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The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…
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Type-ins for non-standard languagesDoes anyone know if there has ever been any type-in programs for non-standard languages e.g. Forth, Micro Prolog etc. I recently bought copies of tho…
... sometimes nearly as fast as Machine Code. It's also fun. ( Except ... but anything else gives an error, like [B]3 2 + 4 ... -
Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
... memory and thats. "R Tape Loading error" and "C Nonsence in BASIC ... it, boxed with instructions. THe machine worked, but the games were ... -
Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
... , because I hardly ever had loading problems with speedlock games (unless ... ).
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found old magazineHello fellow Spectrum worshipers :) As I was not sure where to post this, so I posted it here. I guess anything can be posted under miscellaneous. …
... they have are just for loading the code. To be honest I ... type hundreds of lines of machine code and be disappointed in the ... -
maketzx problemsDoes anyone else have problems running maketzx v2.33 (with or without the GUI) on Windows 2000 Sp4? I've just changed my OS from Win Me where i've m…
... of lines of BASIC. For code and screen$ blocks, the start ... +D disk.
For code and screen$ blocks, I load ... in error checking sorts that out, if there are any loading errors ... get the famous "R Tape, Loading Error" message...
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CHAMPThis tzx file appears to have a checksum problem. If anyone has the tape I would like to have the BBC version.
... is loaded. Still no tape loading error whatever i did, it works ... . Same would go for BASIC Code +2 :o.
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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 …
... a complete grasp of machine code and the operating system. ... My knowledge of machine code is about the same ... of loading signal? ",l1,l2
Followed by machine code, presumably ... would be inserted in the machine code where necessary.
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 …
... "Colours of loading signal? ",l1,l2
Followed by machine code, presumably ... would be inserted in the machine code where necessary.
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machine code. I made a copy of ...How do I poke a Spectrum?I've forgotten how to do it. Does anyone remember?
... a full machine code listing which navigates around the custom loading routine as ...you got it all wrongI never meant to rip off programmers although they seem to think it. I just feel there is a kind of very dangerous elitistic feeling rising here, and…
... an all-consuming grip of machine code were allowed to participate.
error report, what it meant, what ... , and several hundred lines of code which might attempt to fix ... link is for the source code which I have deliberately inserted ...Games that won't work with the +2a/bIs there a list of all the games that don't work with the +2a/b? Like Fairlight for example. Ta :)
... crashed at the end of loading on my Spectrum +2, until ... into the loader, disassembled the machine-code and removed a conditional jump ...Best Emulator??Hiya Searching for a good emulator that will happily run all the games Ive got at the mo. The ones Ive downloaded so far do not either work at all o…
... basin when im trying to code, never :) lol
i tried ... ..........every game i get tape loading errors and/or the game ... tho id had a tape loading error.....sod it spectaculator works fine ...Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…
... not all hand crafted from machine code? With the quality of graphics ... from my humble experience with machine code at college, it is ... to hack something out with machine code :o..... is there any ... easier in terms of saving, loading, and testing,etc...
< ...About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
... so a little trial and error will work things out.< ... is uncontended on the 48k machine. I'd only change ...
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z88dk automatically generates ... of a custom library of machine code routines for manipulating sprites, etc ...Stupid Question... but: BMP2SCRI have downloaded bmp2scr, and produced a couple of pictures in the hires formats, I can see that there are 3 binary files, a red,green,and blue, how…
You need machine code, and even then there's ... into the RAMdisk and then loading them up in sequence. Anything ... an emulator that does flash-loading of tape files, with the ...TZX formatQuick question: What is the current pulse level at the start of a TZX file? Difficult question: Why does the format say that the final pulse shoul…
... be determined from the ROM code?
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Sure. ... is affected by an absolute error of roughly +/- 10T due ... contentions occurring in the ROM code between them (unless I've ... the theoretical timings from the machine code routines, but in fact these ...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…
... to create a TZX with loading screen and all should get ... a .bsc file for the machine code routines, that will be ok ...Treachery does anyone have the game map for 'treachery' it was a type in of issue 29 of C&VG I believe it was written by Mike 'lords of Midnight' Singleton a…
... had included at least one error in the distance table -- from ... replacing it with a recursive machine-code routine (which was only a ...Longest Loading TimeWhat game do you blokes think had the longest loading time My vote is for "Driller"
... , but i remember my mate loading football manager on his c64 ... was written in basic not machine code.Weird loaders; 1) Why? 2) How? (Curiosity question)Hello again. Sorry to be asking/posting so much today, but I've just arrived here and am plumbing the depths of nearly 22 years of making cups of te…
Special machine coding, yes. When you're loading and saving from Basic, you ... the Speccy's ROM. In machine code it's possible to write ... standard loader, to achieve faster loading times at the expense of ...Weird loaders; 1) Why? 2) How? (Curiosity question)Hello again. Sorry to be asking/posting so much today, but I've just arrived here and am plumbing the depths of nearly 22 years of making cups of te…
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? Anti-?break? ...Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
... back and read up on CODE cos I don't ... essentially used for LOADing and SAVEing blocks of machine code to designated memory ... 5000 bytes of data (the machine code) starting at address 32768.
code some small machine code routines to go with ...Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
... converted the game data into machine code, I'll post the demo ... did put Cronosoft on the loading and title screens!Why emulators are not as good as the real thingI think I remember thx1138 saying before that emus didn't cut it for him. Well, I agree. They are good fun, and I got into the Speccy for a second ti…
... great and still the gaming machine that I'm fondest of ... at times.
instant loading times, snapshot saves, an infinitely ... mins for an r tape loading error again this lifetime.Longest Game Loading Time................Hi peeps.... What game do you all reckon was the longest loading time?...I know alot of 128k games took ages cause of levels being loaded all at onc…
... : blame bloody Bleepload. The worst loading scheme ever.
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Loading error? Rewind one block and try ... the other loaders reset the machine, wasting the effort. Similar to ...Help with loading knowledgeHi. I'm new to spectrum coding and have a few questions to do with how the spectrum loads programs. You press LOAD "" and play the tape, and it find…
... address,length[/B], ex. LOAD "" CODE 32768,15000. [B]Address[/B ... "screen" CODE 16384,6911), then you get "R Tape loading error" (and ... (e.g. LOAD "screen" CODE 16384,6913), then memory beyond ... ] is syntactic sugar for LOAD "" CODE 16384,6912.
--< ...unreleased spectrum protection system - any use any more? also pokerama sourceDon't know if anyone's interested in this. During my days hacking games for Your Sinclair and Crash (and Sinclair User for a while) I had a pet proje…
... ) suggesting it's a bespoke loading system as well. The data ... bit then it loads some machine code before the turboload, ie a ... between the end of the machine code and the start of the ...unreleased spectrum protection system - any use any more? also pokerama sourceDon't know if anyone's interested in this. During my days hacking games for Your Sinclair and Crash (and Sinclair User for a while) I had a pet proje…
... start/length blocks for loading, and loads the code to run the ... ) suggesting it's a bespoke loading system as well.
[/quote ... bit then it loads some machine code before the turboload, ie a ... 't be bothered incorporating the code in the BASIC :)
