-
z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... - to be flicker free. The usual flicker free strategy is to erase ... respectable number of options in z88dk's future.
[quote ... -
z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... compiled code using free C compilers for z80 targets, z88dk sits in ... overall, and sdcc better than z88dk. Unfortunately hi-tech is a ... dead variable analysis, etc, while z88dk only makes use of a ... approach I am taking with z88dk. So all time consuming library ... -
Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... devices like the CPU, ULA, RAM etc just to see what ... unsuspecting punters. I've downloaded Z88DK several times to do this ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... some information on what exactly z88dk is for those not ... />
Sharing code with most free z80 assemblers is not easy ... subroutines.
A few free z80 assemblers try to improve ... called a library name that z88dk distinguishes.
If ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... the library.
In z88dk/libsrc/sprites/software/sp1 you ... display surface with the 4 free rows on top of the ... screen (for scores) and 7 free columns on the right for ... be placed wherever there is free memory.
With the ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... idea to wander around the z88dk/include directory to see what ... kinds of functions z88dk can provide to your programs ... queue is a list of free memory blocks of the same ... -
When do you optimise?I was just wondering when people here optimise their code. Do they wait till it is all done or do they code a routine and then optimise that?
... around.[/QUOTE]
The free z80 C compilers that try ... translated to faster asm. In z88dk using global variables rather than ... -
When do you optimise?I was just wondering when people here optimise their code. Do they wait till it is all done or do they code a routine and then optimise that?
[QUOTE=Alcoholics Anonymous]The free z80 C compilers that try ... better.
[quote]In z88dk using global variables rather than ... -
Smax?I've got SMAX v0.0.1, has anybody got any information about it? It isn't on WOS any more as far as I can see. What language does it use (seems like…
... starting to play around with z88dk and SP1, which I ... by anyone. z80asm (from z88dk) has such a linker, ... added REL library support to z88dk. This means it is ... on the screen, clash free. I'll be trying ... or 4 colours of clash-free graphics.
... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... ".
{z88dk}/include/input.h and {z88dk}/include/spectrum.h ... zx library.
{z88dk}/include/spectrum.h contains functions ... misnomer); a stack-usage free heapsort can be easily implemented ... ) that allows 4 clash-free colours on screen. For ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... writing large, robust, bug-free programs using a procedural ... file [URL="http://z88dk.cvs.sourceforge.net/z88dk/z88dk/include/adt.h ... in [URL="http://z88dk.cvs.sourceforge.net/z88dk/z88dk/include/adt.h ... that it can allocate and free memory as needed.
... -
What was *the developers'* choice?While reading this forum, I came to a question which I have never thought about. What was the developers' choice of language back in 80's? are all…
... go of it. The 48k RAM restriction was a serious impediment ... course, with myself beimg a z88dk cheerleader, that is changing now ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... 128k models built-in RAM disk using z88dk ;) I mean, you could ... new level data from the RAM disk. -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... 128k models built-in RAM disk using z88dk ;) I mean, you could ... for [URL="http://z88dk.cvs.sourceforge.net/z88dk/z88dk/libsrc/spectrum/zx_goto.asm ... the [URL="http://z88dk.cvs.sourceforge.net/z88dk/z88dk/libsrc/spectrum/currah_direct.asm ... -
seedycan you get CD re-writters for old shit PC's?
... have to check how much RAM and hard disk space you ... left. 64mb ram and about a gig of free space would suffice ... -
4k RaceFind myself playing this a lot, also 4K Race refueled. Surely, if this was made into a fully-blown 128k only game, it'd be the best racing game ever…
... about 16K free memory in the main 48K of RAM, plus other ... in the paged RAM. So there is probably enough free space to ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... seriously do it in 48k RAM. You have to have a ... , the standard zx library in z88dk is 77k long and that ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... ... SDCC hasn't had the Z88dk libs ported to it yet ... code generated by all the free z80 compilers out there is ... heavy lifting. In that regard, z88dk's libraries have no competition ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... code generated by all the free z80 compilers out there is ... heavy lifting. In that regard, z88dk's libraries have no competition ... the internal design of the Z88dk and SDCC compilers. SDCC is ... -
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…
... should have been a 64K RAM machine where you could switch ... the ROMs to an all RAM mode from the factory. ... re talking about adding 16k RAM internally to put in ... new 128x192 four colour clash-free mode
I ... and any of the 128k RAM.
The ... -
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…
... 're talking about adding 16k RAM internally to put in place ... new 128x192 four colour clash-free mode
I would ... and any of the 128k RAM.[/quote]
Actually, that's ... paging out any place in RAM is more expensive and less ... -
Issue 1 only?The thread on the +2 prompted me to start this one. I got an issue 1 Speccy 16k in 1983 for my birthday and then a Fox Electronics 48k upgrade for m…
... ? Did you not have any RAM pack wobble problems?[/QUOTE]
free sockets on the 16K Speccy ... still had the expansion socket free for a Kempston joystick pack ... -
+2 ramdisk - access in machine codeHow can you access the ramdisk in machine code? I've got a +2, and it seems the ramdisk has never been properly utilised. It would be a handy little…
... to access the ramdisk for z88dk; it's not quite ready ... up from the bottom of RAM and unsorted catalogue entries growing ... downward from the top of RAM. To erase a file you ... d ; OR in BANKM (minus RAM page bits)
ld e ... -
Help where do i startIm thinking of writing a game or two for the speccy. At the moment Im not sure what type. But Im after some general info. I know laguages like Basi…
... option for you: since z88dk allows the free mixing of assembler and ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... your file :) It's completely free and with no download restrictions ... 's all this about a z88dk wiki ?
Greetings,
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... is [URL="http://z88dk.cvs.sourceforge.net/z88dk/z88dk/libsrc/sprites/software/sp1 ... screen, and is how flicker free operation is achieved without syncing ...How do you emulate?I don't mean which emulators do you do, but physically how do you do it do you use full screen or a window, joystick or joypad I full screen everyt…
... a bigger HD and extra Ram installed. The CDRom was binned ... " TV which I got for free via a ?25 USB VGA ...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…
... currently a developer on is z88dk. Z88dk evolved out of small C ... standard C library support that z88dk comes with, including stdio, ... far pointers.
Z88dk, of course, does not have ... br />
There are other free C cross compilers for the ...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…
... of the free memory in your SAM and allocates 6 RAM pages ... for workspace. In total, 10 RAM pages are used ( 160K ). An ... allocated at compile time. The free memory 'behind' your program is ... by the functions alloc() and free() which are found in "stdlib ...Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... page in ROM 3 and RAM 0, and somehow replicate ... /> [/quote]
The z88dk assembler only attaches library code ...
[url]http://z88dk.cvs.sourceforge.net/z88dk/z88dk/libsrc/fcntl/spectrum/plus3 ... convert over to assembler -- z88dk allows mixing C and ...
