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WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
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I will set up the array for the ... check for non 0 data above and below and to the ... explicit print postions on the screen of the first example as ... -
LUMASCII - 4-level work-in-progess build...In case anybody wants to have a play... [URL="http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/extras/lumascii_4_level_wip_20120909.zip"]http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/extr…
... ;651999]BTW, the game over screen is nice, but still feels ... colorful stars from both . and * above it might be awesome, too ... as the engine is rather set in stone now.
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Coding for 128kHi all, I wonder if anyone can suggest any useful reading/threads/examples on the fundamentals of 128k coding. Chapter 24 of the +2 manual has prov…
... 3 is set. Each time I want to display this screen I ... fact, you ussually display one screen while modifying the other one ... ]
Not much, that link above describes pretty much everything you ... before ULA start to generate screen so contention does not occur ... -
Turrican 2 - Mock up of a Mock upOne of the games that I was most looking forward to in the latter years of the Speccy's commercial life was Turrican 2. The previews made the game l…
... a lot brighter on the screen than that first screenshot.
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What Spectrum projects (Software/Games/Utility)(Hardware)(Others) are you working on?So, basically that :) You dont have to give names or more clues if you dont want to ;) Also, if you are working on more than one, you can tell all of…
... there's an alternate register set. It doesn't cost much ... as an experiment with 128K screen buffering, but I can't ... inspiration) but with a map screen and mini/sub-game (no ... . There would be bad guys above and below the water level ... -
UDG in AssemblyHello there my fellow WoS'ers I am currently having a play with z88dk and PASMO and would like to have some fun with some UDG's so is there a tutor…
... single character from your own set.
Actually, before I ... each character row of the pixel screen. The second one, not used ... addition). This gives you the screen address in DE.
screen.
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WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…
... with the screen, but it moves to the next 8 pixel boundary ... of the ROMCS issue discussed above, the ROMCS pin from the ... -
WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…
... more bits for defining new screen modes. The mode register has ... active area centered vertically on screen, thus making top and bottom ... you can set all to '1' and get a 256x256 pixel screen, with ... how ULAplus looks like on screen so far:
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ZX Spectrum + 2 128K - Video Issue?Hi All, I have just picked up a secondhand +2 and am having a problem with it. :( When I power the unit on and hook it up to my TV with the RF cable…
Hi Dean,
As said above, there are two problems.
... " settings in the TV menus. Set to RGB input mode.
screen, with it showing only a ... screen of randomly coloured blocks is ... -
ZX Spectrum + 2 128K - Video Issue?Hi All, I have just picked up a secondhand +2 and am having a problem with it. :( When I power the unit on and hook it up to my TV with the RF cable…
... ]Hi Dean,
As said above, there are two problems.
Set to RGB input mode.
screen, with it showing only a ... screen of randomly coloured blocks is ... -
Machine code RST10 problemHello! After 27 years of playing with Spectrums I'm starting to look into doing assembly language properly. All went swimmingly well until I wrote …
... /> .msgprt ld de,$5068 ; screen memory where messages will appear ... point DE to next pixel row on screen
inc hl ... ; point HL to next pixel row in character set ...
djnz msgprl ; transfer remaining pixel ... -
Machine code RST10 problemHello! After 27 years of playing with Spectrums I'm starting to look into doing assembly language properly. All went swimmingly well until I wrote …
... call. The loader clears the screen, displays a logo, and then ... using BASIC's own LOAD...SCREEN$ and LOAD...CODE, because the ... loading screen contains hidden in-game graphics ... my main program above a RAMTOP that I'll set. Then I ... -
Android tablet help, please?I've been passed an Android tablet to 'fix', as it's apparently started to run slowly, but since I know nothing about either Android or tablets I cou…
... factory reset portion of the screen, using a centre punch. ... .wickes.co.uk/nail-set-and-centre-punch/invt/ ... on the left from the above kit, the rightmost one ... centre of the touch-screen (use a ruler or ... see the main Android unlock screen, strike the centre punch ... -
ZX-Paintbrush 2.2.9.5Dear ZX-Paintbrush friends, I want to present you some preview pictures of my latest progresses. Well, there are some bug-fixes to do, but it's work…
... as above for the entire screen. With the screen divided into 16x16 pixel blocks ... , labelled according to screen ... address(hex or dec). Like a screen ... -
ZX-Paintbrush 2.2.9.5Dear ZX-Paintbrush friends, I want to present you some preview pictures of my latest progresses. Well, there are some bug-fixes to do, but it's work…
... as above for the entire screen. With the screen
divided into 16x16 pixel ... blocks, labelled according to screen ... address(hex or dec). Like a screen ... -
Features of a modern emulatorModern PCs (and phones :)) have waaaay more processing power and capabilties than the humble Spectrum. I was wondering what sort of features are now …
... to use when that Hobbit screen is being redrawn for the ... I could POKE around, then set the machine running again to ... should be displayed at the pixel level, instead of the block ... -
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 …
... results, so this version above already contains everything you ... attributes directly to their proper screen addresses. In this case ... separately to their proper screen addresses. This option may ... all bytes from first screen column (in pixel order), then all ... -
Video generation using a CPUWe know it is possible to generate a video signal using a CPU, and this technique was often used on low-end computers in the early 1980's (for exampl…
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Afterall, if the screen is generated in software by ... timing, any actual pixel on the CRT screen should be individually ... controllable, right? The ZX-81 font set ... the ZX-81 the same pixel resolution as the Spectrum ( ... -
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 …
... /einar/o-mundo-perdido/"]this screen[/URL] to see what I ... /> [CODE]; from RCS buffer to screen (DE must contain RCS address ... ),a
inc h ; next pixel line
ld a,h ... /> [/CODE]
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RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
... transform a regular ZX-Spectrum screen file (such as "Cobra. ... format back into a regular screen. However this method requires a ... directly to the ZX-Spectrum screen.[/LIST]
The RCS ... format back into a regular screen. The standalone routine allows using ... -
RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
... of a pixel from three neighbours (e.g. left, above, and above-left ... 75% accuracy should reduce each screen in 20%, a 80% accuracy ... -
RAM used / corrupted by +3DOSAs I said previously, [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41775]I'm trying to put some games in hard disk[/url] so they can b…
... "No files found". I set the file attribute to read ... mentioned above, the latter I just bunged on the screen as ... setup cache
jp $0500 ; set default drive and exit
[*]clear the screen
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Converting games to disk: difficult loadersThis thread has an spanish version in foro speccy, but I haven't gathered enough information to overcome my problems. I've been converting some game…
... for Magnetron that I showed above, so the debugger breaks when ... first breaks to draw the screen, just below you'll see ... call pages in bank 1 (set by A), and copies 16384 ... -
Windows 8 selling well...[Img]http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/downgradetowindows7.jpg[/Img] When suppliers start selling downgrades y…
... bit of a bitch to set up:
Initially it ... monitors, with a confusing message above 'nothing can be sent from ... mouse top right on a screen.
So first opinions ... -
BIFROST* for graphic artists - part 1Using multicolor requires 2 very different skills: [I]programming[/I] and [I]graphic design[/I]. I already wrote several tutorials about the former …
... on each row of the screen.[/QUOTE]
... in the right half of screen".
Otherwise, ... screen would require finding an empty "slot" (pair of instructions as above ... ) in each pixel line and setting appropriate ... -
I'm very illA few weeks back I passed out/blacked out in the bathroom and woke up on the floor with a terrible pain in my chest. In the fall I somehow broke my …
... detailed treatment regime as outlined above I do see a better ... leads into a whole new set of procedures for dealing with ... estimate and display on a screen you can see) you will ... -
WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…
... : port #FF is used to set new modes. Bit 1 is ... the address of a 8-pixel scan in bitmap data, N ... /> The SAM has a similar screen mode, but I don't ... -
ZX Alien BreedNot sure if this has been mentioned already (I did trawl the threads but couldn't see anything :smile: ), but I've always hankered after a Speccy Ali…
... features and some of the set pieces are remarkable in terms ... ... Id also make it flip screen (design my rooms with that ... room to move, then the above compromises (ie: no scrolling, no ... -
A quick newbish questionI'm reading through 'mastering machine code on your spectrum',as kindly posted by Mr bert on this forum. Correct me if I'm wrong from what i read,bu…
... 22527 is the screen.
The screen is made up ... you see how each pixel can be switched on ... so you've got 6144 screen locations.
... the colours are put on screen
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Timex undocumented video modesHi people. Please check my assumption about the functioning of the Timex in undocumented video modes: D2D1D0 wr #FF 0 0 0 - ZX color mode, the base …
... the base address of the screen #4000
0 0 ... the screen #6000
0 1 0 - Multicolor mode, pixel adress ... the base address of the screen #4000
1 0 ... ), repeated 8 times down the screen.
1 0 ... All modes with bit 2 set are 512*192 modes. Bit ...
