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What is the "SPECTRUM" keyword on a 128K?The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new commands; PLAY and SPECTRUM (or possibly the other way around.) The manual ([url="http://www.wor…
... has a "SPECTRUM" command in its loader which, even (and especially as ... not lock paging, although issuing a SPECTRUM command on toastrack, in basic mode ... also patches the 128k paging code in the printer buffer so that ... -
What is the "SPECTRUM" keyword on a 128K?The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new commands; PLAY and SPECTRUM (or possibly the other way around.) The manual ([url="http://www.wor…
... has a "SPECTRUM" command in its loader which, even (and especially as ... not lock paging, although issuing a SPECTRUM command on toastrack, in basic mode ... also patches the 128k paging code in the printer buffer so that ... -
DVD title sequenceHello I'm not sure if this is the best place for this - but let's see how we go. I run a little DVD making company here in Cardiff, and we are …
... ]screeching[/I] to load a basic loader and loading SCREEN$.
in the standard ROM font, possibly with some BASIC colour cycling ... -
Can anyone show a slight diagram of how pokes work in a jet set willy game for example?I know its kind of something to do with machine code and Memory addresses etc but would be nice to see a youtube video or some drawings etc ? .Many t…
... memory and power on a basic mobile phone these days!!!.It ... local Tandy. I think the ROM dissasembly wasn't released until ... optimized to fit into limited ROM space so aren't particularly ... programming than typing in hex digits using a basic loader - its useful to ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 2:9" error after ... Austerlitz 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after ... 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after ... [/URL] by Nuggetreggae (ROM loader) and me (turbo loader).
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Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... ideas removing the header blocks in the loading screen and the ... ROM loader.
The only bit missing is including the Z80 loader in ... the basic loader, but I think I ... -
Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... removing the header blocks in the loading screen ... ROM loader.
The only bit missing is including the Z80 loader in ... the basic loader, but I think ... includes the z80 loader int the basic loader) although I understand ... -
Quill or PAWI'm thinking of putting-together (by which I mean writing) an adventure game for the Speccy. The two most popular utilities for doing so seem to be t…
... how to do it in PAW (in fact I did it ... I want is used in the Quill-authored Harvesting ... compiled games use the standard ROM print routines, so you ... , then modify the BASIC loader to load in the font, then ... point the BASIC CHARS System ... -
ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…
... it over 4, with 12K in each.
Then ... copy routine can sit in the bottom 4K of ... to run from effectively the 'ROM' space. My stuff certainly ... t need the Spectrum ROM paged back in, so it could ... the game just like the BASIC loader does. It wouldn't ... -
Basic Screen Shadow QuestionHello, I've been porting a game to the Spectrum from another platform. So far so good and I have per pixel screen scrolling working really nicely …
... 1800), so if you're paging in the screens at #C000 ... this should in fact be #D800. Right ... to #38 by the ROM, but this is not ... to have one screen paged in at #C000 so you ...
Display shadow screen, page in normal screen at #C000:
Basic Screen Shadow QuestionHello, I've been porting a game to the Spectrum from another platform. So far so good and I have per pixel screen scrolling working really nicely …
... 1800), so if you're paging in the screens at #C000 ... to #38 by the ROM, but this is not ... though, that the 128 ROM system/BASIC is often a source ... interrupt handler of the 128 ROM is flipping pages at ... but only used to program in BASIC back then. I hadn't ...Help needed with MIA software with custom (?) loaderHi, I've got into my hands recently a bunch of Polish educational software which are unknown MIA on WOS. I believe they are protected with some…
... longer than expected...
Therefore, in terms of preservation, a specifically ... of a custom loader almost exactly copied from ROM (including timing constants ... /> Finally comes a header/program basic loader that can read the two ...Help needed with MIA software with custom (?) loaderHi, I've got into my hands recently a bunch of Polish educational software which are unknown MIA on WOS. I believe they are protected with some…
... a master copy (from BASIC LINE 4)
... LDIR ; Move saver and loader to upper RAM
... ,053F ; SA/LD-RET in ROM
0xEA6A PUSH HL ... ,053F ; SA/LD-RET in ROM (ROM)
0xEAE9 PUSH HL ...Help needed with MIA software with custom (?) loaderHi, I've got into my hands recently a bunch of Polish educational software which are unknown MIA on WOS. I believe they are protected with some…
... the second (sort-of) loader (Entry point is 0x5B80):< ... HL) ; Fetch each entry in turn. (ROM)
0x5B3E INC HL ... 1C8A ; REPORT-C - Nonsense in BASIC (ROM)
;Handle CLEAR
... FIND-INT2 operand returned in BC(ROM from 1EAC onwards)
Recommend games that don't need the ROM ?I'm looking for a few games that: * Are freely available as .sna files * Do not need the ROM at all * Have motion on screen after snapshot resta…
... to not use the ROM you need the ROM to begin with ... /+3 and page out the ROM afterwards.
I suppose there ... since the BASIC loader won't run without the ROM in the first place ... 'd have access to the ROM charset anyway. :)
I ...c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!!c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!! the first old version uses only square waves, 4 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CKt9noxA7s…
... Paging mode. 0=normal, 1=special
Bit 1: In ... Bit 2: In normal mode, high bit of ROM selection. The ... four ROMs are:
ROM 0: 128k editor, menu ... checker
ROM 2: +3DOS
ROM 3: 48 BASIC
Bit ...DivIDE allram mode help neededHi guys, are there any DIVIDE wizards out there that can explain how i page in the allram and add a rom file to it i sometimes need to load spect…
... ALLRAM mode with 16kB ram paging in zx rom area + selectable writeprotect.
rom from zx ram to DIVIDE allram. In basic you can ... custom rom image in mapram mode is possible (also from basic) use easy paging ...z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …
... just do all the loading in basic before the c program is ... "return 9000;" and then in your basic loader you run the program with ... GOTO 9000 to load something in basic and then it could resume ... rom active but these functions seem to allow calling a specific basic ...z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …
... back to BASIC which then in turn uses the LOAD ROM routine with ... /> [code]
1 REM ***** ZXLaunch Loader *****
10 DIM U$(1 ... ]F$[/b] using the ROM routine from BASIC.
Now ... would need to know where in BASIC such variables would be ...ZX Nuvo 128..Hi There, I have built the ZX Nuvo 128 by Superfo, but it has a problem. The machine is working, but the video signal is completely bonkers. I've …
... in simple words:
[quote]Port 1FFD
Bit 0: Paging ... mode. 0=normal, 1=special
Bit 1: In ... Bit 2: In normal mode, high bit of ROM selection. The ... checker
ROM 2: +3DOS
ROM 3: 48 BASIC
Bit ...z88dk multicolour enginesI've been trying to work out how the multicolour sprite engines have been implemented in z88dk. It's not obvious. Looking in the source, I found …
... to worry about writing a basic loader to load separate binaries into ... not change sp (below CLEAR in loader)
#include
ROM isr to run, which can ... cause problems with the rom's use of IY (the ...Can't Get My Simple Code To RunHello again, I'm trying to run the following simple code: [code] org 32768 main ld b, 21 ; x coordinate is …
... already been corrupted.
In addition, you don’t seem ... a terminator byte or the ROM routine at $203c.
< ... EQU 003F
Emiting TAP basic loader
Emiting TAP from 0000 ... be the problem. Any assistance in this matter would be greatly ...Can't Get My Simple Code To RunHello again, I'm trying to run the following simple code: [code] org 32768 main ld b, 21 ; x coordinate is …
... [url="http://skoolkid.github.io/rom/index.html"]The Complete Spectrum ... ROM Disassembly[/url]
I ... doesn’t generate the correct BASIC loader).
When you ... akin to the “Play” command in one of the menus.
Can't Get My Simple Code To RunHello again, I'm trying to run the following simple code: [code] org 32768 main ld b, 21 ; x coordinate is …
... is the system reset call in ROM. Without the END you're ... to jump into from the BASIC loader.Can't Get My Simple Code To RunHello again, I'm trying to run the following simple code: [code] org 32768 main ld b, 21 ; x coordinate is …
... [url="http://skoolkid.github.io/rom/index.html"]The Complete Spectrum ... ROM Disassembly[/url]
... doesn’t generate the correct BASIC loader).
When you ... is the system reset call in ROM. Without the END you' ...multiface basic loaderdoes anyone know how I can see whats in the basic loader of the multiface 1 and 128 basic loaders and how I could convert a tape save from the 1 and…
... how I can see whats in the basic loader of the multiface 1 ... and 128 basic loaders
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It’s a standard ROM loader, which ...Any reason to prefer the 48k version of a game over 128k?Title says all... are there any games for which it makes sense to play the 48k version if there is also a 128k version? To my understanding, the 128k…
... a program/game written in basic runs slower on a ... s compatible with 48k basic) will run faster on ... slower running a BASIC program in 128K mode on a ... purely a BASIC interpreter thing. Sinclair BASIC was always ... so much slower in 128K mode. ROM paging isn't that ...i want to save a snapshot file from snap to tap onto my hdd. what code address and length is it?hi, i want to save a snapshot file from snap to tap onto my hdd. what code address and length is it? i cant seem to find any info on this.
... own version, the source code in sna2tap.c may also be ... a tape file containing a BASIC loader followed by the modified ... snapshot.
* The BASIC loader loads the entire snapshot at ... the ROM and thus ignored. The remaining 48k ends up in memory ...Machine Code input / assemblers [naive questions alert]Excuse me for the naive questions...in advance :) When I was a kid, I was struggling to understand how to input machine code into Spectrum. There…
... BASIC loader
; BASIC program is called MyTest
; Comment gets empedded in ... tape mode for standard (ROM-based) loaders
...
