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Beautiful codeSome people see beauty or something sublime in maths formulas and equations, can anyone suggest examples of beautiful or sublime programming?
... stupid code. It's the sort of code where the programmer ... out a good or optimal algorithm you should be able to ... obscure about virtual functions. That sort of programmer hardly ever writes ... -
Is there any reason whya ZX Spectrum, could not be the platform for a new mathematical or scientific discovery?
... , or scientfic modelling of some sort. I just thought it could ... what Gasman said - or an algorithm of some new kind that ... -
FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
... ] so it's clear what sort of display the fonts were ... made an error in the algorithm to include the final space ... text as well. That's sort of what you are saying ... -
Running out of fingers in AssemblyDear all, Still trying to learn Assembly and have put a few routines together. However, as my routines become a little more involved I find myself…
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Calculate if two segments cross in assemblerHello, Im developing a little game and I need something that I cant archieve. I have two lines (segment of a line). Line one: X11=coord X of …
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Proportional fontsI've been doing some proportional font drawing, purely on C level at the moment, but it's orders of magnitude slower than I'd want it to be. It's sti…
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So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…
... invent a whole new PRNG algorithm lol. OTOH let's say ... -fits-all 'x86 logic'. The sort of reasoning where normally you ... likely demand a good RNG algorithm. Angular divergence for shots that ... -
Loading on a 128k speccyOffhand I'll confess I didn't do a lot of research on this beforehand, but here's my question; How do you load a large program off tape on a 128k…
... you'd still need some sort of temporary buffer in order ... need a much simpler compression algorithm instead, such as:
Loading on a 128k speccyOffhand I'll confess I didn't do a lot of research on this beforehand, but here's my question; How do you load a large program off tape on a 128k…
... you'd still need some sort of temporary buffer in order ... need a much simpler compression algorithm instead, such as:
sort of thing sounds like a ...ROM emulation in softwareHi, first of all -- I only have shallow / uni knowledge of hardware, electronics, and physics. So forgive me for asking things that are out of that …
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it seems like some sort of a tree search.Isometric enginesWhilst taking a breather from Chess development I've been playing around with a little isometric 'room' building idea. Just wondering what sort of…
... is a crude depth-mapping algorithm. The screen would be chopped ... you add more blocks, you sort them and just keep the ... to add sprites, you temporarily sort them in the same way ...Keeping up to date with PC builds.I only do PC builds infrequently and I have stopped reading Micro-Mart so my abilities in the area can languish pretty quickly. But if it is new i…
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4) Sort out the software needed . This ... 5 has a disk shrink algorithm that was useful .Also Check ...Starwars IV opening crawl demo---------------------_______________________--------------------------- Starwars IV opening crawl demo on 128K :) [url=https://mega.nz/#!37BV…
It's very smooth - I'm guessing you're using some sort of mapping algorithm, that uses a lot of working RAM..?Starwars IV opening crawl demo---------------------_______________________--------------------------- Starwars IV opening crawl demo on 128K :) [url=https://mega.nz/#!37BV…
... you're using some sort of mapping algorithm, that uses a lot ...how do i make a character rotate in very small degrees?so i would take the letter a and rotate it degree by degree until it has gone round 360 degrees. only 8x8 pixels is necessary. machine code or basic …
... ° left or right using an algorithm that first shifts columns of ... have the basis of the sort of texture mapping an original ... such a crude texture-mapping algorithm).
But forget it ...Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... lockdown[/i]. Stories of this sort are not that important but ... much the BBC use some algorithm to select at random what ...Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…
... had a pretty clever compression algorithm, some letters it could encode ... probably just the multiple choice sort.Sort 2 byte words (x, y) on ypos, also question about swap (DE), (HL)Well that was a lot of debugging ;) But if you want a routine which takes an array of 16 byte words x, y and then sort them on y (ignoring x), I'm…
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Radix sort is a great algorithm because you never need ... sorting algs.
To sort N 16 ints in the ...Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…
... sorting algorithm (shame it doesn't work if you try and sort ...+3 disks and pc'sHi, This is my first post, and was wondering if someone could help me. I have some +3 disks from my original +3 that I want to put on my pc to use i…
... or does it need some sort of adapter? I ask this ...Help Me Identify This Game Please !!!!!!Hi All, I once borrowed a speccy game back in 1996, it was a game where we were asked questions like " whats your name ? ", "what do you hate ?" if s…
... game where the spectrum is sort of being an robot with ...Problem opening Speccy gameI really want to play Fruit Machine Simulator 2.I have unzipped it onto my PC but when I open it in my emulator.It says it is an unrecognised file ty…
I really want to play Fruit Machine Simulator 2.I have unzipped it onto my PC but when I open it in my emulator.It says it is an unrecognised file type.Can I sort this out.I think it is an .ay file
JohnBobby BearingDid anyone ever understand how to play this game? I've played it a couple of times and occasionally found one of my brothers. BUT WHAT NEXT?! I under…
... you have to find some sort of transporter - but how do ...Interface for PC ZXSee last entry of former TOPIC. I'm working on the interface. Info about it on MISCELLANEOUS Author: Arjun (---.bng.vsnl.net.in) Date: 08-13-01 …
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Thats just the sort of program i want!!!!!.surely ...Please help me with the name of a gameHi, I used to play this game with my late Father as a kid and I would love to play it again for nostalgic purposes: All I remember is that there we…
... ) shot at them with some sort of cannon. It would've ...Chuckie EggAnyone know if there is an end to this game? I'm on level 25 at the moment and waiting for some sort of final screen, does it just go on forever?
Anyone know if there is an end to this game? I'm on level 25 at the moment and waiting for some sort of final screen, does it just go on forever?Connecting old joystick to PC (continuing thread 'joysticks')Joysticks thread got very messy... Here's some sort of continuation I have a quickshot stick I use on an Amiga 500 and a broken pc pad. I am willing…
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I have ...MIS Update 07/11/2001 (HUGE)Hi folks, I've finally managed to sort though all the TZX vault submissions along with Steve, and I've identified the titles that are MIS (Missing i…
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