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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
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Floating point representationI'm planning on picking up the [url=http://matt.west.co.tt/category/spectrum/openzxrom/]OpenZXRom[/url] project from where I left off a few months ba…
... though nothing like the Speccy. ROM routines did still use INTs but ... hurt the Atari because the ROM float routines were poor.
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k7zx, a utility to load programs to Spectrum at very high speedk7zx is a windows program that convert .tap, .tzx , .sna and .z80 files to a wav file that can be played to a real Spectrum. You can down load it f…
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k7zx, a utility to load programs to Spectrum at very high speedk7zx is a windows program that convert .tap, .tzx , .sna and .z80 files to a wav file that can be played to a real Spectrum. You can down load it f…
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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…
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Mailstrom[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002992[/url] I've uploaded a couple of TAP versions of the game to /incoming. One is the TZX …
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New tape releases - 128K only?As Jon's new Egg-Head game is 128K only, and splATTR has also evolved into a 128K only game - both due to memory constraints - I was wondering if the…
... -releases were often using the ROM loading routines instead of protective schemes ... country), so maybe uncompatible loading routines didn't have effect.
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New tape releases - 128K only?As Jon's new Egg-Head game is 128K only, and splATTR has also evolved into a 128K only game - both due to memory constraints - I was wondering if the…
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FUSE fails to save "Bytes:" files that can be converted to .tapI have been running FUSE with the OCP Assembler loaded. When I save the Assembly listing from OCP, I see border colour and noise of a proper save. So…
There are two possibilities: either you have tape traps switched off, in which case the correct action is to read the Fuse manual, or OCP Assembler doesn't use the ROM saving routines, in which case there's not much you can do. -
TZX SuitabilityHi All, Firstly thanks for a wealth of info been a long time since Ive seen those set of rubber keys and symbol-shift and now it back around and we d…
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Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …
... is: There are custom runtime routines, which cause the program to ... try and use ZX Spectrum ROM's routines to save RAM. But ... BASIC ones. Some Sinclair BASIC routines have bugs. Ej. Try:
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La Abadia Del Crimea - The definitive pollOn a scale of 1 to 10, vote on the score you think LADC deserves. Try and be honest at it while you can. ;) EDIT: This poll is effective for 2 week…
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How do you start?ok just humour me, ive always wanted to code but never got round to it apart from the real basics ie:- 10 print "hello" 20 print 30 goto 10 i coul…
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My first platformerHi all! How do you do? Been lurking here for a while, but never had the courage to join the forum. :) The Speccy was my first computer, so I've alw…
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My first platformerHi all! How do you do? Been lurking here for a while, but never had the courage to join the forum. :) The Speccy was my first computer, so I've alw…
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Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... able to use the the ROM Print routines via your Routine to ... honest I've never used ROM Calls because I think it ... a fast(ish), compact, no-ROM routine to print text anywhere ... -
converting ZX128 software for SAM COUPESAM COUPE is computer compatible with ZX48 model. Use same ports, same keyboard with compatible membrane, 64kB adress space with possibility connect …
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- rewrite routines rewriting adress space 32768-49151 ... space 0-16384 instead ZX rom). This routines must work with adress ... must be emulated in ZX rom. -
Minor Update to Gasman's Midi2BEEPDon't know whether this is worthy an announcement, but for those of you who enjoyed Gasman's midi2BEEP utility, a new variant has been made called mi…
... I find the whole rom calculation routines something of a mystery too ... multiplication operation. The calc routines in the rom are sort of a ... had never heard of these routines before starting that script - ... never have ventured into such routines if it wasn't ... -
Howto paint a squared zone of the screen ?You know what guys ? i begin to love this languaje. Cant understand why not put more effort on the 80's to learn it :( because it is really speedy. …
ROM (BASIC) routines for graphics designed to work ... outside the area using the routines, as well as draw in ... through printing a characters (using ROM routines or custom?), and without using ... PLOT/DRAW routines? Keep in mind that I ... -
Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
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Z80 RRCA instruction...Hi Folks, Well my exploration of Z80 MCODE continues apace! I am struggling to understand how the RRCA instruction works. The official Zilog manua…
... get to grips with the ROM calculator routines accessed via RST $28 ... on how to use those routines.
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looking for a tap2wav coded in Python, Perl, Ruby or Luasince some months i started this project - [url]http://nitrofurano.altervista.org/experimental/webcampictureson8bitcomputers/index.html[/url] the pr…
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Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…
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OpenSE Software CompatibilityWith the earlier Open82 project a page was set up on Wikia ([url]http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Open82[/url]) with compatibility information on var…
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OpenSE Software CompatibilityWith the earlier Open82 project a page was set up on Wikia ([url]http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Open82[/url]) with compatibility information on var…
... =aowen;540175]Given that the ROM has routines that sometimes start in ... 16K or even 48K of ROM). All you'd really need ... -
Why doesn't my routine work?I have a "level" defined by 504 bytes (28 squares across x 18 squares down) I'm trying to write a routine that will take an X,Y coordinate in pixels…
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Kobrahsoft DB1 - doesn't work?Hi, I've tried loading [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^DB1$&pub=^Kobrahsoft$&loadpics=3"]DB1 by Kobrahsoft[/URL] into two …
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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
Toni Baker's had a column on the RAMdisc sometime towards the end of the ZX Computing's lifetime, maybe that had some useful routines? -
line, plot and circle in whole 256x192 displayhi! are there some way to draw lines, or whatever, in the whole 256x192 display, than just the above 256x176 part? (this is the msx1 version i made o…
... assembly, like calling the 16k rom ("bios") routines, are welcome as well ... spectrum using z88dk's graphics routines.
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Lord Of The Rings; Files skipped ?Hi folks, Does anyone know what blocks 8~13 are for in the Lord of The Rings: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006601[/url] I…
... to do with how the ROM tape routines save/load data and ... the interface to the load routines in ... the ROM.
And the ...
