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Something that just occured to me (Windows 8 related)Even though personally I probably won't be putting Windows 8 on any of my PCs, as it offers no real advantage for me, I have to keep my hand in with …
... drop 16-bit compatability in it's 64-bit versions of the OS?[/QUOTE ... ]
The CPU can't run 16 bit ... binaries in the native 64 bit mode so it ... complex than running 16 bit binaries in 32 bit mode so microsoft ... -
Something that just occured to me (Windows 8 related)Even though personally I probably won't be putting Windows 8 on any of my PCs, as it offers no real advantage for me, I have to keep my hand in with …
... you install a newer version of the OS?
... ... drop 16-bit compatability in it's 64-bit versions of the OS?< ... stable binary APIs, so the chances of something breaking between versions ... costs up, thus raising the cost of the PC. For similar reasons ... -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... of Dr. Who before I go to bed today, been watching the ... a curry, and fell off the couch :lol:
EDIT ... , I'm only on episode 7 of the Christopher Eccleston episodes, only 77 ... until I catch up to the Matt Smith era :lol: -
Spectrum +2 EPROM in Spectrum +2AHi, My friend Marc bought a +2A from Tim Abbott at the Spectrum 30 event. Back in the day there were companies selling +2 ROMs to put into +2As to r…
... an issue with the modified version of FATware you're ... the machine to crash for reading the AY ports or certain values of the ... I register.
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Thread derailing is a product of ... -
TurboGrafx16/PC Engine Games*Edit* Never mind! Managed to fix the problem I was having with [i]Turbo Engine[/i].... Still, any good PC Engine/TG16 exclusive games anyone can re…
... b] (Really spot on conversion of the arcade).
[b]Ghouls ... s basically a faux 32 bit version of the NES Double Dragon II ... Zone[/B] (extremely good conversion of the Sega Classic!).
[B] ... Wolf[/B] (Very decent conversion of the arcade).
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i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
[QUOTE=mel the bell;656578]
The Rude Boys - Ska Fever (2000) - ... ska side project of the oppressed[/QUOTE]
Any ... quite a bit at work but I've worn out the old ... />
Starting to get a bit bored of the usual stuff. -
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…
... of the mill shooter I suppose. The story is good. A bit ... the end of Chris' chapter 5).
The bit ontop of the bus during the ... off to the far end of the tunnel next to the door that ... sanitised Splatterhouse for some of the combat and Bayonetta for ... -
Help me resurrecting a 128KHello to everybody. I'm really struggling along a repair of a standard 128K a friend of mine handed me over some (ok, actually a lot of) time ago. A…
... triumphantly informed me that the bit 5 of the uncontended RAM bank was ... faulty, and the uncontended RAM pages ... led me to the immense work of removing all these chips ... such outcome. And, of course, the only way to solve ... -
The Man with the Iron Fists film[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1258972/[/url] tbh ive not heard of it before, but it looks interesting eli roth / rza writers and directors quent…
I'm a bit tired of the Tarantino scene of "look I've seen hong ... />
It looks like more of the same from Kill Bill (that ... movie, and a dialogue borefest of second part).
Eli ... 's see what comes out of this...
I'm ... -
The Man with the Iron Fists film[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1258972/[/url] tbh ive not heard of it before, but it looks interesting eli roth / rza writers and directors quent…
... ;658955]I'm a bit tired of the Tarantino scene of "look I've ... />
It looks like more of the same from Kill Bill (that ... movie, and a dialogue borefest of second part).[/QUOTE]
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Multiplayer Elite is finally happeningDavid Braben just announced that he's started a kickstarter funding project to finally make a multiplayer version of Elite. How f*cking awesome is th…
... be a lot of dislike of Braben amongst a lot of the nerd fraternity ... . Personally I thought the test footage of the pursuit through the ring system looked ... />
I'm a bit cautious of the whole "kickstarter" thing, though. It ... -
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…
... invest a lot of time in to get the most from it ... ] (PS2) - Been doing a bit more of the side missions, and have just ... played through the Chapter called [ ... when the computer was actually working, and enjoyed every minute of it ... -
The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... the documentation that we have, A13 of the 27128 is controlled by bit 3 of the ... control port (#1F). The DISCiPLE ... reading of the disassembly. I really wonder whether the problem is that half of the ... -
The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... #2000 has the A13 bit in "1", which enables the second page of the rom ... at "1", which gives the second page of the rom.
What ... bus, but is taken from bit 3 of the control port (#1F) as ... #1F to get at the other half of the ROM.
You ... -
The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... bus, but is taken from bit 3 of the control port (#1F) as ... #1F to get at the other half of the ROM.
You ... was made to the board to allow use of a 16 KiB ... /> Have you tried the simulation with 2 copies of the same rom?
Compiling Lisp to Z80.I am doing some thought experiments on this. Here is an example of a Lisp program. It adds two numbers together. [code] (define (add x y) (if (= …
... need to be thinking of supporting the wide variety of built-in data ... type in bits 5-7 of the first byte) and can be ... /ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap24.html]chapter 24 of the Spectrum manual[/url] (read from ...Speccy game - chasing a spy around Europe, anyone remember the title?I had a nostalgia flashback today, and I remembered a game where you had to track down a spy who was fleeing across Europe. You could catch planes (…
... stop the express..
but then I got reminded of this ... game, solely from the description.. I know ... ]
err yer.. thats the *cough* 16 bit version of the gameSpeccy game - chasing a spy around Europe, anyone remember the title?I had a nostalgia flashback today, and I remembered a game where you had to track down a spy who was fleeing across Europe. You could catch planes (…
... I got reminded of this game, solely from the description.. I ... /> err yer.. thats the *cough* 16 bit version of the game[/QUOTE]
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That looks like the c64 ... or amstrad cpc version of sly spyThe Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... pressing the button. So the button cannot do the 'patching', but the occurrence of the NMI ... />
Agreed, the DISCiPLE can't trap pressing of the button itself, since ... wrongly set (and contents of the AF register to be corrupted too) upon ...I'm very illA few weeks back I passed out/blacked out in the bathroom and woke up on the floor with a terrible pain in my chest. In the fall I somehow broke my …
... which is a bit out of the ordinary and we ... /> Frequently one of the most important pieces of useless paperwork during ... of the motorway network which are some of the busiest in Europe. So besides the ... overview of the pressure that each part of the department ...A quick newbish questionI'm reading through 'mastering machine code on your spectrum',as kindly posted by Mr bert on this forum. Correct me if I'm wrong from what i read,bu…
... address) calls machine code at the address you specify, and when ... returns, it returns the 16 bit value in the BC register pair. Because it ... USR x will obviously print the value that was returned to ... much (it sets the seed value for the BASIC RND random number ...Bayern Vs BarcelonaI know you guys aren't big fans of football, but what a game! Wonderfull to see someone finally reduce Barcelona to vulgarity. Also, today proved m…
... 'm getting a bit tired of the football world being all ... pro-Spain. I don't like the ... tika-taka method of football, it' ... my fingers crossed that the bubble may be ... embarrassment to call him the best player ever ( ...Buzzer sounds tips'n'tricksSo I have an ARM Cortex M3 with a buzzer connected to its GPIO pin. And because I read this forum I know that there is no need to add a separate buzz…
... up the sound you want to play as a sample of added ... br />
In the very early days of PC soundcards, some people ... the Spectrum ever managed, thanks to the much faster 16- and 32-bit ... processors of the time. That ...Buzzer sounds tips'n'tricksSo I have an ARM Cortex M3 with a buzzer connected to its GPIO pin. And because I read this forum I know that there is no need to add a separate buzz…
[QUOTE=joefish;699656]In the very early days of PC soundcards, some people ... , thanks to the much faster 16- and 32-bit processors of the time. That ... sound with 6 bits of resolution (on the beeper) playing realtime on ...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…
[B]Gunstar Super Heroes[/B] on the GBA.
Never did finish this off years ago, and after playing the original a few days back I kinda feel like a bit more of the same.The new xbox...I hope the launch of the new xbox (6pm BST today!!) blows the dismal PS4 launch into orbit!! I'm not sure if I'm getting excited or not. I still rem…
... ]You're probably quite right. The software is already implemented and ... at some point in the future when the fuss has died down ... and sales pick up a bit ... frankly, I'm a bit scared of the consequences if you were turned ...Some thoughs about fast scrolling on 128 modelPlease, consider this article as technically interesting concept not a proven algorithm. ONE The fastest scrollers use long sequence of PUSH inst…
... of the screen area. Otherwise, you'd need to manipulate position of the stack register ... , which is usually an awkward register to work ... with. All the benefits of ...Is there an SNA halt bug?Hello all, I noticed that some SNAs don't work on my emulator but they do work in almost everyone else's, SPUD fails with them too which is a tad sp…
... BIT 2 is IFF2 not BIT 1:
[I]bit ... =di, 1=ei)
bit 2: interrupt 2 flipflop, (0 ... [/QUOTE]
That's the first time I've seen ... interrupt flags as per the bit 2 state of byte 19.
... (I've been a bit out of the loop for quite a while ...Is there an SNA halt bug?Hello all, I noticed that some SNAs don't work on my emulator but they do work in almost everyone else's, SPUD fails with them too which is a tad sp…
At a guess, the Microdriver uses RET ... test how emulators handle bit 0 of the interrupt flags byte. It ... off (the attributes in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen will ... continuously update). On an emulator that treats bit 0 of the ...
