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Two colour nice Spectrum screen$Im wanting some 2 colour Spec or SAM screens to use as backgrounds in my OS... i.e. black and white, blue and back etc etc... not using attributes an…
Im wanting some 2 colour Spec or SAM screens to ... . black and white, blue and back etc etc... not using attributes and all spec ... -
Sinclair Spectrum +3 and the Amstrad CPC, using the CPCs monitor and discdrivesCPCs monitor on a Spectrum +3 I have a Spectrum +3 that I havent started using yet. The RGB-connector doesn't fit my Amstrad CPC-monitors (RGB). Is …
... 3 that I havent started using yet. The RGB-connector ... software from PC to +3 using a CPC
The ... 1/4" format discs using cpdwrite and from there to
CPC 3" discs using my ... "
Spectrum +3 discs using this setup?
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Using RST 16 and udg flickerHi there! I'm using UDGs and RST 16 to make a simple canyon bomber game. I've got the game mechanics working ( finally ) but now I'd like to make …
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I'm using UDGs and RST 16 to make a ... .
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No colour - Issue 2 SpectrumThis one is driving me mad - any suggestions appreciated. I have an issue 2 Spectrum with no colour at all. I found the 12v rail was at just over …
... 2 Spectrum with no colour at all. I found ... no colour. Obviously tried adjusting the varialbe resistors and trimmers, both ... by the book and following several ... no luck. Replaced capacitors, and TC2 trimmer. Again no ... -
28-character wide multicolour(ish) on 48k SpectrumLong-time lurker here... I've always been interested in rainbow effects on the 48k Spectrum, mainly from a perspective of "Just what [I]would [/I]ha…
... , would need a lot more tuning and thought.
[QUOTE= ... line. Why aren't you using AF as one of your ... - a little multi-colour in the scenery and single-colour sprites.[/QUOTE]
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Spectaculator 2.0 availableHi, I've just released a new version of Spectaculator. It should be on WOS in a few days. Here's a cut 'n' paste from comp.sys.sinclair: Spectacula…
... /> Call sequence, Select and Message blocks
< ... and scanline-based multicolour rendering
(e.g. border on Aquaplane, colour ... effects on Zynaps and Uridium)
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Mac2Spec v2I announced the release a week or so ago on c.s.s. but I thought I'd give it a plug here too. Mac2Spec is a graphics converter written in Objective-…
... Spectrum mode or Timex2048 Hi-Colour mode using a variety of dithering ... extra colour ordered dither mode, supports drag and drop of files and is ... there are also some screenshots and a sample movie to download ... -
IM 2 interrupts and smooth scrolling - easy peasy!Okay, been fiddling around with IM 2 and have actually mastered (I think) how to use IM 2! Now I run my game Ragnar Revival in IM2 and use HALT to sy…
... fiddling around with IM 2 and have actually mastered (I think ... (a scrolling text) using HALT, and one without IM2 and HALT.
in a,(07Eh)
and 1
jr nz mainloop ... 1 ;switch to IM 1 and enable
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Optimisation Needed! Is this the Fastest way to copy bytes from screen and back again?I have the screen address (say 0,0 i.e 16384) I want to copy 4 bytes wide by 32 bytes high from the screen to an area of memory. I then want to cop…
... /> I have been experimenting with using SP and popping etc.
LD A,h
AND 7
JP NZ,C2S_2 ... />
LD A,h
AND 7
JP NZ,C2SC_2 ... />
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FuseX on the Xbox :releases, testing and feedbackI'm creating a new thread here to continue on from the thread about emulators on the Xbox ([url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php…
... gain feedback from people using it and also recruit beta testers ... /> - Zip Support
- Loading and saving of general emulator settings ... (including rom path and default controller config)
... )
- Loading and saving of controller configs per ... -
OpenGL - how to install it and whatever?How do you actually install OpenGL, if it needs installing at all? I seem to remember for Quake 3, when it came out in 1999, that I had to install a …
... Anyway, I'm now using Win98, and I don't think I ... t recognise the mode, and crashes if I force the ... OpenGL mode, and Spin (latest version from ... display choices (Direct Draw and GDI) work fine in ... does run fine under Metal and Direct3D - I just want ... -
How to transfer a BASIC-Programm to PC and/or TZX?Hello there, I'm pretty new at WOS, but have already spent some time reading a small bit of the large amount of information here. I am trying to fin…
... of the interface I and one ZX-microdrive[I]( ... I], I soon quit using cassettes and thus don't have ... to get some plugs and do some soldering to ... my program from microdrive and then save it to cassette ... is there any easier way using the serial connection, that's ... -
Spectaculator and favorites location helpI am using Spectaculator and i have a fair few favorites bookmarked with the menu in the emulator. I have recently moved all my games from my C: dri…
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Some more off-topic questions...Just some more things I wonder about, especially when I can't sleep (I hate insomnia)... 1) Do jet packs actually exist? You never see them, even…
... controller without using auto-aim, with a little skill and practice (and no ... wanted to watch them in colour (and I don't, it seems ... convert the black and white film to real colour (although personaly I ... d still turn the colour down to black and white).
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PC power source and Spectrums.I'm planning to use a basic PC ATX power source (300W) for all my sinclair equipment, but I have two questions: - I've read about some nasty things …
... PC power source? Using +12v and relying on the 7805 ... (I think it will overheat FAST), using ... +5v and bypass the 7805 or ... ?
- And (not related) where can I ... strange sized one, and I would not like ... -
Reading +D and Microdrive cartsHi chaps, Not sure this is the right forum, but hey ;-) I've got a few +D discs and Microdrive carts I need to get data off. I can take the discs in…
... got a few +D discs and Microdrive carts I need to ... take the discs into work and use the PC there to ... to read into the Speccy and SAVE straight into the PC ... />
Again I'm using Linux and FUSE, so any utility pointers ... -
k7zx and a real SpectrumI've recently got a real Spectrum (48k) and I am having problems converting TZX images to play on the Spectrum. Up to now I've always used emulators …
... got a real Spectrum (48k) and I am having problems converting ... the Tapwave). I'm using k7zx and have got it to work ... a number of TZX images and am using the settings "HiSpeed, 44khz ... it's a bit hit and miss with which images will ... -
Channels and streamsSo I've put some thought into channels and streams, and read the dead (and presumably rotting corpse) of the CSS FAQ which contains some information …
... into channels and streams, and read the dead (and presumably rotting ... The goal, handle channels and streams without needing to trap ... created, closed, polled etc. using PRINT# and INPUT#.
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Music and dancing games on ZX Spectrum: are there any?Hello, everyone! I like the games Dance Dance Revolution and In The Groove very much. Never tried them on the real arcade machines but I enjoy play…
... the games Dance Dance Revolution and In The Groove very ... then on my PC using Stepmania and a homemade dancepad. On ... there were some music and dancing games even on ... the 8-bit machines and that NES used unusual ... are any good music and dancing games on ZX ... -
25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…
... 2006)
* Keyboard graphics and icons for:
* ZXSP< ... the ROM writeable in MacSpectacle and FUSE
* Add ... )
* Suggested using channels and streams to control the ... colour extension to support 32 colours on screen using ... -
Networking using EAR and MICI know this is an old topic and was mentioned before in books or magazines, but I need some advice. I'm considering the possibility of creating a Bat…
... this is an old topic and was mentioned before in books ... the ROM's load and save routines and use headerless small blocks ... -
An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is ... snapshot, or a program saved using the %save command), or if ... markup for changing the PAPER and INK colour of the text to ... doing this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:
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ZX-Mobile. A new Spectrum emulator for iOS and WP7Hi All, I?m excited to announce the release of ZX-Mobile, a new ZX Spectrum emulator for iOS and Windows Phone 7. The 48K emulator was written in .…
... invocation
[*]Portrait and landscape orientation support for ... /> [*]High performance applications using XNA and OpenGL ES technologies
... demo of the platform using Silverlight that you ... to hear any comment, suggestion and feedback.
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The zxodus engineI've been playing around with this for a couple of days now. Its one of the best things I've seen for sinclair basic, and I've seen nothing about it …
... , that allows control from basic, and also gives the user a ... make something simple with it, and with the addition of Spectranet ... glorious ( for 1982 ) 8x1 attribute colour. :smile:
It can be ... writing a couple of things using this, and hopefully I'll be ... -
New Game: Endless Forms Most Beautiful[IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/loader.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/ingame.gif[…
... screen features: random colour schemes, layouts, blocks and sprites. Some blocks ... loading screen is random (if using emulator autoload has to be ... teleporter he can go up and down. The player cannot ... intro screen after the music and on the rainbow grade ... -
Genius G540 programmer and GAL22v10B?I noticed in an Amiga forum Zetr0 saying they'd used a Genius G540 programmer to program GALs... I'm not having any luck with mine :/ I know this is…
... for a speccy project and you all speak better ... menu), it shows pages and pages of zero instead ... and zeros in the fuse map. I created the JED file using ... EQN2JED (and the EQN file for ... GAL the erase, blanck and program phases appear to ... -
Using CP and JR Z commandI have been trying to [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40011"]convert a BASIC routine to machine code[/URL], but to no av…
... since I did any coding and I've totally forgot how ... to use CP and JR Z.
As ... load A with the value and then CP it with the ... you go about determining higher and lower values?
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Using downloaded WOS filesI am the new owner of a 48K Spectrum, which loads games from tape without any problems. I am not having great success with games downloaded from the…
... either MP3 or WAV formats, using Tape2wav and WinTZX. I play the ... resulting files on my laptop using Windows ... looked at the data waveforms using a ?scope. The tape ... converted files is very ?spikey? and irregular. In each case the ... -
DIM and FOR, NEXT loopHi there. I'm making a program with 100 items on screen using dim and a for next loop. The thing is, each time I want to manipulate the items I do an…
... with 100 items on screen using dim and a for next loop ... 50: if x=e(g) and y=f(g) then let ... have 50 rocks and 50 diamonds and can fall and the rocks can ... -
Sinclair's Cancelled ProjectsDoes anybody have anymore info on any of these projects or are there any old Sinclair engineers on the Spectrum scene that could shed a little more l…
... Colour Computer", the LC3 was developed during 1983 by Martin Brennan and ... implemented in two chips, using ROM and (non-volatile) RAM ... providing much enhanced graphics and audio capabilities. After the ... the project, John Mathieson and Martin Brennan, founded ...
