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Steve Davis Snooker 128k?I'm in the middle of an, erm, interesting discussion with a bloke on AtariAge. The long and the short of it is he's claiming to have written a 128k …
... and involves sine tables, fast custom-written multiplication and division routines ... -
what a sh*t dayhave no money. so went to the bank. 9 quid in my account bank wont let me draw out a fiver. walking back to work contimplating a night with out …
... off, any eagle eyed money saver will spot one in a ... -
what a sh*t dayhave no money. so went to the bank. 9 quid in my account bank wont let me draw out a fiver. walking back to work contimplating a night with out …
... off, any eagle eyed money saver will spot one in a ... -
Spectaculator QuestionsI've been messing around with this great emulator, and was surprised how easy it was for me to load a game from minidisc into Spectaculator as if it …
... both generate tapes using a custom loading routine and compression/tape ... -
games tmjust bought the new (last?) issue of games tm to read on the way home on the coach yesterday. i only buy it occasionly as im only interested in the r…
Well, Smiths *still* haven't replied to my e-mail about the anthology. Good to know my custom is so important to them, eh? -
Plug in the TV Joystick Games Thingys (Spectrum one??)I brought a from a car boot one of those plug in the TV joystick games thingys for a pound. This one happened to be full with 20 or so Commodore 64…
... . The C64 stick has a custom VLSI circuit in it to ... very low, but having a custom VLSI circuit means very high ... -
Plug in the TV Joystick Games Thingys (Spectrum one??)I brought a from a car boot one of those plug in the TV joystick games thingys for a pound. This one happened to be full with 20 or so Commodore 64…
... /> I see only way in custom VLSI version. And I think ... -
Game: the GEM machineHi all, I'm moving this game discussion from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread to here, so we can concentrate on just the game. Any comments/suggestio…
... code parsers to use a custom designed scripting language that will ... -
TZX format questionProbably a daft one, but I like to be sure of these things! For a block type 10 (a standard speed data block), the text states that all values in s…
[QUOTE=Dunny]I believe that's mainly used for emulators that save to .tzx via ROM trapping - you should maintain a 1 second pause after the data.
When loading, you should pause for xx milliseconds - that's what the data bytes are there for, ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... off the shelf without any custom chips (unless you count the ... -
TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…
... of files, rather than removing custom loaders if they cause problems ... -
TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…
... converted from Mikro-Gen's custom loader to yer regular common ... for how I removed the custom loader, it was fairly easy ... we've successfully removed the custom loader! The actual loader in ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... for it is for creating custom interrupt lists that fire on ... -
What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... would need to be a custom player (plugin) for each machine ... -
What's the best Anti-Virus software?Is it Norton or McAfee? I've heard that Norton really slows your PC down. Is this true? What do you use?
... well as a couple of custom files to check system health ... -
What's the best Anti-Virus software?Is it Norton or McAfee? I've heard that Norton really slows your PC down. Is this true? What do you use?
... well as a couple of custom files to check system health ... -
Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …
... a .tzx file using the Custom Info-Poke block, would an ... -
Is the new "Retro Gamer" any good?The only place that would carry it (a Barnes & Noble built on the site of an abandoned golf course) no longer did after Live Publishing folded. I hea…
... , Retro Gamer's lost my custom until they can come up ... -
Is the new "Retro Gamer" any good?The only place that would carry it (a Barnes & Noble built on the site of an abandoned golf course) no longer did after Live Publishing folded. I hea…
... , Retro Gamer's lost my custom until they can come up ... -
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…
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Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
... flash, just need to use custom UGDs right? However I'm ... -
Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
I'd define a custom character set rather than UDGs ... -
Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... Speccy font and your own custom font... or maybe you could ... -
Easy one first, Tai Panby Mikro Gen Steve and me has one
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Dietron 16K- Custom Data Ltd
Feudal Overlord ... -
How did you get games 20 years ago!!Did any of you trade games with penpales?? I had penpales in England, Israel, South-Africa, etc :)
... of games or would make custom orders after you picked as ... -
Spectrum Screen Memory MapWhat's the advantage (mistery?) behind ULA's spectrum screen memory interpretation? 6144 bytes divided into 3 blocks, 2048 bytes long. if you want t…
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128K memory testingDuring a mad half hour I decided to write a little memory tester program in BASIC using the information from the 48K service manual. Now I was wonder…
Problem with testing spectrum 128K ram in BASIC is that if any of the chips go tits up the computer won't boot. It would have to be machine code in a custom ROM only.
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2 Hot 2 Handle TZX'sRight, here's a question for you preservation guys. Downloaded and tried to play the 2 Hot To Handle compilation. Shadow Warriors won't load on Spe…
... have many WAV/CSWs for custom loaders, and most of the ... -
Question for the tzx dev guru'sI'm almost finished with a batch of adventure tapes which I've got on loan.. The final tape, is a development version of Birthday Surprise, which ha…
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2 Hot 2 Handle TZX'sRight, here's a question for you preservation guys. Downloaded and tried to play the 2 Hot To Handle compilation. Shadow Warriors won't load on Spe…
... if I can help with custom built cables/adaptors or whatever ...