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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…
... routine I reuse mostly unmodified, is a conversion from numeric to text ... . All other, including text print and sprite output ... -
z80 assembly helpEver since I was a child I wanted to program my zx81 then my zx spectrum + 2. However, it was such a mystical beast and I only ever used BASIC not kn…
... they were used to print all the text in Balachor's Revenge ... and call a routine to get the text on screen is ... that bothered what the ROM routine does. (Hears sharp ... 't use the ROM print routine for sprites as it' ... Davey Sludge use ROM print routines for his Willy ... -
40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
Here is my 64 column print routine.
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text using the fonts. ... screen address for the text
and a ... -
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…
... of font, used in various text viewers and diskmags
< ... intended to showcase a fancy print routine, it makes perfect sense to ... />
However for a generic print routine intended to be used in ... to use a custom font+routine if it was noticeably larger ... -
How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
... , I guess many games print out their text in the same manner ... a game have its own text output routine? Starquake is nippy, so ... most games' needs. Simple standalone print routines start at some 15 ... -
Proportional-width fontsFor reasons that are still not quite clear to me (because I’ve always loved typography and design,) I never bothered to write a proportional-font rou…
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I did a prop-print routine a while back as a ... my 55 byte proportional scroller routine, using the same font for ... to store that line, just print a line down.
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Proportional-width fontsFor reasons that are still not quite clear to me (because I’ve always loved typography and design,) I never bothered to write a proportional-font rou…
... biggest slowdown of the routine is the actual shifting ... /> I did a prop-print routine a while back as a ... 55 byte proportional scroller routine, using the same ... ! If your say your routine is super small, it ... the stack for reading text strings, which speeds ... -
Proportional-width fontsFor reasons that are still not quite clear to me (because I’ve always loved typography and design,) I never bothered to write a proportional-font rou…
... Not sure I follow. My routine determines if it can fit ... do it in the fzx print routine but that does have to ... , text justification, pixel width measurements of strings or buffers, print styles ... so you can enter text, scrollable text areas and embedded control ... -
Spectranet now supports UTF-8!Or at least, a subset of it - all of the 0xC3 characters, and a few 0xC2 characters (?, ?, ? and ?) in its putchar42 routine (the 6x8 character cell …
... ?) in its putchar42 routine (the 6x8 character cell print routine). Here's a ... -
ZX Basic 1.2.5 - a BASIC CompilerWell, my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe this phorum purges old threads?), so I started a new one. After more than 6 month, I've fin…
... the least, a 42 column PRINT routine (ripped from somewere, and contributed ... -
Sneak Peak...Hi Folks, A sneak peak of the application I have been writing over the last few months (with a lot of help from this group, BASin and recently ZXDS)…
... BASIC apart from the Proportional Print routine. The list selection screens use ... -
Model Railway Timetable Version 1.4.12.0313...Hi Folks, Since November 2010 I have been working on my [B]Model Railway Timetable [/B]software. Thanks to the considerable help and patience of yo…
... of WOS:
* Proportional print routine (Tony Samuels)
* Memory move ... routine (Battle Bunny)
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Hidden message in Down To EarthJust found this in the Down To Earth code. I like reading these old messages left behind by programmers. [code]WELCOME TO ORIFICE Credits Darren B…
Down to Earth missing authorsAs per the hidden message found by FrankT: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42298[/url] "Print routine, Opus & Zeus: Ral…
As per the hidden message found by FrankT:
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42298[/url]
"Print routine, Opus & Zeus: Ralph Emery
Screen: Darren Steward"SpecBAS 0.780 releasedHi all - Back again with a new SpecBAS release! It's all been about arrays this time around, and to add to those lovely associative arrays from las…
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PRINT SCALE 2,2;"Hello!"
Will draw text in ... />
SCALE to PRINT and TEXT. PRINT SCALE 2,2;"Hi!" will ... display 2x text size. ... choose
Factorial operator - PRINT 3! displays 6. High priority ...MC LPRINT 23681Having problems with this routine to print large on the screen using LPRINT, it works ok in BASIC, but cant seem to get it to loop for some reason in…
Having problems with this routine to print large on the screen using ... /> push bc
call print ;call print routine
pop bc
pop ... loop
ret
print ld a,3 ;channel 3 ... bc,16
call 8252 ;print
ret
dat defb ...that "listing variables during runtime" thingWell, I did eventually finish this, but with my meds playing up I don't have much time each day that I can spend at the computer, so it's taken rathe…
... Part the 4th - the streamlined print routine assembler listing:
[url ... PRINTA0:;print character A at DE
* If the routine is ... the 5th - the relocation routine assembler listing:
[url ... addresses within the target routine, which would otherwise ...Double Buffer UtilityHi Folks, I've been experimenting with double buffering on a 48k Speccy for a small project I'm working on. After reading lots of good advice here…
... /> def doPrint(self,text):
self.printBehaviour.doPrint(text)
def ... ScreenPrintBehaviour:
def doPrint(self,text):
print(text)
#Class ...Fuse 1.3.0 releasedA new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project: [url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-e…
... Fuse dialog with less cluttered text
[*] Print a summary of enabled ...Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
... /> Firts : try typing the simple PRINT ROUTINE as stated above.Memory usageBrowsing the online documentation for the Spectrum I came across a peculiar discrepency. As we all know the start of the RAM is at 16384 which is whe…
... this area for the BIG PRINT routine.
The most obvious ... about in memory when you print.
I've resurrected ...Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
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So therefore change the PRINT AT command to use pixels ... rather than character squares - PRINT AT 65, 89; "Hello World ... ROM to fit in a PRINT routine that worked by pixels rather ...Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
... ROM, so a pixel-based PRINT routine could probably have been fitted ...Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
... px and py) to the routine from BASIC?[/quote]
print routines and uses the A ... convention. Essentially because the routine uses the PRINT routine in the ROM it ...Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
... uses run-times. So one PRINT command would take 100s of ... bytes, but two PRINT commands would take 100s of ... the day it compiles a PRINT statement to a (possible) load ... calculations and then CALLs the PRINT routine.
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On ...Jinxter/The Pawn/Guild of TheivesI'm not sure it's been entirely heatlthy but these magnetic scrolls games had a massive affect on me as a kid. Does anybody know what 'font' they us…
... using its own proportional printing routine and character set. It's ... 'd have to disassemble the print routine to find out where the ...Timex 80 column display driverI subsequently wrote an 80 column font driver for 512x192 mode.
... ) ; ix = address of char print routine
ld hl,(nextdfile) ; ... next time use col1 to print
ld (nextstate),hl< ... next time use col2 to print
ld (nextstate),hl< ... next time use col0 to print
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... bit like the classic 10 PRINT routine but more hassle to type ...
