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  • KLIK: Z80 snapshot to screenshot converterWith most Spectrum emulators, you can save current game screen in original ".SCR" format. This will give you a 100% perfect copy of the Spectrum scre…

    ... save it as snapshot in format ".Z80", then run [b]KLIK[/ ... screenshot in the most appropriate format, as follows:

    * ... titles) will be converted to format ".MLT"
    * Bicolor ... titles) will be converted to format ".IFL"
    * Regular 8x8 ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas August 2017 Announcements
  • ZY10, a tool to store and display some small bitmapped imagesZY10 Builder ============ Download at: https://www.sendspace.com/file/rncgbo ZY10 is a file format/tool to store some small images on the Spec…

    ... .z80 file for an example.

    This ZY10 format ... . The images are stored without compression, for now.

    format before importing into the ... br />
    ===============
    The ZY10 Format is like this:

    Timmy Timmy November 2018 Development
  • New Utility Z80onMDR - Transfer Z80 snapshot to Microdrive CartridgesWith the growing popularity of the excellent vDrive [url]https://vdrivezx.com/vdrivezx/[/url] I've adapted one of my utilities to create Microdrive …

    ... /> | Usage: Z80onMDR [global options] snapshot.z80 [snapshot settings]
    |
    | [ ... must be in binary .scr format
    | and exactly 6912bytes ... br /> | Z80onMDR snapshot1.z80 -s screen1.scr snapshot2.z80 Games01
    | which ...
    TomD TomD September 2020 Brand new software
  • Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…

    ... .z80 files; it won't create them by default (unless the compression ... of a Warajevo format TAP to normal format TAP converter?"
    format and have any other ... conversion tools to the older format (.z80) available. This is part ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall November 2002 Emulators
  • Compressing SCREEN$Guys I'm trying to find an MC type-in routine for the 48K which compressed the screen (including attributes) into an area of memory and also restored…

    ... z80 and a PC utility to compress data in the appropriate format ... to be honest) and the compression seems pretty good.

    sack sack November 2004 Development
  • Which of these is acceptable FPS for shoot-em-upHi, I want to get peoples opinion as to an acceptable frame update speed for my shoot-em-up game that is in development. At the minute I could do it…

    ... block has a header detailing compression status, so the old ... practice to ignore the stated format - you get problems like ... has certainly got a broken z80 saving routine. If I ... re-write SPIN's z80 loader to accept 16384 ... 'm breaking SPIN's z80 decoder.

    ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2005 Development
  • Which of these is acceptable FPS for shoot-em-upHi, I want to get peoples opinion as to an acceptable frame update speed for my shoot-em-up game that is in development. At the minute I could do it…

    ... />
    Byte 12. Given that Z80 v3 includes the low/medium ... format.

    On the other hand, the SamRam flag and compression ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall August 2005 Development
  • divIDE issuesI discovered a few issues with the divIDE hardware and FATware software that may be of interest to some people. 1. ROM paging If your Spectrum is a…

    ... or using some streaming-friendly compression (with exact block lengths stated ... by-one like in .Z80). Also, .Z80 is way too hacked ... AY, 128k pages...), and a Z80 processor state. I think it ... and AY hardcoded into snapshot format? They are essentially just ...
    baze baze November 2005 Development
  • Emulator File types...SNA/TAP/TZX/Z80/ZXS All I knew about the Spectrum was how to play games on it, but since being introduced to pc emulations back in '97 I've always w…

    ... . The first widely used format was .sna, which could ... it was a sanely designed format, but the author requested ... that nobody extend the format without talking to him, ...
    Both memorydumps where Z80 holds a compression making the files smaller ...
    CUCHULAINN CUCHULAINN January 2006 Emulators
  • Spectaculator QuestionsI've been messing around with this great emulator, and was surprised how easy it was for me to load a game from minidisc into Spectaculator as if it …

    ... play back audio for Z80 files full stop.[/QUOTE ... z80 is fine for taking the occaisonal snap, but as a format ... back sound from a z80 file. Z802TZX and SPIN ... custom loading routine and compression/tape schemes that are ... is present in a .z80 (other than the memory ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2006 Emulators
  • z80 format: ED ED xx yyI've just been studying the documentation for the z80 file format: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/z80format.htm[/url] I have a d…

    ... ;371448]Isn't the SZX format too complex to be implemented ... see it's not, if compression is not included... :)[/QUOTE]
    Z80. It's TZX that's ...
    chev chev July 2009 Development
  • z80 format: ED ED xx yyI've just been studying the documentation for the z80 file format: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/z80format.htm[/url] I have a d…

    ... be that onerous on a Z80.[/QUOTE]

    Maybe, but ... you want to implement that format in a real Spectrum, the ... uses, not to mention the compression routine, which for Zlib, the ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix July 2009 Development
  • Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …

    ... a viewer in Java, or z80 assembly now???...[/QUOTE]
    ... in z80
    [QUOTE]
    I ... was thinking of something in z80, since part of what ... the data to a spectrum format hasn't degraded the ... memory bank, probably without compression.
    Fikee Fikee February 2010 Development
  • Z80 compressorIs there one available? Is it any good? Peeps have been suggesting we should look into this, so here's a new thread! I'd do the compressor on the …

    ... I know sod all about compression; just what could be ... that gives good compression and a fast, compact Z80 decompressor.
    < ... br />
    B2. The actual compression should be done by passing ... per the 'Indexed Binary' file format, above).

    [U] ...
    joefish joefish February 2010 Development
  • z80 emulator with converter ?Hi i am finding the old z80 emulator v2 or v3, dont remember. Some of these versions have the snapshopt to 1.45 converter that allows us to conver t…

    ... /> .Z80 (v 3.0) format to .Z80 (v 1.45) format.

    C:\Z80\Z80 ... \UTILS>z80dump articleo.z80
    Z80DUMP - Z80/SLT ... .45 or earlier .Z80 file)

    Data compression Active
    SamRom ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]

    ... a single file called "Library.z80" for example. If a ... the library, perhaps create "maths.z80" to store all mathematical routines ... those graphics in your own format.

    Here are ... while running.

    2) Compression was used for graphics, maps ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Development
  • 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…

    ... .tap file. There is no compression or packing. It draws the ... /> Also, I'm not a z80 genius, and still experimenting on ... should use my compressed EXE format! It easy saves 1350 BYTES ...
    ASM ASM November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…

    ... />
    [QUOTE]
    3. .Z80 header contains the value of ... t remember the specifics of Z80 compression without looking at the vbSpec ... find SNA or Z80 snapshots online, load another format into an emulator ... and save it as a SNA or Z80 ...
    ccowley ccowley August 2011 Emulators
  • RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…

    ... the algorithm that uses TIFF format. I think that you need ... easy to decode this in Z80 assembly. I suspect it still ... I found about this data format is [URL="http://www.fileformat ... will usually result in a compression ratio of 3:1 or ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas February 2013 Development
  • ZX Spin kicking up a strange errorDon't know if this is a 'strange' error or not, but it refuses to load certain Z80 files stating: [B][I]This Z80 file contains a block that decompre…

    ... format no problem.[/QUOTE]

    It seems to be the Z80 compression ... which is causing the problem. SNA format doesn't ... do any compression. If you're ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2013 Emulators
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... my future adventures in de/compression easier to deal with!
    Z80 decoder for [URL=http://code ... /05/lz4-explained.html"]The format is pretty simple[/URL], and ...
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 September 2013 Development
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... Copious Free Time is a Z80 decoder for [URL=http ... compact bit-based format that provides better compression and allows a ... smaller decompressor routine.

    LZ4 format ... safety offset during the compression process, or write a ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas September 2013 Development
  • LZ4 decoderI encountered the [URL="http://code.google.com/p/lz4/"]LZ4 compressor[/URL] a few weeks ago. Reading the [URL="http://fastcompression.blogspot.co.uk…

    ... ] credit for the quality of compression or for the speed of ... are due to the LZ4 format itself; [URL="http://fastcompression.blogspot ... done is a fairly simple Z80 implementation of a decoder.
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 October 2013 Development
  • New games: The Charm / The ChardHi all! We've just released the game that we presented last saturday at RetroMadrid: The Charm. It's a new game based on an old MIA game that was re…

    ... .tap format instead of .z80 , and The Charm.tzx with compression and an ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain April 2014 Brand new software
  • z88dk v1.99A Release Candidate[b]Z88DK VERSION 1.99A RELEASE CANDIDATE[/b] Download from: http://nightly.z88dk.org/Releases/ The release candidate will be available for te…

    ... C++ STL containers, data compression, obstacks, game libraries, sound ... initial targets: embedded (generic z80), cpm, zx (zx spectrum ... companion decompression subroutines in the z80 library.
    [appmake] ... and conversion to intel hex format.

    ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2015 Brand new software
  • ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …

    ... a relatively fast compressor for z80 machines. It could run ... algorithm achieves very fast optimal compression using a fairly complex ... optimal Lempel-Ziv compressor for Z80, Battle Bunny has already ... it for compatibility with ZX7 format. It will generate larger ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2016 Brand new software
  • ZX Spectrum CartridgesI have been thinking of "cloning" ZX Cartridges for a while (case, board and silicon skirt), to be able to make new releases or replace damaged cartr…

    ... ) + Border colour (stored in ULA) + z80 registers and Interrupt mode & ... a look at that file format.

    Since you need ... 48k game (unless you use compression, but that's a completely ...
    Dan Dare Dan Dare October 2016 Hardware
  • New Utility to Transfer Z80 Snapshot to +3 DiskSince getting a Gotek for my +3 it has been my go to machine. The biggest downside however is the lack of older games on disk format with pretty much…

    ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    usage: Z80onDSK input.z80 number [options]
    -s ... /> -m dump banks and compression to binary files
    ... [code]
    Z80onDSK snapshot.z80 1
    [/code]
    TomD TomD May 2019 Development
  • Z80/SNA Compiler under Windows???Does anybody know anything about Z80/SNA compiler under Windows???

    Does anybody know anything about Z80/SNA compiler under Windows???
    Ozzy Ozzy January 2002 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... is really simple (run the z80 for 69888 tstates, issue a ... z80 interrupt and update the display ( ... load snapshots in the sna format, but only about 50% of ... that I have converted a Z80 emulator found on the net ...
    Anders Anders September 2001 Emulators
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