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Measuring the Roger Jowett problemPlease vote if you've received unsolicited mail from Roger Jowett during this year, be it binaries you didn't ask for, or unwanted invitations to soc…
... they calim to be 600mhz processor compatible but the encoding software ... you need a new motherboard processor and ram but also a ... that is the speed quoted in the real spectrum emulators 4 serial ... -
Jonathan Cauldwell writes.I also found this in me old archives, which was actually written by Jonathan Cauldwell. Again, typos and editorial tags included for authenticity ;-)…
... so tricks are employed to speed up such tasks. For example ... a loop take up valuable processor time. Scrolling routines are another ... may be employed to improve speed. It makes little sense ... ///Body copy///
The Spectrum has two methods of generating ... -
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... isn't slow... a ZX Spectrum is slow, you've been ... enough at moment, and the processor eats maximum 45 Watt. Together ... good for data transfer to Spectrum, printing, downloading and such stuff ... around 150 Watts, without any speed advantage.
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Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …
... be like reducing the playback speed of an audio file from ... isn't fast enough. The Spectrum's AY chip can only ... near-decent quality when the processor is pushed to the limit ... -
TRD/SCL importer for MB02+ and PROFI INTERFACEHi all MB02+ users, I know this time noone of you will be able to use my new program, because with MB02+ you will also need Velesoft's PROFI INTERFA…
... said, MB02 gives Spectrum 128 compatibility on Spectrum 48? This statement is ... not true.
Speed of ... as copying memory. DMA can speed this up, but it ... />
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Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!
... rather slow given its fast processor?
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... out at roughly the same speed as a 3Mhz Z80, ... got a bit of a speed edge over the 3. ... give a big feeling of speed difference when working in ... and every aspect of the spectrum's OS are crammed ... -
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 …
... their re-design of the Spectrum. Although Amstrad lost to ... vs Mattel Intellivision
Sinclair Spectrum vs Commodore 64 (C64) vs ... a 16/32 bit processor with a clock speed of 8mhz depending ... specific type such as the Spectrum.
The display ... -
Playing SID music on AY??Hello. Some time ago, with occasion of another thread, I was asking about possibility of making a very certain thing - a SID emulator for Spectrum …
... port their SID_Emul into ZX Spectrum? I still have no sources ...
handling of the replay-speed. Version 2.01 should play ... a capable,
but ordinary processor. Nobody would talk about it ... /> Still - worth to have on Spectrum too. -
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... this can run on original Spectrum hardware? Kind of reminds me ... past 128K on the main processor? Probably what the QL should ... with ROM? Sinclair's unreleased Spectrum, the 'Loki' was going to ... a limit to the speed at which the Spectrum could read data ... -
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... ;499804]So a Maths Co-processor could be implemented without any ... a co-processor cost in implement in a new Spectrum?[/QUOTE]
processor hits the end-calc instruction ... point routines would get a speed boost.
That's ... -
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... step down in speed for compatibility. The co-processor and VDP wouldn ... that you want a faster Spectrum. The fans would benefit from ... would be considered a true Spectrum if it could run the ... it would constitute a true Spectrum upgrade. -
PS3 now fully cracked and open?About a month back, a hacking group claimed that they'd discovered the PS3's 'key' algorithms, meaning that they can 'sign' any code. What this means…
... off M$'s response or speed of fixing/replacing the dead ... /> "[I]The PS3's Cell processor is very hard to program ... />
Polo mints and a Spectrum emulating PSP, the two things ... -
ZXDS 0.9.1 beta 1Hi! After way too much time, new [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz/"]ZXDS[/URL] version is available. Doesn't add much stunning features (although the dis…
... hardware ( like the cameras, double processor power, more memory and the ... has enough processor power to emulate the Spectrum at 100% speed, but other ... -
ZXDS 0.9.1 beta 1Hi! After way too much time, new [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz/"]ZXDS[/URL] version is available. Doesn't add much stunning features (although the dis…
... hardware ( like the cameras, double processor power, more memory and the ... has enough processor power to emulate the Spectrum at 100% speed, but other ... DSi has a more powerful processor and memory than the DS ... -
An alternative method of input...Does anyone know of any software for the PC that will take text from its keyboard and output tones from the sound-card that are recognisable to the c…
... across to a real spectrum when your satisfied with ... the data to create a speed loader which loads into ... your sound card to a spectrum.
[url]ftp://ftp ... can be loaded into a spectrum from Basic, or into ... your text in a word processor, and cut and paste ... -
ZXDS questions...Hi Folks, I am hoping someone on here knows something about [B]ZXDS[/B]. I have downloaded the program to my daughters [B]DSi[/B] (for testing purp…
... difference between having a "faster processor" (in emulation sense) but maintaining ... down to match the speed of a real Spectrum otherwise the shackle ... -
ZXDS questions...Hi Folks, I am hoping someone on here knows something about [B]ZXDS[/B]. I have downloaded the program to my daughters [B]DSi[/B] (for testing purp…
... to match the speed of a real Spectrum otherwise the shackle ... />
Z80 CPU speed
Emulation speed
where ... you can give yourself a faster processor ... equivalent to just the emulation speed setting then?
List of existing games that needs a port to zx spectrumPlease post here the games that exist in other platform(s) but does not exist in speccy. Please keep in mind this is not a to-do list, so don't hesti…
... -Bit machine with Spectrum emulation or turning a Spectrum into a terminal ... palette and improved speed. This would still be a Spectrum without a ... to add a maths co-processor to the speccy would be ... actual calculations to the co-processor.' So it sounds like a ...List of existing games that needs a port to zx spectrumPlease post here the games that exist in other platform(s) but does not exist in speccy. Please keep in mind this is not a to-do list, so don't hesti…
... for every official model of Spectrum.
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Could ... actual calculations to the co-processor.' So it sounds like a ... is only ever going to speed up BASIC and a few ... non-speed critical programs, precisely because the ...List of existing games that needs a port to zx spectrumPlease post here the games that exist in other platform(s) but does not exist in speccy. Please keep in mind this is not a to-do list, so don't hesti…
... is only ever going to speed up BASIC and a few ... non-speed critical programs, precisely because the ... . Anyhow, the Spectrum should have always had a co-processor/VDP in ... it deviates from a Spectrum being a 'Spectrum' at all. everything would ...Most colourful games?I just played [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001563]Earth Shaker[/url] and am fairly dazzled by the overload use of colour (t…
Regarding the speed issues that so compromised the ... masked and drawn by the processor (of which the 64's ... -w) - the z80 on the spectrum was clocked faster and had ... the 64 needed redesigning to speed things up.
All ...C# questionAny C# coders here? Maybe people experienced in Java and other modern languages could also help me? I could use some advice. It is about modern PC c…
... are unchanged since
Zx Spectrum :)[/QUOTE]
... also significantly different from the Spectrum BASIC's "polling" for ... run on a 3 mhz processor, the only thing that ... it more efficiently (chip architecture, speed, instruction sets, pipelining etc) ...Various software & hardware for sale.After having a sort out in the loft I've discovered a few things to get rid of: [SIZE="1"]SINGLE CASSETTE SIZE CASES. (all with inlays and instructi…
... - m.a.d.
speed king 2 - mastertronic
... - entertainment usa
word processor - quicksilva
the adventures ... with large instruction book)
spectrum sports pack - paxman
... [SIZE="1"]48K Sinclair ZX Spectrum (with power supply, TV ...Byte-order backbufferThis is a tool for Z80 coders who wish the Spectrum screen had a serial layout. It runs as an interrupt mode 2 service routine and uses POP and PUSH …
... coders who wish the Spectrum screen had a serial ... buffer at 57484 to the Spectrum screen at
16384 ... sort it into the Spectrum screen order and copy ... cost of a loss of speed
org ... same thing as a rainbow processor.
Ahhh, ...Games Club WC 21//5/12got 3 classic games that show the true spirit and nature of the british empire and how together we can give any foreign adversery be they german or f…
... other big problem is the speed. It's an ambitious wee ... that reason the poor Spectrum's 8-bit processor struggles quite a ...BIFROST* ENGINE 1.2 released!Another improved version of the BIFROST* ENGINE is now available! Download it here: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027405[/u…
... 8x2 multicolour on a 48K Spectrum, though I haven't shown ... of the screen, except the processor time and memory that gets ... program running at half the speed of a ZX81.
Keyboard scanning routines / techniques?What keyboard scanning routines or techniques do people use? I'm looking to write something which doesn't rely on the ROM-based keyboard scanner, an…
... debugger available on ZX Spectrum. You'll be able ... deliberately written for ZX Spectrum 48K and only allows ... wastes almost no extra processor time (since it is ... This gives you effective speed of 1,5 Kb ... it leaves most of processor time free for other ...Buzzer sounds tips'n'tricksSo I have an ARM Cortex M3 with a buzzer connected to its GPIO pin. And because I read this forum I know that there is no need to add a separate buzz…
... -delta) encoders, so if your processor is fast enough and if ... high-frequency components. On ZX Spectrum one simply relies upon imperfections ... -like quality on ZX Spectrum, due to speed and storage limitations. On ...Zero 0.6I'm pleased to announce that I've released Zero 0.6. There are some comprehensive changes in this release including moving to .Net 2.0, removing Slim…
... along at a very slow speed. AY music is choppy at ... around the emulated Spectrum display, it goes full speed and AY plays ... Pentium 4 Duo 2.8Ghz processor, and using onboard ATI graphics ...Zero 0.6I'm pleased to announce that I've released Zero 0.6. There are some comprehensive changes in this release including moving to .Net 2.0, removing Slim…
... around the emulated Spectrum display, it goes full speed and AY plays ... Pentium 4 Duo 2.8Ghz processor, and using onboard ATI graphics ... I'm experiencing the same speed issues as FrankT, and oddly ... across the main window the speed and sound emulation goes back ...
