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Midi out on a ZX SpectrumYears ago (may be over 15 years...) I soldered a small adapter that lets a keyboard or synthesizer connect to the ZX Spectrum 128K's midi/RS232 port.…
... br /> The interrupt routine saves a value specifically for that angle ... it saves a value for a specific beam) in a memory table ... .
Again, Basic also reads ... be set by Basic when the interrupt routine is running. That way it ... -
Alice in Wonderland (FULL VERSION!) on ZX SpectrumNot really a game but a film and I'm uncertain which forum to put this in so (Moved it to Misc - Mod).... I've uploaded two tap video copies of [B]A…
[QUOTE=Mister Beep;435898]What should I type in the ... a custom basic loader in image to zx spec, this is just a basic program in a ... -
Hitch Hikers Guide etc[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006438[/url] Original price was ?8.95, the ?16.95 in infoseek was for the Apple II (Disc) ver…
... was banned and from what I remember, this is true.[/QUOTE]
program was a direct copy / port ... on the Vic. It was a really nice little adventure ![/ ... games are obviously the same basic program is it possible that ESP software ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... 30 sprites on-screen. Cybernoid is a better comparison, but even at ... , deleting the earlier bubble when a new one is fired, that may not ... of a detriment on CPU usage?! or even effect the original program ... , I'm sure a better one than what was used could've ... -
Cant DecideI have had a lot of spectrums in my time from the 16k to the +3 and as we all know they all have flaws. I am thinking about buying another and wanted…
... don't think this is correct. I ran a BASIC program on the TC2048 ... . I don't know what the mask is though. The other ports ... -
Cant DecideI have had a lot of spectrums in my time from the 16k to the +3 and as we all know they all have flaws. I am thinking about buying another and wanted…
... don't think this is correct. I ran a BASIC program on the TC2048 ... . I don't know what the mask is though. The other ports ... that won't work on a genuine Kempston interface because of ... to make the ZX Printer a little bit more selective. -
wINDOWS 7[URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8081003.stm]I love it when I'm first with this kind of crap[/URL]
... be what Explorer is doing internally. Presumably there were a significant ... easy to overcome in a reliable backwards compatible way. ... the file becomes unlocked when the accessing program is closed. It could ... complex scenarios (such as a bunch of related files ... -
Spectrum hangs upWhat might be problem when my ZX Spectrum 48K (rubber keys) hangs up after few minutes play? It had memory problems but i changed (or an expert did i…
... (like Spectrum is waiting signal from tape player when you type LOAD ... .
Few times when i have written a basic program Spectrum have resetted itself ... during writing (not for a bad ... -
Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…
... "nonsense in BASIC".
Could it be that ZX is loading the ... BASIC" message),whereas when loading a BASIC program, there's a verification process going on verifying BASIC ... every single bit of a given sound stream is recognized by ZX ... -
Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …
... impact on the performance of a Spectrum program is negligible.[/QUOTE]
But what if there were other devices ... generating interrupts (maybe when using two joysticks? Or a mouse and joystick?). -
Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…
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Program generates a standard TAP file with appropriate ... only used for when a screen$ structure is important or compression is not generated ... game data from basic, and execute game from basic by copying overlapping ... -
Character movementI have always liked manic miner and so want to try an write my own version. My first attempt is just focusing on the character movement, left right a…
Here is a BASIC program which animates a ManicMiner/JSW ... is getting a bit extreme and not really using BASIC for what it is ... intended for.
The example does flicker a ... /> One other area where BASIC is going to be problematic but ... -
Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
... 3 was a cost reduction. I dont know what the cost ... cheaper. (Yes, there is still descrete logic on the ... properly on disks from BASIC (+3DOS has all the ... never wired in to basic, at least until Garry ... swap to 48K mode within a BASIC program, An API in +3DOS ... -
Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…
... /> Yeah, MCoder is what I usually use. There are a few caveats but ... are modest enough for a BASIC program. If more speed is required, assembly would ... -
Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…
... Yeah, MCoder is what I usually use. There are a few caveats ... modest enough for a BASIC program. If more speed is required, assembly would ... be a better bet anyway ... On the other hand, HiSoft BASIC can go like the clappers ... -
DivIDE questionsHi All, I'm the proud owner of two DivIDE interfaces, that I have just "inherited" from a friend. One of them is the original one and the other one …
... ... well, I have not determined what is the cause, but after some ... so on.
After such program you just have to turn ... too good.
Kingston 1Gb is what you need.
I use ... and white lines like when a TV channel is not well adjusted, and ... -
Sinclair QL ProblemHi there. I purchased recently four Sinclair QL for a not small amount of money. Two german and two english, they are mixed: British or European conn…
... each track in turn and when it is complete the following message ... flp1_name will attempt to load a BASIC program called 'name' from the disk ... />
If it is a machine code program (an executable program), the LOAD / LRUN ... -
Move objectHi again, I am using paper colors to represent game objects. I have a "paddle" that is 4 pixels wide. I save its position as a 2 byte word in memory…
... like an interesting project, is it a breakout/arcanoid clone?...
... post is this:
What are you programming this in?.. BASIC, ... it...
When you say your drawing your ... down... That will make a difference in whatever routines ... -
Timex Floppy Disk Drive emulation discussionI feel embarrassed for starting this topic because I can't contribute with actual code, but this is a new attempt to simplify and present what the Ti…
... to make a operation on a single disk system (as basic setup) ... RAM but the ROM is paged when a syntax error is detected.
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[QUOTE=guesser;547118]What fancy features does TOS have ... system implementation on a Spectrum?
What other DOS for ... -
Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …
Philip (and anyone else), what do you think of ... whenever the Virtual Spectrum's program counter tries to execute ... whatever routines, and is executed only when a new highscore is obtained. If ... there is no unique ... -
Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …
... Total Eclipse is loaded into memory, and at what Spectrum memory ... to normal, and at what Spectrum memory locations to set ... the Virtual Spectrum's program counter tries to execute ... whatever routines, and is executed only when a new highscore is obtained. If ... -
Setting the border/paper/ink colours problem[deleted]
... , as that is the "best place" on a standard 48k Spectrum ... holding 23755, which is the normal setting on a standard 48k Spectrum ... code in a REM, apart from a hangover from the ZX81 when it ... loaded as part of a BASIC program rather than a separate CODE file. It ... -
Address of monitor to load emulator files into real SpeccyI have a monitor/debugger that can load data over serial port really fast. Now I would like to extend it to load standard emulator files over the ser…
[QUOTE=gasman;563428]best bet is probably to use screen memory ... and skip over those addresses when loading the memory image. Hopefully ... or perhaps at start of a BASIC program? Majority of games are ... and loaded after BASIC part which is only used as a loader - ... -
How to join 2 basic programs? having no luck with basinHow do you join two programs together to save writing it up again. Here's my problem... I'm trying to add pictures I have made to a basic text base…
... assembler when you said it was a BASIC program. There's a certain ... workspace or to merge a program line or variable into ... or else the variables space is too big. The former ... most easily by doing a reset (or CLEAR 65367 ... saving and merging each program. -
Noob needs helpSorry gents but decided to have a play with basic...see if I could knock up a shonky as hell space invader type game I seem to have gotten myself co…
... ....much as I am loving what I've seen of BASin ... anyone have a scooby doo how to turn a basic program into a tape image ... praying has created what [I]looks [/I]like a .tap but in ... actual fact it gets spat out when ... -
RND CommandsExactly how random are they? Reason I ask is I'm using 4 of them to generate a random number, the value of which then assigns movement commands to f…
... have an interesting behaviour when your program is running on a "perfect" machine (i.e ... . an emulator). On such a machine ... way to achieve this is to place a "PAUSE 0" somewhere in ... -
Faster CLS...Hi Folks, Looking at the CLS command in the Spectrum ROM disassembly it seems rather complex. Does anyone know of a simpler/quicker routine that wi…
... for clearing the screen, a bit of machine code ... it from BASIC then super-optimisation is probably not ... clear the screen for a BASIC program was simply to ... lines, or using OVER 1 when printing though.
< ... example, 0 is black-on-black. 109 is bright cyan ...
