World of Spectrum
  • Categories
  • Discussions
  • FAQ
  • Sign In
Home › Search
Title Search
@title beer Word 'beer' in title
User Search
  • @user admin Only posts by Admin
Text Search
  • @body beer Word 'beer' in the text
Phrase Search
"Hello World" Exact phrase match
Exclude Terms
  • car -red Search cars that are not red
"Or" Searches
  • honda | bmw 'honda' or 'bmw' results
Multi-Field
@(title,body) hello Both contain 'hello'
WildCard
  • hond* civ* Match all with an astrix
Combination
  • @title bmw @user admin
See more supported syntax examples
Search Again :: Adv Search 1000 results in 0.026s
<1…11121314151617…34>
  • Beginner InfoI have trying to find some hardware information for use with assembly coding but havn't had much luck. For instance. How do I redirect the vertical …

    ... a surprisingly time consuming process, which is why the loop is unrolled ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2006 Development
  • Assistance with IM2 routineI subsequently got a working IM2 routine.

    [code]
    loop: dec bc
    ld a, ... /> or c
    jp nz, loop
    [/code]
    Note that ... takes the same amount of time whether you jump or not ...
    icabod icabod March 2006 Development
  • Determining 50hz/60hz in softwareHow can you determine in software if you are running at 50hz or 60hz?

    ... it. Result will depend on time between 2 V-Blanks (interrupts ... ). Longer time - 50 Hz, shorter - 60 Hz ... something longer code
    DJNZ LOOP
    INC IX

    piters piters March 2006 Development
  • Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.

    ... BASIC, i.e., the main loop and stuff. Using some machine ... , two games with a main loop written in pure BASIC which ... my fave games of all time, specially the former. Don't ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2006 Games
  • Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.

    ... , i.e., the main loop and stuff. Using some machine ... two games with a main loop written in pure BASIC which ... my fave games of all time, specially the former. Don ... other way around. The main loop of the game - i. ... s pace if the main loop was actually written in ...
    Matt_B Matt_B March 2006 Games
  • Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.

    ... />
    i spend lot of time playing MINED OUT and DICTATOR ... basic except main in-game loop
    Fikee Fikee March 2006 Games
  • +3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…

    ... ?

    Thanks for your time, 'bod.

    Quote mode ... and has a BASIC control loop. Deals with all +3DOS legal ...
    DEATH DEATH April 2006 Development
  • finding largest value (z80 assembly)suppose we have to write z80 program which requires to find the biggest value in a block of memory starts from the address 101h until address stored …

    ... ) ; a-(hl)

    djnz loop ; decrement b until b=0 ... lda,(hl) happens the first time the loop is entered:

    cp (hl)
    djnz loop

    ld ($200),a ... another problem -- on entering the loop the carry flag will be ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • 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…

    ... any emulator runs in a loop.

    To start off ... to 0.

    Then loop round, executing the opcode at ... frame time from the T-State counter. Then run the loop again ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... any emulator runs in a loop.

    To start off ... to 0.

    Then loop round, executing the opcode at ... frame time from the T-State counter. Then run the loop again ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler April 2006 Emulators
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ...
    while (1) { // main loop

    sp1_UpdateNow(); // draw screen ... finally, the main loop. The main loop begins by drawing the ... like a waste of time that the engine has ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Game: the GEM machineHi all, I'm moving this game discussion from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread to here, so we can concentrate on just the game. Any comments/suggestio…

    ... going to use up CPU time. oops! :lol: i thought you ... , or just have a short loop per 50hz cycle dedicated to ...
    Lee_dC Lee_dC May 2006 Development
  • 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,…

    ... , and by far the most time in a loader is spent ... a RET (or whatever the loop requires to exit). Don't ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2006 Emulators
  • When do you optimise?I was just wondering when people here optimise their code. Do they wait till it is all done or do they code a routine and then optimise that?

    ... take a long time to execute within my main loop.
    There ...
    Kiwi Kiwi May 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... the same modification but this time for XOR sprites. XOR sprites ... screen all at once. This time the id/type association table ... /> In main(), the create sprite loop has been modified to make ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • 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,…

    ... then move onto the generic loop-shortcut routine. If not, check ... to check. That can take time, but once one has been ... to optimise and tweak the loop-shortcut, and we got 8 ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2006 Emulators
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... is purely the draw time - the overhead incurred ... ]
    while (1) { // main loop

    sp1_UpdateNow(); // draw screen ... function we specified each time with two parameters: the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... masked sprites, but this time done using pre-shifted graphics ... may be kept for another time. The idea: the ... one character at a time; one from the subject ... this is the *draw* time only -- there is also ... [/code]

    In this loop we generate the 7 pre ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... could validate characters at any time. The change is due to ... because I have a hard time explaining it here.

    loop we add the interactive portion ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... is automatically reset in a loop, so that its expiry indicates ... can be used to measure time in the game, either the ... hours, minutes and seconds, or time to keep the game flowing ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... these things through the next time.

    The second ... the sprites in the main loop, sp1_MoveSprRel() was called with ... to 0 once each time through the main loop.

    The ... be pressed at the same time. The in_KeyPressed() function will test ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... location of each column; this time there are only labels for ... />
    And finally the main loop is entered:

    [code ... ]
    // main loop

    while (1) {
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • PS3 - Wintel killer?What do most households use computers for? Here's what I think are the core uses: Games Word processor Spreadsheet Web browsing Email Instant messag…

    ... and Intel out of the loop. It has Sony's backing ... dangerous for Microsoft the next time they want to force through ...
    NickH NickH June 2006 Chit chat
  • Z80 vs. 8080.[QUOTE=obo]... because 8080 is pretty much just a cut down Z80.[/QUOTE] Really? So what's been cut, and why? Hang on, didn't the 808 evolve from the…

    ... loop relied on the number of cycles instructions took to measure time ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2006 Hardware
  • Z80 vs. 8080.[QUOTE=obo]... because 8080 is pretty much just a cut down Z80.[/QUOTE] Really? So what's been cut, and why? Hang on, didn't the 808 evolve from the…

    ... loop relied on the number of cycles instructions took to measure time ...
    obo obo June 2006 Hardware
  • compilerI am currently developing a sudoku game for the old faithful speccy. My idea is to write the code in basic and then compile it to m/c because i suck …

    ... , FOR is slower then IF loop, + - are much quicker than * and ... say that multiplication takes same time as 16x addition (roughly, don ...
    Fikee Fikee June 2006 Development
  • Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…

    ... :) I have spent too much time on this already... ;-)

    ld bc,$300
    loop ld a,(hl)
    rra ... /> or c
    jp nz,loop
    pop de
    dec ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat July 2006 Games
  • Bloody Netstop cybercafMy only internet access is through cybercaf?s, and one I seldom use is filmnight.com's Netstop -- partly because they charge a ridiculous ?2 an hour,…

    ... have about ?5-worth of time on my account with them ... use another one for the time being at least; and the ... music DVD on an endless loop! :o I usually like Bob ...
    robert@fm robert@fm July 2006 Chit chat
  • Oh no! Not again! (Serious PC probs)I was upadting my graphic drivers (NVIDIA MX440 GeForce 4) and my sound drivers (Realtek AC'97 for VIA (R) audio controller), but when installing the…

    ... into constant BSOD and infinity-loop errors.
    I knew I ... buy a new soundcard (this time with a MIDI port :) )
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 July 2006 Chit chat
<1…11121314151617…34>

Latest Posts

  • I am currently watching.....
    Paradigm Shifter on 12:49AM
  • New video about S-video modification on Issue two 48K Spectrum.
    Renegade on April 21
  • Fixed Speccy Software. And which games remained unfixed?
    John Elliott on April 21
  • Happy 40th Birthday to the Amstrad CPC464!
    rich_chandler on April 21
  • Another Birthday! The Game Boy Is 35!
    mel the bell on April 21
  • European Software Titles with an English version
    harriusherbartio on April 21
  • Elusive Strategy Games done by the Smaller or less Prolific Software Houses.
    harriusherbartio on April 21
  • 1992 Spectrum Software
    harriusherbartio on April 21
  • +3 Disk drive motor
    AndyC on April 21
  • Celebrity deaths...
    mel the bell on April 20

HitBox

Word Docs Hits
time 105K 136K
loop 4.8K 8.5K

Related Threads

  • Zelda: Voyager of Time (fan made mode for Ocarina of Time)The eagerly awaited modded version of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Voyager of Time, has been released. I haven't played it (I still haven't played OoT, ho…
  • Problem using with keys at same timeHi !<br /> <br /> I'm having some problems in my laptop, Compaq Armada E500 PIII 600Mhz, with Windows 98, using three keys at same time.<br /> <br />…
  • Problem using with keys at same timeHi !<br /> <br /> I'm having some problems in my laptop, Compaq Armada E500 PIII 600Mhz, with Windows 98, using three keys at same time.<br /> <br />…
  • Which game was more wasting time ?Actually, a lot of games were wasting time but I remember some that I played a lot without never see the end ...; for exemple:<br /> <br /> 1. Underw…
  • A Spectrum, a couple of felt tip pens and a lot of free time on Sunday afternoons...In my opinion the best part of having a Spectrum was drawing a game map of the latest Ultimate game in the back page of my geography text book thereb…
  • Horizons and Thro' The Wall- the greatest game of all time.I just got that Horizons tape in a charity shop, I'd never seen it before, and loaded the programs up. What a barrel of laughs that must have been on…
  • Help, Space-Time Productions's CNCS32.dll isn't working in w2000Hi, I know this is not a support forum, but as you were talking about remakes I decided to give it a try.<br /> <br /> However... (gosh! this looks l…
  • Strategy game "Time Lords"Does anyone know of an old strategy game by Julian Gollop, called "Time Lords". I can't find anything in the archives.
  • ahem!.. could I have a minute of everyones time please :)ok... here's the thing.<br /> <br /> I'm looking into sourcing some spare IC's for the whole range of Spectrums - mainly memory, as that's probably t…
  • i'm a first time user - PLEASE HELP!!!i just want to play elite, ranarama and some of my other old faves. i've downloaded zx32 and spin emulators, as well as a few games but i can't get t…

Related Searches

  • longest playing time
  • time
  • time def
  • where time stood still mac
  • play drum loop
  • play 128 drum loop
  • 128 bank time
  • nested loop
  • time wreck
  • time wreck maroc
  • fill screen line at a time
  • where time stood still
  • where time stood still amiga
  • land beyond time
  • time gate
  • time gate graphics
  • time gate graphics patch
  • screen buffer time
  • screen buffer compare time
  • stuck in a time loop

Copyright © 2024 World of Spectrum