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Loading tunes possible?Ever since I first saw the pacman load-a-game loader by Andy Severn on Joe Blade 2, I`ve wondered if it were possible to have loading tunes. Would i…
Toobin'I just took a look at this game for the first time. It got kind of mixed reviews, and I can see why. Quite a good idea, but a bit too frantic and unp…
... . I did program a sprite routine in compiled BASIC for a ...ROM paging questionAssuming the Spectrum 128 memory map and port addresses, but two custom ROMs in place of the normal Editor and BASIC, what is the most efficient way …
... efficient way of calling a routine in ROM-1 from ... 0 so that when the routine in ROM-1 executes ... control is returned to the routine that called it?
... with the address of the routine in ROM-1, which ... RAM part of the paging routine should live at 23296, ...Your best Ebay wins or near misses.About 3 years ago while working for Compaq/HP my morning routine was to come in and check out the Timex/Sinclair pages on Ebay. One particular morni…
... for Compaq/HP my morning routine was to come in and ...Woody?s Tape2wav tested[quote] I've uploaded a new version of Tape2WAV to the same URL as given above. Any chance of giving this version a quick test? [/quote] Hi Woody, …
... , it should be remastered, the routine should produce clean and clear ...Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
... buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into ...Beginner InfoI have trying to find some hardware information for use with assembly coding but havn't had much luck. For instance. How do I redirect the vertical …
... points as my own assembler routine? How do a read the ...Help me find myself in a Speccy magI've been boasting to the kids about my programming prowess from years ago, problem is i don't have the spectrum magazine i was mentioned in anymore.…
... , it was a tape loader routine competion.
Any help ...Shoot-em-up Development UpdateHi Folks, I am still working away at my horizontal scroller. Here is a link to let you see progress. I have re-written the scrolling routine to make…
... have re-written the scrolling routine to make it faster - and ...How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
... that for the ROM loader routine for sure, but it must ...When do you optimise?I was just wondering when people here optimise their code. Do they wait till it is all done or do they code a routine and then optimise that?
I was just wondering when people here optimise their code. Do they wait till it is all done or do they code a routine and then optimise that?Checksum RoutinesHi there everybody, Does anyone have an 'off the shelf' assembler routine for generating checksums? Thanks Jim
Hi there everybody,
Does anyone have an 'off the shelf' assembler routine for generating checksums?
Thanks
JimSprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
... 've written a simple sprite routine that draws a 8x8 pixel ... sprite? Currently, I have no routine. It leaves a nice pattern ...Basic Programming Routine Needed . . . HELP!Hello there, I though i would try and redo an old classic (pacman) in basic . . . BUT . . . I can't remember how to write the code to see what chara…
Hello there,
I though i would try and redo an old classic (pacman) in basic . . .
BUT . . .
I can't remember how to write the code to see what character is next to my pacman . . . i.e. if there is a dot - then pacman eats it, if there is ...linking speccy (+3) to PCI want to load games in to the speccy, I can do the soundcard playing into the speccy thing, but, is there a more advanced way? i've had a look for …
... a look for info on RS232 connections, etc, but the only ...Calling ROM routinesFirstly, sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this in, but I wasn?t quite sure under which heading is best fitted. I?m trying to figure out how…
... to invoke the LOOKVAR ROM routine to discover where a variable ...Self Relocating CodeOn page 47 of [url]http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80/doc/ldosq1-3.txt[/url] is an article about relocating code. The documented routine that performs the…
On page 47 of [url]http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80/doc/ldosq1-3.txt[/url] is an article about relocating code.
The documented routine that performs the relocation looks very, very, similar to that used in HiSoft products...Z80 -- disable printing?Does anyone know a way (config setting or patch) to disable ZX Printer emulation in Gerton Lunter's Z80 version 4? Without disabling RS232 (print-to…
... Z80 version 4? Without disabling RS232 (print-to-file) emulation, of ...Pimp my code...Erm, this is just the result of a mental exercise - I wanted to repeatedly display a UDG but decided against using a ROM routine and UDGs! Any sugges…
... decided against using a ROM routine and UDGs!
Any suggestions ...Screen LoaderCouple days ago i find very interesting loader routine in ex Yugoslavia magazine "Svet Kompjutera" from january 1987. Authors of article, calls this …
... i find very interesting loader routine in ex Yugoslavia magazine "Svet ... /> Authors of article, calls this routine "bit-loader" and she load ... screen must be at 49152, routine start at 65024 and she ... and here is link and routine listing:
[url]http ...TZX format questionProbably a daft one, but I like to be sure of these things! For a block type 10 (a standard speed data block), the text states that all values in s…
... value, and still be "ROM-routine-compilant" as it would simply ...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…
... replace the Basic style sub-routine that relied on easily corruptible ...External Speccy CommunicationHow does a speccy communicate with the outside world ?? Do you have to have the interface 1 for serial communications ( rs232 ) or are there other p…
... interface 1 for serial communications ( rs232 ) or are there other pieces ...Print routine for BASIC (or BASin)For anyone interested there's a crappy binary here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import the binary at 60000, USR 60000 to initia…
For anyone interested there's a crappy binary here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import the binary at 60000, USR 60000 to initialise the stream, then PRINT #4; AT y,x; etc. Probably the odd bug here and there but I really can't be ...How to transfer a BASIC-Programm to PC and/or TZX?Hello there, I'm pretty new at WOS, but have already spent some time reading a small bit of the large amount of information here. I am trying to fin…
... to save it there via RS232 ?
One problem I foresee ...The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…
... is having an interrupt service routine which calls the player each ... add a hook to my routine to the BASIC ISR. I ... would create a small routine which would just call the ... have no problem creating the routine, I just don't know ...
