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ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... SkoolKit to life on my machine. I will tell you ... -Assembler, then optionally loading code execution maps from emulators (so it ... 'run program' feature. Running machine code for testing is done
code, etc., which assemble ... -
Input MagDont know if anyone has posted this before bu here is a link to the Mag Input. [URL="http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/magazines/input/input.htm"]ht…
... "basic" programs were just loading up a machine code program anyway.
dragon ... game coders who learned stuff from Rae's book. -
assembler for PcHi guys, I'm in the process of teaching myself machine code, and wondered if there is a good pc program for writing code. Or is the best thing to use…
... Projects\Assembly\".
* From the menu select "Open command ... 'MIAN' is undefined
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* Correct any ... -load new files", "Fast Tape Loading"
* If ... your machine code routine, it will then run the machine code from the ... -
1985-2015.A topic where we can review games released on the Speccy 30 years ago, or, anyway, talk about that year.
... one of my favourite games from when I was a little ... play the part of a machine code instruction who has to debug ... , I was unaware that Z80 machine code instructions came with batteries.....I ... feat for 85', although the loading screen says 1984, I'm ... -
z80 assembly helpEver since I was a child I wanted to program my zx81 then my zx spectrum + 2. However, it was such a mystical beast and I only ever used BASIC not kn…
... the conventions of mathematics. My machine code programs follow the Sinclair BASIC ... of character cells or pixels from the top of the ... number of characters or pixels from the left edge. If ... BASIC (without assembling again or loading again). You'll notice that ... -
Utility to create long REM Line for storing M/C program - Maximum BASIC Line LengthHi, I think there was a Utlity or Toolkit to create a long REM-Line under 48k BASIC to store some MCode in it. So I don´t have to type e.g. 5…
... to read data from files. I use a machine code loader hidden on ... to store the loader or loading everything from BASIC (that would need ... statement, then load the machine/code.
- Compress machine code with zx7, and load ... -
Some downloads fail meI want download the schema of the Spectrum +2A and I can not because appears a user and password request in all links of "SCHEMATICS, MANUALS AND TEC…
I use the schematics from here: http://zxnet.co.uk/ ... a normal analogue TV expects from a TV aerial.
from the video signal (cut, or ... LOADing and saving stripes in the border are controlled by the machine code ... -
I had a go.I haven't written anything in ZX Basic since the 80s, so I thought I'd have a go. Now just to put you in the picture, I am a developer and know sever…
Who said anything about loading from tape? And yes, of ... an application program that is machine code.
And ... the lines of BASIC programs loading from Flash ROM / EEPROM (including ... data on two serial ports from two different systems (equipment ... -
Fast load of multiload games on real hardware?I was wondering if there was a hardware device that could allow fast loading of multi-load games for real hardware? I noticed a good many of the b…
... the game and changing the code. For anything that uses the ... " subroutine and do a fastload from other hardware instead. To speed ... 's loaded into RAM as machine code) you would have to run ... speed while the game is loading (easy to do on an ... -
Usbourne books available for downloadDunno if this has been noticed here before, but you can now download the generally awful Usbourne programming books for free: http://www.usborne.c…
... , put in a high score, loading screen, change the colours, add ... of the machine code one, and learnt the basics of Z80 from it ... -
ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…
... the menu, so the loading routine can be copied into ...
Actually, I lied! My code does need the regular ROM ... test the version of the machine to do the colour ... copy routine to load it from ROM could be copied ... into place as if loading from the TAP file. -
ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…
... br /> Actually, I lied! My code does need the regular ROM ... the version of the machine to do the colour ... into place as if loading from the TAP file.[/quote]< ... br /> The current menu code is built to work ... point of your code. Ideally, your code would issue a ... -
I'm writing an Operating SystemOkay this might seem like a bait thread, but I am legitamately interested in figuring out how to write a multi-process system for the ZX Spectrum (no…
... to grab the current version from http://nightly.z88dk.org/[/ ... ...)
1. Compile your code to produce raw binary at ... relocation table from offsets them.
5. When loading your binary ... . Use 'Can't do machine code...' to avoid system addressing problems ... -
Question - SAMS Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate GuideHi all, I just acquired a T/S 2068 and the a book that came with it is, SAMS Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate Guide. On page 18 of thi…
... doomed the machine as well as competition from Commodore and ... also hinted at flack from their dealers because of shrinking ... attached).
For machine code programs, there is no reason ... have been important like cassette loading. I think these would ... -
Accessing +3 DOS with DivIDE enabledI'm thinking about making a tool that copies files from a FAT partition to a IDEDOS partition. Currently, I've got two problems: - Getting the ESX…
... to initialize +3DOS, then read from disk.
- Gatito3: ... the Loader option (or loading from 128k BASIC): every program works ... It also crashes before returning from that function.
- The ... RAM page). After jumping into machine code, we are using ROM3, ... -
Where does the BASIC program sit 48K Spectrum memory?Hi there First post so be gentle, I've had a spectrum since the 80's and have recently started programming it for fun again. I wrote the followin…
... not very good at assembly/machine code, when I've tried to ... frequently! Here's the Joefish code in one listing, type RUN ... copy memory to screen.
[code]100 CLEAR 58367
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Can you run the same program on a Speccy and Amstrad CPC ?Both of these machines are Z80 based and I know many Amstrad CPC games were straight ports of the Speccy. Some of the CPC games I seen on YouTube loo…
... make it fit, (and the loading tones on the two did ... in the first place the loading sounded very similar. I even ... tried loading tapes between the two machines ... BASIC is different so apart from the machine code loader at the start ... -
Basic programming for kidsHi there I'm thinking strongly of getting my kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so I can get two bluetooth keyboards fo…
... it into machine code and generates a tape file suitable for loading into ... compiling standard Sinclair BASIC (apart from needing explicit End If's ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... or has machine code routine running along with it. Try loading it in ... adventure where you must escape from Castle Colditz. It's quite ... -macational). These mini-games range from you like mentioned above having ... -
Fuse for macOS 1.3.5 ReleasedA new version of Fuse for macOS has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-for-macosx/ Note …
... a build system for compiling machine code from Sublime Text, and then feeding ... Kempston joystick on QAOP.
--loading-sound Emulate the sound of ... tapes loading.
--separation Use ACB stereo ... -
disk access & other peripheral docs?The documentation at http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/ and thereabouts is fairly complete when it comes to programming the speccys, but t…
... find information on the +3 from other sources, for example Residos ... , for example, has no real machine code interface and requires you to ... 't really enough for dynamic loading of stuff. Or if they ... -
How do I convert a .z80 snapshot to a tape file?I've been fiddling with this for a while but can't get it to work reliably. I use Marvin to write short BASIC and assembly programs that uses .z80 in…
... tape). To save machine code, it's SAVE "whatever" CODE start-address, length ... the loading. So as you've got a screen & machine code, you ... " LINE 10, when you load from the tap it'll start ... running from line 10 and will load ... -
A SAVE routine to reduce Microdrive loading timesHello! Please i'd like to know if there is a SAVE routine written to reduce the zx microdrives loading times.
I recall reading this in Crash or YS.
Save your basic file, verify it,
then save the machine code,verify it.
repeat until done.
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A SAVE routine to reduce Microdrive loading timesHello! Please i'd like to know if there is a SAVE routine written to reduce the zx microdrives loading times.
... it,
then save the machine code,verify it.
repeat until ... done without changing drives or loading from another drive.[/quote]
Many ... thanks. It worked! Loading time decreased by 50%! -
Clever, yes. Useful? Not so sure. Re: LOAD ""CODE gamesI was always curious about how the (few) games that require that you type LOAD ""CODE, rather than the usual LOAD "" worked, but only just now decide…
... trick was to include some machine code and purely binary data into ... /> I guessed it was re-loading the BASIC area. I din ... handling to point to the machine code. Turned out to be ... EDIT: Technically, nothing stops you from doing both. Even combining everything ... -
Please, convert your game to EP128The Enterprise is a Zilog Z80-based home computer first produced in 1985. It can simulate the specy screen, so most of the EP128 game is specy conver…
... a binary conversion, converting from source code is much easier.
There ... anybody used it, for converting machine code programs it is not necessary ... files from TAP, create the loader, convert the attributes of speccy loading ... -
The I register pointing to $40–$7f causes ULA snow and a crash. Or does it?I have heard it from numerous sources, including a few members of this forum, that 128K/+2 machines crash if the I register points to a range of $40–…
... am personally limited by reports from people with real machines and ... basic loader loads a small machine code routine to the screen at ... /> rst 0 ; if tape loading error
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Emulation Overload!!So, **** hit fan on various fronts (including real life, which was far more serious than all this online shenanigans) a little while ago and I made t…
... game right after it finishes loading from tape/disk/etc and displays ... don't know enough about machine code in order to use them ... -
Emulation Overload!!So, **** hit fan on various fronts (including real life, which was far more serious than all this online shenanigans) a little while ago and I made t…
... game right after it finishes loading from tape/disk/etc and displays ... don't know enough about machine code in order to use them ... -
Tape to +3 disk transferWhen the first basic part was merged from tape, to be saved to disk, and it looked like this: [img]https://i.imgur.com/UQx1hc2.jpg[/img] how di…
... that relocates 14000 bytes from address 24000 to 40000 ... be transferring the CODE block "as is", loading into 32768 and ... their intended location using a machine code routine. If you try ... jumping inmediatly will make the loading screen dissapear.
- You ...
