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Keyboard Issues When Setting Border ColourWelcome to the next in my series of inane 'Z80 on the Spectrum' questions! ;) Here's a minimal snippet of code for polling the keyboard until any ke…
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Border colour on resetI have noticed a strange (and somewhat disquieting) glitch or feature on the ZX Spectrum. Sometimes, when the Reset button is pressed on the later m…
... later machines (128 onwards), the border colour will change to white before ... menu (and white border) suddenly appear, but this border colour glitch/feature is ... -
Vote for your favourite loading border colourSo it is time for one more important voting! :razz: What is your favourite loading [B]border[/B] design? Since I guess most of us spent many many ho…
... is your favourite loading [B]border[/B] design? Since I guess ... the game used some custom border colours it was even better ... [/B] (or any other single colour)
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Toastrack border changes colour with joystickI plugged my Kempston joystick interface into my 128K toastrack last night and had a blast on Beach Head. Funny thing is, the border colour changed…
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req: hack/poke for 3D deathchase border colourBack in the day, I used to have a version of 3d deathchase which had a black border instead of the usual white one, it made it much better, especiall…
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Border emulationHow is the border emulated to do all the fancy little tricks such as in Aquaplane? I've got some basic border emulation working but it only displays…
How is the border emulated to do all the ... some basic border emulation working but it only displays one colour.
border colour is being changed as the ... screen and border are being redrawn. How is ... -
Can you write in the border?Is it at all technically possible in any way to get stuff into the border, apart from changing the border colour? I believe the C64 used the border a…
... stuff into the border, apart from changing the border colour?
I ... believe the C64 used the border ... doing is changing the border colour quicker than the screen ... can draw the border changing colour completely. With that ... -
A classic thread sub-forum?You know how some sites have a "classic" thread sub-forum? Where any notable threads are moved to, after a certain period of time when no-one has pos…
... , or just wants a good read/laugh or to learn something ... />
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Spectranet updateWell, I've not put an update in here for too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ... * A snapshot manager module. Basically, you can…
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BORDER colours...Hi Folks, As a matter of interest, why can't the Spectrum make the BORDER colour BRIGHT? Is this just a BASIC limitation of is there are hardware r…
Hi Folks,
As a matter of interest, why can't the Spectrum make the BORDER colour BRIGHT? Is this just a BASIC limitation of is there are hardware restriction?
Many thanks
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Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
... br /> It has loading border stripes in multi colours, ... plugged in the printer, read a bit of the ... 't just change the border colour for example, by typing ... br /> will change the border colour from blue to some ... other blue colour I suppose.
Spectrum +2 (grey) RAM issueHi, I?ve got a ZX Spectrum +2 (grey) with what I think is a RAM issue. I used to be able to load games very reliably by playing converted TAPs and …
... run the test, the screen border colour changes and when it gets ... PCB.
[I've read about the problem with transistors ...ZEsarUX 8.0 stableHi! I've uploaded a new FINAL stable ZEsarUX version, 8.0 :) You can download it, as always, from the url: https://github.com/chernandezba/z…
... full ink mode border colour
-fallback (transparency) colour is now a 9 ... all 3 different access (write, read, opcode) at once, generating a ... interrupt handling: now effects on border and hi-res work almost ...ZEsarUX 9.2 Release CandidateHi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX Release Candidate version 9.2. The final stable version will come in a few weeks, so stay tuned! You can down…
... fourth easter egg ;)
Added read only setting for esxdos handler ... and hsync interrupts
-Fixed border colour
-Fixed AY chip register ...ZEsarUX v9.2 Final released - Version 9.2 - Cliff Hanger edition. 05 April 2021As seen on: https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases [quote] ZEsarUX-9.2 @chernandezba chernandezba released this 21 hours ago · 6 com…
... fourth easter egg ;)
Added read only setting for esxdos handler ... and hsync interrupts
-Fixed border colour
-Fixed AY chip register ...speccy soundI know this sounds a bit vauge but can anyone explain to me why the music on some 48K games was so amazing and so much better than the usual beeper s…
... it can access) that controls border colour and tape input and output ... then you'll need to read up on fourier analysis.
How to program Machine Code on a PC, and then run it on a speccy?Well, I've been looking into MC a bit more deeply recently - I reckon I could get my head round MC now. Back when I was a teenager, I couldn't see th…
I read this thread and wanted to ... , ok I only change the border colour, but I wanted to how ...IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
... except it is easier to read)
I have also ...
call 8859 ; set permanent border colour
LD HL,5800h ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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The best way to read the keyboard is reading the ... bits of the value read will thell you if ... /> * Kempston Joystick can be read in port 31: IN 31 ... be used to set the BORDER color (bits 2, 1 ... , making it possible to read UDG as characters. You ...128k, +2, +3ok i`ve asked a lot of questions over the few days but this is gonna be my final one on whats what unless i get lost once i get my apeccy so here goe…
... that meant that if you read from a non-existing port ... ) you'd get either 255, border or screen bytes back.
border colour. Must've been some cool ...128k, +2, +3ok i`ve asked a lot of questions over the few days but this is gonna be my final one on whats what unless i get lost once i get my apeccy so here goe…
... that meant that if you read from a non-existing port ... ) you'd get either 255, border or screen bytes back.
border colour. Must've been some cool ...128K memory testingDuring a mad half hour I decided to write a little memory tester program in BASIC using the information from the 48K service manual. Now I was wonder…
... problems.
You can read the ROM test routine here ... top
and turning the border colour to the counter value as ... you can tell from the BORDER which RAM section is faulty ...SoundHi Could someone explain how to "decode" the spectrum sound?(the beeper). I'm guessing its an out port? Cheers /Jimmy
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Finally, the BORDER colour is also affected by port ... that. You cannot [i]read[/i] the border colour on the spectrum but ...Reading the border colorI am building a snap-button to my ZX-PC Interface. Is there a way to read the bordercolor which is set by an OUT-command. (and please don't tell me …
[QUOTE=aowen;184041]I think it is possible to read the border colour via the interference sent to port $xxFF.[/QUOTE]
ooh, that's a good point.Reading the border colorI am building a snap-button to my ZX-PC Interface. Is there a way to read the bordercolor which is set by an OUT-command. (and please don't tell me …
... it is possible to read the border colour via the interference sent ... /attributes from that. The border colour is stored internally in the ... effect/title music the border will be reset almost ... the beeper will change the border colour.
Cheers,
...Reading the border colorI am building a snap-button to my ZX-PC Interface. Is there a way to read the bordercolor which is set by an OUT-command. (and please don't tell me …
... ) to read in port 254 bits (as one controls the border colour) , as ...Reading the border colorI am building a snap-button to my ZX-PC Interface. Is there a way to read the bordercolor which is set by an OUT-command. (and please don't tell me …
... ) to read in port 254 bits (as one controls the border colour) , as ...non standard loader bar coloursAs with my speedloader thread, when did non standard colours start to appear and who came up with the idea and what was the reaction?
Where can I read about all the different colour combinations and/or how ... the definitive guide to ZX border colour guide (department of redundancy department ...Reading the border colorI am building a snap-button to my ZX-PC Interface. Is there a way to read the bordercolor which is set by an OUT-command. (and please don't tell me …
... -bit flip-flop) the last border colour written? Giving it a second ... />
You can then read back the colour from the register in ...How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…
... applications is to change the border colour to (say) red BEFORE ... /> ...
ld a, 2 ; red border
out (254), a
xor a ; black border
out (254), a
read the screen and attribute buffers ...
