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- Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:20 am
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Moderator Action
- Replies: 95
- Views: 20275
Re: Moderator Action
No, no, no. I don't think calling out the mod team on stifling free speech, exercising their wielded power etc. is fair. Until proven differently, I remain completely convinced that this decision was born out of inexperience and a genuine desire to "keep things nice" around. I do think it ...
- Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:47 am
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Moderator Action
- Replies: 95
- Views: 20275
Re: Moderator Action
I'm mostly with Einar on this one, though for slightly different reasons (which I would rather discuss in private, though). However, [mention]Pegaz[/mention], you make an interesting point. It's indeed one of the major nuisances of wos that useless and Spectrum-unrelated drivel has taken overhand th...
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:42 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Fuse 1.5.1 released
- Replies: 39
- Views: 9327
Re: Fuse 1.5.1 released
It has something to do with the old system being inflexible and overwriting option settings. In theory, as long as fastloading etc. are enabled, the new system shouldn't be significantly slower though, no?
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:39 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Fuse 1.5.1 released
- Replies: 39
- Views: 9327
Re: Fuse 1.5.1 released
+1, thanks [mention]Fred[/mention] and the Fuse team for all your hard work!
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:44 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Compact 64 column print routine
- Replies: 75
- Views: 14154
Re: Compact 64 column print routine
About wasted bits in the font data, what about sticking in a RES 4, (HL) at nextrow just after the font row has been written to the screen? This would ensure that only the first three bits of each character are printed, allowing for the spare bits to be used as flags for other code. That sounds lik...
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:40 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Calling all ZX Spectrum Devs
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4659
Re: Calling all ZX Spectrum Devs
If you'd be interested in adding some non-game material feel free to include my dat fuzz beeper music album which is available for download here.
- Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:44 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Compact 64 column print routine
- Replies: 75
- Views: 14154
Re: Compact 64 column print routine
Made a little font that fits completely in 6x3, just in case
- Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:52 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Compact 64 column print routine
- Replies: 75
- Views: 14154
Re: Compact 64 column print routine
Not the most pretty, but it's a Q I'd say:
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- Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Compact 64 column print routine
- Replies: 75
- Views: 14154
Re: Compact 64 column print routine
A tiny optimization: Near the top of charloop, replacing "dec a, or a" with "sub 1" will save 1 t-state.
Edit: Ah, nevermind, it will break on entering with C=0.
Edit: Ah, nevermind, it will break on entering with C=0.
- Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:20 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Compact 64 column print routine
- Replies: 75
- Views: 14154
Re: Compact 64 column print routine
Woohoo, 35 bytes! Always great to see compact routines like this. Perhaps it could be tweaked for more efficient storage of the font though? I don't mind so much the wasted bits per character pair, but spreading out over 7 256b pages seems worth optimizing. Nevertheless, this is quite an achievement...
- Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:10 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Unknown discovered games from Romania
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5488
Re: Unknown discovered games from Romania
Perhaps someone could get in touch with the folks at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Rom ... meComputer to find out more.
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:52 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Shrinkler, LZ77+arithmetic coding compressor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1605
Re: Shrinkler, LZ77+arithmetic coding compressor
There are undoubtedly various use cases where this compression speed would be acceptable. What I'm more concerned about is the need to reserve a large buffer. A situation like this is not a problem for 4K intros, but it could be an issue if you've stuffed all the available RAM. Nevertheless, I think...
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:16 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Shrinkler, LZ77+arithmetic coding compressor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1605
Re: Shrinkler, LZ77+arithmetic coding compressor
Wow, that's very, very awesome news. Massive props to roudoudou for pulling this off, and thanks to you and Hicks for optimizing the decruncher.
Now what's next, a z80 decruncher for brotli? paq8?
Now what's next, a z80 decruncher for brotli? paq8?
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:42 am
- Forum: Music
- Topic: Spectrum musicians - how do you do it?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 14433
Re: Spectrum musicians - how do you do it?
not sure if the hardware implimentation of the Speccy stopped the other 2 sound channels being used. Man, you believe in some terrible superstitions :o Or you are confusing AY with beeper - later models of Zx Spectrum have two different sources of sound. 99% of program using AY play on all 3 channe...
- Wed Jan 17, 2018 4:28 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: opening non zipped files
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3099
Re: opening non zipped files
Aside from incorrect rendering and lack of support for some newer web techniques, the main problem with IE is that it provides little protection against common "hacking" attacks. Sadly, nowadays the whole browser market looks pretty bleak. Edge is a privacy nightmare and still falls short ...
- Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:28 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: opening non zipped files
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3099
Re: opening non zipped files
The part that puzzles me is this: That's not an available option, the closest is 'Save target as' which only saves the .htm of the link. The .bbsongs on the Beepola showcase aren't being delivered as .htm. The links go directly to the .bbsong files. So it is definately your browser doing this. Affec...
- Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:12 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Game art copied from elsewhere
- Replies: 412
- Views: 73561
Re: Game art copied from elsewhere
Nonsense. Rambo is clearly copied from Butch Hard Guy.
- Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:58 pm
- Forum: Music
- Topic: Spectrum musicians - how do you do it?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 14433
Re: Spectrum musicians - how do you do it?
Cheers R-Tape, considering they're first attempts, those tracks you posted aren't so bad! The secret to getting better at music is practise, plain and simple. Of course talent helps, but it's non-essential. Knowing some basic music theory will make things easier, though it's not a strict requirement...
- Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:22 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Cannot edit older posts.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9548
- Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:26 am
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Cannot edit older posts.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9548
Re: Cannot edit older posts.
Also, the edits don't have to be malicious for it to become confusing. Imagine a situation in which someone posts a block of useful code, then a few subsequent posts pick out a few minor points e.g. "I think you need an additional DEC D before the LDIR". Now the OP goes back and makes tho...
- Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:53 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Cannot edit older posts.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9548
Re: Cannot edit older posts.
I'm with Hikaru on this one. Until there is an actual problem with people rewriting history, there's no good reason to put a time limit on editing one's own posts. If you are worried about clarity, then have users fill in a "reason for edit" field when they wish to edit their post after a ...
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:34 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Register Addressing Modes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2543
Re: Register Addressing Modes
Ah yes, you're right of course. Please disregard my statement above.
- Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:01 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Register Addressing Modes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2543
Re: Register Addressing Modes
LD (ADDR),A/LD A,(ADDR) should be in "Extended Addressing" according to this nomenclature. I'd say the term "Memory Indirect" is more descriptive, though.
- Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:24 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Friday Night Quiz: The Follicle Challenge!
- Replies: 60
- Views: 12725
Re: Friday Night Quiz: The Follicle Challenge!
12 - Rick Dickinson
- Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:58 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Forum Ranks
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9458
Re: Forum Ranks
Seems that tcommon way of doing this is by installing a mod:
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &sk=t&sd=a
Disclaimer: I have no experience with phpBB myself, so I don't know how well it works.
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &sk=t&sd=a
Disclaimer: I have no experience with phpBB myself, so I don't know how well it works.