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WAV to TAPI'm having huge troubles trying to convert a program from a real tape to TAP virtual tape. I have tried several utilities and nothing works. I have p…
... standard TAP with BASIC and machine CODE blocks just mess up ...
I have succesfully loaded the program (real tape) from audio ... succesfully captured in FUSE - the saving noise into clean WAV ... from Windows mixer) - from the TF Copy program - entered SAVE ... -
TrackSuit Manager Updated?Hello everybody.:p I'm new in this forum, and i would like to know if anyone has information concerning the existance of a TrackSuit Manager update?:…
... anyone has information concerning the existance of a TrackSuit ... program that could crack the machine code into a list of ... the chance to edit it myself (i don't know programming code ... .TAP file, crack the code, view the information, start editing and ... -
ZX80 Pause Routine?I read this in the first issue of Sinclair User... "Ken MacDonald's [I]Amazing Active Display[/I], a machine code pause routine, showed that there w…
... read this in the first issue of ... machine code pause routine, showed that there was more to the ... ZX-80 than met the eye."
... br /> I guess this was the software solution that people used ... display flicker-free games on the ZX80.
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Free web-hosting recommendation?I'd like to publish a basic html formatted version of my machine-code tutorial to the web (the unformatted version is at [URL]http://www.worldofspect…
... formatted version of my machine-code tutorial to the web (the unformatted version is ... -
Framerate of arcade gamesThe Golden Age of video games coincided with the birth of 8-bit home computing; this is why every computer of that era has a slew of really bad Pacma…
... be usable. The ghosts actually follow the path of the maze, and ... observing an arcade machine in action, but the ROM code has now been ... used for the score line, and the bottom two show the level ... use the AY-8190 chip, and leave it silent on the 48K machine. -
ftp.worldofspectrum.org problemHey up everyone, Just trying to upload "machine code for beginners in english" to the ftp address mentioned above and have tried numerous approaches…
... to upload "machine code for beginners in english" to the ftp address mentioned ... no joy with it, is the ftp server down or am ... ftp client and also through the browser but it will just ... -
book review title switchThe reviews for Spectrum Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner and The Complete Spectrum ROM Disassembly on ZX Computing Dec'84 pages 108/109 ha…
The reviews for Spectrum Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner and The Complete Spectrum ROM Disassembly ... /109 have the titles printed the wrong way around, so the review for ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the ... choice?
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Gamebase and Spectaculator 7I use Gamebase as a frontend for Spectaculator, using my own database of a couple of hundred Speccy games. On the whole it works pretty well, but I'v…
... as I can just change the Spectrum model needed once ... Spectaculator has loaded and use the 'recently opened files' option ... .
I get the impression it's something to ... complete programming numpty, could someone just let me know the lines of code ... -
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 ;-)…
... .5K is available to the programmer. Typically, program code is efficient, and ... to an advantage. The "brains" of the machine, known as the processor or CPU ... block - or "engine" - and the program code for this is written in ... -
About wireframe 3d animationAre there any demos or games that have very long 3d animation sequences? Some games have short, repeating animations and I only know of a demo (somet…
... too large or complex and the drawing routine was faster than ... correct?
While on the subject of wireframe 3d, is ... can help create the animation sequence, pre-render the data and export ... be played using a separate machine code routine? I'm thinking of ... -
Wrong-endian data table?I'm drawing up the memory map for something I'm writing. I'll be using machine code on a byte array of 256 elements, each element consisting of 64 by…
... I'll be using machine code on a byte array ... the element number in the LSB and the byte offset in the MSB ... would be working against the memory read cache. Not ... , no matter how I structure the source array.
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What Z80 development tools do you use? What books?Hi. I've been meaning to do it for over 25 years, but.. better late than never :) I'm starting to learn machine code and am trying to get a developme…
... :) I'm starting to learn machine code and am trying to get ... on it..
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ld a,2 ... cool'
eostr equ $
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(nicked from ... ' use for Spectrum machine code development? What's the best way? And ... -
Randomize usrHi, I've often wondered why/how they came up with RANDOMIZE USR <memory address> to invoke machine code couldn't they have used a better keyword (e…
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RANDOMIZE USR to invoke machine code
couldn't they ... somewhere that USR is the keyword that executes the machine code
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Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…
... told to search the forums and the entire archive of ... . The BASIC part of it would include a small machine code routine ... would go through the listing, make space for the modifications using LDIR ... do all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using ... -
Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC?
+3 Basic or 48k basic.
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Sinclairean A3[B]Sinclairean[/B], a new ZX Spectrum emulator written in machine code for x86-compatible, OpenGL-capable computers. Features: [LIST] [*]Fast machin…
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[*]Fast machine code performance
[*]Accurate CRT display ...
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The emulator is still in [U ... may vary. Take into account the following issues:
[ ... execute it. Without arguments, the application tries to load " ... -
Super Hang On (Speedlock deprotector program needed)Hello all, I been looking into finding a way of decrypting the speedlock on Super Hang On. I want to create a deprotected tap version of the game, w…
... finding a way of decrypting the speedlock on Super Hang On ... />
I realise the game is denied in the WOS archives, but ... Unfortunately I know nothing of machine code programming, so ideally is their ... (it asks you to insert the original SP7 disk) which kinda ... -
Easy way to print text in machine code?Please? It sounds so simple, but I've never done it. At the moment I'm grabbing the start address for each letter then printing them out one at a t…
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At the moment I'm grabbing the start address for ... out one at a time. The end result is quick to ... I just grab all the Ascii codes for the letters that spell ... -
New member here. And a spider! :)Hello everyone. My name is Sekrets. I'm quite a lonely individual, searching for a digital home where I might find fellow speccy enthusiasts to adopt…
... computers cub scout badge!
Machine code had always seemed way beyond ... LD and manipulating bytes, addressing the screen ram, making comparisons, loops ... u move a spider around the screen! but once my ... wants to critisize my code, show me the error of my ways ... -
Do you need to use a Pc for Development?Hi all im new here, I used to have a spectrum as a kid and was thinking of getting a 48k again to mess about with. I was thinking it might be fun t…
... be fun to learn some machine code and was wondering if you ... an assembler from tape and code that way or do ... ?
If you can code from loading a tape how ... /> And if you develop on the pc how do you get ... use an emulator to test the program but I though it ... -
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Not in the absolute greatest A1 condition, but it's all there, and it's still the best! -
Phaser1 - new 1-bit music editor for 48KYes, another one 1-bit tracker from me. This time I've finally managed to make out my ideas about beeper engines into working code, so it is not base…
... about beeper engines into working code, so it is not ... ). Second is square tone. The drums are either syntesized (falling ... use the music in games. It has player with source code. You ... songs. The player could be called either from Basic or machine code. Player ... -
Networking using EAR and MICI know this is an old topic and was mentioned before in books or magazines, but I need some advice. I'm considering the possibility of creating a Bat…
... the possibility of creating a Battleship game in Basic with some machine code ... short leading noise. Is this the easiest approach?
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RIP Frodo the Rendering Beast, 2006-2010Please, no flowers :) Frodo died a couple of days ago whilst rendering a very-close-to-finished version of the 1990 chapter intro animation. Rather …
... close-to-finished version of the 1990 chapter intro animation. ... can be transplantable to the new machine that's going to ... 1989 documentary chapters, together with the recent Christmas Special, as ... and then swiftly forgotten when the new machine is in place. -
Changing the look of the 48K editor cursor?I've read many books and mags since 1987 but never saw it done, and a wos forum search revealed nothing. If I wanted to customize the cursor and, let…
... . If I wanted to customize the cursor and, let's say ... off flash or replace all the L's, C's, K ... of a few POKEs in the right places? Many emulators allow ... don't point me to the complete Spectrum ROM disassembly.[/SIZE]
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 …
... but AFAIK this is machine code only.
The goal of this ... question to update the [I]slideshow [/I] (not video ... basic sequencer display to arrange the files.Most touching AY music on a Speccy?Speccy music composers have shown us that the the AY chip can do much more than it originally was meant for. There are many tunes that I like and adm…
... composers have shown us that the the AY chip can do much ... [/youtube]
In the following one I particularly like ... drums and synth, couldn't machine code be used to play something ... movies like "Deja Vu", "The Da Vinci Code" and "Batman Begins" use ...Jetpac to the futureHi all, just to inform people i am only a few weeks away from finishing a game i started around christmas time it runs on pc not speccy. A sort of re…
... revised story of the back to the future movies. marty ... needs for his time machine which is powered by ... spectrum games cos the time machine malfunctions if a ... game has been left in the ... I am gonna make the game downloadable when its ...It's Magazine Index Update Time Again!The SPOT+SPEX Spectrum magazine index at [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/spot-on/default.htm]SPOT*On[/url] has been updated. There ar…
... Weekly, which completed the Home Computing Weekly indexing ... issues of Games Machine, which completed the Games Machine indexing.
... Games, Computer Gamer, Games Machine, Micro Adventurer, Personal Computer ... Choice may be nearly complete, as I know of ...
