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  • Black screen on my 48k SpeccyHi! I have a problem with my 48k rubber key speccy. I keep getting this black screen with white stripes after the computer has been running for a w…

    ... /> I keep getting this black screen with white stripes after the ... then kaboom.
    The black screen does not go away until ...
    Sam Cruise Sam Cruise November 2017 Hardware
  • Name the Amiga Arkanoid cloneAbout 15 years ago I still had my A1200 working and I played an Arkanoid clone but I can't remember what it was called. I've looked on http://hol.ab…

    ... was hi-res, full screen and brightly coloured. There were levels where ... all four sides of the screen. The bats were very slim ...
    VincentAC VincentAC November 2017 Chit chat
  • Spectaculator 8.0 says it's registered but "buy online" nag screen persistsI bought Spectaculator 8 just over a year ago, and now I have a problem with it acknowledging my registration code. I get the nag screen to "buy onli…

    ... code. I get the nag screen to "buy online", then I ... no longer receive the nag screen, and immediately after the nag ... screen appears again. I try again ...
    Foebane72 Foebane72 November 2017 Emulators
  • Test of screen switching timings.I modified the btime.tap test by Jan Bobrowski to explore the timing of screen switching. The new test, ptime-128, produces different results on diff…

    ... to explore the timing of screen switching. The new test, ptime ... appears at the left-top screen corner (press the Q button ...
    weiv weiv November 2017 Emulators
  • The ZX Spectrum and its derivatives used in a static , semi portable and portable way.Now on "portabilty" is there any where I will not be able to "go" with this (Now let me see!) Hmm ! Well semi portability should be totally OK as …

    ... saw a semi portable wireless screen system being used to tally ... Cream machine had a cyan coloured liquid next to it . No ... it was not cyan coloured ice cream top up in ... bottle but it was cyan coloured kitchen cleaner ! So it stuck ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio November 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Isometric enginesWhilst taking a breather from Chess development I've been playing around with a little isometric 'room' building idea. Just wondering what sort of…

    ... a room using a single block type and with up to ... rectangles in a buffer off screen, so maybe its not too ... found that actually constructing the block with a specific routine isn ... blocks being drawn onto the screen. Clever nod to Bobby Bearing ...
    Arkannoyed Arkannoyed November 2017 Development
  • TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…

    ... can deduce from the Taper screen, there's a byte extra ... , or the length of the block doesn't match what the ... extra bytes in the fourth block are for the end sequence ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone December 2017 Games
  • 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…

    Seeing as most screen fades exhibit visible tearing, I ... de ;until we reach active screen area,
    ld a,d ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore December 2017 Development
  • New loading screen for PREDATORThe original screen: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/58ishtik3arzluq/predator_original.png?raw=1[/img] And my version: [img]https://www.drop…

    The original screen:

    [img]https://www. ...
    MAC_BG MAC_BG January 2018 Games
  • Madballs - Wrong in-game screen?[url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002971&loadpics=3"]Madballs[/url] I don't recall this in-game screen being a part of the g…

    ... 't recall this in-game screen being a part of the ...
    F_Clowder F_Clowder January 2018 Infoseek database
  • New loading screen for LA ABADIA DEL CRIMENMy tribute to the most mythical game of the "Golden Age of Spanish Soft", although not very well known outside of Spain due to, among other things, l…

    ... distribution.

    The original screen:

    [img]https://www ...
    MAC_BG MAC_BG February 2018 Games
  • Mixed bag - Mangled in-game screen and/or loading screen.[url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012757&loadpics=3"]Black Raven[/url] Mangled in-game screen and loading screen.

    [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012757&loadpics=3"]Black Raven[/url]

    Mangled in-game screen and loading screen.
    F_Clowder F_Clowder February 2018 Infoseek database
  • Any browser that won't block Flash?I know Flash is dying and Adobe is also ending support in about 2 years. But I've been helping people who (believe it or not) "need" their Flash game…

    ... a browser that won't block Flash at all...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2018 Chit chat
  • New loading screen for CAMELOT WARRIORSContinuing with the great Azpiri. The original screen: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/bb5ako6d7eh33xv/CamelotWarriors.png?raw=1[/img] My ver…

    ... Azpiri.

    The original screen:

    [img]https://www ...
    MAC_BG MAC_BG March 2018 Games
  • Screen$ (x,y)Hi everyone As you know, Screen$ doesn't recognize UDG characters. Is there any way to solve this problem? I want to "identify" an UGD character o…

    Hi everyone
    As you know, Screen$ doesn't recognize UDG characters.
    Is there any way to solve this problem?
    I want to "identify" an UGD character on screen...

    Thanks
    alchemist alchemist March 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • Restoring AY registersAfter doing (not still finished) the sna to tap converter, I'm going to try to do the same for 128k snapshots. I've got threee ideas about what to do…

    ... steps.
    2.- Load SCREEN$ (with the transfer code).
    screen. The advantage of both procedures ... at 16384 loads a headerless block starting at 16484, so it ... easily modified to load our block.

    Some other ...
    Zup Zup April 2018 Development
  • New loading screen for ABU SIMBEL PROFANATIONHI, this is my new screen. The original: [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/vzxoutej1a8z0oj/AbuSimbelx2.png?raw=1[/img] and my version: [img]htt…

    HI, this is my new screen. The original:

    [img] ...
    MAC_BG MAC_BG April 2018 Games
  • Plug Me, single screen platform puzzlerJust saw the game "Plug Me" on coolmathgames and thought it was very cool. It's a simple retro platformer, but the main gimmick is that the timer …

    ... />
    It's a single screen game so it's a ...
    BdR BdR April 2018 New game ideas
  • is there a way of reading characters off the screen and turning that into a string? this has to be done in basic. i know it would have something to do with peeking memory (maybe screen memory) but would this change due to programs r…

    ... do with peeking memory (maybe screen memory) but would this change ... to carry on reading the screen through the scroll? message (maybe ...
    digital digital May 2018 Development
  • Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…

    ... /forums/discussion/33911/copying-a-screen-in-zx-basic-in-1 ... ,0
    330 CLS : PRINT "Block ";r+1
    340 PRINT ...
    mattsteel mattsteel May 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • The Cycles Disk, stuck on picture of bike and bottom of screen is blue?Have a Loose Disk of The Cycles by Accolade, made a DSK from it and loaded it in Spectaculator but it sticks on a screen that just shows a bike at th…

    ... but it sticks on a screen that just shows a bike ... but no mention of this screen and there is nothing to ... I should do on this screen, any ideas?
    BarryB BarryB June 2018 Games
  • LOADING screen ?Ok, so - I accidentally decided to make some improvements on my 25year old BASIC text game 'Graveyard Nights' ...I used SPIN to muck about with the …

    ... do, is make a loading screen.... none of my games have ... a load screen and I'd love to ... and created a .scr loading screen for it ... But now what ...
    retromad retromad June 2018 BASIC
  • uMIA BLAM - Control SoftwareThe waiting time is over :-) [b]Full Title:[/b] BLAM [b]Year:[/b] 1991 [b]Company:[/b] Control Software (Eire) [b]Author(s):[/b] Damian Scatter…

    ... (s):[/b] Damian Scattergood (Loading Screen: Graham D. Shaw) (Produced and ... .S. Gold), and the loading screen was done by one of ... the same who did Alien Block which is MIA on WOS ... says so on the loading screen, county of Cork, and on ...
    Frankie Frankie June 2018 MIA/STP/SDP
  • printing to the screen using pokei remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyon…

    i remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyone remember?
    digital digital August 2018 Development
  • FANTASY THEMED block falling game.I have no idea why, but I was trying to get to sleep last night and this game appeared in my head... kept me awake a while! Anyway, it has the usual…

    ... field.
    You have single block troops falling down also....
    retromad retromad November 2018 New game ideas
  • Printing text using direct screen addressingHaving some problems printing using the FASE engine which is currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog currently dwell…

    Having some problems printing using the FASE engine which is currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog currently dwelling in my brain for this function. I'm trying to get the text working properly in 128k mode which uses ...
    andydansby andydansby December 2018 Development
  • Another Chaos Remake - But wait! It's 3D split-screen multiplayer in realtime etc..I thought I'd mention this in case anyone was interested. I've just finished developing a 3D split-screen multiplayer realtime version of Chaos. I'…

    ... finished developing a 3D split-screen multiplayer realtime version of Chaos ...
    SteveSmith SteveSmith February 2019 Announcements
  • Hiding a Loading Screen?Hi folks! Is there an easy way (a POKE or something) to hide the drawing of a loading screen? I did find a post from leespoons in an old thread wh…

    ... the drawing of a loading screen? I did find a post ... when you've got a screen$ to load and don't ...
    GreenCard GreenCard April 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • Z80onDSK now compatible with +3e with ZXMMC or similarJust updated my utility to work on Spectrums equipped with +3e ROMs and IDE storage. I've tested this with ZXMMC at the moment but don't think there …

    ... & causes a lot of screen corruption so only
    ... ║ 1: @16384 (top left of screen pixel area)
    ║ 2: @ ... 22511 (bottom right of screen pixel area)
    ║ 3: @23296 ... program will scan for continuous block of zeros
    ║ ...
    TomD TomD May 2019 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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