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Thinking of making a "Wicker Man" text adventureI introduced my friend to the wonderful world of Speccy text adventures the other night, after she reminded me she liked D+D/MMORPGs; so we played an…
... bit stereo, but only supports input from WAVs that are 8 ... making a sample of the output the Spectrum is making, i ... in just the BASIC and SCREEN blocks from physical cassette and ... -
Sinclair QL RGB output to what?My Sinclair QL has TV and RGB output. First will not show full resolution and the latter will only show it (512x256) if connected to a proper monitor…
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Since the Video output is in 5v TTL - In ... selecting the correct 4:3 screen ratio)
You will need ... pin 16 - to select RGB input
The linked document ... -
Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
... port and there is another input for external video.
I ... monitor, but used the RF output into a TV.
screen was getting irritating.
So ... tape.
Nothing.
Black screen.
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I switched off ... -
LCD screensAre there any instructions anywhere on how, if it can be done, to connect a speccy to a bog standard LCD screen?. Google isn't being my friend. Wha…
... screen is scrolling (some LCDs do so bad job with 50Hz input ... ).
Currently I use scart output with older ... -
Please help! connecting speccy to a new style digital TVHi- I've been emulating for years but have just bought a real 48k Speccy to get that 'real' feeling of my youth (and to play my home programed games …
... handy - is to modify the screen output circuitry so that it sends ... video signal to the SCART input of the TV through a ... -
Please help! connecting speccy to a new style digital TVHi- I've been emulating for years but have just bought a real 48k Speccy to get that 'real' feeling of my youth (and to play my home programed games …
... horizontally to fill a 16x9 screen).
You can find ... that the Spectrum's video output is slightly non-standard (the ... demand a 100% to-standards input signal and won't work ... -
z88dk sticky?I've just tried to PM Alcoholics Anonymous and couldn't because "Alcoholics Anonymous has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot acc…
... 'm working on a screen-painting/curses library, [ ... two fds, one input and one output in the case ... screen at the same time.
* text editing for input ... characters to the input driver's input queue. Pull ... ] for keyboard / tty input buffer, maybe an [URL ... -
New compression method: Exomizer 2After I finished working on optimizing aPLib's decoder, I was told that pucrunch did compress better, and while looking for info about pucrunch (it t…
... higher memory, then clear the screen. But then you are limited ... special character as separator so input to compressor looks like
input and adds separator and every ... is character.
If so, output character and continue with next ... -
Words of adviceHi all This is my first post on World of Spectrum and I'm gradually starting to discover the wonders of the machine. Just to give you a bit of bac…
... numbers, statements, command-line code input etc. So I decided to ... was a speccy running (small screen, 16 colours) but ran like ... also got an overhaul - the "screen" can be any size, and ... MOVE x,y;"Hello!" will output at any pixel location, while ... -
A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... by SP1.
#pragma output STACKPTR=53248 // place stack ... 2, 28, 20}; // full screen - border
struct sp1_Rect ... 0, 0, 32, 24}; // full screen
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// Refresh the whole screen
void drawmap()
{< ... -
4116 SRAM replacement (and ULA timings).As mentioned in another thread, I have spent quite a lot of time experimenting with different circuits and components for using a static RAM IC to re…
... all the way across the screen, but becomes less frequent towards ... have a quicker propagation from input to output, the set-up and ... -
LZ77 en/decodingI've written an LZ77 en/decoding routine as I couldn't find one around for the Spectrum. Initially I'm just doing it in BASIC to get the logic right.…
... , machine code and a test SCREEN$ already loaded. I had to ... )
34000 -> 63999 : input/encoding/output (max. input 10000 bytes)
64000 ... =1 then the output will be printed to the screen; if text ... =0 and print=1 then the output will ... -
Routine for clearing screenI was looking for a 'nice' way of clearing a screen of graphics in Z80. After a ridiculous amount of time mucking around, this is the best and most …
... my two cents - a clear screen (pixels only) based on ... /> ; Map DE to pixel in screen buffer (HL)
... br /> ; Input: DE contains 16-bit register to "shift"
; Output: DE ... IX_TABLE:
; Bit positions within screen byte to set
.BYTE ... -
INPUT LINE and STOP in INPUTWhat was the reason for the ROM Editor routine causing "down arrow" while in an INPUT LINE to cause the "H STOP in INPUT" error report? Why doesn't i…
... why there are two INPUT default input streams #0 and ... bottom of the screen) but different as INPUT.[/QUOTE]
... is for system input (program editing) and output (error messages). ... Stream #1 is for user input and output. -
INPUT LINE and STOP in INPUTWhat was the reason for the ROM Editor routine causing "down arrow" while in an INPUT LINE to cause the "H STOP in INPUT" error report? Why doesn't i…
... Stream #1 is for user input and output.[/QUOTE]
Just ... CLS-LOWER clears the lower screen
; and sets DF_SZ ... 01 ; update TV_FLAG - signal lower screen in use
; ensuring ... -
Official Basinc thread - Bug reports and other discussionI just released a new BASin fork, basinc. The first official release was V16r2, and today it's r3. it's uploaded to wos archive and alternatively, h…
... code will be printed on screen until I press another key ... input, backspace or cursor ...) has some time delay. but the display output ... ]The border on the Display Output window has shrunk - is there ... -
The Curlicue FractalSpotted a couple of fractal listings, that are new to me, over at [URL="http://oolong.co.uk/curlicue.htm"]http://oolong.co.uk/curlicue.htm[/URL] The …
... though it can still save output in that form)... As Im ... bit of a masochist, I input the same routine with some ... before a screen full of anything like SpecBAS's output... Still, if ... -
64x48 full colour graphicsHow feasible is this? Could an interrupt-driven routine be used to, for example, fill the top two thirds with a 64x32 blocky picture and leave the bo…
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[code]mt64x32cnv.exe input.png output lines split
... split' if you want the output in two separate
... files output.1.bin and output.2.bin[/code]< ... , to convert a full screen 64x48 pixels png image use ... -
128k ULA pinout?Is there someone who has a circuit diagram or pinout for the 128k (+2) ULA?
... of 228T states.
Input clock is 17.7345MHz (pin ... clock, so the composite video output would were more free of ... 's an input telling the ULA to read screen data from bank ... ,B,SYNC,BRIGHT are video output signals. They go straight to ... -
INKEY$ giving me troubleHello, I have been using BASin (great program by the way...) Sad though it seems during the typhoon here I have been re-learning my spec-skills an…
... program, same with the help screen.
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You ... to put the the command INPUT from user into a separate ... how to do the fancy screen$ but that's trying to ... system, to draw your SCREEN$ then output it in a format suitable ... -
WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... br />
Prints at screen location corresponding to the values ... the screen
CHR$ 49 = 1 = is the first character output< ... br />
Defines a input stream, INKEY$ only worries about ... character value entered into a input. Then the product of ... -
40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
... ), b ; high byte of the output routine
inc hl ; move ... /> ld bc, report_j ; address of input routine (REPORT J)
ld ... ), b ; high byte of the input routine
inc hl ; move ... , 191 ; mod to access lower screen
call pixel_add + 2 ;
40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
... LD A,$AE ; LSB of output routine
LD (HL),A ... LD A,0xc4 ; LSB of input routine
LD (HL),A ... LD A,0x15 ; MSB of input routine
LD (HL),A ... with hl pointing at the screen address
ld de ...Spectrum 128K (toast Rack) displaying white as yellow issueHi, I have a chance to buy a Spectrum 128 (toast rack) model which the owner says is working fine except that when it is hooked up to a Amstrad Moni…
... monitor or the Spectrums rgb output?
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I ... it to the composite video input of your TV as follows ... reset the Spectrum. A test screen will show text and colour ... diode at the pin 8 output.
Next step would ...Tape loading from PCSo, I found that I had been using the wrong audio jack socket on my 48k for tape loading (my spectrum is in a third party case, so there are not labe…
Audio input to the Spectrum should be ... recommend the tip). The cable screen should, of course, be connected ... computer speakers with a headphone output may prove helpful. If the ...WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…
... pin, as it was a input only GPIO.
There ... the rear bus into an input signal, and using another GPIO ... ones needed for RGB output, and composite output.
Sound works ... segment is aligned with the screen, but it moves to the ...zx spectrum 128+2a/b questionsIv just purchased a 128+2 and have only one game for it lol (Super stunt man). A few question if anyone can help.. 1)I'd like to run games through …
... output only. It is possible to modify it to be an input ... model as says on the screen or the +2B model that ... 4 by amstrad.
On screen says :128+ 2a...Loader...+ 3 ...128k+ CompositeAm I to understand this correctly but all thats needed for composite video on this model is to run a wire from pin 1 of the RGB port to the phono out…
... from my TV's composite input and it's just a ... the back of my flat screen pressed tight against the wall ... grey +2 which won't output a picture through pin 1 ...ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... filter to linear xored output by Antonio Villena, 8 ... n"),
printf(" Genetated output file\n\n"),
... fo )
printf("\nCannot create output file: %s\n", argv[ ... != 0x1b00 )
printf("\nInvalid input file size, must be 6912 ...ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... ordering all bytes from first screen column (in pixel line order ... ; lin < 8; lin++) {
output[i++] = input[(((((third
