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Spectrum games that *should* existRight, I'm bored (or "working hard" if any of my bosses walk past) so to kill the time, I've decided to become a games designer. Or post crap about s…
... and stuff a bit, and coming up with a different name ... , heading towards Castle Dizzy with grim determination, staggered the ... starts out armed only with a shotgun, and with infinite ammunition (look, ... into...
YOU choose which forms Spec-Man assumes ... -
PoC for a ULA video generator described using Handel-C and a Basys FPGA board.Recently, I've taken a course about hardware design for video processing using FPGA's. The HDL used in the course was Handel-C, a C look alike langua…
... to work for producing a bitstream compatible with a Basys board from Digilent ... 7, ink 0). Then, a timed loop (with a delay of 32768 clocks ... , a BASIC program running in a emulated Spectrum using Spectaculator, configured with CPU ... -
Override AUTOLINE start?Hi there, Is there a poke that prevents a BASIC program from auto running, when it was previously saved with the LINE command? Cheers, Steve
Hi there,
Is there a poke that prevents a BASIC program from auto running, when it was previously saved with the LINE command?
Cheers, Steve -
Proud owner of a grey +2And for once, everything works! including the DivIDE+! Came with a bunch of tapes (sorry fog, no make a chip, although ive now got another copy of c…
... the DivIDE+!
Came with a bunch of tapes (sorry fog ... , no make a chip, although ive now got ... I seem to have acquired a TRS80 copying program "Copsys", no ... bundle plus a few sticks. Anyway, thought id share that with you ... -
Connecting a ZX Interface 1 to a +2AI have a customer with a Spectrum +2A computer - he has a working ZX Interface 1 and microdrive which has been tested with his +48 machine. However,…
I have a customer with a Spectrum +2A computer - he has a working ZX ... Interface 1 and microdrive which has been tested with ... to be able to communicate with the microdrive (eg CAT 1 ... thought the Interface 1 worked with all spectrums?
... -
Games filled with snow....I've just been playing Colin Mcrae Rally 2005 on the Xbox, and was driving the Swedish Rally, which is all very snowy and similar to the roads outsid…
... likely to be for a while, we might as ... everybody can come up with that are filled with snow!?
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It might put a slightly ... help them get in a festive mood even if ...
Anyway, I'll start with a couple of more obvious snow ... -
Air Travel with BabiesSo we'll be visiting our US relatives this Crimbo, and that means flying with George. I Emily takes George on her lap then we pay 10% of the normal…
... Crimbo, and that means flying with George.
I Emily ... we will have to buy a proper ticket which puts the ... will be several different areas, with a flight in the middle.
Two-resistor fix for +3 sound distortionOver at Zonadepruebas, mcleod_ideafix has done a circuit analysis of our favorite distorted sound output: the issue 1 +3 AY chip sound output, and fr…
... the circuit with Spice (a system for electronics simulation). The AY has an ... will have a maximum of 3v p.p. With the centre ... two resistors we need, compared with a 5 cent coin (same ... /> Here is a close up of a similar resistor with a measurement in milimetres ...A fast DRAW routineI was investigating how to speed up the line drawing for the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL]…
... only registers in memory with a Bresenham's algorithm. This ... memory, just set SCREEN_ADDR with the desired screen start ... __PLOTINVERSE:
nop ; Replace with CPL if INVERSE 1
with offset given in SCREEN_ADDR
ld a, h ...Loading a screen in to memory...Hi Folks, I want to load a SCREEN$ in to memory and save it out to RAM disk without it being displayed on the screen. I am worried about over writi…
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I want to load a SCREEN$ in to memory and ... disk can it be reloaded with a simple [B]LOAD!"SCREEN" SCREEN ... does the [B]SAVE[/B] with [B]CODE[/B] break that ... ?
Or is there a better way?
Yuletide ...The Speccy Tour - How to improve it and encourage participation?[This will be posted on the HARP board as well, to encourage debate.] The Speccy Tour is, as many of you know, [U]the[/U] worldwide championship for…
... actually try to choose the games every year, with the only exception ... or at least end up with a satisfying result - and that' ... /> There are simply no excuses. With a fan base as large as ... " cathegories altogether and merging them with the "action" and "shooter" ...Spectrum +3' AY sound issuesHi everyone - first time poster. I just got a Spectrum +3 for Xmas, and I am over the moon at this - I used to write games which I have here on 3" d…
... the +3 was just a +2 with a disk drive attached, but ... into spectrum basic resulted in a distorted buzzy sound, compared ... br /> The problem was that a friend of mine did have ... every time I saw a +3 (or a +2A for that ... crap? Or was there a fix? Or anything? Why ...Testing memory/transistors etc with multimeterAnyone have a rough guide to show how to do this properly? Im using the diode setting on the multimeter to test various components, im touching the b…
Anyone have a rough guide to show how ... wrong. Im not that experienced with a multimeter but I know if ...strange things are afoot.. at a certain auction site..no prizes for guessing which site.. dunno if this has happened to anyone else.. so I wait to see if something sells, it doesn't and it ends .. so I …
... sold and the auctions ended with a sale.. and said auction was ... .. the time goes up by a second very briefly. so instead ...copyright questionI'm working on a documentary film at present, and just working out what shots to put togther to go with the interviews we have. I've got person who r…
... put togther to go with the interviews we have. ... 'm seeing this as a possible opportunity to indulge ... of an opportunity to get a spectrum into it.
... sitting at a Spectrum 128k playing something, with a pile of ... br /> So, can I choose one of the 'public ...Your favourite Jonathan Cauldwell game?Seeing as Jonathan Cauldwell has just released his 603,823,965th Spectrum game, the really rather fantastic and very wrongly named [I]Utter Tripe[/I]…
... thought I'd make a poll to see which ... most popular. Having to choose just one favourite out of ... I've managed with a lot of difficulty to choose my favourite, ... good games should install a Speccy emulator on it, ... !).
For a complete list of his games ...Is converting Microdrive formats possible???Hi. First post. I'm a long-time Speccy owner, was lost, but found my way home! :D I have a Disciple as well... Now to my question, but first the …
... I archived all the files with the "CODE" format (file ... thought I had it, with an emulated PlusD setup, I ... PlusD "OPEN" channel code to open a file of type ... . Looking at the file with a disk-editor I can see ... , from my pre-amble with the MGT DOS, there doesn ...Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
... think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn ... , they had over a year to come up with a proper new model ... ? Should the +3 have been a significant leap forward from the ...From a spectator's point of viewApols if this has been done before... Many games on the speccy were single-player affairs and so if you were playing with your mate/sibling you may …
... : As a shared owner of a rubber-key speccy in '84 with an ... ? Maybe you also worked as a team with the observer offering their ... /objects to find. Also ones with a good atmosphere could make them ... encouraged you to work as a team with the player?Help with Spetaculator 7.0.1Hello All, I wonder if anyone could help me out.. I had ZXCF (Sami Vehmaa) and residos 2.25 (Gary Lancaster) working with realspec with a 16MB emul…
... .25 (Gary Lancaster) working with realspec with a 16MB emulated CF.
a way to do this.
Spectrum +2 (or at a push a +3)All, Am after a fully working one of these, pref with a decent microswitched joysitck which plugs into the sinclair port. PM me a price inc postage…
All,
Am after a fully working one of these, pref with a decent microswitched joysitck which plugs into the sinclair port.
PM me a price inc postage (uk)
Thanks,Games with Plus3/Disk enhancementsFor about 95% of games of +3 disk, it was simply the tape version with the only benefit being reduced loading times. However, there were a few excep…
... was simply the tape version with the only benefit being reduced ... .
However, there were a few exceptions, such as [B ... & South[/B] (mentioned in a recent thread), where the disk ... ]
You see a map between stages, with a quill pen marking your ...Request for help (Z80 gigascreen loader)Although I'd attempted to stick to keeping things simple in Image to ZX Spec now I've implemented Gigascreen (8x8 only) I've found the BASIC Gigascre…
... for just a Gigascreen viewer that acts as a slideshow with a user ... into top 16k
320 POKE 23739,111
330 ... into page 7
340 POKE 23739,244
350 ... into top 16k
370 POKE 23739,111
380 ... into page 5
390 POKE 23739,244
400 ...Any folks with a mechanical mind on here...?I need some advice about my motor. I drive a 1.8 VVT-i Toyota Avensis T4, 53 plate. It's one of them engines that over-revs when you start it to wa…
... that it was making a proper racket when warming up ... Hello, knocking...I'll have a look at me oil...". So ... then switched it off for a few minutes - it says ... or should I be finding a non-synthetic one? The ... all and it only makes a difference to the cleanliness ...Hi everybody! Need help trying to rescue a ZX 48K...Hi, since this is my first post, a bit of info about me: I'm an Italian guy, now living in Poland (Warsaw), informatics and electronic geek since…
... to make them more usable with today informatics standards (I' ...
When I connected with video-composite, I've noticed ... again, with great surprise I got just a screen with fat vertical ... can make some tests only with a digital multimeter, and not ...modding a grey+2When I've been to last few shows there's always a grey 128 with a divide on the back. Now I'm sure it's got additional joystick ports by the tape de…
... shows there's always a grey 128 with a divide on the back ... anyone know?
Had a search on the forums and ... found a link to this for an ... 'm asuming a cursor of fuller would clash with the sinclair ports ...Playing tunes with tape loading noiseAnd now for something completely different. Not a man with a tape recorder up his nose, but a short video - [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScKK…
... completely different.
Not a man with a tape recorder up his nose ... ,
but a short video - [URL ... ?v=ScKKkVtB2lc"]Speccy playing tunes with tape loading noise[/URL].
It's just a proof of concept.bptap2ay - song length problemI searched the forum for a bptap2ay topic and never found it so started a new topic. The program converts Beepola tap files to ay files and is here.…
... searched the forum for a bptap2ay topic and never ... found it so started a new topic.
ay files and is here.< ... br /> Anyway, songs only play a maximum of 5:00 minutes ... the songs (with a bit of guesswork) into the ay file. Its ...Composite modding a TK-83Hi everybody, Perhaps you can help me. I've just modded my Jupiter Ace 4000 to composite video and it worked a treat, so I thought I'd try one of my…
... dark, and the characters are a bit distorty. I'm suspecting ... picture of the display is with brightness and everything turned up ... .htm[/url] - using a BC547C with a 75R resistor (tried with a pot too just ... in case).
Edit2: Yes, it's a ...
