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So what is the best Spectrum?I've had a search and even though i can remember a similar thread somewhere I'll twist it a bit. Whats the best "unmodified" Spectrum? (modification…
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Spectrum +3 1987 UK 3.5469 64K 128K 128K ... in 80 columns in 1984.
128 BASIC had the DELETE, RENUM, WIDTH, PLAY and ... BASIC had DELETE, ON ERR, STICK, FREE, and RESET commands.
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So what is the best Spectrum?I've had a search and even though i can remember a similar thread somewhere I'll twist it a bit. Whats the best "unmodified" Spectrum? (modification…
... repairs for moving parts), and lent itself most effectively to ... difference. Compare the results in the mandlebrot generation test that ... br /> +3 Basic / +2A: 1562448 (8 hours, 40 minutes)
128 Basic / 128K: ... the Spectrum SE ROMs in your 128 not only will ... -
So what is the best Spectrum?I've had a search and even though i can remember a similar thread somewhere I'll twist it a bit. Whats the best "unmodified" Spectrum? (modification…
... . However in one respect the +3 is superior to the 6128, and that ... the Timex modes been in the original 128 design it would have ... new features not accessible to BASIC might have seemed problematic (although ... documentation at all on the 128 ROM. It was largely a ... -
Upgrading the Humble Spectrum 128 +2 (Grey)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers I am at a subtle in-pass in my wants for one of my +2 motherboards. I received this mobo, DOA in a job lot from fleab…
... I/O etc (original 128 ) as the pushed in state.
128 BASIC PLAY command supports MIDI. There ... to use the 128 interface.
[B]3.5" Foppy Disk ... compact as the Speccy and putting it in a tower enclosure is ... -
DivIDE Real Tape?Am I going mental? I can't get my speecy to load from tape with divIDE installed. So my question is.. How do you load from a real tape when your div…
... in ZX rom. Border colours can be changed (if system set basic ... ZX rom (continue in original rom tape routine) and loading from real ... .12 by BAZE contain bug in system and is impossible use real ... /128/+2/+2A/+3)
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So what is the best Spectrum?I've had a search and even though i can remember a similar thread somewhere I'll twist it a bit. Whats the best "unmodified" Spectrum? (modification…
[QUOTE=Encarnado;538425]AY sound 3 years before 128K[/quote]
... TS2068 was 1983. The 128 was 1985.
[quote ... of RAM to it and emulate the TC2068 BASIC and some of the ... patched, but still a pain in the neck.
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Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…
... noticably slow down the SE Basic 42-column code, because ... channel must be created below basic
; so look at ... ; and 127 then print a question mark
cp 128 ; instead ... permanent PAPER and INK
rrca ; colours) in it.
and 3 ;
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Renegade (the hit squad)Hi fellow spectrum peeps,nice to meet you all!,and what a great site you have here!. I have been given a spectrum +2 which didn't load tapes,until i…
... the 128 BASIC ISR (which keeps track of the editor, RAM disk and ... +3DOS hooks in the +3) with the 48 BASIC ISR (which ... variables and enables the 48 BASIC ISR in IM1.
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Renegade (the hit squad)Hi fellow spectrum peeps,nice to meet you all!,and what a great site you have here!. I have been given a spectrum +2 which didn't load tapes,until i…
... the 128 BASIC ISR (which keeps track of the editor, RAM disk and ... +3DOS hooks in the +3) with the 48 BASIC ISR (which ... BASIC.
[i]"Switches from +3 BASIC into 48 BASIC, maintaining any program in ... -
RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... bytes for channel below BASIC area
call ... address
; offset in streams table
ret ... follows:
In BASIC, type CLEAR 64868, then ... fine on Spectrum 128/+2/+2A/+3 and even TC-2048 ... -
Most difficult Spectrum game/sIs there a certain Spectrum game (or more than one) which you found difficult/impossible to complete? I always used to find Chuckie Egg 2 extremely …
In some games can help slow- ... +2A/+2B and +3 model and only in 48kB mode:
Goto 128 basic (+3 basic), and write command ... mode with slow ram page in high 16kB of ram. Some ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... representation in runtime, instead of calculating it in advance and already ... br /> There is a quicker and even more memory-efficient way ... for numbers between 32 and 255 - use CODE "char ... ll say "difficult", in 128/+3 BASIC but no real problem in 48.
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Problems Flashing DivIDE with FatWare.Hi. I've recently purchased a DivIDE and it appears to be working fine, however the firmware on it is 0.12a and I am having trouble flashing it to a…
... file with 4x CODE blocks and install all to divide ram ... main menu then write in basic command OUT 227,128. This OUT active ... /> File AUTOEXEC.TAP in my ZIP archive contain basic line 3. If you ... remove REM command from begin of this basic ... -
RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... it can be used in BASIC also (just add 128 to the character ... ", "fast comma", "no comma"), 3 choices for the inverse operator ... inverse", "zx81 inverse", "no inverse"), and 3 choices for the 4x8 font ... 2 bytes in the core routine (without comma and inverse), so ... -
Distinguishing between models?I'm running the risk of being pointed to the faq here, so sorry in advance. Something I'm trying out requires that the program can distinguish betwe…
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>+2A,+3
48 from 128 seems easy enough ... a paging variable, or the differences in some of the rom. Distinguishing ... fast = ZX+2A/+3)
3) if +2A/+3 models is detected, then ... data numbers to "sector" port and read back same values. If ... -
Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…
... , but I've played the 128 only by emulators.
I ... the Spectrum had at least 3 important characteristics:
1 ... amazing low price and awesome games
3. a nice BASIC (I think ... much more easy and fun to learn to program in BASIC with it ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
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[*]Starglider 128K: Missing text and graphics. [URL="http://alessandrogrussu.altervista ... alessandrogrussu.altervista.org/bak/YAKF-128+2A.tzx"]Fixed version here ... USR0 in +3 BASIC prompt before loading the game.
[*]Terramex: Type USR0 in +3 BASIC ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
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[*]Starglider 128K: Missing text and graphics. [URL="http://alessandrogrussu.altervista ... alessandrogrussu.altervista.org/bak/YAKF-128+2A.tzx"]Fixed version here ... USR0 in +3 BASIC prompt before loading the game.
[*]Terramex: Type USR0 in +3 BASIC ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
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[*]Starglider 128K: Missing text and graphics. [URL="http://alessandrogrussu.altervista ... alessandrogrussu.altervista.org/bak/YAKF-128+2A.tzx"]Fixed version here ... USR0 in +3 BASIC prompt before loading the game.
[*]Terramex: Type USR0 in +3 BASIC ... -
A new multicolor engine called BIFROST*I'm glad to announce the release of a new multicolor engine implemented by yours truly, including high quality 16x16 tiles designed by R-Tape: [IMG]…
... I tried rewriting it in different ways and none of them worked ... 0 TO 3: POKE 59456+41*f+g+(13 AND g& ... 15: FOR g=0 TO 3: POKE 59456+41*f+g ... POKE 64937,0: POKE 64939,128: POKE 64940,0: RANDOMIZE NOT ... these bugs above to ZX BASIC and get them fixed, everything else ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
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[*]Starglider 128K: Missing text and graphics. [URL="http://alessandrogrussu.altervista ... alessandrogrussu.altervista.org/bak/YAKF-128+2A.tzx"]Fixed version here ... USR0 in +3 BASIC prompt before loading the game.
[*]Terramex: Type USR0 in +3 BASIC ... -
SPECTRUM command and 48 BASICAs we (almost) all know, when a young Rupert Goodwins redesigned the Sinclair/Investronica ZX Spectrum 128 ROM 0 in late 1985, he kept the SPECTRUM c…
... Just for the record: in this link, gasman reported ... Spectrum 128/+2 only, but not in Spectrum +2A/+3.[/QUOTE ... ]
Oddly, Daley Thompson's Supertest 128 ... includes a SPECTRUM command in its BASIC loader (and then ... -
Internal ROM expansionHas anybody designed a multiple-ROM interface that plugs into the internal ROM socket instead of plugging onto the edge connector? It would be useful…
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1-128 basic
2-48 basic
*3- Opus Discovery ROM ... is implement DivIDE memory paginga and MB02+ memory paging (true ... can connect (also from basic) in same time this ram pages ... as BIN/CODE in ZX basic to extra ram page and after active ... -
Internal ROM expansionHas anybody designed a multiple-ROM interface that plugs into the internal ROM socket instead of plugging onto the edge connector? It would be useful…
... =karingal;626151]Or perhaps OpenSE BASIC (remember to use v3.07 ... 's only one known bug in 3.06, but it's a ... just running OpenSE BASIC and not bothering with the 128 Editor or the ... people still use the UK 128 editor is that you can ... -
What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... ]Yes, MRT would fit in 48K at present but that ... work on machines with 128 BASIC. Machines with +3 BASIC use a different syntax ... to address the RAM disc, and obviously ... machines with less than 128K of RAM are out in ... -
What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... work on machines with 128 BASIC. Machines with +3 BASIC use a different syntax ... , and obviously machines with less than 128K of RAM are out in ... allows for growth (both in terms of data and code). Actually accessing ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
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[*]Starglider 128K: Missing text and graphics. [URL="http://alessandrogrussu.altervista ... alessandrogrussu.altervista.org/bak/YAKF-128+2A.tzx"]Fixed version here ... USR0 in +3 BASIC prompt before loading the game.
[*]Terramex: Type USR0 in +3 BASIC ... -
General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
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bit 7 = 128 = any digit
bit 6 ... = 16 = punctuation symbols
bit 3 = 8 = arithmetic symbols
bit ... the idea slightly falls over in ZX BASIC due to the lack ... m/code would solve that, and so the key-press validation ... -
ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... on model (128k+/+2 and +2A/+3), and also depending on language (EN ... (which no-one has), or 128 BASIC (which sucks). The solution is ... with the standard 48 ROM and bypass the trap addresses. However ... you want access to +3 BASIC, or in native mode when you want ... -
ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... 128 editor use adress space #3D00-#3DFF for controll syntax of basic ... 48 rom or 128 editor).
On +2A and +3 models is ... models use 4 different roms and system in divide need distinguish what ...
