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Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... making some experiments with Kobrahsoft's [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... made with ZX Spin's virtual tape recorder on higher speeds than ... inside the code with Spectaculator's debugger.
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Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... up out of the archaeologist's book...
I ran some ... the rom, actually used Patrik's random generator.
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JSW1 - Game Loader DifferencesThere were four releases (five if you count the PGC bugfix) although with a few exceptions the loaders are about the same. [B]Loader: Pre-Production…
... wrong with my volume, my tape deck, my connections, or my ... wise is high considering it's a tape + tape hiss?. I have seen ... -
Grand Theft Auto V announced!Ok, time for another mega-game thread :smile: [url]http://www.rockstargames.com/[/url] Trailer next week!
[QUOTE=mile;724077]got an in game message from rockstar randomly telling me how many times flook got wasted. nice feature. :p[/QUOTE]
They know each user's alcoholic intake?!?!?! :-o
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Presenting the Steamxbox!Valve have announced the prototype specifications for their new console, the Steambox. Actually, ignore the 'prototype' bit, as if you know anything …
... insanity to alienate a user base of millions![/QUOTE]< ... the entire Steam PC user base isn't going to ... manufacturer is not blocking the user's ability) to upgrade the ... the Steambox, unless it's specifically locked into only ... think on it's own it's going to be ... -
CHX editorIf you came in touch with the wonderful FZX and IZX file formats and their drivers, I was thinking about a small improvement: What about removing th…
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From user's point of view, it would ... nearly identical functionality, so that's the reason I suggested a ... .
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Funny books?What books (be they novels, TV spin offs, compendium of annecdotes, whatever) do you think are funny? For some reason, I've never found a book that w…
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Funny books?What books (be they novels, TV spin offs, compendium of annecdotes, whatever) do you think are funny? For some reason, I've never found a book that w…
[QUOTE=merman;733422]My major problem with Eoin Colfer's Hitchhiker's book was the way he made everyone Irish. Seemed unnecessary.[/QUOTE]
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ROM replacement using 28C256 EEPROMThought I'd share a quick project I knocked up in order to use a 28C256 EEPROM in place of the standard 23128 ROM in the Spectrum. The connections a…
... and 183 of Chris Smith's book, the /ROMCS logic is given ... -
Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …
... of Gianluca Carri in his book "Spectrum Shadow ROM Disassembly". Mr ... I went to Mr. Carri's book, where I did not succeed ... -
New Game:Killer BeesI have ported one of my favourite games for the Phillips G7000 to the ZX Spectrum. Killer Bees, I spent hours playing this as a kid. The original g…
... extent this depended on the user's television to tolerate a screwed ... it takes to lose. That's probably something I should have ... -
IX register wonderings...***noob alert*** I'm doing a lot of these in my program: ld a,(ix+n) cp 0 jp z I know you can do things like this: dec (ix+n) but can you test …
[QUOTE=The_Bert;753138]Or there's Rodnay Zaks' [URL="http://www. ... very comprehensive but Alan Tully's book is far easier to understand ... -
Programming again with the ZX SpectrumI am going to take a blast at programming for the Spectrum again. Its bee a long time since I have done this. I need to refresh my memory and maybe l…
... /> Another vote for Toni Baker's book, for me everything fell into ... once I started reading that book. -
Programming again with the ZX SpectrumI am going to take a blast at programming for the Spectrum again. Its bee a long time since I have done this. I need to refresh my memory and maybe l…
[QUOTE=karingal;753366]Another vote for Toni Baker's book, for me everything fell into place once I started reading that book.[/QUOTE]
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Using the stack to blit bufferI was using a ldir to blit my back buffer to the screen RAM, and it was working pretty well if not rather slow. After reading about using the stack …
... excellent piece in Toni Baker's book.[/QUOTE]
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How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…
... one Finnish language "wafer-thin" book about Spectrum and Z80 programming ... Spectrum, etc). Later came Zak's book that I borrowed from the ... -
THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... a game of a children's book in a fantasy land, so ... the felt-tip-pen, colouring-book type graphics, it suits the ... -
THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... a game of a children's book in a fantasy land, so ... the felt-tip-pen, colouring-book type graphics, it suits the ... -
Red Dwarf XII've just got back from a local Sci-Fi convention where the cast of Red Dwarf were signing and did a Q&A and they announced that Red Dwarf XI is due …
... seven onwards) delivered. What's strange, though, is that ... I've seen) that's even OK, let alone good ... part of the settlement. Doug's book, The Last Human, came ... and women, so it's hard to understand why he ... , still not at it's peak but funny nonetheless ( ... -
Red Dwarf XII've just got back from a local Sci-Fi convention where the cast of Red Dwarf were signing and did a Q&A and they announced that Red Dwarf XI is due …
... part of the settlement. Doug's book, The Last Human, came first ... that introduced her) that she's probably different from the Kotchanksy ... .
And Kryten's jealousy over Lister and Kotchanksy ... by the deaths of Rimmer's brother and that (ridiculously ... -
Learning Machine Code the +2a wayHello again all, I thought I'd ask in this forum as the other categories seem less relevant. I keep re-reading the thread below with the advice given…
... highly optimised mc routines. (There's an example of it in ... /> Good luck for reading Pritchard's book, it can be a good ... the Crash review of the book, there's not much about +2 ... in "Development" instead, but that's a small detail I can ... -
BAS-ROM for HarlequinSince it is very easy for everybody to plug a new BAS-ROM into his Harlequin there is the question, what kind of ROM and what additional functions sh…
... finding out exactly what BSkyB's current position on the orignal ... a copy of Chris Smith's book.
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BAS-ROM for HarlequinSince it is very easy for everybody to plug a new BAS-ROM into his Harlequin there is the question, what kind of ROM and what additional functions sh…
... a copy of Chris Smith's book.
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BAS-ROM for HarlequinSince it is very easy for everybody to plug a new BAS-ROM into his Harlequin there is the question, what kind of ROM and what additional functions sh…
... , fixed and/or produced PCB's to replicate the same clone ... ]
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The Wizard of Hotspot HillockI've just re-discovered this unfinished game which I haven't done any work on for a couple of years. As it can be played through to the end as it is …
... need to use the emulator's "Insert Tape" or equivalent option to ... need to use the emulator's TAP file browser to select ... -
Why was the Speccy screen displaced?Okay, so maybe this has been discussed before but no idea what search terms to look for. I just watched a YouTube video of someone filiming himself …
A full explanation of how and why the video timings ended up the way they did for the different ULA revisions is all explained in detail in Chris Smith's book. -
Why was the Speccy screen displaced?Okay, so maybe this has been discussed before but no idea what search terms to look for. I just watched a YouTube video of someone filiming himself …
... is taken from Chris Smith's book. Highly recommended. -
Best book for learning assembly programming on ZX Spectrum?Hello, I'm currently learning BASIC programming from ZX Spectrum BASIC programming manual. After I learn BASIC, I would then like to learn assembly…
[QUOTE=m1k3yboi;768973]Toni Baker's book has to be one of ... data.[/quote]
It's a useful reference (as is ... .
David M Webb's [i]Advanced Spectrum Machine Language ... follow on from Toni Baker's book. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org ...
