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Microdrive gamesI saw a few Spectrum games on Ebay recently which were advertised as being in the microdrive format, they even had a photo of the cartridge with a la…
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Firebird were going to do a Microdrive release of ... very interested if anyone has access to the Microdrive version of Magnetic ... whether it can be converted to run under emulation! -
How are people developing?Are most coding on actual HW or under emulation, or cross developing?
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
Was ZX BASIC *meant* to be advanced? I was always ... simplicity) whilst also offering instant access to all the machine's features ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... have been a turn-off to experimentation that probably made Basic ... though, IMO, I would have to say is more toy-like ... ways away from getting true access to the machine underneath since so ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... 's just no way to seriously do it in ... You have to have a disk system to which you ... multiple source files, gain access to header files that can ... long, and have recourse to large libraries. Just as ... as a teaching tool or to write small programs. However ... -
Magnetic Moon?Stuckstuckstuckstuck!!!! I never had tryed Magnetic Moon before...And only had a 48k. I'm playing the 128 port. Anyone finished it, or can help me …
... the paper to find the way to the room. I have access to all ... /> Also, the axe is suposed to be eleminated when getting out ... -
Multiple MicrodrivesWhat practical reasons are there for having more than one microdrive attached to a spectrum? Thanks
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... and SuperBASIC which lead to multiple releases of the ... graphics, Ethernet networking etc.) to run the Linux operating ... practically nothing even close to industrial price/power ratio ... interested.
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Most controversial game ever...?The most controvertial game that I can personally think of would have to be 'Raid Over Moscow'. You play as the leader of a squadron of US planes and…
... the sound effects were left to go in. The artwork consisted ... symbols on the reels gave access to the feature game. It had ... and the tidal wave changed to a palm tree, bent over ... -
Looking for one particular music demoHi. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it. There is a music demo I'm looking for. Unfortunately I don't k…
... that you don't have access to the PLAY command in BASIC ... . You're hardly going to program a demo like this ... -
Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... What I would like to use the graphics for is ... then UDGs are the way to go. There is a ... address into the system variable to select another bank of ... . This way you have access to more than 26 characters in ... more common way in Basic to detect collisions and this ... -
Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... into the system variable to select another bank of ... This way you have access to more than 26 characters ... common way in Basic to detect collisions and this ... obtain information on how to do this??? and... ... is it easy to restore the original character set ... -
Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... international express train that headed to Berlin, where another KGB ... half in the west with access to all western technology and half ... in the east with access to almost none of it ...
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Byter and U.F.O. by Protek?Who says these are available for the Speccy? I've often wondered where this info comes from - any info I've seen shows these as available for the ZX-…
... my software collection was returned to me. I am afraid that ... . I was right to deny WOS any access to my collection because this ... was exactly what i didnt want to ... entrust something not of value to someone and they loose your ... -
How did you get games 20 years ago!!Did any of you trade games with penpales?? I had penpales in England, Israel, South-Africa, etc :)
... my friend only 2 days to realise that we could ... pirate didn't allow us to test the tapes before ... was we didn't have access to computer mags for reviews ... so it became doubly important to actually see the game ... my dad was more amicable to me spending his hard ... -
Sage - 'Spectrum Adventure Game Enthusiasts' Fanzine Coming SoonGreetings. :grin: Just a quick post to let you all know that the first issue of 'SAGE' will be available for purchase ( or due to serious advice it…
I've also got in touch with Barbara Gibb, the editor of Adventure Probe magazine which will be folding soon... So you've got a nice plug there.
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hallowe'enis anyone going to any parties, doing anything fun..... or maybe you would like to share some spook stories.....
... decks the house out to look like some Halloween ... friends had been sitting listening to music one night, and ... night, my sister needed to phone my mother for ... only phone she had access to was the phonebox at the ... answered back. I tried to unlock the door, but ... -
Which Emulator?I?m interested to know which emulator people use! Which one has the look and ?feel? of a real Spectrum and which one has the most accurate loading e…
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Which Emulator?I?m interested to know which emulator people use! Which one has the look and ?feel? of a real Spectrum and which one has the most accurate loading e…
... while before emu-authors have access to Vista (if they even bother ... no, I'm not going to be getting a copy of ... need?). So SPIN is unlikely to ever work in Vista. Dunno ... -
Self made membraneHi fellowes, as you probably know, the keyboard membrane seems to be the weakest hardware part in Spectrum. It is not so hard to find in eBay or in s…
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Help where do i startIm thinking of writing a game or two for the speccy. At the moment Im not sure what type. But Im after some general info. I know laguages like Basi…
[QUOTE=Toxitalk]Im going to work through Spectrum Machine language ... there I will be able to get my head around the ... C you could use it to help develop your assembler skills ... advantage is you will have access to libraries of functions that you ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... the 2068 (quick and direct access to display ram) and you can ... see the difference the quick access and the hardware sprites ... quick display memory access, but msx scrollers tend to scroll by character ... the much slower video display access (check out versions of ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... applications control the swipe card access to some of the biggest companies ... the world. This involves database access, networking, XML parsing, NT services ... -
Troll, Troll, Troll-ity, Troll ... It's Everyone's Favourite Troll ...We've had a lot of "memorable" visitors to the forums over the years so, as it's almost bedtime and my mind fills with peculiar, random thoughts, I b…
... lot more potential retro-fans to appeal to.[/B]
to have be manufactured. So ... Fair comment, it is nice to have the original box, ... want 24/7 access to a bulky PC to play the ... , it's extremely unlikely to ever happen - the potential ... -
Question for Mr B..Andy, seen a HUGE load of games on Ebay for both Spectrum and CPC. You know the drill, CPC one side, Spectrum the other side of the tape. It's like…
... so could I sample them to WAVs and then make a ... does comes along, you have to do the hard work again ... />
The ideal would be to simply own the original tapes ... m only in a position to borrow them for a ... and let you guys have access to them if you require it -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
I just figured out how to use the code profiler -- ... Also, is there a way to specify a large region of ... wondering if Spin is able to do some non-trivial ... breakpointing that I'd like to do. In particular I ... want to stop the emulation and bring ... -
Totally unrelated to Speccies...But fun, nevertheless. [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/Letters.rar[/url] Have a go, lemme know if there's any ways you can think of to…
How about giving the program access to the keyboard so one can type up messages, the program immediately places the letters somewhat irregularly but close enough to make a visually straight line.
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Totally unrelated to Speccies...But fun, nevertheless. [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/Letters.rar[/url] Have a go, lemme know if there's any ways you can think of to…
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Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
... want/owned/bought, i.e. access to games they want, and memories ... the correct thing, with respect to `rights` has been not only ... continual approach has been taken to check what the opinions of ... collections... far better to actually allow people to hit a site, ... -
Connecting a Spectrum to the InternetI was just reading the Your Sinclair entry on Wikipeida and came accross the following reference: "Other technical columns included Rage Hard,... an…
In the mid to late '80s I used to read newsgroups, do email ... baud modem made it painful to do anything other than email ... later -- I tried lynx just to see that it worked but ... since by then I had access to better equipped computers.
