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High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …
I wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It ... LD HL,POS_1+3 ; set coordinates for score printing...
LD ... ; set the first row's coordinates and attributes
... DEFM "YOU HAVE GOT A HIGH SCORE!"
DEFB 22, ... -
1st steps in animation Having finally resurrected my familiar old graphics programs, chief amongst which is DPaint Animation, I was a little taken aback to reali…
... remembered the output as being high definition, beautiful curves with ... truth is that its definitely low resolution compared to what ... graded fills without causing major conversion problems the least of ... out Sunday morning, hopes high but knowing how rusty I ... -
The trials and tribulations of the external tape recorderAnd you may find this a strange topic, because having been a +2 owner for the last 31-and-a bit years, it's not something I've had to deal with in th…
... these days, even that supposedly high-end Tascam machine that Techmoan ... BASIC block. The only variation was if the volume was so low ... -
Basic Broadband and LandlineJust want some thoughts on this I have been with my current UK provider now for ten years, and my flat fee went up £10 per month last year, and is…
... month that £51 was quite high for just broadband and landline ... .50 and would make my basic bill just over £60 before ... usage she said was not high at about 34 Gigs a ... the flat rate seems very high. Just had not felt able ... -
Is there a simple way to type a Spectrum BASIC Program into notepad, save, then open in emulator?Hello. I have two emulators 1 under linux:- Fuse. 1 under windows 7 :- spin, also downloaded and run zx-editor. I just want to be able to type in …
... able to type in a BASIC program using notepad or editor ... .
However, loading in a basic file from notepad or zx ... , save as xxx, run this conversion util, open emulator, load the ... -
General PSU repair guidesNot Speccy related. I'm just looking for a guide as such as to where to begin with a power supply repair. Realise this is a bit of an odd thing to as…
... a multimeter to do some basic tests with.
What ... board is split between high an d low voltages) , tested from mains ... -
How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
... to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b]
BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.
< ... I assume you can enter BASIC easily, for example using Basin ... be printed at coordinates (y,3)... Remember the spectrum basic has its ... -
Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…
... the assembler listing and Sinclair BASIC wrapper must suffice. Have fun ... ,r
200 REM Coordinates to start fill
210 ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... to take the low part and the high part and use ... is in it's high and low form you need to ... *your interger to get the low part.
... BC to confirm this from BASIC.
Look at ... t particularaly good at taking BASIC and making optimised machine ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... (u will use such high numbers because AL involves storing ... is in it's high and low form you need to ... *your interger to get the low part."
therfore ... = 64. This will be high part. Now 16384-(256 * ... a sample:
BASIC:
LET A = 2
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... (u will use such high numbers because AL involves storing ... is in it's high and low form you need to ... *your interger to get the low part."
therfore ... = 64. This will be high part. Now 16384-(256 * ... a sample:
BASIC:
LET A = 2
speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…
... better and had alot better basic. theres also a graphics mode ... spectrum similar to the blocky low res high color mode on c64 ... have renditions of what this low res high color mode might look ...TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.
... software by Elite; and the BASIC loader of some CPC versions ... side we can only measure high and low levels?
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... one of the high res modes.
The basic idea is that ... /> D4 - Parallel port strobe (active low)
F9 - extended paging ... /> Ports FA,FB, select low and high memory ports on the SAM ... specs I have information on low voltage and small scale chips ...My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... much more commands than standard basic and can convert straight ... format.[/quote]
BASIC is too high level a language for ... - or at least using a low level pseudo code language.
BASIC compilers. C is NOT BASIC. It is far more low level than BASIC ...Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!
... and maybe at least a basic understand of how your speccy ... to the 2*1 pixel low res high color mode so they ... like real guitar harmonics or high notes being pulled back on ... usually. and as a high end computer for me it ... . I really want a high end Amiga but with the ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... always enjoyed brown love. The BASIC stunk. And it's true ... I've ever known (in low-res mode). But... games do ... , of course think the the high-res monochrome looked so much ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... C64 also has a low color high resolution, which happens to ... , although most not in low res, but hi res ... enjoyed brown love. The BASIC stunk. And it's ... I've ever known (in low-res mode).[/quote]
... course think the the high-res monochrome looked so much ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... mean we all know the high-res vs colour vs ... music vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard vs games vs ... why again, i liked the basic better, think it is ... to get into than C64 Basic, and you can ask ... graphics. take away the low res and you have something ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... need to be that high although you say it ... try to use really low voice samples and chopping ... aren't sensitive to such low frequencies) and won't ...
To use a Basic analogy, imagine having to write ... a Basic program where every 3 statements ...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…
... asm a decent knowledge of basic is great ... unless i ... difficulties people have with a low level language like assembler is ... at a high level first, as you would in Basic, by thinking ... become good at assembler, your low-level knowledge will allow smarter ....P filesAs this appears to be the standard for ZX81 files for the near future can anybody point me to the required tools and if possible a tutorial on how to…
... most ZX81 tapes are just Low or High tones. Maybe CSW is ... actually loads for future preservation/conversion.
I don't have ...Where you jealous of Commodore 64 owners?I most definitely WAS! A sad admission, I know. I knew they had me beaten when I went round to a mate's house and saw 'The Way of the Exploding Fist'…
... graphics look less blocky in low resolution, which allows the ... on the CPC make low res graphics look so ... colour clash, even in low res high colour if it is ... forced to used a low intensity White for grays ... when i've made some basic games or something, colour ...COVOX works?My Sprinter "simulates" a COVOX soundcard at port 4Fh, but I don't know how to use it! Can anyone explain to me the process of programming it? (To be…
... a high value (say 255) and then output a low ... of the high value = the duration of the low value, then ... the duration of the high value is varied so ... 10
Each high/low cycle repeats every 0.0005 ... relies on precise timing. Basic is no where near fast ...Ultimate PollIt seems that most people like giving their profiles/opinions, so here's another one... see if I can make a poll out of it :) (some questions may ha…
... enter your name in the high score table. Really nice.< ... />
12. Worst Speccy arcade conversion
ROBOCOP. ... />
13. Best Speccy arcade conversion
Operation ... a couple of these in Basic better than some machine ...InterruptsA small piece intended for the FAQ. Comments, corrections, additions welcome. Notably: * How long does the 48K ULA hold /INT low? * What happens i…
... 1 (as used by Spectrum BASIC), the processor simply executes an ... low byte from the interrupt vector.
* M5: 3 tstates: read high ... br /> * M2: 3 tstates: write high byte and decrement SP.
* M3: 4 tstates: read high byte of 'nnnn' and decrement ...
