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The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
Commodore made the fatal mistake of trying to replace the VIC-20 with another low-end machine in the C16. This kept the C64 price artificially inflated keeping it out of direct contention with the Spectrum for another year. -
How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
... wide variety of loader edge-detect routines to see how/if ... -
GP2X handheld - ZX Spectrum emu goodnessIt's probably been covered here before, but I've spent the last week going crazy over the GP2X Linux-based, dual-core handheld that can emulate somet…
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z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
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in_KeyPressed() can detect if any single key is ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... they could have lost the contention it would have been better ... -
Emulator for viewing variables dataI am looking for a windows emulator, this emulator can view variables data used in game (tap,sna,z80...). It knew edit variables data. I dont remembe…
... games that rely on obscure contention or bus behaviour don't ... -
What's the best Anti-Virus software?Is it Norton or McAfee? I've heard that Norton really slows your PC down. Is this true? What do you use?
... , "Yes its only supposed to detect adware not remove it, you ... -
Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…
... about trying to escape memory contention in BASIC. You can't ... -
Can we get a screen showing which entries miss inlay scans?See subject.. Would be useful with something like "MIS" (Missing Inlay Scan ;)), so we can easily see which entries are missing pictures. Can somebod…
... , this means we can only detect having no inlay for a ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... device to memory and more contention with the z80 which spells ... the faster grade z80 required. Contention would have had a bigger ... -
Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... common way in Basic to detect collisions and this will also ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... device to memory and more contention with the z80 which spells ... the faster grade z80 required. Contention would have had a bigger ... faster ULA, RAM and CPU. Contention wouldn't be that big ... -
Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... common way in Basic to detect collisions and this will also ... -
dating websites?has anyone done this sort of thing? my mate went on a couple of years ago. i made fun of him, but he's getting married at the end of the year, and i…
Heeh...I detect bitterness.... found out the hard way eh ? :D -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... faster ULA, RAM and CPU. Contention wouldn't be that big ... .5MHz mode, with contention, rather than eliminate contention by alternating RAM access ... access still won't eliminate contention because there is no fixed ... -
Bit unfair?My mate who lives in America (Utah) has just emailed me tell me that his wife was pregnant with quadruplets, but because of some complications she ha…
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Bit unfair?My mate who lives in America (Utah) has just emailed me tell me that his wife was pregnant with quadruplets, but because of some complications she ha…
... ;showbyline=False&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc"]unfair[/URL ... -
SpecEmu test release (particularly for W2K users!)Can anyone running Windows 2000 give this a try and see if it runs ok? [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.woodmass/SpecEmu24.zip[/url]
... 's likely to be some contention differences that weren't in ... -
Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... is no way we can detect a vbl under basic. it ... gotta search for a raster detect code. (heheh)
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A Public Service AnnouncementThis thread is here for anyone to plug brand-new websites. I'll read it, so you'll get at least some marketing/exposure out of it... I'll start the …
[quote=Where's that AY chip gone...]
And do I detect a hint of sarcasm?[/quote]
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A Public Service AnnouncementThis thread is here for anyone to plug brand-new websites. I'll read it, so you'll get at least some marketing/exposure out of it... I'll start the …
... Edwin.
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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…
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Large spritesQuick question. Most of the documentation refers to creating sprites of a limited size. How would I create a sprite of for instance 32x32 or even la…
... sprite to display/move/collision detect etc.
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Playing an AVI Video on an XBOX.I have a standard unmoded XBox. I wants to watch a video I have downloaded on the big screen and have no spare blank DVDs to hand but a stack of sta…
... use XBox Live!, as Microsoft detect it and ban it. I ... -
ZXSpin 0.61 Available nowHi all! Well, after a lengthy few testing cycles, I'm taking the plunge and uploading the latest version of ZXSpin, to replace the rather aged old 0…
... engine, and has ZX Spectrum contention integrated, which in turn is ... -
Dirty Disks on XboxI`ve had an Xbox now for about 3 years with hardly any problems, however just recently i`ve been getting the dreaded `Dirty Disk` bollocks! Granted, …
... chip is on, then Microsoft detect it and don't let ... -
Request info about Spectrum Live CD/BootHello, I've been looking for a linux live distribution with Spectrum emulator that allows me to put my z80,tap,sna etc files. [btw,for those that ar…
... doesn't have any hardware detect functions+it doesn't have ... -
Request info about Spectrum Live CD/BootHello, I've been looking for a linux live distribution with Spectrum emulator that allows me to put my z80,tap,sna etc files. [btw,for those that ar…
... distro that has good hardware detect capabilities
2.I want ...