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  • File size in 128K RAM diskHi Folks, Is there a way to get the size of a file stored in the 128K RAM disk from within a BASIC program? Many thanks Paddy

    Hi Folks,

    Is there a way to get the size of a file stored in the 128K RAM disk from within a BASIC program?

    Many thanks

    Paddy
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Weird bug in BASin 13I was checking out the new RAM disk feature of BASin and I came across a weird bug. I typed in a small program and saved it to the ramdisk. Entering…

    ... was checking out the new RAM disk feature of BASin and I ... listing the contents of the RAM disk, it displayed garbage and locked ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton December 2005 Emulators
  • BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…

    ... +2 manual that made the RAM Disk possible!)
    Added - 128k ... .
    Added - 128k RAM page bank switching mechanisms for ... 128k Errors were corrupting the RAM Disk when they triggered - SP ... reporting was very broken for RAM Disk errors.
    Fixed - ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2006 Emulators
  • BASin Release 13 is now available[unashamedly x-posted from Emulators forum] I'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is …

    ... +2 manual that made the RAM Disk possible!)
    Added - 128k ... .
    Added - 128k RAM page bank switching mechanisms for ... 128k Errors were corrupting the RAM Disk when they triggered - SP ... reporting was very broken for RAM Disk errors.
    Fixed - ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Old code uploadedI'm gradually ploughing through my microdrive catridges and I am uploading the recovered contents at [url]http://mdfs.net/Software/Spectrum/Microdri…

    ... /> * Emulated teletext display.
    * 31K RAM disk.
    * Code to create a ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston August 2006 Development
  • The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…

    ... to manage stuff in the RAM disk back and forth, the Compiled ... stay in BASIC (for the RAM disk stuff) - I know that BASIC ...
    na_th_an na_th_an November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX BASIC and garbage collection...Hi Folks, I was thinking about using the following approach in a program I am writing: [CODE]DIM d$(100,50) LOAD "NAMES" DATA d$() ... DIM d$(50,25…

    ... and saved to the 128K RAM disk. During the execution of the ... will be loaded from the RAM disc i.e. swapped in ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Loading a screen in to memory...Hi Folks, I want to load a SCREEN$ in to memory and save it out to RAM disk without it being displayed on the screen. I am worried about over writi…

    ... and save it out to RAM disk without it being displayed on ... />
    Also, once saved to RAM disk can it be reloaded with ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman December 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • FRAMES counter...Hi Folks, I wrote a test program that uses FRAMES to generate a clock. When I tested this within BASin it worked well and kept near perfect time. …

    ... from a .TAP file or RAM disk? Does this suspend the update ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • URGENT: BASin issues...Hi Paul, I know you have heard this many times and I am one of the worst offenders! :smile: Up until recently the stability of BASin was good but n…

    ... I am using the 128K RAM disk the performance and stability of ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Which BASIC commands/functions affect FRAMES?Hi Folks, Does someone have a definitive list of BASIC commands/functions that affect the FRAMES counter? The list I have so far: BEEP CAT (thanks…

    ... /> LLIST (Geoff)
    LOAD - to RAM disk as well
    MERGE (thanks ... #3 (Geoff)
    SAVE - to RAM disk as well
    USR calls ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Model Railway Timetable Version 1.4.12.0313...Hi Folks, Since November 2010 I have been working on my [B]Model Railway Timetable [/B]software. Thanks to the considerable help and patience of yo…

    ... ]ZXDS [/B]and uses the RAM disk to store/load data files ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman March 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • RAM disk interface for 48kDoes anything like that exist?

    Does anything like that exist?
    maiki maiki April 2012 Hardware
  • Varios +3(e)DOS questions?I'm converting tape games to disk, for being used in my +3e. I'm trying to convert them to standard BASIC loaders, so files could be copied using BAS…

    ... converting tape games to disk, for being used in ... . I remember that the RAM disk is used as a buffer ... read/write to disk, I must pass the RAM to be ... I was thinking about attacking disk loaders. How did they read ... the disk? Did they use +3DOS ...
    Zup Zup May 2013 Development
  • opusnot sure if this is the right place for this but I have been trying for copy from 178k floppys to 800k floppys and not having much success does anyon…

    not sure if this is the right place for this but I have been trying for copy from 178k floppys to 800k floppys and not having much success does anyone know if there is any software out there to do file copy to ram disk or direct between floppy sizes?
    caver99 caver99 December 2017 Software
  • 128 Memory PagingI'm having a problem getting my brain around paging. Well, actually the bit I don't understand is how reading I/O ports works! I hope the collective …

    ... as you leave the silicon disk alone.

    Not 100 ... you need to collapse the Ram Disk (M:) on these machines. This ...
    Woody Woody August 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • 128 Memory PagingI'm having a problem getting my brain around paging. Well, actually the bit I don't understand is how reading I/O ports works! I hope the collective …

    ... uses unused sections of the ram disk as temporary buffers for the ... disk/file copying commands. If you ... +3DOS to reserve for its ram disk, thus freeing up some of ...
    Woody Woody August 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…

    ... much, but using the 128Kb ram disk and some intelligence it could ...
    na_th_an na_th_an May 2004 Games
  • Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…

    ... I stuff everything in the RAM disk and transfer it to my ...
    na_th_an na_th_an May 2004 Games
  • An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…

    ... with, and a 4 MegaByte Ram Disk...

    That`s heaven ...
    CKay CKay August 2004 Development
  • An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…

    ... with, and a 4 MegaByte Ram Disk...

    That`s heaven ...
    Sadako Sadako August 2004 Development
  • Longest Loading TimeWhat game do you blokes think had the longest loading time My vote is for "Driller"

    ... that copied itself into the RAM disk.

    Having checked a ...
    Jmk Jmk April 2005 Games
  • Amiga emu Where i can find good emu for Amiga(any)? [ This Message was edited by: Jet set Z on 2005-01-08 20:29 ]

    ... /> 1) a DD Floppy disk (DD stands for Double Density ... Workbench to format the disk as PC format(much ... , on the "storage" disk. Workbench has 6 disks ... take some data into RAM disk and then spit it ... it's annoyingly slow and disk swappingly MAD..

    MontyMole79 MontyMole79 May 2005 Emulators
  • Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…

    [quote]
    On 2005-05-26 16:11, Dunny wrote:
    Ok, what (aside from the PLAY command) would a 128k version of BASin do?
    [/quote]
    RAM disk support.
    monty.mole monty.mole May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…

    ... can be used as a RAM disk. So BASIC games would be ... from tape; then save to RAM disk a couple of times to ...
    monty.mole monty.mole May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • 128K ROM 0 Disassembly updatedSome updates to my 128K ROM 0 Disassembly at [url="http://www.mjwilson.demon.co.uk/rom/"]http://www.mjwilson.demon.co.uk/rom/[/url] Thanks to Rui Tu…

    ... the PLAY command, and the RAM Disk commands. BASin doesn't need ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2005 Development
  • Interest in a new adventure game?After recently reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the urge to go back to my adventure tools and create something which was actually …

    ... that i could use the ram disk and make screemns that are ...
    Sadako Sadako June 2005 Games
  • Disable BREAK 128 basicDoes anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?

    My program uses code merged in from the ram disk, and also several compressed screen$ called with a small machine code routine - will the compilers compile these bits into the code aswell?

    Thanks.
    mgmetro mgmetro July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Mayhem Accelerator in actionI've put together the first video of the prototype Mayhem Accelerator running on the Sam Coupe. The video shows the Sam running a ZX Speccy emulator …

    [quote]
    What size of RAM comes with Mayhem? 1024k?512K ... you expand it with more RAM?
    [/quote]

    512K ... used external memory apart from Ram Disk support in MasterDOS, so not ...
    Quazar Quazar July 2005 Announcements
  • Sinclair QLYeah yeah I could look at a QL site but figured I'd check with you guys first. Just won a QL on Ebay and not being to familiar with this model was w…

    The best expansion you can buy for the QL is a Miracle Systems Trump Card: 256K RAM + disk interface. Quite hard to find probably...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan July 2005 Chit chat
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