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Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
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Cycle exact emulation?I was just reading the thread about +3 emulation having different results on different emulators, and it made me wonder if any Spectrum emulators hav…
[QUOTE=gasman;662372]As Einar says, this is caused by ... scroll text itself, at the time of coding the demo these ... -
Multiplayer Elite is finally happeningDavid Braben just announced that he's started a kickstarter funding project to finally make a multiplayer version of Elite. How f*cking awesome is th…
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[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;664357]I can certainly ... he spends most of the time just explaining ideas, he was ... -
Another cause for DivIDE problems on 48K'sThe last months some topics were opened to discuss problems with 48K ZX Spectrums and DivIDE. Sofar we found: - Bad Z80's because of poor fanout (si…
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Another cause for DivIDE problems on 48K'sThe last months some topics were opened to discuss problems with 48K ZX Spectrums and DivIDE. Sofar we found: - Bad Z80's because of poor fanout (si…
... .com/circuit/c27qgp/romcs-handler-comparison/][img]https://www.circuitlab.com ... see if you run a time simulation and choose to see ... -
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 …
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;672216]In the meantime, I will take some time to ... you use Ticks for compare time with other packers.
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 …
... FORMAT command for instance. In comparison I had no problems doing ... to the preferences panel every time again. Especially when trying games ...Ticks, the first command line Z80 emulatorThe project page is in Spanish: [url]http://retrolandia.net/foro/showthread.php?tid=43[/url] So I will expain a little. Ticks is an emulator that …
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;673189]According to the ... 10 frames. Thus the total time was (62977+11)-35050+10 ... you see is the total time spent in z80 code, not ...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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I just spent some time on statistic analysis of [URL ... the percentage of zeroes in comparison to total (only considering zeroes ... the percentage of zeroes in comparison to total (only considering zeroes ...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 …
... zeroes in len prefix in comparison to total, calculated as "(oldzeroes ... be even worse. Also this time I didn't consider packing ...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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For comparison, I also invented 2 new ... " since I didn't have time to choose a better name ...Brian Cox? Brilliant, Smug, A Fake? ...So what do you reccon. I was watching Stargazing live last night and could not help think it was like Spring Watch but for those interested in the s…
... can see that making a comparison to Richard Dawkins has seemed ... 'd be stupid to waste time and then called anyone who ...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 …
Einar, the command line 'manager' you ... for achieving a shorter loading time (especially when combined with a ...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 …
Einar, Alessandro, I think that there is a waste of load time loading ...RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;675676]perhaps people will ... ! I would have a hard time understanding that listing myself...
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RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
... using RCS instead (even in comparison to "gzip"). The reason is ... /> [QUOTE=joefish;675459]But as Einar suggests, the result is a ...RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;676627]It's a ... of 0.0006% in execution time. I doubt anyone will notice ...RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
... /> ; RCS on-screen decoder by Einar Saukas (67 bytes)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------< ... the same number twice (first time to decompress screen as RCS ... and second time to decode RCS, except ...RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;676794]Also notice your ... faster than I have the time to implement them. Any volunteers ...RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
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I' ... faster than I have the time to implement them. Any volunteers ...RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
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I spent more time thinking about it, and figured ... data structure and program execution time will grow out of control ... up to N bits (in comparison to storing the entire offset ...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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Every time that it's executed 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 …
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;678592]Since this is ... thread, it's a good time to provide a summary of ...Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
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1) In comparison with the player sprite it ... for backdrops too for the time being. I've never used ...Video output questions...Two questions... [QUOTE]1. The yellow and blue colours seem out of phase on the display. Is this normal for an RF connection to the TV/monitor?[/QUO…
... a pre-determined amount of time. These days you would do ... the right amount of time.
In comparison, the speccy just ...RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;680287]It's interesting ... ]
Here's a comparison of both algorithms, based on ... [/IMG]
The same comparison again, now based on screen ...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 …
Thank you again Einar :) However I prefer to leave ... block, therefore saving tape loading time and - even more important - space ... piece of code at a time instead.The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... I've never done a comparison, but I bet the peripheral ... I guess PALs of the time were generally unlikely to be ...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 …
... Grussu;681722]Thank you again Einar :) However I prefer to leave ... block, therefore saving tape loading time and - even more important - space ... piece of code at a time instead.[/QUOTE]
Actually ...Definitive and irrefutable Games of the Year since 1982Well, after playing the games recommended, reading the scores in the archive, sticking a licked finger in the air..... I can confirm the following is…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;682690]Stunt Car Racer ... mags for a very long time indeed. I expected something really ...
