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I've got a divIDE. Now what?I've purchased a divIDE and after a month it's at home. What can I do now with that? I've got a 48k+, a +2B and a +3. The +2B has the original ROMs,…
... on eBay? Well, why not get a nice new one from ... think that divIDE+ was a better choice than divIDE ( ... would be upgraded to a divIDE+... am I right ... for making +D clones (why not a Disciple clone????), and (obviously ... swap drive switch (to use 3.5" drive as ... -
Speccy just snuffed it while playing 3D Pinball :(I have two speccys but the one I use most has just given up the gost! :-( game froze up and now all I get is flashing patterns and lines:-( Everyt…
... Maybe the output qaulity differs a bit anyway with different ... maybe it was just a very poor output because ... I am starting to learn a little bit more about ... 8.50, was only a dead membrane so it was ... working speccys all with the composite mod!:-D
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Speccy just snuffed it while playing 3D Pinball :(I have two speccys but the one I use most has just given up the gost! :-( game froze up and now all I get is flashing patterns and lines:-( Everyt…
... Maybe the output qaulity differs a bit anyway with different ... maybe it was just a very poor output because ... I am starting to learn a little bit more about ... 8.50, was only a dead membrane so it was ... working speccys all with the composite mod!:-D
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Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
He means for arrays.
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What's the best text email you've received lately?This one's a cracker: A little guy is sitting at the bar just staring at his drink for half an hour when this big trouble-making biker s…
... /> A. More leg-room!
Q. Why don't blondes use vibrators ... ?
A. They chip their ... /> Q. Why is a blonde like a doorknob?
A. Because everyone gets a turn ... -
Interface rom - Need help to dump itHi, I have temporarily an interface that is similar to a multiface. It has an NMI button and displays a menu where states can be saved and pokes ent…
... ;220218]If this friend of a friend knows w.o.s ... . he'll probably understand why we care so much about ... them what's being done. A.f.a.i.k. there's ... hardly the guys that would use a forum. :) I could talk them ... us that want to keep a piece that reminds us of ... -
My idea for Spectrum game fansI remember the excitement of finding the new issue of Sinclair User on the newsagents? shelf and rushing home (after paying for it!) to check out the…
... off! But that's why if a determined group of coders and ... were to get together on a project, a multi-emulator one would ... to be the simplest to use, although I guess I'm ... -
So I'm thinking of getting a PDAmainly for a bit of web browsing/ gaming (spec emu a must ;))/ video on the move. Anyone have one of these doohickeys and care to enlighten me on whi…
... up until a couple years ... a tech toy of very little actual use.< ... br />
Phones pretty much store all you need and a ... a PDA.
My experience is unless your REALLY gonna use ... pocket excel (scoff) then why get a PDA when you could get a ... -
Where will Microsoft go after Vista ?If i were Microsoft, i would develop a media center only OS with no backwards compatability that would be able to be used on a Dual Booted pc running…
... tend to use the reference manuals. If you ask a Microsoft ... you why the Linux system is better. With Windows you'll use a ... /> [/quote]
Get a Mac. Why?
No confusing multiple ... NEVER been cool to use 'side effects' of a language, not even ... -
Where will Microsoft go after Vista ?If i were Microsoft, i would develop a media center only OS with no backwards compatability that would be able to be used on a Dual Booted pc running…
... close to "Don't use Linux unless you're ... why the Linux system is better. With Windows you'll use a ... follow the trend, never use ten letters when three ... been cool to use 'side effects' of a language, not even ... raised it as a serious objection to why I may find ... -
Where will Microsoft go after Vista ?If i were Microsoft, i would develop a media center only OS with no backwards compatability that would be able to be used on a Dual Booted pc running…
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Get Regular Expression. (A command I use plenty on Windows, too ... follow the trend, never use ten letters when three would ... long concluded that the reason why most companies would never release ... desktop - so you can't use a debugger to debug it because ... -
Mr ModChips gets a kicking[url]http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/26/higgs_modding_bristol/[/url] Mr Modchips gets done for supplying errrr Modchips. Could be bad news for…
... br /> Yes, some XBox mod chips contain a modified version of the ... to use that code, and so using it in a mod chip ... do insist that buy a mod chip that contains no ... can't see that a mod chip should be illegal ... big companies who want mod chips and other freedoms ... -
zx spectrum +3hello fellaes from europe, greece, last week finally i found a zx spectrum 3, with a damaged drive, a power supply that works fine, and a black wire …
... /> and i only see a black scren , why?
can i connect ... +3 with a tape recorder?
A +3 with a black screen needs repairing ... .
~You need to use a mono tape deck if you ... -
USB cassette decksI've been preserving my ZX81 tapes using a combination of a portable (not walkman) cassette player, Hi-Fi amplifier, ground loop filter and iMic, whi…
Why use tapes at all ?
Why not copy the tapes into WAV's of high resolution and store them on a harddisk. -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
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Why? Because it isn't favorable ... machine may not even use shared memory so it ... the psnrg. Or use what mathematicians use - a chi square test of ... !=10; ++i)
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a *= a;
r += rand() / 32767.0 ... -
Composite Video output problemHi everyone, I?ve got a problem that?s really bugging me. I have one Spectrum 48K and one Spectrum +3, both with Composite Video output modification…
... fault. This is a fairly simple mod so there are ... rubber 48K (own Composite mod) and +3 (sintech composite mod) against my ... 20" TV (less than a year old) and my ... ?t to give it a try with any new ... modulator video input and composite video output (to monitor ... -
Composite Video output problemHi everyone, I?ve got a problem that?s really bugging me. I have one Spectrum 48K and one Spectrum +3, both with Composite Video output modification…
... my rubber 48K (own Composite mod) and +3 (sintech composite mod) against my brand ... JVC 20" TV (less than a year old) and my Philips ... wan?t to give it a try with any new suggestions ... ?[/QUOTE]
I have a solution: I will swap with ... -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
[QUOTE=Alcoholics Anonymous;231689]I wonder why Atari Microsoft Basic has such poor accuracy??[/QUOTE]
It might have been related to the ROM space available. The faster Atari BASICs use a paged ROM. -
Speccy plus composite modHi folks, I have 2 48K speccy plus machines both with really poor RF output, one is very weak and the other wanders and white tears across the scree…
... have the guts of a Speccy on the work ...
But unless it's a ridiculously high impedance or is ... output impedance of the composite mod is smaller than 75 ... if anyone's stuck a scope on the Speccy' ... that much if the composite mod already works well enough :-) -
Does this (Windows) program exist?You know how when you first turn on your PC, and Windows loads up and allows you to start, that everything seems to respond immediately? But the long…
I use a very old version of Tweak ... to largley help. Also have a big habit of launching Task ... />
If you can identify why it's slowing down, i ... -
Where shall I start to look ?I got hold of a faulty 48k, Issue 6. It displays a picture like shown below: [URL]http://www.gjelberg.no/miscpics/speccyfault.jpg[/URL] Some of the…
... use a 27C256.
Pay close attention to the pics on this mod ... resistor and after that its a matter of where you connect ... depending of what eprom you use. -
CF to IDE adapterthese things say that they allow a CF card to appear to a computer as an IDE device, at the hardware level. I'm just curious, would a CF card connec…
... must be some fundamental reason why it wont otherwise everyone would ... be handy if one could use a CF card with the simple ... hard disks). So, we can use whole capacity with really simple ... IDE).
So, you can use it with Lancaster's or ... -
.TZX to TapeHy, I´ve been trying to transfer some games that I have in .TZX format to a real tape. I downloaded Taper, opened the game file, connected the …
... recording TZX files on a tapedeck, the 56pF capacitor is not needed ... tapedeck?
And, how a bout DOLBY, and other noise ... jack plugs. Mono. You can use a stereo one but you're ... it would seem.
A length of screened cable.
Fuse 0.9.0 releasedVersion 0.9.0 of [url=http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/]Fuse[/url], the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator[/url] has just been released. Highlights of t…
... Christmas a shop I know added a mod chip and a large hard ... via a complete joypad driven menu system) which is why you ... might want to get a larger hard ... on XBox Live! with a mod chip, so if you ... has the same advantages (a mod chip is so cheap ...Bloody Netstop cybercafMy only internet access is through cybercaf?s, and one I seldom use is filmnight.com's Netstop -- partly because they charge a ridiculous ?2 an hour,…
... " literally...[/QUOTE]That's why I said use a proper ISP, not these ... that most of these fair use policies aren't even clearly ... internet, instead of just using a terminal window.Mapping big games using screenshotsI know it's an unpopular thing with some people, and I object to whoever did the Deactivators map as it's shit and only shows room layouts and nothin…
... I don't have to use a larger screenborder that direction. Now ... does not always apply: I use GRIDS. But not "snap ... I'm not quite sure why your system is slowing down ... 5 hours of constant PSP8 use. My newest computer has ... and 12 are fun to use but do not add ...New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... Thus if you use a black background, you can use a trick like this ... :
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[QUOTE=Dr BEEP;248622]Why not display just 1 number ... Also to prevent colourclash draw a smaller button in length.[/QUOTE ...ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…
... manual this is because I use GOTO with artimetic jump (ie ... a fast program you need it.
?Is impossible to use ... powerful available for the Spectrum. Why do you not think it ... 's useful? And why should a graphic editor only be available ...
