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What Z80 development tools do you use? What books?Hi. I've been meaning to do it for over 25 years, but.. better late than never :) I'm starting to learn machine code and am trying to get a developme…
... many other things. e.g. Z80 assembler which I am just teaching ... [i]Learn C++[/i] manual (out of 1000) & then gave ... ' brain is struggling enough wi' Z80!
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How do you start?ok just humour me, ive always wanted to code but never got round to it apart from the real basics ie:- 10 print "hello" 20 print 30 goto 10 i coul…
... quite got my head around z80 assembler, I'm doing the same ... . I swiped a 42 character print routine, and I'm modifying ... -
Beepola v1.00.00Beepola is a new multi-channel, multi-engined, tracker-style Beeper music editor for Windows (although it should also run perfectly well on Linux or …
... v1.00 and started bashing out reams of terrible linear code ... actually contains a fully functional z80 assembler (one of my many unfinished ... -
New Game: Heart StealerMy first platformer is finally released! Having a Speccy since a long time ago, I've really wanted to make a game for it. Since february, I've final…
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Which assembler do you recommend to a (complete) newbie?OK, I am re-dusting my assembler books and want to re-dig into the Wonderful World of Assembly. Just wondering which assembler to go with. I reme…
... , I would use the z88dk assembler, because although it has warts ... Z80 assembler and linker tool chain, IIRC, but I only found this out ... -
Developing on Linux (Ubuntu 10.04)Ok, so I decided to install Ubuntu as my main OS, but keep XP as a bootable partition just in case I err mess up Ubuntu, :) I also have XP VM in Virt…
... binutils suite, cross-compiled for Z80.
That is what I ... , so I get the full assembler, linker and other tools (full ... if gcc (compiler) will spit out Z80 or not, but I'm ... only interested in writing native Z80 anwyay.
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Home Brew stuff...I'd quite like to have a go at writing a game for the speccy. Will probably start with maybe re-trying stuff that has already been done, just to pra…
... begin? Are there any tools out there??
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The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …
... it! I've had my Z80 version of P2 since about ... taken until today to find out this gem of information. Yes ... .71) which is a full Z80 assembler. Now the nnn value on ... the P2 output into a .Z80 file so I can at ... -
Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
... prefer to use PDS/2 Z80 assembler as I am very familiar ... PDS/2 editor for developing assembler across many CPUs since 1992 ... write all my PC x86 assembler using that little gem (I ... I know I should check out others... any recommendations? I may ... -
Learning Assembly LanguageHow easy would it be to learn assembly language for someone who has a decent grasp of Basic? I mean how long do you think it would take before I coul…
... actually settled on an assembler yet, so I have ... /> I think choosing an assembler is quite personal. I also ... use directives that one assembler doesn't support, so ... between them or figure out the equivalent (if there ... me, being able to print out a listing to read ... -
Assembler intricaciesHi all, I've been looking at the internals of a game to see how it all works and I've found some things that I don't understand and can't find any i…
... ! I'm just new to Z80 assembler and didn't know if ... of the more complex games out there but the amount of ... -
yeah - unix for zx spectrumI started a new hobby project. An operating system for ZX Spectrum. A unix clone. Talked to my friend about it and he asked me what if after I'm done…
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Recommend a dev environmentIt's been a while since I last wrote any Z80 assembler - must be over 20 years, and since I wrote any spectrum Z80 assembler more like 25 years. I n…
... a simple machine to lay out code in that all you ... is a standard three pass assembler for the the majority of ... to be done with an assembler that supports libraries and linking ... , I have always wondered why z80 assembler authors have thrown everything but ...Recommend a dev environmentIt's been a while since I last wrote any Z80 assembler - must be over 20 years, and since I wrote any spectrum Z80 assembler more like 25 years. I n…
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z80 tools that you pay for ... you pull them all out so your project will ... in any number base out of a string being ...Which Spectrum Game Pushed The Machine To It's Limits? 128kWhere Time Stood Still? Chase HQ? Robocop? Suggestions?
... course, back then, we knew Z80 assembler so well that I could ... my head just to cut out eight ticks. Happy days. Or ...writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... that can be spat out by your average z80 assembler. Indeed, you could ... your own ROM using a z80 assembler, the same way you would ... tools to do that. SjAsm assembler will compile directly to .SNA ... files that run z80 checks and spit out various results that can ...Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... ) listed them all for the Z80 processor in the Speccy.[/QUOTE ... resource I've found for Z80 programming:
[URL="http://www ... of the [URL="http://www.z80.info/"]site[/URL], but that ... up some moolah and just print out that info for my own ...Rescue by Mastertronic Debugging QuestionJust wondering if anyone knows how to move the spawn points of the enemys in the game Rescue by Mastertronic made by ste cork using the debugger in s…
... i am only just learning z80 assembler language so its hard to ... bar somewhere so it runs out as you drive around.Issue 2 Failed 48k to 128k upgradeI have been trying to upgrade my Issue 2 with the help of Velesoft, using this schematic; [IMG]http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/xx284/arioch1973/4…
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[*]Print out a copy of the schematic ... out a very simple machine code routine to just test the Z80 ... (and associated 74LS TTL chips) out. Now as you will have ...Issue 2 Failed 48k to 128k upgradeI have been trying to upgrade my Issue 2 with the help of Velesoft, using this schematic; [IMG]http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/xx284/arioch1973/4…
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[*]Print out a copy of the schematic ... out a very simple machine code routine to just test the Z80 ... (and associated 74LS TTL chips) out. Now as you will have ...Custom Spectrum ROMS with modified system fonts?Some of the more memory efficient adventures used the default Spectrum font in order to save bytes for the adventure itself. Level 9 in particular ju…
I managed to work out a way to modify the ... Copy.
7. Select Tools : Z80 Assembler and paste the DEFWs into ...Custom Spectrum ROMS with modified system fonts?Some of the more memory efficient adventures used the default Spectrum font in order to save bytes for the adventure itself. Level 9 in particular ju…
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7. Select Tools : Z80 Assembler and paste the DEFWs into ... -6 above by using the assembler's "incbin" (INClude BINary file ...Compressors are available for Speccys ?Hi folks, although I was an wasn't strictly a speccy coder in the glory days (amstrad & amiga for the most part), I have secides to arse about with …
... ]and[/b] is written in Z80 assembler [b]and[/b] actually works ... least that I could work out how to get it to ... lots of comments in the assembler listing and a separate program ...Elliptical ChallengeSubsequent to the recent "Graph Plot" thread, I wrote this general purpose ellipse drawing routine which will plot (although it doesn't actually use …
... the Bresenham algorithm working in Z80 assembler for x,y axes from ... able to find any in Z80 assembler; for example:
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out-of-bounds checks, by the ...The Barbarians are Coming![IMG]http://www.snigfarp.karoo.net/wos-screens.gif[/IMG] [I]"Civilisation in the ancient world was always under threat from outsiders who. though pr…
[QUOTE=jp;668458]Just out of interest is this written purely in BASIC?[/QUOTE]
No, it's Z80 assembler. I don't think I would have fit the BASIC version in 16k, nor managed to do the map scrolling :-)TommyGun with AGDHi everyone, I have been working with Jonathan to incorporate his excellent Arcade Game Designer utility into TommyGun. Jonathan has created a compi…
... any way to set a z80 assembler. Do I need to set ... ;683247]I'm gonna dig out an old xp laptop see ...Circumspect - A Spectrum Emulator for learningThis is a project that I have been playing around with for a while. It must be said, I tend to have problems getting things finished where hobbies a…
... debugging messages in the Z80 code to print out what it is actually ... , I started on what turned out to be the most difficult ... part (as yet!) the Z80.
I am still ...Keyboard scanning routines / techniques?What keyboard scanning routines or techniques do people use? I'm looking to write something which doesn't rely on the ROM-based keyboard scanner, an…
... yours (although I separate out the assembler into a .s file ... I don't like inline assembler - yes I could ... https://github.com/legumbre/gdb-z80"]porting GDB stub[/URL] ... to ZX Spectrum. GDB-Z80 knows how to read SDCC ... very limit of 3.5Mhz Z80). Wait states for each ...The complete Knight Tyme (48k) RAM disassemblyHello! Just a quick note to let everyone know that the initial version of my [URL="http://www.dur.ac.uk/philip.anderson/disassemblies/knight-tyme-48…
... in a print out so I'm writing my own Disassembler/Assembler/Emulator ...
