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Archive - June 2024

NextProse (part 4)

It took me a little while to understand what I was doing so wrong last time. It was almost hilarious in hindsight. So to recap, I’m using the Layer 2 port ($123b) to switch which bits of the video screen are...

NextProse (part 3)

So last time we’d gotten to the point of having the screen set up right, and drawing things in. Then came the moment of truth: I wanted to write a routine to draw arbitrary pixel pairs. Just to understand that I...

NextProse (part 2)

OK, so I regrouped. I went away and thought a little bit more about what I was trying to do and how wildly I was trying to do it. Did it really need to be fully in assembly, from scratch? Well, no, not as such. And did...

NextProse (part 1)

Last time in Arantor’s Ego Needs A Check, I outlined the general concept of NextProse. So let’s recap: a word processor designed to fit on the ZX Spectrum Next. Even allowing for the Next’s OS and all...

NextProse (prologue)

OK, fine, it must be about time I talked about this. My adventure into borderline insanity, stage 1. Descent into madness, pride before a fall, Arantor’s ego, pick 3. So anyway. I am one of those people lucky...

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