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Problems loading from iPodI'm trying to load audio from my iPod into the emulators I've got on my Mac. I'm running both FUSE and ZXSP but neither seems to 'hear' the iPod when…
Hi, and welcome to the forums!
Yep, emulators ... can be opened in the emulator and behave as if the data is coming from ... may then need to enter LOAD "" as per usual, and then Media ... can convert your .wav file to the more usual .tzx/.tap formats ... -
Minor Update to Gasman's Midi2BEEPDon't know whether this is worthy an announcement, but for those of you who enjoyed Gasman's midi2BEEP utility, a new variant has been made called mi…
... off the stack and sent to the 128's data port. The value is then transferred to the ... /> The data byte is sent to the Timex data port and the next instruction immediately resets the border in ... -
Tape preservation toolsIn the latest MakeTZX thread of doom several people said that it would be good to have active development of tape decoding tools. I needed tape file…
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Why embed the loading screen twice if the data is already available ... another TZX which was the bases for complaints in the first place ?
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writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... code, no different, in that respect, to the binary output that can ... so tend to imagine it like this: The ram is where you ... an eprom burner back in the day ;) ), and indeed, if you search ... of volitile ram (its assumed the rom is already present, and loaded, as ... -
ZX Spin loading problemsHello everyone. I'm having some problems loading tape files (particularly TZX files) into Spin. Most of the time they load fine and the game works a…
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Regarding your problem, the obvious answer ... that can contain lots of data that .tap files can't ... . The downside is the emulator has to do much more work to load them in ... -
Japan Tsunami AppealAs some of you will be aware, I've been tinkering with an open source version of SE Basic that could be distributed with hardware without infringing …
... the final release version. The HSL hardware hasn't been finished yet, and ... result in a bump to the version number since it's just a data ... the current default palette (SAVE "PAL" CODE 23296, 64) and LOAD it in ... -
ZXDS questions...Hi Folks, I am hoping someone on here knows something about [B]ZXDS[/B]. I have downloaded the program to my daughters [B]DSi[/B] (for testing purp…
... to use the 128K (makes use of the RAM disk) so for me the Plus keyboard is the ... QUOTE]Agreed and as I said I intend to use snapshots ... the main program plus a mixture of UDG, SCREEN$ and data ... side files.[/QUOTE]
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SpecBAS 0.690 Now AvailableHi folks - 0.690 is now available at the usual location: [url]https://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/SpecOS.zip[/url] You can also download the rece…
... to a folder called "temp" in your root folder, and $: points to the current directory in the ... to the root of the package called "autorun" then when the package is LOADed with the ... -
binutils questionSince there's a few people using binutils these days I thought I'd give it a go and see whether it solves my hunt for a replacement assembler/librari…
... you want to specify data at specific locations, and most of the time makes ... can use self modifying code in the current (assembler) parts, as that ... the existing spectrum libraries in z88dk without problems. It might be interesting to ... -
Image2ULAPlus released (Follow-Up of SCRPLUS)Dear forum readers, today I've released Image2ULAPlus under GNU GPL version 3+. You find it on my website at [url]http://www.zxmodules.de[/url] It …
... error messages unless I put in a full save name complete ... not normally require the user to add the dot and extension to the file name, as ... screen, ULA pallette data and a basic header to a simple tap file ... -
Kobrahsoft DB1 - doesn't work?Hi, I've tried loading [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^DB1$&pub=^Kobrahsoft$&loadpics=3"]DB1 by Kobrahsoft[/URL] into two …
... get it back onto a disk in future...
Gareth[/QUOTE ... disk from the archive called 'Another Big Disk' and used the 'T' clone to tape method and saved to ... a virtual cassette using Spectaculator (free version). I then used the ... -
The Making of...AlienA few weeks ago I interviewed John Heap of Denton Designs fame about his first full game for the Spectrum, Mind Games' Alien. He went on of course t…
... have been saved (sprites, drawings, code(!), etc.). We know that the game ... was re-invented with a different name and released ... , but I'm interested in what happened to the Speccy version! :) If he ... -
Super Stick ManBeen thinking about doing a weird platformer for a while now, but since I have zero programming knowledge, and a modicum of drawing skills, I thought…
... In most cases, data can be recovered.
And congrats for the upcoming ... , we're both looking forward to it :smile:
... have some PNG images to work with, but the way this was ... to redo most stuff will be a blessing in disguise. At least the ... -
The Making of...AlienA few weeks ago I interviewed John Heap of Denton Designs fame about his first full game for the Spectrum, Mind Games' Alien. He went on of course t…
... have been saved (sprites, drawings, code(!), etc.). We know that the game ... , but I'm interested in what happened to the Speccy version! :) If he ... a different "second generation" Megagame and not working on Bandersnatch at ... -
The good old days (what do you honestly miss)?I was reading a post on Gamefaqs where the author was saying how modern games were better than older games, and even though that's just his opinion (…
... . The only true Plug and Play (TM) back in the day was thanks to Commodore and the ... -bit data devices -- it required a full 32-bit CPU. The CPU ... to be as system [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_access_memory"]RAM ... -
Z80 sound enginesI'm looking for a decent sound engine to use in a Z80 program I'm writing, but I've no idea which is the best/fastest/easiest to use. I could do wit…
... the sound chip the note data, which hardly takes any time at all (in ... you could just feed 0s and 1s to the speaker from a buffer ... one and not the other to change the tone. This is how the sound works in ... -
Z80 sound enginesI'm looking for a decent sound engine to use in a Z80 program I'm writing, but I've no idea which is the best/fastest/easiest to use. I could do wit…
... is also size of player and data involved - you can store ... the sound chip the note data, which hardly takes any time at all (in ... could just feed 0s and 1s to the speaker from a buffer ... one and not the other to change the tone. This is how the sound works in ... -
Loder Runner - side B?In the instructions: [QUOTE]Lode Runner has 150 different screens for your enjoyment, because of the memory required to play this game, screens 1 to…
... no data.
I've added Archive Info to the TZX and split ... them into Side A and B. Credit ... , and Mikie for the timings.
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Paging memoryI've been thinking about a possibility of paging blocks of memory to and from disk. Imagine dividing usable 32KB of Speccys RAM (why do they call it …
... RAM as 'non-existent' because using it has disadvantages, is ignorant to the ... only applies to the ~7K that has the display data, the rest of the lower 16K ... of code in the bottom of the RAM, and entire rest for loading the data (and the access timing ... -
Classics ported or cloned on good ol' SpeccyHi, Spectrumists! I'm a fan of classic arcade games and I would like to know from you what do you think about ports or clones of such games on the S…
... put the arcade ROM in the right place and run it, with a hook to ... it's unlikely to be portable to the 128K/+2, even if the ROM code ... divide 16kB ram memory and place from 0 to 16386 your data.
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Up/Down Left/Right scrollCan anybody give a newbie some pointer to simple one char scrolling by pixel? I've looked at a lot of resources, but as you can imagine, it's all a …
... by one pixel to the further right each time in a utility ... the start of the sprites in one pair of registers and add it to the ... sprite we want to ... of data from A to B - where A is the RAM and B is the ... -
Unboxing my old SpeccysToday I dug out my old collection of computers from the bygone age. My ZX81 fired up fine, but it looks like the keyboard membrane is goosed, as on…
... new to the 128k and to the +2 Spectrums... I was an owner of a 48k in the ... 80s.
Well, I loaded Bomb Jack, but ... I was shocked: no sound at all! The ... on the web I realized that the 128k serie have no built in speaker ... -
Repairing a faulty 48K issue 2.I am investigating one of a pair of non-working issue 2 48K Spectrums that have been sitting in a cupboard untouched for quite a few years. I haven…
... experimenting further and think the fault must be due to the lower RAM or/and the CPU ... .
Removing the lower RAM was time consuming and ... result in the upper RAM putting stuff on the data bus when it shouldn't) and ... -
Repairing a faulty 48K issue 2.I am investigating one of a pair of non-working issue 2 48K Spectrums that have been sitting in a cupboard untouched for quite a few years. I haven…
... data in this RAM (as described earlier).
I examined some of the ... have been testing the SRAM in) and it seemed to work normally and the /RAS signal ... also examined /RAS (and /CAS) as applied to the lower RAM on a problem ... -
JSpeccy v0.89 Christmas 2011 EditionHi, After seven months of hard work, tonight I've released a new JSpeccy version as my humble Christmas gift for all the community. As my webpage i…
... automatically loaded on start (when this option is checked)
[*]The keyboard ... for Interface I and, unofficially, store the LEC RAM pages.
[*]The fast load ... investigate further and chat to you next time you're in #spin.
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... already starting to appear from the centre! That'll be getting saved to the hard ... in the Games on Demand (or whatever they changed it to) on XBL and ... run it from the HD with ... problems with adding map packs to the H3 install but I've ...Dead or Alive by CronosoftFew years ago I found out that there are at leat 2 different versions of this game. The real cassette I have at home, which I bought in 2006 from Cro…
... is initially stored in the screen buffer and relocated to one of the 128K RAM banks from ... where it is accessed when required. If loaded in ... 48K mode this doesn't happen, and you won ...Dun Darach questionHi all, I found this clues how to get some money in game txt docs. * by working! Opportunity to gain a steady job exists in several parts of the …
... about in the High Street, minding my own business, reading the instructions, and some ... in large part to the road signs![/QUOTE]
Gamble! (and cheat ... - save game before every bet!) till you are loaded - then ...LZ77 en/decodingI've written an LZ77 en/decoding routine as I couldn't find one around for the Spectrum. Initially I'm just doing it in BASIC to get the logic right.…
... the compressed data, and space for whatever you need uncompressed, and the decompression routine all in RAM ... 're loading the source off disk or a ROM cartridge and can throw ... data, but all in RAM at the same time it's much harder to reap the ...
