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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…
... "If you want to work out what a number 0-65535 ... u r using an assembler, the assembler automatically takes care of ... a 2 byte register. the assembler
; automatically assigns 0 ... /> Note, we don't actually 'print' the results in the AL ... -
Calling all coding munkeez...Having spent the last 8 years as a Windows application developer I thought I'd try my hand at a bit of Z80 speccy coding - something I missed out on …
"Where's the best place for tutorials?"
No idea really. My site has an walk-through of one piece of code. I've not yet uploaded new content however there will be more soon: -
Cross compilersAre there any z80 cross compilers out there which will produce spectrum files ready for use? That is to say something which I could copy a load of te…
... version I saw out there), can cross-compile to Z80 code. That ... suitable for Z80, but also that you could generate assembler code, and ... use your favourite assembler with it (provided the format' ... -
speccy soundI know this sounds a bit vauge but can anyone explain to me why the music on some 48K games was so amazing and so much better than the usual beeper s…
... times a second to the Z80 chip to tell it to ... port is number that the Z80 refrences to talk to the ... works, it moves in and out as the current induces an ... HAVE to do it using assembler. -
Which emulator and assembler?Hi, I am looking to learn z80 assembly language and I feel the best option is a spectrum emulator and an assembler. Can anybody recommend the best …
... happy go lucky assembler, good for trying things out quickly.
These ... days I use the TASM PC cross-assembler ... .
I use the Z80 emulator to convert my binary ... -
Spectrum assembly programming Hi, I'm passionated in assembly programming and I'd like to find some documents talking about Spectrum (not Z80). Do someone have interesting refer…
... being that they're long out of print. So either you can ... :
Programming the Z80
Z80 Reference Guide
There ... -
Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
... :
Ive found the tornado assembler - but how do you run ... programs? Any lists of commands out there?
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My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... Although having said that newer z80's have a 24bit adress ... assembly directly with a good assembler (TASM). I'm not ... handheld computer running on a z80 architechture. There has been ... specs was trying to figure out a good way of ... I'm also good with assembler. -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... which will be converted to assembler which will be on the ... can convert straight to the .z80 format.[/quote]
BASIC ... - as I have already pointed out several times the instruction set ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... , yet knows not one z80 from another. He has ... 's compiler outperforms and out-compiles any of the basic ... space, if he chucked out BASIC, but then what ... there won't be an assembler in there.
... know their hardware inside and out. And neither are a ... -
Anyone got a copy of 'Z80 for primates'?This Z80 lark isnt easy, in fact it makes me feel very much like Washoe the chimp trying to learn learn sign language, I just dont think I've got the…
... you're getting crashes because assembler is not inherently *RELOCATABLE ... *. Although in your assembler jumps and memory refrences may ... point in memory where the assembler started compiling.
Z80's but refer to sound properties), then an OUT ... -
Speccy machine code info where is it?Recently I've been trying to learn Z80 and I've managed to make limited progress (some of my routines even compile now!) but I seem to be having trou…
... on hardware. Picking up Z80 is a matter of practice ... 0-31)
To print a character at (10,12 ... lines denoted by "SSS". To print the letter 'A' there:< ... . You will soon figure out that it is fastest to ... you to work out since I'm running out of gas :)< ... -
Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…
... time to study my z80 books once i ... with being good at z80 asm a decent knowledge ... algorithms. I think new assembler programmers start by thinking ... you become good at assembler, your low-level knowledge ... the Basic system inside-out and might be pursuaded ... -
i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... on the left (not counting assembler) as there isn't an ... difficult time with C or assembler.[/quote]
If you ... many programming courses that start out teaching ASM then C as ... . [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/Z80.html"]www.worldofspectrum.org ... -
i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... difficult time with C or assembler.[/quote]
If ... how data structures are laid out and accessed by the ... many programming courses that start out teaching ASM then C ... [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/Z80.html"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... -
i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... a big program running, and PRINT USR just ups, PUSHs PC ... confusing the idea that an assembler or Hex HAS to be ... in BASIC, just type it out and give it a try ... -
i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... a big program running, and PRINT USR just ups, PUSHs PC ... confusing the idea that an assembler or Hex HAS to be ... in BASIC, just type it out and give it a try ... -
Does anyone still use Z80?Back in 1993 I got a registerd version of Z80 by Gertun Lunter. This was long before the internet. The only way to find software was from a sharewar…
I still use Z80.
Why???
... usefull.
It can easily print to files.
On ... />
I.e.
OUT 14 will write to parallelport ... to D0 to d7 by OUT
and
D0 to ... -
Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
... , there's not one (z80 debugger) out there that comes close in ... it integrates seamlessly with the Assembler.
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- TV ... -
MC 101Hello Group Members: Can't spectrum MC be embedded in a BASIC program
... Klive?
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PRINT CODE "REM". Get the REM ... powerful 16K & 64K ZX81 assembler/disassembler TSR that did everything ... contended, meaning the ULA and Z80 compete to access memory in ... in the TV, so the Z80 will be slowed down. Any ... -
+D/Disciple games archive?Hi all, Having finally got my disciple to work, I'm starting to have a look at hacking multiload games. Is there any archive on the web with games t…
... snapshot in "r-type.z80" and the level data ... R5.sna contains the Zeus Assembler source for the jlo loader ... the TAP VERSION of Zeus Assembler. Enter LOAD "" to ... Enter "L" to list the assembler.
You'll ... set and disk RAM paged out. I saved the jlo ... -
debuggingI have read a fair bit about z80 machine code and am ready to experiment using Tasm. One concern is how would you debug using this method of programm…
... -style (having to reload your assembler and source code from tape ... get a bit fiddly in assembler because it's not so ... diagnostics into your program (like PRINT "x is "+x+" at line ... on odd occasions for sorting out algorithms and high-level structure ... -
MC 101Hello Group Members: Can't spectrum MC be embedded in a BASIC program
... also like to check out SPIN's assembler - apparently it's quite ... /[/url]
Indeed, SPIN assembler generates Z80 ML in a
"1 ...
rla
rla
out (254),a
ld a ... -
SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …
... factual; the program produces 100% Z80 machine code output.
[/quote ... to begin with - statements like PRINT for example would be a ... ways in which one may 'PRINT' - it's just about ... C compiler availble for Z80 already) or assembler will be a more ... -
SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …
... -optimised assembler when it comes to getting the most out of the ... old Spectrum users aren't Z80 programmers and never will be ... written in 100% hand-optimised assembler isn't necessarily any good ... -
AmericaI've been wondering, was the Spectrum released in America? Was it popular? Are there Spectrum games that were made in America? There must be a few A…
... quote]Is that a mis-print where it says you could ... felt threatened and bought them out :)
It ... to be mapped into the z80 memory space.
out. Circuitry is also in ... expansion memory and would use print#, input#, etc to ... -
IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
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call SprBlank ; Blank out old position, this is the ... RET Z
; Print 3rd column, checking for wrapping ... -
Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... .peargames.co.uk/downloads/bb4.z80"]http://www.peargames.co.uk ... /bb4.z80[/url]
[code]; make tasm understand other assembler instructions ... />
; PCHAR
; PRINT A 1*8 CHAR TO ... -
Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
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#DEFINE DEFB ... br />
; PCHAR
; PRINT A 1*8 CHAR TO ... -
Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... .co.uk/downloads/bb9.z80"]http://www.peargames.co ... .uk/downloads/bb9.z80[/url].
... /> ; make tasm understand other assembler instructions
#DEFINE DEFB ... br />
; PCHAR
; PRINT A 1*8 CHAR TO ...
