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Wildly OT: Computing Today's slagging-off of PascalIn the late '70s or early '80s (at the beginning of the home-computer era anyway, just before the dawn of the Speccy), there was a mag called [I]Comp…
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Aggravating problem with screensI've rewritten my Sam C runtime emulator code ( well almost ) to allow me to use my own routines for blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles …
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Adventures in Programmable Logic Part 2So, now armed with an Xilinx Parallel III cable, an XC9536 CPLD, a breakout board with power, a JTAG pin header and a 44-pin PLCC socket, I could try…
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Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…
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Jonathan Cauldwell writes.I also found this in me old archives, which was actually written by Jonathan Cauldwell. Again, typos and editorial tags included for authenticity ;-)…
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clarification needed of assembler graphics routineI was wondering if someone used to coding animated graphics in assembler can take a look at [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/as…
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Supertest 128 - Loader QuestionI wonder if someone could explain (in simple terms please) :) , the purpose of the switch code. I see what is doing (going to 48k mode via spectrum)…
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Assembler intricaciesHi all, I've been looking at the internals of a game to see how it all works and I've found some things that I don't understand and can't find any i…
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Taking the Spectrum for a bath - Lots of SEXY photos!Decided to take a Spectrum +2 for a bath this weekend. It was non-working, so it needed fixing. It booted to a fuzzy dark picture and I thought "Ah, …
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Indirect Variable AssignmentHere's another wacky routine. This allows assignment of values to variables where the source & destination variables can themselves be defined in var…
Here's another wacky routine. This allows assignment of values to variables where the source & destination variables can themselves be defined in variables (or expressions which evaluate to variables). Some of this can already be done with VAL or VAL$, ... -
BOB the Screen BuilderHere's my first attempt to use that tokenising idea from "more on storing mazes" in a screen designer - "[url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27p…
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The INPUT command routine ($2089)I was looking at the INPUT routine with a view to modifying the intro so that I could pre-load the workspace and edit an existing value, rather than …
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editing strings with INPUT LINEHere's the latest in my unpredictable series of utility routines. This one I needed for the SAGE game editor; it emulates INPUT LINE l$ but with the …
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call $16bf ;SET_WORK (reset workspace)
pop bc
push ... /> ldir ;copy l$ to INPUT workspace
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Open and read a file using +3DOS in MCForgive me if this has been asked and answered before, I've spent a fair few hours searching the forums and looking for books on the subject, all wit…
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multi-scroll m/c subroutine for BASICArising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. whe…
Arising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. where width is -
Microsoft Orifice 2013Any one have it or tried it? I have a new laptop provided by my Employer in which it was installed. Eugh, absolutely horrid. I think MS has taken th…
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Fighting Warrior's protection systemThis is one of those bizarre cases where cracking the loading system is orders of magnitude more fun than playing the game. (Indeed, discovering I wa…
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You all know this, right?Type 10 PRINT "DIXONS IS SHIT" 20 GOTO 10 RUN when it says: Scroll? Press BOTH SHIFT KEYS then ENTER see what you get. I want to know what thi…
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Turbo Imploder Anyone clued up on how to use this ? I've managed to pack a few of my own games, but I notice the default start address is always 24576, can you go…
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Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
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Codies help? Werewolves of LondonHi All, never one for shying away from the deep end, having only just dipped my toe in to the world of machine code I find myself trying to find out …
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TommyGun 0.8.5 available0.8.5 has been uploaded release updates include: * Heaps of bug fixes :) * A getting start guide on how to use TG Please try it and give me your f…
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Firefox (new thoughts)Maybe more people would use Firefox if there was a version for the Speccy! [code] 10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for Firefox or I for M$IE" 20 LET K$=IN…
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Firefox (new thoughts)Maybe more people would use Firefox if there was a version for the Speccy! [code] 10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for Firefox or I for M$IE" 20 LET K$=IN…
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Spectrum Basic InterpreterHello. I started this days a strange project: an interpreter of the Spectrum Basic that can run in a Spectrum. Here is a very preliminar version: […
I've found a problem in this version. After printing a string literal the workspace is not cleaned, and then is using more memory in each iteration. Not sure is this is the cause of the problem you encountered, wait to the next version to check it. -
Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
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