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New from Paul Farrow, the ZXC4This is exciting stuff!!!! Sorry if ive stepped on your toes Paul, wanted people to hear about it!!! [QUOTE]Hi I?m happy to announce the release o…
... /> 4. The ZXC4 supports the interception of the LOAD and SAVE routines in the Spectrum ... now capable of transferring data over to the ZXC3 via RS232 faster ... can yield a performance improvement) in sending data over RS232. These new ... -
Problem Reading the KeyboardHi Folks, I'm working my way through Toni Baker's rather good book and thought I'd write some code to scan the keyboard and store the results so tha…
... _currentKeyStates ;Where to store the key data
LD BC, ... />
_storeKey2 ;Second key in the segment
INC HL ;Where ... RET
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(Not so) New game! The Prisoner - Now fully in english!Wow! [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48135]more than 2 months late from the expected release date[/url] ^_^' but finally …
... weird stuff happen along the way :-) ) in this game based on ... the cult 60's TV ...
Even when the 3 versions of the adventure (C64, Speccy & ... David Stimpson (well known expert in the original series) and Nicholas Campbell ... -
Wrong information in the Khazzad-Dum entryIt states that "Originally planned to be published by Idealogic (in 1987). A few tapes were even manufactured - and since preserved - but they never …
... to be published by Idealogic (in 1987). A few tapes were ... never reached the shops. The first officially sold release was done in 1989 ... , he found a copy of the game in a shop, so it ... distributed with Idealogic, although, apparently, in little amounts of it. -
Uzebox - disappointing light in the darkSo I have come across this Nintendoish open source home made console and honestly I was disappointed with its capabilities. Why does not someone wit…
... /> Why does not someone with the knowledge desing a really capable ... older boards through MAME emulator... In today's days when every ... -
The Beatles in mono or stereo? What do you prefer?I was listening recently to a couple of Beatles albums on Youtube in mono, i've never heard any in mono after 'Beatles for sale', it struck me that t…
... were far superior to the stereo versions (in the 60's mono was ... with more clarify, the early Beatles albums in stereo seemed to pan ... to one speaker and all the instruments in another, i guess this ... was too hasty buying the stereo remasters in 2009!
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The Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in Pixels - Book Review[IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mYciLoMYyuI/VMd_Z4t09CI/AAAAAAAAR_k/kcODLPHGOWA/s1600/main.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]There was something the ZX Spectrum had o…
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[QUOTE]There was something the ZX Spectrum had over me ... get a very special book in the post, a book from Chris ... Wilkins called 'The Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in pixels'.[/QUOTE]
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Playing AY music on the SpeccyCan anyone help with playing AY ripped music on the Speccy? So, let's say I want to play some ripped AY music, such as: [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspect…
... the tra_0_1.BIN file is the data you should call in memory to init the ... routine, then call the data in ... tra_0_2.BIN per HALT command (every 50th sec) to execute the ... me to load the data into mem location ... -
Contended memory and TritoneQuick question regarding contended memory...<div style="font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-style: normal;">I'm testing ideas with Triton…
... after 0x7fff memory address and the data in contended memory, and it doesn ... ?
Player reads of the data are short and quick, and ... actually broken in other models.
Thanks!
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Interesting modem for the Spectrum. Connect to what/where?Hello :)<br><br>While browsing for ZX Spectrum items on Ebay, I came across a modem someone listed as a "Sinclair ZX Spectrum Modem" It is a "Kirk's …
... eightites, 1200 baud modem. The plug on the data cable is one of ... for the BT plug on the cable that is visible in the photos ... widespread online use of the Speccy back in the day was to ... (other than Micronet) even exsited in the eighties.
This ... -
Execution map file support in different emulatorsAs I'm now seeking about execution map files, the different emulators support, I want to start a new discussion here. Today, I tried to create a mem…
... file format is described well in the techinfo.doc that is coming ... =1 means code, =0 means data
*********************** SpecEmu emulator:
the code or data access found during the emulation:
Joystick poke request - A Day in the Lifehttp://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001271 This is a great game, difficult but addictive - but what's driving me crazy is having to …
... to get up and cross the room every time I ... main TV, several feet from the Speccy, but even if ... start, rather than fire on the joystick, as at least that ... fire to advance between levels? In return I'll... er... ... dedicate my next high score in your honour! :)Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the UniverseAnyone else excited about the new ELO album coming out in November, the released song (do they call them singles anymore) is classic ELO. https:/…
Anyone else excited about the new ELO album coming out in November, the released song (do they call them singles anymore) is classic ELO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfH8EJA-hg0The history of ESXDOS, the DivMMC and the DivMMC EnJOY![img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/divmmc_history/1%20esxdos.jpg[/img] These are the stories behind esxDOS, the most popular operating system e…
... everyone who is interested in the ZX Spectrum in the 21th century!
in the way at the time, and then the DivIDE was ... /> [u]TR-DOS emulation in the early versions[/u]
Miguel ... IN instruction, which takes 16 Z80 T-states.
The maximum data ...Chompston Mazes in SpecBASAfter the discussion in ASH-II's Pacman thread, I checked out the link there about generating 2D Pacman style mazes. This one was quite good fun, …
... spawn at that point in the map (because the m() array at ... . Next we fill the spawn point in the maze with a 1 ... d probably just use the information stored in the strings directly to ... builder, store the data in each array. Note the use of CODE (the opposite of ...Xenon on the 16 bits - that bloke in the sunglassesYou know the pale guy that zooms in on the TV screen and says "Sector 1"? Who is he? One of the coders? I've had a quick web search and can't eas…
You know the pale guy that zooms in on the TV screen and says "Sector 1"?
Who is he? One of the coders? I've had a quick web search and can't easily find out, maybe some Amiga/ST experts here will know.
(Just interested).Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... how to use Soundtracker but, in the end - I just learned how ... /> 86 NEXT x
88 DATA 0,60,126,126,126 ... /> 176 NEXT x
178 DATA 0,96,120,126,126 ... /> 186 NEXT x
188 DATA 0,102,102,102,102 ... /> 196 NEXT x
198 DATA 0,126,126,126,126 ...UK magazine alert: The Making of Jet Set WillyIssue 150 of [i]Retro Gamer[/i] magazine has six pages devoted to Matthew Smith and his classic Spectrum games [i]Manic Miner[/i] and [i]Jet Set Will…
... wrote were “The Bathroom” and “Master Bedroom”. With the ending in place, he ... 64 rooms for JSW, typing in the data on his Tandy TRS-80 ... pay £36,000 to the copyright holders of the in-game tune, “If ... but changed it to “In the Hall of the Mountain King” for later ...WHDload for the AmigaFor those Amiga lovers who were too cheap to register WHDload...now you don't have to, it's gone free. *** 18.2 (23.12.2015) - chg: the WHDLoad i…
... /> - fix: some small fixes in the Autodoc file (Psygore)
- ... fix: small fix in the supplied ITD program to avoid ... fix: due to small internal buffer the argument parsing when started
in the
splash window, ...Elite - Save data complete map[code] $0000 Commander Name $0001 Commander Name $0002 Commander Name $0003 Commander Name $0004 Commander Name $0005 Commander Name $00…
... as seen in the data above.
The last 9 bytes are the 'Player ... the unread data. Since the competition is long over and changing the 'security code' in the ... save data ...Half-Life 2 - The Closure, a mod to fill that Half-Life 3 gap in your life!If you're a Half-Life fan who's less than pleased at having to wait sixty zillion years (at a conservative estimate :() for Half-Life 3, then go to: …
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And download the half-decade in the making mod that hopefully ... will make the wait a ... little more bearable. The author of the mod grew tired of ... 't know how, see the text file in the mod's folder.
I think I'm in love with Alexa....Hope the wife doesn't get jealousAnother gadget thread, no it's nothing as exciting as me having an affair with an Eastern European girl :)) It's basically Amazons equivalent of S…
... me instantly love it was....The wife has been using it ... pleased, I'm easily pleased in the short term though, and I ... 'm sure the novelty will wear off quick ... let me go and read the instructions :))
Oh I ...Which peripheral listened on port $9f from back in 1984 (Chuckie Egg related)Hi Apologies if this is in the wrong section, please feel free to move it to the correct one if so. I've been looking through the Chuckie Egg c…
... 33 pointers to the 'tune' data. The 'tune data' itself is in the form of duration ... is incremented in the ISR.
An example of the 'tune' data is ... tune data as it wouldn't be out of place in the game ...Land of Ultimatum poster in The Collected WorksHi I have a cassette copy of The Collected Works by Ultimate and the Ultimatum Poster in it has the Ultimate logo printed at the bottom centre. I hav…
... by Ultimate and the Ultimatum Poster in it has the Ultimate logo printed ... at the bottom centre. I ... not original. I have searched the forum and can't find ... I have seen in eBay listings and on the WOS database doesn ...Iconography in the 21st century.Today I am designing icons for a small program I am revamping and I got to thinking of saving and loading. Traditionally an icon for saving or loadin…
... just link such association with the 'oooold school computing' at best ... . A folder with an arrow in or out (for saving and ... at a stage now where the icons that are familiar to ... will rapidly become unfamiliar to the next.Was Beach Volley from Ocean ever released in the UK (Spectrum release)?I have never seen it but the entry in WoS shows a cover from a UK versión, although It may be from the CPC or C64 versión... Anybody owns this game …
I have never seen it but the entry in WoS shows a cover from a UK versión, although It may be from the CPC or C64 versión...
Anybody owns this game from the UK release?TommyGun with Debugginghttp://goo.gl/HfSXev?gdriveurl Ok, so this is a pretty big release for me and I have added a lot of stuff into the code editor. Mainly of course …
... and if the build is successful will launch the result in the new internal ... on screen or in an off-screen buffer.
The debugger supports breakpoints ... /> o Fixed an issue with data entry into spin edit controls ...Everyone's a Wally, dancing in the street.I was messing around with the people commands in Wally and managed to get three of them.. Well take a look https://youtu.be/nxuMScKWZZY
I was messing around with the people commands in Wally and managed to get three of them.. Well take a look
https://youtu.be/nxuMScKWZZYNew Game (2016 revival): A Yankee in Iraq (1992)Hello everyone, Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I…
... .com/zx/"]Twenty-Four Years in the Making[/url]
... it is launched in the 128K mode and replace the nice looking ... the menu screen. This is necessary, as there is no printer buffer in ... 128K mode. However, the game will crash ...
