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ZX-Paintbrush 2.2.1 releasedDear readers and friends of ZX-Spectrum emulator stuff! Today I released the version 2.2.1 of ZX-Paintbrush with interesting new features and many b…
... /> The change to the selection system is also good, but may ... ="Courier New"]View options -> Display -> show colour overlay attribute ... .
Of course, not all graphic features of ZX-Paintbrush can ... -
80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
... bank. The problem with the Timex is that both pages are ... that normally comes after the system variables up past the second ... Spectrum SE which combines the Timex and 128 video modes and ... 8-bit video mode, and display text formatted for any code ... -
80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
... steal from main memory the display. The Timex solution was to have ... page in over the normal display. In the 2068 and 2048 ... a kind of "advanced" operating system existed. Anyway 16MB on that ... them it was possible. Timex provided Sinclair with complete details ... -
80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
... /> The RAM being used to display the image doesn't have ... to update the display.
[quote]Probably Timex cut the cost ... a kind of "advanced" operating system existed. Anyway 16MB on that ... (Elite, etc.).
[quote]Timex of Portugal had a smaller ... -
80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
... in the ATTR-T system variable and SP is ... for a "Super Spectrum." Timex provided details of the ... br /> [quote]Having said that, Timex did miss one more easy ... fetched from each video display are combined to choose ... to that kind of display would be even slower ... -
40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
... ; 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
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Designing an icon-driven adventure: looking for adviceHi fellas, after the release of Funky Fungus, I am currently contemplating the possibility of designing an icon-driven adventure with location graph…
... 're enabled or disabled, the graphic, and what function to call ... whenever you like and the system just keeps working. You could ... out the icons when you display a location view, but just ... -
Converting PAL +2b to NTSC[B]Hello my fellow WoS'ers[/B] I have a strange request for your knowledge and advice. A chap in the US would like to use a Spectrum +2B, however w…
... 4.43 MHz carrier. The Timex Computer 2068 generates this when ... have therefore been designed to display this as well.
PAL-N is the TV system in use in Argentina, Paraguay ... /> PAL-M is the TV system used in Brazil. -
SE BasicAfter 13 years of development I thought I'd run out of things to optimize, but it turns out I was wrong. However, I'm now running out of time to work…
... high-contrast white on black display.
[*]Default ULAplus palette ... .
[*]Inverted cursor for Timex hi-res.
[*]IY ... own in all existing Sinclair, Timex and Amstrad models.
... tokenization.
[*]User system variable space accessible via IY ... -
SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…
... ld de, kstate ; start of system variables to DE
sbc ... (iy + _flags2) ; clear whole display?
call nz, cl_all ; jump ... br /> call cls_lower ; clear lower display
ld a, 25 ; ... ay_reg ; AY register for Timex and 128
ld ... -
SCREEN$ bug fixI've been using the SCREEN$() function recently for reading data off the screen rather than taking up space with an array and I got fed up with the s…
... characters without changing any system variables. (This allowed ... $0b38 ;PO_GR_1 builds block graphic in MEMBOT
ld ... ld de,(23680) ;DE=display address for r,c< ... xor $0f ;change to graphic inverse code
Matched ... -
SpecBAS / SpecOS documentationHi, I just find out about SpecBAS and I was so impressed by the new functions while retaining compatibility with ZX Basic that I've been playing wit…
... you have a fast enough system. I can hardly imagine ... the particularities of the spectrum display file.
I'm ... 3,30;"=="
50 GRAPHIC NEW jsw2 LOAD "jsw016.gif ... "
60 GRAPHIC REMAP jsw2
70 LET ... 16,32
110 GRAPHIC GRAB j3$,jsw2,36+ ... -
Emulation on W8Hi, I liked the old Real Spectrum emulator that handled all Spectrum platforms and ran the disk images nicely. Does anyone know of something simila…
... there a keyboard graphic that I can display to help me find ... />
1) What are your system specs?
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ZX-Paintbrush 2.5 publishedDear readers, as there were many updates since the last version, I want to bring this to public, so that I hopefully can return back to ZX-Assembler…
... toggle the display of these placeholders with display of the graphic map elements ... base picture), you can use Timex based pictures and of course ... -
Some Spectrum Adventure ReviewsHi, HeeHee... Today I found some old short reviews I did of some Spectrum Adventures for contributions to "SynTax" disk adventure magazine in the 19…
... of
the Gilsoft PAW system by some clever independent authors ... stand out is the graphical display in the
upper ... room picture, and an items display. Beneath
that is an ...
good split-screen text/graphic affair, the location graphics
I feel they could have done this.After reading the ZX Spectrum ULA, I learned about how the ULA detects if the Z80 if going to access memory in the next cycle and stops it if the ULA…
... cheapest computer with a coloured display.
Third, if ... .
The system that the Spectrum uses is ... vastly better than the system used on a lot ... some 8 x 8 graphic blocks). Most of these ... how bad their screen display systems were for graphics ...Preservation prioritiesHi all! Firstly, thanks to the WoS staff for setting this category up. Secondly, thanks to you for all for backing the idea, and in anticipation o…
... it’ll be best to display *something* on the screen as ... I've been working on system ROMs first and the code ... the system ROMs in all the Sinclair machines but not the timex ...Machine Code for Beginners - error?Dear all, I've picked rather old book called Machine Code for Beginners by Usborne.1983 There's an example inside which claims to print a messa…
It does point out at the bottom of that first page that the example won't work on Speccy/Timex because of the bitmap display. Not so much a mistake, just an example of why a beginners guide to machine code should probably be system specific, maybe?The best emulator for the ZX81?Hi everyone, could you please recommend me an emulator for the ZX81 which is good and easy? Thanks!
... was thinking of a Timex TS1500 16k machine with ... don't have a Timex TS1500, I myself cannot ... or modifications to the system for better graphics. As ... ZX81 generates it's video display. Unlike the ZX Spectrum, ... data bytes in the display file (at this time ...Question - SAMS Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate GuideHi all, I just acquired a T/S 2068 and the a book that came with it is, SAMS Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate Guide. On page 18 of thi…
... /> Unfortinurly, the minds at Timex were bent on trying to ... />
As is known, Timex of Portugal continued with the ... reserves more space for the system variables for future expansion and ... program can synchronize with the display. This does not work on ...How to take SCR out of multicolour games?Emulators do not seem able to take scr out of Nirvana games correctly. I have tried SpecEmu, Speculator and Jspeccy. Try to save El Stompo or SunBu…
... , any pixel on a Speccy display can be determined from:
Timex 8x1. Afterwards, the archive system would convert each ...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="wilsonsamm;364561"][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 ...ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
... not have been writing into display memory and therefore would not ... on the pi into the display-- or at least that's ... had barely started writing the system software and it was too ... when the system software was completed.
The Timex video modes ...greedy bastards or time for a dose of reality?zx1's disappearing pictures hosted from photobucket brought this topic to mind, that and my previous remark about refusing Chrome because of the like…
... an efficient and almost free system because we exchanged information packets ... software trying to overcome the graphic limitations, there were several options ... complained it messed up their display, froze the screen and/or ...How to improve my program using oversized numbersI'd like my dice program to print out the number four times bigger than normal if possible. Anyone know how to do this? Or I could write a sub rou…
... scrolling the attributes, not the display, so it's only moving ... over 23551 and into the system variables.)
It would ... the output gives readable block graphic text, or a pre-defined ...Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…
... the actual disk filing system code or any of ... written that works with your system.
Also, ... the RAM, had a better display, better sound and which ... the graphics of the Timex TS2068 as well as ... had a far better graphics system, better sound and a ...Hardware Reference Manual for ZX SpectrumHi, I want to write games for ZX Spectrum in assembly language. I have lot of books in PDF format from SpectrumComputing. Still missing a book lik…
... the area of the current display window is always constant and ... />
We can always place graphic data in the data storage ... own assembler procedures outside the system.
For now, ... the standard for ZX Spectrum. System hack thanks to the patch ...Emulator compatibility with real SpectrumHi emulator programmers... Having spotted for the last 6 months that my iPAQ is still missing a Spectrum emulator I started typing last tuesday - an…
... z80 interrupt and update the display (I do not worry about ... to the Pocket PC operating system.
/Anders HolmbergInterface for PC ZXSee last entry of former TOPIC. I'm working on the interface. Info about it on MISCELLANEOUS Author: Arjun (---.bng.vsnl.net.in) Date: 08-13-01 …
... use the PC monitor for display. In addition, the Speccy should ... working on a parallel-data-system. The main problem right now ... videopac-emulator for the same system (2000) I desperately need an ...Spectrum +D Disk SystemHi I recently got a second hand Spectrum with a disk drive and the +D interface. The System disk worked alright for a while but now it has become cor…
... and the +D interface. The System disk worked alright for a ... a backup copy of the system disk as my whole games ...
