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BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 1In BIFROST*, it's much easier to just make changes in the tile map and let the engine automatically draw & animate everything in multicolor for you. …
... * Original version and further information is available at
* http:// ... unsigned char tile[NUM_TILES]; // tile number
int lin[NUM_TILES]; // hi ... attributes (no glitches since BIFROST* is still disabled)
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BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 2This second demo shows animated and moving tiles together, and also how to implement collision detection. This knowledge should be enough to implemen…
... * Original version and further information is available at
* http ... unsigned char tile[NUM_TILES]; // tile number
int counter[NUM_TILES]; // ... (1) {
// process input keys
if (lastK != 0 ... -
Your favourite Spectrum [whatever] beginning with a numberI thought I'd resurrect the fairly popular 'Best Spectrum game beginning with [whatever letter], so here goes. You know the drill, each of your answe…
... case of this thread, a number). We'll go by WOS ... according to WOS the game is called 'Deathchase').
For ... from, beginning only with a number, is there? I'll say 180 ... 've seen beginning with a number).
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BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 4In previous posts I demonstrated how to move multicolor tiles up and down smoothly by a single pixel, and sideways by an entire char (8 pixels). Thi…
... tile.
This is the demo implementation:
* Original version and further information is available at
* http://www ... /> unsigned char tile[NUM_TILES]; // tile number
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Best books & Sugested reading..Hi i was trying to search the forum but couldnt find it. Looking at WOS there is a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ect.. I mess…
... /> Looking at WOS there is a number of books on BASIC, programming ... able to do simple things, input, output, maths, changing the ink ... , how can change the actual input to some other color than ... $=CHR$ 16+CHR$ 2+"INPUT SOMTHING:"
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Simple AY library in z88dk/CI was interested to see if I could make the 128k AY chip work, and as there wasn't any library on it, I just made one for fun. It's certainly not th…
... {
// IN: p = tone number, 12 bits
#asm
// IN: p = tone number, 12 bits
#asm
// IN: p = tone number, 12 bits
#asm
is no screen output in ... on screen. My stdio lib is still broken.
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mapping a usb to the keyboard input stream?Hi is there emulator suport for this, what i want to do is map a USB input from a game controler to the keyboard input. so when say press button 6 …
Hi is there emulator suport for this,< ... i want to do is map a USB input from a game ... controler to the keyboard input.
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Revisiting Spectrum CPU clock regenerationWarning: This post will be a bit nerdy :-) Some time ago, I experimented with phase locked loop circuits as a possible way to regenerate the Spectru…
... , too (after a small number of contention cycles, the phase ... off, because its minimum input frequency is 19MHz, over 5 times ... decide whether our regenerated clock is "ahead" or "behind" the ... nicely. The phase error is detected and the regen_specclk frequency ... -
A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…
... Another method of preserving variables is to assign them in a ... DIMmed strings), the solution is another handy-dandy system variable ... that line number, and if that line is the one ... a number take? (May)
* General purpose full screen input routine ... -
Sound Card AdviceMy Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS, is a greatish sound card but its starting to cack out on me. It has an IO box that sits beside the main unit, …
... Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS, is a greatish sound card but ... 3 line ins, A Mic input, a set of midi ports ... well as almost an equal number of digital inputs and outputs ... -
Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
... a SCREEN$ files is nor GAME CODE. This is where your intuition ... line, simply by typing its number and pressing return / enter.
LOAD "" SCREEN$
This is loading the next file in ... it has saved and is read for input.
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Is this TZX OK?I'm in the middle of preserving a bunch of Danish MIAs and STPs. I'm slowly getting up to speed with MakeTZX. One tape is giving me some trouble. You…
... speed with MakeTZX. One tape is giving me some trouble.
■ Checking input file integrity... ok!
■ Creative ... /> I'm wondering if this is OK - I can load the ... from here?
Here is a link to the voc ... -
Number 6 / PR SoftwareAfter playing through both of the following games I can pretty confidently say that... Number 6 in the Village (1986, PR Software) [url]http://www.w…
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is an early version of the game....
Number 6 ... game, is quite different from the existing PR Software. Number 6 was ... /> The PR Software Number 6 (1986) version is disassociated with the existing ... -
Unravelling the Spectrum Floating Point Number formatHi Guys, In my head I pretty much understand how the Spectrum's 5 byte FP number format works. The first byte is the signed exponent and the follow…
... 5 byte FP number format works. The first byte is the signed ... the MSB is the the +/- sign of the number which is replaced with ... [/url], "[i]This represents the number m*2e-128.[/i]".
Audio input on FUSEAs the title says, is there any way to get FUSE to accept audio input so as one can load from a external source?
As the title says, is there any way to get FUSE to accept audio input so as one can load from a external source?where is the "WOS action helpline" ?as per at the end of a tv show..just curious if there is a number that we can ring for stories we have been affected by on here.. e.g. I can't ever …
... show..just curious if there is a number that we can ring ...SpecBAS 0.775 released!Hi all - me again :) SpecBAS has been updated again, and a whole load of new stuff has been added. Not many bugs fixed (none reported, and I only fo…
... ) returns a string of the number converted to the chosen base ... CASE statements.
10 INPUT a
20 CASE a ... a>2 : PRINT "A Is Bigger!"
40 WHEN aGood games where time based input isn't required?I'm looking for games that can be played on a tablet (7" galaxy Tab 2), and since I hate touch screen controls (I just can't get used to them), I wan…
... to avoid games where timing is important (i.e. most games ... ), and just play games user input isn't too critically timed ... adjust to using touch screen input in real time.
Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …
... am into retro-computing today is the nostalgia I feel for ... first TV with a SCART input. Everything looked so much sharper ... :D Oh, and when it is time for playing Speccy, I ... at them and told the number he was interested in to ...Full 16*16-digit BASIC multiplicationI liked Andre Adrian's 32-bit long multiplication routine so much that I decided to a decimal version. After all, 2^63 is only 9223372036854775808, a…
... br /> The biggest number it will handle correctly is:
9999999999999999 * ... "1E+32". Each number is entered as 4x4-digit elements ... br />
100 INPUT "Enter two 16-digit numbers ... two 4x4 blocks"'
"Number 1:"'
V;TAB 8 ...Adding a pause key to ArkanoidHaving rediscovered the simple pleasure of playing 1980s games on genuine 1980s hardware, I've also remembered that emulation can provide a feature m…
... of my favourites, Arkanoid, is one such game. (Unless ... excuse me if this is all completely obvious to ... byte of the port number specifying which half-row ... game was ready to accept input.
Address ... the reason for doing so is...
[*]Use snap2tzx ...Anybody else hacked off with Blizzard?Sorry, my first post in months and i'm using it to rant. Don't check my emails much these days, but I happened to log in today and find the followin…
... i'm told to do is change my password, then, log ... i'm asked to input my authenticator number. And round n' round ...Opus Discovery OddnessHi everybody, I'm busy trying to repair an Opus Discovery for a customer. It's proving to be quite frustrating. First off, the LM317T regulator fo…
... the voltage is still too low for the 9V input of the ... I Google'd the part number on the side of them ...Another way to add audio input on a +2 - No more low level sound problem !Hi all, Last week, with 3 friends, we participated to a modelism / games / hobbies meeting, and we made a retro computing stand... (big succes, I'll…
... to add it an audio input, to use it with ... , where the reading head is connected, and added a ... the iPod audio signal is amplified by the original tape ... amplifier, and the sound is always at the good ... proceeding that way, the ULA is protected.
The Speccy ...Beepola 1.07A new version of Beepoa, v1.07, is now available for download from:- [url]http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/[/url] (1.63MB zipped exe, no installe…
... to implementing this without his input.
[b]* New engine ... /> I've also made a number of optimisations and generally tried ... bit...
This version is built with a new toolchain ... , and is internally quite a bit different ...Converting an integer arbitrary large binary number into a printable decimal formThis was asked a long ago at the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup. At that time, I came up with a solution by extrapolating the classic algorithm of suces…
... 3 to a number. The amount of memory needed is: enough memory ... for the binary representation of the number, plus ... ) ) . ceil() is the C function that gives us the integer number closer ...SpecBAS 0.800 Released!Hi folks, it's that time again for another release. I was going to add a few more features, but I have other projects on the go at the moment, and it…
... , start a line with any number of statement separators (:)
Protected ... can now be used in INPUT the same as in PRINT ... ... wrap properly
REM splitting is bugged - so has been disabled ... the current graphic being used is deleted or replaced
...This is a new one on me...I've never seen an email like this one, I've been quite lucky and rarely get dodgy emails, :) [CODE]The British National Lottery P O Box 1010 3b Oly…
... 074/05/ZY369
Ticket number:56475600545 188
Lucky Numbers ... -mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with ... Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky ... / 9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize ...Deterministic random number generatorI'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a …
I'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a different sequence, but same seed = same sequence.
Any pointers?4294967296 pseudo output portsIn an effort to avoid any hardware conflicts with the clashbasher interface I've been looking for an alternative to using the spectrum's ports for ou…
... are used extensivly there is a way to use ... next machine cycle write the number right back on top ... ),n and the byte is transfered to the cpld.
There is quite a lot of set ... would then be a true input/output instruction swapping the ...
