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"The Future" according to this 1984 book on computers...Picked this book up today in a charity shop, it's in near perfect condition: [IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2ngah5i.jpg[/IMG] Here's an extract from p…
... is always one kid typing on the keyboard and another kid pointing ... a precurser to the pedantry on the net...pointing out the ... do know what site your on?........right? -
Messages in 'Invasion of the Body Snatchas'I searched the forum and checked the [URL="http://equ.in/ox/spectrum/eggs/"]Easter eggs page[/URL] but couldn't find any reference to the messages I …
... the same sound chip on some of my own ... that our fingers fell on comfortably on the keyboard. The reasoning was ... keys on the left hand side of the keyboard slow ... down, and all the keys on the ... they put the Spectrum on the floor and used it ... -
Messages in 'Invasion of the Body Snatchas'I searched the forum and checked the [URL="http://equ.in/ox/spectrum/eggs/"]Easter eggs page[/URL] but couldn't find any reference to the messages I …
... the same sound chip on some of my own ... that our fingers fell on comfortably on the keyboard. The reasoning was ... keys on the left hand side of the keyboard slow ... down, and all the keys on the ... they put the Spectrum on the floor and used it ... -
ANNOUNCE: Sudoku (CPC/Spectrum)Hi Everyone. I am pleased to announce that my Sudoku game for CPC and Spectrum has finally been completed. The DEMO version can be downloaded from …
... a good version of Sudoku on the PSP, but you ... when you're playing Sudoku on the hard levels), so I ... select the numbers from an on-screen square, rather than type ... the keys 1 to 9 on the keyboard, although you can do ... so convenient to play it on an emulator. I've ... -
alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…
That sounds facinating Andrew.
(What did you mean by "including PLOT"?)
Does basic page the screen in/out when it needs to write to it?
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alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…
... to 0xDxs. The PLOT routine on the other hand (which is ... a 48K ROM only (but on 128K hardware) or does it work ... side-by-side with the 128K ROM?[/QUOTE]
It ... ROM which replaces ROM 0 on the 128K hardware. It is not ... -
Changing the way SCREEN$ is loadedThe way the speccy loads in a SCREEN$ is interesting - top two-thirds first, then middle and finally the bottom, which is due to the way the speccy d…
... =1"]Auf Wiedersehen Monty[/URL] (on 128k models the screen is drawn ... -
Changing the way SCREEN$ is loadedThe way the speccy loads in a SCREEN$ is interesting - top two-thirds first, then middle and finally the bottom, which is due to the way the speccy d…
... =1"]Auf Wiedersehen Monty[/URL] (on 128k models the screen is drawn ... -
Spectrum ZX was on University Challenge just nowWatching University Challenge at the moment and one question was to identify a Nintendo NES from a photo and the bonus was to name three other machin…
... keys next to each other on the keyboard and thought it sounded ... -
Spectrum ZX was on University Challenge just nowWatching University Challenge at the moment and one question was to identify a Nintendo NES from a photo and the bonus was to name three other machin…
... keys next to each other on the keyboard and thought it sounded ... -
Spectrum ZX was on University Challenge just nowWatching University Challenge at the moment and one question was to identify a Nintendo NES from a photo and the bonus was to name three other machin…
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Citroen quite like their keyboard related cars, with letters next ... -
Spectranet now supports UTF-8!Or at least, a subset of it - all of the 0xC3 characters, and a few 0xC2 characters (?, ?, ? and ?) in its putchar42 routine (the 6x8 character cell …
... utf support on speccy even without enough buttons on the keyboard :) I would ... -
MP3 interface for ZX SpectrumThis is new version of russian GENERAL SOUND interface with MP3 support: [url]http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nedopc.com%2F…
... no need of hard disk on the Spectrum.
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Cecco is overratedThe man has [B]literally[/B] no talent as a game designer at all. and I'm annoyed :) he is obviously one of the greatest programmers for the Spectru…
... the same tile-square on the NES version, even ... looking for it. Play on a joystick? Oh please, ... Cybernoid is much better on the keyboard. As are pretty much ... all games. It was developed on ... be used with a keyboard. That's just lame ... -
Post your computer stupiditiesI used to check this site out quite a lot [url]http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/[/url] but it doesnt get updated much. So i was wondering what stu…
... always the loose nut on the keyboard/steering wheel. I've ... and when they pool up on the carpet somebody could ... 3 days with no shoes on. This was the software ... />
He came in on his second day and told ... him the local bit reservoir on the card and explained ... -
Post your computer stupiditiesI used to check this site out quite a lot [url]http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/[/url] but it doesnt get updated much. So i was wondering what stu…
... graduation. We were working on a demo for a ... over there." ".
On the last night before the ... ended up falling asleep on my keyboard, and the others in ... rest of the night on wild goose chases with ... dollars.
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Post your computer stupiditiesI used to check this site out quite a lot [url]http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/[/url] but it doesnt get updated much. So i was wondering what stu…
Then theres my incident about 18 months ago that some of you may remember entitled "Pint of Tea on my Keyboard". :lol: -
Post your computer stupiditiesI used to check this site out quite a lot [url]http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/[/url] but it doesnt get updated much. So i was wondering what stu…
Kempston Interface ProblemI finally got a Kempston Interface today but unfortunately whilst it's plugged in it forces half the keys to type "COPY" instead of what they are sup…
Not come across this problem before - however, are we talking about a rubber key spectrum here or the Spectrum+ - I remember the latter needed a resistor adding to prevent something odd on the keyboard to do with COPY ?A 64K Spectrum?? Is this real?I have seen avertised on Ebay today two boxed ZX Spetrum Rubber Keys. One 16K and the other a 64K upgraded model?? Is this for real??? [url]http://…
I thought the Spectrums sold in Spain had extra symbols on the keyboard for things like the letter ? - or did that come later? (I seem to remember hearing about a Spanish law being enacted that put a levy on computers that lacked Spanish localization)A 64K Spectrum?? Is this real?I have seen avertised on Ebay today two boxed ZX Spetrum Rubber Keys. One 16K and the other a 64K upgraded model?? Is this for real??? [url]http://…
... in Spain had extra symbols on the keyboard for things like the ... enacted that put a levy on computers that lacked Spanish localization ... some ROMs for emulators somewhere on the net with these specific ...What if...What if when you were a kid in the early 80s your parents didn't buy you a Sinclair Spectrum as your first computer? I was thinking about this earli…
... and sleek, with coloured text on the keyboard. I still have a ...ANN: Spectaculator 7Spectaculator 7 is now available! More information is available in the [URL="http://www.spectaculator.com/news?ref=wos"]news section[/URL] on the web…
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Love the Virtual Keyboard just for a quick visual ... I forget where they live on the keyboard :)
It was ...Multiface ONE vs Multiface 128Hello, Bit of a silly question here, but i couldn't really find any information about this. I have a Multiface ONE and if try to replace its EPROM w…
... actually tried it on a 128K machine and in 128K mode to see ... ?
Multiface one worked on 128k machines but only in 48K ... mode. Multiface 128 could work on both modes.
MF128 ... the extra memory of a 128K machine in order to take ...A List Of Zx Spectrum Music EditorsWell, not for me actually, as 99,99% of them are for AY, covox and GS cards but several times some people asked about music editors for ZX Spectrum. …
... 's like writing notes on paper, but using another ... is note keys layout on PC keyboard. Most of trackers ... one octave of piano keyboard - bottom row are ... rows is next notes on piano keyboard, and top row ... octave with Numpad (Numlock on). There is eight octaves, ...Games with good sound of engineSpectrum beeper and AY chip aren't too good with generating the sound of (car, motorbike etc.) engine. But sometimes engine sound in Speccy game is q…
If i remember rightly, Wec le mans on 128k had a nice car engine noise.Video Capture Cards?Well, looks my new speccys (a rubberkeyed 48 and a grey +2) don't want to play nice with my newish TV's tuner (or by connecting through my VCR, which…
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This cable also works on 128k spectrum. The only thing you ... modify at your 128k is to remove the resistor on vertical sync ... />
I did this on 3 128k Spectrums and all give perfect ... picture on evrey TV or ...Beta 128 disk interfaceOk, this is not exactly a hardware question. I have a Russian ZX Spectrum clone with a Beta 128 disk interface. I have installed a 3.5 " floppy driv…
... so try pushing 1-4 on the keyboard after activating the button ...2008 Lookback/2009 Lookforward ThreadSo, what have we done this year? On the YS site, I've added the Virtual News Stand (the clickable double-page magazine spreads you see dotted around…
... Byteback event. Will start work on some code early in the ... point I may fall asleep on the keyboard and rattle off a ... , making it to 50 titles on Infoseek in the process.Help! USR 0 mode?Right, first of all, I know that this is in the wrong forum, and secondly it's maybe against the TOS anyway, as it's just asking people to read and p…
... more information about USR0 mode on 128k Spectrums, yes?
D ... mode had to offer over 128K mode?
2. Why ... 's not a physical switch on the Spectrum's motherboard, for ...