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ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…
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spectrum 128K + how do i improve the keyboard keys colour?hope this is in the right section. ive just acquired a nice toastrack, even still has the cellophane over the colour band, but the keys are slight…
... has the cellophane over the colour band, but the keys are ... slightly yellowing or cream in colour.
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Talk about time consuming!This is an aside, not a request or a grump, just an observation. Yesterday I cut and pasted all the messages from BASIC relating to my struggl…
... this and had to make paper and ink notes to further ... move your finger about to change the notes but a cursor ... move the cursor about to change the sound output. Or something ... -
I think maybe I'll try my hand at making a game like Boggle next.Or maybe a sliding puzzle sort of thing? Although its a royal pain working out all those symbolic characters, its kind of rewarding when it works af…
... , swearing and tears. The bloody colour limitations are a drag to ... to haul out the graph paper and see what ingenuity may ... -
A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…
... ,71 ;WHITE INK (7) + BLACK PAPER (0) * 8 + BRIGHT (1) * 64 ... it with A to only change INK
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colour of magic no picsHi I started playing colour of magic and i see only text no pics(in 48K and 128K mode in emulator) - i am sure that this game have pics you can ev…
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No-tearing (“vsync”) Full Screen FadeSeeing as most screen fades exhibit visible tearing, I wrote my own routine which does away with that problem. Simple, effective, short, and fully re…
... on clones; feel free to change the value of 0x262 as ... attr
and $38 ;isolate PAPER
jr z,f2 ;leave ...
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Issue 2 colour quality modsI think this question must have been asked before but my choices of search terms can't find an answer. In the service manual under Issue 2 modific…
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upgrading:
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does zx printer paper fade?i know that alphacom 32 paper fades over time, through sunlight or heat and u can scratch it too, as it is thermal paper. but what about zx paper? it…
i know that alphacom 32 paper fades over time, through sunlight or heat and u can scratch it too, as it is thermal paper. but what about zx paper? its coated with aluminum but i cant find anything on google that says whether or not it will fade over time. -
New colour palette for Spectrum emulators, 16K/48K/+ machinesI’ve made a colour palette for 16K/48K/+ machines, based on the YUV voltage tables in Chris Smith’s book The ZX Spectrum ULA. This colour palette …
I’ve made a colour palette for 16K/48K/+ machines, ... Spectrum ULA.
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New colour palette for 16K/48K/+ machines, based on ULA YUV voltagesI’ve made a colour palette for 16K/48K/+ machines, based on the YUV voltage tables in Chris Smith’s book The ZX Spectrum ULA. This colour palette …
I’ve made a colour palette for 16K/48K/+ machines, ... Spectrum ULA.
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Believe it or not, an academic paper about Graphic Adventure CreatorFor anyone willing to suffer through academic writing, my paper about analysis and auto-solving of Graphic Adventure Creator (Spectrum) games is publ…
For anyone willing to suffer through academic writing, my paper about analysis and auto-solving of Graphic Adventure Creator (Spectrum) games is published: http://journals.sfu.ca/loading/index.php/loading/article/view/198/228
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1st steps in animation Having finally resurrected my familiar old graphics programs, chief amongst which is DPaint Animation, I was a little taken aback to reali…
... which will be the dreaded colour clash. Its the graded ... afterwards, perhaps, introduce some colour using ZXPaint or something similar ... not realize how crucial colour is even in monochrome ... rhythmically whilst the eyes only change position maybe three times ... -
Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…
... can use either mono or colour fonts, with characters of any ... />
so to redefine "a", change line 10 to:
ZEsarUX-7.0Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX stable version :) This is ZEsarUX 7.0 There are a lot of new features added, more than ever! You can downl…
... /> Added improved Spectrum 16/48/+ colour palette
Added a fast ... , toggle breakpoints, run to cursor, change registers, and a lot more ...Change of usernameHi there, I’m rationalising my various forum accounts with one username. Is it possible to change my username on WOS? Thanks! Neil.
Hi there, I’m rationalising my various forum accounts with one username. Is it possible to change my username on WOS? Thanks! Neil.Bit of fun - one change onlyI also posted this on another marque's forum (for their products) to see. Its just a bit of fun really. OK, if you could of made one change to a S…
... you could of made one change to a Spectrum model what ... more. :) Its limited to one change per model though otherwise it ... as it is only one change per model.
I ... and only allowing one 'essential change' , what would you of picked ...Which emulators can change machine type / hardware without reset?Which emulators can change machine type / hardware without machine-reset? I think WinZ80 v4 by Gerton Lunter can do e.g. change running emulation …
Which emulators can change machine type / hardware without machine- ... Lunter can do e.g. change running emulation from 48k machine ...how do i change the text and colour of the boot message and error messages?i kind of know how to do this with the boot message but shortening or lengthening the text and adding chr$ control codes (if this works) overwrites o…
i kind of know how to do this with the boot message but shortening or lengthening the text and adding chr$ control codes (if this works) overwrites or underwrites the code. not sure how to do this with error commands, but i guess the principle would be ...SpecBAS really needs a manual!That Word doc that I converted to an RTF for you Dunny and ASH-II, is still somewhat sparse. I spent bloody hours PLOT/DRAWing a landscape to steer m…
... by WINDOW GRAB), the transparent colour index is inherited from the ... if specified, and the current PAPER if not.
The bank ... so as to use graph paper to work it out.
Climate ChangeThis has been on the News for a couple of days now, including coverage of worldwide rallies calling for more efforts to tackle climate change. I have…
... more efforts to tackle climate change. I have to admit to ... are your thoughts on climate change? Are we doing enough, if ...Fastest emulator screen renderingHi, I'm developing an algorithm for fast emulator screen rendering and here is what I came up with. 1) Use 4bpp indexed image format as target …
... colour 8x times as a pattern. Do the same for paper.
paper= bits B P2 P1 P0 ... // get paper index
p32=paper_4_32[paper]
paper_pattern=np32 ... and p32 // mask in paper color
val32=ink_pattern or ...ZEsarUX Beta 8.1Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 BETA version. You can download compiled versions for Windows, Mac, and the source code from: https://gith…
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Added Pentagon 16C colour mode emulation
Added 1024 ... /> -set-ui-io-ports: to change keyboard state and joystick
change-machine" becomes "--snap-no-change-machine" and applies ...ZEsarUX 8.1 stableHi! I've uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 stable version. Go to the github released webpage to download it: https://github.com/chernandezba/zesaru…
... Windows
Added Pentagon 16C colour mode emulation
Added ... -set-ui-io-ports: to change keyboard state and joystick
change-machine" becomes "--snap-no-change-machine" and ...
Improved cpu speed change: now it's a lot ...Mighty Maths ProgramsIn a break from typing in listings from 37-year-old magazines, I had a sudden urge to write a maths-related program, as I do, occasionally. Some, suc…
... enormous amount of that shiny paper to print out the listing ... a ZX81. Even once the colour information and the UDGs are ...how do i change the color of the input statement "" and whatever is typed in it?the background ink doesnt seem to change it
the background ink doesnt seem to change itFixing a ZX Clone from .ru - 27 years late.Hi there, I've currently assembled another russian clone a "Compact 256 Turbo" from a PCB I bought. The machine appears to be fully functional and o…
... is that the "start of paper" is about 8 lines off ... is triggered, but with no change. Personally I'd love to ...V - Visitors (Ocean, 1986)Do you remember [b]from old days, was there Donovan's (hero that we control in "V") invulnerability[/b] or not? Is this a "feature" or it's a bug..…
... emulators (ZX Spin, Spectaculator) no change, always same, we practically have ... imperfect emulation) something like: wrong colour change of rhinocero in Sabre Wulf ...
