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Adding IDE to your Spectrum +2 A/B (or +3)Hello my fellow [B]WoS'ers[/B] [B]This is a shared thread with [url]www.amibay.com[/url] which you can [URL="http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=…
... . I don't own a 8-bit IDE interface, but I can ... off the shelf. Although the 8-bit interface wastes half the storage ... with the DivIDE and the ZXMMC interfaces.
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CF card to IDE adaptor - modificationI bought a few bits and pieces recently to get my +3 reading from a CF card, but the cheapest CF card I bought (Sandisk 4GB) needs power that current…
... least it is on the simple 8-bit interface, would have to check ... -
CF card to IDE adaptor - modificationI bought a few bits and pieces recently to get my +3 reading from a CF card, but the cheapest CF card I bought (Sandisk 4GB) needs power that current…
... least it is on the simple 8-bit interface, would have to check ... today, but it's a bit quiet. I'm steeling myself ... -
maximum addressable RAM for a Z80 using bank switching?What is the maximum addressable RAM for a Z80 using bank switching? The Enterprise64 home computer could address up to 4MB, is this the limit for a …
... /> That is to have an 8 bit parallel load shift register daisy ... chained onto an n-8 stage shift register, where n ... trick. And using a very simple cpld you can be build ... -
Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…
... still the standard for the 8-bit systems and nobody really pushed ... released exclusively for 16/32-bit systems. Now this old issue ... to be completed without the simple constraints of old hardware limitations ... -
Fully-addressed devices initiative (FADI)I would like to introduce an initiative for those who create new pieces of hardware containing legacy devices with well-known addresses. It says that…
... construction. For things like the simple 8-bit ide interface implementing full decoding ... -
Fully-addressed devices initiative (FADI)I would like to introduce an initiative for those who create new pieces of hardware containing legacy devices with well-known addresses. It says that…
[QUOTE=guesser;688345]Well there's always cost and ease of construction. For things like the simple 8-bit ide interface........[/quote]Of course, I was defining the purist principle. Best place to start with any design ;-) -
Setting up an IDE HDD on the +3e helpHello, Just installed a HDD in my +3e (ROM ver. 1.11). When turning on it takes a few seconds longer but then shows 2 IDE (available) as well as 1 fl…
... well).
(Also made the simple internal 8-bit interface).
*I guess ... -
Matthew Smith making a new game![url]http://retroasylum.com/manic-miner-creator-matthew-smith-set-for-return-on-ios-and-android/[/url] [I]"The Retro Asylum team have heard a whispe…
... think sales of a few 8 bit games are worth getting a ... it's legal and business.. simple as, and does have to ... interviewed him. It's a bit like saying certain Minter games ... -
Mouse as Joystick?I've read somewhere that particular mouses can act as joysticks and can be plugged into standard Kempston Joystick port (i.e. on Interface II). Is th…
... slowly move. I expect many 8-bit mice were similar.
simple mouse through a joystick port ... impossible if you had a simple cursor and everything in your ... -
Setting up an IDE HDD on the +3e helpHello, Just installed a HDD in my +3e (ROM ver. 1.11). When turning on it takes a few seconds longer but then shows 2 IDE (available) as well as 1 fl…
... a few questions regarding the simple 8 bit adapter I was using and ... capacity.
**(original setup)Simple 8 bit schematic:
[URL=http://s239 ... -
Setting up an IDE HDD on the +3e helpHello, Just installed a HDD in my +3e (ROM ver. 1.11). When turning on it takes a few seconds longer but then shows 2 IDE (available) as well as 1 fl…
... really the same thing. The simple IDE interface is an IDE ... do 8-bit transfers to the CF card using a standard simple-ide ... -
Setting up an IDE HDD on the +3e helpHello, Just installed a HDD in my +3e (ROM ver. 1.11). When turning on it takes a few seconds longer but then shows 2 IDE (available) as well as 1 fl…
... a simple 8-bit interface as there's currently no software for the simple 8 bit ... -
Setting up an IDE HDD on the +3e helpHello, Just installed a HDD in my +3e (ROM ver. 1.11). When turning on it takes a few seconds longer but then shows 2 IDE (available) as well as 1 fl…
... a simple 8-bit interface as there's currently no software for the simple 8 bit ... -
Spec +3e CF Card interface working Great but a different problem popped upHey, just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped me get my Spectrum +3e and CF card working. I've been playing on it all last night and this a…
... commands) to add the same simple 8-bit HDD interface?
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Spec +3e CF Card interface working Great but a different problem popped upHey, just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped me get my Spectrum +3e and CF card working. I've been playing on it all last night and this a…
... similar to add the same simple 8-bit HDD interface?[/QUOTE]
simple filing disk system instead of ... -
Keyboard scanning routines / techniques?What keyboard scanning routines or techniques do people use? I'm looking to write something which doesn't rely on the ROM-based keyboard scanner, an…
... will be a tinysocks technology (simple sockets, client only).
... present they are limited to simple graphics primitives, Kempston mouse ... driver and simple font engine. I stopped ... atari8.co.uk/gui/"]Atari 8 bit GUI available here[/URL].< ... -
SkoolKit 3.4SkoolKit - a suite of utilities for creating disassemblies of Spectrum games in HTML (and ASM) format - has reached version 3.4. Some of the new stuf…
... and writes being 8-bit (just like the Z80's 8-bit databus).
bit read or write sequence.< ... see it working well for simple things like LD HL,( ... often it's not that simple. Take a jump table ... is used as a 16-bit or 8-bit variable.
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Games/Programs making use of DivIDE featuresHello :) I have a question: I may be wrong, but it looks like the DivIDE and similar interfaces for the ZX Spectrum are almost exclusively used for …
[QUOTE=Alcoholics Anonymous;712817]Contiki is not trying to be a complete o/s -- it is only trying to supply a lightweight kernel that delivers a certain minimum level of services typically needed by small embedded systems. Accordingly it stays away from ... -
The Pros and Cons of "alternative" assembler syntaxContinuing from [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=720754&postcount=72[/URL] [QUOTE=u6c87;720754]But that wouldn't change if…
... is that anything but very simple tools or algorithms and logic ... be pretty awful on limited 8-bit systems. There's just too ... -
The Pros and Cons of "alternative" assembler syntaxContinuing from [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=720754&postcount=72[/URL] [QUOTE=u6c87;720754]But that wouldn't change if…
... being platform independent even on 8-bits and the reason is ... target's display implementation. An 8-bit programmer whether writing in C ... used a library with a simple sprite model. The point is ... -
The Pros and Cons of "alternative" assembler syntaxContinuing from [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=720754&postcount=72[/URL] [QUOTE=u6c87;720754]But that wouldn't change if…
... , as you say, have portable 8-bit code if you are writing ... . Access to network facilities for simple email, web browsing and a ... -
Machine code optimisationI'm geting back into z80 coding and wonder what the best way of showing how efficient the code is. I've got Rodney Zaks book and see there are timin…
... 4 T cycles to end. Simple memory read or write operation ... takes 3 T cycles and simple peripheral input/output operation takes ... ). Moreover, since Z80 is an 8 bit microprocessor, takes more T cycles ... -
Interface 1bisHas anyone on here got a "Interface 1bis": [URL="https://sites.google.com/site/interface1bis/"]https://sites.google.com/site/interface1bis/[/URL] I …
... -up. This also affects other 8 bit systems. Part of the problem ... MPU / CPU having a very simple reset circuit (with no "brown ... -
Interface 1bisHas anyone on here got a "Interface 1bis": [URL="https://sites.google.com/site/interface1bis/"]https://sites.google.com/site/interface1bis/[/URL] I …
... -up. This also affects other 8 bit systems. Part of the problem ... MPU / CPU having a very simple reset circuit (with no "brown ... -
SE BasicAfter 13 years of development I thought I'd run out of things to optimize, but it turns out I was wrong. However, I'm now running out of time to work…
... 1.
[*]8-bit character set support: UDG 0.
[*]8-bit mode can ...
[*]SCREEN$() supports UDGs and 8-bit character sets.
[*]Scroll counter ... gives lower case letters.
[*]Simple code page support in hi ... -
C.G.D - Classic Game Designer[b]UPDATE: August 07, 2013 AN UPDATED VERSION OF CGD IS NOW AVAILABLE, DETAILS HERE: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=7155…
... played so far has been simple to pick up and distressingly ... considered porting CGD to other 8-bit platforms?
...If you ... -
filled shape creating codeDevelopment is continuing well on a resurrected project of mine from about 20 years ago. Speed and size optimizations are going well along with displ…
... two approaches common to 8-bit and 16-bit games. The first is ... mask. Best to just use simple shapes and highlights - things like ... -
C.G.D - Classic Game Designer[b]UPDATE: August 07, 2013 AN UPDATED VERSION OF CGD IS NOW AVAILABLE, DETAILS HERE: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=7155…
... played so far has been simple to pick up and distressingly ... considered porting CGD to other 8-bit platforms?
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C.G.D - Classic Game Designer[b]UPDATE: August 07, 2013 AN UPDATED VERSION OF CGD IS NOW AVAILABLE, DETAILS HERE: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=7155…
... are not familiar with other 8-bit platforms, you could consider to ... Rally![/B]
Its a simple yet hard racing game that ...
