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Making new Spectrum graphics on a MacI would love to have a go and try to do some graphics for a NEW Spectrum game. It would be the first Spectrum game I've worked on since I worked on '…
I would love to have a go and try to do some graphics ... for a NEW Spectrum game. It ... />
Thing is, I have a Mac. Anyone know of any ... -
Need some advice regarding a Windows problemNeed some advice on this one, and Google and Bing aren't being my friends. Now that computer repair is how I get my bread and butter I should know h…
... removed, SP3, high-priority updates and a few programs were installed: Office ... startup and restarting. The usual "Windows has recovered from a serious ... here I never get a BSOD, and if I restart it ... installation just a couple days ago and has SP3 and all high ... -
Tips on optimizing some newbie assembly routinesI'm starting to learn some assembly language. The best way to learn is to actually code something you are going to use, so I'm creating a very simple…
... to mimick a tile based graphic mode. Basicly, I have a grid of ... characters, a table of characters, and a ... at a time. Then, it looks for its graphic data on _MB23_tileset and ... -
The point of fixing a QLHi All Recently picked up an old QL that was in pieces, all the screws are missing and the keyboard membrane is shot, but it does work. Gave the me…
... the screws are missing and the keyboard membrane is ... Gave the membrane legs a trim and the keyboard almost ... case upper while repeatedly pushing a key.
and looking around for things ... find are homebrew games, and office apps. Spending ... -
How feasible is it to add a second CPU to the ZX Spectrum?Today with IDE, and USB, and TCP/IP and other wonderful technologies arriving on the ZX Spectrum, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll run out of CPU tim…
... /> But, say, if a second (and maybe a third and fourth?) Z80 shared our ... the screen memory, and voila, we have a kind of DMA...
A) Is the hardware for this feasible to design and construct ... CPUs desirable on such a computer?
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ANN: ZX Spectrum +2g ROM setI'm working on another modified ZX Spectrum. This one is based on the +2A. There's quite a lot of work to do on the hardware but the ROM set is prett…
... Fully bug-fixed, enhanced, translated, and optimized Spanish 128 editor
and shows you what key ... n (line)
EDIT A$ (built in text editor)
WIDTH [ ... with the additional hardware disabled and preserves any program you ... -
Writing to the screen from a bufferI?m designing a game and am spending a bit of time trying different ideas before I commit my self. I?m currently thinking of writing data to a buffer…
I?m designing a game and am spending a bit of time trying different ... thinking of writing data to a buffer and then writing this ?back ... -
Heroes and ZeroesA thread for people who want to sing the praises of people they love and rub shit into the names of the people they hate! For me Heroes: [B]Brian …
... praises of people they love and rub shit into the ... to take the instrument up and I never tire of ... t she just shut up and f*ck off?? I ... accent she sings with and she's a miserable beyatch to boot ... who proved herself to be a bully and thick twunt, heard more ... -
Channels and streams - reading dataThe FAQ here - [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/48kreference.htm[/url] - seems to be just a touch inaccurate when it comes to readin…
... form of Spectrum character codes, and signal that data is available ... return "X" in the A register and set the carry flag, PRINT ... through the Shadow ROM disassembly and Complete Spectrum ROM disassembly to ... provide a new command to do the job of INPUT#, and I ... -
Winding up cold callers and saving your fellow neighboursHaving received a number of unwanted calls on my home phone despite being registered with telephone preference services I started on a mission to sto…
... on a mission to stop junk calls and find ... out who was calling me at 9am on a ... Saturday morning and hanging up, or ... "Hi speaking...." and waits for a response and sometimes gets their ... aware of this system, and either call my (private) ... -
FreebieJeebies and alikeHas anyone successfully used one of these "free gift" websites successfully. I understand that they are legitimate, but that can be a struggle to get…
... , but that can be a struggle to get enough referrals ... , I was incredibly drunk and fell asleep on the tube ... without doling at ?300 and was wondering if I were ... an old spec-chum a solid and sign-up to the ... doesn't cost anything and you get a free DVD rental from ... -
A Spectrum-ish conversation...I was yesterday having my hair cut in a british barbershop, and I was having a talk with the barber about the world, countries, economical crisis...e…
... cut in a british barbershop, and I was having a talk ... a rich british who recently bought a huge hotel here in Malaga...and ... that I knew him and that I have some ... knew about), the Spectrums, and he said, "yes, the ... want to look like a geek, and since he only ... -
Someone knows a tool to convert mappy files?Hi, I'm new in the scene. I've been doing some stuff with z88dk (great tool). Now the question, I use mappy to create a map, and how can I get this m…
Hi, I'm new in the scene. I've been doing some stuff with z88dk (great tool).
Now the question, I use mappy to create a map, and how can I get this map to work with z88dk librarys?
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ANN: 3E Strowsaw 1.0 releasedHi everybody, according to [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25809"]this thread[/URL], I wrote a simple GUI front-end for …
... all current 3e features, and other useful and nice stuff:
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- shows a disk (stored ... partition table like a folder tree.
- can display a file content without ... or more files and saves directly to a TAP file (new ... -
Strange health and safety rulesAt work today i was given some paperwork on something we deal with at work (i won't bore you with that). I wanted to put it in my folder but needed …
... office. I asked her for a punch and she opened the drawer ... t hand it to me and said that if she ... that was a stupid rule she just shrugged and said'It ... 's health and safety i' ... with assault! I think Cable and Wireless (can i name ... -
ZX-MAS - How about we make this December a huge event this year?[center][img]http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/cgi-bin/xmas_teaser.pl[/img][/center]The following may sound crazy now that we're at the height of Summer, but g…
... 's intended to be a full multimedia experience and I'm quite ... /> Fancy coming up with a (vaguely and not-so-vaguely) Christmas-related ... . It could be just a webpage here, and article there, or maybe ... the written word at all and be a piece of software, or ... -
New BUZZSAW+ Demo, No.2OK everybody, here's the latest demo of [I]Buzzsaw[/I]. This includes the title screen I wrote in Corfu with control selection, some new sprites and…
... , some new sprites and the score-display font I've just ...
The default controls are A/O/P/M on 48K ... the title screen there's a hidden option to press ' ... on. The chance of getting a saw is reduced too. ... someone could do a screen grab on a +2 and tell them ... -
Just got a Playstation 3I finally got a round to buying a Playstation 3 yesterday and I'm quite enjoying it at the moment, however, I cannot get he bastard to connect to my …
I finally got a round to buying a Playstation 3 yesterday and I'm ... my Xbox360, but a quick search online and that was all sorted ... Xbox360, 2 PSP's a Wii and 2 Ds's to it ... -
Explanation of various codesOn a page such as [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003603[/url], what exactly is the field "D.L.", which appears after Code and…
On a page such as [url]http:// ... .L.", which appears after Code and Barcode?
From looking ... for the item (often on a spine), and barcode is obvious, but ... .L.? Maybe some text about these fields (and any others that people ... -
disc worldI was sure there was a disc world text adventure for the spectrum but ive try to search the archive and cant see it am i wrong,or looking in wrong pl…
I was sure there was a disc world text adventure for the spectrum but ive try to search the archive and cant see it am i wrong,or looking in wrong place any help apreciated. -
ZX Spectrum + with WHSMITH Computer Program Data Recorder and box of casettesHi I'm selling a ZX Spectrum + with WHSmith Computer Program Data Recorder and a box of casettes. I held onto this hoping I'd have the time and incl…
... WHSmith Computer Program Data Recorder and a box of casettes. I held ... the time and inclination to get a new keyboard membrane and get her ... bundle from a car boot when I was a kid and have held ... spectrum start screen and could type commands - except a few keys ... -
Writing .dsk files in a +3How can I write .dsk files in a +3? I'm about to connect an external 3.5 inch drive, and I was thinking about "fixing" the drive so it always detect…
... 3.5 inch drive, and I was thinking about " ... would maintain an unmodified FDD and would not recognize that ...
I've got a divIDE and I could write .dsk files ... to a CF card, but ... know if there's a program that could write ... -
Best games list - a matter of taste!I always take a look at the best games list, It's really curious that in the list there are always so few spectrum games from 1990 on. Today is a luc…
I always take a look at the best ... from 1990 on. Today is a lucky day since we can ... In my opinion there are a lot of great spectrum games ... Maybe its a case of too much nostalgia?
And there is ... anither thing that surprises me a bit, and is that there are ... -
pulling data from a CD-romis this possible. it starts up as a programme, and wont let you print from it. i could do screen grabs but that would take ages.
is this possible. it starts up as a programme, and wont let you print from it. i could do screen grabs but that would take ages. -
An idea for a possible(?) new interfaceDue to the Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA works, there are a couple things (among others) that are difficult to do: -Gigascreen or a…
... Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA ...
-Wire 3D and Full-solid 3D real-time ... that use the Z80 a lot) and send back the results ... it was connected and act accordingly. A game would use ... mess up programs, games and demos that require specific ... -
Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …
I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer ... into 48k mode and display only a black screen with a white border when ... out much hope for this), and the printer simply doesn't ... -
Converting songs on a DVD to mp3Hopefully somebody here can help me. I have loads of DVD-A discs and I want to extract the songs from them and convert them to mp3 (or FLAC). How exa…
Hopefully somebody here can help me. I have loads of DVD-A discs and I want to extract the songs from them and convert them to mp3 (or FLAC). How exactly do I go about doing that? -
When would you use LD A,R ?Can anyone tell me a practical use of LD A,R and LD R,A I am confused when you would need to use it? Cheers
Can anyone tell me a practical use of LD A,R and LD R,A I am confused when you would need to use it?
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RetroMa??a 09Last week the association [url=http://www.retroaccion.org/]Retroaccion[/url] celebrated "[url=http://www.retroaccion.org/retromania-2009]RetroMa??a[/…
... years, activities for children and the "juegodromo", a place where people could ... -founder of Dinamic software, and finally, Mar?a Jes?s L?pez ... ] about midi interfaces with a violin and some 8 bits computers.
Spectrum +3 suspected memory faultHi, I've been using my +3 for the first time in a while and found that some games have problems with the display becoming corrupted and sometimes cr…
... in a while and found that some games have problems with the display ... becoming corrupted and sometimes crash.
a largely black screen, and then crash. When ...
