MSD #07

Diskmag (electronic paper)

11 Sep 1999 Download

  • MSD #07
  • MSD #07

This issue features detailed rules and strategies for the card game «Kozel» tailored for computer enthusiasts. Programmers can explore a collection of assembly routines by 3M designed for fast screen scrolling, sprite manipulation, and math operations. The hardware section outlines a project for an RS-232 parallel port controller using the WD8250 chip with modem and IM2 interrupt support. Additionally, the release includes a report on testing a custom hard drive controller for the iS-DOS environment.

Issue contents:

  1. Contents - Today's issue.
  2. Games - rules of the card game Goat.
  3. Programming - procedures: screen scrolling, multiplication, stringing to a binary number, preparing a sprite for printing with pixel accuracy, calculating the screen address, calculating the address of the next line in the screen area.
  4. Iron - parallel RS-232 port to ZX-SPECTRUM.
  5. iS-DOS - 3M and SERG visiting the creator of the hard drive controller (iS-DOS).
  6. Advertisements - and advertising.

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