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Was learning machine code a waste of time?I remember computer magazines from the mid-1980s often had features about using machine code, which I duly skipped over as it seemed totally impenetr…
... had features about using machine code, which I duly skipped over ... me no one uses machine code any more, so does this ... -
Google Code SearchJust launched in Labs is Google Code Search which allows you to search for source code on the Web. You can restrict on language so using Basic and '…
... launched in Labs is Google Code Search which allows you to ... search for source code on the Web.
+2 ramdisk - access in machine codeHow can you access the ramdisk in machine code? I've got a +2, and it seems the ramdisk has never been properly utilised. It would be a handy little…
How can you access the ramdisk in machine code?
I've got a +2, and it seems the ramdisk has never been properly utilised.
It would be a handy little area to use.
Thanks in advance,
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catUrgent Help needed to fix this: calling all machine code gurusI am currently trying to write tutorials on the amazing Orfeus music composer by Proxima which allows you to do multi channel music through the beepe…
... with a player. The code is exported to address 35000 ... /> I have disassembled the code, and got it to re ... .
The code is here: [URL="http://www ... I have split the code into 2 posts as ... most appreciated:
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; Disassembly of the ...Patch for Platform Game DesignerTwo minor bugs in the block designer have recently come to light in the Linear Game Designer, version 1.2. It appears that blocks 0 - 127 appear cor…
... than 256 blocks. Unfortunately, the code is testing the wrong memory ...ZX-Poly platform emulatorHello All I have written the emulator of my ZX-Poly platform (it is four-CPU ZX-Spectrum) and placed it in the net for free download.. the page of t…
Hello All
I have written the emulator of my ZX-Poly platform (it is four-CPU ZX-Spectrum) and placed it in the net for free download.. the page of the emulator [url]http://www.igormaznitsa.com/zxpoly/zxpoly.html[/url]ZX-Poly platform (a mutiprocessor Spectrum)Hello All May be it would be interestingly for you In the New Year 2007 vacation I wrote the emulator of my platform ZX-Poly (idea since 1994) whic…
... wrote the emulator of my platform ZX-Poly (idea since 1994 ... figures). The page of the platform is [url]http://www.igormaznitsa ...RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... codes are accepted.
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; Based on code by Tony Samuels from Your ...Mastering Machine Code - Book for saleI'm selling a programming book called: Mastering Machine Code on Your ZX Spectrum [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&sspage…
I'm selling a programming book called: Mastering Machine Code on Your ZX Spectrum
[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=290088866224&rd=1&rd=1[/url]Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX SpectrumAs I continue my clearout I am able to offer the following book for sale: Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, written by John K. Wilson. A…
... book for sale: Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum ... .ebay.co.uk/Cracking-the-Code-on-the-Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum ...More Spectrum machine code books for saleAmazingly after a final rummage I found another couple of programming books. I now only have a copy of Rodnay Zaks Programming the Z80 left, but I'll…
... co.uk/Spectrum-Machine-Code-Made-Easy-Book_W0QQitemZ290097175763QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url ... .co.uk/Introducing-Spectrum-Machine-Code-Book_W0QQitemZ290097176162QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]
Learning to code from scratchI'm going to start learning how to code my own games this week, and figured that I may need some (or perhaps a lot, depending on how complicated it i…
... to start learning how to code my own games this week ...Game Programming Source Code & Startup HelpHi there, I'm planning on porting an existing commercial title to the speccy. I'm in the process of disassembling the original code and commenting i…
... process of disassembling the original code and commenting it myself. The ... ) Is there any example source code to handle rendering a tilemap ...Mastering machine code on your ZX SpectrumWe all know this book (Toni Baker: Mastering machine code on your ZX Spectrum). Now that this book is available for download from WOS archive in PDF…
... book (Toni Baker: Mastering machine code on your ZX Spectrum).
Running code from the display memory?Is it possible to run machine code from the memory area used by the display file? If you were really out of memory and some part of screen is not u…
... it possible to run machine code from the memory area used ... to black/black, load some code in the display area and ...New Discussion Group? Sinclair Machine Code/AssemblyHello, What do people think about whether we should have a new discussion group relating to machine code for Z80? We have a Sinclair Basic discussi…
... discussion group relating to machine code for Z80? We have a ... but not one about assembly code/machine code for the spectrum.
code.
For me, Z80 ...How did games started with LOAD "" CODE auto-start?Some early games (l remember for example [B]Galaxians[/B] from 1982) was loaded with LOAD "" CODE, which in one single block first loaded the loading…
... 1982) was loaded with LOAD "" CODE, which in one single block ... command? I assume the game code lies directly above the display ... game loading both screen and code together), but where/how does ... the LOAD "" CODE command jump into game code and execute it?Various Machine Code books, plus compilersA plug for the current set of things I'm selling on eBay, which includes various BASIC compilers, Pascal, and some machine code utilities, plus sever…
... , and some machine code utilities, plus several machine code books and the ...First steps in Z80 machine codeI never got into machine code much back when I had a speccy, as I didn't have any development tools at the time. The only machine code I'd previousl…
I never got into machine code much back when I ... br />
The only machine code I'd previously done in ... the basics of Z80 machine code.
I wrote ... don't laugh at the code, I'm a Z80 ... the basics of Z80 machine code, seems like loads of registers ...How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…
... 'm looking for a machine code routine which will
clear ... bytes).
However, this machine code routine, when I tested
Platform Game Designer 2?I've started tinkering around with some code today and have decided upon a number of handy little features that it would be nice to have. For the li…
... started tinkering around with some code today and have decided upon ...Machine CodeHi all, I want to get a machine code/assembler/dissasembler program from the WOS archives. But what in your opinion would be the best to get? I don`t…
... want to get a machine code/assembler/dissasembler program from the ...sound effect code causing crash[FONT=Courier New]I have just written this piece of code to produce a lazer sound effect but for some reason it is causing a crash and I can't figure…
... just written this piece of code to produce a lazer sound ... why it crashes?
[code]INITSOUND LD HL,SOUNDDATA
code][/FONT]A few questions about machine codeOh no... another noob. I'm giving my first steps in assembler (finally, after 20 years stuck in BASIC). I read a SU article explaining that if I wan…
... this?
[CODE]scf
ld a,255 ... /> call 1366
jp 30285[/CODE]
Another question ... example:
[CODE]di
ld de,23296 ... ld bc,40832
ldir[/CODE]
I know ... /> I have a machine code tutorial here and I will ...How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…
... how they structure the code and how they did ... interested in copying the code straight from the original ... there anyway of extracting the code from the .tzx or ... game into and lists the code?
With ... don't understand machine code, I think that Striker ...What I hate about computers and/or video gamingYesterday I spent approximately four months (subjecively that is, objectively it was around two to three hours) fixing my mate's PC. I won't bore you…
... company capable of burning XBox code onto compatable DVDs, then the ... the PC is the best platform for first person shooters. Erm ...Looking for type in game (platform)Ok my memory is a bit vague (!) But i remember there were two of these at least (in a series) , same author, poss printed a month after each other o…
... type in (poss sinclair programs) , platform type games maybe had a ...Spectrum games source code?Odd (and probably incredibly naive but gonna ask anyway hehe) question...is there any source code out there for the Spectrum games?
Odd (and probably incredibly naive but gonna ask anyway hehe) question...is there any source code out there for the Spectrum games?Very large platform game on SpectrumFor everyone that helped me find it, I can now advise that the game was TANTALUS !!!!!!!!!!!! I have just had a quick go on the Spectrum Emulator an…
... me? I remember buying a platform game ages ago that had ...One Liner - Machine CodeHi Dr. BEEP, Digital Prawn, et. al., I think that what you guys have achieved with the one liner contest is absolutely amazing. It brought about wh…
... then runs a resultant machine code program (up to 289 bytes ... of machine code).
Specifically, the program ... payload consists of a machine code animation of Miner Willy which ... " (in bytes) of the machine code program.
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