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  • New feature: voting on hardware and booksAnother old item on the to-do list has been added: extending the voting system to include hardware and books. Since book suggestions are appearing mo…

    ... . Honestly, there's a Speccy book that's the absolute best ... it. It's the book that makes Machine Code make sense! I've ... it.

    'Practical Spectrum Machine Code Programming'

    Thanks Virgin ...
    Graz Graz March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Machine Code for BeginnersHi folks. [sort of] newbie alert. Not new to Spectrum - been there since getting first rubber key 48k in 84 and a regular visitor to WoS for many y…

    ... cgi?id=0008031"]The Complete Machine Code Tutor[/URL]. For learning ... & well written, a book doesn't have this. It ... other people's machine code, a plain Z80 MC code table, and ... can do with Z80 machine code, The Complete Machine Code Tutor is a good ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... assembler from a book published by Shiva called 'Spectrum Machine Code' and assembly ... on my spectrum, with that book has paid dividends. I may ...
    alien8r33d alien8r33d April 2010 Chit chat
  • The Spectrum Pocket Book by PhippsSeems we don't have the inlay to this. Should [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013386"]machine code tools[/URL] be called The …

    ... /infoseekid.cgi?id=0015480"]Pocket Book Games[/URL] and [URL="http ... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013386"]Machine Code Tools[/URL]
    Strange. Must ...
    Hairy Hairy April 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …

    ... by myself (having only a book with short AY documentation). brownb2 ... at a time). Using precompiled machine code player is way much better ...
    Shiru Shiru May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Found an old tapeWay back in the 80's I wrote some basic (and later compiled basic) programs to hold character data for playing the fighting fantasy books. I tried fl…

    ... know of is the 60th book "Bloodbones" which came out a ... 'll have to rewrite in machine code.

    PS.
    Isn ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Adventure Gamebook Solver"It would take me ages to solve that adventure gamebook without AGES" - is what someone might say if they didn't have the [url=http://www.users.globa…

    ... the AGES programs with some machine code enhancements. The AGES-2 program ... or a mistake in the book (or even a programming error ... 4 & 44 lines of code respectively, and run instantaneously! - although ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2010 Announcements
  • Adventure Gamebook Solver"It would take me ages to solve that adventure gamebook without AGES" - is what someone might say if they didn't have the [url=http://www.users.globa…

    ... game parameters - which allows the book title, base file name and ... to rewrite that loop in machine code as well - which I'll ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2010 Announcements
  • Adventure Gamebook Solver"It would take me ages to solve that adventure gamebook without AGES" - is what someone might say if they didn't have the [url=http://www.users.globa…

    ... output for a 400 location book, and AGES-4 from 1 ... have been updated, as the machine code segments now vary from program ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2010 Announcements
  • Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…

    ... have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late ... have been reading a book on the subject but ... I missing something? My book simply states that it will ... BC==0 is
    [code]
    DEC BC
    ... /> JR NZ, loop
    [/code]

    secondary, you ...
    Fikee Fikee August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Adventure Gamebook Solver"It would take me ages to solve that adventure gamebook without AGES" - is what someone might say if they didn't have the [url=http://www.users.globa…

    ... of those loops done in machine code, but I'll just re ... -code them when I'm in ... stuff to the screen from machine code.

    That's interesting ... check it with a real book as well. I've got ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2010 Announcements
  • Spectrum (+related 8bit) books for sale.I have the following books for sale, in case anybody here is interested in having them? [LIST] [*]Micronet Book - Alan Giles (Melbourne House) - Ex.…

    ... /> [*]Micronet Book - Alan Giles (Melbourne House) - Ex. library.
    [*]Z80 Machine code for ...
    the_evangelist the_evangelist September 2010 Sales
  • Pretty CrashesTo make a 48K spectrum crash spectacularly and beautifully enter the following into basic. Also works on a 128k in 48k mode though not quite as prett…

    ... either - but having learned machine code from that book as an impressionable 12 ...
    gasman gasman September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • WTF stupid machine10 LET X = 28672 or 61440 depending on how much memory you have 20 LET A$ = ?? 30 IF A$ = ?? THEN INPUT A$ 40 LET Y = CODE A$ ? 48:IF Y>9 THEN LET Y …

    ... is used to take in machine code[/QUOTE]

    Hi Robin ... with the loader in the book as well. Suggest you change ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Pretty CrashesTo make a 48K spectrum crash spectacularly and beautifully enter the following into basic. Also works on a 128k in 48k mode though not quite as prett…

    That ZX81 explanation makes a lot of sense, actually.

    It's hardly "DANGER!!!" though, is it? :-) IMHO it's quite an unfortunate flaw in a book that did so much to dispel the myth of machine code being intimidating.
    gasman gasman September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Pretty CrashesTo make a 48K spectrum crash spectacularly and beautifully enter the following into basic. Also works on a 128k in 48k mode though not quite as prett…

    ... a book that did so much to dispel the myth of machine code ... agree. Given how popular this book was, it probably set back ...
    ccowley ccowley September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    Toni Bakers [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Mastering+Machine+Code+on+Your+ZX+Spectrum$&pub=^Interface+Publications+Ltd$"]book[/URL] is a good bet.
    Arjun Arjun October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    ... ROM), central processing units (CPUs), machine code (the language that CPUs understand ... url]

    This book was recommended in Sinclair User ... the methods in this book are out of date ... of the Spectrum. The book features many programming examples. ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    ... a very good course on Machine Code for the Spectrum, ranging from ... first teachs you what is machine code, what is assembler, how can ... how can you dump a machine code to your Spectrum, etc. Then ... scanned pages of the whole book):
    [url]http://www.robertp ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    ... with a great book called [I]Spectrum Machine Language for ... infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Mastering+Machine+Code+on+Your+ZX+Spectrum ... right. The difficulty with machine code, like with English words, ... most purposes, "assembler" and "machine code" mean the same thing.
    ewgf ewgf October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    ... an Idiot's guide to machine code, the link is in my ... using the Spectrum Machine language for the Absolute Beginner book, and found ...
    bigjon bigjon October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    ... used Spectrum Machine language for the Absolute Beginner. Great book for the ... learned a great deal about machine code, but the included Freeway Frog ... from the rest of the book.
    spud spud October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    ... used Spectrum Machine language for the Absolute Beginner. Great book for the ... learned a great deal about machine code, but the included Freeway Frog ... from the rest of the book.[/QUOTE]

    True, although ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    ... using the Spectrum Machine language for the Absolute Beginner book, and found ... actually learnt using 'Introducing Spectrum Machine Code' by Ian Sinclair. Nearest it ...
    bigjon bigjon October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    ... actually learnt using 'Introducing Spectrum Machine Code' by Ian Sinclair. Nearest it ... that book too, my first book was on assembly was "Spectrum Machine Code" by ... type in mnemonics from the book samples like "LD HL, 16384 ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Learning Assembly LanguageHow easy would it be to learn assembly language for someone who has a decent grasp of Basic? I mean how long do you think it would take before I coul…

    ... basics, I used a book called 'Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute ... basic program to input the machine code into an actual spectrum, but ... />
    Good luck with your machine coding venture :)
    sekrets sekrets October 2010 Development
  • Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…

    ... in chapter two of his book [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... br /> load another, perhaps some machine-code. The problem is that the ...

    [CODE]LET d=PEEK 23766[/CODE]

    then ... , something like

    [CODE]100 LOAD *"m";PEEK 23766 ...
    jp jp November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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