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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…
... in my manual! Yes, the Play command looks to be very ... device so you play around with that actual AY type sound using ... software. To get the classic AY sound from the Spec as ... d then be running from BASIC to an amp to a ... s all down to the Play command with Y, Z and ... -
RS232 on Spectrum 128KDoes anyone actually use the RS232 port on the Spectrum 128K? Is there anything useful that can be done with it? I know about the keypad with the Sp…
... via software. So 128 BASIC has a version of the ... as RS232, but the PLAY command also supports MIDI out ... same port. Likewise 128 BASIC supports a keypad with additional ... support was removed in +3 BASIC. If you write your ... it. It uses the AY I/O to provide two ... -
esxDOS v0.8.5 released (with TR-DOS emulator)Yup, you read right! Now with TR-DOS emulation! More info and download here: [url]http://www.esxdos.org/[/url] Enjoy :)
... in esxdos, show SCR files, play AY music files,etc.. but can ... , but is usable only for play music....
For sorting ... are hidden, but visible from basic ".ls"...). Then please copy max ... -
New Game: DreamWalker (Alter Ego 2)[B][I]"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?" [/I][/B] [I]I will tell you a tale about a little boy. A little boy which was not like the othe…
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I can play v1.0 but there is ... divIDE,
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basic loader with 1.1 version ... /> Also, i'm not planing AY music/sound option :) -
fastest Sound FX methods in ZX BASIC?Right now I'm doing an alternating footstep sound in my game using this following Beep statement. [code]beep 0.008,-4 + tog+tog+tog+tog : let tog=1-…
... on a +3, use the AY. The BEEPer uses 100% of ... /> All of the PLAY methods in +3 BASIC seem to be slower ... -
Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…
... basic title page/keys/options that calls 40000 to play ... Upside... you can write your basic, compile it, test within ... seconds, exit back to basic with everything intact and ... continue writing in basic without having to reload ... the OUT to the AY chip) -
ProTracker manual/instruction in English?Hello. A friend of mine would like to start making AY music on ZX Spectrum. In this purpose he'd like to have a ProTracker's instruction/guide/manu…
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Setups are in basic block:
5d3b, 5d3c = ... -2 = border;
bit4 = "play on";
bit5 = "sound";
Enter - Play
In pattern window ... *cs0 - switch between 2 AY chips in TurboSound mode (2nd ... -
ZX games - music only / effects onlyYou know any ZX games using in main menu setup: MUSIC ONLY / SOUND EFFECTS ONLY ? I have one idea for Turbo Sound (2x AY chip) card. This games can …
... support both AY chips. First AY for play music and second AY chip for ... OUT 65533,255 select first AY chip, OUT 65533,254 select ... second AY chip. Then software modification can ... . Before loading game (in basic loader) can be detected TURBO ... -
Raycasting (3D Games!) with SpecBAS<div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">Here's one I wrote just recently. I wanted to see …
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Fully texture mapped (on the walls, at least - floors and ceilings are a lot more processor-intensive!). Should be able to create a decent clone of Wolfenstein with this code as the foundation...
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ZX Spectrum games with good in game music?What games do you guys like that had good in game beeper or preferably AY music in game while playing?
... mash up of trying to play 2 tunes at once which ... good AY versions of ragtime tunes (that I can now play on piano ... -
A BEEP program I want to make in Basic. Helpful remarks gratefully receivedI want to explore the possibilities of the BEEP command. So I need to be able to try different combos of pitch/duration and sequences of same. I'm tr…
... the BEEP command, from BASIC?... That would be TOO ... are likely after... In BASIC, your kind of limited ... to look at the AY chip of the 128k ... ...
Within BASIC itself, Iv never had much ... ), to output BASIC listings like this, to play tunes: eg:< ... -
A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…
... sound in the background whilst BASIC continues to process, you're ... the AY chip of a 128 using direct OUT commands (not PLAY ... as that also waits for sound to complete) since the AY ... -
Spectrum musical capabilities ?This came up on my FB feed and it combines another long time hobby of mine and it's music production :) https://youtu.be/lwCVQvgLSno So the 128…
... from BASIC using the Y and Z commands in a PLAY statement ... ; and from assembly language by bit-banging the AY ... .
In terms of AY sound trackers, Vortex Tracker (for ... -
MIDI for spectrumI saw another topic for this in search but it didnt get any informative replies. I was looking through a magazine and found some MIDI stuff, keyboar…
... was to be able to play on a real keyboard and ... Timex machine with AY chip (internal or external) could play. I thought ... MIDI compared to the 128K BASIC Play command (it's like comparing ... a MIDI keyboard and the AY chip on the Spectrum was ... -
MIDI for spectrumI saw another topic for this in search but it didnt get any informative replies. I was looking through a magazine and found some MIDI stuff, keyboar…
... a bit like a BASIC compiler in the sense ... mind rather like preparing a BASIC program for compilation. Also ... simple 2 handed classical piano pieces into a BIN ... use with the ZX81 AY BIN player I have ... song into something useful for AY forget it. :(
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In-game AY music and sound effectsI'm currently working on various aspects of a Spectrum game and thinking now about the sound side of things. I know you can use a utility like Vortex…
... too, and saying "AY" rather that "AY file" or "AY chip" tends to ... it.
1) ".ay files" are compiled Z80 player ... Much like a BASIC interpreter reads tokenised BASIC data and calls a ... was talking about adapting to play three single channel songs. ... -
ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
... stuff that used the AY chip and the 64-column ... , who never progressed past basic programs. That's why ... />
Timex added an AY chip to the 48k spectrum ... br /> The 128k added an AY chip :- NOT ALLOWED
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ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
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[b]Audio: 3x AY-3-8912 audio chips with ... "TurboSound" 2x AY-3-891x, 3x AY unjustified, and completely ... of voices on an AY can provide. Of course ... It's possible to play sampled music and speech at ... -
+2 grey booting in 48k modeI have been doing some research here after reading in spanish magazine microhobby a modification that allows the +2 to boot straight into 48k mode: …
... switched to 48K mode via Basic and the few I tried ... just entering SPECTRUM in 128K Basic really I suppose.
AY sound chip. The only things ... the normal +2 ROMs (128k BASIC, PLAY, RS232 serial port, RAM disk ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... under 48 BASIC. The game will run regularly and play AY music.
play it. Once you press ENTER ... game loads regularly (under 48 BASIC) and after pressing ENTER it ... -
The I register pointing to $40–$7f causes ULA snow and a crash. Or does it?I have heard it from numerous sources, including a few members of this forum, that 128K/+2 machines crash if the I register points to a range of $40–…
... , execute the vtii code to play, and put bank 0 back ... that allows ayfx effects to play at the same time as ... last minute).
The ay commands and bank that song ... lump of memory unused if basic and the rom is never ... -
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... system variable at 23388). Third, BASIC is probably too slow for ... in basic is all ok, same as play AY music routines from basic.
GZX 2019.1 ReleasedI just released GZX 2019.1. You can download it from the [url="https://github.com/jxsvoboda/gzx/releases"]Github release page[/url]. Or you can get t…
... a command such as PLAY "Y1M0cdef" in 128 BASIC, you will get ... clicking. This is because BASIC will cycle the volume between ... mixer. This produces clicks in AY emulator output. Is this correct ... (i.e. corresponding to real AY-3-8192?) I think this ...+3 - beeper sounds but no AY musicHi guys I am repairing a plus 3 revision 2 board that had no sound at all. Using schematics from https://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/schematics/ I manage…
... beeper as well as the AY chip sound?[/quote]
Hmm ... a simple BASIC program then:
[code]10 PLAY "a": GO ...+3 - beeper sounds but no AY musicHi guys I am repairing a plus 3 revision 2 board that had no sound at all. Using schematics from https://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/schematics/ I manage…
... beeper as well as the AY chip sound?[/quote]
Hmm ... a simple BASIC program then:
[code]10 PLAY "a": GO ... having to delve into my basic books for a program to ...+3 - beeper sounds but no AY musicHi guys I am repairing a plus 3 revision 2 board that had no sound at all. Using schematics from https://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/schematics/ I manage…
... "]It’s unlikely that the AY chip will crash the CPU ... this mode, there is no PLAY keyword and the single key ... points further towards a corrupt basic ROM 1, at least in ...+3 - beeper sounds but no AY musicHi guys I am repairing a plus 3 revision 2 board that had no sound at all. Using schematics from https://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/schematics/ I manage…
... the pins high on the AY chip.
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Since ... />
Run the PLAY "a” command from +3 BASIC or the piece ... earlier from 48K BASIC.
If the AY output pins are ... .
Proceed back to AY testing with C38 still removed ...+3 - beeper sounds but no AY musicHi guys I am repairing a plus 3 revision 2 board that had no sound at all. Using schematics from https://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/schematics/ I manage…
... the pins high on the AY chip.
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Since ... />
Run the PLAY "a” command from +3 BASIC or the piece ... earlier from 48K BASIC.
If the AY output pins are ... .
Proceed back to AY testing with C38 still removed ...+3 - beeper sounds but no AY musicHi guys I am repairing a plus 3 revision 2 board that had no sound at all. Using schematics from https://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/schematics/ I manage…
... /> Run the PLAY "a” command from +3 BASIC or the piece ... from 48K BASIC.
If the AY output pins ...
Proceed back to AY testing with C38 still removed ... could save the 48K BASIC code onto “tape” ... next step (testing the AY chip) had the pins ...
