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how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic?how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic? i know there r only supposed to be 21 but is there a way of getting more in basic? i know its doable…
... do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic? i know ... machine code. i.e. reprogramming the lower case character set. im ... -
ZX Spectrum +3 repairI have my first +3 here, and it needs repairs. Hoping someone here can help me out. When I power it on I get this screen with black and white line…
... flickering.
I tested the z80 and it's fine ... , connected the diagnostics board, and this ... change, I keep getting the same screen. My next ... have a spare from and on the +3 it's not very ... break that often I hope the problem is somewhere else. ... -
Is there a definitive list of +3 Disk Protections and how to identify them?Looking to find a list of all the disk protections employed on +3 disks and ways to recognize them. Currently I use a PC program called DIM (Disk …
... list of all the disk protections employed on +3 disks and ways ... some, but not all, +3 protections! So far I' ... 's recognised these protections on some of my DSK ... it can't find the name of, like Live ... copy protections were used on the +3 and how to identify ... -
New Monty On The Run RemakeMorning everyone, I've just released my new remake of Monty on the run. It's available for Windows (7 upwards) and is written in Monogame and C#. …
... my new remake of Monty on the run. It's available for ... -
is there a way of seeing what is on the +3e hdd by using graphics?i want to develop a disk drive mapping system like you get on the c64. unfortunately it seems like this all has to be done in code. can it be done wi…
... mapping system like you get on the c64. unfortunately it seems like ... see if there is data on the drive or just blank space ... . i might be barking up the wrong tree here. -
Stories about Micro-PROLOG on the SpectrumHi everyone, I've been learning a a little about Micro-PROLOG recently, using the LPA version published by Sinclair along with the associated micr…
... about Micro-PROLOG recently, using the LPA version published by Sinclair ... . I wondered in anyone else on the forum had ever tried out ... -
Spectrum +3 CP/M serial-transfer optionsHi everyone, I suspect this is a long shot but does anyone have any experience of transfering files between a PC and a ZX Spectrum +3 running CP/M…
... Spectrum +3 running CP/M? I'm using the built-in ... for the +3, made by someone called Russell Marks and on the web at ... correctly working with the built-in SIO: device driver on the +3. However, when ... transfering files to a +3 over the serial interface using CP/ ... -
Lots of French stations booming in on the FM broadcast band.Don't know if any of you fellow wosser's are interested in receiving/listening to long distance radio but currently here in the Lincolnshire area of …
... radio but currently here in the Lincolnshire area of UK, ... wiping out the UK stations. This is on the FM broadcast ... on 102.2 due to co-channel interference of the ... . Tropics are very good on the FM band this evening. ... If your in the UK and have an FM ... -
Tradtional games that were not programmed on the ZX SpectrumUnder done croquet! I think most popular and traditional games were done or "put out" by "somebody or other" at some "time or other" on the ZX …
... " at some "time or other" on the ZX Spectrum . I mean just ... by any software house in the 1980s..I cannot be certain ... -
Req: Tintin on the Moon Kryoflux dump to repair my original disk!!Obtained a copy of Tintin on the Moon but the disk has been completely formatted and needs repairing!! Have the DSK image and created Kryoflux stream…
... a copy of Tintin on the Moon but the disk has been completely ... formatted and needs repairing!! Have the DSK image and created Kryoflux ... write Track 39 due to the protection, the stream is 2.59mb ... 39 from Tintin on the Moon? It MUST be the stream file from ... -
Games for more than 2 players on the SpeccyHello from Finland! :) I have recently found out that there was a game called "Jack Charlton's Match Fishing" where technically you could play wit…
... more than 2 players exist on the Speccy?
Some other ... computers of the 80s (for example the Amiga) saw some ... ... was anything like that attempted on Sinclair machines? -
various bugs on the website and the forumHello I would like to report an issue regarding the forum, as messages I write are invisible so I have to view them on openoffice/any other software,…
... to report an issue regarding the forum, as messages I write ... other software, before pasting them on the message square. I have no ... WOS staff throughthe email icon on the site is also not working ... at all, and the irc does not seem online. -
Gaming/BBC Computer Literacy Project - Archived on the beeb's website.Not sure if this has been mentioned here before, but I discovered this great Archive on the beeb's website. [url="https://computer-literacy-projec…
... I discovered this great Archive on the beeb's website.
... I've been tinkering with the emulator, trouble was it ... to load, but got the disk to load and ... br />
Check out the late Paul Daniels and his ... , and Sir Clive with the new Spectrum 128, great ... -
Graphic Artist required: Heavy on the Magick sequelGraphic Artist required for a fan made, unofficial sequel to Gargolye’s classic Heavy on the Magick. As the sequels never saw the light of day, we a…
... ’s classic Heavy on the Magick. As the sequels never saw the light of ... ’s Pile (the castle above the original dungeon)
The project is ... -
New games/ updates on the front pageSorry, haven't been here in a long. long time so not sure if I'm asking this in the right place. The "latest updates" games on the front page - (At…
Sorry, haven't been here in a long. long time so not sure if I'm asking this in the right place.
The "latest updates" games on the front page - (At the moment, Zenobi adventures) - are these games that have only just been rediscovered? -
Multiface 3 hacked rom?Hi, I need to transfer some games on the +3 disk drive using my MF3. I know you need to have the MF3 pluged in in order to load the games afterwa…
... need to transfer some games on the +3 disk drive using my MF3 ... know you need to have the MF3 pluged in in order ... to load the games afterwards but I was ... and makes it work like the MF1 and MF128 does (no ... -
Running code from the display memory?Is it possible to run machine code from the memory area used by the display file? If you were really out of memory and some part of screen is not u…
... see on the address bus whereas the +3 ULA responds to the combination of the address ... all can cause contention. The +2A/+3 machines see the address but the MREQ signal ... so it causes no more contention on the ULA. It's just a ... -
Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…
... a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so ... reliable and exact info about the floating bus behavior and ... how the ULA replacement fetches the bytes without any memory contention would ... you find on the 48K and 128K (but not on the +3). If that ... -
New tape releases - 128K only?As Jon's new Egg-Head game is 128K only, and splATTR has also evolved into a 128K only game - both due to memory constraints - I was wondering if the…
... change you can make the newer +2A/+3 into a better version ... of the old +2 (grey) /128k ... />
That may be the case, but the contention on the RAM pages will be ... -
Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …
... line. It's having less contention on the +2A that mucks me about ... /> [QUOTE=aowen;342341]The TS2068 has a 3.528Mhz CPU which, hopefully ... , should compensate for the 60hz ... MHz (3.5*60/50) to be able to do the same ... -
Brand new River Raid remake?one of my friend is trying to make a riverraid remake on flash just to have fun, I checked zx spectrum port of river raid. it is bad, really bad, jer…
... the +3, +2A etc have a little less video memory contention ... in fact only achievable on those later machines.[/quote ... you claiming have less contention on the +2A/+3 than the 128K/+2? ( ... be more contention on the +2A/+3 for those instructions than the 128K/+2 ... -
contended memory...so memory contention on the toastrack and the grey +2 is in the wrong place compared to the documentation, yet the +2a/b and +3 it is in the correct …
... ]so memory contention on the toastrack and the grey +2 is in the wrong place ... to the documentation, yet the +2a/b and +3 it is in the correct ... altered on the toastrack and grey +2 to match the the +2a/b and +3 ... -
contended memory...so memory contention on the toastrack and the grey +2 is in the wrong place compared to the documentation, yet the +2a/b and +3 it is in the correct …
... , but that contention is applied differently to memory banks on the toastrack/+2 ... for the +3/+2B, or written assuming the contention in the manual will work on a +3 ... /+2B but suffer on a ... -
contended memory...so memory contention on the toastrack and the grey +2 is in the wrong place compared to the documentation, yet the +2a/b and +3 it is in the correct …
... if you fix the toastrack/grey +2 RAM contention you've still ... got all the I/O contention which the +3 based ... />
from reading your work on the 128ke spec, it was one ... anything be done to fix the I/O contention and the dirty bus? -
contended memory...so memory contention on the toastrack and the grey +2 is in the wrong place compared to the documentation, yet the +2a/b and +3 it is in the correct …
... better on the +3 contention model than the 128 contention model because the I/O contention in the 128 ... is written for the 128 contention model will still run on the +3 contention model, just ... -
128K Contention - How to get it right?With my recent hardware hackery, I've built a 128K (toastrack) clone. I can't quite get the contention right though. What I'm lack is a clear descri…
... between 128K and +3 by looking at the partial
;; ... as I (supposedly) corrected the contention handling for IO where ... understood the circumstances when IO contention is applied to the 0x7ffd ... on the 128K (and doesn't on the +3). Well known bug in the ... -
What paging scheme is the "standard" for 128K models?Sinclair implemented an arrangement so that even numbered pages are non-contended, and odd numbered pages are contended (quoting from memory, haven't…
... than the implementation. Hence the sound sounds better on the +3 than it does on the 128K ... />
My advice, make the bank contention model switchable - either a jumper ... -
I am not sure what to think about this!I was seaching for images of sides of a +2 and +3 and happened across this! The blogger has certainly done a very careful, proper job, and I think it…
... distorting f'ing sound chip ;) on the +3[/QUOTE]
I think ... the audio circuit is a small price to pay for proper contention ... -
Brazilian TK90X and TK95SpecEmu provides explicit support for Brazilian TK90X. Other emulators provide indirect support (perhaps the "Spectrum 48K NTSC" option in Fuse?). Al…
... frame length as well as the contention patterns of various things using ... .png[/IMG]
Contention on Spectrum +3 should start at cycle 14361 ... particular, it would mean the memory contention cycle in TK90X actually starts ... -
Shadow of the Unicorn loader for +2A / +3hi, i have tried to load SotU with the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023000"]RAM loader from Fraser Ross[/url], which is l…
... if you reduce the wait pulses between edges ... a SOFT ROM on the +3 by modifying the LD A, ... ,DELAY near the end of the loader to ... contention and not using fast or flash loading, although after loading the ... the rom-area contention - have you actually tested this on ...
