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Educational games that you liked ish, sort of.Im not sure why my dad bought me and my sister a spectrum when we were kids but for my mum it was a way to boost my failing education. She would inve…
... , it had clear instructions for transfering it to Microdrive and how to ... -
ZX Microdrive endlessly spinningHi, I've got 2 ZX Microdrives that behave very similarly, basically they seem to be receiving commands nicely, but no matter whether i LOAD SAVE or …
If it is the microdrive unit, then chances are it ... is either the microdrive ULA (which I have in ... badly worn, there is a clear ridge around the middle ! -
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…
... go very low with the CLEAR command providing your BASIC program ... to use 24064 for the lowest start address of my machine ... :
[code]
10 CLEAR 24063
20 LOAD "" CODE ... -
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…
... saved the code to the MICRODRIVE with the command SAVE *"M ... />
Example.
10 CLEAR 24831
20 LOAD "" CODE ... memory contents onto the same microdrive as the previous program by ... -
Microdrive CartridgesI've read many posts regarding these, and now I have a couple of Microdrives and a few carts I can see what all the fuss is about, those felt pads. …
... diskettes or even cassette tapes, microdrive cartridges have aged very bad ... the main component of a microdrive cartridge is still in production ... more convenient to get a Microdrive unit, remove all old ... about this, it became clear that the 8 microdives limit ... -
Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…
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Just to make it clear, Simon Goodwin did give me ... modification[/b], using cassette or microdrive to hold the working files ... -
New platform game: Sid SpannersHi all, here is my Christmas present. A new platform game (well, more of a mini-game really). [url=http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/homepage/staff/cmspc…
... C code in at the lowest possible address.
However ... few hundred bytes below the CLEAR address), so I can easily ... -
multiple songs with savage enginesorry friends, another thread with my stupid questions. maybe wos should introduce a noob section for people like me? :oops: anyway, how does using …
... , etc). So, make just one CLEAR before load anything, and it ... be one byte lower than lowest address used to load data ... -
Z80 Assembler for MicrocassettesDoes anyone know of any assembler that can generate .mcr microcassette binaries? Pasmo only generates regular cassettes, and since i am going to try …
... left over for accessing the microdrive in BASIC for anyone who ... for microdrives:
10 CLEAR VAL "39154": LOAD *"m";1 ... , like you, Im not a microdrive user (I also personally like ... are a god-sent to microdrive users... -
z88dk sticky?I've just tried to PM Alcoholics Anonymous and couldn't because "Alcoholics Anonymous has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot acc…
... 'll see if I can clear out some messages in the ... addressing open files at the lowest level. Unused entries in the ... -
Spellbound 48k issues with ToastrackIve been busy converting a lot of games to +D disk, everything was going smoothly until I tried Spellbound, loading in 48k mode on the toaster it res…
... following steps: (apologies for the microdrive syntax, but that's what ... these instructions to work for Microdrive and Opus users)
< ... 48 BASIC
MERGE ""
CLEAR 26000
LOAD "" CODE 16384 ... line
10 BORDER 0:CLEAR 26060:LOAD *"m";1;"spell ... -
Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…
... and frustrating evening - that the CLEAR value for the example BASIC ... I couldn't get the microdrive ones to work.
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…
... the same as for the Microdrive if I'm not mistaken ... are set up:
I clear 1000 bytes for basic loading ...+80 Word Manager - Oxford Computer PublishingHi folks, A query about the TZX image we have in the archive: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012236[/url] The above entry is…
... 48K ZX Spectrum. Programs are Microdrive compatible, and are available in ... manual does make it pretty clear that it is for 80 ...Help! Experts in BASIC/ASM, Hardware, in-game screenshots needed!There are several games which are too complicated for me to get the in-game screenshot. If you guys could help me, the Spectrum community would appre…
... to be transferred to a Microdrive or Disk, depending upon which ... the Des Chiffres files to Microdrive. They won't all fit ... in.
[code]
5 CLEAR 34299: RESTORE 10: FOR f ... /> "HE",16384,6912
15 CLEAR 34299: RESTORE 20: FOR f ...Help! Experts in BASIC/ASM, Hardware, in-game screenshots needed!There are several games which are too complicated for me to get the in-game screenshot. If you guys could help me, the Spectrum community would appre…
... to be transferred to a Microdrive or Disk, depending upon which ... the Des Chiffres files to Microdrive. They won't all fit ... in.
[code]
5 CLEAR 34299: RESTORE 10: FOR f ... /> "HE",16384,6912
15 CLEAR 34299: RESTORE 20: FOR f ...Beta testing FuseHello everyone, We are preparing Fuse for a new release soon and would appreciate help in testing that all the new features and all the old features …
... distributed with ROMs that have clear distribution status. Someone may view ... a book about if1 and microdrive. i will take a look ...BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…
... now handles the If.1/Microdrive commands as well. It turns ... .
[code]1000 REM Test Microdrive commands
1001 CAT 1 ... /> 13 CIRCLE 1,2,3: CLEAR: CLEAR 45321: CLOSE #1: CLS
16k programmingHi all, If I want to code something for a 16k (or any spectrum) my understanding was that if I CLEAR below 24064 and put all the code above it up to…
... understanding was that if I CLEAR below 24064 and put all ... . The CLEAR statement must be one byte less than the lowest address ...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…
... ;; set on high edges and clear on low edges
;;
clear on low
.border_instruction ... now set on high edge, clear on low
. ... and 3 ; use only the lowest two bits
dec a ...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…
... .loader_init:
xor a ; clear accumulator
ld (.checksum),a ...
;; carry clear and zero clear indicates load error
lowest two bits
dec a ...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…
...
dec a ; clear BREAK bit without affecting carry ... /> and 7 ; keep only lowest three bits (7T)
... /> .jubilee_pilot:
dec a ; clear BREAK bit without affecting carry ...Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... .
[code]
5 CLEAR 61439: INK 4: BORDER 0 ... . I was manualy typing in CLEAR 61439 every single time before ... already playing with BC to clear the registers, why not use ... dev kit lol and a microdrive.
That didnt come ...The Pros and Cons of "alternative" assembler syntaxContinuing from [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=720754&postcount=72[/URL] [QUOTE=u6c87;720754]But that wouldn't change if…
... long as you have a clear idea which bits need to ... programs between +3 disk/divide/microdrive. Ability to convert z80s to ...LZ4 decoderI encountered the [URL="http://code.google.com/p/lz4/"]LZ4 compressor[/URL] a few weeks ago. Reading the [URL="http://fastcompression.blogspot.co.uk…
... token with only
;; the lowest four bits set, i.e ... /> ;;
;; The routine leaves carry clear
.getlength:
ld a ... counter (4T)
and a ; clear carry (4T)
.getlength_nocarry:
Reading from a Write FileI have been speaking with a customer who uses a small bit of machine code to do a screen dump. The machine code is 650 bytes long. The machine code…
Yes I believe he did a CLEAR command - I would need to check with him - at what point should the CLEAR be used?
Although would it affect the loading from microdrive cartridge even after the Spectrum has been turned off?SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…
... of RAM
jp test_16k ; clear normal RAM in case of ... frames
inc (hl) ; increment lowest byte
jr nz, key_int ...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…
... stays at all ones; the lowest three
;; bits give white ... be
;; either set or clear on alternate edges. Following that ... use SBC A,A to clear the accumulator and then
clear, we
;; finish with the ...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 …
... book "Master your ZX Microdrive" that the MC ... the act of mastering a microdrive.
OK, crossing ...
pagout POP HL ;clear the stack
POP HL ...
