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BASin Loading ScreensHi all, I've got a code for a program from the 2nd Issue of INPUT magazine and I wanted to create a loading screen for it. I've tried making the scre…
... loader: eg. 10 load "" SCREEN$ : LOAD ""
3 ... /> screen:
6. Create your screen using Tools > screen paintbox. ... Send to Current Screen
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Erase part of memory in SPIN?A question for SPIN (or perhaps Spectaculator). If I have a game loaded in memory and would like to erase part of the memory while keeping the rest …
... have a game loaded in memory and would like to ... erase part of the memory while keeping the rest of ... would like to erase the screen memory and watch what will happen ... can load a block of memory, just use a file ... right at the start of screen memory (16384). -
Erase part of memory in SPIN?A question for SPIN (or perhaps Spectaculator). If I have a game loaded in memory and would like to erase part of the memory while keeping the rest …
[QUOTE=Metalbrain;373317]You can load a block of memory, just use a file of 6912 bytes filled with zeros, and load it right at the start of screen memory (16384).[/QUOTE]
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The So What's This Buzzsaw All About Then? Thread.Erm. This: [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap"]http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap[/URL] Keys…
Ah, good point. If memory contention is disabled, it'll ... its timing checks against the screen memory and probably conclude that it ... -
+2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …
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R-TypeTell ya what, R-Type was an amazing bit of programming. Just re-watched the rzx of it. Stunning.:-o
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R-TypeTell ya what, R-Type was an amazing bit of programming. Just re-watched the rzx of it. Stunning.:-o
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New BUZZSAW+ Demo, No.2OK everybody, here's the latest demo of [I]Buzzsaw[/I]. This includes the title screen I wrote in Corfu with control selection, some new sprites and…
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Hidden routine in loading screenAs discussed in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool[/B] seems to have a hidden routine (in blue INK and PAPER). It would be inter…
... memory) the BTS code chunk is one huge piece from screen ... main block starts loading
-screen memory is contended (means slower and ... the way how code in screen is slowed is pretty ... putting a turbo-loader in screen memory is something what is usually ... -
Hidden routine in loading screenAs discussed in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool[/B] seems to have a hidden routine (in blue INK and PAPER). It would be inter…
... . Also bear in mind that screen memory is non-contiguous so whatever ... ). It also manages the yellow screen for joystick selection.
Hacking a adventure gameHello folks, on the recent issue of SCENE+ Diskmagazin is a game called "By right of Birth",you can find this game also on WOS. Although this magaz…
... it, I can of course save the memory, registers, everything and it ... point where everything is in memory and still 'nothing' happened ...Hacking a adventure gameHello folks, on the recent issue of SCENE+ Diskmagazin is a game called "By right of Birth",you can find this game also on WOS. Although this magaz…
... and really, when I save a memory dump and RANDOMIZE USR 34999 ...Hidden routine in loading screenAs discussed in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool[/B] seems to have a hidden routine (in blue INK and PAPER). It would be inter…
... main block starts loading
-screen memory is contended (means slower and ... the way how code in screen is slowed is pretty ... putting a turbo-loader in screen memory is something what is usually ... is overwritten by data in screen after finishing tape load[/ ...Renumbering routinesI sometimes modify programs that either I or others have written and sensibly renumber them - usually 10/10, to make future alterations easier and ma…
... program. As it only uses screen memory then there is always room ...Stupid noobie POKEs questionHello all, I was born one year before the Speccy itself, and we always had one in our house - first the 48k rubber-keys, then a +3 - until I got an …
... copy itself into the screen memory and skip the screen loading, so it ...Micro Men - BBC4 Thursday 8th Octobereh... thats it... There was a new add for Micro Men on BBC 4 last night after 'The Cell' ( nice speccy goodness in there, including Jet Set Willy ) …
... blue lines running accross the screen.
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... like MODE 7 or the screen mode your PC starts booting ... nothing is being read from screen memory - those lines you mention.
I never really used these screen modes, they always seemed a ...Things wat they did have in my day!.I was talking at work today about things that were quite common when we were kids but arent realy around any more. My co worker mentioned how many ar…
... done by using LOAD/SAVE SCREEN$ and LOAD/SAVE CODE and was frigged ...Things wat they did have in my day!.I was talking at work today about things that were quite common when we were kids but arent realy around any more. My co worker mentioned how many ar…
... done by using LOAD/SAVE SCREEN$ and LOAD/SAVE CODE and was frigged ...Micro Men - BBC4 Thursday 8th Octobereh... thats it... There was a new add for Micro Men on BBC 4 last night after 'The Cell' ( nice speccy goodness in there, including Jet Set Willy ) …
... nothing is being read from screen memory - those lines you mention.[/QUOTE ...Framerate of Spectrum gamesI was reading a bit about framerates in modern games and it got me wondering about the Speccy. First off I'd hoped to find what framerate my old gam…
... Zx Spectrum hardware always refreshes screen display 50 fps. It can ... the screen display is built in some part of memory (called ... buffer or dummy screen) while the actual screen memory is unchanged. It ... ready it is copied to screen memory.
- games ...The 256 colour spectrumIt's amazing what you can do these days. [img]http://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/multi64.png[/img] D.
... in the Spectrum's memory onto your TV. He ... of the screen, looks in the first screen memory location and ... 't draw the entire screen at once, but takes ... the middle of drawing the screen[/i]. If you switch ... lower half of the screen with different colours from ...The 256 colour spectrumIt's amazing what you can do these days. [img]http://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/multi64.png[/img] D.
... in the Spectrum's memory onto your TV. He ... of the screen, looks in the first screen memory location and ... 't draw the entire screen at once, but takes ... the middle of drawing the screen[/I]. If you switch ... lower half of the screen with different colours from ...More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
... doesn't take up more screen memory. Both of these methods will ... 6.75K to 12K of screen data. Not impossible as they ...More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
... to allow for a 12K screen then you're not even ... yourself type LOAD "" on the screen. Even if the Speccy started ... a mode that needed extra screen memory from BASIC unless the ROM ... in the middle of the screen memory map so the system variables ...More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
... BASIC up past the second screen area. It stores its own ... yourself type LOAD "" on the screen.[/quote]
Providing you set ... a mode that needed extra screen memory from BASIC unless the ROM ... in the middle of the screen memory map for the system variables ...Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... game with monitor placed in screen memory and man and machine were ...Adjusting your code for screen refreshingOk, I'm aware that I should know it already after writing 5 Spectrum games in machine code but interrupts and screen refreshes were always my weaker …
... you put something specific in screen memory. anyway, you can read port ...Adjusting your code for screen refreshingOk, I'm aware that I should know it already after writing 5 Spectrum games in machine code but interrupts and screen refreshes were always my weaker …
... you put something specific in screen memory.[/quote]
That would ... the last line of the screen", yes!Adjusting your code for screen refreshingOk, I'm aware that I should know it already after writing 5 Spectrum games in machine code but interrupts and screen refreshes were always my weaker …
... we want to write to screen memory after issueing a HALT
reading data from the screen memory.
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needed from the screen memory. As shown above a MASK ...Project OTLA / k7zx (high speed loading)Hello, I am proud fan of zx spectrum (I do not have speccy, but clones (Didaktik Gama, Didaktik M)), I am using portable CD player to load games. Al…
I haven't looked at the OTLA code, but I suspect it wouldn't run correctly from screen memory, since it's highly timing-critical and 16384-32767 is contended memory.
