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what did the spectrum think as it was loading our games? (attempted joke topic)here is my idea. oh darn, he's loading that game again. display knightlore on the screen (why does he keep trying he never gets anywhere in the gam…
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anyone got a nice clear pic of a Speccy keyboard?Im making a spectrum keyboard keyword reference widget for the OS X dashboard, basicly at the mo it's just gonna be a picture of a spectrum keyboard …
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help with new laptopNot exactly new, It is an apricot laptop, B/W lcd screen A:\ C:\ drives, dos6.22, and soon Win 3.1 My Q is can I fit a bigger HDD (it is a 60m forma…
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... design of the C64's custom chips.
Spectrum Uridium ...Most copies of one game?What is the most copies you have of an indivual game? I am going through my collection now and am fed up of games like Dizzy, Olli and Lissa and th…
... unboxed carts (about 70) and printing them on my colour laser ...Post your photos!I recently got around to posting some photos of me on the net. I can remember a thread a few years ago where people posted their photos - let's do i…
... been using it as my custom status since the whole Gamestage ...BASIC programs for ZX Spectrum Simulator in C64One program, for now. [url="http://mstancevic.tripod.com/C64/C64_page_3.htm"]http://mstancevic.tripod.com/C64/C64_page_3.htm[/url]
I couldnt get the TVTest tape to work i guess i dont know what im doing. i did type in a fornext loop printing something on the screen and changing teh ink colour and that worked well and was pretty fast, it's simple though.TZX to WAV format?I was just wondering if there is a way of converting the TZX sound files to WAV format so that i could burn a bunch of WAV sounds to a CDR and play t…
Because that needed a custom interface and a custom loader, and the original ...udg collision detectionhow do I detect a collision between udgs in basic?
... /> You can do it by printing the UDG in a different ..."Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... computer with 64Kb Ram memory, custom chips, many built-in interfaces ... .
In other hand C64 custom graphics and sound chips doing ..."Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... computer with 64Kb Ram memory, custom chips, many built-in interfaces ... .
In other hand C64 custom graphics and sound chips doing ..."Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... it. What about all the custom chips, they weren't cheap ..."Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... it. What about all the custom chips, they weren't cheap ...print at line 22 and 23I have a faint recollection of POKES to allow print at 22,x and 23,x, anyone know what they are? (rather than using the print #0 #1 stuff..)
... ' error would be generated so printing a newline at the end ...Turbo Imploder Anyone clued up on how to use this ? I've managed to pack a few of my own games, but I notice the default start address is always 24576, can you go…
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If I wrote a custom m/c loader which I ...Game enginesHow many Spectrum games were based on the same "game engine"? The most obvious examples are Ultimate 3d games (Knight Lore, Alien 8 etc.). Also "Cobr…
Southern Belle and Evening Star. I've reverse engineered them, and wrote some code to allow custom tracks and stations in evening star. They have very similar code and variables.128 ramdisk loaderanyone got a program which will save the contents of ramdisk to tape in one go, rather than saving each file seperately then loading them and save!in…
... could be done with a custom loader; keep a count of ...128 ramdisk loaderanyone got a program which will save the contents of ramdisk to tape in one go, rather than saving each file seperately then loading them and save!in…
... block would definitely require a custom loader, as well as being ...Which Internet Browser is best?I'm thinking of ditching Internet Explorer, and switching to an alternative, but which one is best; Opera, Firefox or what? I'll be using the browse…
Definitely Firefox!
I only use MSIE for "firing up" a custom download-managerAnyones else here ride a motorbike?Thinking of getting another one soon. Probably september. Have a budget of about ?1k that will have to include monmey for insurance, and some new (r…
... was incorrect, that is the "custom" version of the same bike ...HELP!! Advise needed ere pleaseHi all I own a PC running WinXP and a speccy 128k. Can I attach a 3.5" floppy to my speccy so I can copy my tzx files from my pc onto a blank disc a…
... many games use their own custom loader routines that would have ...Retro scenes slowing down?There was a post last month about fewer people posting here, but is the entire retro scene in recession? I'm talking about fewer updates on websites…
... to time and materials , and printing costs etc. there is no ...Spectrum PCB reworkHaving repaired a fair few spectrums over the years I have always found replacing the memory chips a right pain in the arse. When replacing componen…
... and soldermask (no more screen printing!), large format production equipment for ...Longest Game Loading Time................Hi peeps.... What game do you all reckon was the longest loading time?...I know alot of 128k games took ages cause of levels being loaded all at onc…
Well, exactly. A custom loader should *improve* things and ...ANNOUNCE: ZX Spectrum Game Coffee Table Bookhello peeps. I'm about half-way through writing a full-colour 250 page 8.5x5.5 inch coffee-table type book about Spectrum games from 1982 through 19…
... threshold (about 80-90% of printing costs), I'll go ahead ... to go ahead with the printing without any risk of losing ...Spectrum emulator tests on WEB?I searched little with google, but didn't find it. Can I get some URL?
... recording", the "c.rom" is custom rom support, and the Doc ...ZX Shed Issue 1[url="http://www.sinclair-heaven.net/sinclair_magazines/zx_shed/Issue_1.pdf"]http://www.sinclair-heaven.net/sinclair_magazines/zx_shed/Issue_1.pdf[/u…
... to print it out but printing to A4 would use too ...ANNOUNCE: ZX Spectrum Game Coffee Table Bookhello peeps. I'm about half-way through writing a full-colour 250 page 8.5x5.5 inch coffee-table type book about Spectrum games from 1982 through 19…
... enough pre-orders to cover printing costs...
You should ...ANNOUNCE: ZX Spectrum Game Coffee Table Bookhello peeps. I'm about half-way through writing a full-colour 250 page 8.5x5.5 inch coffee-table type book about Spectrum games from 1982 through 19…
... a big dent in the printing costs, and I *really* want ...MagentaWho's responsible for that then?
... four process colours in the printing industry. Cyan, Yellow and Black ...
