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Distribution of the Spectrum in Europe.Ok, so we've noticed the lack of French posters (there might be readers we don't know about) here at WoS. We have people from UK of course, from Irel…
... specific countries, like France, and also did some looking ... -48 ( Similar to Moskva ) and Pentagon-128 ( Pentagons are similar ... , PC 8300, Power 8300, Basic 2000 and Basic 3000.
... ), which were the Spectrum + and Spectrum 128. Maybe some others ... -
I AM SO SICK OF THIS "them" vs. "us" GARBAGErecently on a friends guestbook i got into an argument with a guy from Russia who "runs" the slow ass loading codemasters.narod.ru ... ive known this…
... in it. ( $b are Basic programs and $c are Code ) then goto ... TrDos mode and press K for LIST and Enter. if you ... named "boot" just do RUN and enter. otherwise you'll have ... has a next to it" and hit enter. -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... always enjoyed brown love. The BASIC stunk. And it's true, some ... set of screens for example, and there's the music too ... much better in many games. And someone else pointed out the ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... yourselves. :)
and better than what? :) after all ... Commodore version of Scuba Dive, and the Sinclair version.
yea and Bruce lee was better and countless others i ... enjoyed brown love. The BASIC stunk. And it's true, some ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... lower price, and excellent (in comparison) BASIC. Seeing games ... like ATIC ATAC and ZZOOM! in ... great fast BASIC language and built in assembler, and the VIC ... however much hype and advertising and false comparisons the ... -
FifthDon't know if this is the right forum, but anyway... Anyone remember a Basic extension called "Fifth"? It was supposed to enhance game programming. R…
Yes, I know that, thanks, but I was more interested in how to use it. Is there a site or something anywhere about different Basic extensions and their use?
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*** CRONOSOFT *** help a little so it can Serve YOU betterSalud if you believe in what [url="http://www.cronosoft.co.uk/"]Cronosoft[/url] is doing and would like to help out a little bit, you could mention…
... and getting prepared to start learning spectra-forth and z80 assembler, blitz basic ... ( amiga ) and/or amos and/or jforth ... ( amiga ) and stos, C64 ... -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
... can be loaded after a basic loader and create colored striped lines ... MC in data lines in basic, and playing around with the OUT ... command, and poking to alter pitch and duration. very wide ... -
Frog hopper questionThe 3 Frog hopper (by Walltone) tapes on the WOS archive all share a very interesting problem: when you load the game up and press I for info, you ca…
... . dropping down to 48k BASIC etc) and I see what you mean ... some of my real speccies and see what I come up ... new TZX just to see and even better can load it ... -
Old Spectrum Books Im not sure of the name, but once upon a time you could by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you to create your own…
... /> 2000AD used to print basic programs. And I'm sure there was ... -
Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…
... a civilised chat with him and convince him to send a ... 3 categories: most BASIC programs, most compiled-BASIC programs, and Caverns of Kontonia ... -
Trapdoor Has anyone here actually completed this game? I keep getting stuck on the "I want some Fried Eggs" mission. Yes i have read the text on this site,…
... a copy of your screenmap and solution? It sounds absolutely ideal ... goes for any more maps and/or "graphic solutions" that ... as object descriptions and a few helpful graphical tips and clues - without ... map Through The Trap Door and Gregory Loses His Clock after ... -
Translating games from RussianThe recent arrival of biotoxin and his obvious enthusiasm for Russian games has set me thinking: Will any Russian games ever be translated into Engl…
Not all translating engines are that stupid. A good number of them can even figure out some basic grammar and transformations, i.e. recognize that "going" is a form of the verb "go".
But how does one hack the text out of Dizzy games ? -
create z80I want to Create z80 code and run it on an emulator for the 48k spectrum. I want it soo easy to use its a dream. I dont like dos based stuff.. Can a…
... breakpoint on z80 instructions and a step / ... all and end-all of Speccy BASIC coding... and I ... coding in BASIC.
2. A BASIC compiler.
BASIC debugging tools, but ... ie, get all the BASIC tools finished completely first ... -
Cholo helpI downloaded this weird game today and I have not the foggiest what I am supposed to be doing as there don't seem to be any instructions. Can anyone…
The Stairway to hell has hints and tips and a solution. -
Text compressionI'm sure I remember seeing a short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine listings magazine way back in the mists of time, w…
... for the capital letters and numbers, and made one character set ... a free row top and bottom, and a column of free ... stand-alone BASIC program to redefine capitals, lower case and numbers ... TZX file containing a short BASIC loader and the character set loading ... -
Need_Help...*.SCR TO *.TAPPLEASE...NEED HELP... HOW MADE STANDART 6912 BYTES ZX-SPECTRUM SCREENBLOCK (.TAP OR .TZX),FROM .Z80 OR .SCR(.GIF) FILE??? In 'Taper' convert .z80…
... I save game as ****.z80 and want convert it in .tap ... SNAtoTAP can save both BASIC files and CODE files as TAP ... to know the start-address and the length.
and wanted to construct a ... save (e.g. the BASIC loader) may well have been ... -
POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…
... before the start of the basic ascii and the two bytes before ... .
RUN the program and replace all the spaces ( character ... />
23755 and 23756 normally hold the start of BASIC but this ... be changed using 23635 and 23636 ( start of BASIC).
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"YOUR COMPUTER" magazineDoes anyone know of any websites that has reference to this great magazine from the 80s? With the title being so 'generic', search engines don't see…
... cheats, maps - colour).
Computer and video games i.d.e ... page cut out and keep booklet, cut out and errrm kept, ... in colour from christmas 86).
Crash playing tips ... extra (may 1987) 31 pages of tips, and cheats etc ... -
Emulators without attribute clash?I know a spectrum wouldn't be the same without the attribute clash, but I was wondering do any of the emulators have a 'turn off the clash' feature? …
... it would have a 48 Basic Option for playing many older ... all the old AMOS and Blitz Basic programs, and if they used AGA ... ended up taking their blueprints and business elsewhere. So I consider ... inadequate help lack of time and finally disinterest he just stopped ... -
New MapsBarbarian (by Mastertronic) [url="http://www.zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=Barbarian"]http://www.zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=Barbarian[/url] Defenders of th…
... screens in the game, and I've already put those ... to the items or some tips or something...
... for ages too - just needs tips and key (as there is a ... of space to fill anyway and I think it'll ... little longer, I'll try and give these two maps priority ... -
Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…
... asm or C, and thus will turn to BASIC to learn to ... with BASIC, I learnt programming basic first, and then moved onto Z80 and then ... many other languages.
And ... -
Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…
... mentions that the basic is translated into assembler and then assembled. ... functions for free. New Basic keywords could be invented to ... be to attach new Basic keywords to a specific ... a way to specify Basic keywords and assembly functions attached to ... -
Over the hill?Seem to recall a rock group management game with the above title, anyone remember it or know where I can get it?
... recall it being a fairly basic game and if you didn't ... you were "over the hill" and had to start again. Its ... -
Tasword 2 files as TZXWhere can I download resp. upload tasword 2 text files as snapshot (Z80, SNA, ...) or tape file (TZX, TAP). Are there websites for tasword files? Tha…
It would be a good thing to have such site. Right now we have a archives of games, sometimes archives of basic prorgams and screenshots. The archive of TW2 files would be a great place! -
How rare is R@RE?Yes, I've been wondering this 'rare' thing. How rare, in fact, are the old Spectrum-items? I mean it seems that some Ultimate games fetch hefty piles…
... much people want it and it's not necessarily ... were sold in zillions and there are still lots ... basic ZX stuff is quite common (at least in the UK) and ... a normal user like me can quite easily get the basic ... hardware. And with a bit ... -
AY MusicHi all. Happy new year! I'm new to spectrum programming, and am interested in writing some music for the +2 AY chip. The problem is...I cant find a…
... 3 songs and i couldn't believe it was just Basic. this ... Spectrum website that reads the Basic Program and then plays uninterruptable music ... the program, even for a Basic program it will just play ... helpful one on Soundtracker and SQTracker, and i think one other ... -
42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…
... this sometimes give you hints and tips and I remember seeing something about ... went along for a peek and lo and behold it turns out ... how to extract the code and use it yourself with a ... -
Dizzy Y helpI have in my posession: - Skull - A magic cross - Stone block - A key - An empty bucket I am in the Hall of Flames. I can't climb back to the surfa…
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Tips and/or solutions would be welcome at Tipshop :)
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Footie Director 2 +3 versionI am so happy to find the +3 version of FDII on the site! Now at last I can re-live my student years!! One question though - when you play an away …
... others out there have tips and tactics and could post them... I ... displayed along with other income and outgoings.
[B ... get better, consider selling them and buying a replacement. I ... .
[B]Loans and Mortgages[/B]
Basically, these ...
