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ZX 128+ RGB Scart - ghosting,patterns,flickeringHi all, I have a ZX Spectrum 128+ with RGB Scart (from TheSinclairShop bought ages ago) hooked on a 40' Samsung Smart TV. Awful ghosting, silly p…
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WOOT! ZXMAS Tape MagazineIT'S HERE! The WOOT ZXMAS TAPE MAGAZINE! http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/gif0_zpsebr5j4qr.gif http://i1142.photobucket…
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New Game - Pietro Bros [z88dk/Nirvana+][b]PIETRO BROS[/b] Pietro and Luizo were transported to pipe world after eating some rancid mushrooms on his pizza. Help them to escape from th…
Thanks a lot Carlos and AA for the files and information. I had started examining the 1.0 file with Tapir but that will help. I'll see what I can do... For now, congratulations again for such a great piece of code. :) -
What should your speccy have come with ?:) I was thinking about this earlier. What changes should of been made to the Speccy when you purchased yours ? Realistically this topic really…
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TopGear!! The Return.I've just been reading about how Friends Start Mat LeBlanc will be joining Chris Evans as a co-presented for the new Top Gear Revival in May. You …
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Look whats possible in 924 bytesSo, finally after over a year of development and nearly 25 years since I first designed the graphics, I've actually made it to the point where this i…
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Why don't the variables print where I told them too?I wrote the following program to experiment with creating sounds using 3 notes of BEEP and having the ability to change the notes up or down one at a…
... , and understand the relevance of AA's point "INKEY$ will only ... 'm not knocking Dunny or AA. Optimisations are fun and that ... -
Flicker free animation in BASIC, is it possible ?With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations wit…
Here's the listing:
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1 POKE 23674,0: POKE 23673,0: POKE 23672,0: POKE 65281,0: FOR q=0 TO l-1: RESTORE 130+t(q+1): READ w: FOR e=1 TO w: READ r,c: LET n=q*320+r
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z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …
... ASM / BASIC before on here AA ;) So I would need to ... -
z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …
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Z88dk installation DebianHi, I'm looking for some advice on installing Z88dk on my system. I have a few questions so if anyone could help me that would be great! My fi…
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Z88dk installation DebianHi, I'm looking for some advice on installing Z88dk on my system. I have a few questions so if anyone could help me that would be great! My fi…
z88dk multicolour enginesI've been trying to work out how the multicolour sprite engines have been implemented in z88dk. It's not obvious. Looking in the source, I found …
... at you Einar, or at AA for his excellent Z88DK work ...Atic Atac vs Jet Pac - Which is the better game?Hi everyone and welcome to the July 2017 edition of Which Is Best? Last month I placed two of the most famous racers against each other on the Amiga…
Should this have a poll at the top? I can't see it.
Anyway, I go for Jetpac. Simply because I can only ever play keyboard and AA has Ultimate's horrible QWERT layout and is non-redefinable, whereas Jetpac's control is much more sensible.Atic Atac vs Jet Pac - Which is the better game?Hi everyone and welcome to the July 2017 edition of Which Is Best? Last month I placed two of the most famous racers against each other on the Amiga…
AA only because it was first Speccy game I ever played.
I shouldn't make mistake also if I choose JP, but you gave no choice. :PULAplus palette levels of blue in emulatorsTell me somebody, why ULAplus palette levels of blue are $00,$6F,$90,$FF in ZXSpin, SpecEmu, Zero and ZEsarUX, instead of $00,$55,$AA,$FF as they sho…
Ok, levels of blue are little different:
ZXSpin - $00,$6F,$90,$FF
SpecEmu - $00,$70,$8F,$FF
ZEsarUX - $00,$6D,$B6,$FF
But still - why they are not $00,$55,$AA,$FF?ULAplus palette levels of blue in emulatorsTell me somebody, why ULAplus palette levels of blue are $00,$6F,$90,$FF in ZXSpin, SpecEmu, Zero and ZEsarUX, instead of $00,$55,$AA,$FF as they sho…
... have blue levels $00,$55,$AA,$FF , and ZXSpin's Palette ...Recreated Spectrum .What do we get for the "now" (Aug 2017) best retail price of around £35?Well best/ cheapest retail prices can vary a bit so I thought it best to be specific. At this £35 price ,is it a good deal and what do we get ? A…
... like I did with an AA yearly renewal recently . Luckily it ...Spectrum stuff online "buying skills". Are real skills needed for low cost Speccy items? Firstly , there are some pretty fundamental requirements that are probably too basic to mention , like buying the right software at the right pri…
... vehicle cover from RAC to AA and got a good deal ... from the AA in the first year . At ... . However we forgot the the AA cover was on a recurring ...Flood Fill IssueHi Folks, Came across the following Flood Fill routine by John Metcalf: [code]; scanline fill by John Metcalf ; call with d=x-coord, e=y-coo…
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EAAE: 0F ...Flood Fill IssueHi Folks, Came across the following Flood Fill routine by John Metcalf: [code]; scanline fill by John Metcalf ; call with d=x-coord, e=y-coo…
In the interests of completeness, I amended the program as follows so that you POKE the coordinates in to 59998 (X) and 59999 (Y) before excuting the fill routine.
[code]EA60: coords:
ld de,(60000) ...ZX Spectrum Z80 Development Environment on WindowsHi Folks, Just wondering what the recommendation is for a ZX Spectrum Z80 Development environment on Windows? Getting fed up with hand coding Z80…
I agree with AA, flexible syntax is a terrible idea. How the hell is somebody supposed to learn Z80 when 3 assemblers use 3 variations of the same instruction. We've got an instruction set, lets stick to it.The ultimate forbidden WoS thread"F*** me, the Spectrum Computing Forum has threads about ZXDB, the Vega+ and mouse mats!" :)) (Note to mods: This is intended as humourous satir…
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