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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
  • Pentagon interface news from VELESOFTIt's from Xagon's board. It is about new interface for Speccy - it make Your comp compatible with Pentagon (and not only) and also it gives You up t…

    ... You up to 1024Kb of RAM.

    ... speed up all 128k pages (ULA doesn't ... fast pages like ZX128)
    Higher RAM switches pages via ... pages which are in the higher
    memory area above 128kB RAM ... whole D40/D80 disk with only one disk change.
    Yerz Yerz June 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 ... for its ram disk, thus freeing up some of the memory pages for ...
    Woody Woody August 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • 48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…

    ... to give you 64K RAM. Any program that relies ... />
    12) The RAM disk is different between the 128 ... />
    13) The RAM contention models are different between ... not really a crash. RAM pages 4-7 on a + ... is contended, but RAM on odd pages is contended on a ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 Games
  • Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…

    ... most sensible configuration for the RAM is 4,5,6,3 ... uses page 1 for the RAM disk.[/QUOTE]

    Using one ... of the special RAM-only configurations tends to make ... have to adjust addresses in pages 4 & 6 to be ...
    glancaster glancaster July 2009 Development
  • Questions about Velesoft boot BIOS for divIDEI've been playing with that new BIOS, and I've got some questions not answered in readme. When powering the computer, it shows a menu with some firm…

    ... firmware or ROM image from disk?

    The readme says ... memory = all 4 divide ram 8kB pages (page0+page1+page2+page3). ROM ... as 32kB block to ZX ram and install from extra menu ...
    velesoft velesoft March 2010 Hardware
  • Speccy2010 - pentagon emulation using GlukIs anyone here familar with Speccy2010 (FPGA Russian Sinclair Spectrum clone). ? I'm using Pentagon mode on Speccy2010 (it uses something called Glu…

    ... ram page #51 (if this page contain XAS code)
    D = disk ... 48ram
    Pages = erase 128kB ram
    ALL PAGES = erase 1MB ram
    CACHE ... ramdisc to 896kB
    copy disk = copy FDD to FDD(ramdisc ...
    velesoft velesoft May 2011 Hardware
  • Renegade (the hit squad)Hi fellow spectrum peeps,nice to meet you all!,and what a great site you have here!. I have been given a spectrum +2 which didn't load tapes,until i…

    ... use RAM 7 for disk and editor buffers, and other pages for the RAM disk).
    na_th_an na_th_an June 2011 Games
  • 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

    ... the problem with the RAM disk: it uses other RAM pages, so if you ...
    na_th_an na_th_an September 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…

    ... short:

    [List][*]Optimise RAM disk access to reduce effect on ... (of which there are 37 pages at present!)[/List]
    That ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman May 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What are editor scratchpads?I've been reading and experimenting with 128 bank switching and using the shadow screen. The technical reference [url="https://worldofspectrum.or…

    The silicon disk (also called RAM disk) is an area of ... 1 is used as disk cache by default, and ... you intend to use the disk drive. Also, some ... data on the silicon disk, but it may not ... /> - On a 128k/+2, pages 1, 3, 4, 6 and ... 2A/+3 you can use pages 1, 3, 4 and ...
    Zup Zup September 2020 Assembler
  • 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
  • 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
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