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Scrolling loader counter in 85 T-States?Would it be possible to write a scrolling loader counter in 85 T-States? I have a custom screen load routine that loads attribute first, then the …
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Screenshots from my old BASIC gamesI have written several dozens of games in 90's. They haven't remained, so I show only screenshots 'for history'. Some screenshots are real, but all…
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Test your emulator with one damn tricky TZX file!Some time ago I got hold of this tricky TZX file with a custom [i]super[/i] turbo-loader. [i]The load time is 18 seconds (!)[/i]. Until recently, I w…
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CSW2CDT, new tool suite for tape encodingGood evening. I'm much more active on the CPC than on the Spectrum, but today I released the first version of CSW2CDT, a set of three tools whose pur…
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Tapes to TZXHi all :) Recently I've got the crazy idea to rescue my ancient basic programs from the golden days and turn them into tzx, sadly I've bumped into so…
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BB Code in posts - How do I change the font size and color?Below the text input field it says you can use BB code in your post. [style size="15px"]You can't [/style] [style color=#FF0000]No really, you ca…
Below the text input field it says you can use BB code in your post.
[style size="15px"]You can't [/style]
[style color=#FF0000]No really, you can't[/style]
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SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…
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Tapes 85-88Hello! I am hoping this will be of interest to some of you. I've recently rescued everything I could from cassettes that have been sat in my loft …
... front-end with a new font and re-definable keys. The ... had to use the Spectrum font. Match highlights were only for ... -
Can anyone help me identifying a chip?I have a Tiger LCD hand-held game which is malfunctioning and I am trying to put it back in working order, but it seem more difficult than I first th…
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SkoolKit 6.0SkoolKit 6.0 has been released. SkoolKit is a set of command line utilities for disassembling Spectrum software, into assembler-friendly ASM forma…
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Talk about time consuming!This is an aside, not a request or a grump, just an observation. Yesterday I cut and pasted all the messages from BASIC relating to my struggl…
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z88dk sp1lib with fzxThe numbers dont seem to display properly? fzx by itself works [quote] // for targets supporting fzx // zcc +zx -vn -startup=31 -O3 -clib…
The numbers dont seem to display properly?
fzx by itself works
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// for targets supporting fzx
// zcc +zx -vn -startup=31 -O3 -clib=new fzx_reader.c The_Jungle.c -o fzxr -create-app
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How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
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How much can you get into 48k?Todays experiment was to see how long, how much text, a PRINT statement will hold. I filled it up with * and counted them and got 689 chrs. Almost 22…
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My new joystick (custom-made) and Let's PlaysDear WOS, About 3, almost 4 years ago, some of you may remember that I was considering building an arcade-quality-Atari-controller-on-a-budget wit…
Dear WOS,
About 3, almost 4 years ago, some of you may remember that I was considering building an arcade-quality-Atari-controller-on-a-budget with the intention of mass producing it (not sure how that's going to work out, though). That day ... -
A game from an other machine.if someone interesting, this is a game I created in 1989. this is the basic source, maybe somebody can convert to specy. An image: http://www.ep128.…
if someone interesting, this is a game I created in 1989. this is the basic source, maybe somebody can convert to specy.
An image: http://www.ep128.hu/Ep_Games/Pic/Miner_2013.gif
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+2 Black Boot Rom Selectionhello, i have a custom ROM with a test RAM software burned in that i have used before to troubleshooting ram problems on my +2 grey, is there a…
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i have a custom ROM with a test RAM ... way i can use this custom 27c256 ram tester on my ... order to boot from the custom 27c256?
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ZX PokemasterHi there! I'd like to announce that a new file sorting tool is ready - ZX Pokemaster! For those who don't know yet - this is a tool for sorting/ren…
Oric FontMore ripping... [img]http://www.drumfu.com/OricFont.png[/img] Can be downloaded [url="http://www.drumfu.com/OricFont.zip"]here[/url]
More ripping...
[img]http://www.drumfu.com/OricFont.png[/img]
Can be downloaded [url="http://www.drumfu.com/OricFont.zip"]here[/url]Swapping tapes?I have created a custom Molecule Man maze using the supplied designer, but how do I load it into Molecule Man? On both JSpeccy and Spin, when I in…
I have created a custom Molecule Man maze using the ...Is it safe to use TSTACK and OLDSP from a USR nnnnn environment?Hi guys, I've recently revived an old project of mine which gives the Spectrum +3 a new set of customised menus (see this thread [url="https://www.wo…
... .worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55357/custom-menus-on-the-zx-spectrum ... -3"]Custom Menus on the ZX Spectrum ...Most accurate display on emulatorWhich Windows emulator has the most accurate display. I am making a game and one of the tiles is not showing correctly on an real spectrum +2 machin…
... Quality from Aerial to Custom. Also on custom, I set it to ...Tatung Einstein FontSome more ripping... [img]http://www.drumfu.com/TatungEinsteinFont.png[/img] Can be downloaded [url="http://www.drumfu.com/TatungEinsteinFont.z…
Some more ripping...
[img]http://www.drumfu.com/TatungEinsteinFont.png[/img]
Can be downloaded [url="http://www.drumfu.com/TatungEinsteinFont.zip"]here[/url]
Strange shaped "0"!TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... 's just because of the custom turbo loaders.
I ...No-tearing (“vsync”) Full Screen FadeSeeing as most screen fades exhibit visible tearing, I wrote my own routine which does away with that problem. Simple, effective, short, and fully re…
... ;0x262 is minimum for a custom IM2 routine
1$ dec ...New version: LOST IN MY SPECTRUM v2.0Hi everybody! Here is my New Year's gift to you: the new version of my first Spectrum game ever, [b]Lost In My Spectrum[/b]. The objective is simp…
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- Objects now glow.
- Custom sound effects for jump, object ...Proportional-width fontsFor reasons that are still not quite clear to me (because I’ve always loved typography and design,) I never bothered to write a proportional-font rou…
... bothered to write a proportional-font routine. Never, that is, until ... I want to store the font as pre-shifted sprites. I ... to whip up a suitable font for it.
[img ...Parallel to serial z80 i/o portI have an Opus Discovery and an Alphacom 32 printer. I want to see if I can make a cable that will use the Opus Parallel printer port. The question i…
... sure i can make a custom cable. Any help or pointers ...Arcade joystick testsDear WOS, I've been testing various arcade joysticks lately to see which sticks work best with which types of games - since I built a custom-made …
... games - since I built a custom-made Atari joystick with arcade ...Standard File ExtensionsIs there a standard file extension for a 768-byte Spectrum font in the way that .SCR is used for a SCREEN$ file? Aside from the obvious .BIN, that i…
Is there a standard file extension for a 768-byte Spectrum font in the way that .SCR is used for a SCREEN$ file? Aside from the obvious .BIN, that is.
