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  • Anybody fancy coding this?blah de blah de blah Please ignore, poting error.

    ... a day and a half to finish ) and found no errors. ... Setting memory address 32767 to 170 does not affect any other ... OK these are obscure faults, but it is an obscure fault if you only suspect ... Hang on what the fek are you listening to me for? Google to the ...
    dekh dekh March 2007 Development
  • My little first set of routines.Hi all, I just coded a little set of routines just to draw a screen on video mem and a fade out. I could have just copied the screen rendering rout…

    ... the 1984 one, and sure mine is worse :).
    [/quote ... (if taken), are painfully slow. However there is a chance for ... posted here is not the fastest one possible; it is possible to make it ever so ... go nuts but you may find it :-)

    This is useful ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2007 Development
  • TZX 1.20 block 0x18 questionHi All I am in touch with G?nter Woigk the author of Zxsp emulator for mac os X and we both wondering something about block 0x18 (Sorry if that ques…

    ... loaders, but I did say that with this block it is possible to encode (almost ... is what we have now. Emulators start to support it (there are some bugs still), but it does ... />
    Patrik: There was a smiley in there about you not talking about this ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat April 2007 Emulators
  • PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…

    ... , it is not a format intended for every computer out there, even if it is possible to store ... you standardize the names exactly. At which point the type bytes are ... , but it is already possible to include such generic fields using the Comment type byte. What ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak May 2007 Emulators
  • Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…

    ... compiler - there are several others out there...

    And if you want to start ... hear what you are saying. But with c) im having trouble finding which way is up ... even before what line is breaking it.

    Toxitalk Toxitalk June 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…

    ... what you are saying. But with c) im having trouble finding which way is ... up even before what line is breaking it.
    ... is capable of compiling most basic code. It may help you to ... , as Ive learnt you have to optimise your code for ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • The Fool's Workplace SurveyI thought I'd try and find out more about what my fellow WOS'ers are up to during their work hours, so I've compiled a simple survey. Overwrite my an…

    ... What?s the worst part about it ?
    Knowing that there are lots ... but no one wants me :(

    What hours do you work ?
    Not ... so they have to put up with ... it being there. But I hope it is. It's the boss' private passion.

    What ...
    Graz Graz June 2007 Chit chat
  • PiracyAlthough I'm sure no-one here ever copied tapes :rolleyes: , does anyone actually know of someone being prosecuted "back in the day" (to quote a Kizz…

    ... , something wrong there.

    If you can't see ... the game is finally released, it will recoup it's design ...
    Furthermore, I'm not sure what you're suggesting the current system ... not sure what you do for a living, but I suspect if you were to ...
    Thomas Gale Thomas Gale June 2007 Games
  • The Fool's Workplace SurveyI thought I'd try and find out more about what my fellow WOS'ers are up to during their work hours, so I've compiled a simple survey. Overwrite my an…

    ... mode activated*

    Yeah, but us humans don't actually ... on the sun (even if it was quite warm today) - we ... !*[/quote]

    Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ... what you are saying is that we are each our very own ...
    Skarpo Skarpo June 2007 Chit chat
  • So long Toxic ! Absolutely OTT - Did you know theUN Flag has 33 sections, the scottish rite has 33 degrees. Not including 4 hidden ones ;) Only 75 people get to the 33rd at any one time in the uk,…

    ... with him or do not understand him choose to rather poke fun ... ignore what he has to say or better understand what he has to offer ... .
    [/QUOTE]

    Not sure what you're ...
    Arjun Arjun July 2007 Chit chat
  • How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…

    ... to the forums!

    You are right about Striker. It is ... 147": DRAW -VAL "135",NOT PI: DRAW VAL "124",- ...
    There's probably simpler ways to do what you want, but Striker prevents ... understand not everyone wants to! But, I think you'll find you'll ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Mame, againI've just updated my mame, stuff (roms,frontend, mame itself) to ver 118, but some thing odd has happened a few of my games have been renamed on the …

    ... instead from the link above. It still uses hi-score saves ... etc... That is a MUST in my book ... used that version before, but from what you are saying it sounds considerably better than the ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2007 Chit chat
  • I am getting a Mac :)I have decided to get one of the new macs but am undecided as to which to get, i know some people on here use macs but what are the disadvantages of …

    ... your budget, and what you plan on doing with it. I bought myself ... , are any pages not viewable on a mac?[/QUOTE]
    There are going to be ... be configured to write to NTFS - but use it at your own risk! It is possible to transfer ...
    JamesW JamesW September 2007 Chit chat
  • Need help identifying this musicI made a small basic program with all the notes that I can remember, but it may be incomplete. I'm not sure if this was from a game or not. Please li…

    Not sure if it's what you're looking for but it sounds a lot like Enola Gay by OMD.

    [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01SBf0tsLyI[/url]

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton September 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Need help identifying this musicI made a small basic program with all the notes that I can remember, but it may be incomplete. I'm not sure if this was from a game or not. Please li…

    [QUOTE=Necros;215470]Not sure if it's what you're looking for but it sounds a lot ... friends back home hates it and refers to it as the ultimate 80 ... implies homosexuality, and not the fact that it's the name of ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek September 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... take it from what you are saying that you would now like this version to replace the ... it as another seperate version? This version is clearly a lot better, but ... that book is quite dangerous - I think there is a possible oneliner game for ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn October 2007 Development
  • Testing the Ram on a Toastrack 128KHi All My "new" 128K is misbehaving, all the demos I have loaded for it crash instantly, Ghostbusters 128K is playable but one of the background scr…

    ... could tunnel there tho.

    Thanks Icabod - thats just what I ... was after, can you explain the "add ... - not sure what you mean.

    My basic program is running now - slow aint it!
    Womble Womble October 2007 Hardware
  • Testing the Ram on a Toastrack 128KHi All My "new" 128K is misbehaving, all the demos I have loaded for it crash instantly, Ghostbusters 128K is playable but one of the background scr…

    ... Icabod - thats just what I was after, can you explain the "add ... 16" a bit more tho - not sure what you mean.[/QUOTE]

    ... full details of the paging, but basically the ram-page that ... out to port $7ffd (32765). The reason the +16 is needed is because ...
    icabod icabod October 2007 Hardware
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... />
    I'm not sure yet if it is possible to make (1) significantly faster ... />
    The player tokens are bigger than in othello.
    is won.

    There is a well known ... optical illusion in the game, I think you ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn November 2007 Development
  • The Vindicator - Why can't I go up?Maybe you're not meant to be able to, but on The Vindicator (not Vindicators), up is working fine as a control but once I go left or right or down of…

    ... is seen from it's own point of view. That is, if you are ... what you see up is not the way you came from (North), but the West, and to ... but you'll be fine if you keep an eye on the compass (there ... was one iirc).
    The alien bit is obviously ...
    IPerezG IPerezG November 2007 Games
  • The terrorists have wonWhen a man collapses in a diabetic coma, instead of the bus driver assuming the man is ill, but assumes he's a terrorist (and gets the police in who …

    ... is actually as connected to terrorism as people think.

    When you ... 't know what the defence case was, but it's difficult to see how ... police regard this "if you're not sure, shoot it" attitude as acceptable.
    neoncherry neoncherry November 2007 Chit chat
  • Fuse 0.9.0 releasedVersion 0.9.0 of [url=http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/]Fuse[/url], the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator[/url] has just been released. Highlights of t…

    ... ;236835]I believe you're right — if you do hack it yourself, please ... ! Of course, you could also produce a tape image to load the ... />
    Not sure what the licensing of the various firmwares is - DEMFIR is open source ...
    icabod icabod January 2008 Emulators
  • RoflmaoLook at the bidding here!! [URL]http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=350012845683[/URL] Rich, what happened with your item? I forgo…

    There is nothing unusual about this ... see what your saying Dekh.

    I don't think it is possible to single ... handedly push the auction value up once you ... />
    Archi bidd ?2 but did not beat Jesus's highest offer ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk January 2008 Chit chat
  • 1-0 for the cyclistsI know there are a few cycle enthusiasts on here so thought you might like this news story about a driver getting their comeuppance (even though the …

    [QUOTE=beanz;240786]Have no idea what your talking about ;)[/QUOTE]

    Your what? ;-)
    You are = You're
    (perhaps because perhaps I do not know what you are talking about)
    ZnorXman ZnorXman January 2008 Chit chat
  • What are the best shoot-em-ups for the Spectrum?I mean, besides Zynaps. That's pretty much a given.

    ... on the speccy, used to play it for hours!! Don' ... b]Star Raiders[/b] is only on the Atari 8 ... , whilst i know that not everyone agrees with me, ... ?) and i'm not sure what people are finding fiddly about the ... problems... which joystick are we talking about here?
    TMR TMR February 2008 Games
  • What are the best shoot-em-ups for the Spectrum?I mean, besides Zynaps. That's pretty much a given.

    ... -bits if memory serves, it predates the Spectrum by about ... question?) and i'm not sure what people are finding fiddly about the ...
    Actually, I was going to suggest both [B]Uridium[/B ... ].
    [B]Uridium [/B]is my instinctive reaction (lovely masked ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz February 2008 Games
  • Jesus! I STILL can't complete this game!Thought I'd give "Beach Buggy Simulator" a wee go, after having been reminded of it in the "game that made you a Spec-chum" thread. My one over-ridin…

    ... any invulnerability when you die, so if there's a ... ...

    However, it is possible to jump over helicopters, though the ... , and if people are interested in what the third level looks ...

    [*] Actually: not that surprising - it was in a 320 ...
    j00ce j00ce March 2008 Games
  • Packing numbers in as least memory as possibleI am writing some code for drawing vector lines etc. on the screen. These need to be stored in memory and I want to pack them in a smaller area as po…

    ... X & Y you could use 4-bits to hold each, and ... matched those 4-bits to the real value you require.

    to (25, 100) you only have three unique ... )

    It might not fit what you are intending of doing, but for a small ...
    bobs bobs March 2008 Development
  • Packing numbers in as least memory as possibleI am writing some code for drawing vector lines etc. on the screen. These need to be stored in memory and I want to pack them in a smaller area as po…

    ... )

    It might not fit what you are intending of doing, but for a small ... .
    The 16th value is used to read the real value stored ... possible drawings longer, but it will save more on the often used values. You ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP March 2008 Development
  • Packing numbers in as least memory as possibleI am writing some code for drawing vector lines etc. on the screen. These need to be stored in memory and I want to pack them in a smaller area as po…

    Dr Beep, I see what you are saying and if anything, I ... a couple of bytes there by leaving off the ... using fragments of drawings to be reused within other ... seems to do this, as a lot of it is reused.< ... sheer speed, but doing a block fill beforehand to cover the ...
    carlinski carlinski March 2008 Development
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