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Reason for strange display layout?I have always wondered if there is any technical reason behind the strange layout of the display file or why did Sinclair choose to do it this way?
... won't have the last 1/3rd of the screen and no ... -
Reason for strange display layout?I have always wondered if there is any technical reason behind the strange layout of the display file or why did Sinclair choose to do it this way?
... , in the following bit of code you only execute the ... four instructions 7/8 of the time, the first ... time and the whole thing 1/64 of the time.
... at the top left corner of the screen.
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... on screen, the speed of character printing probably was an ... -
How did people write large assembler programs on real Spectrums?I have been wondering how people did their development back on real Spectrums. If you should write a large program, there would first be an assembler…
... segmented 64K address space style of architecture (and so not ... to spend large sums of money on a VAX ... all, it was a network of VAXen). If you actually ... you'd spend 1/10th of the cost of a VAX and ... or Ultrix). The VAXen of the early 1980s were certainly ... -
PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…
... 1:1 bit representation possible but a 1:1 byte representation. Thus the data of ... the block could be stored 1:1 ...
symbol: idx=1, repetitions=1
Number of elements in content ... -
Aliens versus Predator (the games)We talk about other first person shooters on here, but we rarely mention AvP 1 or 2. I know these games didn't get the recognition that they deserved…
... much like the earlier parts of Doom 3 in many respects. Or ... I should perhaps say Doom 3 plays much like it ... the time a fantastic conversion of Doom based on the movie locations ... , atmospheric and incredibly eerie adventure. Doom was hectic, but in the ... -
Aliens versus Predator (the games)We talk about other first person shooters on here, but we rarely mention AvP 1 or 2. I know these games didn't get the recognition that they deserved…
... much like the earlier parts of Doom 3 in many respects. Or ... I should perhaps say Doom 3 plays much like it ... the time a fantastic conversion of Doom based on the movie locations ... , atmospheric and incredibly eerie adventure. Doom was hectic, but in the ... -
Aliens versus Predator (the games)We talk about other first person shooters on here, but we rarely mention AvP 1 or 2. I know these games didn't get the recognition that they deserved…
Yes, the Doom total conversion of Aliens was fantastic, although as ... check until I find my Doom CDs, as I can't ... 't work on all versions of Doom), so can someone try it ... I'm not a fan of Quake. The authors were forced ... -
Virgin SchoolAnyone watching this comedy on Ch4 ? Seriously feel a bit sorry for the bloke but he doesnt help himself , hes a 26 year old virgin whos going to Ho…
... against so whether it lasted 1 minute of 10 minutes afterwards you ... -
Does anyone else find Dan Brown suspect?Don't get me wrong, he's a good entertaining [i]fiction[/i] writer -- as long as the emphasis is on "fiction"; unfortunately, he has the annoying hab…
... ]Digital Fortress[/i] one of the cryptographers runs an " ... and quite a lot of unexpected people run their ... 's the least of the sins of that particular book. ... to force the suspension of disbelief by saying to ... stopped reading less than 1/5th of the way through ... -
Does anyone else find Dan Brown suspect?Don't get me wrong, he's a good entertaining [i]fiction[/i] writer -- as long as the emphasis is on "fiction"; unfortunately, he has the annoying hab…
... I stopped reading less than 1/5th of the way through because ... -
O.T: how old are you?I dont feel qualified to post in any other forum except this one, so mods feel free to delete this thread if necessary, but I'm just interested to kn…
... still been a small minority of Spectrum users. According to the ... common group, is only 1.8% of the UK's population.
of Discontent, widespread country wide shutdowns ... talk of the issues of the day, the head of the family of one of ... -
Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... reminds me so much of the Monty Python sketch ... remind you:-
1) None of the existing tzx files ... a completely seperate section of the tzx vault and ... comparison to the size of the rest of the archive. Why ... make a mountain out of a molehill?
5) ... -
Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
[QUOTE=Gilby;191176]1) None of the existing tzx files are ... and Cyberlode files are not of an acceptable quality (at least ... -
Linux/ubuntuEvery couple of years I try linux on for size. This time - ubuntu 7.04 Downloded the iso, burned it to disk, slipped it into the PC I'd lined up - …
... craptop is a 386 with 1 meg of ram, and no hard ... -
Linux/ubuntuEvery couple of years I try linux on for size. This time - ubuntu 7.04 Downloded the iso, burned it to disk, slipped it into the PC I'd lined up - …
... craptop is a 386 with 1 meg of ram, and no hard ... -
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…
... run in RAM. So instead of running the ROM code you ... run your own code every 1/50s. This is always used ... used to measure the passage of time in games.
1.3% of cpu time snatched by the ... -
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…
... figure. So that's 1.3% of cpu time snatched by the ... -
Name the game, vol. 34829048390Alright, it was a game where you dig through the ground and have to collect some items while watching out for falling rocks (even though I'm pretty …
[QUOTE=psj3809;194296]Caves of Doom ?[/QUOTE]
No, that is not it either.. -
Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... says PLAY at the bottom of the screen click on the ... letter.
case 1
Instead of LOAD "" CODE
I ... type LOAD "" instead of LOAD "" CODE all I get ... the moment has a couple of lines.
case 2 ... -
Message for Colin WoodcockHi Colin, I sent you a PM a couple of days ago but haven't received a reply. On your website there is mention of physical copies of your adventure g…
... the PMs for a couple of days...
There ... are still a few copies of BLINK left, but I' ... not made any physical copies of that yet, although I ...
Oh and... one condition of me doing this is that ... one person who gave it 1 out of 10 :( I was gutted ... -
Happy birthday RNDThink of a number between 0-100 RND, go on, any number. Huppy Burthus-day.
... /> 20 LET A$(1)="Pint of Larger"
30 ... LET A$(2)="Pint of Guinness"
40 LET ... A$(3)="Pint of Bitter"
50 ... 60 LET A$(5)="Shot of Whisky"
70 ... 90 LET A$(8)="Shot of Tequila"
100 LET ... 110 LET A$(10)="Shot of Absynthe"
120 DIM ... -
8-bit or 16-bit registers?I'm playing around with writing a Speccy emulator for mobile Java at the moment. I did a quick and dirty port of Qaop, which does run but at less tha…
... test the number of "reads" and the number of "writes" that ... frame (e.g. 1 second) of:
1) H (when stored ... out/estimate
1) the ratio of 16 bit reads (HL ... ).
3) the ratio of 1 and 2 above
of a feat).
[/ ... -
Whats your favourite one hit wonder?Mine is probably Jesse by Joshua Kadison. It's one of the first things I played live.
The Ultimate One-Hit Wonder* :
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_birthday_song"]Happy Birthday to You[/URL].
Skarpo
:-)
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Interface 1 electrolytic capacitorsInterface 1 has three 47μF electrolytic capacitors. Is it necesary to replace them with fresh ones? I always do this with old speccys but is it…
... non-UK people, 5p is 1/20th of a GBP, or at ... -
Interface 1 electrolytic capacitorsInterface 1 has three 47μF electrolytic capacitors. Is it necesary to replace them with fresh ones? I always do this with old speccys but is it…
... non-UK people, 5p is 1/20th of a GBP, or at ... -
combat flight simswhat are good arcadey combat flight speccy sims? is there anything comparable to spitfire40? (i believe, i've played just fighter pilot and delta win…
... failed to work at least 1 out of 2 times, with reload ... -
A thought about Top GunI've been playing a bit of Top Gun earlier, and I'm not convinced it should be classed as a vector 3D game, as I'm seeing really nothing that would m…
... it`s been a couple of years since I lasted ... , and wasn`t thinking of compression being used as I ... so it`s got most of time to just uncompress ... is Atari`s I Robot, or I, of the Robot or similar, from ... about `83, totally ahead of it ... -
How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…
... /> ld e,n+1 ; number of lines 1-24 (+1, so 2 to 25 ... -
Little BASIC gameTry to make all standard BASIC-errors and tell us how you did it. Not allowed i.e. : PRINT USR 1362 D - Break cont-repeats but ok 10 GO TO 10 RU…
... :1 :)
One of my favourite ways of ending a program. :D Of ... done as the last statement of the last line...
One of the modern ZX BASIC clones ...
