-
Microsoft Surface.[URL="http://www.microsoft.com/surface/"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][B]Micro[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][B][I]$oft[/I][/B] Surface[/URL] Very interesting ... sounds…
... like the best media-gadgetry bits taken from WinVista and added ... -
Games ThoughtsJust got round to playing my real spectrum in anger, and here are some thoughts about the games I have played so far. Scrable - the tape didn't load…
... move round to find the bits game. My only criticism comes ... -
Tape not loading - ideasI have two spectrum 48k rubbers. The tape drive is one that has a data mode and a ph mode. The data mode overrides the volume control. Prior to last…
... with tapes, are their still bits available to clean the tape ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... his document (minus some important bits of AI) and I am ... -
Childhood strange obsessionsWell, off on a tangent from the white dog shit thread... there were the strange childhood obsessions which were pretty arbitrary and maybe a little o…
... car journey, I used to count all the streetlights by type ... , and add one to the count.
Hmm. Have I ... -
Retroeuskal '07RetroEuskal is an annual event for enthusiasts and interested people about Retrocomputing that is held within [url=http://www.euskalencounter.org/en/…
... we celebrate our first 8 bits compo. If you want to ... -
First ever gameFollowing on from this thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16763[/url] What was your first ever game? Although f…
... />
If you don't count those TV games, my first ... -
Preferred way of determining Y co-ord in assembly?I know of 2 ways of calculating the y-cord of a pixel row for the speccy in assembly. One is to calculate the address by ways of shifting and masking…
... co-ords into the appropriate bits in H & L registers ... -
Could use a little German advice hereThis December I want to spend a long weekend visiting one of the largest Christmas markets in Europe, as well as doing a little sightseeing in daylig…
... like long walks around interesting bits of architecture. -
more Spectrum uploadsHI all, just to let you know I've added some more stuff, including a white spec +, more keyboard development sketches for Geoff, Alpha Numeric pad, …
... scribbles and a few other bits and pieces. Next job is ... -
I like the sound of eBayHas this ever happened when you've bought Spectrum bits on eBay? [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=46…
Has this ever happened when you've bought Spectrum bits on eBay?
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=469273&in_page_id=1770[/url] -
Spectrum Diagnosis: Purple is not my colour!Hi, I thought the self-fault-finding amongst you might appreciate my learning experience this afternoon in fixing my home-made speccy 48K. Yesterda…
... . All in working order. No bits of metal evident anywhere. At ... -
CrossOver Games?Well do you guys know how on TV and Comics it's usual to have Crossovers? (like Batman meeting Spider-man) and on how it apears there will be a game …
... .
Sequels do not count...
I could swear ... -
Collision detectionI understand the basic methods for testing for collisions but I have question about the trickier situation of testing for when shots hit the backgrou…
... i'm testing for single bits set or zero under the ... -
Amstrad Sold to BSkyB.Alan Shugar has sold Amstrad to BSkyB so I have just heard on the telly. I wonder what implications this will have for the distribution of the Sincl…
... the Sinclair Roms and other bits.
[COLOR="Red ... -
Article on Alan Sugar on El Reg[url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/02/alan_suagr_nostalgia/]Nice article[/url] about Alan Sugar's rise, tying in a few Sinclair-related bits a…
... in a few Sinclair-related bits and bobs, as well as ... -
MAME cabinet help?Hey there, Need a little help, Im wanting to create a MAME cabinet (stand up) for my front room, I have a computer to run it, Monitor, Massive Soun…
... ? I.e cut all the bits flat pack em and send ... -
ZXSoftware needs your helpQuick cry for help. I have just done a massive update on [url]www.zxsoftware.co.uk[/url] but for some reason (possibly the fact I am crap at coding…
... been redirecting to the wrong bits of database.
Please ... -
Good site for guitar players[url]http://www.nowplayit.com/index.php?section=home[/url] It has tutors telling you how to play certain songs and in the case of the KT Tunstall so…
... have learned the fancy/good bits of a song i tend ... -
Paging MemoryAny idea why this short piece of code doesnt work, just crashes. I am just messing with paging memory in and out (not achived this yet) and reading t…
... do is select the correct bits on the hardware switch 7FFDh ... -
a zombie at chelsea?So what's your views on the new Chelsea Coach? I was never a Chelsea fan, but I've been a mourinho and Ricardo Carvalho fan (although I dislike Porto…
... after Mourinho, look's do count... I know it's not ... -
River RaidOooo just been playing this on the old Girl. What a fantastic game. I remember playing it in the front room of a friends house after school years ago…
... ) in my box of amiga bits :) Looks like I either need ... -
Guess the HardwareI am looking for some information about a couple of bits of kit if anybody can help. [url]http://www.zxsoftware.co.uk/SinclairHardware.php?spgmGal=S…
... information about a couple of bits of kit if anybody can ... -
Adventures in Programmable Logic, Part 1So I have a couple of Xilinx CPLDs, and I've downloaded the Xilinx programmable logic IDE (WebKit ISE, they call it). All 1.2 gigabytes of it. Plus S…
... think you can add new bits of logic by writing them ... -
1 kilopost, like 1 kilobyteOK, so this is my kilopost, a grand total of 0x400 posts, or 2^10 posts (so I can no longer count all the posts I've made to WOS forums on my fingers…
... (so I can no longer count all the posts I've ... -
A vexatious questionThis is kind of a follow-up to a question about RST #8 and hardware that I wrote in the development forum a while ago. To summarize that: certain ha…
... PC addresses that various different bits of ROM-equipped hardware trap ... -
Interesting coincidenceRecently I tried getting a Sony BetaMovie BMC-500 to work, but I didn't have a correct power supply, and it wouldn't eject the tape lid with the one …
... supply. It works perfectly. Two bits of 80s hardware helping each ... -
RrcaI'm having trouble finding an exact explanation to how all the z80 instructions work, but I get by ok on most of them. I'm sure I've been given link…
... guessed that is rotates the bits in the accumulator to the ... -
Good advice for your wives and girlfriendsGood advice for your wives and girlfriends as published in the May 13, 1955 issue of Housekeeping Monthly. [b]Pay attention ladies!![/b] [FONT="Tim…
... stays out all night. [/u]Count this as minor compared to ... -
Spectrum ethernet ... first stepsThe first thing I do when I get a strange and unusual chip to play with, is to make a breakout board. The breakout board basically contains the chip …
... way to remove the stubborn bits of paper. I closely examined ...