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Interesting speed increase...Hi Folks, You may already know the following but I found it "interesting". I have been developing a model railway timetable program in BASin for th…
... on the Speccy in BASIC, the numbers are stored in ascii first, followed ... I looked at the raw data in a speccy program ) the ascii ... -
DATA vs PRINT and OVERjust messing about and came across this alternative way of drawing a map....now before I start mucking about with my actual program.....is there any …
... a room from a map in BASIC is to have a matrix ... of rooms in your map. As string matrices in ZX BASIC cannot be ... display a room "i", stored in the matrix m$, you could ... two BASIC programs: the first one fills the m$ matrix (from DATA ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... C Nonsense in BASIC, 2:9" error after the second data block. ... C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after the first data block. [ ... Gallipoli 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after the ... C Nonsense in BASIC, 10:11" error after the second data block. [ ... -
What comes after PiMan?As boozefreak gabs his way towards 20,000 posts the big question is, what masterful accolade should be above PiMan? Suggestions required!
Dizzy,
Postman,
E: Out of Data,
C: Nonsense in Basic,
M: Ramtop No Good.
Sir Postalot
[b]Final Random Suggestion of the day (purely for the hell of it)[/b]
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What comes after PiMan?As boozefreak gabs his way towards 20,000 posts the big question is, what masterful accolade should be above PiMan? Suggestions required!
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MB02 picsI got an original MB02 from someone to fix, and of course I made some pics to share (click for magnification): [URL="http://benophetinternet.nl/hobb…
... did use what they had in stock.
The measured ... boot his own system. In this state you can test ... all in/out registers and ports ...
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+2 no tape loading sound problemHi All, I've been a fan of WOS and this forum for a very long time but this is my first post - so be gentle please! I have a +2 (grey) and a +2A. B…
... test both computers with several data tapes (possibly tapes which you ... ? Did you attempt to write a simple BASIC program and record it ... -
LZ77 en/decodingI've written an LZ77 en/decoding routine as I couldn't find one around for the Spectrum. Initially I'm just doing it in BASIC to get the logic right.…
... 'm just doing it in BASIC to get the logic ... right. It works, in that it encodes the ... for its intended purpose of data compression.
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A new multicolor engine called BIFROST*I'm glad to announce the release of a new multicolor engine implemented by yours truly, including high quality 16x16 tiles designed by R-Tape: [IMG]…
... to draw the sprites operate in the top border, then do ... the sprites to redraw anything in the tile map that may ... sprites that were just drawn (write data to ROM or something for ... -
Word processing - tranferring documents to PC?I've been looking at the DivIDE and it got me wondering..So i thought i might post this question on the forum. As it's been a loooong time since i wa…
Games written in BASICHi all, I've been racking my brain trying to think of a game which was definitely written in BASIC (ie not in assembler). The only thing that I can …
... I tell that my fav BASIC game is "Journey's End ... new Bytemaniacos BASIC concurso announced, to write a RPG completly in BASIC: [url]http ...3D Wireframe/vector animation creator and player?Is there any software that can help record wireframe 3D animations by creating a file that stores just the coordinates and lines? If the answer is "n…
... can come up with something in BASIC just to get it going ... you provided. How is the data stored on that one? Does ... 't figure out how the data is stored (way over my ...Hidden Spectrum emulator discovered in Goldeneye (N64)Commence ewgf's mind being blown in 3...2...1... [url]http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3770288[/url] [url]http://www.therwp.com/forums/showthread…
... larger than the entire basic N64 library, and that ... snippet to type stuff in BASIC. (That's not ... but then I could write textbooks on how to ... completely removed from PAL. In NGEE 0x10835C starts the ... string conventions are wrong. In the Speccy:
JETPAC ...Detecting presence of AY?I'm working on my first little demo for the ZX Spectrum. At the moment I'm aiming to keep the memory requirements low enough that it runs on a standa…
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I would say write to a port that is ... designed for reading. For example, write data to the Kempston joystick. Except ... detecting a 0 in some set of bits in the port address ... would head off that idea in case you thought of it ...Multicolour demo using z88dk + BIFROST* (+source)This is just a demo to show how to show multicolour using z88dk, using the BIFROST* engine (more info [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/sho…
... way to park code and data in specific memory regions.
; chars in sequence are encountered
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ld a,h ; write next token position into string_ptr ... indicating the locations of data structures and some ...LZ77 en/decodingI've written an LZ77 en/decoding routine as I couldn't find one around for the Spectrum. Initially I'm just doing it in BASIC to get the logic right.…
In graphic mode, you test INC ... rom write text". is mor easy find a block of data $00 in ... , and more dificult find $00 data in graphics read blocks of 64X1 ... code space, and only work in bitmap screenBUG in zxspin and SpecEmu - read Loading speed in WAV fileI'm created a new save, but it can run at 44.1 KHz, to test it, i make a new file from WAV 44.1 KHz to 88.2 KHz. Load this file in a emulator zx-spin…
... and 600 Hz (at basic speed), it is ... /> If I play this data in Emulator only can work (without ... /> All basic loading scheme encode 4 bits in 8 semi-wave ... that :) [/quote]The basic load code from audio is ... only 1 data in IN are wrong, all next data are incorrect< ...Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... C Nonsense in BASIC, 2:9" error after the second data block. ... C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after the first data block. [ ... Gallipoli 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after the ... C Nonsense in BASIC, 10:11" error after the second data block. [ ...Something a bit like Jetpack Joyride in flavour?Jetpack Joyride is a fairly simple horizontal scrolling game, in which the player has one control. That control applies power to the jetpack as long …
... usually written in BASIC, as it's really easy to write one button ... one button games released released in the last 3 years. 3 ...Help pleeease "Proving Emulator OpCode flags are correct"So I had a cunning plan... I wanted to write a test harness for Emulators that could "prove" that all opcode flags were correct. I wanted something m…
... programs (as opposed to *"b" data) PCSpectrum via If.1 proves ... SAVE *"b" is working for data then I'd expect SAVE ... the external loops (or anything) in BASIC? Maybe I'm missing a ... instantaneous, surely transferring 16mb of data over a Spectrum serial connection ...Something a bit like Jetpack Joyride in flavour?Jetpack Joyride is a fairly simple horizontal scrolling game, in which the player has one control. That control applies power to the jetpack as long …
... really are that easy to write, why do we have ... written with standard hardware requirements in mind; perhaps one button ... : something that can be written in BASIC..?)...
Nevertheless, despite ... all that is available is BASIC and crappy (I think that ...Stuff the Speccy can do but we all thought it couldn'tHey all, Does anyone have any good examples of stuff the speccy can do - graphically, sonically, etc that we thought it wouldn't be able to do? Che…
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1) Back in the 80s when I first ... the time. To load Spectrum data at that speed was just ... Bunny's Memory Move Routine in BASIC. I still find it hard ... chunks of memory around from BASIC using just 9 bytes. Totally ...ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
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If reading unfragmented data is unrealistic because of timing ... defrag a few MBs of data in less than a min. :-)[/QUOTE ... />
Are you volunteering to write one? :)Sprite Design-Graph Paper?I have a question which comes about after my little adventure earlier today:- As i have quite a few speccy projects in progress at the moment I have …
... was done by tweaking data statements and test-running the ... rules for how the data had to be stored, ... adding up the bytes in my head when typing ... them in. I probably wouldn't ... data. I have written my own, in BASIC, in the past, and in ...ISO-Copy - Individual Software revisitedHi folks In another thread about Supertape: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36203[/url] ... we touched on ISO-Copy by th…
... -Copy 1/2, data in the trailing pure data block is not the ... . I think the trailing data after BASIC contains custom info to safely ... (for Qs II), and dated in 1985 ...
And: Quiksave ... load when I tried putting in clicky pilots. Wasn't sure ...What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... strong parsers can be implemented in reasonable run-time on a ... of the above require large data structures.[/quote]
You ... this data in somewhere, at which point all RAM above the BASIC 48K ...What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... this data in somewhere, at which point all RAM above the BASIC 48K ... 't load everything they have in the available RAM all at ...What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... sugar of being able to write code in a pseudo-natural language ... it. Of course you could write it in Inform 6, but for ... 'd need to be competent in a high level language and ... that bankswitches memory or loads data from disk if the virtual ...Question about 2-channel beeper musicI confess I haven't tried all the available beeper utilities and software. I always found music software confusing and trackers are not for me. I kno…
... just like two Spectrums playing BASIC BEEP music at the same ... which line to read DATA from. If the data for the first ... channel started, for example, at line 8000 in BASIC ... and data for the second one started ...Lame BASIC BEEPer editor - alphaI like music, like BASIC and find all current music utilities complicated. Since I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up with a simple BEEPer edito…
... outputs is a DATA array:
[code]Use in your own ... :
LOAD with LOAD "" DATA t()
Playback is ... you're looping through a DATA array, you can have a ... your main loop for in-game music in BASIC with no machine code ...
