING$() ... early because the latest "Big Feature" is taking a ... /> USING$ function - identical to PRINT USING() but returns a formatted ... to decimal
Arbitrary base numbers can now be inlined. Eg: 10 PRINT ...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 ...Egg sandwich and ?100!Funny thing happened to me today and I promise there is a link to hardware. Last week me and the girlfriend went away for a few days. When we got ba…
... usually ignore withheld or unknown numbers). It was a guy who ... but it is big pieces of brass soldered to other big pieces of ... as I know all the big electronic component suppliers insist on ... he could send details of how to get to the focus group.
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…
... heavily commented at the top to explain how to use it and what ... of bytes, cannot handle odd numbers of bytes in a row ... ,text):
print(text)
#Class to implement formating hex ...What five games that you've not played/briefly played would you want to take?I was thinking the other day about, how every so often on almost every gaming forum, you see a "What are you top ten favourite games?" style thread. …
... keep reading how great Chaos is, how it's simple to pick up ... is especially supposed to be much easier to get to grips with than ... />
I'm not a big Star Wars fan, but these ... I've always meant to learn how to play and get a version ...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]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 ...Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker but, in ... I just learned how to use Soundtracker anyway (Thanks to ZXF for those ... a shed load of line numbers for icon drawing - perhaps ... print value of octave next to octave text. Spaces are important to how ...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 ...A BEEP program I want to make in Basic. Helpful remarks gratefully receivedI want to explore the possibilities of the BEEP command. So I need to be able to try different combos of pitch/duration and sequences of same. I'm tr…
... command. So I need to be able to try different combos of ... having some idea of how to start trying to synthesize the desired sound ... have no practical ideas on how to make a start on the ... BEEPS and writing down the numbers of the best sounds.How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…
... mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you ... understand but it only goes to U. How do I get more ... than 21? How do I call them from ...New here? Looking for a solution to a problem with your coding? Read onThis observation is for the benefit of newcomers especially those learning to program. This site - World of Spectrum - is a resource of immense va…
... of newcomers especially those learning to program.
to print out the ones that ... about, especially how hard it was to make the ... books about coding and how computers work, most of ... really need it. Ask me how I know...!
< ...Clamping Speccy InterfacesThere are a huge number of broken Speccy interfaces available . I came across one on Ebay recently said to be "partly working" or similar .Why are th…
... over Europe in small numbers by a kind of ... cottage industry that appears to have carried on since ... it is a potentially BIG and interesting retro genre ... cost very little to make.
How to do it.: ... Refinements would be needed to avoid the SD card ...Best basic game to port to another machineI want to convert a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu"]Enterprise 128[/url]. What are the best basic game for this? For example [url="http://www.e…
... a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu"]Enterprise 128[/ ... [/url], that show EP can print big characters to the graphics screen, like ...How do I use colour control codes in 128 basic?Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print state…
Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print statement when the extend mode does not work in 128 basic. Can anyone enlighten me please?How to separate a character from a number in a string?Hi I've been writing a kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then draws according to what you give it. Say you w…
... INPUT and then draws according to what you give it. Say ... currently I'm telling it how long the number is if ...Sinclair QL Preservation: how to dump a MicrodriveHi Guys. Just want to let you know that I'm making some videos on my YouTube channel that explain how the Sinclair Microdrive process works. If…
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Just want to let you know that I ... my YouTube channel that explain how the Sinclair Microdrive process works ... />
If someone would like to know more about it please ...How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
This is all completely new to me, so please be ... done some reading up on how character sets are handled ... and 23607 that points to an area of the ... the address can be altered to point to the ram.
< ... empty, Exolon has a pointer to 65536, and Commando still ...Hey grandma!HOW TO SUCK EGGS! I always wondered about that saying 'teach your grandmother to suck eggs'! Blow them, yes, but suck? If you've never blown an e…
HOW TO SUCK EGGS!
... !) its actually pretty amazing how you can get it out ... straw sized hole in the big end, pin prick in ... know exactly what the statement numbers should be, rather than ... its faster and easier to try different arrangements this way ...
