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Snare missing credits.The WoS Infoseek listing for the game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004594&loadpics=3&model=spectrum"]Snare[/URL] seems to …
... cgi?id=0004594&loadpics=3&model=spectrum"]Snare[/URL ... list of credits (same in 48k and 128k):
[IMG]http://i300 ... selling games, computers, etc. located in Aberdeen (as [URL="http://www ... SinclairUser12300058.jpg"]can be seen in this ad[/URL] for the ... -
+3 compositve video out problemToday, I've tried to put a composite video out in my +3. I've built the circuit proposed [url=http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_hardware.html#composi…
... put a composite video out in my +3. I've built the ... .ro/html/plus3_hardware.html#compositevideo]in this page[/url].
... connections:
- Video In soldered to D31 (and later ... disable the RF modulator), but in +3 the lower chassis is smaller ... -
Suggestion: A new (and simple but good) feature for emulatorsOne slight but real problem with emulators is that when you load a tape file (.tzx/.tap) then the randomise seed system variables are always set to z…
... zero-zero before loading starts (in effect the game is loaded ... -on Spectrum). This results in any game that uses the ... since it's fortunately written in BASIC I simply added (something like ... to continue"
3 if INKEY$ " " then goto 3
4 RANDOMIZE ... -
Basin feature requestsI know dunny does not ask for those requests, and he is mainly coding basin for himself, I still want to list my requests here, in case if he's bored…
... to list my requests here, in case if he's bored ... can look for them up in the future for my projects ... extra work (save/load functions in basic). Basin needs a general project ... (or made hidden)
3. WINDOW BARS:
every window ... -
Fastest way to decide which pixel to paint in order to draw a straight line(after I saw "Bresenhams circle algorithm" in development forum, I decided to ask this in here) in fact, I want to accelerate a car towards a direct…
... I saw "Bresenhams circle algorithm" in development forum, I decided to ... ask this in here)
in fact, I want ... pixel. since target changes position in every iteration, so a new ... fastest method to do this in basic? -
BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... =2]BASin thread[/url] in the Sinclair BASIC forum.
... to your desired mHz rating (3.5 is the default).
in BASIC)
Fixed - A small oversight ... user, which are parsed for BASIC functions, now accept the $ABCD ... -
Developers developers developers developers developers!OK, I think it's at a stage where someone else can also have a go at doing things with the Spectranet. If you've not been following the hardware foru…
... is. If you're in this situation...well, the ... TCP/IP support, and 128K of flash ROM (which ... from the Spectrum in software) and 128K of static RAM. ... real working Spectrum (48K, 128K or one of the ... to support socket programming in BASIC but it won't ... -
Spectrum +2C Rom by Andrew OwenHi, I've downloaded the Spectrum +2C rom on the Philip Kendall's site (plus2c-0.rom). Can I replace the original BASIC 16k ROM with a 27C128 burned …
... /> Can I replace the original BASIC 16k ROM with a 27C128 ... ? Are the roms "socketed" as in Spectrum +3? If it is - what ... I remove?
Thanks in advance for help
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Which Speccy sounds 'best'? ie, differences in AY outputDoes anyone know if there's any noticeable difference in the quality of the sound output on the Speccy models with an AY chip?i'm wondering if there'…
... there's any noticeable difference in the quality of the sound ... -
About Chess games & BASICIs it possible to write a chess program in BASIC? Does it exist in the archive?
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Can the +3 read TOS disks?I've sent 2 dozens of TOS disks so that they could be preserved as disk images, but as of today there's no emulator that can emulate Timex's FDD. The…
... FDD3000 roms can be loaded in the +3, but that would be ... -
QL 25th Anniversary TODAYJust saw this on CSS: Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:36:53 +0100 From: Urs Koenig Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair Subject: SINCLAIR QL's 25th birthday On…
... Sinclair QL
Professional Computer in a Hollywood-style launch event ... one hand it failed in the market in the
long run ... run hundreds of jobs in parallel.
3. First PC with bundled ... ), years later Microsoft's Visual Basic closed the gap.
7 ... -
8-channels music in games/demosHello there. Currently we are working on scrumbling out music engine from ZX-7 editor (8 channels from BEEPER) and using it in your own games or dem…
... Mister_Beep-A_piece_of_disaster.mp3[/url] easily in own programs and for now ... compiler/player. He wrote in some article on the beginning ... fitting music and its procedure in RAM.
For now ... and it works without it, in BASIC, without problems.
Also ... -
The best ... beginning with "G"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "G", which do you think are the: [B]Best …
... br />
Best graphics (in a game):
... B]
In my opinion:
in a game): [/B]Glider Rider 128K
< ... br /> [B]Best graphics (in a game ... the "GO TO" command in BASIC. -
DATA BIN - How to read the contentOkay I hit a snag with my Image to ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much memory. So I want to use DATA BIN to insert converted jp…
... memory, however after reading the +3 manual I have no idea ... allow me to see it in BASIC, but I want to be ... on a memory location range in a for loop). Can someone ... -
Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
... 253)
ldi ;Copy the 3-byte jump instruction
ldi ...
;Return to Basic:
ld bc,colour_map ;This ... again
ret ;Return to BASIC
;Main ... /> ; that the keyboard still works in BASIC):
jp 56
< ... -
SP5 Tape to +3 Disc UtilitySP5 Tape to +3 Disc Utility (Released by Kobrahsoft in 1989) Listed as having no protection scheme. This is incorrect. This utility is protected ! …
... to +3 Disc Utility
(Released by Kobrahsoft in 1989)< ... the SP5 Tape to +3 Disc Utility Disk can be ... your Speedlock 5 game to +3 disk, and requests once ... /> I had this utility in my +3 days, and can also ... image back out to +3 disk with Amstrad FD-1 ... -
BSDOS 3.08 structure + free spaceI asked Busy to send me this description and he did, so I placed it on my website, so as you do not have to ask Busy and feel not lost in BSDOS 3.08,…
I asked Busy to send me this description and he did, so I placed it on my website, so as you do not have to ask Busy and feel not lost in BSDOS 3.08, anymore:)
Thanks, Busy.
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Framerate of arcade gamesThe Golden Age of video games coincided with the birth of 8-bit home computing; this is why every computer of that era has a slew of really bad Pacma…
... a clunky conversion written in BASIC and using UDGs. The ... screen; this will take 3.3 seconds if the row ... been cleared of dots, 3.71 seconds otherwise.
... rapidity, so the 3-and-a-bit seconds ... /> ===
This ties in with the recent discussion here ... -
Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…
... RAM, and then a routine in BASIC (yeah, I'm a masochist ... , do all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... . routine to save the modified BASIC listing.
And ... ve never tried to compile BASIC listings that use VAL extensively ... -
It is the DR-202A suitable for my Spec +3?Hi, folks! Here is my question. I need a data recorder to load my tape games in my +3. I have located a nice model from Sanyo, the DR-202A but I don…
... to load my tape games in my +3. I have located a ... it is compatible with my +3.
Is it? Here ... -
Easy way to print text in machine code?Please? It sounds so simple, but I've never done it. At the moment I'm grabbing the start address for each letter then printing them out one at a t…
... 'd rather just do it in BASIC.
So... Can I ... spell, "HELLO" and put them in an address starting at, say ... -
Switch on +3 disk driveI'm testing a CPC6128 disk drive in a +3, and I've found that some kind of switch is badly damaged. The switch is connected to a pad labeled SW2 in t…
... testing a CPC6128 disk drive in a +3, and I've found ... to a pad labeled SW2 in the board.
What ... original disk drive of the +3 works as expected, so there ... is no problem inside the +3 (at least, no related to ... -
Video problems in a +2BI was looking for the original thread, but I didn't found it... I've got a +2B with video problems through RF modulator (nothing special, all of my …
... disconnecting the RF output, in case I connect it to ... "noisy" (it is shown in [url=http://www.youtube.com ... ]this video[/url]), tested in a portable DVD player. ... mods were tested also in a +3... they didn't show ... (I think the problem is in the DVD).
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ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows line ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very powerful ... from being able to write in basic and make M/C output ... have as add-in functions for the basic compiler to make it ... -
828k format in a dsk file ?Hi the maximun format that can offers the Garry Lancaster formater is 828k in a 3 1/2 floppy. I tried to extract this format to the pc and to a dsk …
... Garry Lancaster formater is 828k in a 3 1/2 floppy. I ... help ?
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+3 needs putting out of its misery[URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-3-128K-FDD-GAMES-CLASSIC-VINTAGE-/270590074074?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item3f006…
... .co.uk/SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-3-128K-FDD-GAMES-CLASSIC-VINTAGE-/270590074074 ... -
iXpectum 1.2 HD (iPad enabled) is out!iXpectrum now supports iPad on jailbroken devices ;) Thanks to Ryosaebaa for his support... You can download by now at: [url]http://code.google.co…
... for maximun future compability. Slow in 3G.
- ... - Fixed flags and contention in IND,INDR,INI,INIR instructions ... .
- Fixed flags in OUTI,OTIR,OUTD,OTDR instructions ... we're in +2A/+3 mode.
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FUSE(Mac) save LLIST as text file?OK, now that I can get to the LLIST command I want to output a typed in BASIC program to a .txt file on the Mac. I checked Help and it says that a 1…
... want to output a typed in BASIC program to a .txt file ... set my ROM to Spectrum 128K, check the Emulate Printers box ...
