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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…

    ... days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2008 Development
  • Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…

    ... -file from one microdrive to a second microdrive, once we OPEN ... simply pulls the text from microdrive one character a time ... the ability to "random read access" an OPEN# microdrive stream to read [ ... to "random write" back to the same OPEN#ed microdrive stream, ...
    mattsteel mattsteel May 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • New tool: SnapToTap R2it's basically a gui update to VSC. But it's now simpler to convert sna files into tap files. what is special about SnapToTap? it converts snapshots…

    ... load the snapshot from the microdrive and do all the hard ... files (not sure how good random access works, not checked it out ... simple to copy to the microdrive as the loader will be ...
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay August 2011 Announcements
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... , Forth) with wide use of Microdrive, serial-printer Mannesman Tally connected ... Forth to access the blocks of a microdrive cartridge, with random access akin a ... emulators, and also my Forth+Microdrive: now I had eight microdrives ...
    mattsteel mattsteel September 2011 Chit chat
  • Castlevania ZX : what's going on?Hi to all! I love all the Castlevania series games and I also collect 'em on many platforms. I would like to see it also on ZX Spectrum. Some months …

    ... fastest format? Tape?Disk or Microdrive?[/QUOTE]

    Possibly amstrad ... is, it's impossible to random access a microdrive, and searching a file ...
    Arda Arda December 2011 New game ideas
  • BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 4In previous posts I demonstrated how to move multicolor tiles up and down smoothly by a single pixel, and sideways by an entire char (8 pixels). Thi…

    ... of microdrive cartridges as a way of extending memory with some random access ... as a compressed block from microdrive, I think - and for this ...
    Gedlion Gedlion March 2013 Development
  • BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 4In previous posts I demonstrated how to move multicolor tiles up and down smoothly by a single pixel, and sideways by an entire char (8 pixels). Thi…

    ... of microdrive cartridges as a way of extending memory with some random access ... as a compressed block from microdrive, I think - and for this ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2013 Development
  • Interface 1bisHas anyone on here got a "Interface 1bis": [URL="https://sites.google.com/site/interface1bis/"]https://sites.google.com/site/interface1bis/[/URL] I …

    ... of microdrive storage operations, and at the same time features unequalled random-access ...
    Dan Antohi Dan Antohi September 2013 Hardware
  • IF1bis vs SpectranetSince I will shortly have access to both an IF1bis (which I've bought) and a Spectranet (thanks to a loan from cmonkey), I will be in a position to g…

    ... mass storage device including full random access file handling with Kempston joystick ... replacement for a full IF1/microdrive system then it's IF1bis ...
    chev chev December 2013 Hardware
  • IF1bis vs SpectranetSince I will shortly have access to both an IF1bis (which I've bought) and a Spectranet (thanks to a loan from cmonkey), I will be in a position to g…

    ... mass storage device including full random access file handling with Kempston joystick ... replacement for a full IF1/microdrive system then it's IF1bis ...
    David Jones David Jones December 2013 Hardware
  • Spectaculator & GENS4Im using Hisofts Gens 4 assemler with Spectaculator and getting an error: [B]Bad Name[/B] when I try to assemble and save the file to a TAP. Assemb…

    ... assembles the code directly to Microdrive cartridge (saving it as ... 'TEST' on the catridge in Microdrive 1).

    GENS ... about it. As Microdrives provide random access to files, GENS can ... ...f should be a valid microdrive filename, starting with d: where ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle April 2014 Emulators
  • What Good Serious Successful Software Was Written Exclusively in 128K BASIC?I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But I know very little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were written exclusi…

    ... include random access, or allow any other type of media. The microdrive code ... ’s why some of the microdrive commands has such a strange ... /+) had included a method to access mass media systems other than ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK February 2022 Games
  • New Opus Discovery tool addedFinally, after some years wait, a new [B]Opus Discovery[/B] tool, [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/tools/pc/OpusRead_v200.zip"][U]Opu…

    ... any originals, nor sequential or random access files. If someone has a ...
    Marcelo Marcelo December 2006 Development
  • Are you ready for this Gasman?For those who missed my last post in the 'random access' thread: [url]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QBFC2MM6[/url] It's a Spectaculator snapshot. So…

    ... my last post in the 'random access' thread:

    [url]http ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Contiki, non-existant web servers and zx spectrumafter visiting this site today, (a web server running on a c64 - [url]http://c64web.com/[/url] ) I realized contiki already available on most 6502 ba…

    ... know we really need a random access storage or proper memory management ...
    Arda Arda June 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A new site for an old projectThe 'Interface 1bis' project site has been moved to: [url]https://sites.google.com/site/interface1bis/[/url] In fact, it's not only a simple relocati…

    ... ) emulator file support and proper random-access file
    handling capabilities.
    Dan Antohi Dan Antohi October 2012 Announcements
  • Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…

    ... a hard disk we have random access, so we need to change ... a hard disk we have random access, so we need to change ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 January 2013 Games
  • The Ninja WarriosDoing a video on this i noticed that there is a wrong entery on who developed it. In the database it has Random Access but it was The Sales Curve wh…

    Doing a video on this i noticed that there is a wrong entery on who developed it.

    In the database it has Random Access but it was The Sales Curve who did the Spectrum port.
    morcar morcar February 2014 Infoseek database
  • How to manipulate G+DOS data files in assembler?In order to improve an assembler project for 128K with PlusD, I need to implement two file operations: [list] [*] Read and overwrite any 1-KiB bl…

    ... added support for serial and random access files, but there's no ...
    programandala.net programandala.net February 2016 Development
  • tape vs diskWhy people use *.tap & *.zxs when (?)??????????(?) *.trd ?

    ... that as CD's are random access on track selection there's ...
    Keith Coles Keith Coles April 2001 Emulators
  • An MC question (sorry, there's no MC forum to post to!)Ok, still struggling with learning MC - but am getting there. I just can't find anywhere on the web / in books that explains how to do arrays in MC.…

    ... someone says "array" I imagine random access of array elements. Ie, you ... appear to be perfect to access arrays in memory.
    [/quote ... . For arrays you want to access an index using a variable ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • new programmer needs information hi , i have been learning c++ for a while and am trying to make games using windows but being 28 and nostalgic , i thought it would be fun try and f…

    No, you can't write to ROM - it's Read Only Memory. It's part of RAM (Random Access Memory).
    cyborg cyborg May 2004 Development
  • commodore64just download a c64 emulator and find this interesting site [url="http://www.c64.com"]http://www.c64.com[/url], lots of games and screenshots, ..i re…

    ... of game is dependant on random-access loading, which can't really ...
    MartinUK MartinUK October 2004 Games
  • Retro Gamer MagazineDoes anybody here read Retro Gamer Magazine? It totally rocks!!! Their coverage on the ZX Spectrum is superb, and a copy of Your Sinclair Magazine is…

    ... Master System game cards"
    "Random access -> The story behind 5 ...
    psj3809 psj3809 December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 128 ramdisk loaderanyone got a program which will save the contents of ramdisk to tape in one go, rather than saving each file seperately then loading them and save!in…

    ... once and there is no random access for tape files since they ...
    John Elliott John Elliott July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…

    ... of TAP files but the random access of a disk system. Currently ...
    gasman gasman August 2005 New game ideas
  • Anyone got divIDE and +3/+2A?About a year ago, somebody asked me to port the Spectrum +3e ROMs over to the divIDE interface. I did this, but never heard back so I was unsure if t…

    ... channels to files and perform random access operations on them (rather than ... , as they variously give you access to standard filesystems, and to ...
    glancaster glancaster May 2006 Hardware
  • Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…

    ... the seventh record in a random access file, for example.

    emleymoor emleymoor July 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…

    ... ZX tape system too (no random access, interdependence, unability to insert/expand ... attempt to introduce rules for "random access", to overcome all the cons ...
    zilog zilog July 2006 Emulators
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