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- Tue Dec 26, 2023 7:45 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Learning machine code
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1973
Re: Learning machine code
Back to my question how did anyone learn when the reference books (and magazine type-ins) were riddled with errors? Yeah, that was a bummer. Here’s the thing, though. It’s a mistake to think you need to learn machine code . In reality, machine code in and of itself is quite simple. What you really ...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: Music
- Topic: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1382
Re: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, my fellow 8-bit aficionados! May it be red, yellow, green, and cyan!
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:18 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: WOOT 2023 released!
- Replies: 88
- Views: 5466
Re: WOOT 2023 released!
So far, I think I’m most impressed with the methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl . . . demo.
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 7:00 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: WOOT 2023 released!
- Replies: 88
- Views: 5466
Re: WOOT 2023 released!
Sorry for not participating this year—was too busy with other things. Looking forward to checking out this year’s issue!
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:13 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7700
- Views: 232675
Re: Guess the screen$
It’s a bird! No . . . It’s a plane!
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:29 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7700
- Views: 232675
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:09 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7700
- Views: 232675
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:45 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7700
- Views: 232675
Re: Guess the screen$
No takers, eh?
Zooming out:
Zooming out:
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:23 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: But really, why didn't the Speccy have a definitive football game?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1182
Re: But really, why didn't the Speccy have a definitive football game?
I concur. Would could do a poll, but the winner is obvious. I, for one, would be voting for it.redballoon wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:27 pm Emlyn Hughes International Soccer was the definitive football game on the ZX Spectrum.
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7700
- Views: 232675
Re: Guess the screen$
Squares, squares, wonderful squares!
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:26 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7700
- Views: 232675
Re: Guess the screen$
Little Puff in Dragonland.
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:22 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Spectrum interface to do programming?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 459
Re: Spectrum interface to do programming?
There was also the Currah MicroSource @1024MAK. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1000080/Hardware/Currah_MicroSource I don't realise until today that this device offered Forth too! I used the µSource a few years back under emulation. (Fuse has support for it.) It’s pretty nifty, if a little cu...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:14 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: JSSpeccy 3 Online Emulator
- Replies: 26
- Views: 539
Re: JSSpeccy 3 Online Emulator
Pretty sweet!
Sound is a bit distorted and lags a little, but that’s a minor thing.
Sound is a bit distorted and lags a little, but that’s a minor thing.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:05 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Stereogram Demo
- Replies: 21
- Views: 740
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 2:10 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Friday Quiz: SCRambled 4
- Replies: 53
- Views: 729
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:31 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Flashload problems
- Replies: 9
- Views: 393
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Flashload problems
- Replies: 9
- Views: 393
Re: Flashload problems
You could save a byte here by doing this:R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:11 am Yep not shy here. Here's the code (all ORGd below 32768):
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; ld a,255 ;255 means data not header scf ;means load not verify call 1366 ;ROM loader routine ;
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scf ;sets Carry
sbc a,a ;subtracts Carry (0 – 1 = 255)
call 1366
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:29 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: If your Spectrum ownership was with a different model...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 359
Re: If your Spectrum ownership was with a different model...
Aww . . . Glad I could help!TheMartian wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:20 pm At this very moment this +2A is sitting on my desk with the Arkanoid tape in the datassette. (Not the THS version; the original modified by myself so it runs using the +2A floating bus - thanks to @Ast A. Moore for all the info on this phenomenon.)
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:02 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: How to load and run these 128K games?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 166
Re: How to load and run these 128K games?
I wonder if there is a simple cookbook how to secure compatibility across all 128K models. I'm aware of slow/fast pages problem but are there any other issues ? A few, yes. There are a couple of places (including my own; see signature) that maintain a collection of fixes that improve (or restore) c...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:57 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Pete Cooke): discussion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 181
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Pete Cooke): discussion
Academy
Micronaut One
Micronaut One
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:32 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Joffa): vote
- Replies: 53
- Views: 1239
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:32 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Joffa): vote
- Replies: 53
- Views: 1239
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:05 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Joffa): vote
- Replies: 53
- Views: 1239
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Joffa): vote
. . . or that bloody random thumbs up/down game in Firefly. It’s not random, strictly speaking; but it’s much easier to bean on real hardware than in an emulator, because of the video/audio/input lag the latter exhibits. I remember I got pretty good at it back in the day; didn’t even think it was t...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 8:18 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Joffa): discussion
- Replies: 21
- Views: 801
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 6:44 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Were some games meant to be cheated on?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1016
Re: Were some games meant to be cheated on?
I'd be curious to know if anybody here manages to get beyond the first few levels of Batty without some kind of cheat. Define “few.” I never expected it to have a proper “ending” back in the day, but getting through the first three or four levels wasn’t too difficult. You needed a fair bit of luck,...