Spectrum Computing

Posted: **Thu Mar 04, 2021 2:45 pm**

Pegaz wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:25 pm
Jumulo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:02 pm
Now I can execute all type files using the browser except the .tzx files. The problem is mine for sure...but I don’t know which problem is...
Pd: use real zx spectrum 48k with DivMMC future
TZX files are not supported, use PZX instead.

Are you sure

He says " use real zx spectrum 48k with DivMMC future" which means PZX is not supported...

PZX Plugin: "This plugin requires a ZX-UNO!"

Posted: **Thu Mar 04, 2021 3:52 pm**

tom-cat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 2:45 pm
Pegaz wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:25 pm TZX files are not supported, use PZX instead.
Are you sure He says " use real zx spectrum 48k with DivMMC future" which means PZX is not supported...

PZX Plugin: "This plugin requires a ZX-UNO!"

Yes, thats why I said that the topic name shouldnt be changed.

I was excited and gave the wrong advice, sorry for that.
The real answer is that tzx is not supported and the tap format should be used instead...

Posted: **Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:50 pm**

I have been using this new browser with my DivMMC Enjoy and my Spectrums due to the long filename support.

Very nifty, but could anyone involved in it turn off that flashing bar and replace it with an INVERSE one, maybe?

It's not that I don't like FLASH (several of my own creations involve it someway or another in fact), but I find it too garish for that.

Posted: **Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:51 pm**

Alessandro wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:50 pm I have been using this new browser with my DivMMC Enjoy and my Spectrums due to the long filename support.

Very nifty, but could anyone involved in it turn off that flashing bar and replace it with an INVERSE one, maybe?

It's not that I don't like FLASH (several of my own creations involve it someway or another in fact), but I find it too garish for that.

Dear [mention]Alessandro[/mention]

if you change colour configuration by using .brswcfg the flashing is disabled.

Posted: **Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:32 pm**

Alessandro wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:50 pm I have been using this new browser with my DivMMC Enjoy and my Spectrums due to the long filename support.

Very nifty, but could anyone involved in it turn off that flashing bar and replace it with an INVERSE one, maybe?

It's not that I don't like FLASH (several of my own creations involve it someway or another in fact), but I find it too garish for that.

When I made the changes to get the plugins to access the browser settings back in v0.15, it looks like I broke one of the default colour settings - I got my BRIGHT confused with my FLASH. This will be fixed in the next version. To fix this now, run the .brwscfg command from BASIC. In the config screen, press D to restore the correct defaults and then press S to save them. Or set your own colours if you wish.

Posted: **Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:55 pm**

Thanks [mention]Luzie[/mention] and [mention]bob_fossil[/mention], I did as you suggested and it solved my problem.

I also changed the bars' color from yellow to cyan.

Please keep developing this browser, I liked it so much that I could hardly revert to the default ESXDOS one. I am using ESXDOS 0.8.8 by the way.

Posted: **Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:11 pm**

New test version available here.

Caps Shift + D lets you create a directory (8.3 filename only). Default colour setting for selection was incorrectly set to FLASH not BRIGHT. The MYM plugin can now load files up to a maximum of 33726 bytes.

This version includes the first version of the AY plugin which plays .ay Z80 Spectrum music files - based on the code from my .playay dot command. It should be bug compatible with that!

Browser select key starts / stops playback. Browser left / right selects sub song if the file has multiple songs. BREAK exits - remember that you need to stop playback before you can exit. Please see the documentation in the playay download which explains some of the limitations in more detail.

Posted: **Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:46 pm**

The increase of mem for .mym is fantastic - thanks a lot

Also great job on the ay plugin

Regarding .ay: 3 of the DigiAYs give trouble: AYMD38.ay, AYMD39.ay (hang/reset on stop playback) & LyraII7.ay - unable to stop playback.

The plugin version of the pt3 player doesn't seem to support TurboSound pt3s.

Posted: **Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:47 pm**

XoRRoX wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:46 pm The increase of mem for .mym is fantastic - thanks a lot

Also great job on the ay plugin

Regarding .ay: 3 of the DigiAYs give trouble: AYMD38.ay, AYMD39.ay (hang/reset on stop playback) & LyraII7.ay - unable to stop playback.

The plugin version of the pt3 player doesn't seem to support TurboSound pt3s.

AYMD38.ay changes the stack pointer and jumps to an address where there isn't any code loaded to when you press space. AYMD39.ay changes the stack pointer and then RETs to address 0 as the new SP points to empty memory when you press space. Haven't debugged the Lyra ay but it's probably a similar problem - code ripped directly from the demo (you can see the colours for the screen and text scroll in the Lyra ay) which ran fine on a music player with a simplified Z80 emulation model but which has issues when run on the real thing.

You get the same problem with some beeper tunes. When you're playing on a PC, you can tell your emulated Z80 to pause to stop playback or restart from a new address to go to another song even if the code is stuck in a loop playing the current song.

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 1:50 am**

Just been trying this out for first time with Retro Virtual Machine emulator. I had problems getting some of the earlier releases of the browser to work (showed the browser, but with no files and a few corrupt graphics), until I tried the test version BROWSE_TEST016-1, which worked great. I formatted the virtual SD card as FAT 32.
It worked on a regular 48K emulation running ExDOS (I think it's called)

Excellent Browser [mention]bob_fossil[/mention] , thanks for your hard work on this!

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:56 am**

And are you thinking about implementing TurboSound for the plugin?

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:03 pm**

bob_fossil wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:34 am The 8 POKE limit has been removed from the POKE command.

Trying with Manic Miner (1983)(Bug-Byte).pok file I only view the first eight pokes till Mystery ?

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How can I access the pokes from 9 onwards?

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:36 pm**

desUBIKado wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:03 pm
bob_fossil wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:34 am The 8 POKE limit has been removed from the POKE command.
Trying with Manic Miner (1983)(Bug-Byte).pok file I only view the first eight pokes till Mystery ?

How can I access the pokes from 9 onwards?

You're confusing the POKE command (Caps Shift + P) with the POK plugin - perhaps I should have been clearer. Previously if you used Caps Shift + P, you could only enter 8 POKES using this method before having to exit the NMI and re-enter again to get another 8 POKES. POK files still have the 8 entry limit. One workaround would be to edit the POK file and remove the entries you don't need to get it down to a smaller size. Another would be to split the file up into multiple POK files containing 8 entries each. Not ideal but it should work.

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 1:10 pm**

bob_fossil wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:36 pm
desUBIKado wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:03 pm Trying with Manic Miner (1983)(Bug-Byte).pok file I only view the first eight pokes till Mystery ?

How can I access the pokes from 9 onwards?
You're confusing the POKE command (Caps Shift + P) with the POK plugin - perhaps I should have been clearer. Previously if you used Caps Shift + P, you could only enter 8 POKES using this method before having to exit the NMI and re-enter again to get another 8 POKES. POK files still have the 8 entry limit. One workaround would be to edit the POK file and remove the entries you don't need to get it down to a smaller size. Another would be to split the file up into multiple POK files containing 8 entries each. Not ideal but it should work.

Sorry, you are right. Sometimes I go so acelerated

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:52 pm**

Hello,
Thanks for the new version.

Could someone explain how we can install two NMI browsers with DivMMC ? Which will be the main and which the secundary?
I know we can change between both using cap shif+N but I don’t know how do it.

And the second question is :When I m playing a game, how I can back to the browser? (Take into consideration you are using .browse mode)

Thanks from Spain!

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:07 pm**

Jumulo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:52 pm Hello,
Thanks for the new version.

Could someone explain how we can install two NMI browsers with DivMMC ? Which will be the main and which the secundary?
I know we can change between both using cap shif+N but I don’t know how do it.

And the second question is :When I m playing a game, how I can back to the browser? (Take into consideration you are using .browse mode)

Thanks from Spain!

Hi,

from the MANUAL.TXT included with the latest "Full-Release-Version":

Caps Shift + N - Switch over to default / custom NMI.SYS. Loads the file /SYS/NMI.ORG . If you copy the original ESXDOS NMI.SYS file to NMI.ORG, Shift + N will switch over to this NMI. Please note that after switching you need to either run the supplied .dot command NMIINIT to restore the browser (or hard reset or power cycle). NMI mode only.

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:23 pm**

Luzie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:07 pm
Jumulo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:52 pm Hello,
Thanks for the new version.

Could someone explain how we can install two NMI browsers with DivMMC ? Which will be the main and which the secundary?
I know we can change between both using cap shif+N but I don’t know how do it.

And the second question is :When I m playing a game, how I can back to the browser? (Take into consideration you are using .browse mode)

Thanks from Spain!
Hi,

from the MANUAL.TXT included with the latest "Full-Release-Version":
Caps Shift + N - Switch over to default / custom NMI.SYS. Loads the file /SYS/NMI.ORG . If you copy the original ESXDOS NMI.SYS file to NMI.ORG, Shift + N will switch over to this NMI. Please note that after switching you need to either run the supplied .dot command NMIINIT to restore the browser (or hard reset or power cycle). NMI mode only.

Thanks Luzie for your answer.
So, I understood that the NMI.SYS must be the NMI that you want as main browser, for example bob browser, and NMI.ORG must be the secundary NMI for example DivMMC browser... isn’t it?
Thanks,

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:36 pm**

Jumulo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:52 pm
And the second question is :When I m playing a game, how I can back to the browser? (Take into consideration you are using .browse mode)

Thanks from Spain!

You can't get 'back' to the .dot command when you're in a game. You have to reset back to BASIC and type .browse again.

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:26 pm**

bob_fossil wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:36 pm
Jumulo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:52 pm
And the second question is :When I m playing a game, how I can back to the browser? (Take into consideration you are using .browse mode)

Thanks from Spain!
You can't get 'back' to the .dot command when you're in a game. You have to reset back to BASIC and type .browse again.

okay, I figured that... thanks.

Then I think it’s better to work in NMI mode.
I’ll check how do it tomorrow. I would like to have two NMI options... tomorrow I’ll try to configure that.

Let me say one more time that the Bob browser is fabulous!

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 11:05 pm**

New video highlighting the AY plugin and something extra too.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU2ML1Gfsos[/media]

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:10 pm**

It's getting better and better!

Another Yay! for TurboSound

Soon there's nothing left that we can come up with to request...

Thanks for your continued enthusiasm to keep going at it

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:30 pm**

XoRRoX wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:10 pm Soon there's nothing left that we can come up with to request...

Well, I've mentioned .tzx support would be great about 20 pages ago. C'mon [mention]bob_fossil[/mention] , what's the hold up?

XoRRoX wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:10 pm Thanks for your continued enthusiasm to keep going at it

Ditto!

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:04 pm**

Great job, Bob.

So far I have tested Spectrum ay, mym and Turbo sound and everything works fine.
I also tried several Amstrad ay files, but they don't seem to work.

akeley wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:30 pmWell, I've mentioned .tzx support would be great about 20 pages ago. C'mon @bob_fossil , what's the hold up?

Somehow, I always thought that this was impossible, but if .pzx works, then maybe there is a chance...

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:24 pm**

[mention]Pegaz[/mention] I was joking

I'm pretty sure it really is impossible. It would be a game changer though, because so many .taps from my collection don't work (I have converted them by brute force).

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:33 pm**

XoRRoX wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:10 pm It's getting better and better!
Another Yay! for TurboSound

Soon there's nothing left that we can come up with to request...

Thanks for your continued enthusiasm to keep going at it

Would this be too much of a tall order: Add a way to make the file selector jump to the first game that starts with a chosen letter. For example, if the user holds Caps+S, the selector jumps to the first "S" file in the current folder.

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