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Opus Discovery issues!All happens at once when things go wrong eh? This time its the dual drive Opus, neither drive will read/write, motor spins, when formatting you can …
... , might I be able to connect a drive up to an external power source ... ) and then feed in current to the board via speccy and ... going to test REG2 in a minute if I can get a GND ... -
Pang and icicle works wanted badly!Hi anybody got spare pang tape or icicle works! tape only would be fine, even on a blank! just want to play them on my speccy again many thanks
... /> One way is to actually hook a tape recorder to your computer, have an ... emulator load a game and ... record it to tape as you're ... loading the game, this can be a ... -
Pang and icicle works wanted badly!Hi anybody got spare pang tape or icicle works! tape only would be fine, even on a blank! just want to play them on my speccy again many thanks
... /> One way is to actually hook a tape recorder to your computer, have an ... emulator load a game and ... record it to tape as you're ... loading the game, this can be a ... -
I think i found a MIA Game - "E.T Adventure" Macronics Systems LimitedEvening all, I was cleaning up my spare bedroom last night and found some old ZX Spectrum games One of which is this one [IMG]http://hlouey.zenfol…
... of the inlay and tape. It was only a relatively small firm ... ) so this tape really did travel a long way to get to me.
Here is a link to ... . I'm still trying to find a tape recorder to get the WAV file ... -
DivIDE questionCan anyone advise me if this is a good option for a DivIDE? [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256MB-IDE-SLC-Flash-Module-44pin-DOM-DiskOnModule-tested-…
... the tape (although I have to wait til later to borrow a tape deck to hook ... and make a tape up, cos nothing I do gets Demfir to see ... -
DivIDE: Should I get rid of it?I've had it for a couple of days now, and it's something i've always wanted for my Spectrum, but tbh, i'm starting to wonder why I got it. I have a …
I got shot of my DivIDE+. I prefer tapes. With the DivIDE+ I didn't know which game to play first. At least if I wait for a tape game to load I play it for a bit before I reset the machine. -
Chiller: where is the Thriller sound?According to this: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000930[/url] This game used a background music that resembled Michael Jack…
... the darling bros.. and featured a loading screen by jim wilson ... of his brother Jonathan from a lot of ocean games. (I ... .
if you want to hear both versions
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you will need a sid player to play it though
+2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …
... ZX-Blockeditor, which contrarily to Tapir does allow for ... as usual, connected through a tape adapter to the +2A I use ... br /> Here is the link to the final TAP file (click ... scene causes the game to ask you the password ... for a level if you go to the left. ...ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
[QUOTE=-Micky;622856]Is it possible to save a loaded program, from tape, to CF card[/QUOTE]
It's the same process as moving a tape file to disk or microdrive. If it uses a custom loader you'll find using a snapshot is less hassle.ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
[QUOTE=velesoft;622879]- Comfortable music player for FAT32 (only). Ideal for ... was phoenix that made me a AY player to use on Timex FDD ... played it. Didn't had a browser.Question about Electronic magazinesMartijn, I have a doubt about the Electronic magazines...basically I dont know when something is considered so, for example I see there are in infose…
... sorry!), what does a tape need to have to be considered a covertape? I mean ... , does it need a real ... paper magazine to come with?
tape, with one game. I dont ...2 blown PSUs in one dayI got a SAM Coupe today, and the PSU started to smoke as soon as I turned it on. Since the Spectrum +3 PSU looked up to powering the SAM, I wired to…
Sorry to resurrect a dead topic, but it should ... ]never[/b][/i] connect a SAM up to a TV with a standard SCART cable ... brimstone will ensue. Just wanted to highlight that for people's ...new game ......[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFaUth_DKoQ&feature=channel&list=UL[/url]
... and also the PC as a external player to feed my spectrums. The ... .tzx format, then transforming it to wav (it would be crazy ... to distribute wav files, and they' ...Tapes and SimcoupeNo idea where to post this. :-? , as it is and it isn't, well sort of. :oops: Can't seem to get tapes to load into SimCoupe, despite my best efforts…
... talking about physical tapes? Or a certain .tap file?
tape), I also have never used ... in the options screen to allow a tape image to be provided. :-) Feature request ... /blog/2007/01/11/simcoupe-tape-support/[/url]Happy Birthday Commodore 64.Happy birthday to the slightly younger, tubby kid from America. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19055707[/url]
I only knew one person with a C64 and he had a tape player..
(I knew two people with Speccy's and four people with CPCs)New game: "Chessboard Attack"[img]http://members.inode.at/838331/zx/cba_shot.png[/img] I finished my "Chessboard Attack" over one month ago, but waited for the Music from a famo…
... after waiting for keypress, to see all the pieces on ... win-screen. Just need to add some BeepFX effects. ... Hope to release it tomorrow...
a completly new game idea ... also about adding a tape cover to the archive.New game: "Chessboard Attack"[img]http://members.inode.at/838331/zx/cba_shot.png[/img] I finished my "Chessboard Attack" over one month ago, but waited for the Music from a famo…
... after waiting for keypress, to see all the pieces ... win-screen. Just need to add some BeepFX effects. ... Hope to release it tomorrow...
a tape cover to the archive.[/QUOTE]< ... thumbs up to a tape cover, I'd like to see all ...Donkey Kong ReloadedHi peeps On Youtube someone has just made a video response to my best homebrew of 2011 vid,it is a game called Donkey Kong reloaded that they are pro…
... to anyone willing to assemble it as a tape:]
or to anyone willing to ... as it is... (you have to open it from AGD...well ...Using FOR/NEXT like 'while'I don't know if this has already been discussed (I did search, but the search engine didn't like the word 'while'), but here's a way of using a FOR/N…
... LET a$=CHR$ 22+CHR$ 0+CHR$ 0+"1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm"
3 PRINT a$( TO ... 35): LET a$(4 TO )=a$(5 TO )+a$(4):
GO TO 3+(INKEY ... $="f" OR INKEY$="F")
4 PRINT a$( TO 35): LET a ...SPECTRA - RGB SCART Interface for 48K SpectrumSince the launch of the SPECTRA interface back in June 2012, some discussion of it has appeared in the forums in the past (mainly [URL="http://www.wo…
... about comparing a plotter to a 3D printer (having used a plotter a long long ... time ago) but not seen a 3D ... being able in a few years connect a 3D printer to my speccy and ...Which game did you like the loading noise the most?I always like skool daze's loader, it seemed to come over in regular waves.
... * Once, when we got a *cough* c90 tape from one of my ... just playing it in a tape recorder to make sure it wasn ... when we fed the tape into the Speccy and ... severe noise on the tape, even though it was ... had to do their duplication by connecting two tape decks ...Your latest retrogaming purchaseAs there is another thread about gaming purchases, It would be nice to know your latest retrogame adquired, preferably Spectrum, but of course other …
Manic Miner (The Mastertronic release) :)
Bruce Lee, I need to check this as its "slightly" different release apparently but not possible at the moment, no tape player to hand.BBC SciFi article...The article amused me so thought I'd share.. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24518305[/url] [QUOTE]Despite claims to the contrary, Red Plan…
... just "imagine" being able to connect a ZX Spectrum to a PC :)
Clearly ... Sinclair Interface 1 and a serial cable is a figment of my ...Modern printer with the ZX SpectrumJust curious: If for some reason I wanted to use a printer with my Spectrum, are there any modern printers that would work with it?
When I first saw your message I thought you had managed to connect a ZX Printer to the PC. :D
[QUOTE=guesser;731328]Ok, it's off-topic but I've just done the opposite :lol:
[/QUOTE]Modern printer with the ZX SpectrumJust curious: If for some reason I wanted to use a printer with my Spectrum, are there any modern printers that would work with it?
... thought you had managed to connect a ZX Printer to the PC. :D ... now have a cups driver that lets me print to my ... article on wikipedia) and a page printed from [I] ... />
It's all a bit rough around the edges ... ... it might be time to get the real 48k out ...Converting an integer arbitrary large binary number into a printable decimal formThis was asked a long ago at the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup. At that time, I came up with a solution by extrapolating the classic algorithm of suces…
... although not enough to make any difference to the FRAMES timing, ... that made no difference to the measured time either. ... 39
rst $10 ;A =????
inc bc ;count ... binary integer as a decimal down to 3.9 seconds in ...Calculating screen address to alternative ATTR area?I'm using this small snippet of code to convert a screen address to an attribute cell address... [CODE]AttrDE: ld a, d ; get the hig…
... attribute table needs to be at a multiple of 4 ... high byte, i.e. a multiple of 1024 in total ... it only needs to start at a multiple of 256 so ... />
P.S. 'AND 3' doesn't preserve three bits ... respectively), which can represent a number up to 3 (0, 1, 2, ...Calculating screen address to alternative ATTR area?I'm using this small snippet of code to convert a screen address to an attribute cell address... [CODE]AttrDE: ld a, d ; get the hig…
... ), which can represent a number up to 3 (0, 1, 2 ... , or 1+2=3). [/QUOTE]
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Of course. I always have to ... code was correct and 3 bits needed to preserved.
to A6 and I always, ...Born again Speccy user with problemsHello all, Firstly I'd like to say a big hello - this is my first post! When I was 8 or 9 or so my dad bought a ZX Spectrum 48K and a whole bunch o…
... my stereo-to-mono cable into a mono-mono ... however play a 16K Pool game prior to this which ... br />
Thanks to all of you who helped ... bought a cassette player to begin with!
Now to do ... Zorn's new memory modules to arrive!
