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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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Take the OpenSE BASIC loading routine (licensed under GPLv2) as your ... -
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…
... /> Having said that, practically every loading routine that I've seen on ... is derived from the ROM routine in some way. If you ... -
Is there an emulator that can "autosnapshot" after loading a tape?The reason i'm asking is that my everyday speccy is a grey +2 with a DivIDE 2k11. Some TAP files simply won't work because of rom checks and other in…
... many cases means that the loading screen has disappeared or the ... trap the return from the loading routine after the game is loaded ... -
Is there an emulator that can "autosnapshot" after loading a tape?The reason i'm asking is that my everyday speccy is a grey +2 with a DivIDE 2k11. Some TAP files simply won't work because of rom checks and other in…
... trap the return from the loading routine after the game is loaded ... clear the screen immediately after loading, another option is to use ... ;
[*]while the game is loading, save the screen to a ... the perfect copy of the loading screen back into the video ... -
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…
... /> The utility for creating the loading routine is at the start of ... necessary to use the saving routine since the standard speed block ... 16 seconds.
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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…
... but left to the BASIC loading/management program for better ... start must be changed when loading different files, but since ... AY music - but with custom loading routine embedded into BASIC management file ... than the one with the routine loaded as a separate ... -
What would be the simplest tape loading routine?I'm searching for some small assembly snippet I can use to load a (headerless or not) block from tape into RAM I can embed in my C games to load furt…
... ld_bytes ; ROM load
di ; loading routine re-enables interrupts
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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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;Biturbo 2 loading routine
;by Giovanni "G.B ... load (loading screen)
CALL 65355 ;Calls loading routine
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CALL 65355 ;Calls loading routine
EI
JP ... , for example, compressed loading screens and/or multiple ... -
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…
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ZX memory questions1. what is the highest address in a 48k spectrum that can be written to? 2. can you write to an address less than 16384 (on real hardware) 3.48k...…
if you keep your basic loading routine small, probably safe to start at 24,000? -
Unusual custom turbo loaders - with sourcesI have always been fascinated by turbo loaders; my games all feature a TZX version with one of such schemes implemented, and I have been experimentin…
... a type-in, this loading routine was used within [URL=" ... Normal (same as ROM loading), Medium (not very fast), ... br /> [CODE]
; Multi-Load loading routine
; by Simon Owen, 1989 ... /> [CODE]
; Multi-Load loading routine
; by Simon Owen, 1989 ... -
Unusual custom turbo loaders - with sourcesI have always been fascinated by turbo loaders; my games all feature a TZX version with one of such schemes implemented, and I have been experimentin…
... Games)[/B]
This loading scheme was used between 1987 ... /> [CODE]
; Special Games turbo loading routine
; Author unknown
; Used ... -
ROM tape trap emulator testA very simple set of [URL="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/e.tinney/tapetest.tap"]tests[/URL] comparing IX/DE/AF return values for various incorrect blo…
... does divIDE trap the ROM loading routine?
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FBZX Wii ReleasedJust tried this out on my Wii and it seems pretty good. 128K AY sound not very good but the emulator is highly configurable. Not bad for a first rele…
... ZX Interface II Rom cartridge loading support
* Added support for ... microdrive
* Improved tape fast loading routine
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FBZX Wii for WindowsFor testing purpose I adapted FBZX Wii to compile against MINGW and to work on Windows (new SDL sound, Virtual keyboard which works with mouse instea…
... ZX Interface II Rom cartridge loading support
* Added support for ... microdrive
* Improved tape fast loading routine
Currah microspeech ROM ... -
FBZX Wii for WindowsFor testing purpose I adapted FBZX Wii to compile against MINGW and to work on Windows (new SDL sound, Virtual keyboard which works with mouse instea…
... ZX Interface II Rom cartridge loading support
* Added support for ... microdrive
* Improved tape fast loading routine
Currah microspeech ROM ... -
TAP version of CrosswizeIs it possible to create a TAP version of Crosswize with all levels? On the tape or a TZX file, the levels are in the same block and a custom loader …
... part is trickier. The level loading routine starts at 54294 and is ... was thinking about patching that routine with a call to standard ... -
Change PAPER and BORDER colours from machine codeHow do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code? I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.
... MIC sockets.
The loading routine sets the border colour directly ... , then jump into the ROM routine, and the border will just ... at writing your own PRINT routine, to give yourself for example ... -
Change PAPER and BORDER colours from machine codeHow do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code? I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.
... colours used when something is loading i.e. yellow-blue/red ... .html"]disassembly of the ROM loading routine here[/URL], and [URL="http ... ROM into RAM, as the routine takes one colour and the ... -
Change PAPER and BORDER colours from machine codeHow do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code? I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.
... .html"]disassembly of the ROM loading routine here[/URL], and [URL="http ... -
List of games with speech?Has there been a thread yet, listing all the games with speech ? (without Currah) I can remember how impressed I was the first time I heard my Spect…
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[i]Ghostbusters[/i]
[i]Death Star Interceptor[/i]
[i]Advanced Pinball Simulator[/i]
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Another silly hardware idea - RAM Pack adaptorHow about a mini bit of PCB that adapts ZX81 RAM Packs to replace the address space of the Spectrum's ROM? I guess practically you'd need a way to…
... give you extra RAM for loading a bit more of [i ... of both (small replacement ROM loading routine plus more RAM)? -
How to Poke a real Spectrum....Hi everyone. Can anyone remind me how to use POKES? (using a real Spectrum, not via the tipshop on an emulator). I've searched around and I can't f…
... things like hide the loading messages to stop them ... printing over the loading screen, or more likely ... press BREAK to interrupt the loading.
Ultimate ... code routine to do the rest of the loading, which ... be the machine code loading routine. -
Shadow of the Unicorn loader for +2A / +3hi, i have tried to load SotU with the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023000"]RAM loader from Fraser Ross[/url], which is l…
OK, I see the difference between this and a 16K Spectrum - on a 16K Speccy the ROM routines run uncontended. In this case the loading routine AND the memory it is loading to are both contended. -
128K programmingDoes anyone know any good resources on assembly programming for the 128? All I'm after is an "idiot's-getting-started-guide" on how to utilise the…
... 's part of the tape loading routine used in the 128k version ... of Little Computer People loader routine
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; Using 128K RAM ...
; leaving screen blank during loading :)
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Shadow of the Unicorn loader for +2A / +3hi, i have tried to load SotU with the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023000"]RAM loader from Fraser Ross[/url], which is l…
... always used this trick when loading a SOFT ROM on the ... using fast or flash loading, although after loading the music sounds very ... tape with the unmodified SotU loading routine, so no delay trick here ... -
Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... should really use the ROM loading routine so that Flash/SD file ... Speccy and unpacking them after loading. You can still use headerless ... -
Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... it was just the ROM routine called from machine code.[/quote ... even when the ROM standard loading routine is being used.
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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…
... , I see how your copy routine works.
So the last ... with the menu, so the loading routine can be copied into RAM ... timing. I guess the copy routine to load it from ROM ... 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…
... I see how your copy routine works.
So the ... the menu, so the loading routine can be copied into RAM ... I guess the copy routine to load it from ROM ... into place as if loading from the TAP file.[/ ... of your game (with the loading screen present if possible) ...
