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Alphacom 32 printer with Spectrum +2Can the printer be made to work other than in 48 BASIC mode? When the +2 is in 128 BASIC, the printer won't seem to respond to LPRINT or LLIST. The…
... br /> When the +2 is in 128 BASIC, the printer won ... this, is to write a program in 128, then SAVE it ... the program back in.
Then, in 48, LPRINT ... and LLIST work.
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Light ForceAnd another thing I must know before I can die in peace; the instructions for 'Light Force' (ace vertical shoot-em-up with chunky, mostly colour-clas…
... know before I can die in peace; the instructions for ... ". I have just checked this, in fact.
Thing ... 'special weapons' were fairly unusual in 1986. Was the C64 version ... 'Arkanoid', which has become a classic in the retro-computer-soundtrack industry ... -
Interface emulationI never owned any of the mass storage interfaces so I've been reading up on the emulated interfaces (Interface 1, +D, ZXCF) that are available in num…
... , +D, ZXCF) that are available in numerous emulators. Now I understand ... surely if you can load a game in an instant an emulated ... -
java emulatorwhen I try to run a game in zzspectrum from infoseek it just sits there with a red message on the screen. what am i doing wrong?
when I try to run a game in zzspectrum from infoseek it just sits there with a red message on the screen. what am i doing wrong? -
The state of this bloody country.I went for a rare night out in town tonight. Usually I avoid such nights cos most times it ends up with me either whacking someone or getting whacke…
... a few inside a nightclub. So, at 12am a few of us are in ... shitiest part of town standing in a queue of drug dealers/buyers ... a collar.
In response, I pointed out that a dress code in ... back to 5 years ago in a different part of the country ... -
Arcade GamesThere's a post in in the games forum about arcade conversions but bugger that, what's your favourite [I]real[/I] arcade game My all time favourite m…
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Battlestar Galactica rant.I don't know if you guys have this series over in Europe (or elsewhere) but I am utterly unable to watch this show. I used to like it ... I kinda li…
... have this series over in Europe (or elsewhere) ... "drama" ... they keep zooming in (and out) at faces ... ... ... "They" have ruined a fairly good series just because ... cameras. There have been a couple of other series ... who can't read a book in a moving car ... and ... -
Bulk games for saleGot a huge box of games for sale, postage would probably be a fair bit, if anyone lives local or likes to drive long journeys then you are free to pi…
... for a decent price. I live near Bury in Lancashire, ... game list below is about 99% correct, had a ... me if theres a game in particular you want but ... you can come over in the day to pick ... Boss
Danger Mouse in double trouble
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Elite ships shootingA quicky... in Elite, do the ships have to be pointing directly at the target when firing, or was the laser aimable without having to move the whole …
A quicky... in Elite, do the ships have ... ]
The YSRnRY Documentary (1985 in progress): [url="http://www.ysrnry ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 04 July 2005Monday 04 July 2005 June! (Oh, Terry? Ed)... Quite a large update this month, which I managed to get processed on time, despite being on holiday for…
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* Geoff Owen sent in a correction for the complete solution ... />
* Andy Pearson sent in a scan of a hack for Con-Quest ... d.
* A long time ago in a gal... sorry - Simon Clark ... />
* Steven Holland sent in a tip for Way of the ... -
Cloning Microdrive Sectors?Hi everybody, I made a posting in the MIA/STP/SDP forum a while back about attempting to preserve the very well protected Microdrive cartridge "LERM…
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I made a posting in the MIA/STP/SDP forum ... a while back about ... anybody fancy having a go at writing a utility to do ... this?
Such a utility would need to be ... and write them out to a new cartridge/.MDR
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Oo! Look what I just found...Came back to the parents' for the weekend and while bored, I remembered a largish box of Spectrum stuff I inherited, so a quick trawl revealed a tape…
... WoS - printed in YS as a type-in! Definitely the same ... . GREEN as is the type-in.
Next ... until tomorrow unfortunately - oh wait a minute.. what if...
in version. It's in three blocks ... , unfortunately, got a bad bit in the recording at ... -
need help with power supply: AC-DC adaptorHi guys, I need some help with explanation.. My original ZX powersupply is out of order so I?m going to use ac-dc adaptor instead. In the manual for …
... ac-dc adaptor instead.
In the manual for Speccy you ... DC at 1.4 A unregulated.
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Millionth Timex machine Following a request in this thread [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=9178&forum=4&start=25"]http://www…
Following a request in this thread
[url=" ... ]
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The Biz: Tips and BugsHi, Speccy lovers, I totally got into the Biz but I seem to have run across some difficulties there. When I sign a contract with a record company and…
... /> When I sign a contract with a record company and release ... we're gonna record a LP but later when ... of trying to sign a contract and playing that ... also found a bug in this game. When you sign a contract ... variables as it's written in Tipshop but the screen ... -
Nik Kershaw - The RiddleI know it's probably just gibberish, but was there actually some kind of riddle in the song of the same name by Nik Kershaw? It's from 1984 so there…
... near a tree by a river
there's a hole in the ... and his mind is a beacon
in the veil of the ... near a tree by a river
there's a hole in the ... and his mind is a beacon
in the veil of the ... near a tree by a river
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Past LivesI'm watching as I write "past lives" on ITV. Presented by Schofield and co. The female interviewer is a freaky robot I'm sure, albeit a good looking …
... . The female interviewer is a freaky robot I'm sure ... , albeit a good looking one.
... m wondering who I was in a past life. I always ... this dream about being a victorian in fancy clothes and some ... you believe, who were you in a past life? I'm ... -
.WAV file volume levelHi all, I am trying to do something: 1. I have a program in TZX format 2. I use TZX2WAV to convert it to WAV 3. Play it via sound card to the spect…
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1. I have a program in TZX format
2. I ... Audio CD and put it in the CD player everything is ... found HIAMP and LOAMP variables in source (0xC0 and 0x40)).
Games Club - Game Overerm, i'm afraid I'm going to have to stop running the games club soon, let me explain... The wife is due to give birth to our second child soon, and…
... ve had to take on a new job, better payed ... that'll make 6 months in charge.
I ... want the club to pack in so if anyone else ... like to take over for a spell please email the ... 6 months perhaps just a month if you like ... so we all get a spell in charge.new GLC video[url="http://www.nme.com/features/113340.htm"]http://www.nme.com/features/113340.htm[/url] features a speccy in it :)
[url="http://www.nme.com/features/113340.htm"]http://www.nme.com/features/113340.htm[/url]
features a speccy in it :)Frost Byte - Game OverVoting time folks go [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Frost+Byte$&pub=^Mikro%2dGen+Ltd$"]here[/url] vote and return to post …
... from 7.88
in addition, I'm afraid I ... that'll make 6 months in charge.
I ... want the club to pack in so if anyone else would ... like to take over for a spell please email the club ... over so we all get a spell in charge.
(reprinted ...The Firebird Silver ClubI recently scanned in some freebies from the Firebird Silver Club, and I've just had an email forwarded to me from Richard at the Telecomsoft website…
... the Firebird
logo (in red, I think) and ... the "Pierre Cardin" logo (in black) on the
... maybe seven)
newsletters in total sent out (about ... /> attached together by a staple in the top-left corner. ... thing you'd expect in a newsletter (such as news ...Retro Gamer dead and buriedJust in case anyone is interested, Live Publishing (who publish Retro Gamer) have gone belly up and were put into administration on Monday. All their…
Just in case anyone is interested, Live ... .
There was a post in the forums to this effect ...Epson do it again!Just found a program which fixes "dead" epson printers, after x amount of uses the epsons have a built in couter which says the printer has failed an…
... of uses the epsons have a built in couter which says the ... it is fine and just a ruse to make you ... bods who give it to a epson repair centre and get ... fleeced with a repair bill which is none ... other than a program to reset the printed ...Help Me!....I like to put a colander on my head and play "Kickstart" on my 48k....and then if I fall off my bike. I hit myself on the head with a wooden spoon wh…
I like to put a colander on my head and ... myself on the head with a wooden spoon whilst shouting "Loomy ... am now getting in to the back of a van in some sort ... back.
The men in white coats are nice too ...Matthew Smith more strange than we ever thought!take a look at: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jet-Set-Willy-ZX-Spectrum-Signed-By-Matthew-Smith_W0QQitemZ8214680394QQcategoryZ112866QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewIt…
take a look at:
[url=" ... , I'm sure you're a good bloke but we we ... and we're living on a farm in the Amazon....
Programming MC : first stepsIsn't nice to collect all kinds of short routines to help making the first steps into MC for everyone who never touched MC? What I mean is mostly th…
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Reading keyboard (by IN-port or by keyvalue)
Reading a value from a table in MC
a lot of programs in MC. These routines ...
ld h,a ; but keep it in ROM
ld ( ...FilenamesHi all, Please make a search (in the archive) for bullseye. We get three matches but take a look to the first two only. First match is: Bulls Eye …
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Please make a search (in the archive) for bullseye.
a look to the first two ...Keyboard problemI have a bug in my game where the main sprite moves slightly almost as if there is data left in a keyboard buffer. I read the keyboard using code alo…
I have a bug in my game where the ... if there is data left in a keyboard buffer. I read ... br /> [code]
LD A,251
IN A,(254)
AND 1 ... not reading from a buffer. Am I correct in this assumption ? ... just need to discount a few things in my attempt to ...inlays vs gamesCassete inlay should be a preview of a game. But some inlays are totally different than games. Examples: "Flying shark" - you control a biplane in th…
Cassete inlay should be a preview of a game. But some inlays are ... : "Flying shark" - you control a biplane in the game but there is ... a Spitfire-like plane on the ... . rerelease) - there's a one-eyed guy with a gun on the ...
