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Just wrote my first useful working Speccy BASIC program in years...A nice UK National Lottery number generator. And not just any lotto number generator either. This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without replace…
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What's the best development environment?Dear all, In my teens, try as hard as I might, I could never get my head round machine code. Now fat and balding, I thought I'd have another bash; a…
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Screen access in assemblerI am again troubled by the unusal screen design of the Spectrum. :) If I want to do something with, say, a 16x16 bit block of the screen (in the sam…
I am again troubled by the unusal screen design of the Spectrum. :)
If I want to do something with, say, a 16x16 bit block of the screen (in the same 1/3 part of the display), how would I do that the most easy way?
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The Marathon games (now free to download)Some time back, Bungie (who made the Halo games) allowed their Marathon games to be downloaded and used for free, at: [URL]http://trilogyrelease.bun…
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Please help an absolute novice with some simple(ish) programming.I'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for my GCSE Astronomy coursework [quote] Use a spreadsheet and/or a graphing package, or write a com…
I'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for my GCSE Astronomy coursework
[quote] Use a spreadsheet and/or a graphing package, or write a computer program which simulates the scaled orbits of either at least four planets around the Sun, or ... -
BASin r14d - Final bugfix for the r14 seriesOk, there's not a great deal to "show" here, as most of the work has been going on "under the hood" so to speak. And there's been a [i]lot[/i] of wor…
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Added - Assembler - clicking a label in the ... needed now.
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New for 2009 - mc onelinersI found the limit of one line and one screen's worth of program really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I've decided to carry the format over into m…
Mortal Kombat (AWS Works) - pokes neededI would like to map this game which contains perfect digital images of all characters. To complete the game I would need pokes for infinite energy, i…
... for energy is beyond my assembler knowledges.
[url]http ...Keyboard Input$/scan problemHi, I'm finally fulfilling my promise to get a reasonable understanding of the Speccy and embarking upon attempting a few simple routines in Assembl…
... using Peter Hanratty's z80 Assembler downloaded from the retrospec website ... it appears that the Z80 Assembler I am using does not ...TI calculator gaming...There's some dedicated people out there. Maybe this is old news, but I had no idea someone was converting modern games to monochrome versions in Z80 …
... to monochrome versions in Z80 assembler and run it on a ...FUSE loads .wav files but audio2tape fails to create .tapI'm trying to write a utility to extract ASM listings out of OCP Assembler save files. I have a few audio tapes with assembler files that I want to c…
... want to capture the assembler listings into .txt files ... /> I used the OCP Assembler on a real 48K Spectrum ... to load in an assembler listing off tape and ... used the OCP Assembler to save that assembler listing to . ... FUSE with the OCP Assembler loaded. I tried using ...FUSE fails to save "Bytes:" files that can be converted to .tapI have been running FUSE with the OCP Assembler loaded. When I save the Assembly listing from OCP, I see border colour and noise of a proper save. So…
... running FUSE with the OCP Assembler loaded. When I save the ...ZXSpin for Spectrum DevelopmentI found this handy guide to setting up a cross-platform development environment for the Spectrum: [URL="http://zxspectrumdev.blogspot.com/2009/01/set…
... this setup works - the Pasmo assembler can generate a TAP file ...Are Shareware Emulators worth itThere is a bit of discussion going on about Spectaculator in a thread, and that paying ?20 is better than free I for one don't agree I loved Specta…
... 't understand machine code or assembler so the debug options are ...Another jewel for MB02+Dear friends and MB02+ followers, this time not with joy but exhausted and half-dead I am bringing another program. It is renowned ALASM 5.07 assemb…
... is renowned ALASM 5.07 assembler modified to work with MB02 ... +. You cannot find better assembler for ZX Spectrum and on ...Which tools did developers use to create classic Spectrum games?Does anybody know which tools developers used in classic Spectrum game development? I tried to search web, but unfortunately didn't find anything hel…
... the games strictly on Z80 assembler or maybe they used some ... they was not written on assembler language, but rather was compiled ... look quite odd for the assembler (I have years of experience ...Spectranet updateSince I've not written an update in a while for those who don't follow the blog on the Spectranet wiki, I hit an important milestone on Saturday. Th…
... you can use a cross assembler on a PC to write ... program, and simply load the assembler's output on a real ...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…
... ] would be the coordinates for PLOT, and [I]a[/I] and ... the parameters for DRAW. Since PLOT is only necessary if the ... , 256, the routine would skip PLOT, DRAW a,b and jump ...DATA BIN - How to read the contentOkay I hit a snag with my Image to ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much memory. So I want to use DATA BIN to insert converted jp…
... ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much ...Draw (x1,y1) to (x2, y2)?I was never very good at math. :( Given the above variables, what should I do to draw a line between the two pixels? How do I calculate the values fo…
DeuterosThis would be a great game to convert to the Speccy. Not demanding graphically or sound wise, great plot...would be a corker for the speccy if possi…
This would be a great game to convert to the Speccy.
Not demanding graphically or sound wise, great plot...would be a corker for the speccy if possible.
Did anyone else have this one on ST or Amiga?Getting started with asm Speccy codingSomeone on another forum I read has asked for good Speccy coding resources. I thought it would be great to link him to a simple tutorial about how to…
... how to set up an assembler, get something on screen, maybe ...More 1-bit music from Mr BEEPGot an e-mail this morning but didn't see a thread, so here it is: [url]http://berlin_hq.micromusic.net/bhack.html[/url] [QUOTE]BHQ001 MISTER BEEP …
... De Voz and Orfeus Music Assembler
3 channels of sound ... KX-5 and Orfeus Music Assembler
3 channels of sound ... /> Sonido 48K and Orfeus Music Assembler
3 channels of sound ... - SLL3 (SLL)
Orfeus Music Assembler
3 channels of sound ...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…
... 's a native monitor or assembler somewhere I should check out ...Acorn ArchimedesI didn't know where to post this, so I stuck it here... I have just got hold of an Acorn Archimedes A3010, and an A4000. I'm not quite sure of the …
... have any experience with ARM assembler etc, and could possibly point ...The skiving off topicI'm trying to juggle several (work related) problems here, but I've been at it for so long now that I'm getting distracted, so I'm skiving off for a …
... effects (plus lots of extra plot stuff that made no sense ...Happy Birthday MarkoHappy birthday Marko... ...now get back to coding and updating the Spin assembler.
Happy birthday Marko...
...now get back to coding and updating the Spin assembler.The Martian ChroniclesWho likes this? I remember watching it as a child about 1981 ish and it had an impact on me. Rewatching the series on youtube, there are various …
... I fully remember, due to plot ideas that were pretty cool ...does anyone remember the game?Im trying to remember a game, it had a kinda basic '3rd' person view and you had to walk around asking people questions, i think. i think the plot in…
... , i think. i think the plot involved you trying to get ...
