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  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... fact you can play it in different ways, some parts I've ... and others a mix of both!

    How far have ... Bill and am stocking up in a cafe type thing. 31 ... am finding it quite tough in places, mainly due to those ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob June 2013 Chit chat
  • The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…

    ... ]The snake only gets drawn in full at the start of ... though, I'm too stuck in my ways :-D)

    [QUOTE ... and harder than yours (100% BASIC edition)" for a working title ...
    R-Tape R-Tape July 2013 Games
  • Storing strings in minimum spaceIn the game I am planning there will be a number of text strings. I am looking into different ways of encoding the strings so that they use the minim…

    [QUOTE=Mr Millside;708194]In the game I am planning ... . I am looking into different ways of encoding the strings so ... but are there any other ways to save more space. Speed ... 104 words and 104 chars (in both situations 52 lo-case plus ...
    tstih tstih July 2013 Development
  • Anyone using an RGB SCART cable with a +2A/+3 and LCD TV?In [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44697"]a recent thread[/URL], I mused: [quote]Can +2As be composite modded? If so, I…

    ... "standard" becomes blurred. Take both the [URL="http://en.wikipedia ... parallel printer[/URL] ports. Both are suppose to be "standards ... the so called "standard" in different ways. As far as SCART ... , and correct video system) in the composite video input pin ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK August 2013 Hardware
  • Op-amp question for the more knowledgeable tech headI have a dual op-amp IC in a 9 pin SIL package. Pin 1 and 9 are Vcc as marked on the datasheet. The internal schematic as supplied on the datasheet…

    ... Ohm can be found in too many 'normal' situations ... have measured the resistance "both ways" to make sure I ... and I have factored in the resistance of my ...
    [QUOTE=1024MAK;719843]In the past, I have used ... pin SIL chips gone in three different recorders, using ...
    DEATH DEATH August 2013 Hardware
  • Clashbasher a new interface to reduce colour clashI've been working on this for a while now. [IMG]http://markamy.uwclub.net/cauldron.JPG[/IMG] Basicly its an add on for a 48k spectrum, which reinte…

    ... hl and de both pointing to a byte in the display $4000 ... is the assembly that the basic calls in the videos.
    Basher Basher September 2013 Hardware
  • display file addressing; screen slicingWhile working on this Compendium I'm updating or rewriting a lot of stuff. One thing I eventually came to appreciate was the simple & clever way in w…

    ... that I'd add routines in both BASIC & assembler to calculate the ... row & column number. (The BASIC could be written more concisely ... to keep a 1:1 BASIC:assembler equivalence.) Afterwards I thought ... it, which was very similar; both versions add up to 14 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • The Spectrum's spectrumappears to be missing a few things... specifically I'm wondering about pink and brown my hazy attempts to mix red and white are not proving very su…

    ... they're mostly English). In some ways it's indicative of them ... simply don't come across in foreign languages because someone cannot ... example, it's not uncommon in Germany to think that the ... , so there's misunderstanding on both sides.
    joefish joefish September 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • How much does Bifrost improve graphics (test 192x192 graphics)Inspired by the BIFROST library I made several experiments with 8x1 graphics at 192x192 resolution. The results are now overwhelming but under certai…

    ... screen during TV raster scan. Both BIFROST* and BIFROST? minimize ... tiles don't cost anything in both BIFROST engines, and drawing ... the sample programs I posted in my programming tutorials [URL=" ...
    If you have further questions, feel free to post them ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas October 2013 Development
  • Type-in BASIC contest on Reddit.Not sure how WOS-legal it is to mention/link to other forums, but Reddit is having a contest on r/retrobattlestations, asking readers to type a speci…

    ... a link to the Basic on the subreddit for ... I've changed line 1010 in the (now very slightly ... and added line 131 REM in both versions.

    There ... a slightly better effect. In the CPC version the two ... one under t'other; in my Spectrum versions I overlaid ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Use PLAY without the 128 ROMHere's a little thing I wrote called SoftPLAY: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45259[/url] Now you can use the PLAY comm…

    ... .

    This happens in both 128 BASIC and USR0 mode.

    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... has the loader integrated in the BASIC program with BIN2DATA, while ... the screen is loaded in reverse, ... to make it more visible. In both examples the loader code has ... by opening the file in Tapir in order to accelerate from ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu October 2013 Development
  • IF EXIST?In MS-DOS scripting, there is an IF EXIST command that lets you check wether a file exists in disk or not. There are any way to check it out from BA…

    ... does not exisit in Sinclair BASIC, although some other BASIC's i've ... - for instance the FILES function in Liberty Basic.
    That said, however ... below
    (right).

    In BASIC (using DOS)
    (after USR ...
    The_Bert The_Bert October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • One more grey +2 with video problemsI guess I need your help again to hopefully be able to do some proper troubleshooting myself one day. Here I have a grey +2, which could be a bottom…

    ... other parts of the circuit in parallel.

    You can ... sometimes get away with measuring in circuit by checking the resistance ... it'll be 0 ohms both ways.
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay October 2013 Hardware
  • eBay 128K Spectrum RGB cables overheat the Spectrum!?Hi everybody, For a long time I've wondered why Spectrum 128K Toastracks were overheating when using my Retro Computer Shack RGB SCART cable. Today …

    ... />
    Great, now we are in sync :D As a matter ... Blanking connection and see if both the Philips CM8833 and my ... TV support RGB/composite switching in other ways. More on this later ...
    Falco-F8L Falco-F8L October 2013 Hardware
  • Ninja Warriors +3 disk MIAHi all This seems to be MIA ?:) okey [IMG]http://forest.no-ip.org/wos/nw/top.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://forest.no-ip.org/wos/nw/bottom.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]ht…

    ... seem to like loading in 128 mode. Instead of ... got the same result in both. I even tried the ... or whatever it's called) in Spectaculator. There's music ... 0 mode from 128 BASIC, results in a 'bad' load ... entering SPECTRUM from 128 BASIC, results in a 'good' load ...
    jp jp November 2013 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Run time errors?Hi all! :smile: I keep getting a run time error on one of the PCs at work ("Error No. 5. Invalid Procedure Call or Argument"), and can't for the lif…

    ... ). This [url]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8946883/invalid-procedure-call-or ... does it access the database in other ways? If it does that ... the developer is doing it in a different way for this ...
    Vampyre Vampyre November 2013 Chit chat
  • Run time errors?Hi all! :smile: I keep getting a run time error on one of the PCs at work ("Error No. 5. Invalid Procedure Call or Argument"), and can't for the lif…

    ... This [url]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8946883/invalid-procedure-call-or ... it access the database in other ways? If it does that ... XP! Interestingly, the one in question is the only one ... does access the database in other ways, and everything else seems ...
    GreenCard GreenCard November 2013 Chit chat
  • Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …

    ... Interface 1, both at BASIC command and hook-code level, in respect of ... level of Extended BASIC'. Reading Sinclairs microdrive handbook was in vain. From ... can be made
    from BASIC, in both IF1bis ROMs.
    Be very ...
    roko roko December 2013 Hardware
  • Writing faster BASICIn terms of structuring BASIC programs, what are the best ways allocate variables, functions, arrays? Any tips. I remember INPUT mag had some suggest…

    ... is the same one in both instances, so it would ... array element in the call rather than in the definition; ... s are discarded. The BASIC is 19 bytes shorter as ... and saves 8 bytes in the BASIC as well.
    ... and about 1,000 bytes in total. Pre-declaring them ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny December 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Romania and Bulgeria.Now I can work and live in Romania or Bulgaria, I wonder if there's a need for semi-skilled computer programmers over there now? Regards, Shaun.

    ... , I'm sure it works both ways, when the situation is reversed ... /> it's more a 'when in Rome' thing... whoever you are ...
    def chris def chris January 2014 Chit chat
  • Please explain how a Kempston interface circuit works.Can someone help me understand how a Kempston joystick interface works, as I want to design and build my own as an experiment. I understand switches…

    ... have a few questions:

    In the second sketch, ... are active only when both control inputs are at ... they were so lazy in not doing full decoding ... IN 55), one chip could do the decoding for both, ... br /> But anyway, I picked IN 55 as an alternative so ...
    joefish joefish January 2014 Hardware
  • DivIDE 57c helpJust bought one of the old DivIDE and wanted to setup my cf card so that its all ready when i get it. What do I need to prep the card and put the ri…

    What firmware do you have - Fatware or ESXDOS ?
    And what is the loading error ?
    In both firmwares you can press NMI button, select file and load. In ESXDOS you can use new command from BASIC, like .tapein.
    kpuchatek kpuchatek January 2014 Hardware
  • ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …

    ... />
    AFAIK GZipStream in C# can be used both ways (i.e decompress ... ), but I find it awkward. In Java, there's GZIPInputStream for ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas January 2014 Brand new software
  • ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …

    ... ]
    AFAIK GZipStream in C# can be used both ways (i.e decompress ... ), but I find it awkward. In Java, there's GZIPInputStream for ... then push a decompress filter in front. If you want to ... 'd like to push it in front a memory stream (a ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2014 Brand new software
  • R.E. in school.I was thinking about this the other day. In RE in secondary school in the 90's the curriculum over the 5 years consisted of. 1st day: discussion on …

    ... cracking stories and quotes available in most religious books.

    both ways "An eye for an eye ...
    David Jones David Jones February 2014 Chit chat
  • R.E. in school.I was thinking about this the other day. In RE in secondary school in the 90's the curriculum over the 5 years consisted of. 1st day: discussion on …

    ... quite happy to state things both ways [b]"An eye for an ... it and it seems they both are, woops

    problem ... the 'correct' one). also factor in possible translation inaccuracies, and there ... a chance that some stuff in there could be worded to ...
    def chris def chris February 2014 Chit chat
  • Classic Games that you've never playedThe name says it all: what games have you never tried, but want to H.E.R.O Beneath a Steel Sky Mario 64 Golden Eye Resident Evil Zero Half-life Ha…

    ... Still? It's similar in some ways but much bigger and better ... favourite games.[/QUOTE]

    both are brilliant im my opinion ...
    Wookiee Wookiee February 2014 Chit chat
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