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  • Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…

    ... to keep that in mind in the future. Things in writing (even ... Again, things in writing can be taken in many ways, when you don ... think more carefully what we both say in the future, okay? ;-)< ... ;)

    In my opinion, satisfaction is in the whole effort ...
    Skaepoy Skaepoy February 2014 Announcements
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... /> [*]Terramex: Type USR0 in +3 BASIC prompt before loading the game ... the Rapid Loading system implemented in both games. The patched files ... Otherwise switch to 48 BASIC in order to load it with ... by issuing a SPECTRUM command in +3 BASIC before loading.
    ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu February 2014 Games
  • doom on 128ki see a youtube video of doom being played for the spectrum, is this designed to work stright of a tape and onto a spectrum without the divide thing …

    ... up just changing the two BASIC loaders, rather than adding any ... by replacing dlp1 and dlp2 in dl4.tap with these versions ... "r-16"[/code]
    and in both files every POKE 23388 (BANKM ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2014 Games
  • IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…

    ... These were taken when both were in usr 0 (not 128k ... The system promptly crashed on both machines. Pressing the buton ... screens like these, on both machine. Some lined, others ... (you'll see it in both the pictures, to the ... usr 0 from 128 basic. Same results for all ...
    Amplitude Amplitude March 2014 Hardware
  • Tile routinesHi all, Please does anyone have any examples of tile routines in pure asm to set up maptile screens. I would like to try and understand them and ti…

    ... in size. But because assembly is so quick compared to BASIC ... could store the graphics in other ways. For example you could ... by pixel line, maybe in a zig-zag style. ... You may have noticed in the Spellbound disassembly that David ... to draw a wall in. But I'm sure ...
    Morkin Morkin March 2014 Development
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... memory access of Pentagon in great detail in [URL="http://www. ... per 1 CPU cycle, making both the value for the CPU ... value for the display available in the corresponding latches regardless ... , there is a lot of questions in this regard...

    ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak March 2014 Emulators
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... I also do not believe in "variable" frame duration, ... 1 CPU cycle, making both the value for the ... for the display available in the corresponding latches ... pass your questions to the guys in the thread ... there is a lot of questions in this regard...[/QUOTE]
    introspec introspec March 2014 Emulators
  • Chloe 280SE keyboard for ZX-UnoI'm sorry. This conversation comes from another forum. It's a spanish forum and can't continue there. [url]http://zonadepruebas.com/viewtopic.php?f=…

    [QUOTE=Andrew]Unfortunately, extending BASIC to a 64 column mode ... use the mode for editing BASIC in 64 columns, which is the ... /> Of course you can edit BASIC in 64 columns, this require some ... modifications in the source code to allow editing in both 32 and ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena March 2014 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…

    ... />
    For example the basic ROM writes to the attribute ... writen to the display file in both the print character routine ... the printing of characters in basic the following clashbasher commands ... ink colour using standard sinclair basic plot, draw and circle ...
    Basher Basher April 2014 Hardware
  • The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…

    ... a thread with more specific questions in the WoS Development forum, ... the Beginner's Guide to BASIC series)
    [url]http ... ://chuntey.wordpress.com/category/sinclair-basic/[/url]

    Battle ... ]

    The Cool BASIC tricks and tips! thread:
    MykeP MykeP April 2014 Games
  • The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…

    ... I have a few more questions (these are development related):[/ ... should ask the questions in the Development or the BASIC part of the ... have to handle collision yourself. In BASIC, people usually use ATTR ... to learn a bit more BASIC. It has extensive explanations ...
    Timmy Timmy April 2014 Games
  • Game codeHi Quick questions. Would a game such as manic miner of the hobbit have been written just in basic or will it have been assembly? Also these slow …

    Yes, these games are written in assembler.

    ... br /> Screen isn't "written" in any language, it's just ... memory by LOAD "" SCREEN$ in Basic (which actually triggers machine ...
    But in both cases loading will be "slow". Standard Basic loader works ...
    Ralf Ralf April 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BAS-ROM for HarlequinSince it is very easy for everybody to plug a new BAS-ROM into his Harlequin there is the question, what kind of ROM and what additional functions sh…

    ... /> I disagree with you on both counts. I don't see ... only other possible issue standing in the way of a "commercial ... Basic (SE BASIC 3.x) and SE Basic IV (SE BASIC 4.x) both do ...
    ramsrc ramsrc April 2014 Development
  • Do you equate used game sales with piracyI was just reading a piracy thread on Gamefaqs.com (a great site, except for the trolls and teenage fanboys) and someone made the usual remark that u…

    ... to re-read my posts in that context they might make ... , your posts could be interpreted both ways. But your position became clear ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas June 2014 Chit chat
  • FBZX Wii for WindowsFor testing purpose I adapted FBZX Wii to compile against MINGW and to work on Windows (new SDL sound, Virtual keyboard which works with mouse instea…

    ... normal rom by inserting it in the dir /fbzx-wii/spectrum ... 'd need to put it in both ROM areas on the multi ... using ROM-1 from SE Basic IV.
    chev chev June 2014 Emulators
  • FBZX Wii for WindowsFor testing purpose I adapted FBZX Wii to compile against MINGW and to work on Windows (new SDL sound, Virtual keyboard which works with mouse instea…

    ... 'd need to put it in both ROM areas on the multi ... -1 from SE Basic IV.[/QUOTE]

    Since in the manual ... it is written:

    "SE BASIC is ... as a replacement for 48 BASIC in computers with 32K or 64K ...
    Oibaf Oibaf June 2014 Emulators
  • Name the Character for my new StoryI know this is utterly stupid, but I feel as if I have no choice. Let me explain: I am currently writing a second novel (after the positive receptio…

    ... ;774136]OK. The character in question is a college/university ... graduate with PhDs in parapsychology and psychology - she ... and is also capable of basic fighting skills when push ... for a woman with PhDs in both those disciplines would be ...
    chev chev June 2014 Chit chat
  • Porting Blues Brothers CPC->ZX...just an ideaI've just watched a video of the CPC version of the Blues Brothers games by Titus [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DOj-Ta3Ek4...Based[/url] on th…

    ... will shift half a screen in that direction.

    ...or ... at writing some code for both ways and see what I think ...
    polomint polomint June 2014 New game ideas
  • Replacing the caps in my model 2 48k spectrumI have taken note and watched a great video about replacing the caps in my spectrum, but after watching it and looking about on where i can find the …

    ... you, but as I'm in Ireland it may be more ... /> Postage would be around ?16 (both ways), and parts would depend on ...
    balford balford July 2014 Hardware
  • Change PAPER and BORDER colours from machine codeHow do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code? I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.

    ... your various posts on assembly in here and it seems to ... say you can't ask basic questions but if you require clarification ... process.

    I apologise in advance for any offense I ...
    Arjun Arjun July 2014 Development
  • What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…

    ... probably only outdone by BBC Basic but it was easily one ... and BBC BASIC. I used both extensively and enjoyed programming in both. For me ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman July 2014 Games
  • Spectrum prices on eBay etc...!After a browse on eBay for some Spectrum hardware/software it seems to me some people are in this for all the wrong reasons. As an example... ?70 bu…

    ... /> [QUOTE]I know it goes both ways with buyers as well as ... lot. It might be bringing in people who are not into ...
    Track Track July 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... up all available space in both the propeller microcontroller and ... and my code (both the assembly code in the microcontroller and ... start from scratch with both the propeller code and ... both every pixel different) and be able to configure them various ways ...
    Basher Basher August 2014 Hardware
  • What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…

    ... to be said that both those machines had rather ... is unremarkable, and in many ways inferior to the Spectrum ... they got, and bear in mind that Nintendo were ... that the resolutions available in 4 and 8 colours ... were both limited to just 2 colours in such modes ...
    Matt_B Matt_B August 2014 Games
  • Do you have aspergersJust wondering if this retro scene is something for aspergians mostly?

    ... agree - some of the questions were a bit obvious, ... br /> [QUOTE]Some of the questions in this quiz are phrased so ... to the large amount of questions.

    Over ... the internet too, and in both cases I did my ... [I]answer all the questions wrong[/I] and still ...
    Sokurah Sokurah August 2014 Chit chat
  • Are OpenSE BASIC and SE Basic IV incompatible with Plus D?Hello, I'm considering Andrew Owen's impressive [url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/sebasic/]OpenSE BASIC[/url] and [url=http://cheveron.github.io/…

    ... long as there's no BASIC program in memory. But with these ... , and they work fine with both BASICs. Since some keywords have ... 'FORMAT' in SE Basic IV, or 'DIR' instead of 'CAT' in OpenSE BASIC, and ... D incompatible with OpenSE BASIC and SE Basic IV, or is there ...
    chev chev August 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • DEATH is getting old.....I don't know, maybe it's just me getting old or something... There's a few things happening on here that I just don't understand. We have people th…

    ... asking a couple of "daft basic questions" and I do have a ... 's on the to buy in the near future list, unfortunately ... />
    Although I can repair basic electronics faults I have no ... agree with everything DEATH said in his original post, even though ...
    Ricardo99 Ricardo99 August 2014 Hardware
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... /> [*]Terramex: Type USR0 in +3 BASIC prompt before loading the game ... the Rapid Loading system implemented in both games. The patched files ... Otherwise switch to 48 BASIC in order to load it with ... by issuing a SPECTRUM command in +3 BASIC before loading.
    ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu August 2014 Games
  • Ben Heck modifies a Zee X Spectrum.Gahh, one of the differences between Americans and Europeans right there in the title. Anyway, we know better ;) ...and this isn't about that anyway.…

    ... Spectrum over.

    But in the Facebook group [URL="https ... many utterly stupid questions that sometimes gets asked in that group when ... many users that hang out in both places? (well, Polomint is there ...
    Sokurah Sokurah August 2014 Hardware
  • Film recommendations please!I've hardly watched any films, but would like to get into the genre. Seems to me though most films nowadays are all about kung fu and explosions. Has…

    [QUOTE=def chris;786138]good film. Jaws with a truck instead of a shark, in some ways.[/QUOTE]
    Did you notice that you actually here the same groaning sound effect in the climax of both films?
    joefish joefish August 2014 Chit chat
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