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Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
[QUOTE=stephenw32768;714465]Y'know how LD-BYTES looks at the ... -BYTES (and derived routines) seem to be quite tolerant of speed ... ]Given that SA-BYTES needs to produce a data stream that ... well as those also appear to be derived from the Spectrum ROM. -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... , I exported the TZX to a WAV and ran it ... and at 120% speed from PC->Spectrum. Your loader handles both ... it'd be quite cool to leave the visible detection ... I'd benefit from a few evenings away from coding.[/QUOTE] ... can't see the wood from the trees. Trust me, ... -
Copying data between memory banks in USR0 modeI am experimenting with Funky Fungus to load the majority of its data (levels, screens, music etc.) into memory banks 1, 3, 4, 6 and (partly) 7 by sw…
... 't even manage to transfer data from a bank X to bank 5.
LD D,1 ;selects bank to copy from
LD E,5 ... and transfer the whole content of bank 3 to bank 5. From there ... I really would like to learn how it could be done properly ... -
Lime Rick, like Snake but with gravity[B]Lime Rick[/B] by [url=http://www.kissmaj7.com/games/]Kissmaj7[/url] is an elaborated version of "I Left Myself Behind". It's a puzzle game with an…
Yes, being able to load and save levels would be best.
What I meant was, have the option to type-in the hex data then save the level off to tape, to make it easy to transfer data from a message to a real Spectrum. -
Lime Rick, like Snake but with gravity[B]Lime Rick[/B] by [url=http://www.kissmaj7.com/games/]Kissmaj7[/url] is an elaborated version of "I Left Myself Behind". It's a puzzle game with an…
... =joefish;723394]Yes, being able to load and save levels would ... meant was, have the option to type-in the hex data ... off to tape, to make it easy to transfer data from a message to a real Spectrum ... -
TZX Vault updatedtzxvault.org 10th October update! woohoo. Enormous thanks to Steve Brown for all his hard work!
... in me in how i would upload stuff to the site and ... would need to do it , as i get lots of spectrum stuff ... /> Would you know how to record music from cassette to computer file like mp3 ... /> The same thing is with Spectrum programs.
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Tile routinesHi all, Please does anyone have any examples of tile routines in pure asm to set up maptile screens. I would like to try and understand them and ti…
... one example of how to print data from a map stored ... in memory to the ... b,8 ; 8 pixel rows to print
... a,(de) ; get byte from tile
ld (hl ... this routine is taken from "advanced spectrum machine language"
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BAS-ROM for HarlequinSince it is very easy for everybody to plug a new BAS-ROM into his Harlequin there is the question, what kind of ROM and what additional functions sh…
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The statement from Cliff Lawson was made many ... position with regard to distributing ROMs from illegal Spectrum clones such ... />
Anyone pirating hardware/software should be shot.... though that ... be the best thing to do to them?[/QUOTE]
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How to run games from mp3 player to a real 48K machine?Hi! I would like to test the homebrew games that was "released" in 2013. As far as I know there haven't been made any real tapes for these games so …
... conversion, but you want to connect to the Speccy's ear ... use the EAR socket from the Spectrum and the other side ... only way to transfer signals from mp3 into the ZX spectrum. Unfortunately the ... speccy don't recognize the signals from ... -
What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?Just stumbled upon this Indiegogo page following a tweet from SpeccyNews [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega[/url] it…
... has worked out how to fit them inside a Spectrum case. Great work ... /08/raspberry-pi-b-zx-spectrum-usb-keyboard.html"]http://blog ... want to make use of the Sinclair IP, how about a Spectrum replica ... RPi
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Clive Sinclair and Retro Computers announce the Sinclair ZX Spectrum VegaAt last! The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega! Read all about it, see the videos and bid for one of the first 1000 limited edition Vegas! [URL="https://w…
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Early computers were bought by parents for children to learn, not just for games. Parents often didn't understand the machines, the children did. Arguably, these days it's still too complicated for a child -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... FDCs which required the cpu to transfer data from the controller at a ... gets a slightly better transfer rate off the disk than a double ... Commodore messed up the transfer of data between disk controller and computer ... that can be fixed in software up to a point. -
Oldest multicolor game...Hi everybody, I think I've done a nice discover (Imho obviously)... The game Helichopper (Firebird, 1985) use a multicolor sprite (2 colours, green …
Aside from games, David Webb had documented how to do this in Advanced Spectrum Machine Language in 1984, and I think YS published a similar routine in the same year...
ASML was one hell of a book. -
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... be/ooi9rpx6ECM[/spoiler] how to broadcast video from a pc into a speccy ... might be fun to investigate, an opensource program to broadcast game ... system.
It seems to work with emulators like mame ... &t=102
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Minidisc and tap/tzx playerHi I have 2 questions: Is there a player for Windows that can play tap/tzx files (The old links for winamp are no good) I have tried to save to min…
... /> I have tried to save to minidisc (I have a spectrum +3 and ... red - I have yet to try copying from pc to minidisc though)
I seem to remember also having some kind ... difficult for a Speccy to read. Something to do with square waves ... -
What am I doing wrong?Working on the idea of making a book type game I decided to start with a title screen. However I thought that the extension .scr was what the Spectru…
... hard disk nor any direct access to them. You are going to have to transfer ... virtual tape/disk either via importing the data into the Spectrum's ... memory and SAVE-ing it from within the ... -
Thinking about my gameAnother long post, I'm afraid. Somewhere on this Forum is a short chunk of text I put up as a sample of what I'd like to turn into a text adventu…
... to the software restrictions caused by limited memory on the Spectrum. Its easier to ... squeeze the final output to something the 128 can ...
My suggestion is to start writing the story today ... Then think about how to fit it into the Spectrum... Fitting large ... -
Parallel to serial z80 i/o portI have an Opus Discovery and an Alphacom 32 printer. I want to see if I can make a cable that will use the Opus Parallel printer port. The question i…
... if the instructions to the pin outs ... br /> My quest is to print, sounds simple but here ... br /> 1) The Spectrum is attached to the Opus Discovery via ... to the Opus Expansion port
2) I load "Zeus" from ... i need to load zeus from 3.5" Floppy not tape ... -
Has anyone checked out AMOS2I just watched this:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs-QOu8EAWY It looks promising but when I went to the guys site http://amos2.net …
I beg to differ
The Spectrum (in the scheme ... more difficult to comprehend (apart from putting the floppy in and ... (intuition) and still access to the fundamental operating system ( ... under there, afterall you seem to want to "program"
Has anyone checked out AMOS2I just watched this:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs-QOu8EAWY It looks promising but when I went to the guys site http://amos2.net …
... 953967"]I beg to differ
The Spectrum (in the ... more difficult to comprehend (apart from putting the floppy in and ... (intuition) and still access to the fundamental operating system ( ... under there, afterall you seem to want to "program"
Getting Better at TZXThere are possibly fewer "rules" in chit chat so I thought I would put this here. it is a couple of years since I attempted doing any TZX files so…
... from a Spectrum +3 disk
I have just ordered a Spectrum +3 disk ... done any TZX files from a +3 disk . It could be a ... similar process or very different from a ... the detail about how to do this for a Spectrum +3 ( my one ...Spectrum usb interfaceI would like please a Spectrum usb interface. Do they make them please?
... if you ever want to do it from a Spectrum emulator instead of ... makes it really easy to print it from a PC. Spectaculator does this ... . I remember using BASIC in Spectaculator to ...Strange Microdrive format.Hi all, I got a new (old?) cartridge today and it's called "ArchBak" and just ran forever in my Spectrum when I did a CAT. However when I looked d…
... for a QL to be able to read data from ZX Spectrum applications back ... ]
Had it been possible to use the same microdrive format ... for cross-development of Speccy software.
These days I ... think you'd struggle to find much of a use ...Xbox HelpOkay peeps. Who out there is an XBOX whiz? I got a luvvly xbox with a nice 300gb Hard drive that is now full. Does anyone know how to transfer said…
Okay peeps. Who out there is an XBOX whiz?
I got a luvvly xbox with a nice 300gb Hard drive that is now full.
Does anyone know how to transfer said gigs of programs to DVD-R?
Any help appreciated :)Emulated DivIDE interfaceHi all, good news also a Windows emulator (EightyOne) emulates DivIDE interface! (yet Fuse for Unix/Linux). I'm using EightyOne (I'don't know anythin…
... /> The steps I must do to make DivIDE work are:
How to make it?:Last "residos184" works ... the HD image my favourites PC files .SNA,.Z80 and .TAP ... with "demfird06a").
How to make it? Some PC tools like for ZXVGS ...Help on AY EmulSergey Bulba's AY_Emul says it can convert files to other formats in documentation, yet I couldn'T find how, and I'm about to go really crazy. There …
... can convert files to other formats in ... find how, and I'm about to go ... how to make skins, how to manuplate playlist, how to configure mixer in every detail, how to ... extract music from ...EnterpriseI've been playing Enterprise by Melbourne House for a while now but i've been getting nowhere in it. Does anyone know how to buy minerals from the a…
I've been playing Enterprise by Melbourne House for a while now but i've been getting nowhere in it. Does anyone know how to buy minerals from the aliens? I've tried everything but nothing seems to work. Does anyone know what to do?St. Michael Micromasters: Computer GamesHi, The [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000988"]St. Michael Micromasters: Computer Games[/URL] book doesn't currently have a…
... , so I converted them back to text files and then removed ... in the Spectrum specific lines. So didn't have to do that ... don't know how to convert them over into Spectrum compatible files that ... ). So I'm just going to post all the listing here ...
