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Router Advice for Wanadoo B/Bnd RequiredHi all, I wnat to tap into your collective knowledge? I use Wanadoo (now Orange) broadband using a USB Thompson Speedtouch 330 modem. I do not want…
Hi all, I wnat to tap into your collective knowledge?
to change to another provider. I ... possible, as I intend to start use some of ... those home plug things (to use the electrical circuits ... for connecting the PC to the router).
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Emulator questionEmulator Question Okay - this may be a really stoopid question that may have been answered with a little research on my part - but - Is there an em…
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PLanning ZX-PC Interface releasesHello everyone. I am working on some additional functions to the ZX-PC Interface. Might take a while before all functions are operational, but here …
... serverprogram needed
Save option to TAP-files
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Save option to TAP-files
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Remakes.org remadeHas anyone been there recently? Its changed just a lil bit. Trouble is I cant find the downloads any more... Looks brill though. Looks like they a…
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I had started trying to write something for the speccy ... issues as I was using basic to try and write an aracde ... going to have a little time to think wether to recode something basic ... written something) then 'port' this to the speccy.
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Play abc files in 128K mode?I was reading a tutorial on the abc music file format, and it seems the txt file has information that might allow a simple conversion from .abc to st…
... they were converted to be played in 128K Basic, we would ... which may be more attractive to Basic programmers, would be a way ... /> -Export Spectrum music from 128k Basic to abc format
... Basin's tools... Import .ABC to 128K Basic. :)
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Microdrive CATIs there a way in Basic to obtain any more useful info on the contents of a Microdrive? File size, head info for example? Also, is it possible in ge…
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BEEP conundrumFor the "CSSCGC 2008 Tape Magazine" December edition, I have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last year which plays a festive tune using …
... , I have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote ... easy way in BASIC to make the menu responsive to quick presses (like ... course anyone knows any handy BASIC trick.
That ... just modify the already implemented BASIC routine.
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Question about wav2ayThis batch file from wav2ay looks like this: [CODE]echo Converting from WAV to RAW... sox input.wav -r 11025 -b -u -c1 Output.raw echo Converting f…
... Converting AY to TAP
file2tap Output.ay Output.Tap -sSAMPLE -pPlayer.tap -a33000 ... file if I wanted to create just one TAP file containing all ... I can append files to the resulting TAP, but I'm not ... how to process all of them.
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reading Hex[code]1 DIM a$(20,20) 2 DIM g$(16) 3 LET g$="\::\ \' \ '\ .\. \.:\:.\:'\':\''\..\: \ :\'.\.'" 4 BORDER 4 20 LET a$(1)="00000000000000000000" 21 LET …
... /> 101 FOR x=1 TO 2
102 FOR ... y=1 TO 20
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Can you get basic to read hex as a number ... prog I'm trying to draw a game map ... so how do I get basic to understand that the letter A ... 21 'A' will point to the tenth char in the ... -
+2 sound socketHi guys, I have converted some of my old spectrum games to TAP files and I was playing around with loading them off my girlfriends laptop. Couldn't g…
... of my old spectrum games to TAP files and I was ... /> Couldn't get anything to load on my grey +2 ... loves it and hears the TAP file straight away, and ...
Is there a way to boost the laptop volume so ... My mission is then to get them to load faster, i've ... -
How do you play TR-DOS Games?Hi I have Spectaculator installed and it wont accept TR-DOS games such as Wolfenstein 2004 for example. I then downloaded SPIN emulator and when I op…
... Wolfenstein file it brings me to the 128 main menu screen. At ... I must be the Pentagon 128, but doesn't do anything ... -
About SLT filesCan SLT files be converted to TAP files? Do you know any emulator which support these slt files? I use SPIN and It doesn't recognize them
Can SLT files be converted to TAP files?
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Win_TZX2TAPI just wrote a small&simple TZX to TAP Converter for conversion of standard blocks. It is dedicated to all DivIDE users who want to do a quick batch …
I just wrote a small&simple TZX to TAP Converter for conversion of standard blocks. It is dedicated to all DivIDE users who want to do a quick batch conversion. You can find it on my home page in PC section. Maybe this will be a bit useful... -
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…
... /> So, trying to put together a lump of basic to:
BASIC will get corrupted while attempting to load the ... br /> push hl ; preserve return to basic
exx
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... br /> pop hl ; restore return to basic
exx
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Implementing goto on error condition...OK, so when I'm reading a file or directory on a network filesystem, when I reach EOF, it's not actually useful at all for ZX BASIC to stop the progr…
... useful at all for ZX BASIC to stop the program with 8 ... ends with C Nonsense in BASIC. If you hit BREAK during ... ) then prints C Nonsense in BASIC. It's almost like the ... if I trap Nonsense in BASIC itself to interpret a new command ... -
Residos - Shared Disk QueryHi all, I want to create a shared disk under residos, Garry's explanation he gives in his documentation concerning creating 'shared' disks I find so…
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I want to create a shared disk under ... /plus 3e which turns out to be:-
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What I want to do:
Allocate ... />
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2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…
... at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating ... found myself stuck while trying to help my kids with their ... do stuff in Sinclair Basic to help them, or to help me help ... words? Does such routine need to check A$ character by ... -
POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine ... this way? (I'm trying to remember!)
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Great Speccy Demo - With Documented +3 Disk loader routineEveryone here should check this out. Its a demo called "condommed" which I have just finished converting from TRDOS disk to tap file and +3 disk. It …
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Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…
... additional commands for use in BASIC, to access files, maybe change directories ... Spectrum design allows a peripheral to disable the internal ROM, ... understand it would be useful to update the add-on ... nowadays. Ofcourse you need to store the programs/games etc ... -
Beepola v1.01A new version of Beepoa, v1.01, is now available for download from:- [URL]http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/Beepola_v1.01.00.zip[/URL] (650KiB) …
... assembler listings in addition to TAP files and BINary data ... /> [*]Added Transpose Song... option to Tools menu
[*]Added ... Song Information... option to Tools menu
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Full ASM code or a mixed solution ?Ok another important question. Building a program in asm, is it interesting that all the program is done in asm or always is interesting for some r…
... the use of some basic lines previosly to the C/M call ... /> define some udg from teh basic, to be used into our asm ... C/M call from teh basic.
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New 'recracks' for ya all..Hi. Just updated my homepage with new 're-cracks' that I did in the last few days. It has been a very productive time... this time I was concentrati…
... of the games are in TAP format now, but some are ... and did not need to be converted to TAP. They are all perfect ... do so.
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48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…
... no problem, compared to the 128 pins required to removed the 8x16 ... components really left nothing to stop the board booting. ... nicks in the lacquer to attempt to isolate where the break ... Presumably the time taken to troubleshoot such faults wasnt economically ... -
Machine code issue...Hi Folks, My trials with MCODE continue and I am stuck. I wrote the following program in BASIC to simply POKE an attribute byte in to a "box" on th…
... wrote the following program in BASIC to simply POKE an attribute byte ... and is quite quick for BASIC if the box is not ... I set about trying to write it. To keep things simple I ... end
C9 RET ;RETURN to BASIC[/CODE]
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Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. ... 1986 and wanted to bring an updated machine to market in time ... year, hence making minor changes to the 128. But for the +3 ... , they had over a year to ... /> I know there's more to the +3 than just the ... -
Gigascreen - programming guideDoes anyone know of a programming guide for the 128K gigascreen screen mode, specifically a persistence colours table, some code (pref. C level or BA…
Does anyone know of a programming guide for the 128K gigascreen screen mode, specifically a persistence colours table, some code (pref. C level or BASIC) to display them and best practice for timing? -
SAVEing without waiting for keypresshello, here's question for y'all. is there a way in BASIC to bypass the "Start tape, then press any key" prompt when SAVEing an array? sorry if it'…
... /> is there a way in BASIC to bypass the "Start tape, then ... speccy n00b. what i want to do is write a simple ... -
writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator ... All I hope to achieve is to successfully load a ... to write my application in C or C++. I have the basic ... believe they're really basic to most of you and ... to ask this one, because I think it's something really basic ... -
Dev on OSXHi, new to cross-platform dev (although conceptually loving the convenience), and am currently trying to remember how routines worked that I wrote 20…
Hi, new to cross-platform dev (although conceptually ... convenience), and am currently trying to remember how routines worked that ... /ZXSP and ZASM to assemble from TextEdited files to .tap files.
to use PC to do this. It lacks ...
