-
Interesting Custom LoadersHi everyone, I was just thinking about custom loaders on the spectrum and I thought I'd ask you all what you thought was the best one. I'd have to …
... lines:
10 INPUT "Colours of pilot signal? ", ... INPUT "Colours of loading signal? ",l1,l2
Followed by machine code ... would be inserted in the machine code where necessary.
[/quote ... I experimented with in machine code. I made a copy ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... mode or during an INPUT. It starts off at ... is indicated by its code being stored in 23560 ... using ROM routines in a machine code program.
* ... the address on the machine stack where the appropriate ... most apparent during an INPUT statement. The value is ... -
Writing for MultifaceI was just wondering, is it possible to write a BASIC program, compile it and use the Multiface to run it? I'd like to write a small util to edit te…
... much about ROM routines, and machine code in general, hence wanting to ... compile the basic.
[code]
1 POKE 23658 ... -
Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... oriented and as yet non-machine code my brain is. I ... takes a text file as input and compiles to a ... can just write your code in your favorite MacOS text ... . No hassle when the code crashes your Speccy! And ... copy/paste when writing your code. :)
For extra ... -
Getting attribute location from a screen coordinates (x,y)I am having trouble figuring out how to convert an x,y coordinate pair (pointing to a specific pixel) to the location of the attribute for the block …
... the main screen (minus the input area) as (0, 0), then ... -ordinate convention for a purely machine code program though, but just in ... -
Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... return values from, my own machine code subroutines? The examples in ... stream i/o can have input as well as an ... line from your machine code routine. Eg:
[code]
let ... assembler directives:
[code]
defb === put byte(s ... -
Getting scr addresses from x and yCould someone please tell me how to calculate the 8 screen addresses corresponding to a character printed in basic at coordinates x and y? For examp…
...
I've written a machine code that can
a) handle ... Cheers,
Chris.
[code]
org 40000
; getaddr ... defb 0 ; x character position (input; 0-31)
y ... defb 0 ; y character position (input; 0-23)
dst defw ... -
Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... ]Here[/url] is the source code. I`ve set the uncompressed ... the uncompressed map data, with input needed for start screen number ... . As I learn more about machine code, I could expand it with ... -
TV Modulator. Can it be repaired?Is it possible, to repair tha TV modulator (after removing it) if it gives wavy picture? I replaced both transistors (tr1/2) and both electrolytic ca…
... of time for a 48K machine, red lines up and ... not initialise into a 48K machine, yet BASIC can read ... ALWAYS initialises as a 16K machine, not 17 or 18K. ... all of RAM in a machine code program, can you make ... do with either speed or input/output voltage swing or ... -
How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…
... instructions per key:
[code]
ld a,(hl) ; get ...
jr z, keyhit
[/code]
I make a ... or keys means choosing the input subroutine address. Then a call ... dream to make my own machine code game. Even if it is ... -
New Spectrum HardwareHi all. Well its Friday so it seems as good a time as any (business is a bit slack at the moment) to start up a thread about creating new Spectrum ha…
... options
11:- Built in machine code monitor (the C16, Plus4 and ... on board
17:- Mic Input on audio chip side
text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... willing to dabble in machine code, I remember INPUT had a text compressor ... letter in a very short code something like 00 or 011 ...text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
Its in machine code and basic, but it works ... part is just a short input routine to let you enter ... . I could probably convert the machine code into data statements (does BASIN ...Anyone program on the speccy and still program?I messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings that I created using basic commands. I then learnt Z80 Assembler for a collage …
... of the type-ins in INPUT, I was able to move ... />
Later I got into machine code through hacking loaders on Spectrum ...Look what I got!Look what I just got in the post: [url]http://www.alioth.net/tmp/W5100.jpg[/url] But, please... don't hold your breath :-) Coming to an edge connec…
... accessing it through a short machine code routine or using the Z88dk ... info you share, the more input you'll get for creating ...It's a trap!So I got a CPLD (not the eventual one I want to use for the ethernet project - rather, one I actually have here and now, an XC9536 in a PLCC44). And…
... least the two types of machine I have (48K and toastrack ... . So I put a short machine code routine in RAM consisting of ... flip flop has the D input fixed to Vcc, and the ...ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…
... have two options of keyboard input available, or combine both?
machine code routines from Bloodbaz, but I ...Spectrum Ethernet update...in which a toastrack 128K machine prods a machine outside of my LAN for the first time. [url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_eve…
... -port, do you respect the input ROMCS from interfaces connected behind ... any BASIC commands and/or machine-code hooks to you, but that ...Spectrum Ethernet update...in which a toastrack 128K machine prods a machine outside of my LAN for the first time. [url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_eve…
... -port, do you respect the input ROMCS from interfaces connected behind ... button.
The standard code entry point is a CALL ... some piece of downstream hardware, machine code or C programs can still ...Games in basicIs there a definitive list of published games written in Basic, I'm particularly interested in Text adventures.
... BASIC but include a few machine code routines in a REM statement ... or that are loaded as CODE blocks.[/quote]
One game ... MC, the game logic, game input etc are all in BASIC.ZXSpectrum +3 - New SoftwareHello, This is my first post here on WOS, i'm very glad to be here and be a part of this community. To make this short, i've been programming on the…
... lot back then: Microhobby Hexadecimal Code Loader.
Fancy ... magazines and convert them to machine code for later use :-o
machine code written if i'm not ... also options to list the input data and an information window ...Using INPUT without clearing last two lines of screen?I'm trying to print to the 22nd row of the screen using the ol' print #0 trick. Unfortunately, I require user INPUT which seems to wipe out the botto…
... after the INPUT routine.
My code is terrible, ... optimized way.
[CODE]da=destination address
CODE]
And in machine code:
[CODE]Store ...
ldir[/CODE]
[CODE]Restore line 22 ...Jetpac questionHi all, I just bought a copy of Jetpac off of Ebay and I'm having problems. To start, I'm trying to play it on an issue 2 Speccy with Interface 1, 2 …
... of your soundcard to the input of your speccy and use ... upper 32K (both use a machine code method).
The program ...it's 2009 and we are still doing "name that game"I'm looking for a game I thought was called lode runner but it is not (actually I thought it was called load runner...) basically it was a spectrum …
... with metatags or arbitrary text input. So we're still reliant ... mentioned yet is the YS machine-code type-in [url=http://www ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... . Scraped some machine code together from the complete series of INPUT magazines but ...Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…
Ooh, I remember INPUT. I might actually have learned a bit of machine code from that.INPUT magazineDid anyone else have this magazine back in day, I did. Spent hours typing in the examples and it did helped me develop me a few techniques in basic a…
... Cruiser are, I think Input would have benefitted enormously ... have had their core machine code routines listed and explained ... game.
Writing machine code routines is one thing, linking ... great way to teach machine code programming and applying it ...INPUT magazineDid anyone else have this magazine back in day, I did. Spent hours typing in the examples and it did helped me develop me a few techniques in basic a…
... I got the feeling that INPUT was aimed at a more ... the longest one was a machine code game "Cliffhanger" split over about ...Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …
... compiled:
[CODE]
10 INPUT "Function?"; a$
20 ... evaluated differently on each user input. The same applies to ... because it's useless at machine level). The next thing ... original Sinclair BASIC). Also the machine code, basic area, etc. (LOAD ...resident evil zxi thought i might write a text adventure based on the first resident evil game. i'd be happy to map the thing out and write all the code/ text and t…
... your hands dirty via a machine code call or two?...
input concerning Beethovens music...
