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Microdrives load & save routinesHello everybody! Who knows where i can find the machine language routines to load/save from/to ZX Microdrives? Many thanks in advance.
... IF1 specific hook codes to load or save with the ... Operating System[/URL] is a machine code routine that very neatly handles ... loading files from microdrive via machine code - it's a bit ... files to cartridge again via machine code.
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Microdrives load & save routinesHello everybody! Who knows where i can find the machine language routines to load/save from/to ZX Microdrives? Many thanks in advance.
... IF1 specific hook codes to load or save with the microdrive ... loading files from microdrive via machine code - it's a bit of ... to arrange a routine to load a file, execute a subroutine ... address of that file), then load another file, then finally jump ... -
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…
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Microdrives load & save routinesHello everybody! Who knows where i can find the machine language routines to load/save from/to ZX Microdrives? Many thanks in advance.
... linerun.htm]Calling BASIC from machine code[/url] is what you ... piece of 48K BASIC code by simply pointing E_LINE ... calling BASIC to to a load from microdrive. So, for ... do something like:
[code]LD HL,filename1
LD ... /> CALL execute2
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Sony WalkmanHas anyone tried (and succeeded) in loading games using a Sony Walkman, or other small/portable tape unit? Does it have the umph to do it? Just wonde…
... Walkman, or other small/portable tape unit?
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Microdrives load & save routinesHello everybody! Who knows where i can find the machine language routines to load/save from/to ZX Microdrives? Many thanks in advance.
... linerun.htm]Calling BASIC from machine code[/url] is what you want ... calling BASIC to to a load from microdrive. So, for ... could do something like:
[code]LD HL,filename1
LD ... br /> CALL execute2
etc.[/code][/QUOTE]Really, REALLY THANK YOU! :-).z80 files load faster than .tap or .tzxHello again, I was wondering why the majority of games can be downloaded as .tap or .tzx but not as snapshots (.z80 or .sna). It takes about 5 minut…
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... - needing to buy a Commodore tape drive and no high level ... didn't want to learn machine code straight away.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…
... of an actual "tape magazine":
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;Biturbo ... /> ;Taken from an actual "tape magazine" in 2013 by Alessandro ... extra instructions - to load several blocks of code one after another ... similar all-in-one source code for your loader, specifying ...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…
[code]; THE 'MERGE' CONTROL ROUTINE
call ld_block ; LOAD data block
pop hl ... ; error
; THE TAPE MESSAGES
defb 0xff ; preceding ... /> tape_msgs:
incbin "filetypes.txt" ; tape messages[/code]SoftPLAY: Use the PLAY command from 48 BASICNow you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/So…
... /> Normally I use:
[CODE]10 PLAY "A"
20 ... Nonsense in BASIC, 210: 1[/CODE]
With ... I did however prepare the machine code routines for my laserharp ... snapshot on Fuse and load it in ESXDOS to ... recently I retried to load such a snapshot on ...SoftPLAY: Use the PLAY command from 48 BASICNow you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/So…
... ]I did however prepare the machine code routines for my laserharp to ... 128 ROM version of the code.
[quote]By the way ... 128K snapshot on Fuse and load it in ESXDOS to get ... . But recently I retried to load such a snapshot on a ...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…
... a headerless load and me being a complete machine code n00b couldn ... of having the 47loader code in a REM statement ... basic program before the code) and then edit the ... Booty and it would load the whole game and ... wiped out by the game code?
Anyway ...LOAD "" CODE - Blind Alleycame across [B]Blind Alley[/B] in the archives, and both tzx/tap versions only have Bytes header, no Basic loader with autostart - please, anyone, ho…
... in the archive that need LOAD "" CODE?[/QUOTE]
Halls of ... program as well as the machine code that fires up the fancy ... Spectrum Games (Ocean) releases were LOAD "" CODE too.Why?I'm just wondering why people are here? Why are we working on or using old hardware? Why are some of you putting a lot of effort in upgrading the ha…
... scene and hardware driver type code as you probably guessed.
code.
6. Spectrum development is ... I/O requests in simple machine code programs. You just don't ... buy a board with a load of I/O on the ...Timex TC2068 ROM dump help.Hi, can someone point me how can I dump a Timex TC2068 rom. I want to try it on my machine for replacing a rom on other broken TC2068. Thanks, Chapas
... save the ROMs to tape and then use a ... onto your PC. The tape save routine is in the ... , eg 32768. A small machine code ldir will do the trick ... from there with SAVE "HOME" CODE 32768, 16384.
tape using SAVE "EXROM"CODE 0, 8192. ...Timex TC2068 ROM dump help.Hi, can someone point me how can I dump a Timex TC2068 rom. I want to try it on my machine for replacing a rom on other broken TC2068. Thanks, Chapas
... save the ROMs to tape and then use a ... onto your PC. The tape save routine is in the ... , eg 32768. A small machine code ldir will do the trick ... from there with SAVE "HOME" CODE 32768, 16384.
tape using SAVE "EXROM"CODE 0, 8192. ...ZX Alien BreedNot sure if this has been mentioned already (I did trawl the threads but couldn't see anything :smile: ), but I've always hankered after a Speccy Ali…
... USB drive with a load of previous code and work still on ... 'm also messing about with machine code sound, but don't expect ...Get rid of 'Bytes:' when loading codeHow do you hide the 'Bytes:' when loading code? I've tried saving as CHR$ 22 + CHR$ 6+ CHR$ 0 (a blank part of the loading screen) but it still appe…
... 1 : Print at 1,0; : Load ""code : Over 0 : Rand usr start ... /> then save your block of machine code with
save chr$ 22 ... +chr$1+chr$0+"Bytes:"code start,lengthDIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…
... the link between BASIC and machine code, and it's easy to ... program that will run your machine code:
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This assembles the code into memory.
... the program crashes/resets, just load your snapshot again - there's ...DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…
... the link between BASIC and machine code, and it's easy to ... program that will run your machine code:
[IMG]http:// ... br />
This assembles the code into memory.
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... and demos) untouched (and the code would be a few bytes ... with other people's beeper code in case I inadvertently make ... as capable as the finger+tape deck method :D[/QUOTE]
machine code, to generate RF noise at ...How were game loading screens composed back in the day?I've often wondered while waiting for loading screen to materialise line by line how these were actually made prior to saving them as code or screen$…
... never obliterated by the "Start tape, then press any key" message ... easier. This meant having a machine code loader program. Nothing special, just ... screen file, a block of code and then jumped into the ...Help with File Compressor by Mladen PopovicHi, I'm trying to compress BombJack (MCM) and transfer it to a +3 disk (Yes I own the original game :) ). I'm unsure about the addresses to enter in…
... tape version:
[code] (call putram here) : poke val "23739",code "o":load ... "gb_s" code : randomize usr val "3e4": load "gb" code : run ...Turbo save?I'm doing some experiments with turbo loaders, and I don't know how to save turbo blocks on virtual tapes. Spectaculator and fuse don't seem to save…
... block of code you were originally using LOAD "" CODE to load, converted to ... though it's loaded as code) and I can only ... convert the main block of code to turbo (there's ... just a block of machine code it wouldn't be ... it's just a load of pretty flashing squares :)How to print logo onto screen at chosen coordinates?Hi, I've just got back into zx spectrum games after all these years and after seeing some of the great games on here I would like to start learning p…
in machine code?
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LD means load
A is a register ...Ghosts n' Goblins loaderI'm trying to put Ghosts n' Goblins onto a +3 disk but struggling to understand the mc loader. Basic loader [code] ink 7 : clear 25000 : load "" cod…
... BASIC it does)? I usually load everything and then (when disk ... /just before launching the main code) lock memory paging.
machine code. I've been able to load even a ...A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…
... 't be able to load from disk), machine code will still be able ...A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…
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... 't run the few 16K machine code games that were available - they ... acquisitions on a C-90 tape was fun, having an actual ...
