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How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
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* Number of T-States since last check must be ... 128. The actual number of T-States needs to be recorded for ... with the same number of T-States having elapsed as before, and ... -
GP2X handheld - ZX Spectrum emu goodnessIt's probably been covered here before, but I've spent the last week going crazy over the GP2X Linux-based, dual-core handheld that can emulate somet…
... ,INIR,OTIR,OTDR) execute 8 t-states faster than they should. I ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... Z80 instructions that take 23 t-states are ones that involve ... instructions that take over 12 t-states that I'd commonly ... pointers and typically take 5 t-states. Seeing as the equivalent register ... take between 13 and 16 t-states, but again their 6502 ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... sort routines and counted the t-states in each step:
... There are an initial 28 t-states used in the Z80 ... sort loop takes 22 t-states on the Z80, and ... br /> Comparing elements takes 114 t-states on the Z80 if a ... 1 iterations takes 15 t-states if failed on the ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... the instruction times are 7 t-states instead of 19. Like I ... said before, you really don't want to use the Z80s ... assumed it was when counting t-states for the 6502 version.)
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The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... colors at bottom... I don't think so.
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What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
Pixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…
And when calculation is only called once,
then place calculationin the code, saves
1 call and 1 ret = 17 + 10 = 27 T statesULA......Woooooo and ULA 160??'ello all from down under ! they don't know the speccy well this way it seems, anyways, picked up my brand new astra yesterday, and it's got some …
The 160 is indeed significant - all emulator authors know of this magic number!
160 is the number of T-States it takes to draw 71.428571428571428571428571428571% of a scanline!
D.tips on optimizing assemblyI wrote a small routine to rotate right a whole screen character line complete with attributes. This is my third ever assembly routine, so I guess i…
... [/I][/B] as B hasn't been altered since reaching zero ... saves a byte and 3 t-states. Sounds obvious, but it's ... code loading values that aren't needed at that specific point ...tips on optimizing assemblyI wrote a small routine to rotate right a whole screen character line complete with attributes. This is my third ever assembly routine, so I guess i…
... [/I][/B] as B hasn't been altered since reaching zero ... saves a byte and 3 t-states. Sounds obvious, but it's ... code loading values that aren't needed at that specific point ...Help understanding some z80 asmI'm trying to work out how to represent the structure of a "sprite" in the SAM as "Grabbed" by SmallC. I can see the assembler implementation but I …
... 1 m-cycle and 6 t-states (and a 1 byte instruction ... is 2 m-cycles, 10 t-states and a 2 byte instruction ... +d) takes a whopping 23 T-states!Help understanding some z80 asmI'm trying to work out how to represent the structure of a "sprite" in the SAM as "Grabbed" by SmallC. I can see the assembler implementation but I …
... 1 m-cycle and 6 t-states (and a 1 byte ... 2 m-cycles, 10 t-states and a 2 byte instruction ... +d) takes a whopping 23 T-states![/QUOTE]
Yes ... um, yeah this ret doesn't need to be here, doh ... />
Sometimes you can't avoid it, though, when dealing ...The 150 pound home computerWe missing out on this still ... I think. I know the PC market has wrecked all chance for any alternatives to ever have a hope but ... what if. :lol:…
... ;170552]Buying the chip isn't enough?[/QUOTE]
You ... off by default, you can't use it. That leaves licensing ... 's way. However, it doesn't support direct support of 24 ... Z180 averages a few less T States / instruction than a Z80 but ...Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…
... intros and the like isn't too hard, as programmer doesn ... 't have to worry about doing ... /> ...[/QUOTE]
I don't think that Aquaplane used some ... always have same count of T-states.Sound / Kempston EmulationHi I'm working on a spectrum emulator and I need som help. i still have loads left with the Z80 (not fully implemented yet) but I'm trying to get a h…
... ... without keybord support it wasn't so magic, but it worked ... I´ve got are missng t states for a number of instructions ...C# emulatorHi, I wanted to branch out and get a little better with C# so I think I need something meaty to do to keep me going....so an emulator seemed a reaso…
... /> After every opcode, test the T-States counter. When it goes over ... frame's worth of T-States) from your T-State counter. This will ... another frame's worth of T-States.
"frame time" is ... just that - the number of T-States in a frame. 69888 Ts ...Features that emulators don't haveI believe most of us use more than one emulator, mainly because there isn't one emulator that has all the features we need or want to use. We also kn…
... the top of my head: T-States counting next to each opcode ...Features that emulators don't haveI believe most of us use more than one emulator, mainly because there isn't one emulator that has all the features we need or want to use. We also kn…
... /> [QUOTE=Philip Kendall;177390]Can't this just be done with ... - I suppose breaking on zero t-states would do the trick. I ...Features that emulators don't haveI believe most of us use more than one emulator, mainly because there isn't one emulator that has all the features we need or want to use. We also kn…
... glitches, etc.
[QUOTE]T-States counting next to each opcode ...Features that emulators don't haveI believe most of us use more than one emulator, mainly because there isn't one emulator that has all the features we need or want to use. We also kn…
... the top of my head: T-States counting next to each opcode ...Features that emulators don't haveI believe most of us use more than one emulator, mainly because there isn't one emulator that has all the features we need or want to use. We also kn…
... - I suppose breaking on zero t-states would do the trick. I ...Features that emulators don't haveI believe most of us use more than one emulator, mainly because there isn't one emulator that has all the features we need or want to use. We also kn…
... . I am aware this wouldn't be a 100% accurate measure ... simple optimization tests. Adding up T-states with pen and paper can ...SpeedloadersSince I read Lee Tonks' post about the speedloaded version of MM3 he did, I've been playing around with various speedload routines I found on TTFn & …
... =Dr BEEP;51282]Why shouldn't it not run in the ... way. Spent hours checking my T-State counts and eventually it ... /> Does anyone know how many T-States the ULA spends holding onto ...SpeedloadersSince I read Lee Tonks' post about the speedloaded version of MM3 he did, I've been playing around with various speedload routines I found on TTFn & …
... ]Does anyone know how many T-States the ULA spends holding onto ...Running code from the display memory?Is it possible to run machine code from the memory area used by the display file? If you were really out of memory and some part of screen is not u…
... the border (the first ~14000 t-states from an interrupt), it will ...Running code from the display memory?Is it possible to run machine code from the memory area used by the display file? If you were really out of memory and some part of screen is not u…
... the border (the first ~14000 t-states from an interrupt), it will ... />
BUT, all this desn't apply to +2A,+3, where ...Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…
If you don't have that many different characters ... will shave off a few T-states. You'll want your sprite ...Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…
... together with the amount of t-states they use, does anyone has ...
