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How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
... games use their own character printing routine (putchar?) instead of using ... -
I live and learnThanks to Einar's ZXDB link I found under the Books folder and English sub directory a PDF file named 'The Century Computer Programming Course for Z…
... echoing your inputs and finally printing out the sum and the ... -
High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …
... +3 ; set coordinates for score printing...
LD (TEMP),HL ; ...and ... player's name and score printing position
LD DE, POS_5 ... /> ; Default player names and score printing position
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Speeding up PRINT code in ROMHi Folks, I seem to recall that someone stated the PRINT command is rather slow because it has to handle screen and printer printing - is this cor…
... to handle screen and printer printing - is this correct? Would it ... done, would it make screen printing significantly quicker?
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Word ProcessingHello, Does anyone know of a Spectrum word processor that allows bold and underlined on screen? I can see Tasword has the facility for this when p…
... the facility for this when printing, but not on screen.
WIP 3d libretro front-end -- virtual Spectrum collectionI've created a sort of 3d virtual ZX Spectrum programs collection. It is part of testing my 3d libretro front-end with lua scripting. At this point…
... and maybe even virtual thermal printing, and an idea of creating ...A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…
... ;now decode key code for printing
ex af,af' ;save ...New BasinC v1.7 I was away from sinclair scene for a long time, I cannot find any time to log on to wos forums. I hope everybody is doing well here. As many of…
... /> // Fixed - Token table wasn't printing first keywords correctly (eg. RND ... .
// fixed - token table was printing wrong keywords (again).
// fixed ...Porting Scott Adams adventuresHello all, I would like to attempt to port (at some time in the nearish future, after several other projects are finished!) the Scott Adams advent…
... change any calls to screen printing and text input to my ...printing at the bottom of the screen with #1im having problems getting both lines filled in with black, using #1. it does 1 line but not the other. how do i correct this? i.e. print #1; pap…
im having problems getting both lines filled in with black, using #1. it does 1 line but not the other. how do i correct this?
i.e. print #1; paper 0;" 64 spaces "Prportional Ascii text scrollerA couple of years ago I wrote a little scroller that nestles at the top of RAM (FFCA - 65482) and scrolls standard Ascii encoded text from anywhere y…
... the message.
The proportional font is just 312 bytes ...printing to the screen using pokei remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyon…
i remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyone remember?is there a way of bypassing the rom and having 64 columns mode running all the time?i have tried various 64 column print routines but none of them seem to do this. i would like it to do 64 column mode for listings, typing, editing, p…
i have tried various 64 column print routines but none of them seem to do this. i would like it to do 64 column mode for listings, typing, editing, printing to the screen etc. is this possible or has it already been done somewhere?fuse isnt printingim having problems with fuse. it wont create a printout.txt or printout.pbm file, when i use the zx printer and printer emulation, or i cant find the…
im having problems with fuse. it wont create a printout.txt or printout.pbm file, when i use the zx printer and printer emulation, or i cant find the files anywhere. it used to work. ive tried reinstalling it to no avail.Random GRASSHello guys, Many yrs ago I used predefined UDG as grass to fill some area, adding to it via PLOT or POKE. It seems that PRINTing a string$ combin…
... POKE.
It seems that PRINTing a string$ combined of UDG ...Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... a character variable for fast printing big sprites (6x6).
Were the SciFi Fighting Fantasy books so bad?I stopped reading FF books after about Armies Of Death, #36. But they started printing only fantasy based ones after #33 Sky Lord. They ran all the w…
... Death, #36. But they started printing only fantasy based ones after ...Mr.Do! conversion released for SpectrumAfter many many hard spent hours Mark R. Jones (former Ocean graphic artist ) and myself have finally completed our Spectrum version of the arcade cl…
... also created various graphics for printing inlays/cassette sticker
[url ...Currah uSpeech ROM Paging and BootyHi, When I emulated the Currah uSpeech for [url="http://www.inkland.org.uk/inkspector"]InkSpector2[/url], I made it page in its own ROM on memory …
... normally used in preparation for printing the number of keys collected ...Poll: How about a printed edition of Al's Spectrum Annual?My "experiment" of a Spectrum-related annual magazine was very well received, and many readers have been asking about the possibility of a printed ed…
... the costs of a professional printing laboratory and postage outside of ...What to write / programme?I've been trying to get back some motivation to write something in machine code for the Spectrum. I don't feel I am organised enough to write somethi…
... that. Was think of a proportional spaced font routine but there ...RS232 - built-in vs. Interface 1Hello all. After some advice, and I figured someone here would probably be able to help. I'm the owner of a (grey case) Spectrum +2, and I'm keen …
... 've used the port for printing via a QL serial-to ...Masterfile 09 + tasman printer interface parallelHi there to everyone involved with printing issues. I want to print from masterfile 09 to my epson dot matrix printer. I have tasman printer inter…
... there to everyone involved with printing issues.
I want ... printer software from tape and printing worked well. Both LPRINT and ...printing text on HP-GL plotters through RS232 on AY-3-8912Hello, i don't know, if anyone is even interested in these things. But i do. I like printers, plotters and other devices which we can connected to…
Hello,
i don't know, if anyone is even interested in these things. But i do. I like printers, plotters and other devices which we can connected to the ZX Spectrum.
Some time ago i did small research about RS232 (i wrote pretty ...How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
Q. on laser jet toner cartridges.Made the switch over to a laser printer some years ago. Absolutely hated the cost of ink and how it dries up and you never get the page count they pr…
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…
... in the AL program since printing is a lot more involved ...
