Category Archives: Disced

Disassembling my old code part 8 – Processing HEX text in the left pane

Posted on 4th December 2020 by anyweb

Introduction This is part 8 of a blog series I’m doing to catalog some of the programs I wrote back in 1988 on the Amstrad CPC 6128, starting with a disc sector editor I wrote called Disced. I’m doing this … Continue reading →

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Using ROMs with a ROMBO Rombox

Posted on 27th November 2020 by anyweb

Introduction When I started out learning how to program in Z80 machine code back in the late 1980’s, I purchased a Rombo Rombox which allowed me to plug in various ROM’s. These ROM’s contained code that could be called upon … Continue reading →

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Disassembling my old code part 7 – Drawing rectangles

Posted on 14th November 2020 by anyweb

Introduction This is part 7 of a blog series I’m doing to catalog some of the programs I wrote back in 1988 on the Amstrad CPC 6128, starting with a disc sector editor I wrote called Disced. I’m doing this … Continue reading →

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Disassembling my old code part 6 – Processing disc activities

Posted on 9th November 2020 by anyweb

Introduction This is part 6 of a blog series I’m doing to catalog some of the programs I wrote back in 1988, starting with a disc sector editor I wrote called Disced. I’m doing this because I like doing it, … Continue reading →

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Disassembling my old code from 1988 – part 5

Posted on 31st October 2020 by anyweb

Introduction This is part 5 of a blog series I’m doing to catalog some of the programs I wrote back in 1988. I’m doing this because I like doing it, it brings back memories of how I started my career … Continue reading →

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Disassembling my old code from 1988 – part 4

Posted on 25th October 2020 by anyweb

Introduction This is part 4 of a blog series I’m doing to catalog my adventures through some of the programs I wrote back in 1988. Other parts of this series, including this one are listed below. Disassembling my old code … Continue reading →

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Disassembling my old code from 1988 – part 3

Posted on 10th October 2020 by anyweb

Introduction This is part 3 of a blog series I’m doing to catalog my adventures through some of the programs I wrote back in 1988. Other parts of this series, including this one are listed below. Disassembling my old code … Continue reading →

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Disassembling my old code from 1988 – Part 2

Posted on 26th September 2020 by anyweb

Introduction In Part 1 of this series of blog posts I showed you how I started disassembling one of my old programs that I wrote in Z80 Machine code way back in 1988, my end goal is to not only … Continue reading →

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Disassembling my old code from 1988 – Part 1

Posted on 11th September 2020 by anyweb

Introduction I’ve always regretted losing the original discs (and CPC computer itself) that came with my original CPC 6128 as those discs contained every program I wrote using Z80 machine code. Losing that source code and all the comments I … Continue reading →

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welcome to Amstrad-noob.com !

Posted on 3rd January 2020 by anyweb

Welcome ! I’ve been using computers most of my life and one of my earliest computers was an Amstrad CPC 6128. It came with a whopping 128K ram, and was a Z80 based computer, on that machine I taught myself … Continue reading →

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