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im looking for a horizontal scroll routinehi, im looking for a horizontal scroll routine. i read somewhere that you can do it with at 'to' statement, somewhere in a print routine. althoug…
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im looking for a horizontal scroll routine. i read ... with at 'to' statement, somewhere in a print routine. although i am ... -
Can you create tap files from a tzx (other than LCD's TZX2TAP program)?I've been using the new divMMC Future interface and I'm happy with it, loading all these games in a second or two, including multiloads, is a big dea…
... it, loading all these games in a second or two, including multiloads ... , is a big deal. Hell, it almost ... -
A non-gamers grump!Theres a reason why I'm not a gamer and its this - I find most games boring, there's no incentive to work through them because there's not much of a …
... learning to do certain things in a set pattern. My wife ... I'm very much in the minority so fair enough ... Loom and Monkey Island in fact thats exactly what ... mean make Super Mario in faux CGI as if ... jump over a river or direct a balls progress with a series ... -
Quidditch would be a brilliant game on the Spectrum!For me, the best part of the Potter books and films were the Quidditch matches. Man, what I wouldn't give to be able to play it for real. It doesnt r…
... of points earned in a game.
Probably a choice of camera ... the appearance slightly though for a game to be developed ... necessary but that could be a computer controlled player too.< ... think some graphic design is in my immediate future.
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Input command in 128K BASICHi, Is the input command different between 48K BASIC and 128K BASIC? I'm typing in a missing listing from the TypeFantasic and using 128K BASIC…
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I'm typing in a missing listing from the TypeFantasic ... /> seems OK in 48K mode, but not in 128K Mode. In the later ... it seems to only work with a ... -
greedy bastards or time for a dose of reality?zx1's disappearing pictures hosted from photobucket brought this topic to mind, that and my previous remark about refusing Chrome because of the like…
... network in the mid 80's. It took a while ... each week keeping the software in good shape.
in a few cases.
a BBS underground may lie in our future. ...
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im trying to think of the name of a space gameit was really awfull. it might have been by mastertronic but i couldnt find it on google. it was like a sideways arcade game thing with a man or robo…
... on google. it was like a sideways arcade game thing with ... a man or robot that walked ... had to pick things up in a time limit i think. it ... ideas? also it had a little face in the corner that looked ... -
Multiface in SPINHello, I have enabled Multiface emulation in SPIN, but whats the equivalent of the red button? I tried generate NMI but it does not seem to start …
... /> I have enabled Multiface emulation in SPIN, but whats the equivalent ... /> I'm using Windows XP in a VM.
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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…
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 ... to relive my speccy type-in days - no other reason.< ... -
TV programs that jumped the shark (then fell off a cliff)[b]Can one of the mods move this to the chit-chat forum, please? Sorry, I posted it whilst fixing another PC and my tiny brain can't cope with two th…
... of real-life(-ish) characters in a real world, and varying levels ... cartoon character, an indestructible idiot in a world where logic doesn't ... Why? He used to live in a Windmill, was eccentric and single ... hand, but now he lives in a normal house, and is married ... -
Trying to remember the name of a sci-fi seriesIf anyone can jog my memory it would be good. It was shown on TV either late 80's or early 90's but it was a repeat then, I seem to think it was m…
... to think it was made in the 70's.
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The basic 'story' was a group of 3 or 4 ... week they had an adventure in a different "zone" , they all ... vague "computer terminal" with a face on it that provided ... guess something like S.A or possibly cheaply made ... -
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…
... movie where a boy or maybe a teenager is in a spaceship. The ... ship has a intelligent ... damage, the numbers are not in a decreasing sequence. Instead they ... I think the computer had a female voice.
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Disassembly starting from a tape fileFollowing on from the Atic Atak redefining keys thread, I was wondering how you'd go about disassembling the code from scratch. The approach used in …
... scratch. The approach used in that mini project was to ... it's running and hack in a change from there, but ... same thing as I had in mind. That approach would ... code is in a TAP file, I guess a starting point ... tape. From there, work in ASM could commence from where ... -
Burning a ROM for a 128k +2 (Grey)Hi Guys, I would like to change the 128k +2 menus I have actually in French with English. The OS is in a 27C256 eprom. I do have a programmer and …
... with English. The OS is in a 27C256 eprom. I do have ... a programmer and a bunch of 27C256 and ... -
Connecting a 3" CF2 drive to a PC... or anything else, really!This one might well have been done to death - but in an eBay auction I've just won (and the stuff should be winging its way to me already, arriving b…
... done to death - but in an eBay auction I've ... the fact remains this is a Distribution Denied™ title and ... there are no downloads of a .dsk image.
in a +3) "and a special cable (link ... laptop comes in handy, armed as it is with a 3. ... -
Reviving a Microdrive (and its notoriously fragile media)eBay has been getting a [i]lot[/i] of business out of me lately, which brings me to this... Context: some years ago I bought a job lot of Spectrum…
... space for it; in the package was a microdrive, the ... morning[/i] when a package came in the post containing an ... it, there is a foam pad in place, so I ... didn't have a sponge pad in the mechanism at ... essentially reel-to-reel tape in a plastic shell), and neither ... -
I feel like such a moron having to post this but stillI started out to write a simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right. I started by setting…
... started out to write a simple cursor move program ... easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me ... one - later I put in a CLS to get rid of ... />
I tried putting in a PAUSE thinking that for some ... checked everything in case I'd made a silly mistake ... -
The Amazon Key, what a great idea!Nowadays, lots of people order things online, and get the items sent to their homes. And inevitably of course, sometimes the delivery driver will att…
... time.
And so, in a fit of brilliance, Amazon have ... Amazon Key[/b]. This is a great system whereby delivery drivers ... door, and leave the items in your house, awaiting your return ... of your own control to a faceless multi-billionaire company, and ... -
why cant i do this in a dimensional array?let m$(20)=m$(20)+"hello" it wont add it to the string/array m$(20)
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Can't get Java applets to work in any browser ? Not even IE 11 with Windows 8.1?My wife needs to fill out a questionnaire on a website and it's in Java! I have all the latest updates of JRE and JDK. From my IE settings it should…
... fill out a questionnaire on a website and it's in Java! I ... an applet then embed it in a simple HTML document it doesn ... can see have Java enabled in the browser any ideas ?? Questionnaire ... pretty important maybe there's a page that translates Java into ... -
Are you a detective.I wouldn't normally post something so off topic (oh ok I can sometimes), but this is something I have got to ask as it is driving me up the wall and …
... -series. I have a plot in my head and I ... around a teenage boy who was with a girl in the ... ) or the leading detective in the investigation. It all ... happened in leafy suburbs, 3 bed ... remember is someone worked in a tyre fitters shop and ... -
Ensure program runs in USR 0 mode?Is there some BASIC that can be used in a program to make sure the the program runs (even on 128k models) in 48k or USR 0 mode? I obviously then wan…
Is there some BASIC that can be used in a program to make sure the the program runs (even on 128k models) in 48k or USR 0 mode? I obviously then want to be able to run the rest of the program from the USR 0 mode. -
External links in new tabJust a quick suggestion. Would be nice if external (as in a different TLD) links opened in a [u]new[/u] tab rather than in the current one please.…
... external (as in a different TLD) links opened in a [u]new ... [/u] tab rather than in the ... the same TLD opening in the same window/tab ... a forum topic with a link to a mag page or a ... .
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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…
... the difference in photographic quality achievable with a Brownie 127 ... of film shot in colour with a good SLR that ... aperture etc almost invariably results in a lot of mediocre snapshots whose ... scale. The difference in appearance between a black on white line ... -
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…
... of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original ... - we'll get to that in a short while.
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To redefine a character in SpecBAS, you POKE in a similar manner to ... we have that character in the variable a$. This function will ... -
Time travelling, inter-galactic communication with a BBC MicroJust listened to this podcast of the best story ever, to do with time travel and inter galactic communication. It happened around 1984, to a couple …
... happened around 1984, to a couple living in a cottage in Dodleston, near to ... messages left on it from a guy in the 16th century. Which ... 2109.
It's a great story.
Here ... the story, which was from a book entitled ,"The Vertical Plane ... -
Short unattended type-in'sThis follows a similar topic on the BBC/Acorn forum (said topic can be found [url="https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14919"]here[/url…
... do with our Speccy's in a similar vein really.
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Listing in a codebox rather than a tape file for convenient ... lines" listing in the original Speccy manual in the appropriate mode ... -
Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... no. Upon connecting a working keyboard and entering in a few basic commands ... reset the Spectrum 4 times in a row it would hang up ... . So removed IC13, soldered in a socket, fitted a new IC. Again the ... seem as though there maybe a fracture in the board possibly or ... -
Tracking down a favourite Spectrum Adventure gameHello everyone - a new joiner here - looking to pick the collective Hive mind. I was an avid Spectrum gamer, and owned one of the very first 48K e…
... I only have a few scraps of memories. Thanks in advance!
a discovery in a room of "two robots ... being a long-rambling adventure, than eventually I lost interest in as ... wonderful community might afford me in my quest.
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Games without a death ending ...... that probably *should* of had one or been considered for one. This thread "[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/11762/what-…
... -favourite-death-in-a-game/"]What's your favourite death in a game[/url ...
