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Black screen of deathI recently aquired a zx spectrum (revision 3b) of the rubber key variety. it was all running smoothly(for about an hour after pluggin in), i left the…
... and returned to a black screen.
Restarting the device ... left me with a black screen with some minor interferance.
screen.
ive done the composite ... joy, still the same black screen with slight interferance (which shouldnt ... -
What's the best prog to read .asm files?I'm talking about on the PC, i.e. grab an .ASM speccy file, read it and plop it on-screen with all the fancy colours for each word/remarks/numbers et…
... it and plop it on-screen with all the fancy colours ... is specifically called Sinclair [U]BASIC[/U] and not asm ... oh ... -
ANN: ZX Spectrum +2g ROM setI'm working on another modified ZX Spectrum. This one is based on the +2A. There's quite a lot of work to do on the hardware but the ROM set is prett…
... /> 1: Fully bug-fixed 48 BASIC with numeric keypad support patches ...
3: The original 48 BASIC ROM
The ... (available only in the lower screen):
DELETE n, n ... 128 compatibility mode (runs HiSoft BASIC 128 )
Spectrum 48 ... -
Writing to the screen from a bufferI?m designing a game and am spending a bit of time trying different ideas before I commit my self. I?m currently thinking of writing data to a buffer…
... buffer? to the screen. Can the whole screen be drawn from the ... -
Screen Play - Macmillan Softwareok splitting hairs now :-D and it aint important, but doing my bit by pointing it out. should "Screen Play" be "Screenplay" no space, is on the box,…
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So what about ethernet and ZX BASIC?Well, as of about 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly wrote some packets to the network! OK, so it isn't perhaps 100% what Andrew Ow…
... about 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly ... know how to use ZX BASIC.
At the moment ... />
Then the standard Spectrum BASIC keywords can be used for ... /> The twitter client for ZX BASIC moves ever closer . . . -
SPOT+SPEX magazine index update"This is precisely the sort of thing that no-one ever believes!" Firstly, a correction to the previous announcement. When I said "adding another 40 …
... : Assem/Mcode
PB -- Programming: BASIC
PG --*Programming: General
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Your views on...The Snowman[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004609]The Snowman[/url] Another game I haven't played. Was it any good? It looks basic, but …
... looks basic, but kind'a fun. I really like the loading screen ... -
INPUT Magazine BASICHi All, I was wondering if I was allowed to upload some BASIC program codes which I have for ZX Spectrum (That work!) onto the Forum. Cheers, Specc…
... was allowed to upload some BASIC program codes which I have ... -
ANN: Spxfr 0.07 releasedHi everybody, here is a new version of Spxfr, the program allowing to transfer files from/to Spectrum thru an Interface One. Major news on this rele…
... " text file (.BAS) when Spectrum BASIC programs are transferred to PC ... transfer SCR files to Spectrum screen (no header is needed).
BASin Loading ScreensHi all, I've got a code for a program from the 2nd Issue of INPUT magazine and I wanted to create a loading screen for it. I've tried making the scre…
... wanted to create a loading screen for it.
I've ... tried making the screen file in BASin, which is ... not the greatest hand at BASIC but I think there's ...SpecEmu screen rollHi, Downloaded SpecEmu on the basis of your poll. The screen rolls (just like it did on my Mum's color portable circa 1985). I didn't want it to be T…
... basis of your poll. The screen rolls (just like it did ...does anyone remember the game?Im trying to remember a game, it had a kinda basic '3rd' person view and you had to walk around asking people questions, i think. i think the plot in…
... game, it had a kinda basic '3rd' person view and you ... in time, it had a screen where your face looked gory ...Name the game : double impactHi i'm looking for name of two games. 1) the first is na old arcade adventure at least partially written in basic. i think the story revolves about …
... at least partially written in basic. i think the story revolves ... remember correctly, it was flip screen.
2) second is ... to the top of the screen and when he want to ...Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…
... Load the compressed screen
3. Decompress the screen
4. ... space. Chances are that BASIC will get corrupted while attempting ... /> push hl ; preserve return to basic
exx
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... /> pop hl ; restore return to basic
exx
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Back To School (q. on loading screen)I never thought about this until just a few moments ago. Any particular reason for the blue border around the loading screen? [img]http://www.world…
I never thought about this until just a few moments ago.
Any particular reason for the blue border around the loading screen?
[img]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/b/gif/BackToSkool.gif[/img]Hidden routine in loading screenAs discussed in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool[/B] seems to have a hidden routine (in blue INK and PAPER). It would be inter…
... in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool ...Very basicI found the wos site a few months ago when searching for solutions to my broken spectrum, that i had dug out of storage and was learning basic on. Si…
... of storage and was learning basic on. Since receiving advice on ... download zx spin and learn basic using an emulator instead. Unfortunatley ... on the task of learning basic.I plan to post updates ... goal is to program a basic game from scratch to as ...Screen display at resetJust something for curiosity: When the Spectrum is reseted by for example NEW a very typical screen is shortly displayed. [IMG]http://i33.tinypic.c…
looking for best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, udg basedhi all! I'm looking for the best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, those udg based - like those from zx-spectrum mags, made at mid 80's I'm looking fo…
... best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, those udg based - like ...Emulators that open in full screen modeHiya all I've been going through the emulators one by one but can't find one that opens and closes in full screen mode. Is there one? Reason being…
... opens and closes in full screen mode.
Is there ...Best Speccy Loading Screen??Ok Chaps! Which game do you think had the best loading screen??? Graphics, colour etc.....
Ok Chaps!
Which game do you think had the best loading screen???
Graphics, colour etc.....Loading screenI was reading the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26571"]loading screen thread[/URL] and was a bit insipired. I went to…
... "We have" additional material "loading screen". Only that and hit "Search ... asked for titles using loading screen - or did I misunderstand ... Doom actually has a loading screen, of sorts, but the ... version has a text-only screen made using PRINT. Espionage ...zx Spin full screen problemHi guys,dont know what i have done here,but when i press F4 to go full screen,it just minimises to the task bar and theres a little black bar just ab…
Hi guys,dont know what i have done here,but when i press F4 to go full screen,it just minimises to the task bar and theres a little black bar just above bottom left side of task bar showin minimise,restore,exit buttons.Anyone know what ive done?cheers.Snow on screen of 48K Speccyok you wizards I fixed up my 4116 ram issue as Winston and McLeod advised me before by replacing with 4164's.... all I could find here in Singapore (…
... it working. Snow on the screen. Particularly on cyan / red. See ...Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …
... of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work ... you run them in 48 BASIC mode. The Wafadrive makes the ... and display only a black screen with a white border when ... to make it work in BASIC (even if you have to ...48K BASIC to ZX81 BASIC conversion possible?Looking for an automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a 48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81. It's obvious that some things cannot be done o…
Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
... working knowledge of ZX Spectrum basic, and the ZX Spin ... before returning to BASIC
;return score to BASIC
Copy ... machine code function called from basic will return the value from ... a direct effect on the screen display.
The complicated ...Framerate of arcade gamesThe Golden Age of video games coincided with the birth of 8-bit home computing; this is why every computer of that era has a slew of really bad Pacma…
... a clunky conversion written in BASIC and using UDGs. The pixel ... />
Pacman hardware has a screen size of 224x288 pixels, or ... says Galaxians hardware has a screen size of 224x768 pixels; ... and probably implies an effective screen size of 244x256. It also ...
