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What memory pages are being used in a +3DOS disk operation?To make a long story short: what pages are in use by +3DOS while doing read operations from the disk drive? Now, for the details, for those interest…
... seems to have some kind of protection scheme, and my ... WOS. This version has a series of near-16K blocks that are ... long, so I had a spare area of 4K.
The ... , I built the contents of page 7 from the part ... up to the end of main memory. A CLEAR 25000 is made ... -
any word of spectrum emulator for ps3?Hi anyone knows if there is an ongoing development for a port of zx spectrum emulator for ps3? Thanks
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Recommend a dev environmentIt's been a while since I last wrote any Z80 assembler - must be over 20 years, and since I wrote any spectrum Z80 assembler more like 25 years. I n…
... question, whats the best way of developing assembler with all current ... , or failing that any way of transferring the code from my ... .
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I am a simple man....a layman if you will!...but I had a Spectrum when I was 12 years old that I loved more than was healthy! It gave me a love of computers which remains to this day and I …
...but I had a Spectrum when I was ... />
It gave me a love of computers which remains to this ... into music, so my knowledge of code is non existent.
a music video that loads ... when you were waiting for a game to load....complete ... -
FS: Quite a bit this time!Had a bit of a haul the weekend, got most of it working too, from memory (because im at work and not at home) Ive got; 3xGrey +2's 1x48k+ 4x48k Onl…
Had a bit of a haul the weekend, got most of it working too, from ... lot done by the end of the week if no one ... -
A question for Mister BeepMy wife is a massive Queen fan, is there any chance of coding a medley of sorts by Queen using only beeper? She's not impressed by the old machines …
... , is there any chance of coding a medley of sorts by Queen using ... impressed by the old machines of yesteryear but something like that ... on the spectrum with maybe a simple scrolly for visuals, how ... -
Composite modding a TK-83Hi everybody, Perhaps you can help me. I've just modded my Jupiter Ace 4000 to composite video and it worked a treat, so I thought I'd try one of my…
... a treat, so I thought I'd try one of ... it was a bit more of a headache because of the weird modulator ... suspecting there may be a lack of back porch like the ... suffer from. The picture of the display is with ... htm[/url] - using a BC547C with a 75R resistor (tried ... -
A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…
... /pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adventures of Pat the Postman[/url] by ... at three pages of densely packed listing in a tiny font that ... /> The author obviously put a lot of thought into designing and writing ... I think that it's a pretty impressive effort for something ... -
50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
... 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy.
Graphics ... , whose games and banter were a big inspiration:
[ ... . I'm looking at doing a game around something similar - eventually ... Speccy games would lop off a third of the screen before they ... -
Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…
... be possible, with a bit of trickery, to copy a SCREEN$ (or any ... segment of memory) in ZX BASIC ... , and here is a demo of the solution. Load a SCREEN$/SCR file ... to define a$ as starting at 16384 with a length of 6912. It ... -
Large job lot of softwareMy parents have finally decided that they don't want to keep all of my Sinclair stuff in their loft and since I've not got a huge amount of space eit…
... want to keep all of my Sinclair stuff in ... I've not got a huge amount of space either, it ... somewhere in the region of 3-4000 unique titles ... the middle there's a large collection Mastertronic tapes.
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A question about the suggestion(s box)The pop-up suggestions box is a nice feature, but there is one sma-a-a-ll problem. I noticed that when I selected Books and typed "rom" (looking for …
... there is one sma-a-a-ll problem. I noticed ... version of the ROM Disassembly), it offered a list of which ... Monty Mole) presented a list of which some did not ... until I just had a list of Monty titles, which ... mo", which matches part of an alternative Spanish title. ... -
New drive belt on a +2.. er.. problem!Hi again, still working on my +2s.. I replaced the belts and it's good, it's working. However, now, the drive is very noisy, erratic and slow. I've…
... it's got a spring and everything. Because of the added friction ... ?
Attached is a piccy of the pin in question...
Couple of rare Spectrum items on sellmyretro.comI have just listed a couple of auctions which will start tomorrow just after 6pm UK time. There is a boxed fully working 48K Issue 1 ZX Spectrum, co…
I have just listed a couple of auctions which will start tomorrow ... time.
There is a boxed fully working 48K Issue ... [/url]
and also a Swift Disc interface, complete with ...Best extras with a speccy text adventure?I'm considering using Graphic Adventure Creator to make a game for the comp.sys.sinclair crap game competition 2011 and might make a few extras to go…
... Graphic Adventure Creator to make a game for the comp. ... 2011 and might make a few extras to go ... with it (e.g. a fake newspaper supplement etc).
I was looking for a bit of inspiration, so I was ... Hobbit sometimes came with a copy of the novel, but are ...Help on a Game IDHello peeps, Might be a bit of a tricky ID this, as I think it was only released as part of a compilation. It was a space based text adventure with …
... peeps,
Might be a bit of a tricky ID this, as I ... was only released as part of a compilation.
It ... part is spent on board a ship getting to know ... />
It wasn't a tie in with Star trek ... I think it was on a six game 2 tape compilation ...Reliable sources of information on the web.When it comes to finding information on the web wikipedia is often my first port of call but it is always regarded with skepticism. So what sites are…
... is often my first port of call but it is always ... websites as im looking for a definition of an "expert system" and ...Out of date foodI've just found a tub of margarine spread at the back of the fridge that i didn't know was there. It has a best before date of 2nd May and hasn't be…
I've just found a tub of margarine spread at the back of the fridge that i didn't know was there. It has a best before date of 2nd May and hasn't been opened. Is it safe to use or should i throw it away?secrets of the superbrands[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011cr8h[/url] it's about technology brands , apple , facebook etc :) thought some on here might like it.. an…
Are you prepared for a zombie apocalypse?I kid you not! Straight from the Centers for Disease Control website. [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9498358/zombieblog_photo4.jpg[/img] [url]http://…
... feel safer with a stash of guns and a flamethrower instead of 'papers' and ...World of Spectrum JAM - All Abilities Welcome.Well I since I got my new keyboard the other week I had this brain wave for a World of Spectrum Jam. I aim to have it work like this. First someone …
... this brain wave for a World of Spectrum Jam. I ... br /> First someone submits a track as a WAV. Then another member ... as banging the insides of a washing machine (you be ... here, what ever makes a good sound and is ... where we start with a rhythm composed by someone.< ...I didn't even get a job interview.I have been at the Citizens Advice Bureau for 2 years now. I'm one of the most experienced assessors (that's a fairly new role) there, and out of tho…
... now. I'm one of the most experienced assessors ... 's a fairly new role) there, and out of those ... 40 soon, I have a string of unskilled jobs behind me, ... massive gaps of unemployment and no real ... s hard work at a level of skill and professionalism that ...Unofficial conversion of Pooyan?[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/27/poyans.png/][IMG]http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7686/poyans.th.png[/IMG][/URL] This appeared in late …
... name [i]Poyans[/i] on a [i]Special Playgames[/i] Italian ... - the ones which featured a selection of pirated (and sometimes butchered, or ... ) Spectrum and C64 games for a small price.
Looks ...New Triple A Titles for Speccy?Can somebody please give me a list of quality new releases for the Speccy, need it for my mates retro corner column in Digital Spy magazine. I have …
Can somebody please give me a list of quality new releases for the ...Game of ThronesAnybody else watching this, it's a sort of Lord of the Rings type world, but with the occasions normal name, like Jamie which is quite stranger in th…
Anybody else watching this, it's a sort of Lord of the Rings type world, but with the occasions normal name, like Jamie which is quite stranger in this setting.
Lot's of intrigue and mystery and quite gory really.Trying to remember the name of this magazineA memory of an obscure UK magazine has popped into my head, and wondered if anyone could identify it. It was primarily about learning to program (ma…
A memory of an obscure UK magazine ... reason I have a very clear memory of a news story about ... had quite a cheap feel - the same sort of paper as ... it had two kind of chubby cartoon monster characters ... as kind of mascots.
...Fascinating video of ancient artifacts.This is the most fascinating display of the most ancient artifacts from all over the world. Presented by Klaus Dona. It can be downloaded or watche…
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There's a carving in a rock of a face that looks remarkably ... And some of the artifacts/tools are made of a hard stone ... the same metallic stone, of a Cobra which never existed in ... Africa, a huge granite mountain has a perfect carved statue of a woman 150 ...Mediaplayers indexing of files, useless isn't it?What is the point of mediaplayers having to index files first, instead of just playing the files you choose from a folder? The mp3 player of my Noki…
... index files first, instead of just playing the files you ... choose from a folder?
The mp3 player of my ... files by tags instead of filenames by i find ... but since there are a lot of pictures on the hdd ... for the xbox1 does non of this ****, i can just ...Help me find a songI have been hearing a song of late that about a year or two old and have really began to like it. Usually now it is used as a back ground music to so…
I have been hearing a song of late that about a year or two ... now it is used as a back ground music to somthing ... and stuff) in it, and a male voice singing mid to ... high pitch with a lyric (the only line I ...Frogger "If I were a human" - The spanish TV SpotI didn't know where to place this. Those propense to suicide animals just want to reincarnate as humans, to fall in love, to have a tattoo in chines…
... fall in love, to have a tattoo in chinese, to have ... a chihuahua...
[url]http:// ... ]
(I know, a lot of variants of that game :P )
Perhaps something absurd to start a ...
