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Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... /> EXX
LD HL,SCREEN+2048+16 ; Destination
LD (hl3a ... /> EXX
LD HL,BACKBUFFER+2048
LD (hl4a+1),HL ... -
Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... /> EXX
LD HL,SCREEN+2048+16 ; Destination
LD (hl3a ... /> EXX
LD HL,BACKBUFFER+2048
LD (hl4a+1),HL ... -
The ZX80 lives againI have often wondered if there was ever *any* commercially released software for the ZX80. I have never seen any, or even seen any info about it. Bu…
... six issues of the USA Timex/Sinclair magazine Synch, which includes ... -
SWAP SHOP - XBOX FOR SPECCYeh? [ This Message was edited by: ZX Beccy on 2004-09-08 18:09 ]
I've got 2 russian speccy clones, a ql, a mint boxed us timex/sinclair ts1000 setup plus a load of other speccy stuff i'd swap if you're interested. -
ZX-PC InterfaceRight - i'm 34 and I cant take the pain of waiting for tapes to load any more - somethings gotta give ( either the tape deck or me ). I've seen a 'Z…
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Both. I mean - with Timex, the system run using PC ... -
Fast division in machine codeHi Does anyone know what is the fastest way to divide a 16 bit number by 24 in machine code. Derek [ This Message was edited by: dmsmith on 2004-0…
... + 1/128 + 1/512 + 1/2048...)
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Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…
... better on the U.S. Timex Sinclairs because they are 60MHz ... -
8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... one with a bullet including Timex of Portugal stuff, then the ... -
Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…
... crawl around a 1-2 fps in a freescape game of ... -
making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…
... ) on top of 50/60 fps scrolling and premilinary triple playfield ... -
Shoot-em-up gameHi everyone, For just over a month I have been working on a shoot-em-up game along the lines of Sidewize / Zynaps, ie. right to left scroller. It is…
... down to 25 or 17 fps.
Looking at some ... -
Doom 3 - hell's bells!Two days back I picked up a copy of Doom 3 and even before I'd started the game I had this strange creepy feeling... Two nights of playing later... …
I recently got into PC fps, since this has always been ... is a seriously lack of FPS on consoles, or if I ... -
Doom 3 - hell's bells!Two days back I picked up a copy of Doom 3 and even before I'd started the game I had this strange creepy feeling... Two nights of playing later... …
... I think ( having played other FPS before ) that the difference is ... -
Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…
... , can I put together the FPS of my dreams? No. Because ... -
More colours (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
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On 2004-10-18 03:11, CKay wrote:
Any more info about what the 3 modes would/could be?
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Exactly the same as the modes available on the Timex machines since 1983. -
More colours (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
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On 2004-10-18 10:04, Philip Kendall wrote:
Exactly the same as the modes available on the Timex machines since 1983.
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In other words it's just Timex video mode emulation? -
More colours (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
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On 2004-10-18 16:14, Arjun wrote:
In other words it's just Timex video mode emulation?
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It's not emulation: it's the real thing. The Spectrum SE is modified Timex hardware after all. -
More colours (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
Well that`d be cool, the high res one would be 512*192 right?
Would make decent applications more feasible, I`ll have to have a look at some Timex stuff... -
More colours (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
... `ve got access to the Timex (of which I know little ... -
jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c (oh, even more horrors!!!!!!!!)what about jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c ? is anyone doing that? i think it's a really bad idea, but it's sure is a funny one! oh yes, i do know a littl…
... it'd be more like 2048 array elements per guardian. Given ... -
More colours (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
... be nice to have a Timex, as I think they look ... -
new sinclair spectrumarmstrad should bring back sinclair research. does anyone agree? retrogamer* is great (i learnt alot from that magazine).
... , it`s funny how a Timex is given so much `Sinclair ... ` compatibility and then the actual Timex machine of which it `was ... -
If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
... extra video modes of the Timex models, I have felt ... early Spectrums). But the Timex modes already existed, so ... the Spectrum ULA with a Timex one (or just the ... PAL Timex version)? Or perhaps it ... possible to modify the Timex models to include the ... -
If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
... true, you can have a Timex, and have uit turned into ... percent compatible spectrun 128, with Timex emulated.
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If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
... Spectrum 128, but with the Timex modes bolted on. From machine ... code (on the existing Timex at least), an OUT command ... -
If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
... true, you can have a Timex, and have uit turned into ... percent compatible spectrun 128, with Timex emulated.
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Timex ULA, with the difference that ... -
NTSC Spectrums?Being in the U.S., I missed the whole ZX Spectrum thing in Europe in the 80's. I've never seen an actual ZX Spectrum. I know that in the states the…
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NTSC Spectrums?Being in the U.S., I missed the whole ZX Spectrum thing in Europe in the 80's. I've never seen an actual ZX Spectrum. I know that in the states the…
... /English box is printed by Timex Markham, Ontario. The machine is ... -
NTSC Spectrums?Being in the U.S., I missed the whole ZX Spectrum thing in Europe in the 80's. I've never seen an actual ZX Spectrum. I know that in the states the…
Im not talking about the Timex machines, Im sure there was ... in the US before the Timex machines, but Im having trouble ...
