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How do you start?ok just humour me, ive always wanted to code but never got round to it apart from the real basics ie:- 10 print "hello" 20 print 30 goto 10 i coul…
... pixel data to the screen. Once you have a ... for example:
- Write a program in BASIC to ... and down on the screen without leaving a trail. ... bouncing around the screen, or...
- Write a Z80 ... routine to plot a pixel on the screen.< ... -
Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
[code]
; PRINT AT Y,X full screen
; Y = B-reg, X = C-reg
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Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
Now with saving temporary colours
[code]
; PRINT AT Y,X full screen
; Y = B-reg, X = C-reg
; 0 -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... bc,184*256+249
; push bc
; call print_char
screen
push bc
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Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... makes it look like the screen is permanently flooded too.[/quote ... Amstrad slower at manipulating the screen anyway? I'm sure I ... cpu intensive to update the screen, the Amstrad seems to have ... efficient at updating the screen that should speed it up a good ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... slower at manipulating the screen anyway? I'm sure ... is effectively half the speed of the Spectrum due ... cpu intensive to update the screen, the Amstrad seems to ... at updating the screen that should speed it up a ... on and off the screen without distorting. That's ... -
New Isometric Game MK2A while back (October 2009) I started writing a new isometric game. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27123[/url] Well, I…
Hurrah!
Written as a sequel to "The Great Escape".
But better. Much better.
I'm on my third version of scrolling routine. Trying to trade off between a little screen flicker and speed.... -
New Isometric Game MK2A while back (October 2009) I started writing a new isometric game. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27123[/url] Well, I…
... off between a little screen flicker and speed....[/QUOTE]
A better ... -
Can anyone explain why my wife's driving instructor says...My wife is learning to drive (with the Storm driving school here in the UK) and the instructor is teaching her a few things that seem really odd to m…
... line of lorries I'll push the speed up a bit to ... -
Print TextHow do i print text on the bottom left row(memory location in attribute 23295) of the screen in assembly? I understand the parts better on paper and …
... 2 (lower or upper screen) then call 5633 to ... you can use full screen PRINT AT and it ... will set to the right screen. After the PRINT AT ... characters on the right defined screen
[code]
; ... PRINT AT Y,X full screen
; Y = B-reg, ... -
IDE Hard Drive on your Spectrum!Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Today, I am going to share with you something that has truly captivated me over the last couple of months, some of you…
... something to do with the write speed being too quick or power ... -
IDE Hard Drive on your Spectrum!Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Today, I am going to share with you something that has truly captivated me over the last couple of months, some of you…
... something to do with the write speed being too quick or power ... -
Z80 DOS Sorry this computer is too fast!I?ve tried the free Z80 Emulator v4.00 (DOS Version) downloaded from Gerton Lunters Homepage on my Intel Core2 Quad Q60 running at 2,40 GHz an it ju…
... terms of undocumented instructions, screen timings and speed. The problem with Z80 ... -
ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... = program can use full screen graphic and speed of tracing will more ... -
ring of darknesshi please can anyone help me to get ring of darkness to work. i have tried the game on line and using an emulator , no luck. i played it on a dragon …
... disable the fancy loaders (speed loading, etc), i.e ... bleeps and all. With speed loaders on, I just ... blue(or was it cyan?) screen :-(
Does ... the blue/cyan screen with the speed loaders off. Does ... not work with the speed loaders on either.
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esxDOS v0.8.5 released (with TR-DOS emulator)Yup, you read right! Now with TR-DOS emulation! More info and download here: [url]http://www.esxdos.org/[/url] Enjoy :)
... =velesoft;704919]As I know, speed of reading data from SD ... .[/QUOTE]
Yes, the write issue happens (mostly) on SDHC ... be done to improve the write speed:
1. Use a ... -
Migrating OS to SSDIve been thinking of getting a 120g SSD drive for my pc and migrating the OS (Win7 64bit) to it and just having the OS on it, nothing else (Got 1.5TB…
... it worth the effort...aka speed increase?[/QUOTE]
It will ... Gbps connections) and SSD read/write speed in MB/s and random ... : 550 MB/s
- Sequential Write: 400 MB/s for 128 ... MB model
- 4k Random Write: 90,000 IOPS for 128 ... -
External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…
... the drive to match the speed on the internal 3" drive ... moving heads, but read and write speed are roughly the same (they ... got to match the transfer speed, 250000 bytes/sec).
write the floppy without problems, so ... -
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…
... interesting features intended to really push the speed envelope as far as ... tape speed compensation and the 8 symbol modulation system) really push the ... -
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…
... ?id=0017148"]SL3 Advanced Super Speed Loader[/URL] lately, both ... saving routine since the standard speed block can be turned into ... /load-screen-SL3-test.zip"]a quick test[/URL], made at speed ... .alessandrogrussu.it/zx/load-screen-SL3-test-speed-6.zip"]Here is ... -
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…
... data block at the maximum speed available (6). The turbo block ... .alessandrogrussu.it/zx/load-screen-SL3-test-speed-6.zip"]Here is ... the data block at this speed are:
Pilot Pulse ... -
New Isometric Game MK2A while back (October 2009) I started writing a new isometric game. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27123[/url] Well, I…
... off between a little screen flicker and speed....[/QUOTE]
You ... -
How to print logo onto screen at chosen coordinates?Hi, I've just got back into zx spectrum games after all these years and after seeing some of the great games on here I would like to start learning p…
... about bytes and bits and screen composition etc :razz:[/QUOTE]
screen layout
I wrote ... you what segment of the screen to write to
The ... screen is divided into 3 thirds ... -
C64 for the PiSomeone is writing the C64 natively for the Rasberry Pi and it looks amazing. I hope this will make someone do a ZX Spectrum too. Take a look its a…
... the (painful) slow SD read/write speed, the 256 megs and X ... -
30-column 8x2 multicolor (even in 48K)I don't recall any 8x2 multicolor routine for 30 columns that would work on all Spectrum models (including the Spectrum 48K), so I decided to write i…
... columns 22 and 23 on screen
PUSH HL ; update columns ... 20 and 21 on screen
PUSH DE ; update columns ... 18 and 19 on screen
PUSH BC ; update columns ... 14 and 15 on screen
PUSH HL ; update columns ... -
Why are rotozoomers on C=64 so fast ?Hi, I noticed rotozoomers on C64 are really fast. I'm not the best coder on Speccy but I know my pet I never succeed to do rotozoomer (or rotating ch…
... /> it's partly how the screen hardware is. hence why 3d ... on c64 with the screen , also to speed things up.
screen itself.
[url]http ... on the whole of the screen = faster :) -
New from Paul Farrow, the ZXC4This is exciting stuff!!!! Sorry if ive stepped on your toes Paul, wanted people to hear about it!!! [QUOTE]Hi I?m happy to announce the release o…
New from Paul Farrow, the ZXC4This is exciting stuff!!!! Sorry if ive stepped on your toes Paul, wanted people to hear about it!!! [QUOTE]Hi I?m happy to announce the release o…
... streams/channels that can read/write the 4MB space.
... RAM in order to write to the FLASH ROM ... ;781828]What is the read/write speed like?[/QUOTE]
speed to a real Microdrive, ... it is possible to write to the FLASH ROM ...Coming soon: Pets vs Aliens!This is just a sneak peak showing the loading screen for [B]Pets vs Aliens[/B], an upcoming "story-driven" Speccy game featuring absolutely astonishi…
... do such a great loading screen.
I have one ... you out with the loading screen$, just write in the forums here ...Coming soon: Pets vs Aliens!This is just a sneak peak showing the loading screen for [B]Pets vs Aliens[/B], an upcoming "story-driven" Speccy game featuring absolutely astonishi…
... do such a great loading screen.
I have one ... work on a 'real' speccy screen (it's nice to use ... you out with the loading screen$, just write in the forums here ...
