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The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …
... its own sw (its 64-column word processor was completed and ... developing it, likewise its 64-column MTERM modem terminal program). The ... a few exceptions - the 64 column mode can't be ignored ... -
The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …
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The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …
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After roughly 22 years can you help?Hi, A long one this but here goes. Roughly 22 years ago (i was 14 if i remember right) i got a 48K speccy for christmas of my dad it was awesome an…
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LD A,5 ; COLUMN 5
RST #10
RST #10 ; PRINT "A" AT COLUMN 5, ROW 8
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PAWS & GAC, still being used?Back in the day when i was a teenager i wrote many a text adventure on my 128K + using both PAWS and GAC, i really wished id kept them now. On one oc…
... of this. PAW parsing + 42 column text... :)
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Help, my Sprite Code wont workI have zipped it all up here: [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/galagorf.zip"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/galagorf.zip[/url] If y…
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Where are the famous guys and gals gone from the old speccy mags ?Just thinking where`s all the guys and gals gone after the years of YS,SU and Crash ? I know Jon North is on here but what do you do now for a job a…
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Crisis At Christmas + SUI've loved this text adventure ever since I first played it. I've just seen it published in Sinclair User. *IN* Sinclair User. (Dec '86 issue) 4 1…
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Colindars.....Hi guys, I like to wear a colindar on my head whilst I play on my speccy....A NICE YELLOW ONE.... [url="http://www.plugface.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/loo…
Hmmm ... I wonder if you wrap that up in tinfoil you might be able to ward off the Chuntey effect.
Skarpo
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How to make stuffing?Right...time for me to say something thats not about Spectrum hardware. I'm cooking xmas dinner this year. Does anyone have any idea how to make st…
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BASin requestGeneva Mono was still incorrectly named as SE Basic in the BASin fonts list the last time I checked.
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Chess Game with a slant to 2 player versionsHi y'all. I'm actually going through the spectrum collection for chess games with a slant towards 2 player games. The older the better. Before I ch…
Chess Game with a slant to 2 player versionsHi y'all. I'm actually going through the spectrum collection for chess games with a slant towards 2 player games. The older the better. Before I ch…
I, Ball 2Anyone else love this game as much as me? I used to play it a lot, despite never usually having much perseverence for platform-type games. It's one …
... /> Clare also did the arcade column for C&VG for ...You know you're a Spec-chum when......devoid of anything serious to think about now that your next house move is all sorted out, you still cannot sit back and relax because your mind i…
... matrix X composed of the column vectors x1 and x2:
GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…
The 3e ROM / Basic extensions have a new channel for windows. You can even specify the size of the text.
OPEN #5"w>0,0,24,32,3"
Opens a new window at line 0, column 0, hight of 24, width of 32, text size 3.Brand-spanking new(looking) C5 up on eBay.[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-C5-Car-80s-Retro-Batterycar_W0QQitemZ6599231837QQcategoryZ4150QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sincla…
... quid in their original bubble-wrap from Sir Clive's webpages ...where did you keep your games?i kept mine in a biscuit tin. my father had a long running joke where he'd open it hoping to find some biscuits, and look confused at the games i ke…
... and adding a box number column in a databse sounds logical ...Name that screen shotJust picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on pag…
It's The Happiest Days of Your Life.
Anyone know what game is on page 18 column 1, row 1???How long must I keep doing this?[quote] On 2006-02-13 22:14, ZX Beccy wrote: Although you have raised what could be considered valid points, I think you should think long and hard b…
... my 'teacher' was using a wrap around blackboard. The Sun was ...How long must I keep doing this?[quote] On 2006-02-13 22:14, ZX Beccy wrote: Although you have raised what could be considered valid points, I think you should think long and hard b…
... my 'teacher' was using a wrap around blackboard. The Sun was ...Hannah SmithI remember back in 1986 seeing that drawing/picture of her in the playing tips section in Crash. Having seen the pic again all these years later whil…
... that awful "Fear and Loathing" column.
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His ... ). He seemed to use his column in CRASH as an excuse ...Harry Potter booksDoes anybody think these children's books are a tad satanic for youngsters? Just a thought to see what fellow Wossers think....
... me.
Think we wrap too many kids up in ...Hannah SmithI remember back in 1986 seeing that drawing/picture of her in the playing tips section in Crash. Having seen the pic again all these years later whil…
... that awful "Fear and Loathing" column.
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His ... ). He seemed to use his column in CRASH as an excuse ...Adding graphics to a text adventure??Hi everyone. I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game and have spent several evenings browsing the forums here, WOS and the internet on…
... ) in order to use 80 column text. I'll have to ...Assistance with IM2 routineI subsequently got a working IM2 routine.
... /> However Basic 64's 80 column driver is mind-numbingly slow ...Any examples of Proportional Font (Dark Star)Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text. Does anyone know of any code to do this? Cheers
I'm sure there were a couple in the PD library at one time. I thought AlchNews was just a 40 column non-proportional font.Pointless Thought For The Day ...If we all went into shops and asked for Marathon instead of Snickers, would the company that makes them change the name back to what it should be? S…
Confuse the shopkeeper by buying a sheet of wrapping paper and asking him to wrap it.
