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  • Incapacity benefit medical and welfare rightsI've been on incapacity benefits for about 10 years now and in that time I've had 3 medicals. The last one was just last month. Every time I'm decl…

    ... take travel sickness tablets. I can't even hoover! But none of ... medical feb/march (I can't remember and can't be arsed to look back ... also need a 10-digit code to access the site...which ... can access the site as they wait for their sign in code ...
    VincentAC VincentAC December 2012 Chit chat
  • ZX Spectrum 48K help and Hello :)Hello out there I am a long time admirer of the ZX Spectrum range of computers my first go at one was in the early 1980s with my dads ZX 80 now its …

    ... 's RAM, the screen will be black or white - it's ... it won't be helping.

    Either way, it can definitely be fixed. My ... charge is ?30 + major parts + postage. :) Postage would be ... know if you want it fixed!
    Spirantho Spirantho January 2013 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum 48K help and Hello :)Hello out there I am a long time admirer of the ZX Spectrum range of computers my first go at one was in the early 1980s with my dads ZX 80 now its …

    ... RAM, the screen will be black or white - it ... won't be helping.

    Either way, it can definitely be fixed. My ... charge is ?30 + major parts + postage. :) Postage would be ... know if you want it fixed![/QUOTE]


    AussieZX AussieZX January 2013 Hardware
  • ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …

    ... an emulated Spectrum as binary code at location 40000;
    [*] ... save the resulting code on a virtual tape: SAVE ... "rene" CODE 40000,4744.
    [/LIST]
    can't be the 65000 starting location of the code as I ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu January 2013 Brand new software
  • ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …

    ... believe it can't be the 65000 starting location of the code as ... to use the dzx7_standard code block from Einar's ... you can only use the demo ZX7 Std code block from ... you want so it can be loaded back at the ... would add a lot more code from basic. There are ...
    FrankT FrankT January 2013 Brand new software
  • RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…

    ... />
    However this new version can't be easily configured for 1/3 ... it preserves IX:

    [CODE]drcs ld de, $57ff
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas January 2013 Development
  • RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…

    ... "]only 2 of 7 cases can't be done with the 81/66 ... two extra bytes):

    [CODE]
    ; 1st yes yes yes ... no yes yes yes no[/CODE]

    Note: in the ... : in the 66b version you can avoid ret in all cases ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena January 2013 Development
  • Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…

    ... for the game code, and it's getting to be frustrating.[/B ... it. The best I can think of at the moment ... a tile or two that can be replaced in sequence to make ... the screens was supposed to be indicative of an important ... dialogue. No reason why it can't be there.
    SimonLCFC SimonLCFC February 2013 New game ideas
  • Beta testing FuseHello everyone, We are preparing Fuse for a new release soon and would appreciate help in testing that all the new features and all the old features …

    ... too.[/QUOTE]

    I can't reproduce this. I'm not ... certainly won't be fixed until after 1.1) but if you can't enable ... , then I guess that doesn't really help very much!
    t work, could you try backing ...
    zub zub February 2013 Announcements
  • 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…

    ... with hardware compatibility, this can extend to the +2 ... s debugger:

    [code]
    ROMs: D for DISCiPLE ... 0 0059 JP 0321
    [/code]

    Under 48K ... can see, the interface simply isn't 128K compatible... but that simply can't be ...
    zub zub February 2013 Hardware
  • Unspecified Custom Loaders IdentifiedThis thread specialises in loaders which are considered to be "Unspecified custom loaders" according to the Infoseek engine. These loaders (after som…

    ... have? Do you understand machine code? Have you converted any tapes ... TZX for reference then you can't be 100% certain whether the TZX ... be able to look at the code behind each one so you can be ... looks the same. Maybe the code behind the loader is totally ...
    richl richl February 2013 Infoseek database
  • TommyGun with AGDHi everyone, I have been working with Jonathan to incorporate his excellent Arcade Game Designer utility into TommyGun. Jonathan has created a compi…

    ... bit of code to Diamond Geezer. Seems to be doing ... way to suck the code from a .tap of ... Notepad++ and you can find and copy the code.

    code is there (in Notepad++ ... else is missing though, which can't be right, surely? Unless what ...
    mulder mulder February 2013 Development
  • TommyGun with AGDHi everyone, I have been working with Jonathan to incorporate his excellent Arcade Game Designer utility into TommyGun. Jonathan has created a compi…

    ... bit of code to Diamond Geezer. Seems to be doing ... way to suck the code from a .tap of ... Notepad++ and you can find and copy the code.

    code is there (in Notepad++ ... else is missing though, which can't be right, surely? Unless what ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN February 2013 Development
  • Drawing ovals...Hi Folks, Is it possible to draw an oval using the Sinclar BASIC DRAW commend and the 3rd parameter? I have been trying (and failing). Many thanks…

    ... br />
    As mentioned, DRAW can't be used to draw an ellipse ... machine code versions and some sedate BASIC versions. I can post ... .

    [code]
    1 DEF FN t()=(65536*PEEK 23674 ... /> 100 LET t=FN m(FN t(),FN t()): RETURN
    [/code]

    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Unravelling the Spectrum Floating Point Number formatHi Guys, In my head I pretty much understand how the Spectrum's 5 byte FP number format works. The first byte is the signed exponent and the follow…

    ... ]Presumably m should be taken as a fixed point integer (read ...
    I don't see why 0.5 can't be represented as '128 ... a special case, as it can't be represented in floating point formats ... , although I suppose one could be devised.

    Interestingly ...
    zub zub March 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Unravelling the Spectrum Floating Point Number formatHi Guys, In my head I pretty much understand how the Spectrum's 5 byte FP number format works. The first byte is the signed exponent and the follow…

    [QUOTE=jgharston;686893]
    [code]
    1.0 = 1*2^ ... /> [/code][/QUOTE]

    If I've understood correctly, the mantissa can't be ... 1.0... but it can be 0.5 (i ...
    zub zub March 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Unravelling the Spectrum Floating Point Number formatHi Guys, In my head I pretty much understand how the Spectrum's 5 byte FP number format works. The first byte is the signed exponent and the follow…

    ... correctly, the mantissa can't be 1.0... but it can be 0.5 (i ... 128 is exp=0
    [code]
    4.0 = 1*2 ... 00 00 00 00
    [/code]
    These are the exact ... the decimal scanning code and the long division code. The literal [b ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston March 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 way to getting it fixed, though. :-)

    ... that 128k working I can only make "experiments" ... If right now I can't be of much help. Ideally ... . ROMCS would also be useful to determine when ... /> It would probably also be possible (but harder) to ...
    zub zub March 2013 Hardware
  • Fastest redraw of screen from UDGsHere's a question for everyone, to generate a bit of code to be used in games: On a standard 48K Spectrum, what's the fastest way to redraw the scre…

    ... try:


    [CODE] LD DE,16384
    LD ... /> LDI ;C can't be 0, else B will be changed
    LD ...
    INC H

    ...[/CODE]

    The idea is ... gaps. This way you can do [B]LD H, ... char graphics. Then you can do INC H to go ...
    Ralf Ralf March 2013 Development
  • The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…

    ... ] I haven't yet written a single line of code, just dreaming ... .e. nicked) idea but I can't be bothered to program it.
    t R-Tape say he wanted ...
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause March 2013 Games
  • SpecBAS 0.766 Now available!HI Folks! Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but with a one-year-old son I'm not getting much time these days - that will improve later, I'm su…

    ... " ASCII works fine, the output can't be loaded back again...

    t load ascii program listings anymore...
    [/QUOTE]

    Confirmed, fixed ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assembler v Machine CodeHi. I've been looking at a lot of the code examples in the Development section and can see that Assembler is the way to go. However, I was wondering …

    ... hacking and patching existing code that can't be re-assembled. It ... is also useful when writing code that generates code ... and self modifying code... knowing ... have settings to generate code "as is". This ...
    ASM ASM March 2013 Development
  • Time for all games to become (legally) available?It just came to me that none of us are getting any younger. Not much of an earth-shattering statement I know, but more came of this original thought.…

    ... all started to code games now there will be a reasonable ... alone. It's nothing that can't be done on most other platforms ... distribution. WOS and TZX Vault can respect copyright holders' wishes ... but this would be difficult. Heck, most people can't even keep a ...
    Sadako Sadako March 2013 Games
  • Is it me or am I getting old... Windows 8Hi Folks, Now I understand that Microsoft Windows is not everyone's cup of tea and that others are Apple Mac, Linux fans etc. However, I have been …

    ... was non-free and therefore can't be redistributed by Debian under their ... social contract). So to be able to ship Firefox they ... same browser and same actual code.
    Winston Winston March 2013 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... MAME I'm using (I can't be bothered to dig out my ... shows that it's been fixed in recent versions, so I ... />
    Toki - I really don't know why I like this ... 's punishingly hard, but I can't help it. I just love ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob April 2013 Chit chat
  • Calling all Spanish +3 owners...Please see [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=693601&postcount=40"]this post[/URL] Could my search for photographic evidence…

    ... a Spanish one so I can't be certain about the ROMs, ... they must be v4.0 ROMs. If someone can check ... are numbered thusly:
    [CODE]
    [FONT=Courier New] ... v4.1 Spanish[/FONT][/CODE]It would seem quite ... ). Again, this needs to be confirmed by finding a +3B ...
    guesser guesser April 2013 Hardware
  • AY capabilities in a new ZX programHi. Finally in a ZX Spectrum version - "ASTRAL COMBAT". Download: [url]http://hooyprogram.republika.pl/astral_combat.zip[/url] it's a 3-parts mus…

    ... native ZX Spectrum format, so can't be played on other computers (except ... Atari XL, then it must be possible to export to SAM ... ;) ), but somebody would have to code/hack it because with fast ...
    Yerzmyey Yerzmyey April 2013 Brand new software
  • 128k Basic used much ?Hi - I was wondering if there were many,if any, games programmed in 128k basic? I was also thinking of doing one myself as I wish to make a text heav…

    ... on a bit of code written by Geoff Wearmouth ... ago. It doesn't explicitly distinguish every different ... can't be used in a simple generic test.)
    [code]< ... 3/+3e
    [/code]
    It can be written in BASIC fairly ... n' in BASIC:
    [code]
    [b]REM bit ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... tstih;699637]But I can't reuse existing Z80 code or engine. I ... ]).[/QUOTE]

    Can you read in Russian? #10 ... bet is likely to be to study the source ...
    Shiru is likely to be the best guy to talk ... about this. I should be able to answer most questions ...
    introspec introspec May 2013 Development
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