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RGB values for ZX Spectrum colours???Hi all, have someone of you a 100% RGB representation of 16 ZX Spectrum colours? Please, post here their values. I was trying to determine the colo…
... is just an 8 bit approximation of the signal level that is ... produced by the circuitry generating the video ... is different (due to the low tolerance components used etc ... thanks, I think you explained the principle, I am satisfied:))< ... -
Just changed a laptop screen.I just spent the last few hours changing the screen on a laptop for my friends son. He broke it by shutting the laptop with the lead across the keyb…
... hobby, but work .. well the labour is the killer..
... more.hehe
the laptop makers assume u'll ... damage the screen and well it's the most expensive bit. most of the time ... weren't doing the work yaself.
the one that ... -
Skooldaze and Back to Skool on the CPC?Did Skooldaze and/or Back to Skool ever come out on the Amstrad CPC? Or on any machine other than the Spectrum or C64? I'm curious to see any differe…
... version is approximately half the speed of the speccy one (or may be ... see a bit more of the school though. It looks exactly the same and ... didn't like the speccy look of the games and the speed would be ... -
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…
... normal mode, to be honest (the bit where you're running from ... I'll never find the amount of nodes it'd take ... think the last couple of levels let itself down. the puzzles are a bit ... found the most disappointing is the overall plot... seems a bit run-of-the-mill ... -
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…
... normal mode, to be honest (the bit where you're running from ... out all the weapons, do you mean upgrading *all of them* as ... ?? I'll never find the amount of nodes it'd take to ... found the most disappointing is the overall plot... seems a bit run-of-the-mill ... -
Torents.Anyone on here good with this torenting type stuff im trying to DL something and the speed is through the floor 3kb pm. Any help would be apreciated.…
... of torrents, I've heard about a torrent site called The ... hosted. It seems that the 'British' part of this is a strict ... />
I'm a bit leery of the legality of these things, but I ... have the impression that The Box ... -
Torents.Anyone on here good with this torenting type stuff im trying to DL something and the speed is through the floor 3kb pm. Any help would be apreciated.…
... site called The Box which is a place where loads of British ... hosted. It seems that the 'British' part of this is a strict ... />
I'm a bit leery of the legality of these things, but I ... have the impression that The Box ... -
Emulators: Who uses what and why?I thought a thread on shared emulator experiences might be full of useful tips and save a lot of time for anyone seeking the same. [B]What computers…
... post about Panzer Dragoon Saga the other week sent me down ... as I have since seen the game reviewed by fans on ... pretty sure Panzer will be the only Saturn game on my ... 64. Is that on the nuts and bolts PC you ... but my spec is a bit short of the description and I don ... -
Emulators: Who uses what and why?I thought a thread on shared emulator experiences might be full of useful tips and save a lot of time for anyone seeking the same. [B]What computers…
... but my spec is a bit short of the description and I don ... make a bit more sense. Panzer Dragoon 2 is more of the same ... makes you empathise with the characters. All of the ingame graphics are ... quite good for the time, but the FMV ... -
Assembly OUT commandHello, im trying to send a signal to the output using this command. LD A,2 OUT (0FEh),A ---> This will set the border colour to RED The problem i…
Bit 4 of the ULA port controls the speaker, like so, OUT (0xfe), 0x10. See [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/48kreference.htm"]here[/URL]. -
J Invalid I/O devide, why ?Just tinkering with the asm code i got this error when executed the C/M: J Invalid I/O devide the liune that caused this is 'Call 15DE' that calls t…
... similar things to that if the stack isn't balanced (more ... also need to save the value of the iy register if you modify it ... basic. I think you need the correct value in iy if ... (it points at somewhere in the sysvars). -
So you need to double (or triple, or quadruple) the clock speed...No particular reason for posting this, other than I was looking at an eZ80 evaluation board that does this, and that jogged my memory of a project I'…
... clock stopping wound up inverting the phase of the clock relative to where ... significantly, and thus reduce the frequency output of the VCO) so it can ... the output side of the shift register just see the Z80 I/O timings once the ... -
Any ex-pats on here?Basically, I want out of the UK. I don't hate the place or anything like that, I'm just a little tired of it all. I've also always promised myself …
... in comms and also had the proceeds from my house sale ... />
at the time, I was a bit fearful of the whole process and ... me....that was a waste of money really as skilled visas ... or so to check all the paperwork! (which is all that ... -
Similar GamesI was just wondering with there being thousands of games if theres a lot of games that are similar to The Great escape and Where Time Stood Still sin…
[QUOTE=Necros;453395]He is, but this is WoS. Nothing ever stays on topic here and everything eventually develops into a discussion about crisps, sheds or Maria Whittaker... :p[/QUOTE]
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Similar GamesI was just wondering with there being thousands of games if theres a lot of games that are similar to The Great escape and Where Time Stood Still sin…
So what does the 'r' register actually do?* :D
*Don't answer that though. It's sunday. -
Stone roses fans?Anyone else a fan,i f'cking love them,i still play their songs regularly..
I like the Stone Roses quite a bit.
Most of the tunes are good, a few drag on a little but mainly good stuff. Fools Gold is possibly one of my fave tunes by them even though some of the die hard don't rate it much.
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SZX Beta 128 (aka TRDOS) block questionHello, I have a question or two regarding the Beta 128 (aka TRDOS) block of SZX. Hopefully someone (Jon, Philip) will help me. What is supposed to …
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The block is not capable of storing enough state ... the disk is idle.
As for the upper two bits of the ... system register, they're pretty ... much irrelevant because of ... -
SZX Beta 128 (aka TRDOS) block questionHello, I have a question or two regarding the Beta 128 (aka TRDOS) block of SZX. Hopefully someone (Jon, Philip) will help me. What is supposed to …
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It writes the signal lines value there on ... , and feeds it to system register on restore, which is wrong ... , it also entirely ignores the content of the status register on restore.[/QUOTE]
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Pretty CrashesTo make a 48K spectrum crash spectacularly and beautifully enter the following into basic. Also works on a 128k in 48k mode though not quite as prett…
... you dug that fossil out of the WoS forums Scottie!
... the save routine. Whatever the value of the IX register is is what the ... 03D4h (980d). This is near the start of the ROM.
... DE (length of save) contains 5CDAh ( ... -
How's about a decent version of...Yep! Exactly I'm sure this won't be first thread of it's type, and I'm sure it won't be the last. So and I'm sure many fans of the movie will agree …
... ! - A Video Game Interpretation Of The Film Score By Vengelis.
Fans of the movie were quite clearly short ... title screen and 48k rendition of the Blade Runner Soundtrack by ... Spectrum and other 8-Bit magazines of the day but it can ... -
The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …
... not have the time!
The 68K is a hell of a ... /> Yes, the CPU in the QL was an 8 BIT version of the 68000. The following ... have left. As the begining of the file is full of zeros, my RS232 ... -
Red Dead RedemptionHave found a lot more incoming information about this game, and as I think it's going to be a pretty massive hit, decided to give it it's own thread.…
i'm looking forward to this. its a shame it coincides with new vegas though. im getting a bit tired of the cowboy theme. :razz:
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Red Dead RedemptionHave found a lot more incoming information about this game, and as I think it's going to be a pretty massive hit, decided to give it it's own thread.…
[QUOTE=mile;487069]i'm looking forward to this. its a shame it coincides with new vegas though. im getting a bit tired of the cowboy theme. :razz:
i heard there was gonna be Gummy bears too.[/QUOTE]
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designing a computerHi everyone! I am designing a 4 bit computer and i need some advice, is this a good instruction set? [CODE] BINARY OPCODE DESCRIPTION 00000 nop…
... limeted to about 1Mhz at the MOST. I use CMOS ... /> For those not in the know about the various logic series, just ... slow* (especially at the lower voltage end). The time it takes for ... International - which came from the British 8 bit scene of the 1980s! (And more ... -
designing a computerHi everyone! I am designing a 4 bit computer and i need some advice, is this a good instruction set? [CODE] BINARY OPCODE DESCRIPTION 00000 nop…
... International - which came from the British 8 bit scene of the 1980s! (And more ... together*)[/QUOTE]
one of my uni acquaintances who graduated ... ARM, they're certainly in the right business. -
Genesis: dawn of a new day, new game from RetroWorks!It's been a long development, but finally we made it. We proudly present the latest game from RetroWorks, Genesis: dawn of a new day. [img]http://ww…
Good news: I think the +3 issue is now fixed. ... />
For those interested in the gory details, it was due ... not-so-clean usage of the IY register in the disk loader while interrupts ... no key is pressed, apparently the IM handler does not do ... -
The Mire Mare intelligence testum... [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300495264543#ht_500wt_949[/url] let's see how many ebayers fall for this one.
... a tad SLOWWWW dealing up the spectrum games. no names, but ... I send very quick 95.7% of the time. -
My grandma lived above sinclairHey i just discovered this whole spectrum forum and have just started to get into spectrum related goods. Today my grandma came over and i told her a…
... ]Sinclair had expected the Spectrum to be more of a business machine ... disadvantages (using an 8 bit version of the same chip, implementing a PLU ... were also of mixed opinion regarding the Microdrive units and the squishy keyboard ... -
Alchemist, gold cassetteRummaging through a box of tapes I fished out Alchemist by Imagine, gold coloured cassette, is this unusual or were they all made that way?
... have about 5-7 of the normal tapes...
the gold ones, were ... had 2.. 1 I kept, the other went to spain
that was the year imagine flooded the market with tapes I ... -
Alchemist, gold cassetteRummaging through a box of tapes I fished out Alchemist by Imagine, gold coloured cassette, is this unusual or were they all made that way?
... have about 5-7 of the normal tapes...
the gold ones, were ... had 2.. 1 I kept, the other went to spain
that was the year imagine flooded the market with tapes I ...
