Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81 / Z88 Forums

Regarding the original games I'd like to add GULP 2 (PacMan style, machine code) and the Trader Trilogy (BASIC, came on three cassettes!). I liked those very much back in the old days.

Bernd

Sorry for asking here, but I discovered the "brain teaser" port story, from forth to zx81: http://forum.tlienhard.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=434 and finally to Amstrad nc100. I'd be interested in contacting the Amstrad port author: http://www.ncus.org.uk/games.htm Does anoyone know how to get i...

yerzmyey wrote:PS: You could have written to me, for music.

Yes, true, but unfortunately I don't own a soundbox for my ZX81...

Bernd

Ok, I built a GUI for the Java tool, so it should be fairly easy to use it to create assembler data for low-resolution pictures for the zeddy. This is the process: 1. Get some nice files from somewhere. Good sources are line art or two-colour pictures. 2. Use your favourite graphics program to resiz...

Hi Andy, well, yes, of course. But at the time being the tools are not finished or very rough-edged (so to say) - quick and dirty, you know. The Java program for example contains hardcoded paths and filenames, and it does not (yet) come with a GUI. If you are eager to see the tools in their current ...

Thank you very much for the flowers :) @Andy: I assume you are asking for the images, not the graphics effects. I did not draw them, but instead I took some images, converted them with a graphics program (in fact I used three of them), and then I used my amazing self-made Java tool to convert the pi...

Hi folks,

Here's my pure-assembler, no-sound, low-resolution demo. Well - I like it. Tell me what you think.

Bernd

If you look at the code you'll find that it's supposed to run on a machine with probably 640x200 resolution. It draws strange lightning bolts and 4-edged stars. The BASIC looks much like a Microsoft dialect, but I guess it's from a 16-bit computer.

Bernd

Honestly, I really like this quote from "Moving Forth Part 2":

The Z80 is instructive because it is an extreme example of a non- orthogonal CPU.

Bernd

Did you plug the MP3 player cable into the "EAR" socket?
Did you use a MONO cable (not a stereo one)?
You could use an audio software like Audacity to amplify the signal.

Bernd