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Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…
... Adlib or Sound Blaster with a really popular game, and I ... replace the Spectrum ROM with a RAM and loader, potentially open ... provide better games, all in a plug-in upgrade... A ready-made market with ... ... Just using the original as a donor CPU, RAM and keyboard ... -
How Many FIRST NAMES are included in 1980s Speccy Game Software? The easy ones are John ,Fred , Harry. (eg High Rise Harry) But does Bill or Robert get a look in here? How many other first names are there that…
The easy ones are John ,Fred , Harry. (eg High Rise Harry)
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Building a ZX Spectrum and I have some voltage questionsI've posted about this before looking for parts, but now I've found all the hard-to-get stuff (thank you Retrolium!). So I figured new questions, new…
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In any case, all the soldering ... right before I started putting in the ICs. I'd ... t noticed any significant difference in voltage on the board. ... work for a +2? I have one coming in a few days ... the 7805 than was used in the original. So I ... -
We're already using free energy in the UK?Does anyone know anything about electricity? I dont :D but I've seen a few things that raise my suspicions: There is a voltage difference betw…
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There is a voltage difference between ground and ... lattice is being used in the UK simply to ... /> I've seen a youtube video a long time ago (cant ... some people fly a kite that has a a long piece ... know anyone who works in a power station? Cos according ... -
Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…
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Facebook groups and the people in them make me sometimes feel uneasy.I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS one) on some random subject,and recently I noticed that a member of that group a pretty Chinese girl apparently…
I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS ... that a member of that group a pretty Chinese girl apparently in the ... my daughter and me as a kid. I've now set ... thought I'd nip it in the bud to stop this ... becoming a thing, if it is a nutter then maybe ... -
speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…
you know as a matter of fact the c64 ... because it could have more colors with in a 8x8 pixel cell.
what was the best?.................what was the best loading screen for the spectrum and who was it done by? :)
... screens. fantasy world dizzy in particular is great.
... know digitization existed, was a youngin and clueless, so ... by it, but now in retrospect they dont stand ... two colors, and you had to design it in a way ... that it would work, tahts why i think a ...Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …
... you'd have 5 bytes in the BASIC listing (one for ... each digit in '12345') and another 5 bytes ... you saying here that using a string makes the internal representation share ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... to cause a variety of serious medical conditions and in most ... lifted wholesale from a system created for use in agricultuaral colleges ... not exite the aural sense in a way that was likely ... NONSENSE IN BASIC! (The text of the (string) argument does not form a ...Castlevania ZX looking REALLY nice in color :)[url="http://www.redeya.com/bytemaniacos/castlevania.html"]http://www.redeya.com/bytemaniacos/castlevania.html[/url]
... but not an actual work in progress shot. if you ... would be to do a game in RP i guess now ... i do pics as bmps in a spectrum template i made and ... to Tap. then i edit in art studio. but drawing something ... so good for alternating most colors like red and yellow to ...Z80 AssemblerSome of you may know that I'm working on a Z80 assembler. I thought I'd start a thread so I can see what people think and what they might want to see…
... end up in the compiled product. The return is a string of hex ... even length (ie it is a string of bytes).
+ addition ...Spectrum vs Amstrad (C64 has been knocked out!)The C64 was sensationally knocked out this morning of the Micromart World Cup by Amstrad, the final score being 71 votes to 70. In a week-long match …
... , also only allows 2 colors, then if they are ... res ( and maybe a couple more colors in the palette) there ... this computer can had), in my opinion AmstradCPC is ... [quote]and worst than C64 in lowres.[/quote]
... not a port. and Dizzy looks so cute in it ...THE BEST EMU'I've beem using ZX32 for about a year now.However,certain ROMS such as Double Dragon 1 or Phantomas will not run with this emulator.Is there another,…
... Speccy games were actually released in ROM format. However, all you ... "]Sinclair Infoseek[/url], key in a search string for the name of the ... want, and then download it in whatever format it's available ...Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... IFLI :) maybe something about the colors. it started when gasman saw ... ( not 8x2 ) with any two colors? ( twice as good as IFLI ... . have not heard from him in a while though. and yes youre ... have implementeda better bright detection, in laymans terms does it work ...More "fake" screenshots, please.I don't know about anyone else, but I really like seeing Spectrum screenshots of modern and/or original games - even if there ends up being no game t…
... by hand. im not really a photoshop fan, half the reason ... , well it's not really a curse since i enjoy it ... than one color in a 8x8 attr. that the colors are right etc ...Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... . ive been testing in a Gif anim8or and sometimes in a emultor with fast ... from a fresh screen and how i can pick my colors? i ... placing two of those attributes in a column, forming what looks like ... saw on the net somewhere a description in czech how to modify ...Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
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The shades dividing works in a similar way, just wait these ...Rainbow Islands GamePlease help! I'm not very computer literate but have been trying for ages to download the game rainbow Islands. Can anybody send this game to me in a…
... /> From here, you can key in a search string, such as "Rainbow Islands ... will then come up with a bunch of links to magazine ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... give a 'hoot' about more colors: you mustn't care for a proper ... spectrum, except that maybe the colors are just that and not ... could give the Spectrum 256 colors ) ... look at the C64s ... this watchamacallit and i soldered in a ( insert your best fake sounding ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... the best, i was up in the VIP section, but some ... gonna come out? am i in the wrong venue?" but thats ... want no bouncers or guys in bow ties serving champagne. :roll ... feedback or finger accidentally scraping a string :roll: , but ... they did end ...Parasol Stars for Spectrum Having played a lot of Bubble Booble and Rainbow Islands on Spectrum, and later on also Rainbow Islands and Parasol Stars on Amiga, I feel like it w…
... the 8x8 cells, resulting in selectig a new attribute for each 8x1 ... guess ingeneral ) Multicolour - any 2 colors per 8 pixels horizontally. thats ... simplicities sake. the two colors you get in a 8*1 are still ... went and made a cool little sprite maker in 8*1 mode ...More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…
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And in coding a whole program on just 1 ...Let a=val "1"I see some basic programs which use Let a=val "1" instead of let a=1 syntax. what is the difference between val "1" and 1? is it an effect of some …
The only logical use I have ever seen for VAL$ was in a recursive function to print
n! where the result would be an empty string when n reached 0.Let a=val "1"I see some basic programs which use Let a=val "1" instead of let a=1 syntax. what is the difference between val "1" and 1? is it an effect of some …
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1 LET X$=VAL$ "A$B$C$D$E$F ... , use an array. Yeah, Procrustean string assignment and all that, I ...Fire Ruby - More HelpI cant pass the spikes in the fire ruby by lawrence creighton, can someone please help? [ This Message was edited by: welsh_brawler on 2003-08-08 21…
... with string around{6}the top. There is a large ... br /> {16}{5}The string is very tough - it{6 ... centuries ago, a{6}Spanish galleon disappeared in a storm off ... small. You{6}are in a small living room which ... wooden beams, all covered in a green slime, and below ...Adventure type-insI know there are many adventure enthusiasts in here. Did any of you type-in adventure listings from magazines or books? If so, do you still have a …
... stuck in the forest with no clear objectives. I have found a string ... , elastic band and a small stone in the forest ... 've found a dove with a fluff of cotton in itse beak but ... it doesn't have a purpose?). all in all, i'm pretty ...Adventure type-insI know there are many adventure enthusiasts in here. Did any of you type-in adventure listings from magazines or books? If so, do you still have a …
... stuck in the forest with no clear objectives. I have found a string ... , elastic band and a small stone in the forest ... 've found a dove with a fluff of cotton in itse beak but ... it doesn't have a purpose?). all in all, i'm pretty ...
