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Say a naughty word and Microsoft ban you!I thought this was a joke, but there's lots of people apparently going through it, some even posting about it on the official Xbox forums; [COLOR="b…
... have used profanity, according to multiple reports on the Xbox ... even swearing in a private Skype call, according to one Twitter user ... in question with a message that asks them to "choose something ... with the same issue. According to a number of them, they can ... -
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…
... each loop. This turned to be a working but very slow process ... didn't know about, to easily convert a binary number into BCD ... the ability to shift to the left, and adding 3 to a number. The ... gave it a try as Z80 machine code implementation, to see if ... -
Listen to Spectrum Game Music Directly In Your Web BrowserI found this forum a few weeks ago when a user linked to my site. I run a little site called [URL="http://gamemusic.multimedia.cx/"]Game Music Apprec…
... this forum a few weeks ago when a user linked to my site ... . I run a little site ... is simple-- allow users to listen to a wide variety of video game ... saw this forum, I decided to incorporate a [URL="http://gamemusic.multimedia ... -
Downloading code to physical hardwareHi folks, Back in the day, my devkit was a TRS-80 and I had a simple connector device from the TRS-80 parallel (printer) port to the expansion bus o…
... a simple connector device from the TRS-80 parallel (printer) port to ... the best ways to get PC developed code over to a physical Spectrum ... ?
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A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…
... /> ; this contains a list of blocks to load
; ... there are no optimizations (to made clearer how it ... removed (and that ret changed to a jp ...).
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Input magazines 1 to 39 in 3 binders - ?12 delivered in UK[B][NOW SOLD][/B] :) First 39 issues, held in 3 binders: [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15218813/Input1.jpg[/img] [img]https://dl.dropbox…
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[*]The plastic strips to hold issues 12 and 36 ... in condition from fair to very good ([i]most ... ]it will cost me ?6 to post![/i]).
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Using a Euro Sinclair PSU in UKI've got a EURO1400 PSU with a Euro plug. Am I right in thinking I can just cut the pug off and change it to a UK plug, and it will work fine? The on…
I've got a EURO1400 PSU with a Euro plug. Am I right in thinking I can just cut the pug off and change it to a UK plug, and it will work fine? The only difference I can see is UK is 240v and EU is 220v. -
Converting 'normal load' to fast loadCan someone recommend some programs / solutions to do this? I know you could get programs to do this 'back in the day'. Just wondering what the moder…
... recommend some programs / solutions to do this? I know you ... could get programs to do this 'back in ... someone turbo loading from a mp3 player at an ... speed. Id be looking to keep the loading screens etc ... best method without resorting to a custom loader. -
what the heck, help me find a film.maybeeee a 70s film, but could be a low budget 80s flick. dont remember much of the beginning but the end sequence is clear. basically there were a…
... a bunch of criminals trying to steal something from a big house. maybe a ... they had to use ropes attached to the celling to get across a large ... they were stealing was attached to a throne of some sort, one ... -
composite woessince I'm replacing a load of membranes , I decided to composite mod the machines also at the same time.. but am not having much joy with rubber key …
... replacing a load of membranes , I decided to composite ... similar).. and a monitor. them philips monitors a lot of folk ... 's. on the monitor it shows up in ... has composite to scart.. a plain composite with a scart ... composite direct. is it a power issue etc? ... -
Outputting debug trace to RS232 (assembly)Hi Guys, I'm working on a game at the moment (written in assembly) but I am really needing to write out a debug trace of what is going on with the p…
... am really needing to write out a debug trace of ... the emulator via RS232 to a flat ascii file. Spectaculator ... any information on how to write to the RS232 port ... IF/1 but need a pointer to some docs and ... [RST 8 ] without returning to BASIC?
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Binary to REMHi, I'd like to convert binary data stored on tape into BASIC rem statements that I will then save to disk. Is there a utility to extract the files …
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I'd like to convert binary data stored on ... then save to disk. Is there a utility to extract the ... saving the memory area to disk to extract it with disk ... way. I'd like to get the actual binary bytes ... the header) to a file on the pc to use the BIN2REM ... -
Game evolution over the lifetime of a systemDo modern consoles exhibit the same type of game quality evolution as in years gone by? I was just playing the original Super Mario Land on my Ninte…
... don't need to show you similar examples to demonstrate the ... quality now compared to when games started to appear, as developers ... launch title looks graphically similar to a title launched in the ... . There seems to be nothing for programmers to learn like there ... -
Puzzled about transferring games to tapeI was trying to transfer a game to a tape by using tapir and VLC. I opened up the tape file in Tapir and then converted it to a .wav file. I then pla…
I was trying to transfer a game to a tape by using tapir ... Tapir and then converted it to a .wav file.
I ... wav file using VLC with a tape in my player ... in my spectrum and started to load the tape.
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Convert .Z80 to .jarIs it possible to convert a Z80 snapshot to a stand alone Java app that can be used on a mobile? Most of the Spectrum games in the archive have link…
Is it possible to convert a Z80 snapshot to a stand alone Java app that can be used on a mobile?
Most of the Spectrum games in the archive have links to Java apps that can be played online.
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CPCDiskXP v2.5.1 with support (limited) to write for USB floppy drivesHi, I am the developer of [URL="http://www.cpcmania.com/"]CPCDiskXP[/URL] and wanted to inform you that there is a new version of the program with su…
... support (limited) to USB floppy disk drives. There is a specific format ... /> [*]Press the button 'New' to create a new blank Dsk and select ... the dsk, we will write to a USB floppy drive, by pressing ... 'Write'
[*]Ready to be tested in a real-ZX Spectrum.
RGB to VGA converterDear all, has anyone experience with this one connecting to ZX Spectrum , please? [URL="http://www.ebay.com/itm/CGA-EGA-YUV-RGB-to-VGA-Arcade-game-…
... anyone experience with this one connecting to ZX Spectrum , please?
to-VGA-Arcade-game-video-Converter ... /itm/CGA-EGA-YUV-RGB-to-VGA-Arcade-game-video-Converter ...128+2 Help!Today the postie brought me an early Spectrum 128+2, it's a Z70700 Issue 1. Everything seems to be working ok, i.e it boots up and the keyboard work…
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Everything seems to be working ok, i.e ... TV's make when connected to a computer and the volume ... there any way I can monitor what is coming in ... decided I'd try to load from a separate tape deck, ... ZX81 and 48k machines but to my surprise I discovered ...+2 Tape inputHi, my +2 tape player has died. It started off with most of the wires detatching at the solder points, so I rewired using a couple of images/diagra…
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Which wires connecting to the main board are for ... from the tape head connenct to the cassette board.
... br /> While I'd like to get the cassette working, I ... plan to replace it with a 4.3 LED ...Python script to scrape Amazon.com book reviewsI've been meaning to read the Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks (roughly 40 books) and Sci-Fi Masterworks (roughly 100+ books) lists for a while now, but …
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I wrote a Python script to scrape all the 1 ... book ratings and write them to a csv
# Let's see ... (target_url)
# open a new file for writing to on the computer ... Hope Hodgson (42)
A Voyage to Arcturus David Lindsay (37)
Spectrum as a business machineI was just looking through an issue of Crash from 1987 and found the Tech Niche section rather interesting. They reviewed a Videoface video capture …
... section rather interesting. They reviewed a Videoface video capture device (? ... I just find it hard to believe that some secretary with ... of a Speccy building a massive spreasheet or adding client details to a ... />
I'd love to think that the above really ...RST hooks in OpenSE BASICHi, any possibility of OpenSE BASIC having RST vectors rewired to a small table in RAM containing jumps back to apropriate ROM locations? :grin: It i…
... BASIC having RST vectors rewired to a small table in RAM containing ... jumps back to apropriate ROM locations? :grin: ... an unwritten standard of how to expose vectors that are ... there any ROM left for a small monitor/dbg code cohabitating besides ...Points on +2 Cassette to add Mono plugHi All, I am looking for the points on the ZX +2 cassette board where I can add the wires to a mono jack to load from WAV Anyone help?
Hi All,
I am looking for the points on the ZX +2 cassette board where I can add the wires to a mono jack to load from WAV
Anyone help?Bulk clearance - 100's of tapes to goHi guys, Some might remember me from my 1,200+ list I posted donkeys ago on here of tapes. Managed to sell a good few hundred but with a new baby th…
... of tapes. Managed to sell a good few hundred but ... a new baby the time just wasn't there to ... /> Rally Driver
A View to a Kill
Battle Stations ... option for anyone willing to drive to sunny Glasgow.
... after a particular game I can check to see ...Converting tzx/tap images to dsk imagesIs there a way to convert tap/tzx images to dsk? I ask as the emulator I use is ZERO which is prefectly fine in its own way and I do like it BUT it …
Is there a way to convert tap/tzx images to dsk?
I ... as getting back to the start of a tape to reload the first ... level or previous levels is a ... /tap images and convert them to a dsk so it can be ...Hooky - hook ZX ROM and rewire RST and NMI to RAM - rantThis is a rather long rant. Not for short tempered. :) The objective is to hook into RST "vectors" and NMI on a Spectrum without affecting the normal…
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to write a JP 0x335B to this location i.e ... operation will simply jump to a jump to the original destination. < ... LD A,#0x07 ; A=0b00000111
0x11CE OUT (FE),A ; border to white ... ?
0x11D0 LD A,#0x3f ; ROM ...ZX Spectrum Turned Into A USB KeyboardNot sure if this has been mentioned before (I did do a search first). Interesting project to convert an old rubber key Speccy in to a usable USB key…
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Interesting project to convert an ... old rubber key Speccy in to a usable USB keyboard that will ... function with a PC, Raspberry Pi, or an ...Decimal to Binary stringHi all, Anyone got a less labour intensive BASIC routine than this? Example:- take 170 and convert to a string "10101010" take 4 and convert to a s…
... br /> take 170 and convert to a string "10101010"
take ... 4 and convert to a string "00000100"
to TAP but there's ... # SUB - Binary string conversion, A=decimal input, s$ is the ... /> 1040 FOR l=126 TO 0 STEP -1
...What is this disk interface (and how to use it)?Anybody seen this floppy disk drive interface before? It uses an MB8877A and the rest is 74XX-logic, no GALs/PALs. And an EPROM. [IMG]http://i1373.p…
... anyway). It was attached to a 5.25" 360Kb diskdrive. ... It seems a connector is missing, but ... maybe with a schematic I can fix ... in order to convert the voltage down to like 10 ... then of course, how to talk to the disk drive interface ...What five games that you've not played/briefly played would you want to take?I was thinking the other day about, how every so often on almost every gaming forum, you see a "What are you top ten favourite games?" style thread. …
... which games you'd want to take to a hypothetical desert island, on ... which you're going to be ... game where you write a program to destroy other programs. Are ... the game, and to download a free version go to [url]https://www ...
