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The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... a character cells ink and paper. So how on earth does ... -
Talk about time consuming!This is an aside, not a request or a grump, just an observation. Yesterday I cut and pasted all the messages from BASIC relating to my struggl…
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How do you use CHR$ properly in a string ?So I trawled through the manual and found the bit on the character set. It says CHR$ 17 gives you paper control and CHR$ 16 gives you ink. But how do…
... says CHR$ 17 gives you paper control and CHR$ 16 gives ... the parameter ie give me paper 6 and ink 4 for ... -
z88dk sp1lib with fzxThe numbers dont seem to display properly? fzx by itself works [quote] // for targets supporting fzx // zcc +zx -vn -startup=31 -O3 -clib…
... ;attr_mask = cmask;
c->attr = colour;
}
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Hey grandma!HOW TO SUCK EGGS! I always wondered about that saying 'teach your grandmother to suck eggs'! Blow them, yes, but suck? If you've never blown an e…
... in Basic, squared (graph) paper is your friend. Its a ... same length.
Squared paper - particularly the more expensive real ... graph paper with, like 2mm squares, ... type programs.
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I think maybe I'll try my hand at making a game like Boggle next.Or maybe a sliding puzzle sort of thing? Although its a royal pain working out all those symbolic characters, its kind of rewarding when it works af…
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High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …
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LD (23693),A ; PAPER 0, INK 0, BRIGHT 1 ... , 0, 19, 1 ; INK 7, PAPER 0, BRIGHT 1
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What Micro? April 1983Wanted scans or paper copy (I will scan and upload it ) of What Micro April 1983. Can any one help please? Many thanks in advance. Steve(spt)
Wanted scans or paper copy (I will scan and upload it
) of What Micro April 1983.
Can any one help please?
Many thanks in advance.
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Seikosha GP-50S suppliesDoes anyone know if it is still possible to find ink ribbons and paper rolls for the excellent Seikosha GP-50S printer in this day and age?
Does anyone know if it is still possible to find ink ribbons and paper rolls for the excellent Seikosha GP-50S printer in this day and age? -
A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…
... ,71 ;WHITE INK (7) + BLACK PAPER (0) * 8 + BRIGHT (1) * 64 ... -
Hacking the ZX Spectrum 48K ROMHi Guys, I have modded my Speccy with a dual boot ROM loading on first bank the original ZX kernel and on the second bank an enhanced version. I h…
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Other than using attributes what other ways to detect collisions, when using char based movement?So I'm slowly working out the bits and pieces to write a game completely in assembly. I've been using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whet…
ive found an attr scrolling routine but i want to remove the smaller scroller within it, etc.https://pastebin.com/K4nG3xbX also i would like to be able to change the colours and not have a shadow. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sin…
https://pastebin.com/K4nG3xbX
also i would like to be able to change the colours and not have a shadow.
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils/DoubleMessageScroller.tap.zip
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub ...Character wobbleHello, I have an Issue 2 board which shows vertical character wobble. This happens for a few minutes followed by a few minutes of character sta…
... characters on the default white paper and black
ink default ...How to avoid flicking? IM2 help.Hi, I have started on a quest to make a demo for ZX Spectrum. However the display is flickering and I guess it is something about updating at…
PC Gamer & PC FormatI was in WH Smith recently and i noticed that PC Gamer and PC Format are still being published in paper form, i thought the days of waiting a month t…
... are still being published in paper form, i thought the days ... it is good to see paper publications continuing. Magazines seem to ...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…
... hang up with a black paper area. Also noticed a thick ...printing at the bottom of the screen with #1im having problems getting both lines filled in with black, using #1. it does 1 line but not the other. how do i correct this? i.e. print #1; pap…
im having problems getting both lines filled in with black, using #1. it does 1 line but not the other. how do i correct this?
i.e. print #1; paper 0;" 64 spaces "Eco Tank Printers.I'm thinking of getting one of those Eco Tank printers. They cost two or three times the price of a conventional bubble jet printer that uses in cart…
... for up to A3 sized paper say that their Eotank-et ...The Abominable EuX-itThe incredible legends of The Abominable EuX-it {1} began only a few short years ago. All of them, unfortunately, false. If, by some probable “ac…
... [/b]. Dispose of your ballot paper in whichever private or public ...Hiding a Loading Screen?Hi folks! Is there an easy way (a POKE or something) to hide the drawing of a loading screen? I did find a post from leespoons in an old thread wh…
... of white ink on black paper before the attributes load in ...Grpahics mode: Key combination for black squareSo I'm trying to type in a game listing to see how it works and I need to type a black square in the listing and have completely forgotten how to use…
... and managed to turn the paper and ink of the cursor ...Escape RoomsI heard about these in a local paper. As anyone here done one of these with their work or with their mates? Its a bit like the adventure rooms in th…
... about these in a local paper. As anyone here done one ...Another Spectrum is brought back to life.Hi Spec-chums. I have been having bit of busy afternoon with repairs today. I've brought back to life a Panasonic Super-VHS recorder, and more intere…
... up displayed a solid black paper area, on a white border ...SpecBAS really needs a manual!That Word doc that I converted to an RTF for you Dunny and ASH-II, is still somewhat sparse. I spent bloody hours PLOT/DRAWing a landscape to steer m…
... if specified, and the current PAPER if not.
The bank ... so as to use graph paper to work it out.
Unusual or Experimental or just New or Quirky Presentations of SoftwareWhen it was all new software vendors had to work out the best way to sell their wares. In the beginning ,there was no absolute consensus ,and so ther…
... juniors . Print labels on backing paper are included in the cassette ... is an additional strip of paper with a set of mini ..."Cottage Industry" creations. In other words software that has a genuine "hand made" quality to it ,such as :- 1) Daisy Wheel printed cassette inlays 2) Cassette inlays prin…
... printed on "silver" Sinclair printer paper
3) Separate "printer" printed ...When did Cassettes Go Paperless?I noticed that my "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" Cassette tape is paperless. In other words , the tape cassette itself does not have any paper inla…
... itself does not have any paper inlays stuck on both sides ...Fastest emulator screen renderingHi, I'm developing an algorithm for fast emulator screen rendering and here is what I came up with. 1) Use 4bpp indexed image format as target …
... pattern. Do the same for paper.
4) Now comes the ... now 0 and opposite
paper= bits B P2 P1 P0 ... // get paper index
p32=paper_4_32[paper]
paper_pattern=np32 ... and p32 // mask in paper color
val32=ink_pattern or ...
