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Outlandish claims on Spectrum games adverts!I was flicking through The 'CRASH' Xmas special today (yes, I was on the loo at the time) from 1984/85 and it made me giggle some of the claims softw…
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ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner: Ma jolie [Special Edition 2009]I am delighted to announce the release of another Special Edition of my 2003 Manic Miner game: [i]Ma jolie[/i] (the lower-case 'j' is important to me…
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ZX-Blockeditor version 1.0.1.10 publishedToday I published a new version of ZX-Blockeditor, because the older version 1.0.1.9 contained the following bug in writing TZX-files: Data blocks wi…
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ML routines from BASICCan anyone tell me which registers should be saved and restored when calling a ML routine from BASIC? How can one know which registers are modified …
Can anyone tell me which registers should be saved and restored when calling a ML routine from BASIC?
How can one know which registers are modified inside a system routine?
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Couple of questions...Howdy, 1. Is there a decent way to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using LET a=INT(RND*2)+1 but the numbers tend to stay at 1 or 2 most …
... /> 2. If I have a PAUSE statement after an INKEY$ statement ... expected), but also shortcuts the PAUSE statement. Is there a way ... a keypress so that the PAUSE has to complete?
"This is a screensaver that do not save the screen"Which was a quote from the first release of SCREEN$ back in April 2001. Little did he know that, against the best judgement of myself and my peers, I…
... will likely grind to a halt with this one. But I ...Help needed to convert TZX/CDT format to buffered dataHi together, I registered today because I could need some help from ZX-Spectrum emu-coders. I am developing an Amstrad CPC emulator in JAVA, which …
... /> So I need a JAVA routine, which converts a TZX/CDT ...What happened to...A thread for the old ideas that are still hanging around on the forum somewhere. I'll start with that Zelda-esque game that somebody drew a nice map…
... were used in a sprite routine demo or something too, possible ...Simple text compressionI just checked one idea about text compression. Do not take it as recomendation but rather as info which can you save some time when you are solving …
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3) remove all characters ...Tape and Disk breakpointsIs it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint wi…
Is it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint without the need to study the loading routine via the debugger. Thanks.Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…
... ] was, for example, 256, the routine would skip PLOT, DRAW a ... planning on using a FILL routine for now. [I]That[/I ...SCREEN$ 1.9e Released!And here's another update! [url]http://paul.dunn.googlepages.com/SCREEN_1.9e.rar[/url] There's a few new things in this release, but it's mostly bu…
... the small (1 second) pickup-pause on the pilot tones - the ...DeathchaseHi all, I was just wondering if someone out there could help me... I have the ?2.99 rerelease from 1986 and I'm trying to hack the loader. The tape h…
... to do is have a pause 0 before the main program ...Getting started with ... part II (help needed)Hi to everyone. I just founded simple wiki to solve usual problem "how to do [placeholder] in asm?". Check it on [url]http://zxsnippets.wikia.com[/ur…
... nice to have your Bezier routine there.
I would ...Goldfinch - an open software stack for mass storageYep, another pet project of mine to compete with all the others I've started. But hey, if I didn't get distracted by things like this I'd just get di…
... the wheel.
[i](Pause for dramatic effect, accompanied by ...Thinking ahead...Just mulling something over for the Project After The Spectranet (which seems to have become never-ending...) Would anyone (except for me, naturally…
... , IORQ, MREQ, M1, INT, NMI, HALT) writing the values of each ...Tips on (dis-)assembling Z80 instructionsedit: Naturally I managed to post this in the wrong forum. I'd much appreciate it if any moderator would move it to the development section. For the…
... interested in optimizing the assembly routine for size and the disassembly ... routine for speed if that makes ...Tips on optimizing some newbie assembly routinesI'm starting to learn some assembly language. The best way to learn is to actually code something you are going to use, so I'm creating a very simple…
... table of characters, and a routine which reads the grid and ... 8x8 tiles.
My routine reads from _MB23_grid a character ...Full .TAP file loading over the networkDevelopment of the Spectranet ROM modules continues... Courtesy of the new filesystem layer, the experimental TNFS (Tiny Network Filesystem), and th…
... excution inside the LD-BYTES routine in the Spectrum's main ...Channels and streams - reading dataThe FAQ here - [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/48kreference.htm[/url] - seems to be just a touch inaccurate when it comes to readin…
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It says "The input routine must return data in the ... seems. If I write a routine to return data to a ... the ROM's ADD-CHAR routine, at least that's how ...GAC QuestionThere is probably a really simple way of doing this but its driving me up the wall. In GAC is there a way of ending the game ( you get killed ) if y…
... think I read about a routine like this in some help ...New BUZZSAW+ Demo, No.2OK everybody, here's the latest demo of [I]Buzzsaw[/I]. This includes the title screen I wrote in Corfu with control selection, some new sprites and…
... on later machines. 'H' to pause. These keys can be redefined ...animated GIF questionAfter trying a couple of different GIF animators (currently using Ulead's free program), I haven't been able to work out how to do what I want, which…
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frame 2 ... can get an inter-frame pause with a transition, but each ... the frame 3->1 pause at all, as the Transition ... seems only to produce a pause on frame 1 before starting ...A typical sprite listing to analyse, please?Hi all, Would anyone be interested in helping out with my ongoing Assembly studies by posting up, posting a link to or mailing me a typical sprite l…
... , I'm looking for a routine that would show the 'mechanism ...Dragon Spirit creditsDragon Spirit credits can be more precisely if we include next: Code: Cristian f. Urquhart Grafix: game says P.Johnson ( I sure its database Paul Jo…
... Paul "I did Cobra scroll routine" Owens.
regardsRenumbering routinesI sometimes modify programs that either I or others have written and sensibly renumber them - usually 10/10, to make future alterations easier and ma…
... 3.5 has a handy routine for this, with me only ... have not found a renumbering routine that can handle line numbers ... but is there a renumbering routine which can handle it?
