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Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
... the BASIC couldn't be read you loaded a small MC ...
LOOP CALL STACKBC ; ROM Routine to stack BC
CALL ... PRINTSTACK ; ROM Routine to print last value(=BC ... -
Looking for a Spectrum emulator which supports multi-button joysticksHello, I'm very new to the Spectrum Emulation game, and have tried a few, my favorite being X128. However, I play my games on a 4 button joypad, and…
... centred. It did not read the keyboard well neither on a control ... -
What is a Kempston joystick?Just a quick question from an ignorant Commodore user (what, a Commodore user on this sacred ground? Relax, I'm a fan of all 8-bits, including the wo…
... you have a command to read input
i. ... could read the tapeinput (IN 251) or the keyboard (IN ... joystick input to values read by the spectrum from ... -interface your Spectrum will read the controls with
keyboard the spectrum will read IN A,( ... -
What is a Kempston joystick?Just a quick question from an ignorant Commodore user (what, a Commodore user on this sacred ground? Relax, I'm a fan of all 8-bits, including the wo…
... you could read the tapeinput (IN 251) or the keyboard (IN 254 ... KEMPSTON-interface your Spectrum will read the controls with
IN ... you choose the keyboard the spectrum will read IN A,(254).
keyboard (any even port, traditionally 254 ... -
crashHi , anyone got a particular favourite issue of the superb magazine crash , mines issue 13 , just brings memories of xmas back and a cool review of m…
... as a console with a keyboard. And have you forgotten Andrew ... said before, I even now read some reviews from Crash and ... -
ZX Spin 0.4 available for Download.Standard Cut-n-Paste from the CSS post: If all goes well, I'll upload it to WOS on monday. ----------------------------------------- Okay, it's th…
... start of an interrupt servicing routine. The reason is the ULA ... a fully updated screen to read. Without using interrupts there would ... -
TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
... TV outputs. Finally, it's keyboard was easier to use as ... key on both sides. The keyboard also had hard plastic keys ... dispatcher to execute a ROM routine or function. Other improvements were ... -
Here's a christmas present for you!SE Basic is no longer being developed.
... tokenising that way, and the keyboard is handled by setting sysvars ... allowing the emulated speccy to read from #FE.
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Spectrum Instructions ProjectAs we're all aware, WoS is great and has lots and lots of games on it. However, not all of those games have had their instructions uploaded to WoS, w…
... is using a European / American keyboard layout. What happens when the ... most people, .pdf is a read-only format. Everybody has the ... -
Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... music support through a player routine then how much space would ... better to make a new routine that can be setup through ... . For example data could be read straight from the BASIC area ... efficient than the machine code routine but a human could understand ... -
Newer name of the gameI can't find out the name of my old favourite game. This was a Boulder Dash style game, but no scrolling screen. I think you had to collect ?beer? or…
... part is a timer and keyboard controller part. There is a ... waiting cycle in the timer routine, because the engine is too ... -
Castlevania ZX looking REALLY nice in color :)[url="http://www.redeya.com/bytemaniacos/castlevania.html"]http://www.redeya.com/bytemaniacos/castlevania.html[/url]
... ?m not allways able to read any messages.
And about ... to include a better rescaling routine which will be able to ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... last sequence of the copy routine, when the attributer are transfered ... . It is very hard to read russian instructions...). GMX did not ... -
Spectrum problemHi I've just been trying to resurrect my 48k spectrum. I'm having some problems loading some of my games, but if it does completely load, it crashe…
... 1's / 0's write read test will not pick up ... data - and this simple basic routine may just not be complex ... -
new emulatorHi All. If you wish you can download/test/link to/betatest etc. my new emulator EmuZWin 2.0. It emulates S48 and S128 and works under all Windows 9x…
... 've implemented you must have read my mind!
I like ... I drooled all over my keyboard and made a right mess ... -
Finding the length of loaded Bytes:Is there a way from BASIC of finding out how big a block of bytes loaded from tape was? i.e. - if you do LOAD""CODE and load in a lump of bytes, ca…
... header with a small MC-routine and check its values to ... #556
and then read the values loaded in 32768 ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... 't care for a proper keyboard, integrated joystick controllers, RS232 port ... instruction set vs basic vs keyboard vs games vs playability vs ... screenshots, and from what i read. Barbarian and Rygar have nothing ... -
Speccy machine code info where is it?Recently I've been trying to learn Z80 and I've managed to make limited progress (some of my routines even compile now!) but I seem to be having trou…
... can for example easily read the keyboard by just loading A to ... the rows you want to read ... row
IN A,(254) Read the selected rows
CPL ... -
Speccy machine code info where is it?Recently I've been trying to learn Z80 and I've managed to make limited progress (some of my routines even compile now!) but I seem to be having trou…
Cheers folks! looks like Im going to have to do some hunting on ebay, allthough the complete machine code tutor on the archive looks okay.
Thanks for the keyboard routine as well DrBeep, Im off to see if I can make anything interesting happen. -
Speccy machine code info where is it?Recently I've been trying to learn Z80 and I've managed to make limited progress (some of my routines even compile now!) but I seem to be having trou…
... specific questions:
- The keyboard is attached to i/o ... during a 16-bit port read identifies which row you ... active
in a,($fe) ; read keyboard
; a = status of keys ... contains code for scanning the keyboard, reading a variety of joysticks ... -
Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... threw out 2 old rubber keyboard spectrums last year to 'make ... agree with his hardline stance. read on...
At the ... -
Anyone for a hacking challenge ?I have to get the DSK version of Tomahawk to work. It uses the well-known Digital Integration "SECURITY CODE" lock just like in Bobsled, ATF, etc. Th…
... find the start of the routine. Look above at E920 the ... s the end of a routine and the next bit ... is the start of our routine.
Look again ... is set jump to our routine at E921.
... /> ps. This will no doubt read like double dutch but the ... -
Anyone for a hacking challenge ?I have to get the DSK version of Tomahawk to work. It uses the well-known Digital Integration "SECURITY CODE" lock just like in Bobsled, ATF, etc. Th…
... ctrl key on your windows keyboard)
iv) ... now we need a routine to decrease the number ... then jump to game over routine
LD (40000),A ... of writing this similar routine but this should give ... had found the lives routine whilst hacking as follows ... -
People of the former "Soviet Bloc" was there any politcal software?Please, I mean no offence, and am not the best at expressing myself online, I was just curious.... I imagine a degree of censorship existed in some …
... -wing game ever made! You read the instructions, and it was ... to carry on smashing my keyboard in frustration as I tried ... -
128 Memory PagingI'm having a problem getting my brain around paging. Well, actually the bit I don't understand is how reading I/O ports works! I hope the collective …
... is what threw me - I read it as meaning an absolute ... /> Would the rest of the routine work, though? How quickly does ... -
128 Memory PagingI'm having a problem getting my brain around paging. Well, actually the bit I don't understand is how reading I/O ports works! I hope the collective …
... is what threw me - I read it as meaning an absolute ... ]Would the rest of the routine work, though? How quickly does ... -
128 Memory PagingI'm having a problem getting my brain around paging. Well, actually the bit I don't understand is how reading I/O ports works! I hope the collective …
... spotted my boo-boo - I read the source byte into A ... :oops:
But that routine you've given is a ... much neater routine than the one I cooked ... -
C, Z88DK and the Sprite Pack Library I wrote a short demo that shows a taste of what can be done from C on the Spectrum: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/zqa/pacmen.zip"]http://justme…
... Allocator.
+ Read Input from the keyboard, all sorts of joysticks ... -
Worst. Controls. Ever.Right... time to have a vote on the worst keyboard controls ever! Here's some suggestions to start you all off: (1) The standard cursor keys. Need …
... run smother as the Speccy read the key strokes more efficiently ... play their games on the keyboard. -
Worst. Controls. Ever.Right... time to have a vote on the worst keyboard controls ever! Here's some suggestions to start you all off: (1) The standard cursor keys. Need …
... work :), so I haven't read all the answers carefully. Anyway ... I recall having read the Jumping Jack is impossible ... recall Super Scramble simulator's keyboard selection. Looks like it was ...
