Fastest memory transfer (on Sam)

2005-01-30 Thread Aley Keprt
I need to move (video) memory on Sam, what's the fastest routine? I expect it must utilize push pop instructions, since they take just 10T to move a byte, but I am unsure what is exact look of the whole routine. Please can somebody help me?

Re: Fastest memory transfer (on Sam)

2005-01-30 Thread Edwin Blink
I need to move (video) memory on Sam, what's the fastest routine? I expect it must utilize push pop instructions, since they take just 10T to move a byte, but I am unsure what is exact look of the whole routine. Please can somebody help me? There is not a single fastest routine for everything.

Newbie would like help ... Please!

2005-01-30 Thread Jason Thacker
It had to happen, after nearly thirty years of using all sorts of computers I saw a Sam and said There is an 8-bit machine I want to develop for!. One snag, I haven't got a clue how! I have a Sam on the way courtesy of E-Bay, but no manuals :( I am desperately trying to track down online

Re: Newbie would like help ... Please!

2005-01-30 Thread Gavin Smith
Hi Jason, There's lots of documentation up at http://www.samcoupe.org/docs.html and also at NVG at ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe. The samcoupe.org project is also intended to archive all SAM software released so that it's not lost over time and the site will also cover new releases. Finally,

RE: Newbie would like help ... Please!

2005-01-30 Thread Adrian Brown
Oh - forgot to say - get Sam Revival off Colin - it's a great mag. If you want to know how to program anything - just post questions here, this is the best knowledge base of any programming system :) Youll need to pick up Comet off Edwin's site - oh - think about getting a hard disk interface

RE: Newbie would like help ... Please!

2005-01-30 Thread Adrian Brown
Welcome to my world ;) 15+ years programming and im still working on Sam stuff as well :D If anyone has any midi programming knowledge on the sam then please let me know as im having a lot of fun with a little project that many should like ;) Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: Newbie would like help ... Please!

2005-01-30 Thread Andrew Collier
On Jan 30, 2005, at 11:20 am, Jason Thacker wrote: It had to happen, after nearly thirty years of using all sorts of computers I saw a Sam and said There is an 8-bit machine I want to develop for!. Hello and welcome! What sort of thing are you looking to write? The Sam has a very rich

RE: Newbie would like help ... Please!

2005-01-30 Thread Simon Cooke
Jason Thacker wrote: One snag, I haven't got a clue how! I have a Sam on the way courtesy of E-Bay, but no manuals :( I am desperately trying to track down online resources for teaching programming on the Sam, I haven't had too much success so far, but does anybody have any ideas where I