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A feature missing in emulatorsJust yesterday a thought came to me while trying to load a really old and worn tape. Wouldn't it be interesting if one of the emulators had a featur…
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8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
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New Spectrum, new Spectrum... what about the old one?Suppose Amstrad were to release not a new spectrum but the old one, plain and simple. Well, "rapackaged", say the 128k with a proper keyboard, or wha…
Around 1986, at a trade computer exhibition, I saw an expensive graphics card with "hardware anti-alias".
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Spectrum monitor display questionsLike most people, I never played the Spectrum with anything other than a standard TV with rf connection to get my picture. For other computers of the…
... other thing - what exactly is "dot crawl"?[/quote]Well, I'd have ... /search?q=dot+crawl"]http://www.google.com/search?q=dot+crawl[/url]
Spectrum monitor display questionsLike most people, I never played the Spectrum with anything other than a standard TV with rf connection to get my picture. For other computers of the…
... this also an example of dot-crawl?
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Sounds ...Some thoughts about emulationWhile discussing about 'real tape loaders' I just thinked about wat is total emulation (most complete, perfect). Some authors prefer for example loa…
... that results in the famous dot-crawl and the small variations in ...Emulators don't *FEEL* like the Speccy!I just recently played Ghostbusters II on my ZX Speccy emu and i miss the difference in graphics quality from playing on a lil old 15 inch CRT telly …
Does any emulator emulate dot-crawl, or the rather washed-out colours that I got on my third-hand TV? :)Emulators don't *FEEL* like the Speccy!I just recently played Ghostbusters II on my ZX Speccy emu and i miss the difference in graphics quality from playing on a lil old 15 inch CRT telly …
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Does any emulator emulate dot-crawl, or the rather washed-out ...Dot CrawlHiya, I know this might seem like a stupid question but i`ve seen the term "dot crawl" used a lot on articles about older Spectrums. I wondered if so…
... guess from the description that "Dot Crawl" is relating to the crapness ...Dot CrawlHiya, I know this might seem like a stupid question but i`ve seen the term "dot crawl" used a lot on articles about older Spectrums. I wondered if so…
... RF signal - most of the dot crawl/noise is already there. You ...Which looks 'real'?Out of Spin and Spectaculator, which looks and 'feels' most like a real Speccy to you? I mean in terms of border size / playing area the look of the …
... well, I'll can the dot-crawl and 3D curved surface for ...One emulator feature it would be good to haveI'd like to see emulators (and SCR-to-proper-bitmap-format converters) have a config option for colours: "Realistic" or "Bright". The trouble with b…
... what you mean.
plus dot crawl etc, but that's not ...You know how the 128K was faster than the 48K Spectrum?Regarding how the Spectrum 128K ran at 3.54 MHz rather than the 48K's 3.5MHz, was this difference enough to be an advantage? If not, then surely Sinc…
... largely got rid of the dot crawl problem that the earlier Spectrums ...You know how the 128K was faster than the 48K Spectrum?Regarding how the Spectrum 128K ran at 3.54 MHz rather than the 48K's 3.5MHz, was this difference enough to be an advantage? If not, then surely Sinc…
... as a solution to the dot crawl problem.[/quote]
Did not ...The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... since they'd fixed the dot crawl. On the other hand, the ...When there are no more analogue TVs...It won't be long, I suspect, before it's impossible to buy a new analogue TV. This will of course doom real Sinclair Spectrums to not being able to d…
... many technical problems such as dot crawl (using bad transfer method-compositing ...Shivery picture.I have two spectrums that show a shivery picture (vertical axis). The picture is crystal clear, it's just a slight vertical jitter but it is annoying…
Sounds like you guys may be describing "dot crawl" - it's off-putting but normalFixing Attribute Clash via emulationI'm sorry if this has been posted already, but is there a possibility to fix attribute clash via emulation? I'm not talking about RealSpec or any of …
... purely negative effect like, say, dot crawl or ULA snow, so to ...Speccy 128 QuestionMainly for the experienced speccy resurecters around these parts. Have you ever had a Speccy 128 with a borked TEA2000 video chip? The reason I ask…
... image, razor sharp and no dot crawl.
So the upshot ...Speccy 128 QuestionMainly for the experienced speccy resurecters around these parts. Have you ever had a Speccy 128 with a borked TEA2000 video chip? The reason I ask…
... image, razor sharp and no dot crawl.
So the upshot ...'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... has things like "ghosting" and "dot-crawl".
However, I don ...'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... has things like "ghosting" and "dot-crawl".
However, I don ...Interlace demoSorry to reference another thread like this, but in the thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=313428#post313428[/url] …
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That's fair enough - dot crawl and any TV based screen ...Interlace demoSorry to reference another thread like this, but in the thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=313428#post313428[/url] …
... "Advanced Effect" and Interlaced Display, Dot crawl On/Off, but those shapes ...Recommend Monitor for Speccy +2Just bought a speccy +2 to play on in my studio on downtime, can anyone recommend a good RGB monitor for it?? as the TV signal is a bit migrane indu…
... display is too precise (no dot crawl). For regular gaming it should ...Recommend Monitor for Speccy +2Just bought a speccy +2 to play on in my studio on downtime, can anyone recommend a good RGB monitor for it?? as the TV signal is a bit migrane indu…
... display is too precise (no dot crawl). For regular gaming it should ...Where's the border line between a Spectrum and something else?I mean: there are purists out there that consider that anything that is not a true Sinclair Spectrum, with a true Z80 and a true ULA, and at most, 48…
... /or throw in some fake dot crawl). Would that count as a ...Where's the border line between a Spectrum and something else?I mean: there are purists out there that consider that anything that is not a true Sinclair Spectrum, with a true Z80 and a true ULA, and at most, 48…
... /or throw in some fake dot crawl). Would that count as a ... don't take into account dot crawl, PAL ghosting, and other analog ...
