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Reading the keyboardDoes anyone have a code sample to read the keyboard in machine code ?
... 0 ; how long a key has been pressed
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1','2','3','4','5' ; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
... ,129,8 ; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
defb ... br /> defb '!','@','#','$','%' ; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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jet set willy 2, the end of the debate (or a new begining?)there are some good reason's why jet set willy 2 is great 1, it is faster than jet set willy 2, it has more levels that jet set willy 3, it has a bet…
... willy 2 is great
1, it is faster than jet ... /> On the other hand, JSW2 has nice additions such as vertical ... br />
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5, it has a cool scrolling message!!!!!
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IDE drives for speccy?Hi all, I've seen that there is an IDE drive with compact flash card for the c64. Is there anything similar for the speccy? It would be fab to hav…
... "firmwares" for it :
1. Demfir - can load snapshots (Z80 ... more complicated to put a disk image (.d40 .d80) image ... .TRD files (BetaDisk). Divide has some traps inside it just ... reason. For now the devlopment has been stopped but some1 will probably ... -
How to apart a 16K from a 48K?How can I understand that if i have a 16K or 48K? Thanks
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1) 201 has been poked into 65535
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About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
... /> When I tried it (>1.5 yrs ago),
the z80 ... still buggy.
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How many of you lot still own your original Speccy?I have reason to believe the majority of you still own your original Spectrum. I think thats great, but it also really suprised as well. I was obsess…
... orginal zx81 still works never been repaired.
... got my orginal 16K issue 1 - with the upside down ... /> and about 4 or 5 others I got from new ... twin floppy drive setup been using it for years. ... well known PC brand has been back to their factory many ... -
About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
... were modified and recompiled since 1.5. This is entirely possible -- I ... moved to see if anything has been updated. The spectrum specific libs ... -
More RZX fun and gamesHi guys, as you may or may not be aware, xmikex and myself have been submitting recordings to Daren's archive for quite some time now. We still have …
... ones into ALL emulation, but has been taken by the darkside (C64 ... more and more mates have been getting a copy of my ... be canny long at over 1.5 megs big (Nice one Daren ... -
Z88DK + SPLIB2 question.I downloaded the compiler, installed it following the instructions (found at the SPLIB2 website), updated it using the fixed files (stdlib.h and the …
... have on my computer. What has happened is that because z88dk ... last stable version for download (1.5), the libs and the binaries ... due out soon. I've been testing this on a Win ... -
What do other nationalitieswho live abroad think of UKI would be interested to know what others think about UK, are we in US pockets is Tony Blair good or bad leader etc _________________ As featured i…
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1) Tony Blair: the worst thing that has ever happened ... imperial. Of course, this has all changed now... The Metric system is ... think the word is). Having been used to the metre (and ... -
Who will you vote for in the UK General Election?The miscellaneous section used to be mainly about miscellaneous Spectrum things, but since its now changed, I'll break with tradition: Just out of i…
... sells the big issue, has done for the last ... other of my mates has a kid but the ... 3 different fathers, now 5 kids. Apparently according to ... hes brainwashed) shes been 'unlucky' !! 1 or 2 perhaps unplanned ... but now 5 ??
The bloke has taken the ... -
Investronica Inves Spectrum +Hi, Has anyone here ever heard of the Investronica Inves Spectrum +? This site [url="http://www.silicium.org/uk/sinclair/inves.htm"]http://www.sili…
... but two Kempston ports have been added, and Spanish characters ... is placed elsewhere and has a very useful cooler. ... voltage connections -5, +12 and non-regulated 12. It has, though, ... Interface 1.
The colour generator circuit has been replaced ... -
Congratulations to Martijnfor a top Games TM interview! Colin
... re after preserved tape and disk images for the games ... Spectrum Tape Preservation and Spectrum Disk Preservation lists. We're also ... . Any idea why the company changed its mind?
MvdH: ... answer, so of course everything has been taken down. Maybe it now ... -
The strongest chess programJust wondered, since I used to be really into competitive chess many years ago. I liked Cyrus IS-Chess and Superchess 3.5, and enjoyed Psi Chess eve…
... move)
Superchess 3.5: 180 seconds/move
Superchess 3.5 1-0 Colossus 4 (Scandinavian, ... Chessmaster 2000 0-1 Superchess 3.5 (Veresov opening, ... 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 h5? against Cyrus I) has been ... clash, Superchess 3.5 has White against Cyrus I ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
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Processor: The speccy has the faster processor (even if ... times into account) and has all those lovely registers. ... Memory: 64 has 64k (minus 1 byte) available. Speccy has 48k. If you ... had tape drives, followed by 5.25 disk drives. Woweee.
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"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... . Had the hardware specs been reversed, then speccy fans ... of the time, and has been on the edge of bankruptcy ... hehe). They may have been a billion dollar company in ... 't mean they had $1 billion in profit. Any ... or C64 can never be changed. Some of my fondest ... -
I'm so happy!I just won this! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8203781036&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/…
... different auctions. One was for 5 Hewson games:
Avalon ... , which went for ?2.20 (+?1.49 P&P)
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Cloning Microdrive Sectors?Hi everybody, I made a posting in the MIA/STP/SDP forum a while back about attempting to preserve the very well protected Microdrive cartridge "LERM…
... /> M-Doc reports that sectors 1-5 are simply MISSING.
MaxDesktop ... sees sectors 1-5 as being occupied by [CHR ... these sectors (114-120) have been manipulated to appear as MISSING ... br />
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Key press to ASCII valueI need a bit of code that will give me an ASCII value when the key is pressed. I only really need a-z. I tried using the following code but it only s…
... 0 ; how long a key has been pressed
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1','2','3','4','5' ; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
... ,129,8 ; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
defb ... br /> defb '!','@','#','$','%' ; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
defb '_ ... -
Spectrum emulator tests on WEB?I searched little with google, but didn't find it. Can I get some URL?
... files
[filename part 1 - 4]_all.png
... [filename part 1 - 4]_rgb.png
... needed
[filename part 1 - 4]_rgb.png
... be redumpped if the texture has been dumpped.
< ... _[part 5].[extension]
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Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…
... if the Z80 on WoS has been modified to work ?
< ... Is it possible that the disk was loaded in to a ... or somehow extracted from a disk or something with an ... could mount a 720k 3.5" floppy on the Amiga ... Speculator or something) that had been used on a +3 ( ... -
Top 100 retro gamesHi guys, After 36 issues I thought it would be good fun (read easy feature) to do a list of the top 100 retro games. So feel free to tell me your t…
1,Conkers Bad Fur Day (N64)< ... )
4,Doom (PC)
5,Sabre Wulf (Spectrum)
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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. …
... another channel opens an extra 5
> bytes ... the extra channels had been created by the Main ... streams. Even the ROM has two streams pointing to ... />
With Interface 1 attached, OPEN #7,"s":CLOSE ... and Martin Brennan who has been in the news recently ... -
Difference between +2 , +2a and +2bWhats the difference between these models Also if I was going to buy a 128k machine, whats the best one for games compatibility (from all 128k model…
... a disk drive it has the tape deck. The floppy disk controller has been removed ... of it where the floppy disk controller lives in a +3 ... crazy. Also the sound circuit has a design flaw so the ... has the same edge connector as the +3. It was changed slightly ... -
OT: PC boot solution anyone?A long shot I know, but what the hell! The thing is this: My Asus K8V SE Deluxe mobo seems to be suffering from a problem. Specifically with the BIO…
... some strange results that havent been mentioned before and give you ... support CD when a bootable disk is not available, and go ... diskette required."
Has got to be worth a ... that the SATA settings have been changed and its confusing the bios ... -
Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…
... had different content on side 1 and 2. This was mostly ... GB. It can fit on 5 hard drive or 250 DVD ... what is wrong if CSW has 500 KB. We are in ... you hadn't noticed Martijn has designed the whole of this ... for example where a tape has been damaged that a tzx is ... -
N64 shooters?I loved my N64 buti did not have many shooters for it. Was their any shooters on it? Any that we did not get but came out in Japan? Thank for the …
... strips", possibly like a 1/4 inch thick magnet, ... " function , as it has been dubbed, will not only enable ... the standard controller have been found) For a " ... unit for-mentioned. Nintendo has reported that they haven ... likely, say maybe, $5-$10 bucks a game) ... -
b00mzi11a - where is he?I transferred money for the xbox to his account nearly 3 weeks ago, since then he's dropped off the 'net. I don't want to jump to assumptions as he'…
... trade.
HISTORY:
1.Bleugh transferred currency to Boomzilla ... Boomzilla failed to respond.
5.Bleugh sends MSN messages to ... opinion, I think that Bleugh has been too lenient, never have I ... of his 4/5 months of 'patience' has had to suffer ... -
Draft specs for TZX v1.20Hi all! In the attempt to restart the development of the TZX format, I've put online the first version of the draft document [1]. At the moment ther…
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I've been developing a windows utility to ... lies around my hard disk. I started working on ... />
The application has grown a lot since then ... be useful; most bugs has been deleted and many new features ... one hour to cataloh 5.000 tzx files because ... -
Gamestation in Leeds has Speccy stuff (bizarrely)The gamestation in leeds near the market currently has a mint Speccy 128k +2 with 2 joysticks, a mint cond. manual and 100 games (all with box and in…
... was 33 1/3p well spent as were the C64 disk games ... [/url]
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