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Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... knowldge of Sinclair BASIC. Out of all the languages I ... complex to relate than assembler, you just need an ... to understand the underlying assembler could be realated to ... learn how to create assembler by asking yourself what ... would be created with Z80 assembler. -
Development advice I was an user of the Spectrum 48K in the old days. I arribed to learn a lot of BASIC, and a bit of assembler. The time have passed, and now I am …
... of Noughts and Crosses in Z80 assembler.
You can choose to ... use any assembler and emulator combination. I personally ... by far the most flexible z80 assembler I have used so far ... version.
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Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
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RAM Test ROM?Found a link to this: [url]http://www.retroreview.com/iang/TestSpec4.zip[/url] in another thread, and fired it up in SPIN, but I have no clue how to…
... with a working knowledge of Z80 Assembler (i.e. not me :-( ) I ... any other way of finding out which chip is dud in ...How are people developing?Are most coding on actual HW or under emulation, or cross developing?
... Wordstar version 4
Assembler: 2500 AD Z80 Assembler V4.05A
Emulator ... having to reload the assembler and 20K+ of source ... efforts written without using an assembler. Each byte was painstakingly ... you'd missed something out of an earlier routine ...How are people developing?Are most coding on actual HW or under emulation, or cross developing?
... version 4
Assembler: 2500 AD Z80 Assembler V4.05A
Emulator ... frustrating having to reload the assembler and 20K+ of source ... efforts written without using an assembler. Each byte was painstakingly ... you'd missed something out of an earlier routine ...Help where do i startIm thinking of writing a game or two for the speccy. At the moment Im not sure what type. But Im after some general info. I know laguages like Basi…
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For an assembler, I'd recommend starting out with the one ... 've got the fundamentals figured out, you might then want to ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... /> And finally there's always z80 assembler. If you are starting from ... absolute best performance out of your 2068 or spectrum, z80 is the ...Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
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Zeus is the z80 assembler side of things isn't ... to Edwin's excellent Comet assembler and it couldn't keep ...Help understanding some z80 asmI'm trying to work out how to represent the structure of a "sprite" in the SAM as "Grabbed" by SmallC. I can see the assembler implementation but I …
... myself having time to learn z80 assembler any time soon I guess ... than ever that I work out a good way of wrapping ... , I will have to work out how the Sam does its ...Aggravating problem with screensI've rewritten my Sam C runtime emulator code ( well almost ) to allow me to use my own routines for blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles …
... disk, and the ZX Spectrum ASSEMBLER on TAPE! And the ...
But I got Comet Assembler and tinkered! A scroller using ... tested... but there are resourses out there - Steve Taylors articles ... covers the real basics of Z80 assembler), and Adrian Brown's articles ...Aggravating problem with screensI've rewritten my Sam C runtime emulator code ( well almost ) to allow me to use my own routines for blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles …
... , which as Colin pointed out I just need to call ... will have to be paged out when it no longer ... VMPR/HMPR/LMPR registers.... either OUT in assembler, or there was that ... the threads to do an OUT to an i/o ... of course you page out the code the Z80's running and ...Z80 Developer ConsoleHi, This is a project I have meaning to do for ages, recently had a kid, had some time off work (as a software developer) and surprisingly had a bit…
... lines when using the Spin assembler. I thought it would be ... to assemblers if they could print out t-states for each line ... be nice if the assembler could spew out some error or warning ... (I really liked SPIN's assembler in this regard).48K sound effectsAnybody knows where could I find some small M/C routines to play tiny beeper sounds I could use in the 48K version of a game? I don't want the 48K pl…
... ever Speccy sound routine in Z80 assembler, but it works. This ... /homepage/staff/cmspcar1/sinclair/pactest3.z80[/url]
... speaker
xor %00010000
out ($fe),a
... );flip the speaker back
out ($fe),a
What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
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PRINT 255 AND 7
[/CODE ... would've picked up some Z80 assembler knowledge back then also, instead ... 't start writing any significant Z80 assembler until 2005.
... , I think a 6502 assembler is far easier and compact ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... , which also has an inline Z80 assembler.[/QUOTE]
That's ... a Z80 assembler into limited space than a 6502 assembler, simply because a Z80 assembler ... 6502 system seems very simple, out of the two.What was a Z80 computer capable of ?I have always wondered, and maybe the techy people on here could answer, with what you know about the Z80 processor, was the spectrum hampered by the…
... machine, to get the most out of it really have to ... Sam didn't venture near z80 assembler (which is a shame) and ...Airwolf debuggingI've been trying to fix a couple of things in Airwolf. 1. To pause after death so as to avoid the multiple deaths. As it regenerates the helicopter…
... guys that hang out there are very good at Z80 assembler, but I ...Dangerous Z80 Assembly CommandHave been reading Toni Bakers' "Mastering MC On Ya Speccy" book and came across the list of Z80 commands in the dictionary section. Page 102 "[b]IM…
... br /> The built-in Z80 debugger/monitor on that ... partially written game demo in Z80 assembler so far.
assembler too.
... have crashed virtually every emulator out there. Maybe it's ... have to test software out, and so have to ...Need Help with codeHi there, let me preface this by saying I'm NOT an old school computer guy though I do remember using the internet before the WWW and my first comput…
... posted on. If i cut out the first and last line ... run the rest through a Z80 assembler i get the following set ...[WANTED] ASM routinesHi there, 1.) i really need 5-6 working and well commented routines, showing assembler capabilities. They should be simple, but not too much complic…
... . But i cant figure it out how to show results of ... code is written to ZXSpin Z80 assembler.
Can anyone help me ...I/O on the Speccy - ideas/help wanted!I'd like an interface for the Spectrum that can control and monitor other items. I have a task in mind that would require: A: 4xbinary inputs (as in…
The Z80 PIO is still made, but ... the subject of keeping noise out of circuits!
There ... to wire. Basically, when the OUT instruction ends, and the output ... even has example code in Z80 assembler! The ADC0804 is designed for ...Design Design / Crystal ComputingNice post on [URL="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_thread/thread/56e6ebdedc6930ac#"]comp.sys.sinclair[/URL] about [URL="http:…
... happen to think a Z80 assembler should assemble Z80... Call me traditional, call ... coward but I'm off out of here before he has ... and rediscovers some long-lost Z80 instructions while my back is ...Design Design / Crystal ComputingNice post on [URL="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_thread/thread/56e6ebdedc6930ac#"]comp.sys.sinclair[/URL] about [URL="http:…
... happen to think a Z80 assembler should assemble Z80... Call me traditional, call ... spin source, so you're out of luck in the child ... coward but I'm off out of here before he has ...Programming Books for Kids - Whats happened to programming?What has happened to Programming in the 00's :( I remember at the tender age of 9 exitedly going to my library to get one of them colourfull program…
... to mistake "fundamental concepts" for "out of date", especially since "IT ... academic programming course *must* cover assembler. If more people had seen ... exercise: write a program to print out the odd numbers up to ...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…
... it appears that the Z80 Assembler I am using does ... instruction 'IN A,(C)' or 'OUT (C),D' :-? ...... so ... will not recognise: 'OUT (FEh),D' or 'OUT (254),D'! ... wish to try out the assembler included with the ... suggesting that the Spin assembler is superior to the ...Cheat Mode BookHi all, I'm considering making and releasing a book of game cheats - it would cover the C64, Amstrad CPC and Sinclair Spectrum. It would feature PO…
... was at college and learning Z80 Assembler & C.
It ... five years after game came out :DGetting 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…
... RST 16 ; Call the print routine
LD A, ... RST 16 ; Call the print routine
LD A, ... RST 16 ; Call the print routine
LD A, ... print routine[/CODE]
If you're just starting out in assembler ...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…
... RST 16 ; Call the print routine
LD A, ... RST 16 ; Call the print routine
LD A, ... RST 16 ; Call the print routine
LD A, ... print routine[/code]
If you're just starting out in assembler ...Printing in emulatorsDoes any emulator support printing to a PC printer? I find myself needing to print out my adventure from GAC so I can recopy it onto the CPC and C64 …
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In (Win)Z80 you can print to a file in ...
