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Changing the colour of the loading 'stripes'I was wondering if it were possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of some descri…
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Very easy to use from basic. Just LET L=USR 64036 ... -
Changing the colour of the loading 'stripes'I was wondering if it were possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of some descri…
... . Its major handicap - at least from my point of view - is ... code to run it from basic using normal basic LOAD and SAVE commands ... command followed by a standard basic LOAD command.
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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 …
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[*] In 48K BASIC, execute [B]CLEAR 31099[/B ... you should choose "File / Assemble" from the Assembler Editor menu, then ... Smart"CODE 31100,116[/B] from BASIC. If you have any problems ... 't forget to adjust your BASIC program to use the new ... -
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 …
... bytes per block on your BASIC program. Instead of this:
from BASIC.
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Changing the colour of the loading 'stripes'I was wondering if it were possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of some descri…
... /saving code you can use from BASIC.
The code sits ... you can either start from scratch with your BASIC loader using the ... 0 code into the current BASIC program. "boombotmaster.szx" is ... how to turbo load/save from BASIC with "turbobot.csw" being the ... -
Disabling the +3 disk buffer; yes, but how?I would like to disable the +3 disk buffer in order to retrieve those 4K from the machine's RAMdisk. By reading the computer manual and some posts on…
... order to retrieve those 4K from the machine's RAMdisk. By ... how to call +3DOS routines from BASIC. I guess I should use ... even know where to start from, except that simply calling the ... -
Disabling the +3 disk buffer; yes, but how?I would like to disable the +3 disk buffer in order to retrieve those 4K from the machine's RAMdisk. By reading the computer manual and some posts on…
you can't do it directly from basic as it needs to have the +3DOS rom paged in and obviously that means the basic rom is paged out. -
Disabling the +3 disk buffer; yes, but how?I would like to disable the +3 disk buffer in order to retrieve those 4K from the machine's RAMdisk. By reading the computer manual and some posts on…
... how to call +3DOS routines from BASIC. I guess I should use ... even know where to start from, except that simply calling the ... in fact call the 48K-BASIC ROM, which would almost certainly ... now page back to the BASIC environment:
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What is this???? :OLooking in ebay, I found this!: [url]http://www.ebay.it/itm/Simulatore-di-Spectrum-per-Commodore-64-128-Retrocomputer-cassetta-/290861910864?pt=Retr…
Very interesting though, I suspect that could even write some 6502 machine code - store it in some DATA lines, Poke it to RAM and then call the routine from basic.
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Keyboard TrickI know how to use the multi key in BASIC with IN you can get the keys [QUOTE]IN 254+256*(255-2^K)[/QUOTE] K is the keyboard's half row, comes from …
... can do wonders to help BASIC along. Bit manipulation of keyboard ... and you can call it from BASIC. The program is position independent ... ). It is then easy for BASIC to query each key via ... -
Getting PC into HLHello, here's a conundrum for you... Is there a way to obtain the value of the PC register (say into HL) without using absolute addressing such as C…
... , and if you call it from other machine code then, well ... your routine is called directly from BASIC, not Assembly. Or you could ... -
New game: Knights & DemonsHi everybody! Our new game is here. Knights & Demons is a puzzle game in which you have to turn all demons into knights before time is up. [IMG]htt…
... code in the game (apart from the game itself):
from BASIC
-1 character set, created ... the game.
The BASIC code was compiled using Hisoft ... its time to use ZX-BASIC for the "Rainbow" edition ... -
Screens and BasicA question about the ZX screens. I am using software to convert my own art and drawings to the ZX Spectrum. I have some tools to change .jpg files in…
... 32765 to change the RAMpage from BASIC, as the ROM will load ... by the ROM (eg. for BASIC, RAMdisk or +3DOS). -
Why do games work using USR0?I'm trying to get Terramex to work from disk. In the [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34332]thread about +2A/+3 incompatib…
... custom loader and it loads from BASIC, but I still don't ... -
Beta testing FuseHello everyone, We are preparing Fuse for a new release soon and would appreciate help in testing that all the new features and all the old features …
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Adventure Game PicturesHey everyone, I'm trying to find out how to get pictures to appear during a text adventure game, similar to The Lord of the Rings tape. I'm not sure…
Check this: [url]http://www.mojontwins.com/mojoniaplus/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=891[/url]
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Problem with DIY Kempston Joystick InterfaceHello, Decided to try out Yarek's Kempston joystick interface: [img]http://8bit.yarek.pl/hardware/zx.joystick/kjschem.gif[/img] Having a few issues.…
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The basic design has been copied from existing Kempston compatable ... 's one thing I added (from datasheet of both ICs) I ... />
You can test this from BASIC by using:
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16 colours on a Timex Sinclair 2068I'm putting a few videos up on YouTube, the first one shows the colours on the TS2068. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tJ1qIMcTUE[/url] Brigh…
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Spec +3e CF Card interface working Great but a different problem popped upHey, just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped me get my Spectrum +3e and CF card working. I've been playing on it all last night and this a…
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Spec +3e CF Card interface working Great but a different problem popped upHey, just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped me get my Spectrum +3e and CF card working. I've been playing on it all last night and this a…
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New games no one's mentioned yet...Just discovered a few new games in the "What's new?" section that haven't been announced on the forums yet... 1. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.or…
... routines that can be called from basic, its great :)
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Hacking a game MAJIKAZOHello, I am trying to put a recent game called MAJIKAZO on disk. However, the loader is written for tape only, so I have to find a way how to rewrit…
... them straight to the screen from basic.
The last block ... tape will load and run from basic.
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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…
... . It wasn't however useable from basic so nowhere near as useful ... -
Flashing systems on DIVIDE interfacesSome peoples can't reflash eeprom chip in Divide interface (original Divide, Divide 2k11, Divide 57d2/57d3). EEPROM chip AT28C64B contain feature fo…
... must contain new GAL chips from RWAP. Here is way for ... DIVIDE PLUS and flash system. Basic contain text with help (show ... card all files and directories from this archive:
[url] ... flasher and select your system from basic menu before flashing.[/QUOTE]
Microsoft "U Turn"! Good for them.[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22980973[/url] Microsoft now getting criticised for a "U Turn"? Surely, they have listened to their poten…
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you have to switch the account from machine to machine, and ...Microsoft "U Turn"! Good for them.[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22980973[/url] Microsoft now getting criticised for a "U Turn"? Surely, they have listened to their poten…
... ;707088]you have to switch the account from machine to machine, and ...48k Rubber Key Spectrum ProblemI'm testing my mate's spectrum that hasn't been used since the late 80's. Unfortunately, it seems to keep randomly resetting itself (like pressing th…
... theory - I used 4164 chips from a long dead +2 Spectrum ... , even though any subsequent tests from basic didn't throw up any ...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…
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65061 by default). From BASIC, it can be done as ...
