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ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
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Compile this program as before:
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pathfindingworking on pathfinding in the game. here is Russian description of Lee's algorithm: [url]http://algolist.manual.ru/games/wavealg.php[/url] "if-then"…
Although pathfinding is a very interesting theme, I'm afraid this discussion is getting boring. I suggest we shift the focus of this thread in a more productive direction...
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How to test Z80 Code?Hi All, Is there a way to test a block of z80 code (nothing speccy specific in it) with many different inputs? The reason I ask is that I'm writing…
... some basic scripting (possibly easier in Unix), you could run the simulator, load ... the emulated z80's RAM, run the code, and extract the ... -
BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…
This sounds awesome...I'm just wondering the pros/cons compared to using BAS2TAP?
Am I correct in thinking:
txt2emu: import ASCII into emulator. Create BASIC program
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BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…
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How to convert a .txt file (ASCII/PC) into a Tasword file?Short version: [B]How can I convert a .txt file (PC) into a Tasword file (ZX Spectrum)?[/B] Longer version: {Maybe I should first re-introduce mysel…
... your suggestions regarding the 'comm' program, Battle Bunny. But I'm ... 128 BASIC mode): load *"m";1;"comm" to start The Writer Communication Program ... -
More tea, vicar on disk?Hello, can somebody help me putting the 128k version of this game on disk? The 128k version is free available from Jonathans Webseite. However, the g…
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1.- A standard BASIC loader, with CLEAR 30000. It ... BASIC loader.
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Loading basic from basic?Hi Guys, Could you please help me. I want to create a menu on my plus 3 disks. If I use the line below I just get "c nonsense in basic" if inkey$…
... get Nonsense in BASIC if your loaded BASIC program doesn't have ... a autorun. Save your second BASIC program ... to keep running beyond the "LOAD "aprog.bas"" sentence. As ... changed after loading a new program, the "running address" has ... -
Where do you stick the stack?...OK, so I've got a fair chunk of ASM code assembled from 24000 mark. The stack shouldn't get very big, just a few PUSHes and POPs of the main regis…
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Games/Programs making use of DivIDE featuresHello :) I have a question: I may be wrong, but it looks like the DivIDE and similar interfaces for the ZX Spectrum are almost exclusively used for …
... -clicking on SNA/Z80 files load the snapshots or attach the ... Buddy is that before you run a program, it saves a state ... you're done with the program you reset the machine, esxDOS ... . If you really want to run multiple Spectrum programs alongside each ... -
ZX Spectrum plays Imperial March[youtube]ScKKkVtB2lc[/youtube] want to try this on real hardware :D (if it's real of course)
... a basic Program rather than a Code dump: Use LOAD "" to load and hear ... to end up with a BASIC program (even if it is just ... -
Starting with assemblyHi Guys, I am looking forward to following this guide [url]http://chuntey.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/tutorial-zx-spectrum-machine-code-game-30-minutes…
... File menu has a "Load binary data" option ... you can use to load the file in ... TAP file containing a BASIC program with the machine code ... tapefile="$3"
temp="${basic}.tmp"
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Old homemade hardware?Hey there, I've been given a bunch of ZX Spectrum stuff, I've mostly fixed the computer, just need a membrane. But what I was wondering is that there…
... ;720060]I've managed to load some games onto the Speccy ... include:
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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…
... between "true" 48 BASIC mode, 48 BASIC via typing SPECTRUM, 48 ... order to load.[/QUOTE]
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"True" 48 BASIC mode ... ROM 1, while keeping any BASIC program in memory (if any). Reserves ... without paging, so that a program can use all of it ... -
Copying data between memory banks in USR0 modeI am experimenting with Funky Fungus to load the majority of its data (levels, screens, music etc.) into memory banks 1, 3, 4, 6 and (partly) 7 by sw…
... the BASIC program which handles it (I specified the addresses in the LOAD ... /> [CODE]
10 CLEAR 27999: LOAD "ZX7"CODE 28000: REM loads ... decompressing routine
20 LOAD "copy"CODE 28100: REM loads ... 40 OUT a,n+3: LOAD "1"CODE 49152: REM loads ... -
Z80 Assembler for Win7 PC (64-bit)Does anybody know where I can get a decent Z80 assembler that will work on my 64-bit Win7 PC? I tried the first one in the WoS utilities and it would…
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Z80 Assembler for Win7 PC (64-bit)Does anybody know where I can get a decent Z80 assembler that will work on my 64-bit Win7 PC? I tried the first one in the WoS utilities and it would…
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128 BASIC-compatible way of loading BASIC as code?On a 48K Speccy (or from 48 BASIC or USR 0 mode on a 128K machine), one can do a silly trick like this: [code];; load a 4000 byte BASIC program ld i…
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; test ... load with "RANDOMIZE bytes: CLS ...Poke 23755 & 23756Entering the following few lines of BASIC: [IMG][URL=http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/rebelstarwac/media/Poke1_zpsc2845838.png.html][IMG]http://i12…
... . If you edit a program and insert a line with ... towards the end of the program (the search is done ... first lines of your program. In each loop run, the line to ... fom the start of the program.
Here's ... a program that lists itself, so you ...A few questions about ZX Spectrum assemblyHi, I have a few questions about ZX Spectrum assembly language programming: - What's the best assembly tool for ZX Spectrum? I tried a bit the ZXSpi…
... don't explain how to run a program.
I made ... a program, I pushed "Assemble and ... in the memory.
My program was:
[CODE]ORG ... [/CODE]
I tried to run the code but there is ... 30000 address.
In BASIC i checked the code with ...A few questions about ZX Spectrum assemblyHi, I have a few questions about ZX Spectrum assembly language programming: - What's the best assembly tool for ZX Spectrum? I tried a bit the ZXSpi…
... don't explain how to run a program.
I made ... a program, I pushed "Assemble and ... in the memory.
My program was:
[CODE]ORG ... [/CODE]
I tried to run the code but there is ... 30000 address.
In BASIC i checked the code with ...US Timex-Sinclair 2068 in EuropeWhilst in the States, I convinced a colleague to bid on a Timex-Sinclair 2068. We won the auction with a price much better than in Europe. Next time …
... now present, hopefully causing the program counter to pass through address ... . You should be able to run basic programs off the cartridge, for ... example. Zebra's OS64 (basic in 64 column mode via ...Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …
... to the fileserver and load/run SYS.ZZP to back ... to load and run a program automatically. Just name the program "run" and ... />
SAVE *"m";1;"run"
Now, after ... it. If the "run" program has a menu to ... 110 IF a$="1" THEN LOAD *"m";1;"gbl"
...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... the loader integrated in the BASIC program with BIN2DATA, while the screen ... ] [I]It is impossible to load the file or assembly[/I ...IF EXIST?In MS-DOS scripting, there is an IF EXIST command that lets you check wether a file exists in disk or not. There are any way to check it out from BA…
... check it out from BASIC (without breaking the program if it does ... the FILES function in Liberty Basic.
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In BASIC (using DOS)
(after USR ...CSW, DSK, FDI, SB, SCL, SLT, TRD, UDIHow can I operate with these files: CSW, DSK, FDI, SB, SCL, SLT, TRD, UDI?
... Hobeta image file of a BASIC program to be used within a ... , containing level data for multi-load games.
TRD. TR ... the above is a very basic resume of what you can ... be able to understand which program opens such formats even if ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... a REM statement in a program, rather than loading separately? I ... option (which gives a short basic program before the code) and then ... BASIC in Claus Jahn's ZX-Editor to get it to load ... . Then I edited the resulting BASIC file manually - black INK and ...LOAD "" CODE - Blind Alleycame across [B]Blind Alley[/B] in the archives, and both tzx/tap versions only have Bytes header, no Basic loader with autostart - please, anyone, ho…
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Yes, it is a LOAD "" CODE game. It is old ... de facto standard of using LOAD "".
The ... BASIC interpreter, BASIC would resume (with new system variables and BASIC program ... exactly how the program was saved ...LOAD "" CODE - Blind Alleycame across [B]Blind Alley[/B] in the archives, and both tzx/tap versions only have Bytes header, no Basic loader with autostart - please, anyone, ho…
... ! didn't even try to load it at all, as I ... the BASIC interpreter, BASIC would resume (with new system variables and BASIC program exactly ... how the program was saved when ...
