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Where to start? I want to learn assembly for the Spectrum (Total Novice)Hi, I want to learn to code assembly for the Spectrum but I'm a bit lost. I'm a programmer so I'm fluent with computers and several languages (or…
... I want to learn to code assembly for the Spectrum ... 01/12/tutorial-zx-spectrum-machine-code-game-30-minutes/
... br /> How can I code assembly for the Spectrum ... and load it in an emulator available for ... welcomed.
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How do I convert a .z80 snapshot to a tape file?I've been fiddling with this for a while but can't get it to work reliably. I use Marvin to write short BASIC and assembly programs that uses .z80 in…
... assembly programs that uses .z80 in 48k mode. I want to ... the BASIC listing, screen and machine code data as one .tap. What ... -
Help with adding graphicsHi, After like 20 years or so I started playing again with Spectrum stuff, especially programming. I tried to dig into machine code, but apart f…
... I tried to dig into machine code, but apart from some ... (only did some Pascal in high-school) it would ... -> 3. use it in the program
I' ... m mostly interested in say... having some sprites ... this will probably need some machine code, but if there's ... -
Headerless tape loading blocksIs there any way to convert headerless machine code blocks to regular headed blocks? I imagine it involves Taper. I ask because now that I know I'…
... any way to convert headerless machine code blocks to regular headed blocks ... loaded on an emulated +3 in 128K mode, even though none ... all got a headerless block in there somewhere.
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are there any basic conversions of machine code games out there?i need as many as possible as i would like to play around with them in basic.
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Minesweeper 16/48I've just released a public beta of Minesweeper, which is (surprise!) a Minesweeper clone for the 16K, 48K and 128K Spectrum. The game comes as two v…
... attempt at a full game in Z80 machine code, so I hope I ... -
Machine code routine neededHello! Please i'm looking for a short routine that can write the same value in a range of continous memory locations. For example, to write 255 val…
Hello!
Please i'm looking for a short routine that can write the same value in a range of continous memory locations.
For example, to write 255 value from location 40000 to 41000.
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Unexpected issue with +3DOS port of Pro BMX SimulatorI'm continuing to port my tape-based games to 3-inch disk (you may have noticed my previous post about PSSST!). Today I started on Pro BMX Simula…
... Pro BMX Simulator from Code Masters. The 128k ... a machine-code disk loader to load in the program code ... start of the music code was getting corrupted ... 3 (updating the main code to reflect the change ... being used for temporary storage in COPY operations.
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Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…
... in a similar manner to the Speccy. Here's the code ... to POKE in bank 1:
CODE a$*64< ... br />
[code]
10 LET addr=CODE "a"*64: FOR ... all the "a" characters in your code turn to boxes... You ... box:
[code]
10 DATA 1,43 ... -
Where's Mr Clowder when I need him?What happened to F-Clowder? I hope he's alright and hasn't had some setback keeping him away from here? He got me wound up to do graphics for a game…
... anyone the slightest bit interested in what I'm currently doing ... of things is almost parallel in terms of the capabilities of ... segment lengths by using machine code compression but in fact 90% of it ... short sequences, both of which in theory should be able to ... -
Please guide me with this decision!Hello, I have decided I would like to try and create some simple ZX Spectrum games of my own. The problem is that machine code is totally and utter…
... machine code is totally and utterly out of the question now or in ... -
Deathchase - Complete disassemblyWell, I only post here about once every five years, when I've got a few days off but my brain's still in "work mode" and wants to pull apart some cod…
... still in "work mode" and wants to pull apart some code and ... basically reverse engineered all the code and data of Deathchase.< ... vanishing point perspective in under 4K of Z80 machine code, and now I ... know - the trees are all drawn in ... -
Book: Giant Book of Spectrum Arcade Games by Tim HartnellDarn it, I just missed out on getting this on eBay :( I'm looking for a hard copy or PDF. This book has games written in BASIC with machine code ro…
Darn it, I just missed out on getting this on eBay :(
I'm looking for a hard copy or PDF.
This book has games written in BASIC with machine code routines and hopefully will help bolster my learning of machine code. -
Hardware for Sinclair Logo programming languageHi everyone, I have been learning to use the Sinclair Logo programming language (published as catalogue entry L6/S). Being Logo, a lot of time is …
... primitives that are briefly described in the reference manual: STARTROBOT/ STOPROBOT ... to requiring a piece of machine code from the robot vendor to ... robot/ turtle.
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Converting Issue 2 keyboard games to Issue 3Dipping back into the World of Spectrum (and no, not just this site) I was wondering if I could do a machine code job myself without having any under…
... I could do a machine code job myself without having ... know of a few games in my collection - Spectron, Corridors ... the same value for different IN checks.
... for by the respective IN... and my grand plan ... poke every single EF in the code into an AF ... -
is there a way of adding a define procedure command to zx basic?i know you can add things like renumber, using randomize usr to call it, but this would have to be keywords. this would be so helpful in basic as you…
... . this would be so helpful in basic as you would no ... would have to be a machine code routine, obviously. -
how do i make a character rotate in very small degrees?so i would take the letter a and rotate it degree by degree until it has gone round 360 degrees. only 8x8 pixels is necessary. machine code or basic …
... . only 8x8 pixels is necessary. machine code or basic examples would be ... -
BasinC can accept Intel 8086 assembler inside REM-linesIn the year 1983m the firmware "ACS SOFTWARE" develope basic-spectrum with REM+assembler Finally, here are two sample routines you might like to try…
In the year 1983m the firmware " ... the way the ZX Spectrum Machine Code Assembler works:
[i] 1 ... -
Pseudocode for CIRCLE algorithm?Can anyone provide me with the pseudocode for the Spectrum's CIRCLE algorithm? My machine code knowledge isn't up to reading the ROM routine. I'm try…
... Spectrum's CIRCLE algorithm? My machine code knowledge isn't up to ... trying to recreate the algorithm in another language and have been ... -
A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... that holds a small machine code routine in a REM statement:
machine code - the ZX81 (and, ... presumably, ZX80) usually stored machine code this way, but it would ... could a machine code program on the ZX81 be typed in as, ... -
WiP New Utility TAPonDSKThere are a few utilities that transfer tape contents to +3 disk but most, if not all, require manual intervention to change the loader and/or rename…
... would work in most cases due to machine code loaders etc ... br /> TomD
[code]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| TAPonDSK v0.2 ... BASIC loader and rest of code following.
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How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…
... are basically 2 parts in this short code.
... of the machine code program that was also in our basic code. One ... that we can include machine code and assembly code in an easy way. ... way could be using assembly code in separate assembly files. I' ... -
Dr. Jim's personal Sinclair showcaseThere were some Spectrum-related webpages that I hosted some of my own stuff on, and it's about time it had an extensive rehash. So, over the last we…
... fast, but I get there in the end.
I ... 't rip directly from the code, I made them all manually ... all my first forays into machine code;
- An archive of ZX80 ... of which has been typed in, and I'm going to ... -
High-quality magazine scans (and not the Big Three)First, note that I've already asked regular HQ-scanner Mort about this, but then, it's far from certain that Mort has every magazine I might need, an…
... scans that were done back in the old WOS days will ... than one.
Typing in listings can be tricky when ... part of a machine code listing, or are a symbol in a detailed ... those who scanned the magazines in the first place threw them ... -
Elon Musks's Blastar (Conversion)Back in 1984, the 12 year old Elon Musk wrote a rudimentary video game for his SpectraVideo SV-328 (another Z80 Microcomputer) [url="https://www.t…
... listings. This is the game in [i]action[/i]!
... periodic calls to the game code. In reality, that kind of functionality ... Render, Take Input, CalculateNextPositions and in fact probably made the game ... I fixed an issue in his code whereby the STATUS BEAM ... -
Electronic listings from Spectrum Shadow ROM Disassembly?I've been reading [url="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=2000371"]Gianluca Carri's Spectrum Shadow ROM Disassembly[/url] book (Wor…
... couple of problems with the code in the book. The version on ... have a corrected set of code from the book, in machine-readable form? -
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... kind of recognisable Sinclair lineage in the machine, as long as I ... loading instructions for noobs (particularly in the case of the Jupiter ... . If you're good at machine code, you can prove your worth ... publish this as a type-in listing in my magazine?"[/b]
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... /> Right, now a crash course in Z80 assembler.
Memory ... />
So what's happening in these examples? Well the Z80 ... load A with, stored in the next location in memory) or writes ... and hence jump to a machine code programme.
So there ...How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... are far inferior to raw machine code. You won't find any ... room for basic and the machine code. You don't have enough ... will not work in a way condusive to good code.
in such limited systems.
