ZX Spectrum on [BETA] NCoT Tech

Writing a game the hard way - from scratch using C - Part 1

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Join me on a journey as I attempt to write a game for my Agon Light using nothing but raw C programming. In this first episode I figure out what kind of game to make, look at some shareware games of the past and get a basic game engine working, using nothing but C code – no external game engines or modern development tools. #AgonLight #AtariST #ZXSpectrum #CProgramming

Sinclair BASIC vs BBC BASIC - How to fit an entire devkit inside 64K

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 19:19:12 +0000

Just how did 8 bit computers like the ZX Spectrum or BBC Micro manage to cram an entire programming language into their tiny systems, and still have space for the user’s programs? #BBCMicro #ZXSpectrum #AssemblyLanguage #BASICProgramming

Clever engineering on a budget - ZX Spectrum Interrupts

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

How clever engineers made a cheap computer powerful #ZXSpectrum #Z80 #Interrupts #RetroComputing

Memory Banking, DMA and Interrupts - How 8bit computers work

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 22:39:38 +0000

Let’s explore how 8bit computers worked, looking at their memory, interrupts and DMA. #SpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #Interrupts #RetroComputing

Easy C Programming on ZX Spectrum Next - How to set up

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 20:54:14 +0000

How to set up Z88DK to develop C programs for the ZX Spectrum Next in about 20 minutes #SpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #z88dk #CProgramming

ZX Spectrum Next Hardware Sprites Overview

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:37:23 +0000

An overview of the Spectrum Next’s hardware sprites #SpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #Sprites #RetroComputing

Devlog 02 - Layer 2 Graphics

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:37:23 +0000

An overview of the Spectrum Next’s Layer 2 bitmap display #SpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputing #Graphics

Devlog 01 - Spectrum Next Programming Languages

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:37:23 +0000

How to get started programming the ZX Spectrum Next #SpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #z88dk #Z80

Hardware Sprites on the ZX Spectrum Next in C

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 09:10:29 +0000

Drawing sprites on the Spectrum Next, using C. Or – how to learn the dark art of figuring out things you don’t understand. Learning to program is an endurance game full of random side quests, dead ends and frustration. Rather than learning “how to do X”, which is specific, it’s much more useful learning “how to figure out how to do anything at all”. Go look on… #SpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #CProgramming #Sprites

Writing C Code on a Spectrum Next

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:09:01 +0000

What better way to wait out the apocalypse than trying to learn a new system. Read how I dug out my ZX Spectrum Next and set about writing C code on it… #SpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #z88dk #CProgramming

Z80 vs C

Sun, 05 Jan 2020 13:02:33 +0000

A short comparison between low level Z80 assembler and high level C #ZXSpectrum #AssemblyLanguage #Z80 #RetroComputing