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Compiling FUSE from source for a complete and total beginner...?[b]ACHTUNG: this is going to take a while to read...[/b] A message above tells me it's been nearly 14 months since I last visited here. Ye gods. Wel…
... the hundreds of lines of text that the compiler spits ... Looking through the masses of text generated by ./configure, I ... + of some description is a prerequisite, and they work absolutely fine ( ... /> xdisplay.c:176: error: ?display? undeclared (first use in this ... -
Thinking of making a "Wicker Man" text adventureI introduced my friend to the wonderful world of Speccy text adventures the other night, after she reminded me she liked D+D/MMORPGs; so we played an…
... wonderful world of Speccy text adventures the other night, ... MMORPGs; so we played and completed "Apache Gold" simultaneously ... there's a wealth of tips concerning pitfalls and pratfalls, ... etc.
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Where's the border line between a Spectrum and something else?I mean: there are purists out there that consider that anything that is not a true Sinclair Spectrum, with a true Z80 and a true ULA, and at most, 48…
... not a true Sinclair Spectrum, with a true Z80 and a true ULA, and at ... considered a "true" Spectrum. Those purists even avoid to code graphic routines ... who have a relaxed idea of what is a Spectrum, and will consider ... -
UK Appeals Court Agrees That Clicking A Link And Opening A Website... Is Infringing[COLOR="royalblue"][SIZE="5"]UK Appeals Court Agrees That Clicking A Link And Opening A Website... Is Infringing [/SIZE][/COLOR] As you probably kno…
... Court Agrees That Clicking A Link And Opening A Website... Is Infringing
display on your monitor, and to know that ... etc.
But now a British court has decided that ... article itself made when clicking a link were infringing. There' ... -
Type a screen of text from the start screen.I've forgotten all the combo's of symbol-shift and so on, but is there a way, from Spectrum Basic to just type out a load of text? Problem is, as soo…
... combo's of symbol-shift and so on, but is there ... to just type out a load of text? Problem is, as soon ... as you hit a key, you ... want to just type in a few sentences, without any of ... -
What if there was a Speccy Games Console[img]http://segaretro.org/File:MSEvolution_Black_Console.jpg[/img] This would have made a really good looking spectrum console back in the day (mi…
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This would have made a really good looking spectrum console ... the day (minus the sonic graphic and text on it). Instead of Sinclair ... I) it could have released a dedicated console. You thoughts? -
pbm2scr: a graphic converterI've published a graphic converter I wrote some months ago. It converts 256x192 PBM pictures to the ZX Spectrum SCR format. It's written in [url=…
I've published a graphic converter I wrote some months ... format[/url], ASCII and binary, is always ASCII and its elements ( ... type identifier, picture width and height) are strings separated into ... words, which do the parsing and conversion. As usual in ... -
A Sunday grumbleGIVE IN & DROP OUT OR WHAT? The following is not a sensible message meaning that I'm not necessarily going to act upon what the title suggests, I'…
... jiggery pokery with folders and path names and stuff.
and thither like a butterfly amidst a floral display.
... the graphic screen position map in both pixels and characters ... out where to put a graphic and how to move it.< ... -
Forest of DoomLoved the Fighting Fantasy books as a kid, and remember playing this years ago. Does anybody have a spare they'd like to sell, or even know where I …
... Thieves would definitely be a good one to follow ... your suggestion for using a graphic representation of the room ... top portions of the display for illustrations and text/room options, smaller ... Ideally though, we'd need a programmer too...
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I posted a topic and got no replies twiceU lot think your good getting 10 20 30 40 replies not so man, anyone can get loads of replies " I hate ebay " but to actually post 2 topics with no r…
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Someone with a +2A and a digicam?Hi guys, I need a bit of a favour from someone who has a +2A and access to a digicam. I'm needing a picture of the inside of the machine. I'm more…
... a bit of a favour from someone who has a +2A and access to a ... digicam.
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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…
... game is loaded onto a just-switched-on Spectrum). ... , so that a game loaded on a real Spectrum that ... then there's always a differing time before you ... be set to a random value (a random value chosen ... counts the fiftyths of a second and the amount is always ... -
Thinking of setting up a website and need some adviceI'm considering setting up a website and I need some advice. I can design the site myself, so I don't need to worry about web design fees. What I re…
... 'm considering setting up a website and I need some advice.< ... been downloaded.
A free discussion board link might ... per year for hosting and registering a web domain name.
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How to code a run and jumpHi all, Is there a way in basic to take action on two simultaneous key strokes. I want to add a run and jump i.e. keys Q and M but using inkey$ seem…
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Is there a way in basic to take ... to add a run and jump i.e. keys Q and M but ... only one key press at a time. I am not ready ... -
Saving a file and removing the title (Program:)I remember when saving a program how I could construct a string such as: 10 let a$=chr$ 8+ chr$ 8+"name" 20 save a$ In order to remove the "Program…
... when saving a program how I could construct a string such as ... :
10 let a$=chr$ 8+ chr$ 8+"name ... remove the "Program:" title to display a different loading header.
It's been a weird (and scary) Christmas...Hello folks and Merry (belated) Christmas. It's been a bit of a weird (and scary) one for me... My mum suffered a heart attack on 19th December…
... /> It's been a bit of a weird (and scary) one for me ... recall) and has now had a defibrillator implant fitted (a bit like a pacemaker ... - it regulates heartbeats and helps to ...How much can you get into 48k?Todays experiment was to see how long, how much text, a PRINT statement will hold. I filled it up with * and counted them and got 689 chrs. Almost 22…
... of giving the reader a choice and maybe a graphic.
Next ... how about using a small bold Windows font and combining text and a graphic and then convert ... it to a screen file ...When was the last time you walked into a shop and bought a game?With the rise of Play.com and digital downloads does anyone actually still actually go to games shops and buy games? I was in Game recently and the …
... the rise of Play.com and digital downloads does anyone actually ... actually go to games shops and buy games?
I was ... section was just a shelf of Steam codes and a very small used ... time i went into a shop and bought a game was around 2012 ...Looking for - Photoshoot - Woman holding a speccy and a C64There were 3 or 4 pictures of a brunette holding a speccy I think a 128, and one of the pictures she was holding a C64 at arms length with disgust on…
There were 3 or 4 pictures of a brunette holding a speccy I think a 128, and one of the pictures she was holding a C64 at arms length with disgust on her face. It wasn't from the 80's it was fairly recent.PAW questionThis may not be the right place but anyways there it goes: I've been trying to figure out how to import graphic files in .SCR format in the PAW parse…
... you're in a room where you want a graphic (and I would suggest ... shift the interpreter to start text at the line after the ... of the image and possible change into that graphic protection mode. ... Et voli?, you have a graphic sitting above your text.
Now, I ...Big K, SU, C&VG ProgsHow Do!!! I was just wondering if anybody has scans of any of the type-ins from Big K, SU, C&VG etc. The reason I ask is that I remember two excelle…
... Forest Of Long Shadows, and was published in Sunclair ... )
and it benefits me also because ... a good idea, and i just bought a great book on doing graphic and text ... adventures for spectrum and ...FUSEI've written a ONLINER textadventure in FUSE. I would like to share it with you all, but I can't get it to a textfile from FUSE. I have tried it with…
... only emulates a ZX printer then and that's a graphic, not text. Try printing ...About the Cronosoft GamesHello everybody, I just want to comment one thing that happens with the Cronosoft Games. I Load them on my Spectrum+2A and I have seen that most of t…
... and sometimes juggling a few attributes, only coming out to display a bit of text ... so. Music is interrupt-driven and I'd expect it to ... might be a push without a pop, or a call without a ret somewhere ...How do you have your speccy stuff organised on the PC?I'm curious as to how the good folks in here have their PC speccy stuff organised. For instance, do you have a single Programs folder with all your…
I've got a folder called Games, which has ... 3 more folders...Games, Emulators and Other Stuff...
... like inlays, instructions, adverts and other stuff in various other ... for each letter, and one for Graphic and Text Adventures and another for TR-Dos ...Star Heritage::TranslationHi all! I am almost finished with a translation of a Russian adventure game Star Heritage (demo) to poor English. I need a volunteer(s) with a good …
... ;651489]We will beg until a TAP version is made available ... (as there is a lot of graphic and text information), and when you come back ...Star Heritage::TranslationHi all! I am almost finished with a translation of a Russian adventure game Star Heritage (demo) to poor English. I need a volunteer(s) with a good …
... (as there is a lot of graphic and text information), and when you come back ...Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…
... give the same layout), and choosing a higher level makes the ... and pre-calculated all of the coordinates for every graphic ... at all nine scales and put them ... into DATA tables. So to display a graphic at ...How much can you get into 48k?Todays experiment was to see how long, how much text, a PRINT statement will hold. I filled it up with * and counted them and got 689 chrs. Almost 22…
... of giving the reader a choice and maybe a graphic.
Next ... how about using a small bold Windows font and combining text and a graphic and then convert ... it to a screen file ...Name that demo...I remember a graphic and music demo given away on YS (i think) that i always used to put on after school while doing my homework. It was a polish or…
I remember a graphic and music demo given away on ... or russian demo of a Ladybird and i think someone squishes it ...More image conversionHi, I have the possibility to add some more input formats to BMP2SCR Pro. It already supports BMP, PNG and JPG, this are the most important formats, …
... this does not mean that a Amiga version will be easy ... . Today I just tried to display a SCR and it works (slow, but ...
