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The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... no sense to compare a 2.5MHz z80 to a 10Mhz z80. Clearly the ... ratio 2.67:1 to meet the z80's performance.
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What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
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I tend to be a bit anal ... bank copying code, converts to .TAP and TR-DOS in one ... didn't seem configurable enough to allow this - or ... minimising unnecessary code - and to me the Code Editor / ... makefile options do seem to be re-inventing the wheel ... -
What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... startup/bank copying code, converts to .TAP and TR-DOS in one ... key recording/playback too hard to implement and not enough people ... in minimising unnecessary code - and to me the Code Editor / makefile ... what people perceive to be broke.
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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... DMA device to memory and more contention with the z80 which spells ... />
An optional 2x speed z80 to compensate for the larger video ... because of the faster grade z80 required. Contention would have had ... on a 2x speed z80 since the z80 would be stopped for ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... DMA device to memory and more contention with the z80 which spells ... /> [quote]An optional 2x speed z80 to compensate for the larger video ... because of the faster grade z80 required. Contention would have had ... on a 2x speed z80 since the z80 would be stopped for ... -
How to write an IDE drive (8 bit)?Hi there. I want to build the 8-bit interface by Pera Putnik, and substitute the original ROM by an EPROM with the appropriate program in order to c…
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I want to build the 8-bit interface ... appropriate program in order to connect a Speccy to an IDE hard ... do you copy files (.SNA, .Z80) to the hard drive? I've ... ", but don't know what to do, as its help is ... -
Portable spectrum?Can anyone give me any advice - I've heard bits and pieces about people running a spectrum emulator on various portable devices/mobile phones etc - b…
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Mayhem Accelerator - Prototype Complete [Sam CoupI am now pleased to announce that on the 8th June the prototype of the Mayhem Accelerator was finally completed. With work on the accelerator start…
Mmmmm, methinks an accurate clone of the Williams classic 1982 blaster "Robotron 2084" [I]might[/I] be possible with a 20mhz Z80 to push things along!! ;-) -
Mayhem Accelerator - Prototype Complete [Sam CoupI am now pleased to announce that on the 8th June the prototype of the Mayhem Accelerator was finally completed. With work on the accelerator start…
... ] be possible with a 20mhz Z80 to push things along!! ;-)[/QUOTE]
Help understanding some z80 asmI'm trying to work out how to represent the structure of a "sprite" in the SAM as "Grabbed" by SmallC. I can see the assembler implementation but I …
... register L to that location, and one access to #8001 to write the ... />
If you have a Z80 processor controlling a device with ... the device, then allow the Z80 to fetch it in two lumps ... to this with the Z80 when *writing* to a device - it is possible to ...NEW games for you chaps (and girls too) ;-)Okie, did some .TAP versions of NEW original games that were only released on TRDOS disk format. Some of you might have seen some (one or two are eve…
... br /> 2. SCL2TRD - to convert the SCL images to TRD
3 ... machine code loader) to .TAP format
4. SEC2TAP - to convert any number ... sectors from a .TRD file to .TAP block (this is the ... loads, use SEC2TAP to extract those blocks to .TAP blocks. Write the ...Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
... AVI to TAP with BMP2SCR, added basic loader and recorded it to animated ... />
There is a link to TAP file too.
Who ...SpecEmu 2.4 releaseSince SpecEmu has been at 2.4 beta for as long as I can remember I think it's about time I made a proper 2.4 release for its users :) Major new feat…
... /> A2 of Z80 to A1 of FDC
A7 of z80 to A0 of ...C64's SID music on ZX - the demo is HERE!!I'm proud to announce, that two great persons from Central Europe - Poke & Omega - have made something really important for Spectrum world. Now ZX …
... song files in that .tap file have the player exactly ... 're only using the tracker to play it.
... If you look at the tap file there is another program ... ROUTINE" it will save to tap the song plus a player ... PLUS you can choose to play it through the ...Screen$ disappearanceGreetings to all developers :D As you know, I have been playing around with Professional Adventure Writer and was making a few tests in the adventur…
Your file is very large indeed. That's because you saved it as a Direct Recording Block. Most emulators support streaming $10 blocks to .tap and .tzx, try using that instead.
D.Screen$ disappearanceGreetings to all developers :D As you know, I have been playing around with Professional Adventure Writer and was making a few tests in the adventur…
... emulators support streaming $10 blocks to .tap and .tzx, try using that ... adventure. If you save to a .tap file you can probably find ... a tool to remove that ... the SCR in ZXPaintbrush, converted to TAP with SCR2TAP
3 - ...GP32 Spectrum crewHi, im looking for a spectrum emulator on the gp32 that run .tzx files
Is There Anyway To Convert Tzx File To Tap?GP32 Spectrum crewHi, im looking for a spectrum emulator on the gp32 that run .tzx files
... ;177292]Is There Anyway To Convert Tzx File To Tap?[/QUOTE]
Not easily. The problem with .tap is that it can only ... be stored that way due to the changed timings.
to load from .tap, then [url=http://biotoxin ...Need advice choosing one of these optionsA few spanish friends are willing to help me build and program the ethernet interface for the Speccy. Here are the possibilities. Any advice would be…
... considering using a Z80 at 8MHz to run the TCP ... as to also give the Speccy a second Z80 processor, ... be rather slow for a Z80 to access, although a couple ... the ENC29J60 and a Z80 would enable the use ... allow those experienced with Z80 assembly to make extra uses ...Anybody know what program can:Does anybody know of a PC program (or a "set") that can scan through a BASIC program, and replace "D*, D1 or D2" with two spaces. Then, save that sc…
... use the search/replace functions to do the job, or ... but it doesn't seem to be supported widely enough. There ... will read and write directly to a +D floppy (in ... MGT images - so I have to tap/tzx the files I want ... to convert in the first place ...Emulator for PC-XT 80286/386!Hi, I am trying to find an emulator that will work with and old PC-XT 286/386(!). Any ideas? I have got Warajevo running but I am having problems g…
... /taper.html"]taper[/URL] to convert them to tap files, that should run ...PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…
... sorry :-) ) So, just to emphasise, there must be support ... maintainers! I assume this to be present, and therefore ... convert pzx files back to tap or tzx, so people ... lost, so a converter to convert the archived tzx ... files to pzx needs to be written and ...Pricing of homoeopathic "medicines" -- weirdYesterday I was at my local pharmacist to collect a prescription, and noticed that tucked away in one corner is a display of homoeopathic "medicines"…
... penis" pills a go needles to say my headache remained. The ... hand, and you were supposed to tap them into the lid and ... cows anyway, was only nice to em' really cos' they could ...LiberatedI was just browsing around at "stuff" and spotted the [URL=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000227]Liberator[/URL], a hardware wotsi…
... ). Basically, you can get the Z80 to skip clock cycles through the ...Unconventional way of diagnosing a faultHi everyone Some time ago I got a 48k Spectrum (issue 3B board) in a pretty bad condition. I believe the power supply transistor TR4 failed, causing…
... code should be able to run to clear the memory down ... be able to mate your other Z80 computer board to the Spectrum ... br />
If the Z80 is working and the bus ... uses the Spectrum's own Z80 to do a self-test, ... the system clock off your Z80 computer, and use the ...Unconventional way of diagnosing a faultHi everyone Some time ago I got a 48k Spectrum (issue 3B board) in a pretty bad condition. I believe the power supply transistor TR4 failed, causing…
... be able to mate your other Z80 computer board to the Spectrum ... the original destructive event to the coil (the TMS4116 ... />
If the Z80 is working and the bus ... uses the Spectrum's own Z80 to do a self-test, ... system clock off your Z80 computer, and use the ...How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…
... there so you have to get the z80 to copy the second buffer ... 's bytes to the main display ... something approaching 2 video frames to update your graphics, which is ... ) pixel rows in top to bottom order to make maximum use of ...ZX Fireboot CDHi, I would like to share with anybody who is interesting in with the ZX FIREBOOT CD. The objective was to create a small, easy-to-download, CD-b…
Instead legal crap (sic), I recommend to snori_piper that add Z80 to Fireboot CD. It is now free. Still the best DOS Speccy emul. If want may ask permission from Gerton Lunter...Notation questionI wasn't quite sure where to put this post, so anyone's welcome to move it whereever may be more appropriate. So I'm reading about Z80 interrupts he…
... nice example, for requesting the Z80 to relinquish the bus. As it ... 's active low, the Z80 will release the bus when ...So long and thanks for all the fishIm off now. Alot of the chat here reminded me too much of of the chat in the school yard etc.... Not bitter, as my sig says just bored. Its been f…
... =DEATH;203215]You'll need to see Andy about that one ... entire AR collection for you to convert to TAP/TZX.
