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Which Speccy is the best to buy...I'd be using it for games really, and thats about it. I'd like a 128k but I seem to remember people saying 128k +2's had problems playing some games.…
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Is there a program that ........Warns you that the disc drive is open like when a car door is open and it beeps. The reason being i have a Black Pc and i always forget that the tray…
I doubt it. I can detect whether there is a CD in the tray, and send the commands to open/close the drive. I am not aware of anyway to programaticaly (is that a word) detect whether the drawer is open. -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... out errors in the current contention breakdowns which are making their ... -
"Real Tape" mode?I'm trying to use RealSpec32 and Klive's "Real Tape" mode feature, but I can't get my tape player to play correctly. Am I doing something wrong? Fo…
... I have been testing 48k contention on a real machine, and ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... out errors in the current contention breakdowns which are making their ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... that woody has added better contention), and demos such as shock ... -
RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... "Oops! You actually do get contention based on IR" at the ... -
Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…
... all of this... and to detect if a key is pressed ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... 's a lot of *new* contention information gone in, along with ... also a special kind of contention, which we've called "snow ... contention" applied during snow periods too.< ... post more about the new contention elsewhere.
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RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... "snow period" then the contention that may be applied during ... this period is "snow contention".
Your documentation ... with clarification - as snow contention is not applied until the ... cycle is completed. This contention may also cause extra " ... -
My PC won't boot from DVDI want to do a fresh install and then sell it, I have set it to boot from CD and then when that didn't work i set all the boot options to boot from c…
Try setting the BIOS to boot from CD, and disable other boot devices.
My first thought was that it's not a boot CD, but most systems these days will detect that before asking the question. -
My PC won't boot from DVDI want to do a fresh install and then sell it, I have set it to boot from CD and then when that didn't work i set all the boot options to boot from c…
... wrong) that older BIOSes only 'detect' PS2 keyboard/ mice, and anything ... -
RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... we did test the "snow contention", and you do emulate that ... -
Detect if program was loaded from tape or microdriveHow (if at all) can a BASIC program detect if it was loaded from tape or microdrive? This can be helpful to then load the screen or more machine code…
... all) can a BASIC program detect if it was loaded from ... -
RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... for t-states offsets (first contention, electron beam offset, snow effect ... -
RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... the tests, and the "snow contention" is definitely present in RealSpec ... far as saying that no contention is applied during snow ... in SPIN. Our snow contention is accurate based on our ... conclusive proof of the first contention cycle, the snow mechanism and ... -
RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... the tests, and the "snow contention" is definitely present in RealSpec ... far as saying that no contention is applied during snow ... do you mean by "snow contention".
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Your ... conclusive proof of the first contention cycle, the snow mechanism and ... -
RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
[quote=Luca]Then it isn't clear to me what do you mean by "snow contention".[/quote]
Dunny likes to call contention based on the IR register pair outside of M1 cycles as snow contention. But only when it causes the snow. -
Spectrum audio signallingI've had a poke around in some of the docs (and my Z80 assembler-fu is so rusty it'll be a while before I grok the Complete Spectrum ROM disassembly)…
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The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
When switching Memory Contention Model from ZX to Pentagon, ... drawn in the Pentagon Memory Contention Model, and it then says ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
[QUOTE=FrankT]When switching Memory Contention Model from ZX to Pentagon, ... drawn in the Pentagon Memory Contention Model, and it then says ... -
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…
... normal game can the game detect when there are no moves ... -
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…
... normal game can the game detect when there are no moves ... -
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…
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Its not tricky to detect but it is tricky to ... -
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…
... why it doesn't the detect the real endgame situations sometimes ... -
RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... , thought I'd said the contention was outside of fetch cycles ... -
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…
... why it doesn't the detect the real endgame situations sometimes ... -
RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... of the doc about IR contention, even if not directly related ... -
Broadband Question (Serious for once..)Hello lads. I am possibly moving house in the next few weeks. I'm currently using NTL as my broadband supplier which is £24.99 per month. Unlimi…
... they can't guarantee user contention ratio's after the upgrade ...