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Seeking April fool article: turn 48k into 128kHi everyone! When I was about 11 years old (I think ?) an article appeared in a Spectrum related magazine. It turned out to be an April fool's joke,…
... was about typing in a BASIC program (with machine code poked ... ZX Spectrum 48k into a 128k. The analogy was that calculators ... cripple the device to a basic state.
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AGD loader helpHi guys, Ive been making a little game in AGD and I'm really stuggling to get a basic loader to load the game. AGD creates a loader for you, which …
... really stuggling to get a basic loader to load the game.
AGD creates a loader for you, which when I ... as a tape browser and basic editor.
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SkoolKit 4.4<div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">Hey, first SkoolKit release announcement since the…
... .e. a snapshot of the RAM as it would be immediately ... a TAP file containing a BASIC loader
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EmuZwin 128k banks in assembler Having looked at the assembler help file " ORG [{ RAMn | ROMn },] #target_address [, #dest_address ] Defines target assembling address and ta…
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ORG RAM 7 , 49152 (seems to require ... a space between RAM and 7)
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Turbo RAM Glitch or feature ?I have been testing a Spectrum [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000328"]worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000328"]RAM Tur…
... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000328"]RAM Turbo Interface[/url].
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After a few basic tests, I find that everything ... this a problem/feature of basic editor (not support striking ... believe the problem is in Basic Editor does not support simultaneous ... -
The history of ESXDOS, the DivMMC and the DivMMC EnJOY![img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/divmmc_history/1%20esxdos.jpg[/img] These are the stories behind esxDOS, the most popular operating system e…
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Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording ... could help me fix the BASIC program, I'd be very ... ]
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Shadow of the Unicorn loader for +2A / +3hi, i have tried to load SotU with the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023000"]RAM loader from Fraser Ross[/url], which is l…
... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023000"]RAM loader from Fraser Ross[/url], which ... that the loader uses ram page #4 for rom, and ram page #4 ... real +2A/+3 using Ross' loader?
Does someone know whether ... is incorrect or whether Ross' loader actually does not work (on ...Faster Manic MinerHey, dudes. I've been fiddling around trying to wring more speed out of this game recently. I've replaced the LDIR buffer copying routines with s…
... spare 3kb or so in RAM starting at 37708 in the ... could, I suppose, replace the BASIC ROM with a custom one ... , on a 128k machine, there's plenty of unused RAM to stick ... the AY chip in the 128k be faster than the old ...140 characters Basic game contestHey there, I've announced a new micro contest on my blog (in Czech language only). However, it might be interesting also for the non-Czech/Slovak …
... in the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC that will fit into 140 ... of the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC syntax
[code]1 FOR ...Redesigning the ZX Spectrum 128k - A lifelong dreamHello, I am myPinballs (Jim) and i run a small business here in the uk making replacement 8-bit hardware pcbs for arcade pinball games as well as…
... board for the zx spectrum 128k for the last 18 ... br /> • 8 pages of 16k ram 128k total
• High quality picture ... connection
• Uses the 128k ULA IC - Ferranti 7K010E/Amstrad ... /> Finally some videos with classic 128k music (similar to the wonderful ...So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…
... ; hide the M/C from BASIC
Call48 RST #28 ; ... a routine in the 48-BASIC environment
DEFW #2DA2 ; ... and here's a tiny BASIC program to poke it into ... interface routine'
Since all 128K Spectra uses the RST #28 ...This is actually a new 128k AY idea not a game.I'm not sure if this has already been done but i'd like to see the 128k take of the c64 Ocean loader. They had a few different ones but to me the Tar…
... to see the 128k take of the c64 Ocean loader. They had ... to me the Target Renegade loader music is the best i ...Spectrum 48+ 4S - Upper RAM issue, and now a self-created problem!I recently picked up a known-flaky spectrum off eBay, to have a bit of fun fixing it and reliving youth. It was labelled as 'keyboard duff, shows…
... version of Balford's ram test diagnostics said the ... whole of upper RAM was faulty (check all ... removed all the upper RAM ICs, replaced with sockets ... />
Given the lower RAM used to be okay, and ... one of the Harlequin 128k revision 2D boards, with ...Issue with loading on a +2 (Grey)Hello together, I have a problem with my newly aquired (and first ZX Spectrum + 2 Grey). It isn't possible to load any game at all, because the…
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1. Choosing Tape Loader from the main menu.
128k RAM is perfectly fine and even ...Upgrading Harlequin 48K to 128K?I noticed this upgrade PCB on ebay for upgrading the Harlequin to 128K: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZX-Spectrum-Harlequin-48K-to-128K-Upgrade-Addon-PC…
... for upgrading the Harlequin to 128K:
http://www.ebay.co ... /ZX-Spectrum-Harlequin-48K-to-128K-Upgrade-Addon-PCB-UK-SELLER ... it looks like just a RAM upgrade? No AY and I ... like the idea of a 128K inside a 48K case.Spectrum-inspired tax discToday, I needed to hand over some cash to the DVLA to keep my car on the road (legally) for another year, and so I can tell them to fix some potholes…
... /l400/pict/121488464943_/Vintage-Tax-Disc-September.jpg]1982[/url], [url ... /l400/pict/222322025736_/collectable-tax-disc-from-1979-Ford.jpg]1979 ... /w1600/pict/322226439051_/Old-Tax-Disc-July-1987.jpg]1987[/url ... of the end of the 128K toast rack; the later [url ...Harlequin 48k and 128ki am redoing my harlequin 48 parts onto a new harlequin 128k bored only parts i can't swap are the rom, ram and will need an ay chip but seeing as th…
... parts onto a new harlequin 128k bored only parts i can ... 't swap are the rom, ram and will need an ay ...48K light gun on a 128K ZX SpectrumHello I have a 128K ZX Spectrum. I want to use a Cheetah Defender with a DE-9 plug (Kempston interface wired) with it. I am aware that normally it…
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I have a 128K ZX Spectrum. I want to ... load a game from 48K basic and use a Kempston interface ... isn’t working properly on 128K machines, I will never be ...128K memory bank selection to avoid contention issuesI'm currently developing a game and I'm trying to get my head around the memory contention issues of the various 128K/+2/+2A/+3 spectrum models in or…
... contention issues of the various 128K/+2/+2A/+3 spectrum models ... into either 128/+2/+3 Basic and using a debugger it ... FAQ says that for the 128K/+2 models, banks 1,3 ... check if the machine is 128K/+2 and if so load ...Spectrum 128k +2 Grey and DivMMC reader problemHi guys, I am trying to figure out why the DivMMC reader do not work on a Spectrum 128k +2 grey I grabbed recently over the net. What is for sure…
... not work on a Spectrum 128k +2 grey I grabbed recently ... Spectrum 48k
- the Spectrum 128k +2 is working apparently normally ... and writing basic instructions is ok.
- the Spectrum 128k +2 will ...Replacing lower RAM 4116 ZX Spectrum 48k - desoldering advice please?A long post, but interesting pictures perhaps. :) I'd like some advice: (also apologies I think I picked the wrong 'Hardware' category for this, plea…
... seemed to indicate a lower RAM issue. It hadn't been ... got the system booting to BASIC, I believe?)
[url ...Troubleshooting my +2To put this in context: a while back (i.e. late last year and earlier this year) I was looking to put together a compilation of modern Spectrum games…
... 5, which has a turbo loader similar to one of the ... of my head. Others with 128K extras (Magicland Dizzy, Auf ... problem with one of its RAM chips (and has had ... I'd assume the entire RAM is stuffed full of ... data. Of course, if the RAM *is* dodgy, maybe I ...Headerless tape loading blocksIs there any way to convert headerless machine code blocks to regular headed blocks? I imagine it involves Taper. I ask because now that I know I'…
... of t'old days onto disc (after I've confirmed that ... on an emulated +3 in 128K mode, even though none of ... these games are 128K). Annoyingly, the ones that'd ... to speak of. A turbo loader is about the worst I ...ZEsarUX 6.0 stableHi! ZEsarUX 6.0 stable is out! This is a major version, it includes some new machines and a lot of new features and bug fixes :) You can downlo…
... 256kb or 512kb on Spectrum 128k machines
Added ... for esxdos, 2 MB RAM, new 8kb block MMU, ... , for example: full 128kb ram, 64kb rom of +2A, ... divmmc ram, etc
Added file ... />
Updated TBBlue boot loader
Some other ...A snapshot to transfer converterI'm programming a tool that takes an snapshot file and convert it to a tape file that mimics those created with transfers. This is a long term projec…
... mimics a transtape saved game (BASIC, CODE 16384,75 and a ... any previous file.
- The BASIC program is named 1942.
128k game and using a Transtape-like loader to load ... it).
- Make some games loading using only BASIC ...+2 crashes upon pressing some keysYears ago I purchased off ebay a mint condition, Dixons special offer boxed UK-made issue 1 +2. I did not use it so much until recently however, focu…
... hardware tests on the 48K, 128K and +2A. In the last ... (i.e. not under the BASIC prompt) if I press keys ... programs for the ULA and RAM, first [url="http://www.users ...Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... s, and do a basic composite mod with capacitor ... powered it up. A basic test for voltages showed ... entering in a few basic commands, the odd colored ... again typing in some basic commands and the glitches ... the ceramic disc capacitors around the upper/lower ram IC' ...TAP creator for 128k —tapbas question, PASMO alternative?Hi I have always used pasmo to assemble and output with a loader using —tapbas However, this only works for 48k I want to be able to specify…
... assemble and output with a loader using —tapbas
However ... using and auto create a 128k loader that loads all the banks ... assemble and auto create the loader.
Is this possible ... not, is there a sample loader for loading all banks etc ...
