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The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
... instructions, and they didn't quite make matters plain. ... did, and then type [i]LOAD (J) ""[/i]
LOAD[/i] keyword in, but ... to my layman eyes, you can forgive me that).
< ... like challenge a go. I can't remember exactly how, but ... -
Help a new user pleaseI love old school games and never had a Sinclair as a kid so thought I would rectify that via eBay! I have a 48k+ Model that was sold as working, …
... belt, so have tried to load games via a phone ( ... br />
Once I type LOAD “” and hit enter the screen ... and that’s it, I can’t here the program through the ... even if a game doesn’t load, I’m getting no borders ... it as I really don’t know much about the ... -
Can't see certain postsHi, I'm sure its me, but I'm having problems not seeing certain posts in the ''Latest Posts' feed or in the list of recent posts. For example t…
... FAQ and Manual' I don't see unless I log off ... -
Searching for the perfect Spectrum emulator (Android)I'm searching for the best Spectrum emulator to run on my GPD XD, which runs Android. I've got several thousand TZXs on a flash card (I own all the o…
... great. However, it doesn't support Gamesome or any other ... ROMs. Worse still, I can't see any way of searching ... no per-game keys. I can't get the "fast forward" ... it doesn't want to "flash load" games, or even load [i] ... no per-game keys. I can't seem to get it to ... -
Time Gate graphics patchI've rediscovered Time Gate and one thing I don't like about the game is that it's hard to remember what's what in the status indicators. The manual …
... and one thing I don't like about the game is ... with a Multiface & type LOAD "". This is how it looks ... instead of letters, but I can't think of how to represent ... -
The state of source level debuggingI was just wondering if we can put on a table everything we collectively know about source level debugging for ZX Spectrum to get an overview of curr…
... debugging with breakpoints, where you can see C source code, and ... and it indeed tries to load .DBG file and C source ... for Z80 only talks assembler, can’t read symbolic files from known ... z80 compilers, and can’t interpret stack frames. The effort ... -
how to load machine codeI'm reading Jon Caldwell's how to write Spectrum games but can't enter the code! Here's an example:_ LD BC, (score) Call 6683 I tried putting…
... to write Spectrum games but can't enter the code! Here's ... -
Can't get BASinI downloaded it from Every Child Can Code site but once unpacked it reported that the .EXE was missing! This is weird because I put the same copy int…
... downloaded it from Every Child Can Code site but once unpacked ... -
Mysterious error message ?Something just occurred to me, when I try to load certain JSW games which require 128k memory into my emulator in 48K mode I get this error message. …
... me, when I try to load certain JSW games which require ... , 40:1
Doesn't that strike you as weird ... a 128k Speccy! Isn't there anything Clive can't do ? He's ... -
Issue with loading on a +2 (Grey)Hello together, I have a problem with my newly aquired (and first ZX Spectrum + 2 Grey). It isn't possible to load any game at all, because the…
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It isn't possible to load any game at all ... screen blanks out and I can't do a thing, except for ... -
Emulating transfersI've been studying some games saved with transfers, and I'm surprised that almost no emulators have included those interfaces. This is my (incomplete…
... - Dinamid 3: I don't know much about it, except ... ). Can be emulated in any emulator if you load the ... .php?f=8&t=937&p=11912 ... unavailable.
- Disciple/+D: Can't transfer to tape (there are ... they use standard ROM to load, and you switch them ... -
Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... 't working, I just couldn't remember which ones. I can ... have no discs so I can't test the disc drive ( ... 48K mode (because I can't type LOAD "t:" in +3 BASIC due ... as a valid call to load, whereas on the +3 ... just filthy contacts that aren't working properly, but I ... -
What's going on with Freex?I can't get [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001869"]Freex[/url] to start, both tzx and tap load but don't respond to the 'S' …
I can't get [url="http://www.worldofspectrum. ... , both tzx and tap load but don't respond to the 'S ... -
"ZX80 Brain" RPN CalculatorIt is at times like [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/54176/depression]when threads such as this are posted[/url] that I get the…
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- the decimal point can't be entered twice
- there ... like, it can handle decimals, but doesn't always get it ... non-integer value but it can't display the decimal point ... microdrive formats, all with the LOAD command for the character set ... -
ZX Spectrum 48k Model 2 won't workHi, I started this discussion a while back on another forum and so I thought I start it here. I can't tune in to my 2 ZX Spectrum which are both Mode…
... I start it here. I can't tune in to my 2 ... other is RF which doesn't work. The power supply is ... -
Opus Discovery - copy 170k disks to 800k disksHi guys, I'm new here, and a newbie in the spectrum world. My opus has two disk drive, a pc drive as 1, and the original one as 2. 6116 ram chip a…
... , but if I try to load something, i get a "4 ... i made it, but i can't remember how... -
JET PAC ADVANCED (JET PAC+)Hi chaps, I can't seem to find a rom for the modded Jet Pac game that came out several years ago known as Jet Pac Advanced, can anyone get it for me …
Hi chaps, I can't seem to find a rom ... known as Jet Pac Advanced, can anyone get it for me ... even Z80 file as I can load it into the original hardware ... go and I can't find it anywhere else, can you help me ... -
Drivers American vs British vs EuropeanAs many of you know I'm an expat and have been living in the USA since 2013 and if there's one thing I've noticed on the US roads is that the standar…
... the rural mountains, I can only assume in big cities ... slow down so I can coast though it without ... love to sit in the blind spot or overtake just ... 's end means don't stop rather than give ... aggressive, rarely defensive .They can't drive for efficiency that is ... -
Can anyone help me identifying a chip?I have a Tiger LCD hand-held game which is malfunctioning and I am trying to put it back in working order, but it seem more difficult than I first th…
... was made for Tiger? I can't seem to find any information ... about it and don't have any clue.
I ... -
USB Type-CSo, this week employer got me a new laptop computer. I had the choice of a cheap Dell or a shiny Mac Book Pro. So I decided to go for a MacBook pro …
... and an external monitor, I can't charge the Mac Book (unless ... to carry round a boat load of dongles.
That ... not exist. At best I can find a dongle that offers ... USB type-C ports, I can't find one.
So ... -
Hooray for EqualityIn America, the new Wonder Woman film has now been announced to have female only showings, where to get in you can't be male. And not only the viewer…
... where to get in you can't be male. And not only ... would be sexist, and wouldn't be allowed. A year ... mind and said she wouldn't be attending. So the university ... a cave, or a deliberately blind liberal, then you know the ... M.E.N. bombing isn't Islam related. If the ... -
z88dk : FIle Handling in C on the +3e environment under Win 764bitHello my fellow WoSers! I am wondering if someone can help me solve this little pickle of z88dk / Windows using +3e Filesystem. So a little inf…
... I am wondering if someone can help me solve this little ... available.
I can write to and read from ... 32767
20: LOAD "t:" : LOAD "" code
30: LOAD "e:"
40 ... Any eyes or thoughts that can see something would be appreciated ... -
Recent hardware acquisitionsWell, not actually that recent but I've not had time to look at them until a few days ago... Two Speccy +'s. Both are semi alive. Both have semi d…
... about that aspect just yet. Can't remember off hand (not accessible ... aware of the procedure to load a tape on these :D ... -
Name that game (Not Spectrum!)Hi all, The other day I was reminded of the first ever computer game I played but can't remember the name of it. It was at the home of a friend of…
... game I played but can't remember the name of ... was plain green. I can't even remember the computer it ... m fairly positive it wasn't a Spectrum. Every time ... and I kept insisting they load up Skool Daze so ... a Spectrum.
Can anyone guess the title of ... -
Help getting a speccy back into a modern office environment!I have a 48K rubber key mounted in a mdf holder (sprayed black to match) that also holds a 10" LCD screen in a neat little "workstation" type package…
... (can't remember which - it's not important) which I can use to load ... of all phone extensions doesn't exist. Instead we have to ... -
Can anyone remember a film where a damaged ship can't countdown sequentialy during a self destruct?When I was a child, I'm sure I remember part of a film or maybe TV movie where a boy or maybe a teenager is in a spaceship. The ship has a intelligen…
... damaged or faulty.
It can no longer properly function. But ... had a female voice.
Can anyone remember what this film ... -
What can I do with this donated Spectrum?Hi All Recently I was given a modified Speccy +2 to join my 8-64bit collection of retro computers/consoles. It took me a while to get up to speed…
... of the 3e ROMs. How can I find out what revision ... or start.bas that I can see on the system partition ... they wouldn't mind sharing with me so I can get a ... link to one, as I can't find anything online.
4 ... get hold of, but I can't find a link to it ... -
Troubleshooting my +2To put this in context: a while back (i.e. late last year and earlier this year) I was looking to put together a compilation of modern Spectrum games…
... DreamWalker, both seem to load OK but crash shortly after ... at some stage during the load (either the screen after ... that far). All these load perfectly on emulation, whether ... in 48K, I just can't think of them off ... 6 and 11 minutes to load.
Before ... -
Can't play any game online, is my windows7 home premium a too updated system for this?So i saw a post referring to this problem, and read that if you click the coffee cup in the game's page (mid way down) you can play the game online, …
So i saw a post referring to this problem, and read that if you click the coffee cup in the game's page (mid way down) you can play the game online, but all i get is "File not found" and "The file probably got renamed" -
One of the reasons I still hang onto the Spectrum...Why is it these days you just can't play a game? Take Don't Starve for instance, its Saturday morning and I just fancy a quick game. So I hit the ico…
... it these days you just can't play a game? Take Don ... 't Starve for instance, its Saturday ... for the Steam app to load first. And of course it ... an old Spectrum game to load, gosh I'm getting impatient ...
