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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... 1. The usual 6k spectrum display
2. A double ... these as Timex did: two 6k display buffers in ... />
[quote]The system software would have been more ... advantage of the old system goes away and it ... hundred clones out there. Timex machines *probably* sold ... -
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…
... =aowen]Is Mode 2 (Timex 8x1 attr) support in ... single byte for background graphic and background attributes need ... per 8 pixels (mask, graphic) and the single-byte ... colour clash. The latter system fits in with the ... still working on my Timex tile editor but it ... -
Adding AY music to your plogramI'd like to add some nice tune to my program written in machine code. I am not new to assembler programming but with music programming I have no expe…
... appears Timex was a quite powerful model of Spectrum (music, extra graphic ... ROM code involved with updating system variables is executed. So how ... -
What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... 48K's single key entry system, and I was very dissapointed ... personally hate the 48k token system having learnt computers from modern ... the hardware, of having different display modes, so you could have ... nice mode for a big graphic screen or whatever.
Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
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* File system support - writing to Microdrive ... subroutines: SPGetScrnAddr (compute display address from pixel position), ... work with the 512x192 timex mode as well. PixelUp ... contains a lot of display address manipulators (including later ...MultichromeIt turns out that multichrome, and other screen modes, are emulated in Fuse and Eightyone via ZX Spectrum SE emulation (which is similar to the TC214…
... Ex banks. Is there any display code kicking around for the ... basic:
1) set multicolor graphic mode
2) write and ... ]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/timex-dith-mc.zip[/url]
Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
... into a display equivalent to
; Timex MODE 2. ... br /> ; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; ROM ROUTINES, SYSTEM VARIABLES and CONSTANTS
system variable
ld (hl), ...How feasible is it to add a second CPU to the ZX Spectrum?Today with IDE, and USB, and TCP/IP and other wonderful technologies arriving on the ZX Spectrum, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll run out of CPU tim…
... it's appropriate. The Timex FDD system had its own Z80 as ... I/O and generating the display. On the other hand, if ...How feasible is it to add a second CPU to the ZX Spectrum?Today with IDE, and USB, and TCP/IP and other wonderful technologies arriving on the ZX Spectrum, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll run out of CPU tim…
[QUOTE]The Timex FDD system had its own Z80 as ... I/O and generating the display.?[/QUOTE]
Ah yes, like ... it possible to have the Timex FFD run your own software ...2 new FPGA based clone from russiaFirst of all I wanna introduce you to the [B]ZX Evo[/B] by NedoPC -> [URL="http://www.nedopc.com/zxevo/zxevo.php"]http://www.nedopc.com/zxevo/zxevo.p…
... microcontroller, and allow it to display a "window" on the tv ... happy, the 128K with optional Timex video modes will be added ... game with a completely new graphic mode.... Absolutely not trivial and ...Where's the border line between a Spectrum and something else?I mean: there are purists out there that consider that anything that is not a true Sinclair Spectrum, with a true Z80 and a true ULA, and at most, 48…
... computers, it is the graphic mode, 256x192 pixels, ... any computer can't display this mode, it isn ... br /> If it can display this mode, but can also ... display other modes as well (Sam Coupe, MSX and even Timex ... still Spectrum, while Timex with its double resolution ...ULA Plus and Interlace.May be a bit late to suggest this, but here goes. Did the original Speccy ULA actually output a proper PAL interlaced image, with timing pulses on a…
... want is the ULAPlus to display alternate frames from different memory ... a 48K Spectrum into the Timex 8x1 ATTR mode..? Or maybe ... Atari ST abused the PAL system and was wondering what the ...Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …
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2) Grab the door graphic from the screen before pasting ... ) Redraw the sprites
6) Display
To Close the ... ) Redraw the sprites
4) Display
..Of course, this ... is:
A) The system is universal and will apply ...Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …
... sprite limitations and issues of graphic recycling.
TO ... viewer code to design a system that draws 3 maps ... /> The advantages of such a system are obvious:
- We ... have to be optimised to display masks, sprites and backgrounds slightly ...Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …
... sprite limitations and issues of graphic recycling.
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... viewer code to design a system that draws 3 maps ... have to be optimised to display masks, sprites and backgrounds slightly ... which is what tile based system for sprites does - wastes ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... is the most advanced video display processor I know of that ... the rest of the MSX system as well, otherwise you'd ... combination of ULAplus and the Timex video modes (which include an ... the middle of drawing the display).
ULAplus gets you ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... the most advanced video display processor I know of ... the rest of the MSX system as well, otherwise you ... of ULAplus and the Timex video modes (which include ... the middle of drawing the display).
ULAplus ... on top of the system then with a fast ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... for porting to a +3, Timex or Sam Coupe as the ... games) into a windowing GUI system but the memory requirements would ... . In particular, SP1 breaks the display into character squares, any of ...Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …
... of the reasons sp1's display surface was made configurable ... ); // letter A changed to new graphic
sp1_IterateUpdateArr(list, sp1_InvUpdateStruct); // ... all sprite engine on a system bounded by cpu speed. ... to call it a system for beginners is a great ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... Tiles to rewrite the Spectrum system sw from scratch and instead ... mention of it as well. Timex made the obvious additional screen ... bytes the ULA fetches to display 8 pixels on screen. They ...SpecBAS: Request for comment - SpritesHi all - Having been slaving away at the new SpecBAS release, I've decided to finally bite the bullet and implement a sprite engine. I've got a nice…
... of a second, the display is composited. The main ... to extend the same system to every other command ... to specifically change the graphic though. Unless I store ... pointer to the graphic rather than the graphic itself, then ... is set in the graphic itself, and is a ...T/S 2068 & SpectrumBorrowing what you see below from the Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate Guide, by Fred Blechman. It appears the T/s 2068 was intended to be …
... see below from the Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate ... more capable system than the original Spectrum, though Timex folded[/quote ... Timex, but not much.
The TS2068 has three display ... released for almost all Timex and Sinclair machines from ...SE Basic Type-ins^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to ma…
... /> ; so look at the system variable PROG
dec hl ... ; leap back to the operating system.
push af ;
... 0x0b38 ;+PO_GR_1 constructs the block graphic
ld hl, 0x5c92 ;+ ...
ld a, (coords_y) ; display file where the character will ...Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…
... ; so look at the system variable PROG
dec hl ...
push af ; operating system.
call doit1 ;
... call po_gr_1 ; constructs the block graphic
ld hl, mem_0 ;< ... ; attributes file from a given display
rrca ; file address ...A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... thought about using a disk system in your programs? Will you ... of code on a modern system without using about a million ... and take advantage of the graphic functions of SP1...but that ... hardware or the text mapped display? Is that copying?
Would anyone be interested in......Hi, I'm wondering if there would be much interest in an expansion card for the speccy that gives a VGA output with enhanced gfx & sound capabilities…
... new system that's not related to the standard spectrum display won ... example for this is the Timex hi-res mode for which ...Would anyone be interested in......Hi, I'm wondering if there would be much interest in an expansion card for the speccy that gives a VGA output with enhanced gfx & sound capabilities…
... new system that's not related to the standard spectrum display won ... example for this is the Timex hi-res mode for which ... and dumps it to the display area?3D Deathchase on the Commodore 643D Deathchase has been ported to the C64, at least according to Micro-Mart. According to this week's MM, the port is called Hell Racer, and here's a …
... , XXL uses a semi-automatic system where he converts Z80 to ... the graphics and changing the graphic routines to really suit the ... easily. The engine can only display the front of the trees ...PZX on WOS ?Is the PZX format accepted on WOS, at least for new production ? (Sorry, if this is wrong section, it looks to me as most suitable for the question.)
... % Spectrum 128 with disk operating system Tr-Dos (made in UK ... well justified.
[QUOTE]Timex is a lot closer to ... Spectaculator) doesn't have extra graphic modes while Timex has.
