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ArtistryIn my younger days (and to a certain extent, now) I was always intrigued about how the loading screens were constructed. Back then I'd assumed it was…
... and DRAW statements. Not being an expert on PLOT and DRAW in ... those days, and even after typing in the ...
...where x and y are coordinates to start ...
PAINT 50,50,2,3 fills the entire screen, unless ... way to do this in BASIC? -
Quick bioOMG! - so this is what the internet was created for! and all that time i thought it was all about porn! ;) i've finally found somewhere to share my…
... me a +2. so then he got a +3 and i had ... accounted for all my BASIC knowledge and very basic BASIC programming skills!
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fave 5 games (in no ... football director 2 (on the sam)
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Sound on Spectrum +2/a & 3Okay, so now I've got 2 +2's and a +3 and they all have absolutely the crappiest no existant, buzzy, sound on the planet. Surely they all cant be fau…
... now I've got 2 +2's and a +3
and they all have ... them I did surgery upon and replaced some components to see ... -
Semi-Newbie QuestionsHi Peeps, OK, I'm starting to play with my old spectrum again I have been rather spoiled by my Atari 800xl and a tape to disk utility. To the poin…
... of getting a +3 in the near future in order to have fun ... with disks (I already have a grey +2 ... 128 and a couple of less than ... up from carboots etc). And would prefer to put my ... )
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MacMan and the Caber Eater
Game from an ancient old calculatorOne for the mathematicians, this (possibly). Bear with me on this one... Many, many years ago, when I was a nipper, I had a Casio calculator which …
... also equipped with three (*shockingly* basic) games.
If a ... that all the numbers in the row and column of that key ...
(Solution: 7,5,3)
However, a combination ... would also work for levels 2-9?
Email me ...WSpecEm - lift the mystery!A friend of mine who knows very little about the wonderful world of emulation, and who has no interent connection, decided to buy one of these very u…
... of the same game in .Z80 and .SNA format, with ... .TAP here and there. They're all in 8.3 format, so ... were sluggish, making even basic games such as Oh ... unplayable. This was on a 2.6GHz Pentium 4.
... anything resembling proper speed, and with proper sound? Or ...The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…
... where applicable) games in 48k and 128k BASIC and get the different ... the instructions in it, etc)...
And finally... ... even without specialist hardware and software knowledge (I ... , the Spectrum +2 manual and some technical magazine articles ...Monster Sinclair CollectionHiya all Just to let you know things have got so bad I'm going to have to sell my Speccy collection. Just giving you some advanced notice as I'm in …
... notice as I'm in the monster task of ... the 6 tape software collection in the big flat box, ... Spectrum +2 Grey
2x Spectrum +2 Black
1x Spectrum +3 Boxed - ... gun, Multiface 3, various joystick inferfaces and joysticks, Boxed and complete Cuhara ...SpecEmu 2.2Just downloaded this emulator. Seems very nice. I like simplicity of user interface - I don't need toolbar and icons. Debugger is also good. The abil…
... - I don't need toolbar and icons. Debugger is also good ... tape navigation often.
2. Border seems large! I like ... SPIN and Klive). Maybe put "border size" in settings
3. left ...What hardware Sinclair and not related has everybody got?Just had to try to list all my clutter in the attic and my dads garage (this has got a bit out of hand), anybody else got as much Retro as this (boug…
... list all my clutter in the attic and my dads garage (this ... this (bought most of this in the late 80`s early ... diskdrive version)
2*Sx64 (one is in bad conditon for spares ... 608060 3 roms 1.3,2.0,3.1 with picasso board and 2 gb scsi ...IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
... 0056 in ROM
jp 56 ;for smooth return to Basic< ... ; 0=xpos,1=ypos,2=xoffset,3=yoffset,4=xdir,5=ydir ... 20,6 moving right and down,increasing 2 pixels and 2 pixels
... 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3
DEFB 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 0 ...Doom 3 - hell's bells!Two days back I picked up a copy of Doom 3 and even before I'd started the game I had this strange creepy feeling... Two nights of playing later... …
... a copy of Doom 3 and even before I'd ... of claustophobia, revulsion, nausea and fear... fear of the ... felt since the experience in Half-life, of crawling ... this without any new (and revolutionary) gameplay features (it ... ), just think wot Halflife 2 *may* be able to ...how copy snapshoot image in +3 diskHello I have a lot snapshoots, full of games, applications for spectrum, in my Macintosh Computer. I have also a +3 Spectrum. My question is, how co…
... of games, applications for spectrum, in my Macintosh Computer. I have ... also a +3 Spectrum. My question is, how ... Mac to Spectrum +3 and how copy the snapshoots images in +3 disks.
Rich Pelley...in the news?!In the Daily Record yesterday, the whole of page 3 was dedicated to how Rich Pelley (yep, THE Rich Pelley, I saw the photo) took inspiration from the…
In the Daily Record yesterday, the whole of page 3 was ... "Super size me" and had 2 full Christmas dinners a ... only to end up in hospital. He did this ... which was shown/advertised in the corner of the ... [/url]
and, suspiciously, another feature from " ...+3 sound questionsI know that the original +3 had the distorted sound problem. I also know that the +3b does not. Can anyone tell me what issue of the motherboard ca…
I know that the original +3 had the distorted sound problem. ... issue of the motherboard came in the +3b? (are ALL +3b ... have seen +3's with both issue 1 and issue 2 motherboards, so ... a later motherboard than issue 2.
Am I correct ...Name That Game and End My TormentHey everybody ! In the search for The Game With No Name, I stumbled across these fine forums, and I believe, if you have some spare time, that this …
... across these fine forums, and I believe, if you ... . Like Skool Daze.
2. The hero of the game ... been there also. ;)
3. What I do remember is ... several screens and you looked at your character in a classic ... of the first level in the game and the hero him/ ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... works great, and MCoder 2 as well, MCoder 3 is a bit ... are coded in BASIC and compiled with any Speccy BASIC compiler. Not ... written in Spectrum BASIC (1991, 1992 and 1993) and later compiled using MCoder 3. ... that hack called \"Game Over 2\") :D:D
...plus3dos headersThe plus 3 manual states that bytes 15...22 contain +3 BASIC header data. Which on the whole seems to be true, however I've never seen bit 22 being a…
... bytes 15...22 contain +3 BASIC header data. Which on ... and set to 0; is byte 22 really part of the Basic ...
On a related point: in TAP files, bytes 0 & ... the data / header block and byte 2 is a flag byte. ... town with an orange and pretend your laughing at ...Sinclair Spectrum +3 and the Amstrad CPC, using the CPCs monitor and discdrivesCPCs monitor on a Spectrum +3 I have a Spectrum +3 that I havent started using yet. The RGB-connector doesn't fit my Amstrad CPC-monitors (RGB). Is …
... software from PC to +3 using a CPC
... The +3s 3" drive is probably compatible ... using cpdwrite and from there to
CPC 3" discs ... games tranfered to 3"
Spectrum +3 discs using this ... the Spectrum +3? The TV-system in UK is different ...Bubble Bobble not loading with +2A ????Hello.I have Bubble Bobble but i can't load the game in 128k mode because it crashes on the loader (at block 2D) but it can be loaded at 48 BASIC but…
... can't load the game in 128k mode because it crashes ... can be loaded at 48 BASIC but the music turns off ... the game with a grey +2 in 128k mode and it worked well.Does ...virtual compo Antique Toy 3 (2005) virtual ZX Spectrum music and graphics contest --- 1. ORGANIZERS ------------------------------------------------------------…
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- In registration form author and name of original ...Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
... adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The ... over screen with beeper music, and beeper music for the start ... about splitting the game into 2 parts. To avoid players cheating ... a loader with CLEAR 29999 and RANDOMIZE USR 30000 at the ...Alphacom 32 printer with Spectrum +2Can the printer be made to work other than in 48 BASIC mode? When the +2 is in 128 BASIC, the printer won't seem to respond to LPRINT or LLIST. The…
... than in 48 BASIC mode?
When the +2 is in 128 BASIC, the ... , is to write a program in 128, then SAVE it to ... the program back in.
Then, in 48, LPRINT and LLIST work ... to make the Alphacom work in 128 mode?Universal disk drive controller project - information needed! Hello Speccy world! I am a hardware developer from Russia and old Speccy fan. Currently i am starting a project aimed at joining Western and Easter…
... way to operate without BASIC system) and this makes it from ... of already existing solutions both in Russia and in other world.
... being used now?
2. What is the necessary implementation ... programming)?
3. +D, D80, etc page in their ROMs when ...Universal disk drive controller project - information needed! Hello Speccy world! I am a hardware developer from Russia and old Speccy fan. Currently i am starting a project aimed at joining Western and Eastern…
... way to operate without BASIC system) and this makes it from ... of already existing solutions both in Russia and in other world.
... being used now?
2. What is the necessary implementation ... programming)?
3. +D, D80, etc page in their ROMs when ...Help! +3 won't work anymore!I've just set up my old +3 and it just won't work - it used to a few months ago but now it won't :( I'm in need of some expert help so here's the pr…
... set up my old +3 and it just won't work ... Plugged everything in and switch the power on.
2] TV ... I'm in the right area.
3] After ... this theory?
3] Could the keyboard be damaged ... doesn't work either and these 2 problems aren't ...Olli And Lissa 2I know 1 and 3 were released but can never remember number 2.....was it actually released...if it was Its damn hard to get....or is it a stupid quest…
I know 1 and 3 were released but can never remember number 2.....was it actually released...if it was Its damn hard to get....or is it a stupid question and just get me coat like?An idea for a keyboardHi guys, I was just thinking there just now (first time for everything). I was thinking about an AT keyboard on the Speccy. I remember a few peopl…
... like building Speccys in tower cases and the likes. And I was looking ... that it is a fairly basic protocol that runs on RS232 ... scanning routines was in the Speccy 128 and +2 if memory serves ... correctly but was removed in the +3 (+2A ...Look what I picked up in town...Was looking for one of these for ages. Saw them on amazon.co.uk, but never got round to buying one, then I was in Debenhams today and found one in t…
... , then I was in Debenhams today and found one in the kids section ... /B00061I4U6/qid=1130698787/sr=8-2/ref=pd_ka_2/202-3962791-7439043 ... /B0009Y5REQ/qid=1130698787/sr=8-3/ref=pd_ka_3/202-3962791-7439043 ... =8-3/ref=pd_ka_3/202-3962791-7439043[/url]
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