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Looking for one particular music demoHi. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it. There is a music demo I'm looking for. Unfortunately I don't k…
... music if I loaded it in 48K mode WITHOUT the USR ... still control the AY chip in machine code with out instructions, no matter ... what mode you're in. Being in 48k mode simply means ... access to the PLAY command in BASIC. You're hardly going ... -
Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
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180 LET pos=CODE c$*8+chs
190 ... the right and left parts in two UDG. It's slow ... can be opitmized, or implemented in machine code.
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+2 ramdisk - access in machine codeHow can you access the ramdisk in machine code? I've got a +2, and it seems the ramdisk has never been properly utilised. It would be a handy little…
... can you access the ramdisk in machine code?
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... I'm currently writing code to access the ramdisk for ... memory banks:
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; Effectively performs an LDIR ... ),a
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How to save TZXGreetings to all. I am starting to move on from just games into some testing of home made programs. Although I could have done that in ancient tapes…
... SCREEN$ (assuming your program in Machine Code (Bytes:) is to write ... loader which loads the machine code without requiring a header ... header block
[code]
org 23296 ; Assume ... ld de, 6912; Length of code
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Firefox (new thoughts)Maybe more people would use Firefox if there was a version for the Speccy! [code] 10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for Firefox or I for M$IE" 20 LET K$=IN…
Well back in 2002 some geeks got together ... OSI would be impossible in 48k (i think), in 128k I dunno ... never programmed a ZX spectrum in machine code (yet!); however, I think that ... way memory is managed in a Spectrum 128k machine would make this ... -
Problem with SPIN assemblerCan anybody tell me why the following machine code program doesn't assemble in the SPIN assembler? ; my first machine code program ld bc, 5 ret Any…
... to learn how to program in machine code on the speccy, but ... good book on machine code from WOS (Spectrum Machine Language for the ... to thank whoever scanned the machine code book mentioned above, plus ... to do for years - learning machine code!
Cheers ... -
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…
You can also redirect text to different streams in machine code. Just load the accumulator with the stream number (in this case 4) then call 5633 to open the channel. -
Learning z80 assembly - useful linksI'm starting here: [url]http://cobb.host.sk/z80guide/index.htm[/url] Anyone got any other great links?
... /~jg27paw4/pourri/zxmaster.zip]Mastering Machine Code[/url]" (8 parts - 61 ... Feb/Mar'84) (no article in issue 9 (Oct/Nov'83 ... /pourri/zx1st_mc.zip]First Steps in Machine Code[/url]" (6 parts - 73 kb ... /pourri/sumctut1.zip]Mind over Machine[/url]" (10 parts - 110 ... -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... if they are just machine code or call something in the ASIC ) to ... folk needed to produce games in quantity that used it.
Compared with this in machine code ( I think )
[url ... haven't been speeded up in an emulator though, I'm ... -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... if they are just machine code or call something in the ASIC ) to ... />
It's all just code in the ROM.
The ... />
Writing your own routines in machine code to do exactly what you ... -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... =DonkeyPong;170970]Compared with this in machine code ( I think )
[url ... style language. Still not true machine machine as it does interpret modules ... -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... /> [quote=DonkeyPong] Compared with this in machine code ( I think )
[ ... little profiler at end of code, plus did what MC ... unrolled all the time intensive code, and using scripting for bea ... speccy can do ! given talented machine code programmers. -
Getting scr addresses from x and yCould someone please tell me how to calculate the 8 screen addresses corresponding to a character printed in basic at coordinates x and y? For examp…
... corresponding to a character printed in basic at coordinates x and ... 8 addresses?
Thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]
It ... a routine written by dmsmith in machine code to do it. It is ... will probably be hideously slow in BASIC.
What ... -
BattlecarsI don't think this was ever a very popular game. But I really liked it back in the day. The only problem with it is that you have to do a lot of re…
... couldn't use the garages in a combat game as you ... is very easily worked out in the Autodrome, you can't ... /> The game isn't entirely in BASIC, although a big chunk ... . The main game itself is in machine code though, as is pretty much ... -
Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... nice, I'll write a machine code routine that will write m ... .
Has it is in machine code, you can use all 24 ... required binary data into m$ in the first place?
It ... be unlistable (not a problem in itself) and uneditable. -
Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... I'll write a machine code routine that will write ... />
Has it is in machine code, you can use all 24 ... binary data into m$ in the first place?
... unlistable (not a problem in itself) and uneditable.[/QUOTE ... before I get into machine code (but I do want ... -
Listing games codeHow do you break into and list the programming for a game? I know Football Manager just required you to press the BREAK key, but what about others w…
... browse the contents of memory in much the same way that ... the time, they're written in machine code - it is possible to get ... they're nothing like the code you'll see for Football ... -
Sceen$ helpMost people have used screen$ at some time or another and for me what I want to do is use it or something like it as a start screen before the game p…
... the the other three in memory the image would ... can be done in machine code, but the code's starting to ... game than the 'drop-in' snippets that people have ... tip that might come in useful: the system ... UDGs from somewhere else in memory without actually having ... -
Faster Pussycat, yer man (UDG)Right we are almost into a game area. Ive started to play with UDG and by using bins and pokes I can redesign graphics to my hearts content. Now Im…
... in the ZX81 character set.
So you can POKE 16600,CODE ... holds each row of pixels in each character, not entire characters ... command, each row is copied in machine code, so it will be faster ... anything similar you could do in BASIC.
Other ... -
How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…
... sprite "flicker" and "tearing" in machine code applications is to change the ... e.g.
[code]
loop:
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jp loop
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You can then ...
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Cannon BubbleHello! I would really like to transffer this game ( [url]http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/eng/card.php?id=14[/url] ) to my REAL +3 disk drive. Becau…
In the basic loader there's ... the real values are stored in the 2 bytes after each ... loading routine that's stored in that REM.
The ... also runs a disk loader in machine code. If you can get someone ... -
Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... compilers you've tried written in BASIC? If so, then you ... FP compilers which are written in machine code and put themselves up above ... you can then just load in your own program and compile ... the set of compilers and machine code books I have currently on ... -
Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... sure the compilers are written in machine code.
As said whats ... before vanishes. I have looked in options on both spin and ... -
Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
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c) figure out what in your program is breaking the ... you want to start writing in Machine code, I've got some good ... -
Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... br /> c) figure out what in your program is breaking the ... you want to start writing in Machine code, I've got some good ... games are a no-no in basic full stop, as ... you have to optimise your code for the way its going ... token no doubt write it in a further way for ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
[QUOTE=Skarpo;195369]Machine Code ... just type that in in [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum. ... information about ... erm ... Machine Code.[/QUOTE]
Machine code!!!!:( isnt that like: ... I get something to work in machine code!:o unless my random 0 ... -
New Spectrum HardwareHi all. Well its Friday so it seems as good a time as any (business is a bit slack at the moment) to start up a thread about creating new Spectrum ha…
... will no longer be original in that respect.
If you ... unit.
4:- HD built in Interface
5:- RGB, Video ... with options
11:- Built in machine code monitor (the C16, Plus4 and ... was done I would be in the front line buying it ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
[QUOTE=+2MAN;195398]Machine code!!!!:( isnt that like: 000000000000111100001111000. ... I get something to work in machine code!:o unless my random 0 ... a machine code prog to actually run is a real thrill. In each ... to at least guide me in the right direction. I ... -
text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... you are willing to dabble in machine code, I remember INPUT had a ... text compressor program, in issue 20 I think. They ... etc) had longer (8 bits). In addition they stored the first ... letters following each letter in a very short code something like 00 ... -
text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... is not so big. In fact you can write all ... 128 words to be used in your game as "tokens" ... is order of the word in the table.
... can be done on ZX in machine code. I want to emphasize ... skilled programmer with capabilities only in Basic can do such " ...
