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  • Control methods to support in new game (kempston, sinclair, redefinable keys etc)Hi guys, I've been busy lately working on porting a game from the C64 to the Spectrum, and I'm at the point where the main game is working pretty …

    ... other than keys, kempston joystick and sinclair joystick I should consider implementing ... choice, simply react to all input methods so you don't ... /> 3. If you attempt to read from a Kempston interface that ...
    joe joe November 2016 Development
  • +2 tape input protectionI'll start this by admitting I've not checked on a 48K or Toasty-Rack diagram to see how the tape input is actually wired in but what I'm asking is f…

    ... to see how the tape input is actually wired in but ... asking is from what I read if you use an external ... directly ( ! ) moreso create a suitable input jack that had some kind ... somewhere a while ago the input was more or less fed ...
    spider spider January 2017 Hardware
  • Issues with Spectrum 48K on SCART input of LCD displaysHi *! I'm new to the forums, but not new to ZX Spectrum. I have bought a ZX Spectrum 48K in 1983 and own it since. It was stored some 20+ years on…

    ... , using the "Angry Space Invader" joystick interface, everything okay.

    input without real success.

    Kolli Kolli March 2017 Hardware
  • Power Play Joystick InterfacePower Play Joystick Interface for the ZX Spectrum. This is a Kempston compatible interface. Address decoding Any IO address where A5 is low... …

    Power Play Joystick Interface for the ZX Spectrum.< ... write as well as a read...
    The /M1 signal is ... dec = 00011111 bin.

    Joystick socket is a 9 pin ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK July 2017 Hardware
  • Non Joystick Games . Why? When? And What are They? Quite a few of the early CCS Strategy games were non joystick (keyboard input only) How quickly did the joystick become standard ? Where (which…

    ... CCS Strategy games were non joystick (keyboard input only)
    < ... br /> How quickly did the joystick ... the introduction of the joystick in serious (educational) circles ... software done before the joystick became universal? Did the ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio October 2020 Games
  • Looking for a utility (keyboard and joystick tester)Hello everybody! I'm looking for a utility program of the Spectrum (hope this is the correct place to post it!). It showed the keyboard on screen,…

    ... . I think it showed kempston joystick presses, too. It had decent ... I'm not getting any input. I'd like to test ... 's receiving anything (key presses, joystick movement, ...) so if you have ...
    Viking Viking October 2020 Games
  • WANTED: tape replacement for +2?Any tape replacement possible for a +2? My +2 works wonderfully but the incorporated datacorder is simply worn out and won't load ANYTHING. Dirty sig…

    ... is the ear input bit. The value read from this ... running, and have no EAR input.

    If ... the OUT, with no input signal on the EAR ... seen from the table, the input combination '0 1' gives ... read from a port that activates both the keyboard and a joystick ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP November 2001 Sales
  • C, Z88DK and the Sprite Pack Library I wrote a short demo that shows a taste of what can be done from C on the Spectrum: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/zqa/pacmen.zip"]http://justme…

    ... Block Memory Allocator.

    + Read Input from the keyboard, all sorts ... 'simulated mouse' attached to a joystick.

    + Subroutines for Calculating ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2003 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... libraries. Eg, the input functions for reading joysticks, ...

    ; read the kempston joystick,
    ; result in A ...

    call SPJoyKempston

    ; read ... could be invented to read joysticks, mice, move ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • 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…

    ... B

    * Reading the joystick
    ----------------------

    * ... respectively).
    * Kempston Joystick can be read in port 31: IN ... mode or during an INPUT. It starts off at ... is most apparent during an INPUT statement. The value is ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... an input library that has functions to read the keyboard, every joystick and ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... /input.h and {z88dk}/include/spectrum.h contain all the keyboard, joystick ... binary search, quicksort, inp (to read i/o ports), outp (to ... tunes. It is able to read AY tunes from a variety ... doing hardware sprite apis and input functions for the msx1 and ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... to the screen as read from a source array ... in_JoyKeyboard() is the input library's keyboard joystick function and it will ... function returns a standard joystick status byte that indicates which ... by all the joystick functions in the input library (Kempston, ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... br /> // select keys for keyboard joystick

    keys.left = ... otherwise the keyboard joysick is read to effect movement.
    ... LIST]
    [*]in_Inkey() needs to read the entire keyboard to make ... as possible within the input library but it would ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Game Programming Source Code & Startup HelpHi there, I'm planning on porting an existing commercial title to the speccy. I'm in the process of disassembling the original code and commenting i…

    ... for other system related functions (input, rendering etc.)
    [/ ... quote]

    For input, you can have a look ... .sourceforge.net/z88dk/z88dk/libsrc/input/spectrum/[/url]

    joystick read functions in that directory. ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2007 Development
  • What control methods should I supportAs Bipboi is nearing it's completion, I need to ensure i cater for all control methods required by the users. Currently it just supports: keyboar…

    ... kempston input
    [/QUOTE]

    Kempston joystick is super-easy. Just read ... .sourceforge.net/z88dk/z88dk/libsrc/input/spectrum/in_JoyKempston.asm?revision=1 ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... the above five times to read the state of five user ... that selecting a joystick or keys means choosing the input subroutine address ... return the same joystick byte no matter what joystick control method was ... go the Ultimate route and read all keys with one IN ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2007 Development
  • Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…

    ... everyone has the tools to read and understand the source ... no built-in way to read input (eg from the keyboard) ... which contains functions for reading input (eg keyboard) and writing ... commands for reading the keyboard/joystick/mouse, etc. Since these are ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2007 Development
  • Input/Output on Edge ConnectorI would like to sense a pulse on the data bus via the edge connector, i.e. on or off. How do you decide what port it is on? I would also like to send…

    ... . A standard Kempston joystick interface has 5 input port bits readable at ... complicated.
    Minimum effort to read/write data from edge connector ... e.g. 4 circuits to read 8 bits (not only 1 ... sure of defined levels at input pins.

    For Port ...
    ingo ingo October 2007 Hardware
  • Original Kempston interface on a +3Hello everyone, if i insert an original kempston interface in the extension port of a +3 should it work or not? I tried it and the machine didn't bo…

    ... ebay.co.uk/Kempston-Cartridge-Joystick-I-F-Sinclair-ZX- ... have this interface. The left input is kempston/cursor port. ...

    I also read that you test a standard ...
    Jose_Leandro Jose_Leandro February 2008 Hardware
  • ANN: Spectaculator 7Spectaculator 7 is now available! More information is available in the [URL="http://www.spectaculator.com/news?ref=wos"]news section[/URL] on the web…

    ... real thing :-) There's no input buffering on Spectrum keyboards of ... the Spectrum has chance to read the keyboard, the key stroke ... to consider:

    -Keyboard joystick could allow use of other ... shift. Better yet, the joystick option could be assigned to ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle June 2008 Emulators
  • Some C64 questionsI've been playing around on a C64 emulator recently, and I have the following questions that I was going to post on Lemon 64, but I thought that sinc…

    ... 's baud rate? I have read it in the past, but ... if a game used keyboard input, it would normally use port ... Spectrum emulation I find the joystick settings VERY difficult to get ... ]True, there are three main joystick interface standards for the Spectrum ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2009 Chit chat
  • Problem with loopingHi all, I'm looking for a way to code a loop into my program and then allow the computer to come out of that loop by itself. Is such a thing possibl…

    ...
    [*] An external input signal e.g. Kempston Joystick, Ear socket (these ... ]

    Modern computers can read the date/time which can ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz August 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • some debugger in emulators that is able to brakpoint when a mem address is accessed ?Is there a debugger (disassembler) available in some emulator that is able to stop (breakpoint) when a particular memory address is accessed ? For e…

    ... the debugger to specify a read from memory. The address needn ... /O: The Z80's port input/output ostensibly uses an 8 ... at all, like the Kempston joystick interface, accessed via IN 31 ... therefore, breaks when the Kempston joystick is read.

    SPIN also ...
    Ralf Ralf November 2009 Emulators
  • writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…

    ... I work directly on "roms", read them byte by byte and ... useful information about emulation of input (keyboard/joystick) and output (screen)? Which ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2011 Emulators
  • GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…

    ... other kempston mouse interfaces)
    INPUT : none
    OUTPUT: BC= ... (kempston joystick...)

    Exist also better detection:
    - read all three ... one/two interrupts. After read each mouse port must contain ...
    velesoft velesoft June 2011 Development
  • ZX 128 keyboard woesJust scored a 128K speccy at a fair, but it has some wierd problem with the keyboard. It seems that some keys are 'stuck' or not registering properly…

    ... , found a DKtronics 2-port joystick interface in the bag with ... are dual-kempston/sinclair 4567 input types if i read correctly?
    Asure Asure October 2011 Hardware
  • New WIP underway - 'Dingo'.Hi, Prepare for a long post. Perhaps I can even challenge ewgf here. :razz: Anyway, I've been meaning to get into Z80 programming and making a game…

    ... ; Kempston joystick port.
    xor a
    in a,(c) ; read input.
    Sokurah Sokurah October 2011 Development
  • Hidden Spectrum emulator discovered in Goldeneye (N64)Commence ewgf's mind being blown in 3...2...1... [url]http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3770288[/url] [url]http://www.therwp.com/forums/showthread…

    ... @GAME...3@@@KEYBOARD....4@@@KEMPSTON@JOYSTICK...5 START GAME..%c1983 A ... , at no point will the input read routine from Jetpac be found ... 0,D
    Simple. Reads input and tests masks for pressed ...
    Zoinkity Zoinkity March 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …

    ... victory?

    e:
    joystick

    I understand that ... will add that as a input option on the loading screen ... =1 TO LENGTH
    160 READ N
    170 POKE S ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
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