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BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…
... m";1;"Squares"
1003 FORMAT "m";1;"name"
... CLOSE #4
1020 FORMAT "n";2: SAVE *"n"; ... " TO SPECTRUM FORMAT
17 DATA 1,2,3: DEF FN ... b TO c: FORMAT "a:": FORMAT LINE 75: FORMAT LPRINT "C";" ... 22 LOAD "f1" DATA a(): LOAD "f2" DATA b$(): LOAD "f3" ... -
Multiple speeds in songs?!?!Hi! I've just finished a new tune, but I need two different speeds for the execution. I've finished it in Sound Tracker 1.1, and now I don't think t…
... sound tracker song to vortex tracker?[/QUOTE]
Vortex Tracker ... will accept Soundtracker files in .stc format. To ... - load the .stc into Vortex Tracker
(Alternatively: ... just the Spectrum-visible data of a compiled Soundtracker ... -
Multiple speeds in songs?!?!Hi! I've just finished a new tune, but I need two different speeds for the execution. I've finished it in Sound Tracker 1.1, and now I don't think t…
... work here, as the Z80 format is compressed... as far as ... able to extract the song data when it's 'in plain ... and learn to use Vortex Tracker though...) -
ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... 3 steps:
[LIST]
[*] First, save the data ... is already a binary format, so you won' ... />
[*] Now compress these 3 screen files using ZX7. You ... Now you will have 3 new compressed files called ... /> 40 IF a$="3" THEN dzx7Standard(@file3, 16384 ... -
Getting a few errors in CPCDiskXPHello, I found some pretty cool compilations someone did (13 or so). They added about 14 games in one .DSK file per compilation. I gues I'll start o…
... that CPCDiskXP (like SAMdisk) will format each track before writing it ... work out if the existing format is suitable.
[QUOTE ... 's [URL="http://www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk/edwin/software ... /SAM logical formats rather than +3, and only supports MGT disk ... -
Z80 internal compressionThis isn't exactly a ZX Spectrum problem, but since WOS probably has some of the best Z80 coders in the world, I thought I might ask anyway. For my …
... less 00s. Also, the tracker contains 3 different beeper routines, with significant ... as well be actual note data there.
Still, ... RLE, write back the compressed data to the source block, and ... more peculiar thing about the data. In the first column, ... -
128k Music TrackerCan someone point me in the right direction with this please. I need a straight forward idiots guide for creating music on the 128. I was looking for…
... /infoseekid.cgi?id=0012090"]Sound Tracker[/URL] published on ZXF Magazine ... find the magazine in PDF format [URL="https://sites.google.com ... to actually include the song data in your projects you need ... -
ZX-Assembler in progress...Dear readers, I just want to announce that ZX-Assembler is not longer only an idea in my mind. It's just alive. Unfortunately, it's too early to mak…
... 1 byte wide)
[*]numeric data, better formatted as N bytes ... you can establish a standard format that could be shared with ... be identified like "call CL_ADDR + 3"[/LIST]
AFAIK SkoolKit ... -
ZX-Assembler in progress...Dear readers, I just want to announce that ZX-Assembler is not longer only an idea in my mind. It's just alive. Unfortunately, it's too early to mak…
... presented as assembler comands while data would be .BYTE strings.[/ ... extension ASM (or a new format, because we could have ... be identified like "call CL_ADDR + 3"
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This ... easily understandable and editable text format, where each line was ... -
new Easy Hdd 1.12 for MB02+ (repaired hdd driver)Dear all MB02+ users and followers of this best disk interface for ZXS:) together with Busy I manged to repair a limitation in Easy Hdd (hdd driver …
... four categories according to found format: 1) disks with 8 sectors ... the screen. 2) disks 128x8. 3) other formats. 4) errors or ... to work immediatelly, obviously all data remain preserved.
The second ... -
FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
... he wrote about the FZX format, spacing can be defined ... This will make the font data bigger, but gives the ... is a small adjust (3 pixels at most) in ... doesn't make the font data any bigger, although this ... reason "kern" is limited to 3 pixels maximum.
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Why is the B Disk interface selling for so much on ebay?I often watch unusual interfaces that pop up on ebay, and I noticed that this B Disk interface just went for ?113: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.or…
... they work with +2A/B/+3 computers? I guess that ... br />
With the +3, get a 3.5" external drive, and ... timings right, and BFormat and format them to 710K.
< ... .
Finally, the +3 external drive must have a ... will find all the data you need :) -
Why is the B Disk interface selling for so much on ebay?I often watch unusual interfaces that pop up on ebay, and I noticed that this B Disk interface just went for ?113: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.or…
... work on the +2A/3 machines. Some people say ...
With the +3, get a 3.5" external drive, and ... timings right, and BFormat and format them to 710K.
... />
Finally, the +3 external drive must have a ... you will find all the data you need :)[/QUOTE]
External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…
... recognition of disk format.
Any format utility calls n ... and then writes the data of that format in the disk. Any ... format with 512 bytes per sector may be directly recognized by +3 ... DOS, provided that data is right.
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... than the rest of the data.
A couple of ... =0&release=0&format=0&scheme=DI& ... &display=1&loadpics=3"]Digital Integration loader[/URL] is ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... a problem with your RLE format: a repetition of 2 ... repetition) is always encoded using 3 bytes, so there's ... would be a run of 3 0xFF bytes (or 4, ... 't exist anywhere in the data; for attributes, there's ... For a more efficient RLE format (although much harder to ...Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... probably go for the TAP format, as it's simple to ... Spectrum itself (and obviously is +3 specific). I could then simply ... using fuse's "load binary data" facility then saving it out ... there were only 2 or 3 files, it wasn't so ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... and was superseded by Biturbo 3, which is slower, uglier ... cannot be said for Biturbo 3-recorded tapes.
... to reprogram it with Sound Tracker - can be downloaded [URL="http ... files.
References to data compression software are not hard ...Finders Keepers+I know a few of you are interested in this project so I thought it was about time I started a proper thread for it rather than just slipping bits int…
... Code labels, in the format
Label:PrintSprite, ... br /> 3) Byte data, in the format
Data:FontA, ... 0xfb00,768,8
4) Word data ... in the format ...LZ4 decoderI encountered the [URL="http://code.google.com/p/lz4/"]LZ4 compressor[/URL] a few weeks ago. Reading the [URL="http://fastcompression.blogspot.co.uk…
... program that extracts LZ4 compressed data out of a stream produced ... input and writes the extracted data to standard output.
< ... IO;
// extracts LZ4 data from a stream:
// http ... .com/2013/04/lz4-streaming-format-final.html
...Planning ZX-CentralDear readers, as I would like to start programming on ZX-Central (the central application of ZX-Modules) in a few weeks, I'm looking for suggestions…
... RAW file for data eg with a "lens" SCREEN$-format-view for ... /zxcentral2.jpg[/IMG]
3. ZX-Central itself is just ...missing doctor who epsiodes found[url]http://tv.uk.msn.com/news/nine-missing-dr-who-episodes-found[/url] Nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who which have not been seen since the 19…
... . There were only two, maybe 3 TV stations. And the BBC ... a digital format?
Digital data and converted analog data (such as ...Best Demos please?Hi, I have just discovered how good the demos for the spectrum are, I have been a spectrum owner for years but apart from the work I used to look at …
... holding up to 640k of data.
In terms ... them into a compatible format (*.tap or +3 disc). The main sources ... do something while reading the data from the floppy - those ... downloads for "Mescaline Synesthesia".
3. There are also some cases ...IF EXIST?In MS-DOS scripting, there is an IF EXIST command that lets you check wether a file exists in disk or not. There are any way to check it out from BA…
... /> directory entries.
Buffer format:
Entry 0
Entry 2
Entry 3
...to...
Entry n ... environment properly, as per the +3 manual. If you're interested ...
(000h...3FFFh) is ROM 3 (the 48 BASIC ROM). The ...Map compressor based on ZX7Hi I have release a map compressor for "La Churrera" game engine, but can be adapted to any other game. Source code is here (Download TmxCompress.0.…
... hl ; restore source address (compressed data)
ld b, a ; restore ...A new site for an old projectThe 'Interface 1bis' project site has been moved to: [url]https://sites.google.com/site/interface1bis/[/url] In fact, it's not only a simple relocati…
... -friendly. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]The [URL="https://sites.google ... .[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3][IMG]http://s6.postimg.org ... =3]Before using the new version, the interface's application data ... storage area must be cleared, by issuing a FORMAT "m ...Sierra AGII've been thinking recently about starting a project to port Sierra's AGI engine to the ZX Spectrum 128. I've been reading the AGI specs and to me i…
... least the description of the data storage format and command scripts, to ... .[/QUOTE]
The AGI format is very well documented [URL ... find the source code for 3 different AGI interpreters at [URL ...
