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Atari (kempston) joystick adapter to Sinclair pinoutWhile going through one of my boxes filled with hardware bits I found the joystick adapter I used with the +2: [img]https://i.imgur.com/tlBHTco.jp…
[b][u]Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2, +3 Joystick Port Pin-out[/u][/ ... connected on +2 grey circuit board
4 - fire
5 - up ... - left
8 - linked to 2, common (confirmed connected via track ... are shown going to pins 1 or 3. Same for the schematic. Same ... -
Who Has Got The Earliest ZX Spectrum Software?I think this has to be limited to 1982 . I think it will all be mostly16k or more precisely 16K/48K ( but you never know , maybe they "forward plan…
... game from 1990:-
1) The outer cardbaord big cassette ... it for 128k or 48K? -nobody knows!
3) The "paperless" ... not know which is side 1 or side 2
4) The instruction ... instructions.
5) The levels are on side 2 (but which side ... -
Spectaculator 2.0 availableHi, I've just released a new version of Spectaculator. It should be on WOS in a few days. Here's a cut 'n' paste from comp.sys.sinclair: Spectacula…
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Changes in version 2.0
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o Improved ... loaded in a few seconds or
less
- Supports ... you need to fast-forward or rewind
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What hardware Sinclair and not related has everybody got?Just had to try to list all my clutter in the attic and my dads garage (this has got a bit out of hand), anybody else got as much Retro as this (boug…
... it was relatively cheap (sub ?5 for the early sinclairs including ... (1 bare and 1 with hd)
1*Amiga 1500 (with 608060 3 roms 1.3,2.0,3.1 ... with picasso board and 2 gb scsi)
1*Acorn ... -
Announce Pasmo 0.5.0Hello. I have released the 0.5.0 version of Pasmo, multiplartform z80 cross-assembler. A bunch of new this time: New tape image formats generated:…
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I have released the 0.5.0 version of Pasmo, multiplartform z80 ... for Amstrad CPC;
with or without Basic loader.
programs for ms-dos or cp/m 86 (can generate ... indirect adressing in addition to ( ), or only the
first if ... -
Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... for 16bit registers instead. Or use the 32bit variant with ... order of 2^32-1: (1,1,3), (3,6,1), (3,3,2), (5,3,2), (1,7,2), (6,7,1). Of these ... the Z80 code for the (1,1,3) variant, the result being ... ; t = x ^ (x > 1)
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Spectrum 2.0 mails working againIn case people missed the discussion in the new [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25391]thread of doom[/url], [url=http://s…
... ], [url=http://spectrum20.org/]Spectrum 2.0[/url] was failing to send ... you couldn't sign up or get password reminders. This should ... [url=http://spectrum20.org/announcements/2]fixed[/url]. -
What do you want from Spectrum 2.0?Hopefully most people here are aware of [url=http://spectrum20.org/]Spectrum 2.0[/url], my site for reviews and non-anonymous voting on Spectrum game…
... url=http://spectrum20.org/]Spectrum 2.0[/url], my site for reviews ... 've written for Spectrum 2.0 when the poll ends< ... haven't contributed to Spectrum 2.0, your vote will get ... the rules outlined above and/or ignore any votes I ... people gamed the system or the like. -
ZX-Editor, Blockeditor and Paintbrush 2.0 publishedDear ZX-Spectrum & Emulator friends, yesterday I've uploaded new versions of - ZX-Blockeditor - ZX-Editor - ZX-Paintbrush on my website at [URL="h…
... /> You must install all 3 new 2.0 versions to use this feature ... "run file" buttons in all 3 apps with which you can ... from ZX-Explorer in all 3 above mentioned programs.
3 programs.
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SkoolKit 3.2SkoolKit - the suite of utilities for creating disassemblies of Spectrum games in HTML format (I say 'the' because I don't know of any others) - has …
... reached version 3.2. Some of the new features since 3.0 (the last ... -
ZX-Explorer 2.0 publishedDear ZX-Modules fans, today, I released ZX-Explorer 2.0. Mainly, I made bugfix and brought the program to the current state - the last version was f…
... /> today, I released ZX-Explorer 2.0. Mainly, I made bugfix and ... works better.
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What to do when INT doesn't work?Due to the limitations of the Spectrum's floating point number format, two slightly different large numbers, or two slightly different small fraction…
... two slightly different large numbers, or two slightly different small fractions ... be encoded with the same 5-byte value. Alternatively, the ... , so:
"abcd" = 1*26^3 + 2*26^2 + 3*26 + 4 = 19010
LET t=1*26^3 + 2*26^2 + 3*26 + 4
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Chompston Mazes in SpecBASAfter the discussion in ASH-II's Pacman thread, I checked out the link there about generating 2D Pacman style mazes. This one was quite good fun, …
... )/2))*2),y=3+(INT(RND*((mh-4)/2))*2):
IF m(x,y)=1 ... ,y)=1,n=INT(RND*3)+2,e$="1234":
FOR g=1 TO ... array a() stores either 1 or 0 - whether or not the builder is alive ... -
wav2pzx 2.0 - Convert ZX Spectrum tape recordings to the .PZX formatThe Sinclair ZX Spectrum and related computers primarily stored their software on audio cassette tapes. While most emulators for these machines suppo…
... what software is supported (TAP) or overly complex to support (TZX ... /fmeunier/wav2pzx/releases/tag/v2.0[/url]
This ... pulses representing a data one or zero as well as the ... :
[code]$ java -jar wav2pzx-2.0.jar [/code]
I ... -
z88dk sp1lib with fzxThe numbers dont seem to display properly? fzx by itself works [quote] // for targets supporting fzx // zcc +zx -vn -startup=31 -O3 -clib…
... struct sprentry sprtbl[] = {
{0,0,0,0}//, {0,0,1,0}, {0,1,2,0}, {0,2,1,0}, {0,1,3,0},
// {0,3,1,0}, {Atari (kempston) joystick adapter to Sinclair pinoutWhile going through one of my boxes filled with hardware bits I found the joystick adapter I used with the +2: [img]https://i.imgur.com/tlBHTco.jp…
... adapter I used with the +2:
[ ... I bought for the +2. I decided to ... is pin 5 (atari) wired to pin 1(sinclair) and ... Does the +2 DB9 plug make use for pin 1 or 3 ?
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Were there sinclair joysticks that used pins 1 and 3 ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... also a segment
cp 0
jr z,skip1a ; ... buffer
; area perhaps, or from a routine that reads ... and a pixel is set or if
; carry is ... ,scrollup
; srl a - /2 every time you move down ... times and we get 0 (8/2/2/2/2=0.5, which ends up as ...Help remembering game?s nameUnfortunately none of the games you suggested was the one on my mind. Still I really appreciate you two took the time to try to help me. Thanks, real…
Hmm..some other games I can think of:
1) Dan Dare (1, 2 or 3)
2) Exolon
3) North StarPart ThreeI just got Return Of The King - The Extended Edition today. Woo Hoo!!! I'm happy. I just finished watching it an hour ago. Brilliant. Especially t…
... 't watched the LOTR 1 DVD I bought 2 months back! Bugger ... 't have Part 1 or Part 2 (out of stock or some such nonsense ... didn't read Part 1 and Part 2 until nearly 10 years ... I've read Part 1 to Part 3, back to back, more ...Help needed to speed up functionCan anyone help me to re-factor this code snippet. The "MAP" section holds information about which tiles go where on the screen (handled by another f…
... 0,1,2,0,0,1,2,1,1,2,3,0,0,1,2,3
DEFB 2,0,0,1,2,1,1,2,3,0<…The Best Beat 'Em Up Games For SpeccyHi. What are the best beat 'em up games for Speccy in your opinion? For me it's: 1. Renegade 2. Target: Renegade
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2. renegade
3. IK+
4. target rene
5. barbarian ... em ups....
1. Renegade 3
2. the fighting bit in ...
3. street fighter 2
4. double dragon
5. rock and ...
