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Converting TRD-Dos into TapHello, there are still many programs appearing on TRD-Dos or SCL format and users of normal Spectrum cannot run them. Of course I know about emulator…
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* Convert the file from SCL to TRD using SCL2TRD ... on all memory from 5D00 to FFFF
* Start loading the game ... routine, which loads the data from tape instead
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Where's it all going?[Rerouted from 'Assembler Intricacies' in Development Forum] [QUOTE=Timmy;506104]I don't think we're in disagreement here. As I've said it's a niche…
... nominees for Best Spectrum game from 2010 are correct. Which ... there is a lot of loading from tape going on -- they didn' ... of compromises made. On a machine primarily limited by CPU it ... in both the code libraries and the compiler code generators themselves. ... -
Japan Tsunami AppealAs some of you will be aware, I've been tinkering with an open source version of SE Basic that could be distributed with hardware without infringing …
... you've used some code from 'skeleton.rom' from the SAM's Speccy ... solve the problem of loading from tape (since the machine timings are slightly different ... -
Japan Tsunami AppealAs some of you will be aware, I've been tinkering with an open source version of SE Basic that could be distributed with hardware without infringing …
... you've used some code from 'skeleton.rom' from the SAM's ... routines which are taken directly from SAM BASIC. On the ... solve the problem of loading from tape (since the machine timings are slightly different ... of the waits in the loading code to deal with that.< ... -
Which firms' tapes have self-destructed in the last 30 years?Just wondering.... I'm going through boxes of Spectrum games, and there are recurring themes as to which games' tapes have seized up and/or stopped …
Only recently got into loading from my old tapes.
... fine though I find loading BASIC and machine code routines more reliable than ... for saving from my speccy itself.
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Why doesn't my routine work?I have a "level" defined by 504 bytes (28 squares across x 18 squares down) I'm trying to write a routine that will take an X,Y coordinate in pixels…
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Always write the routines from scratch as:-
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Help identifiying a very old gameHello, first post here although I've lurked for a while :) Great site! This is a long shot, but I wonder if anyone can help me find a game I played…
... you think it isn?t loading properly. It is a classic ... help you protect the humanoids from the marauding alien craft. ... fun. One side of this tape is for the keyboard ( ... the first time. The compiled machine code graphics are surprisingly smooth, considering ... -
Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... of tape loading errors) which gets old quickly. Assemblers running on the machine ... must share space for the assembler code, the mnemonics ... .
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Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... tape loading errors) which gets old quickly. Assemblers running on the machine ... /> Regarding graphics, aside from the already mentioned graph paper ... for drawing and conversion from bmp (etc). We ... and Machine Code? Would Machine Code be the main code that ... -
Cheating games from FATWARE on DivIDEHere is patched versions of DivIDE system FATWARE 0.12(a)_POKE: [url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zx/divide/systems/fatware/fatware_012_(2012-01-02)_fo…
... (yellow led still light) and machine freeze
I talk about ... program is at end of tape and CODE files at begin....
from any DIVIDE system (from old FATWARE) then flash loading find ... of TAP file continue in loading from begin of TAP...
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Music cassettesWas there ever a utility on the Spectrum which when you to play an audio cassette in the player enabled the loading border stripes 'move to the music…
... having a machine code routine that could be called from BASIC and it ... just by reading the audio from the tape port. You could use ... played tape loading noise it looked exactly like the LOAD routine from the ... -
The So What's This Buzzsaw All About Then? Thread.Erm. This: [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap"]http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap[/URL] Keys…
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Okay, R-Tape has it about right.
loading a game that the border ... character-specific colour data copied from somewhere else in memory, then ... by knowing how long every machine code instruction takes and running a ... -
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…
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* System commands ... loaded from /BIN dir of system drive
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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…
... /> * Support for seamless IM2 loading/saving, from BASIC and machine code
* System commands ... loaded from /BIN dir of system drive
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New ZX Spectrum emulator for Jupiter AceProject page (sorry in Spanish) [url]http://retrolandia.net/foro/showthread.php?tid=36[/url] Try it in a Jupiter Ace emulator [url]http://jupiler.re…
... load snapshot. In a real machine are needed 2 banks of ... a delay circuit that switchs from one to another after ... a key It waits for tape loading (it's like you type ... is in lowercase:
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decoding loading barsI was idly pondering if it would be possible to decode the tape loading bars - just the header, say, for a standard loader, to determine the title o…
... for a machine where the video was recorded from.[/QUOTE]
tape loading code so great, that timing differences ... video of a BASIC header loading. And I've drawn ... ??
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Machine code RST10 problemHello! After 27 years of playing with Spectrums I'm starting to look into doing assembly language properly. All went swimmingly well until I wrote …
... - this is my first major machine code project). Sorry if it gets ... ROM tape routines to load a SCREEN$ and the main code.< ... ...SCREEN$ and LOAD...CODE, because the loading screen contains hidden in ... so that execution should continue from the end of the loader ... -
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 …
... block is the screen (from $4000 with $1b00) ... tape block, because the idea is that you can see the loading ... the most part of the loading time.
... 2 seconds to the loading time). Also I have ... LOAD"name"CODE is much simpler that in machine code, and we ... -
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 …
... that you prefer to use machine code for loading blocks. This is a ... will generate a new game from scratch, so we'll need ... one will have also the tape loading api (call $07f4, etc...).
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Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
... type and loading parameters. Isn't there a "copy names from TAP ... 3 years from I wrote this... "3e" uses the tape name when ... "screen" for the screen, "code" for the machine code block, or "loader" for ... the way Ultimate names the loading blocks for his games, for ... -
FBZX Wii for WindowsFor testing purpose I adapted FBZX Wii to compile against MINGW and to work on Windows (new SDL sound, Virtual keyboard which works with mouse instea…
... improvements also to adapted the code to work on Nintendo WII ... , precise emulation, tape browser, NTSC machine, virtual keyboard, automatic turbo tape loading, automatic game ... versions have been released starting from FBZX code. In the changelog you ... -
Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …
... machine code but I sometimes called (RAND USR) a totally random address from ... look like it was loading a program from tape.
I ... 128 mode without reseting the machine. One day did RANDOMIZE USR ... did funny things when called from BASIC but I don't ... -
Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…
... my little attempt at learning machine code on the Spectrum made me ... to load from tape, then typing in lines of code, and then ... minutes of tape loading time, and you re-type your code, this time ... not needed to be loaded from tape every time? Were there ROM ... -
Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …
... can be cleaned sufficiently well from the exterior, by scrubbing ... collect oxide / dust particles from the Spectrum?s edge when ... re-load the operating system from ?tape?.
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Problem with Pasmo Assembler/Speccy emulator?I'm at the start of trying to learn Z80 assembly for the ZX Spectrum. I'm using Speccy 1.7 as my emulator, Pasmo as my assembler, and am following t…
... typed LOAD "" which I learned from a random video I watched ... rewind and start tape in the emulator settings, after loading it simply ... the command to run the machine code, did you by any chance ... -
128k gamesHi. I've come to World of Spectrum for advice. I'm a Commodore guy OK, please be nice to me, as I seek your wisdom! I love the Commodore 128, and I'…
... graphics, but not much more code unless the CPU gets faster ... more from the machine.
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How were game loading screens composed back in the day?I've often wondered while waiting for loading screen to materialise line by line how these were actually made prior to saving them as code or screen$…
... tell you that the loading screens for Egghead and Egghead ... and the screens were saved from there, meaning the bottom 2 ... never obliterated by the "Start tape, then press any key" ... easier. This meant having a machine code loader program. Nothing special, just ... -
Game codeHi Quick questions. Would a game such as manic miner of the hobbit have been written just in basic or will it have been assembly? Also these slow …
... from tape to memory by LOAD "" SCREEN$ in Basic (which actually triggers machine code ... own machine code.
But in both cases loading will ... Your own loader working with tape may be faster, even ... take minutes to load. The tape works this way - you ... -
ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... ZX-Assembler, then optionally loading code execution maps from emulators (so it ... . Opening a snapshot or tape/disk file and make changes ... 'run program' feature. Running machine code for testing is done
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assembler for PcHi guys, I'm in the process of teaching myself machine code, and wondered if there is a good pc program for writing code. Or is the best thing to use…
[QUOTE=R-Tape;808578]Could I be ... D:\Spectrum Projects\Assembly\".
* From the menu select "Open command ... "Auto-load new files", "Fast Tape Loading"
* If all ... by your machine code routine, it will then run the machine code from the address ...
