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SpecBAS 0.747 Now available!Hiya folks - it's update time again! SpecBAS has had a load of new fixes, as well as some new additions! Firstly, as you all wanted it, SpecBAS can…
... load and run your programs from the command line.
from the number saved in ... then it will start from the smallest, first line ... as part of the PRINT/INPUT items list - takes one ... where a program would launch from the start, not the ... -
How to change the colour of an input line?Hello my fellow WoS'ers I remember the way-back machine on the humble 48k where I could write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change the …
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Copying Files in +3e BASIC (not using COPY command)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Yet again I find myself in need of guidance, I am sooo close to getting my prototype up. I am writing my own byte cop…
... a file byte for byte from one device to another.
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BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 1In BIFROST*, it's much easier to just make changes in the tile map and let the engine automatically draw & animate everything in multicolor for you. …
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Spectrum +2A Sound InputBeen hearing a few pointers that the +2A doesn't have sound input and can't take 3.5mm jacks. I want to hook my iPhone up to it with the right lead …
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BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 2This second demo shows animated and moving tiles together, and also how to implement collision detection. This knowledge should be enough to implemen…
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More from ProbeSome more bits and bots from recently uploaded Adventure Probes that may or may not be of use for the database... Jade Necklace [url]http://www.worl…
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Escape from City 17 (the film, and the game Half-Life 3)Talking about Valve in another thread brought to mind the brilliant Escape from City 17 fan made films, at: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ixF…
... to mind the brilliant Escape from City 17 fan made films ... be a third genuine Escape from City 17 episode made, though ... too pleasant A.I. enemy from the Portal games) somewhere along ... -
SpecBAS 0.752 Now available!Ok, after the heroic efforts of ASH-II and Galileo finding as many bugs as they can, the result is a more stable and capable interpreter! Here's wha…
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BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 4In previous posts I demonstrated how to move multicolor tiles up and down smoothly by a single pixel, and sideways by an entire char (8 pixels). Thi…
... " (let's call it "HRC"), from 0 to 255, just like ... will indicate the char column (from 0 to 31) and the ... pixels inside the char column (from 0 to 7). In practice ...Best books & Sugested reading..Hi i was trying to search the forum but couldnt find it. Looking at WOS there is a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ect.. I mess…
... to learning lol.
From what i can remember it ... can remember many happy hours from my youth spent like this ... able to do simple things, input, output, maths, changing the ink ... sudenly when i was recovering from illness I realised it would ...Pages from CEFAXStrangely its 2:10 am on a Sunday morning in 2012 and BBC2 are showing pages from CEFAX accompanied with background music. Has my TV areal fallen in…
Strangely its 2:10 am on a Sunday morning in 2012 and BBC2 are showing pages from CEFAX accompanied with background music.
Has my TV areal fallen into a time portal?Stealth AllRAM SpectrumHaving just received a couple of new keyboard membranes to fix a couple of machines with, the thought crossed me that I should do a special project w…
... I then heat the board from the back with a hot ... here is solder a wire from pin 1 of the ... s chip select pin's input must be generated by combining ... the signals - /ROMCS is taken from pin 27 of the chip ... occupied by the wire going from /ROMCS to the dead cockroach ...WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think ... think its not handling the input correctly? or could it be ...Download Video from YoutubeHello all, How we can download the videos from youtube?what is the correct way of downloading the videos.
Hello all,
How we can download the videos from youtube?what is the correct way of downloading the videos.just looking through some retro gearat the missuses mums and shes got loads of retro gear stashed in her garage that was rescued from mi dads house, first time ive seen it all couple o…
... her garage that was rescued from mi dads house, first time ... is the full set of input mags in binders are missing ...Demo(s) from Chaos Constructions 2012Well, I can see only one for now - "Recycler" by TheSuper (128K). Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand - TAP version is ready. Yupp, that was quick. This time. [url]h…
... You can see anything new from the CC meeting, pls add ...loading images (SCR) - from tapeHello, i would like to understand how to put an image and loaded from tape. I was able to use on "Pee Cee" a converter software that did a JPG -> SC…
... put an image and loaded from tape.
I was ... first and the image after, from a sequence point of view ...WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…
... as CVBS and the video input of the modulator box (if ... that carries the configuration clock from the FPGA to the Platform ... as inputs, and isolation resistors from address lines at the multiplexer ... outputs from the Z80 side are higher ...128k +2 (grey) Ear mod - New ULA and still problemsBverstee kindly sold me a 128K ula since the one in my +2 seemed to have a broken ear in. But even with the new ULA, I still can not load games throu…
... games through my added EAR input. I dont have any ZX ... if it can load games from the datacorder properly. I have ... oscilloscope and I measure the input on Pin 34, what reaches ... ok.
Input on the white cord (EAR from casette) is around ...Random number from a rangeHow can I generate in assembly a random number from a range, let's say 0-21 or 0-57? There are generators which make it 0-255. By using bit masks I…
How can I generate in assembly a random number from a range, let's say 0-21 or 0-57?
There are generators which make it 0-255.
By using bit masks I can make it 0-127,0-63,0-31 and so on. But what if my range isn't that "equal"?appending data while saving to tapeBefore trying to do this I just wanted to check if there's a possibility that it might actually work. I have a number of string arrays which I want t…
... to me, which is to DIM the arrays first thing so ... ) and just save as CODE from (VARS) with the combined length ...Never released-recovered games from Clockwize, will we ever see them??As per the permission email from Dean Hickingbottom: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?permit=individuals/HickingbottomDean.pmt[/url]…
As per the permission email from Dean Hickingbottom:
[url] ...adventure compilerThis is the project I've working on for the last week(?), but I realise I won't be able to work on anything Spectrum related for a while. So here's …
... a "compiled.sna" file from a file called "input.txt"
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The input is very specific and there ... ).
Order in the input file is also pretty flexible ... limited access to computers starting from tomorrow, so if you have ...Component from a scrap 128K board neededHello, I'm in desperate search of the most left component shown in the following picture. (2115 8617X, probably only the 2115 number has to do with …
Autosiril, a MIDI-to-AY music converter...well, it's not a direct MIDI-to-AY converter, but it's still possible to try out the results on a real Speccy machine. So, here's the story: Siri…
... ago and, while keeping it from everyone else with the Security ... public!
Converting songs from MIDI to the Vortex Tracker ... specify, and half of your input would turn into listing the ...Strange email from wos?I got the following email notification today from user alesha00: Dear zx1, alesha00 has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled -…
... the following email notification today from user alesha00:
Dear ... so that people can learn from this blog.
I ...+2 troublesI received a supposedly working +2 in the mail a couple of days ago. Sadly I've been unable to get it to load anything from tape or the tape input. W…
... to load anything from tape or the tape input. When I play ... in, I hear the sound from the monitor to again no ...BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 6The purpose of this demo is somewhat different from previous ones. Instead of teaching a new technique, the main goal here is to demonstrate how much…
... this demo is somewhat different from previous ones. Instead of teaching ...Revisiting Spectrum CPU clock regenerationWarning: This post will be a bit nerdy :-) Some time ago, I experimented with phase locked loop circuits as a possible way to regenerate the Spectru…
... signals (by separating these out from the composite video signal). Ah ... my Spartan-6 development board from Digilent. The Spartan-6 ... First off, because its minimum input frequency is 19MHz, over 5 ... our regenerated 3.5MHz clock from the divider is not ...
