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Basic corruptionDoes anyone have any tips or solutions for when a Basic listing becomes over a certain size and starts to get corrupted due to paging... I remember …
... consquence of difficulty with the basic having to page stuff around ... enough Pages, and set Ramtop high enough.
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Strange layout of Spectrum video memoryHello, does anyone have an idea why the Spectrum's video memory has such a strange layout? I understand that a resolution of 256x192 is an easy mean…
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need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
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Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…
... /> I have been searching high and low for that DEV program by ... a more powerful BASIC like Laser Basic or Beta Basic among others.
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new release of winTZXHi all I released winTZX 0.4drc1 (04/02/2005) + Added CSW file support + Added block selection (replay and save) + Added reverse output + Added direc…
... it from WOS instead. The conversion of TZX2WAV has been made ... 't remain constantly at a high or low level. Also the longer ... -
New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…
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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…
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This is the basic char output routine that stdio ... should be outputting high byte first and then low byte.
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…
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* Place ... click normally given. Values high than 130 tend to noticeably ... contains various flags controlling the Basic system and generally should ...ZX-81 Ram Pack problemHi! I know this is a ZX Spectrum forum, but I am hoping someone here might be able to help me out... I have posted this to c.s.s. but noone was able…
... being tied high or low. Haven't done any Sinclair BASIC in a ...Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…
... "scheme" to load. The most basic is of course the ROM ... the WAV as either a high or low level, with 8 pulses ...Pocket Clive - 2 QuestionsHello, I've just started using Pocket Clive on my iPaq pocket PC, excellent emulator BTW. 1. I have just wrote a small BASIC program to randomly pi…
... the lottery number-picker ZX BASIC program, caused by running ... On a European system, the low order byte will be incremented ... no parameters will cause the high-order byte of SEED ( ... now used for the high byte of the seed< ... is used for the low byte of the seed< ...Beginner InfoI have trying to find some hardware information for use with assembly coding but havn't had much luck. For instance. How do I redirect the vertical …
... the same format byte, the conversion is usually done through a ... byte returned from active low to active high so it is possible ...Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
[QUOTE=48K]1/ Random number generator: I've started using a ld a,r command to grab a number from the memory refresh counter. Only problem is that if I do this in quick succession, the numbers are obviously not very random at all.
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What was *the developers'* choice?While reading this forum, I came to a question which I have never thought about. What was the developers' choice of language back in 80's? are all…
... in those days (besides the basic of course). Compilers for any ... a serious impediment for a high level language. Even if they ... commercial quality games in the high level languages. Of course, with ... is done at such a low level. Why? They like to ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... , and a better version of BASIC, but as it had no ... largest free memory spaces for BASIC of any 8 bit. It ... powerfull machine and target the high end companies entered a price ... machines were targeted at the low end and were just too ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... seeing speed comparisons for basic. Are you sure ... a notoriously slow version of Basic...
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2 DEY ; STORE IT AT LOW ...Was learning machine code a waste of time?I remember computer magazines from the mid-1980s often had features about using machine code, which I duly skipped over as it seemed totally impenetr…
... is written in high level languages (C++/Java/Visual Basic, etc.) and ... , except for a small minority doing low level ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
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Or to calculate low and high byte of 16 bit integer ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... other things (such as multimedia, high resolution graphics, Ethernet networking etc ... appliances?Is it not a low-cost embedded CPU? It gets ... refer - there are certainly some low quality models on market. I ... is about Pascal versus Sinclair Basic.The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... a low end model and the 128 as the high end model ... each line entry that Sinclair Basic does. I absolutely hate the ...Speccy graphics on CBM64The recent "Starquake" thread had me browsing through Steve Crow's portfolio of games and I was quite surprised when following the links to the CBM64…
... demo graphics that combine high-res and low-res modes - there are ... simulator for the c64? full basic emulator, and loads tapes directly ...Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
... Spectrum -- I expect the high frequency noise is filtered out ... which acts like a low pass filter, which I ... me resample audio to those low levels. And gasman told ... a simple hybrid program (basic+m.c.) that would ... data on ram. The BASIC program should ask for ...Question about Type-ins and OCR.Hi guys. I've never used OCR software before (yep, I've been living in a cave). What software do you guys use when you want to send something to Arj…
... obtained with large text and high contrast; simplify pages to large ... quality printing, grainy text, low contrast, low resolution, tiny characters. Most listings ... token system makes typing a BASIC listing a lot quicker than ...Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... lift codes), or load the coordinates into a temporary table during ... BASIC.
3/ additional problems if you place the lift too low ...Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
... the more powerful version of BASIC (although it used to crash ... speed from tape using the High-Speed tape recording trick. But ... it failed due to too low spec (it needs a faster ...Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
... the more powerful version of BASIC (although it used to crash ... speed from tape using the High-Speed tape recording trick. But ... it failed due to too low spec (it needs a faster ...Speccy vs C64 vs Amstrad - Make your vote count![url]http://www.retrofusiononline.com/fusion/[/url] You know it makes sense. We're winning at the moment, too... D.
... the shelf parts. Adding Extended BASIC made it very attractive to ... it's appeal beyond the low end market.
Apple introduced ... where Atari was accepted.
Low cost machines like the Speccy ... and continuing to target the high end market they dove into ...Anybody fancy coding this?blah de blah de blah Please ignore, poting error.
... edge connector, and nails ROMCS high just like ZX Interface 2 ...Faulty M1 linesI'm sure this has been discussed before, but using the forum search for the word 'M1' pulled back no hits, which surprised the hell out of me. Anywa…
... -fatal to force them either high or low on your extension hardware ... you can force ROMCS high thus disabling the BASIC ROM. Well, IORQGE ...
