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Changing the way SCREEN$ is loadedThe way the speccy loads in a SCREEN$ is interesting - top two-thirds first, then middle and finally the bottom, which is due to the way the speccy d…
... a SAVEr and a corresponding LOADer so that the bytes making ... -
Two different versions of Bruce Lee?There's a possible MIA here, I think. I sat down at lunchtime to play a bit of Bruce Lee and discovered that the version I'd downloaded from WOS (th…
... complete with a Speedlock 1 loader. To my mind, the other ... -
+2a datacorder problemsHelloooo, how's it going? Reason I'm posting is that 1) I'm a massive speccy fan, it was the first range of computers I ever owned 2) I'm having rea…
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Problem upgrading 16K SpectrumHello Spec-chums, I've been a long time Commodore user, but also a long-time Speccy admirer (and emulator user). I've recently got hold of a Issue 2…
... RAM-test, showing a white border and black screen. Removing any ... -
I blew up my +3I'm still not sure of what happened (most probably a wrongly inserted interface) but I blew up my +3. What happens when I turn on the power or press …
... a white page with blue border. Sometimes, a black screen with ... a blinking border. Most of the times, the ... -
Busy soft (demos and whatever)Back in the '90s, I remember being amazed by the demos by a group (or person?) called Busy Soft (or Busy Software), like the border effects in MDA, o…
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ZXSpectrum +3 - New SoftwareHello, This is my first post here on WOS, i'm very glad to be here and be a part of this community. To make this short, i've been programming on the…
... Font Editor, Microhobby Hexadecimal Listing Loader, Graphics Grabber (grabs sprites off ... -
So... you want to format your 3.5" as 720K eh?Well, i've been trying to get hold of an application to make proper use of my 3.5" +3 floppy disks but i haven't been able to find any. I stumbled up…
... signal for an error with border 2
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Difference in emulator screen sizes and coloursSeeing as Greencard's gone out drinking... I've done a comparison between Spectaculator and ZXSpin. ZXSpin's full screen with border is taller than S…
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Fuse for Mac OS X 0.10.0 ReleasedA new version of Fuse for Mac OS X has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project and shortly here on WoS: [url]http://sourceforge.net/proje…
... is present (Philip Kendall).
[*] Loader detection now works with the ... Digital Integration loader (Philip Kendall).
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Your views on...Wizard's Lair[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005709]Wizard's Lair[/url] I remember when I first loaded this up back in 1985 when it came…
... loading scheme. Blue & black border for the first half, then ... -
Classic Conflicts Series ?Hi folks, I think there might be a PSS re-release series called "Classic Conflicts". If you look at the entry for "Battle For Midway, The": [url]htt…
... , as it uses a similar loader to Speedlock 1
but ... BASIC suggests it's a loader called Timelock, compared to the ... -
Header readersHi all, After some 25 years I've finally got an Interface 1 and a brace of Microdrives. I'd like to get some of my games onto cartridge, so...how do …
... I can change the basic loader and of course (and here ... -
data waiting (if indeed that is the name)I've been taking a look at the Spectrum ROM Disassembly by Drs. Logan and O'Hara but admittedly I still need do my bit of assembly study before I can…
... spectrum behavior that alternates the BORDER colors when it is waiting ... -
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 …
... /> 3 LET g$="\::\ \' \ '\ .\. \.:\:.\:'\':\''\..\: \ :\'.\.'"
4 BORDER 4
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"Floating" AY registersWhile I was working on some AY sample-related stuff, it occurred to me that with the AY port not being completely decoded, it would be a handy CPU-ti…
... BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER ... /> By varying the number of BORDER statements, you can see the ... -
Crash Magazine, the ZX, and the power of nostalgiaI'm currently selling some Crash mags (see Sales section of WOS *PLUG!*) and I started thinking about the power of nostalgia and what keeps us intere…
... craftily done was make the border two colours, blue and cyan ... graphics never actually reached the border!
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Questions about registers, stack, etc.I was told that if I wanted to export code and create unprotected versions of games I should do the following: 1-Find the starting address by using …
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IN 255 behaviour not emulated in Spectaculator and ZXSpinI'm not speaking about "normal" IN 255 behaviour. All of you know what I'm taking about: IN 255 can be used to "read" screen data as it's retrieved f…
... the left side of the border, and starts reading memory to ... -
Keyboard Input$/scan problemHi, I'm finally fulfilling my promise to get a reasonable understanding of the Speccy and embarking upon attempting a few simple routines in Assembl…
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Html / Css HelpGuys I have been busting my gut over this problem all evening maybe you can help me out. If have the following code that presents me with a well lai…
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div.formDiv{width: 75%; border: thin solid rgb(100,100 ... -
R.I.P. spectrum 48kRecently one of my 48k rubber key (issue 4) machine bit the dust the other day when I tried to power it on. When powering it on, it gave a weird 'bee…
... has a black paper/white border with occasional logo screen (but ... -
Using a tape drive for Spectrum +3Could I just use any tape drive? I only have a sony walkman, really. Could this work? Also, how would I load up it up on the +3? Do I just set the ta…
Could I just use any tape drive? I only have a sony walkman, really. Could this work? Also, how would I load up it up on the +3? Do I just set the tape going, not put a floppy in the drive and then press enter on the +3 loader?
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FUSE fails to save "Bytes:" files that can be converted to .tapI have been running FUSE with the OCP Assembler loaded. When I save the Assembly listing from OCP, I see border colour and noise of a proper save. So…
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Tech question about microdriveshi ! I dont know if someone out there can help me I recently got my paws into an interface 1 and 2 microdrive units form an ebay auction they wore …
... correct command and the
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Some TV/DVD questions1. Very often, on my television (PAL, 29" or so, CRT, by Bush, two or three years old) when there's text on a TV program or a DVD film, the left hand…
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ZXSpin for Spectrum DevelopmentI found this handy guide to setting up a cross-platform development environment for the Spectrum: [URL="http://zxspectrumdev.blogspot.com/2009/01/set…
... TAP file with a bootstrap loader and code file already in ... -
Crazy Hardware IdeasOK, just some absolutely nuts ideas for hardware projects, all beyond my ability, but I'd be interested to hear if any of these have been done: 1. R…
... could write its own hex loader and then type out the ...

