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Broken +3I have noticed that some members on this forum prefer to repair Spectrums instead of just buying another one from ebay. I would like mine fixed at so…
... remove the wire from the modulator. Does the border color change? ... factors that prevent the processor from executing instructions.
and solder a wire from pin 27 to ... turns the border color into white and hangs, AND you have ... -
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…
... nicked.
Christ!! We sound like a pair of disgruntled ... want to collect from these 4 fronts first, and since South Beach ... crossed the bridge onto and get your cash from the back of ... just reload your profile, and go from the bank back you your ... -
It may come to nothing but...[IMG]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.chandler3/SpudDS.jpg[/IMG]
... pic nicked, cut up and rehashed from ZXDS, just done quickly so ... the invaluable advice and help with that).
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Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
... for creating new musical scores and sound effects?... Are you requesting ... , Mr Beep already from this thread and recent ones alone, but ... , which can be downloaded from his page at: [url ... (anything that takes inspiration from the Amiga Paradroid, can only ... -
Feedback need about a platform gameI've developed a few iPhone games based on 8-bit computer games and am now working on a stealth platformer for the iPad. I believe that 8-bit gamepl…
... radically different from your walking movements, both in speed and energy. ... learn a thing or two from James Bond movies... within ... the better access to graphics and sound mean that your player likely ... at or implicitly demanded from the imagination of their ... -
Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…
... machine code programs can, and frequently do, use the ... hold both an emulator and the entirety of the ... thrash the memory paging and employ an extra ...
That's aside from the issues surrounding emulation of ... face it, do graphics and sound in a rather different ... -
Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…
... , but machine code programs can, and frequently do, use the rest ... .
That's aside from the issues surrounding emulation of ... 's face it, do graphics and sound in a rather different fashion ... be classed as original hardware, and it would only have very ... -
Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …
... . It will teach you from scratch how to string instructions ... as graphics, reading the keyboard and sound etc. I would recommend ... part tutorial on machine code from the above magazine can ... tutorial on machine code graphics from the above magazine can ... -
Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…
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The pipeline and cache system suffers from latency problems especially during ... /data cache line alignment and distance from code and use of instruction allocation ... so I can change the border (usually RED) to see how ... -
emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…
... on enulmator dma when loading from spectrum port
will ... t let you copy and paste text from the clipboard into BASIC ... poorly loved 128K+ from ebay... oh yeah and helping members on the ... units
Various network cables and sound leads
It's ... -
emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…
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The Spectrum +3 tape/sound output is horrendous! There is ... the chaos of audio cables and sound processing hardware. I'm looking ... ... this seems so strange from a community that loves the ... because development is more fun and challenging for me.
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Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... from circular buffer (32 positions)
;deleting each played sound ...
;buffer keeps priority and sound id
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;sound id points to ... br /> ;new inserted sound must have higher priority ... -
Challenging Common Knowlege: The +2A/B[I]I was going to write a big long essay about my research on this subject, but being an incredibly lazy person I never really got anywhere with that…
... my old +3 from 1987 used to sound like it was ... know that uses beeper sound, but all sound on my old ... QUOTE]
The sound from the RGB port or the ... to a poorly designed sound generation circuit (possibly done ... corrected in the +2B and on my website I've ... -
Challenging Common Knowlege: The +2A/B[I]I was going to write a big long essay about my research on this subject, but being an incredibly lazy person I never really got anywhere with that…
... ]The sound from the RGB port or the Tape/Sound port ... always better than the sound that's been modulated ... due to a poorly designed sound generation circuit (possibly done ... corrected in the +2B and on my website I've ... to change the +3 sound circuit into the +2B ... -
Spectrum +3 and Kempston InterfaceFurther to my update here: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31812&page=5[/url] I tried a D'Ktronics Kempston compatible …
... the divIDE+, quiet AY sound, ive in fact give ... more knowledge than me (and im looking at nearly all ...
I think the +3 and the DivIDE+ will be going ... I could load .taps, and .tzx from the archive (using my ... PC as a tape deck), and ... -
What Spectrum to choose?Hi i'm new to the Spectrum. I read 'bout it in CDA (Polish game magazine) and watched LGR review of the 48k and it REALLY interested me. What model m…
... [b]avoid[/b] the +3 and +2A - a lot of them ... amplifier circuit which makes the sound output [b]extremely[/b] ... it's not horribly distorted, and it's undoubtedly the best ... beautifully clear, noise-free sound from the three-channel sound chip, the original ... -
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…
... do you know if 2 and 3 are there aswell? Playing ... go. I've opend one and two so far. Unlike most ... 4 for the second one and I [I]think[/I] it ... one. The emulation seems pretty sound from what I've played so ... -
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…
... go. I've opend one and two so far. Unlike most ... 4 for the second one and I [I]think[/I] it ... one. The emulation seems pretty sound from what I've played so ... -
Currah Speech + comp. video modI just bought a Currah Speech unit I planned to use it with my 48K, but I have performed the composite video mod on it. [url]http://womblesretrorepai…
... can contain both video and sound 'channels', but without this ... Uspeech modulates the sound on a HF 'sound carrier signal' ... from Spectrum. Resulting in TV-signal with both video and sound ... normal situations Spectrum's sound (taken from MIC ?) is entering ... -
Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …
... learning a new library") and my concerns about memory usage ... page for the sound system, music, and sound effects, and one page for ... much more memory-efficient way and hopefully the sequel will ... enjoayble though.
From my days co-authoring one ... -
New game Sea Dragon (beta)Hi. Over at zx.pk.ru there is a lot of talk of a new game for spectrum called Sea Dragon. It is a VERY nice underwater side scroller... technically V…
... heart a lot of input from users and testers...
from a cursory view to compare ... two - different sound engines to adjust music and sound separately???)...
... the bubble trails from your torpedos and other small detail ... -
Official CSSCGC 2010 Competition ThreadDear Wossers, As 'loser' of the 2009 competition, I am now obliged to host the 2010 competition. I have created a site which will provide a hub for …
aaah, drbeep, you nicked the idea from somebody else and won the compo!?! well... I guess it fits the theme :)
congratz everybody.
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Official CSSCGC 2010 Competition ThreadDear Wossers, As 'loser' of the 2009 competition, I am now obliged to host the 2010 competition. I have created a site which will provide a hub for …
... , you nicked the idea from somebody else and won the compo!?! well ... /> congratz everybody.
And still no sound from the loser of the ... -
Official CSSCGC 2010 Competition ThreadDear Wossers, As 'loser' of the 2009 competition, I am now obliged to host the 2010 competition. I have created a site which will provide a hub for …
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And still no sound from the loser of the compo ... the compo are away from the forums (and the CSS newsgroup) for ... 's also the secondary offer from na_th_an too, so no matter ... days, so we can wait and see if Mulder posts again ... -
Sound card mysteriously vanishesSince a power outage my on board sound card hasn't been showing up in lspci or anything. It's as if it's not there. And I had a look in my BIOS since…
... Frequently happened with early modems and sound cards. With all modern ... Ubuntu it automatically configured my sound card for me. This ... for less than a tenner from a number of sources. ... comprehensive troubleshooting guide for sound problems on Ubuntu before ... -
KempAY and Spectrum +3 queryIve been looking at the KempAY interface. It's the AY38912 chip on a board, which also doubles up as a kempston joystick interface all done in GAL ch…
... is a difference between AY and beeper, don't you ... fixes problem of ENTIRE +3 sound.
it ... inside, or to leave the sound from the +3 on, which ... would "fix" the AY sound, but there are other ... it is not, and that the sound is much quieter also ... -
Ultimate: Play The GameWhat was all the fuss about Ultimate games? Sure they were technically impressive but for me none of their games stand out in the memory for me pers…
... else:
quality graphics and sound effects,
great packaging
and charging hippos and mountains and lakes and spiders and villages and cliff faces and magic ... /> But that run of games from Jetpack to Knightlore.
Obscure great games......Having recently received an old PC, I've transferred all my Speccy roms over to it off of my mums PC where they were previously stored, and have been…
... rules of baseball, an extrange and boring game, by the way ... the time hearing a repetitive sound from an organ...
I ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... ), it had colour and sound, reliable loading and saving (from cassette, which was ... br />
Alright, so the sound had no volume control, was ... the lack of continuous sound in most games, and the rubber keyboard ... and most of us bought an ST or Amiga, but from ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... it had colour and sound, reliable loading and saving (from cassette, which ... br /> [QUOTE=ewgf;511733]...from at least 1983 to maybe ... colour clash and choppy sound.
And even though ... started giving possible solutions and examples, a shitstorm ensued ...
