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New Tool: CheqEdit[b]CheqEdit[/b] it's a simple and small program that helps you to draw 64x48 graphics on screen in GRAPHICS MODE. Program can output as text in CHR$ …
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User Defined GraphicsCan someone please give some very simple code for a displaying a UDG at a location on screen? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely…
Can someone please give some very simple code for a displaying a UDG at a location on screen? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
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Weird issue with 128 Heatsink and IF2 cartI came across a weird issue with one of my 128K heatsink spectrums.... First of all i burned Paul Farrow's 128K RAM tester v 2.06 on a 27C128 eprom …
... i've tested it on)
On another 128k heatsink, any ... gives weird graphic effects on screen.
On this very 128k Heatsink ... (IF2 equivalent) without the cart on, doesnt cause problems.
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Repaired some 128K's todayI have lot's of ZX Spectrums laying aside with some more complex defects. Today I decided to try to fix some of them. I thought: why not share my ex…
... problem: random fast changing lines on screen.
I started ... tested it and could see on screen there was some ram checking ... boot now showed a green screen with changing pixels, and ... ram chips from the documentation on [URL="http://www.fruitcake. ... -
SpecBAS 0.722 Now available!Hi all - SpecBAS has been updated again! This version adds the most glaring omission yet - the INPUT command! This, as is usually the case with Spec…
... SpecBAS, improves on the original with proper on-screen placement with ... INPUT will not destroy the screen beneath it, and removes ... /> Added INPUT, with full-screen placement, formatting (masks) etc, ... OVER status now reset properly on NEW.
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Faulty rubber speccy - advice neededHello all speccy hardware gurus :) Recently I moved to a new flat and after a long time have some space (and time) to dig out my old Speccy hardware…
... the familiar "(C) Sinclair..." message. On both of them. Yes! But ... multimeter and will to carry on :)
One other ... upper ram chips, the pattern on the screen is not static (black ... the blue blocks become static on screen.
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Bit of an obscure oneThink it may have been Dynamite Dan? If it crashed when loading near the beginning , an R:Tape error would appear on screen , but also a message in b…
Think it may have been Dynamite Dan? If it crashed when loading near the beginning , an R:Tape error would appear on screen , but also a message in brackets saying something like "Look Jim , another pirate"). Anyone else remember seeing this? -
ISR's in lower ram, a.k.a. the snow effect - did any game or demo ever use this?Hi all I've been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real life for a while now so today I wrote a quick IM 2 ISR in lower ram to wi…
... the corruption dancing away merrily on screen is quite something.
on the black background!
on black snow[/URL]
Disable interrupts?Well, I've read the bits from the David Webb book about interrupt modes and (vaguely) appreciate the principles behind having a vector table, after r…
... just a few moving sprites on screen at any time at the ... all graphics are LD'd on screen. I'm reading the keyboard ...+2B and RGB colors all brightHi, I wonder if this is something others have experienced.. I connect to my LCD monitor using either RGB or composite cable. I was doing some raster…
... to my surprise all colors (on screen area) with or without bright ... bright.. so what is going on? :D48k Speccy chucks a wobblerI've got a problem with my rubber keyed 48k speccy. When it is first switched on everything is fine but after a couple of minutes the picture on scr…
... /> When it is first switched on everything is fine but after ... couple of minutes the picture on screen starts to screw itself up ... beeping noises. Normally when the screen starts to go funny i ... of evenly spaced green squares on the left hand side.
Tech Demo of my Latest Game (FADV)Posted in development as technically not a new release just a tech demo of a new game I'm working on. Ok here a tech demo of my latest full game, i…
... new game I'm working on.
Ok here a ... , torches etc... To use keys on locks you need to drag ... attack mode. To manipulate objects on screen you need to be in ... /> TomD
Couple of screen grabs
[IMG]http ...Experiments mixing ULA+ and Timex Hicolour featuresI'm trying to improve my Verilog skills, so I've written a description of a complete ZX Spectrum 128K (+2 grey ROMs), with AY-3-8912. I wanted to add…
... /> The result has been synthetized on a Spartan 3 Starter Board ... , the image slowly shows up on screen.
The images displayed ...Zx 48k after the ic7805 other problemHi everyone, i am Tiago from Portugal, and i am trying to repair a Zx Spectrum 48K. the machine didn't do anything, no image, no sound, nothing. The…
... any image on screen and i do now have something on screen, but it ...Repairing a Disciple disk interface - info for othersJust posted this [URL="www.benophetinternet.nl/hobby"]on my weblog[/URL], but I think it's also interesting to put here. This week I did some work o…
... URL="www.benophetinternet.nl/hobby"]on my weblog[/URL], but I ... not to boot, with garbage on screen etc.
[B][ ... for the 7805 voltage regulator on the Disciple, which is ... /> I resoldered all important contacts on the Disciple board: all chips ...Most accurate timingWhich emulator is closest in timing to an actual (48k) spectrum? A count to 10,000 loop, printing the loop number each time on screen - same snapsho…
... the loop number each time on screen - same snapshot in each case ...Two more M.I.A.sI wrote two simple educational games in 1988 called "Easy Time" and "Easy Maths" (may have been "Easy Math"). They were written in compiled BASIC, a…
... full-time programmer who worked on business software.
screen displaying a time. The ... the bottom of the screen left-to-right to ... ", a sum was displayed on screen, and a series of ... or right to land on the correct answer. Again ...BIFROST* ENGINE 1.2 released!Another improved version of the BIFROST* ENGINE is now available! Download it here: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027405[/u…
... /change/erase multicolor tiles instantly on screen, so these changes will appear ... appear at a certain location on screen, then use automated updates to ...Simple AY library in z88dk/CI was interested to see if I could make the 128k AY chip work, and as there wasn't any library on it, I just made one for fun. It's certainly not th…
... there wasn't any library on it, I just made one ... program (note there is no screen output in this one):
// Demo doesn't show anything on screen. My stdio lib is still ...ZX-Paintbrush version 2.2.9 releasedDear forum readers and ZX-Spectrum emulator friends, today I released ZX-Paintbrush version 2.2.9 with interesting new features (small ones but I th…
... get off the screen.[/LIST]
[LIST]On the zoom level ... "16x16 pixels selector" and "screen selector". Last one is thought ... for importing following blocks/tiles/screen$ or whatever.[/LIST]
... a range from -15 .. 175 on SCREEN$.[/LIST]
I ...loading images (SCR) - from tapeHello, i would like to understand how to put an image and loaded from tape. I was able to use on "Pee Cee" a converter software that did a JPG -> SC…
... /> I was able to use on "Pee Cee" a converter software ... WAV and finnaly, record it on my old TAPE. In my ... play, he loaded the image on screen.
but i would ... it can be done, everything on the ZX.
I know ... load it? is it the screen$?
ThanksSuccessfully updated Issue 2 48k to 128k?Thanks to the donation by PMSR and through the very patient teachings of Velesoft, I have updated the Issue 2 to work with 128k. However. I have yet …
... glitches (most cause graphical randomness on screen or just reset the machine ... to make the games run on the upgraded 48k machine?
Ken Barlow goes a bit David Icke!Corrie actor Bill Roache recently gave [URL="http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/corrie-s-bill-roache-predicts-world-will--change-dramatically--on-12-december-in-…
... -predicts-world-will--change-dramatically--on-12-december-in-bizarre-interview ... did an impersonation of my on-screen wife Deirdre, saying, 'Oh, Ken ...DivIDE CompatabilityThe Spectrum is 30 show proved a valuable event for investigating issues with Spectrums which do not work with the DivIDE.... The ones I sell are ma…
... was some intermittent flickering on the screen too, which could be ... Museum guys, it worked fine on that Spectrum.
on screen) - although they had a ... />
Tried unit 2 on that Spectrum - worked perfectly all ...A blatant plug...I wondered if I could tempt any of you iOS users to download a game a mate of mine has written that I was involved in a bit of playtesting. It's com…
... games actually playable with an on-screen controller (it's only 3 ...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…
... action" you can have on screen at the same time using ... 140;
// clear bitmap screen
printMode(32);
zx_border ... to automatically draw entire tilemap on screen)
for (f = 0 ... about 10K T-states on average (half the time ...Space PhantomsWith Halloween fast approaching a horror theme shooter could be of interest to someone looking to start a new project,something like the arcade game …
128k +2 does not show menuHi guys! I have a 128k +2 and when I turn it on, the main menu is not shown to me. Instead, I enter directly on 48k mode. Does anyone know how7why t…
Hi guys!
I have a 128k +2 and when I turn it on, the main menu is not shown to me. Instead, I enter directly on 48k mode. Does anyone know how7why this happens?
Thank you and sorry my bad englishGaming innovations that wern't popular...I've been thinking about innovations in gameing that were not popular when they were introduced, but have kind of become standard. Things like: No p…
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No player status's on screen as seen in [B]The ... bar, ammo counter etc. the screen was totally devoid of any ... information, leaving just a clear screen. This was generally [I]not ...zx spectrum 128+2a/b questionsIv just purchased a 128+2 and have only one game for it lol (Super stunt man). A few question if anyone can help.. 1)I'd like to run games through …
... an +2A model as says on the screen or the +2B model ... that it says on the back of ... issue 4 by amstrad.
On screen says :128+ 2a...Loader...+ 3 ...
