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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$…
... often wondered while waiting for loading screen to materialise line by ... were actually made prior to saving them as code or screen ... " SCREEN$. But some of the loading screens I see are far ... -
Loading from/saving to Zoom H2NI have recently acquired a Zoom H2N Handy Recorder for various audio-based purposes, and I am interested in loading my Speccy games from the H2N (Wav…
... , and I am interested in loading my Speccy games from the ... -
Saving in BASIC in ESXDOS, the date is interesting :)I just got my hands on a divMMC Enjoy Mini. What a fantastic device!!! So I tried saving/loading basic programs to the disk. A curious thing happens.…
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The R-Tape loading Era. An Easter story?R-Tape loading era Nostalgia's a funny thing you know. You might remember what at the time seemed a damn nuisance, only to recall it much later…
R-Tape loading era
Nostalgia's ... an era when cassette tape loading and saving of programs was fraught ... for the dreaded R-Tape loading error.
At the ... -
how can we load +3dos files in assembly?is there some way to load +3dos files in assembly, like calling bios routines somewhere? (like defining in registers the filename string address in m…
is there some way to load +3dos files in assembly, like calling bios routines somewhere? (like defining in registers the filename string address in memory, loading location, size, etc., and call the routine that loads it?) -
Best emulator to use for type-insHi Everyone, I have loads of spectrum basic / mc code I had written when I was at school - some cool stuff, I'd like to type it in (from 4" silver p…
... makes editing, debugging, testing and saving/loading a snap. It has some ... Dunny added some sort of Assembly language editing tools too. ;) :D ... -
Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…
... been looking over the tape loading schemes here [url]http://newton ... have an assembly listing by Speedlock Associates for both loading and saving. Not ... , red/black border stripes on loading. -
Defender of the crownI have checked recently the Spectrum version of this well known, great game and the Spectrum version is strange. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org…
... . Intro is simplified to two loading screens without music. There's ... Studio, we coded in Oxford Assembly (I'm not sure about ... two afterloading parts, the girl saving screen and the winning screen ... -
Games only possible in 128K mode?In the thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30145[/url] the discussion of 128K only games comes up, and it made me w…
... interrupt routine of Beepola's assembly output (PUSH POP BC so ... game while the game is loading, like the pacman game while ... Joe Blade 2 is loading. Its not finished yet, I ... Beepola for losing a life, saving a man etc. Its easy ... -
Spectrum 128K RS232 to PC serial cableIf you have read some of my recent posts then you will know that I am eager to link my Spectrum +3 to a PC. This will be done by wiring a standard PC…
... job without the Multiface 3 saving and loading. I so can't ... Spracklen Z-80 and 8080 Assembly Language Programming
The Complete ... -
Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... , you are faced with minutes loading and saving time (not to mention ... the possibility of tape loading errors) which ... programs), various cross assemblers (for assembly programs), several graphics programs for ... -
Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... , you are faced with minutes loading and saving time (not to mention ... the possibility of tape loading errors) which ... programs), various cross assemblers (for assembly programs), several graphics programs for ... -
Spectaculator & GENS4Im using Hisofts Gens 4 assemler with Spectaculator and getting an error: [B]Bad Name[/B] when I try to assemble and save the file to a TAP. Assemb…
... . Saving and loading source to TAP works Ok. Its just during assembly that ... not getting as far as saving anything.
So at ... moment, I haven't tried saving to a real tape, only ... -
DivMMC EnJOY! v2014.1Teaser: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea036HH25f8[/url] This is the board version that is designed for the custom case which is worked on at t…
... C programming (and sometimes inline-assembly) and crosscompiling
from a ... , but
besides classic saving and loading via BASIC call's you ... -
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…
... a lot. The idea is loading a snapshot into ZX-Assembler ... , then optionally loading code execution maps from emulators ... version of the file when saving - while losing the
... of calls and jumps, including assembly of most
of SjASM ... -
assembler emulator or cross platformHi I have another question about cross compiling speccy assembly code. So using Pasmo as an example. If I was assembling code in Zxspin I can asse…
... .asm"[/code] to my main assembly file, and now the whole ... a BASIC loader and a loading screen. Traditionally, that would mean ... things in the emulator, and saving them out in turn. (And ... -
Graphics program in AssemblyHi so I think I'm getting the hang of this so I've done this program. It writes directly to the screen. I'm using ZX Spin. [code] LD HL,16384 LD B,…
... assuming your emulator supports saving and loading snapshots you avoid most of ... Spectrum Assembler[/url] that reads assembly source code from REM statements. -
Database model ZXDBRecently, I have been trying to figure out how to provide my contribution to whoever takes over WoS archive rework next... So I came up with this: …
... (perfected over decades of assembly optimization without using pointers), ... raw speed, the only saving you can make is in ... All those "decades of assembly optimization" in the database won ... minimize heap fragmentation would be loading everything at once. Then ... -
the loading screen.It wasn't so bad in the past, with all the colourful lines during the loading stage. But now that everything has improved so much it is kind of annoy…
... the colourful lines during the loading stage. But now that everything ... -
Loading noiseHas anyone come up with a good setting on the realspectrum emulator to give a perfect loading noise on tzx files? If so could you please tell me what…
Has anyone come up with a good setting on the realspectrum emulator to give a perfect loading noise on tzx files? If so could you please tell me what it is as I would love to get this right!
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Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…
... loaders, usually with the original loading screen "hacked" or completely replaced ... /> A single BASIC loader (no assembly), which LOADs a SCREEN$ and ... -
Spectrum assembly programming Hi, I'm passionated in assembly programming and I'd like to find some documents talking about Spectrum (not Z80). Do someone have interesting refer…
Hi, I'm passionated in assembly programming and I'd like to find some documents talking about Spectrum (not Z80). Do someone have interesting references ? Thanks for all ! -
Loading with CODEHi all! I last played speccy games back in '91. that's when it died IMHO. It's good to see people are keeping the dream alive with emulators and util…
... . There are no instructions for loading with the TAP file included ... documentation for these games (specifically - loading)
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Spectaculator 2.0 availableHi, I've just released a new version of Spectaculator. It should be on WOS in a few days. Here's a cut 'n' paste from comp.sys.sinclair: Spectacula…
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- Supports both formats for saving your game progress and other ...
- Generates the infamous loading noise
- Supports the ... the Spectrum and
starts loading when you open a tape ... -
Loading Superstition.When I was a kid, my sister and I held certain superstitions about certain games which would affect whether they would load successfully or not. The…
... the room and spoiling the loading process.
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SPIN Public Beta 0.1b Available for downloadHi all, back again, and as just recently announced on CSS, SPIN has been updated. Here's the post to CSS (or the relevant parts): It's been a bu…
... in fullscreen.
Fixed Snapshot saving in 48k mode (SP pointer ... bug in
128k snap saving.
Fixed Z80 block compression ... better now, even in Blitz loading
mode.
FEEDBACK ... -
ANNOUCE: Spin Public Beta 0.1d now availableWell, after the overwhelming response to the previous announcement here on WOS Forums, I thought I'd best post that SPIN 0.1d is up. Here's the CSS …
... (except where unavoidable, ie, loading a 128k
snap into ... snapshots :)
Added loading and saving of Binary files (chunks ... CSWs (From Andy Barker's Loading Schemes Page) :
Mask ... Added support for Twister's loading scheme to be speedloaded.
SPIN V0.2 Now Available[Standard CSS cut'n'paste message] Hi all! Well, again another update, but we think this one's well worth it. There's numerous additions and fixes,…
... some
stuff.
RZX saving fixed - broken due to new ... the emulation.
Added WAV loading support - 8bit/16 mono/stereo ... /2k/XP with the Bitmap saving dialog.
Fixed a bug ... help menu.
Added more loading schemes to the speedloader, such ...SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…
... disks.
The old blitz loading is now incorporated permanently into ... Blitz now describes the new loading technique. Try it, you ... muted.
Fixed another snap saving problem - not all banks were ... br /> Fixed auto tape/disk loading for +3e mode
More ...Speccy loading schemesI was wondering. How did programmers get those spectrum games to load using the different loading schemes like the faster loaders?(speedlock) Did the…
I was wondering. How did programmers get those spectrum games to load using the different loading schemes like the faster loaders?(speedlock) Did the code have to be saved in some special way? How did thye get the different colours also?
