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Z80 internal compressionThis isn't exactly a ZX Spectrum problem, but since WOS probably has some of the best Z80 coders in the world, I thought I might ask anyway. For my …
... to it, even a very basic form of LZ77 might do ... to the output bit 1 followed by the byte itself. This is ... . Otherwise, you write bit 0 followed by the bitstring that encodes the ... -
Interface 1 bisOk, well the postmans just been and brought with him my new arrival, the Interface 1 bis. So as promised I thought I'd share some initial usage exper…
... card), followed by the need to download and re-install the Basic and ... (although my SPECTRA is the basic one that does not have ... -
Interface 1 bisOk, well the postmans just been and brought with him my new arrival, the Interface 1 bis. So as promised I thought I'd share some initial usage exper…
... card), followed by the need to download and re-install the Basic and ... (although my SPECTRA is the basic one that does not have ... -
Spike: 48k onlyDoes anyone know what's going on with Spike? [URL=http://s1142.photobucket.com/user/daveyboyhughes/media/spike_zps232a1745.gif.html][IMG]http://i114…
... Cylu's loader (one BASIC block followed by one slightly faster block and ... -
Spike: 48k onlyDoes anyone know what's going on with Spike? [URL=http://s1142.photobucket.com/user/daveyboyhughes/media/spike_zps232a1745.gif.html][IMG]http://i114…
... Cylu's loader (one BASIC block followed by one slightly faster block and ... -
generating a pre-defined list in an un-defined sequenceI've decided to become a drunkard, to which end I've been drinking a whole bottle of beer in one day (whereas normally I'd make it last 2 or 3 days).…
... not sure why. When the BASIC is run from the start ... 3-byte chunks, a value followed by an address. -
Serious SpectrumHas anyone here used their Spectrum for anything other than gaming and programming back in the eighties? I see all these business and productivity ap…
... "][SIZE="3"]"Sinclair timing" - by Sjaak Sinke
This was followed by 'swim walking' (more or ... a laptop with Q-basic 6.0, what ... Windows 98 because otherwise Q-basic does not work. < ... 22 participants, which were registered by me.
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…
... 't really like the ADDs followed by ADCs, there's probably a ... current version of the (rather basic) [URL="https://code.google.com ... more likely to be caught by Fletcher-16.
This ...The complete Knight Tyme (48k) RAM disassemblyHello! Just a quick note to let everyone know that the initial version of my [URL="http://www.dur.ac.uk/philip.anderson/disassemblies/knight-tyme-48…
... there's a bit of basic scenery graphics compression for Knight ... . Bytes 0 and 255 are followed by another byte indicating the number ...The complete Knight Tyme (48k) RAM disassemblyHello! Just a quick note to let everyone know that the initial version of my [URL="http://www.dur.ac.uk/philip.anderson/disassemblies/knight-tyme-48…
... there's a bit of basic scenery graphics compression for Knight ... . Bytes 0 and 255 are followed by another byte indicating the number ...iOS7 ReleasedGood news, we can all download Apples newest software today! :) Am trying to download and install for the iPhone & iPad, but Apples servers are rathe…
... the update downloaded without errors followed by umpteen verification failures with Apple ... a camera app that has basic stuff like scene settings, light ...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…
... cases (such as LIMS' turboloaded BASIC) might not be scriptable because ... a block of red stripes followed by a block of yellow stripes ...Type-in BASIC contest on Reddit.Not sure how WOS-legal it is to mention/link to other forums, but Reddit is having a contest on r/retrobattlestations, asking readers to type a speci…
... positive matches doing that. Spectrum BASIC files include a hidden 5 ... within a BASIC program.)
As PLAY must be followed by either ...Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …
... sufficiently well from the exterior, by scrubbing with a toothbrush dipped ... the interface’s SRAM, possibly by the X-ray scanning which ... machine, switch it on, by pressing the button for 1 ... are composed of a short BASIC loader, followed by a long header-less ...Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …
... well from the exterior, by scrubbing with a toothbrush dipped ... interface?s SRAM, possibly by the X-ray scanning which ... are composed of a short BASIC loader, followed by a long header-less ... problem lies after the initial basic loaders.
I ...A few questions about ZX Spectrum assemblyHi, I have a few questions about ZX Spectrum assembly language programming: - What's the best assembly tool for ZX Spectrum? I tried a bit the ZXSpi…
... set up to return to BASIC after the assembled code has ... it's allowed to do" followed by two "mem_var" directives; these are ...SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…
... , 6 ; 6 tokens may be followed by a line
ld hl ... of
and %11000000 ; of BASIC?
jr z, renum_line_7 ; jump ...SpectranetHi all, I just bought a spectranet card and have a couple of questions I hope someone can answer for me. I have played around with it on both a +3 …
... \r\n, or 0x0d followed by 0x0a). The BASIC streams code tries to ... - despite both having been invented by the Unix crowd! Because of ... 's loading.
Since BASIC streams aren't really useful ... you can work around it by using a text editor that ..."Press any key" detectionWhat would be the simplest way to detect if *any* key is being pressed? No LAST_K trickery, I can't rely on that. It has to be reading the keyboard p…
... a wait for no key followed by wait for key. Otherwise it ... keypress is detected, like in basic. This is a busy loop ...A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…
... the template followed by main.
'main.tap' contains a basic loader ... but that will be ignored by the loader in template.tap ...The Evolution of Some Nonsense[center] [B]TIMINGS FOR 100 BOUNCES[/B] [b]Ten Bouncy UDGs in BASIC[/b] [img]http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/a000test.gif[/img] [u…
... way that Sinclair BASIC does them - control character followed by parameter bytes. Let ...doom on 128ki see a youtube video of doom being played for the spectrum, is this designed to work stright of a tape and onto a spectrum without the divide thing …
... up just changing the two BASIC loaders, rather than adding any ... version can be tried out by replacing dlp1 and dlp2 in ... POKE 23388 (BANKM) is immediately followed by an OUT 32765 with the ...IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... , specifying the file type either by means of the
filename ... 't', after which, all
BASIC tape input or output is ... perform the equivalent of NEW, followed by LOAD""
[/CODE]writing incrementally to tape without leadersI want to be able to write intermittently & incrementally to some sequential medium which is supported on any Spectrum (emulator, ie. tape); eg. [cod…
... a 2-byte length field followed by the bytes the Spectrum would ... the formatted version of the BASIC listing currently in memory. So ...Loading data from 128 memoryAfter all these years I have come across the LOAD! in 128 basic for storing/restoring data in the 128 memory. How do I go about implementing this in…
... able to use SAVE! from basic to load stuff into memory ... + can be all uncontended banks followed by contended banks. The set of ...Creating your own BASIC-commands on IF1bisThe old Sinclair IF1 has offered an easy possibility to create your own new BASIC-command: The use of the shadow variable VECTOR. This is described i…
... better.
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110 ; FOR IF1BIS ... gives Err message: Nonsense in BASIC. Important: All steps run in ... when the * was found, not followed by SAVE,LOAD etc.Clashbasher a new interface to reduce colour clashI've been working on this for a while now. [IMG]http://markamy.uwclub.net/cauldron.JPG[/IMG] Basicly its an add on for a 48k spectrum, which reinte…
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For example the basic ROM writes to the attribute ... printing of characters in basic the following clashbasher commands ... ink colour using standard sinclair basic plot, draw and circle ... the order is display bytes followed by attribute bytes) and started ...BASin won't accept this code?Taken from the Oneliner contest 2007: [CODE]1 LET n=191: DIM i$(4,9): FOR g=2 TO 4: LET i$(g-1)=" # # # # ": NEXT g: LET b=0: LET p=16: LET a=p: LET …
... ? I'm rather rubbish at BASIC so could you please tell ... , notice how the a is followed by two quote characters - this code ...What is this Nirvana engine?Ive been trying to look for a thread on this but cant seem to locate one. I downloaded a spanish game called El Stompo that uses this engine which ha…
... resolution of the Spectrum screen by updating the attributes while the ... be used in your own BASIC programs on 48K Spectrums using ... (as per a normal UDG) followed by 8 bytes of attribute data ...
