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Mnemonics UppercaseMy question is more PC oriented than Spectrum, but maybe somebody knows a simple solution. I have some Spectrum machine code in .asm files. I wrote …
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Port Chuzzle Deluxe for Windows to the ZX Spectrum?Hi all, I've been looking around for a Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum game that's very similar to a Windows game called "Chuzzle Deluxe", but haven't b…
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Sam Revival issue 19 out now! [Sam CoupIssue 19 of Sam Revival is now out! Let's start off with what's on the coverdisk: Conquest. Written by Peter King in 1997 this originally had a lim…
... "Programming the Z80", a new machine code column from the talents of ... , memory and a couple of machine code instructions with a very small ... to date 65C02 cpu emulator code and other enhancements including support ... -
Can anybody recommend a good assembler?I've just downloaded Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code on Your ZX Spectrum" from the books archive and I'm hunting for a good speccy z80 compiler.…
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IM instruction - danger Will Robinson!!! :)Here's something I've wondered about for years: On page 102 of "Mastering Machine Code on your Zx Spectrum" by Toni Baker, there's an instruction li…
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Lots of original release Speccy/C64 gamesLOADS of Spectrum (and C64) games are going on EBAY tonight - hopefully I can raise a bit of much needed cash! Nearly all of the games are the origi…
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Sinclair ZX Spectrum - MACHINE CODE EDITOR/ASSEMBLER
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ZX Spectrum and (real) B A S I CSometimes ago there was a thread "how spectrum changed your lives". Another thread dealt with "how to copy spectrum screens using basic not using co…
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SPIN's breakpoints - an overviewAs quite a few people have been asking how to set breakpoints on memory write etc. in SPIN, here's a description of the way the breakpoints work. Get…
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UNTIL 23296
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This would ... use VALUE, like this:
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UNTIL (RADDR=23296) ... way of reading this in machine code is the "IN A, ( ... , as demonstrated next:
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How does the Z80 communicate with hardware?How does the Spectrum (or Z80) interact with other hardware devices? I think devices can communicate with the CPU through interrupts, but how can the…
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How could you hear if loading BASIC or MC?When loading a Spectrum program from tape you could usually hear from the sound if it is a BASIC or is some machine code program *. My question is, w…
... a BASIC or is some machine code program *. My question is, why ... about the same as a machine code routine?
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How does the Z80 work internaly?How does the Z80 work internaly, i.e. how does it actually execute a machine code instruction? When it fetches a byte from the memory and finds, for…
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Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
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DEF FN DirectivesI am looking at using some machine code functions from the DK Graphics Pack. They are machine code but they are called via Basic with the function de…
... am looking at using some machine code functions from the DK Graphics ... Pack. They are machine code but they are called via ... do I call these from machine code? Do the bytes following the ... -
How to add speech to a program?Is it possible to add speech to a machine code program? And with possible I mean with relative ease. Hardware could be 128k. Is there some utility …
Is it possible to add speech to a machine code program? And with possible I mean with relative ease. Hardware could be 128k.
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messianic lightAnybody read the bizarre posts by this guy on CSS? He's just bought a ZX81 machine code book on eBay and now wants to write a Java Runtime Environmen…
Anybody read the bizarre posts by this guy on CSS?
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Elite Commander Editors / CreatorsI've noticed 3 of these in the WOS database. One is MIA and the other two have bugs I've discovered and don't edit everything. So, I was going to ma…
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[code]0-9 - Commander name (followed ... /> All this loads into 53332 :)[/code]
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Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
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Ripping a fontIs it possible to rip a font from a machine code game using Spin?
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Looking for an extended BASIC graphics routine from mid- to late-80sHello all, This is my first post here so please go easy. This is basically a cut-and-paste job from comp.sys.sinclair where I've had no luck with an…
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A classic thread sub-forum?You know how some sites have a "classic" thread sub-forum? Where any notable threads are moved to, after a certain period of time when no-one has pos…
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Games sale clean-out...Having a clean-out, and are selling the titles below... PM me if you're interested in any of them. Unsure of any particular prices - make me an off…
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Machines and game starter bundles for saleI am just in the process of compiling a new stock list for the Preservation team shop and I am going to add a lot of my spare hardware kit and some o…
... Pack" with a fully tested machine, power supply, cables, manuals, ... games and depending on the machine, a joystick interface, Blank ... to bundle them with a machine.
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Questions about the Speccy and it's emulationOut of interest, and to raise another interesting discussion, I have some questions about the Spectrum and it's emulation; 1) Is everything known ab…
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Help using M3 ramFrom the Multiface 3 manual. [quote]6.0 The Use of Extra 8K RAM --------------------------- The MULTIFACE's 8K RAM extension can be accessed and us…
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BEEP conundrumFor the "CSSCGC 2008 Tape Magazine" December edition, I have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last year which plays a festive tune using …
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Looking for a type-in.I remember a type in program of a sliding block puzzle. It used code to shift the screen blocks. At the start of a game you could select how many m…
... sliding block puzzle. It used code to shift the screen blocks ... a mixture of basic and code. I've searched every task ... program myself using the various machine code window scroll routines scattered around ... -
12-pixel-wide font on 512x192 screenThanks to Geoff I have a working prototype for displaying this font in BASIC. Machine code to follow.
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What's the best development environment?Dear all, In my teens, try as hard as I might, I could never get my head round machine code. Now fat and balding, I thought I'd have another bash; a…
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Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
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Are partitions and machine code the only way to deal ... they all rely on using machine code to read data from a ... /> -No need to learn complicated machine code (yes, I know, I know ... -
A scrolling starfield - help needed!I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but…
I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but . . . how do you create random stars? Some help would be greatly appreciated?
Andy