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The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …
... /> I have been researching a PC to Spectrum RS232 serial link and ... assembler directive. I will have to write new PDS download software ... existing program instead of having to reset the Spectrum each ... for my Spectrum 128K RS232 to PC serial cable project: [url] ... -
Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
... it was a dream to develop Amiga software with... ...
I used a PC to PC cross-development system that my ... basicly turned a modern PC motherboard into a big ... controller. We used NASM to build with our own ... I think its all down to personal choice...
designing a computerHi everyone! I am designing a 4 bit computer and i need some advice, is this a good instruction set? [CODE] BINARY OPCODE DESCRIPTION 00000 nop…
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Matt B, i forgot to mention that my computer WILL ... be able to load from memory and save to memory, the only ... thing is the control logic for the save ... are four flags that connect to a 4bit comparator, Adesigning a computerHi everyone! I am designing a 4 bit computer and i need some advice, is this a good instruction set? [CODE] BINARY OPCODE DESCRIPTION 00000 nop…
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Matt B, i forgot to mention that my computer WILL ... be able to load from memory and save to memory, the only ... thing is the control logic for the save ... are four flags that connect to a 4bit comparator, AWorst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …
... call of duty games brought to the table was paced action ... style and the constant need to move forward. its just the ... i am gonna reload my save to see what the other ending ... was going to be, which spoils it a ...Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …
... i am gonna reload my save to see what the other ending ... was going to be, which spoils it a ... 3[/I] though... any excuse to play through those two again ...emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…
... Multiface nmi button to page the Multiface in ... and calls it's save routines to save to a disk.
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There is only 1 NMI line to ... /> iirc the multiface has to be plugged into the spectrum ... change an emulator to page in different ...emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…
... Multiface nmi button to page the Multiface in ... and calls it's save routines to save to a disk.
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There is only 1 NMI line to ... /> iirc the multiface has to be plugged into the spectrum ... change an emulator to page in different ...Spectrum 128K RS232 to PC serial cableIf you have read some of my recent posts then you will know that I am eager to link my Spectrum +3 to a PC. This will be done by wiring a standard PC…
... it could send correctly back to the PC UART. The upload has ... not have time to develop a 128K AUX to PC UART terminal link ... a function to send the Z80 register state to the PC. I may ... also allow the PC software to handle ...Microdrive problem?I recently aquired a micro-drive, Interface 1 and some brand new cartridges + the original manual, so i thought i'd rig it all up and see what it …
... 2 ZX1 interfaces - one seems to reset a ZX48 rubber version ... supply (2100mA IIRC) it seems to work correctly. It gets worse ... matter whether I use commands to save to, load from, format, cat or ... flashing exactly like when trying to load from a tape, but ...Microdrive problem?I recently aquired a micro-drive, Interface 1 and some brand new cartridges + the original manual, so i thought i'd rig it all up and see what it …
... 2 ZX1 interfaces - one seems to reset a ZX48 rubber version ... supply (2100mA IIRC) it seems to work correctly. It gets worse ... matter whether I use commands to save to, load from, format, cat or ... flashing exactly like when trying to load from a tape, but ...Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…
... with accumulator
ASV - Save accumulator into a register
to enter a value and save to register
... SAV - Save value of register ... LOD - Load value from memory to register
ACO - Set ...HP printer inks FRKN BSTRDS!I have a HP309g photosmart premium printer that I was given by HP when in the US last. Its a very high quality printer. Ok so one of the inks has ra…
... the inks I brought to PC world on the basis that ... I have a comelling argument to return and get refunded for ... much better value for me to buy my Inks from the ...HP printer inks FRKN BSTRDS!I have a HP309g photosmart premium printer that I was given by HP when in the US last. Its a very high quality printer. Ok so one of the inks has ra…
... there is ways and means to get around that.
to PC world and they said they ...designing a computerHi everyone! I am designing a 4 bit computer and i need some advice, is this a good instruction set? [CODE] BINARY OPCODE DESCRIPTION 00000 nop…
... accumulator
0111 ASV - Save accumulator into a register
to enter a value and save to register
1101 SAV - Save ... br /> 1111 ACO - Set accumulator to 0
Second ... of bufferes that drive data to different bus)
Display - ...How do you have your speccy stuff organised on the PC?I'm curious as to how the good folks in here have their PC speccy stuff organised. For instance, do you have a single Programs folder with all your…
I have just over 24.2GB of files thats 169,355 files. I have everything in specific subfolders games, adverts maps etc all under one main folder. Anything that I find around the web (usually from this site) I save to the HD and also backup onto DVDs.Spectrum 128K RS232 to PC serial cableIf you have read some of my recent posts then you will know that I am eager to link my Spectrum +3 to a PC. This will be done by wiring a standard PC…
... hassle of trying to transfer Spectrum tape date to the PC using the ... mic port. My first programming problem was to ... (including WORD CRC) back to the PC. At that point the UART ... using Amstrad 128K AUX port to PC 9 PIN COM1 allowing for ...Hacking the O.C.P Full Screen Editor/AssemblerIf you have been reading my posts recently then you will know that I am eager to have the sourcecode I wrote for the Spectrum during the period 1988 …
... real-time debugging tools - not to mention the wealth of knowledge ... imagine how people were able to write anything in the 80ties ... assembler again, type code again, save to tape.
Next day load ... error :)
And trying to understand the code with no ...Hacking the O.C.P Full Screen Editor/AssemblerIf you have been reading my posts recently then you will know that I am eager to have the sourcecode I wrote for the Spectrum during the period 1988 …
... imagine how people were able to write anything in the ... assembler again, type code again, save to tape.
Next day load ... error :)
And trying to understand the code with no ... step forward but having returned to them recently (and the Spectrum ...Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…
... spend more time hacking games to save to micro-drive than you would ... is no standard way to transfer and to play them from a ... . In short, I'm trying to transfer games into microdrive cartridges ... area could be minimised to store 23552 to 23733 (182 BYTES) and ...Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…
... a game in memory ready to save. Once it is saved - ... begining of the file to jump to the actual location that ... and others may use it to save to micro-drive, +3 disc ... BYTES of memory to be able to download. I got ... as you can save using BASIC to the desired device ...Import text files of type insThere are ways to read the text of scans and covert them to word or txt files. So you could do this then edit and correct them and import them to run…
[QUOTE=AY Chip;490622] trying to OCR a hex listing is ... the 128's serial port to pc com1 etc.. I guess is ... ascii accordingly.
used to do same on c64, with ... you added or minused -$20 to the letters.. I forget , long ...Possible Treasure Trove off FreecycleI managed to snag a bag of speccy games off freecycle today which buried away in a "Various List" with other tat. I'm picking them up tomorrow night…
... porting c64 disks I have to pc as it's old and ...iPhone versions of gamesI believe the Spectrum community is lucky to get [URL="http://toucharcade.com/2010/11/15/elites-zx-spectrum-collections-vols-1-2-come-to-the-ipad/"]p…
... disappointing that this seems to be happening at the ... and preserved from tape to pc though in their original un ... under emulation its far easier to deal with a "standard" ... it's own custom loader to load the levels.
... the tapes take ages to load (i had one ...Copying from divIDE+/Tape to +3 DiskCan it be done? Im about to place an order for some 3" disks and wanted to put my favourite games on them, but im having a hard time trying to figure…
... why would you want to transfer CF to +3 disc?
... formats, .WAV for sending to the mic port using ... readme file (you can save to +3 disc before the ... files into the Spectrum memory to save to +3 disc.
to the +3 using RS232 ...Programmable PC joystickI am after a PC compatible joystick that either uses the arrow keys and space as fire or is programmable so I can set it to suit. I would prefer some…
... looking for a driver to connect the controller to pc. Nothing turned up ...Gilligans GoldI used to be really good at [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/12/spectrum-games-gilligans-gold-classic.html"]Gilligans Gold[/URL] but f…
Spectaculator... is it worth the money?Hi Folks, This is a genuine request for feedback. I have used the demo version of Spectaculator and it seems a very good Spectrum emulator. Lots o…
... what some users have referred to "a fart-like noise". Haven ... its PC logging tool. It sends the debugger/tracer output to a ... browser and the ability to redirect ports to PC ports or text files ...Loading a screen in to memory...Hi Folks, I want to load a SCREEN$ in to memory and save it out to RAM disk without it being displayed on the screen. I am worried about over writi…
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[code]9000 REM SAVE TO RAM DISK
9001 IF ... is128 THEN SAVE !n$ CODE address,length: ... RETURN
9002 SAVE "m:"+n$ CODE address, ... /> Thay way, to save a 1000 bytes block to RAM disk from ... ]
And to load it back...
...Loading a screen in to memory...Hi Folks, I want to load a SCREEN$ in to memory and save it out to RAM disk without it being displayed on the screen. I am worried about over writi…
... disk, it's better to create a subroutine which ...
[code]9000 REM SAVE TO RAM DISK
9001 IF ... is128 THEN SAVE !n$ CODE address,length: ... RETURN
9002 SAVE "m:"+n$ CODE address, ...
Thanks Nathan. Not to worried about this as the ...
