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How looks a Spectrum shown in a TFT VGA monitor?Some people has just asked me if a cheap Dealextreme VGA Box is capable of showing a decent picture from a ZX Spectrum. Well, I've just modded one r…
... -in a short program to test all combinations of ink/paper ... the camera allows me before start blurring the image. There was ... [/img]
A static screen: the menu.
[img]http ... /> And, finally, an in-game screen:
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General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
... the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You ... br />
[LIST]
[*]Full screen input at X and Y ... the XINPUT routine plus a test harness that shows each type ... GO SUB 9650: REM Draw Screen
160 REM *---------------------*
170 ... -
Alien8 will not run on Divide?I can't seem to get Alien8 running on my 128+ with Divide. I have the original tape and have loaded into an emulator to create a snapshot, (.z80) an…
... get Alien8 running on my 128+ with Divide.
I ... get the menu screen, hit the game start key and then the ... -
128+ and Divide+ not working togetheri think theres something wrong with my 128 (toastrack), divide+ just wont work on it, corrupted screen on bootup and with big thick black bars rollin…
... my 128 (toastrack), divide+ just wont work on it, corrupted screen on ... black bars rolling down the screen too, any ideas people?
I should add that the 128 works fine without it and ... -
Any MCODE programmers fancy a challenge?Hi Folks, I have been using the Micro-Print utility in the archive and found it to be really good. It is the one that provides 32, 36, 42, 51, 64 a…
... with an enhanced print to screen feature?
... word). This is my small test program below.
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110 REM Setup screen
120 PAPER 0: ... =0: LET ar=4+128: LET p$="This text ... 7+(8*0-7)+64+128
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Hacking the O.C.P Full Screen Editor/AssemblerIf you have been reading my posts recently then you will know that I am eager to have the sourcecode I wrote for the Spectrum during the period 1988 …
... /> The O.C.P Full Screen Editor/Assembler was published in ... the object code to the screen (location 16384) so I could ... had just assembled to a screen dump of 6912 BYTES. As ... is the first example sourcecode test I typed. I would be ... -
Floating bus on 128K models[b]Background:[/b] i need run code with interrupt enabled but i need use stack instruction to maximize performance in copy/shift/mirror routines. dur…
... routines. during one update of screen about 10-12 separate routines ... 128, 2A, 3+ machines ?
2) from documentation i understand that test ... -
128 ToastrackHi All Just my hands on a 128 Toastrack and have a couple of questions. OK, I have never ever used one of these before so please excuse my ignoran…
... /> Just my hands on a 128 Toastrack and have a couple ... the ; " and , to type on screen ? -
Iphone/Ipod touch gaming threadThought i would start a thread for this little gadget. I havent been this excited since the Speccy years. Never was keen on an Iphone, dont want a …
Thought i would start a thread for this little ... Inc (Like Red Alert), Crazy Test (Like Warioware INc), Tetris, Guitar ... get used to the touch screen for games its brilliant. I ... -
Fuzzy Screen On 48k Spectrum.Hi there. I bought a Spectrum off eBay last week (another for my collection lol), and it suffers with a fuzzy screen e.g. it looks like interference …
... it suffers with a fuzzy screen e.g. it looks like ... of writing commands on the screen, even though the keyboard isn ...
Oh BTW, to test the voltages on both machines ... -
Zx Spectrum 48k+ black screenHi A friend of mine gave me his 48k+ and when i tried to turn it on I just get a black screen of the TV. I don't have sound of the console. Where c…
Hi
A friend of mine gave me his 48k+ and when i tried to turn it on I just get a black screen of the TV.
I don't have sound of the console.
Where can I start searching for the problem?
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World Series Cricket (Bosoft)I just discovered this game and I am guessing that an alternate name for the game is Test Match - judging by the game's loading screen and the start …
I just discovered this game and I am guessing that an alternate name for the game is Test Match - judging by the game's loading screen and the start screen which read "WELCOME TO THE TEST MATCH". Also the cassette inlay reads Test Match too. -
writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... seem enough for me to start my task. I have some ... input (keyboard/joystick) and output (screen)? Which asm instructions and memory ... ready and I want to test it with some simple programs ... -
spellbound 48k on a amstrad 128 machine?just curious if it works.. I tried under emulation after someone commenting the tape I sold em didn't work... 48k / + / toastrack work fine.. but on…
... amstrad 128's inc. +3 it messes up (corrupt loading screen / reset ... )
obv. there is the 128 version ... -
Speccy's and Opus etcAre you sitting comfortably? I will do my very best to identify all this stuff. I have had some help but please ask if you need more information abo…
... to answer.
Lets start with the boxed Spectrum +:
screen shots shows that it appears ... cable and through a Multiface 128 box:
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180 (loading screen)I've got an original version of 180 from BITD that I used to play to death ( on 48 and 128 ) but it never showed the loading screen when loading (bla…
... 48 and 128 ) but it never showed the loading screen when loading ... (black screen until loaded).
screen after all these years and ... that the 'no loading screen' version is not available for ... -
ZXDS questions...Hi Folks, I am hoping someone on here knows something about [B]ZXDS[/B]. I have downloaded the program to my daughters [B]DSi[/B] (for testing purp…
... ]BASIC [/B]program and some test data.
I have ... on the DSi's bottom screen the cursor keys there work ... my program - the 128 welcome menu (Tape Loader, 128 BASIC etc.) has ... -
Dead 128 ToastrackHi! I bought 128 toastrack motherboard and seller said it's working. Maybe it was when he sent it but motherboard was only put into envelope. So it …
Hi!
I bought 128 toastrack motherboard and seller said ... TV. Any advises where to start searching failures? I'm not ... -
(part of) screen to UDGHere is a routine to copy a Y,X-position on screen to a UDG. 0<=y<=23 0<=x<=31 144<=udg<=165 (UDG "A" to UDG "U") [code] ; start code with ; PRINT …
Here is a routine to copy a Y,X-position on screen to a UDG.
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Just Got Spectrum +2 grey model off ebay a few problemsFinally decided to get a real Spectrum after catching up on a load of games on emulators I missed in my earlier years due to having a C64 and Atari 8…
... /> Having plugged it in to test I alternatively got a very ... which occasionally changed to a screen of large horizontal black & ... . Any ideas on where to start on looking for where the ... -
59 animated loading screen reveals in 15 minutesHere's the product of a lazy Sunday listening to Test Match Special :) 59 of the more interesting loading screen reveals in 15 minutes - I've doubled…
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Please test your ZX128+2 (grey model)Please reset your ZX128+2 (grey) and write in 128 basic (or in USR0 mode): [B]PRINT IN 32765[/B] - if basic crash (black screen) then your ZX contai…
... +2 (grey) and write in 128 basic (or in USR0 mode ... />
- if basic crash (black screen) then your ZX contain board ... /> - if basic show value on screen and return with OK message ... -
48k to 128k upgrade - problemsHi friends! I built 128k upgrade according to the [url]http://hw.speccy.cz/128krebuild.html[/url]. After I powered on my Speccy it said hello with s…
... after i pressed 0 to start game, screen crashed and Speccy hangs ... they crashed after load title screen.
I checked everything ... what I did wrong or test memory using some program and ... to get this 128k upgrade test and working?
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Tile based graphics and scrolling thingy...Here's my best attempt so far at a tile based rendering and scrolling routine. It draws in 22 8*8 graphics tiles along the top of the screen (junk i…
... yet :]) then scrolls the screen down 8 lines then repeats ... course but as a test of the routine it ... call draw_tile_line
jp start ; Infinite loop
... ,position_var ; Point to next screen position before POPing HL
saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …
... from the first line >= start to the last line ="A ... =FN p(23627):
INPUT "Start ";a1,"End ";a2: LET l1 ... TO )=l$+CHR$ 0+CHR$ 128+l$
9994 PRINT #0 ...Multi-screen mazes?Well, it's been decades since I last mucked about with speccy BASIC, so over the last couple of weeks I've been starting out as a newbie learning a b…
... or 4x4 to start with) multi-screen, flip screen maze. I've ... managed a single screen based on a map ... not in the current screen) and when he might ... to enter the current screen? I've been looking ... I just build the map 'screen by screen'?
Any ...Display half a screenWorking in 128 Basic and saving screens to memory via - SAVE! "image" SCREEN$ . Is it possible to display just the top half (or the bottom half) of t…
Working in 128 Basic and saving screens to memory via - SAVE! "image" SCREEN$ . Is it possible to display just the top half (or the bottom half) of the screen ? (leaving the bottom half of the previous screen visible). Thanks in advance.Weird issue with 128 Heatsink and IF2 cartI came across a weird issue with one of my 128K heatsink spectrums.... First of all i burned Paul Farrow's 128K RAM tester v 2.06 on a 27C128 eprom …
... ) refuses to start. It just gives weird graphic effects on screen.
SpecBAS 0.730 Now available!Well, I felt I should release SpecBAS as it is right now - my new son has been born (this one survived! \o/ ) and when he comes home I'll have very l…
... unresponsive, and uses of WAIT SCREEN will be affected.
Mouse ... using it to build and test the code optimiser.
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