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*WoS database feature request*Greetings, This message is primarily addressed to Martijn, but I've thought of making it public, so that other members may have input on the subject…
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Playground Banter....Any of you peeps have playground banter at school with the C64 or Amstrad boys! I can remember at my school there was about 5 of us in my class who …
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How do I transfer games from my PC to my phone?I have a Motorola Razr 3i (I think...) and I was wondering how I could transfer Java (or whatever, I haven't kept up with mobile phones) games to the…
In Machine Code, what is the quickest way to sort bytes?I am playing around with some ordering of sprites, where I want to order them by vertical position. I used some Rodnay Zaks code to order some bytes…
... = current entry
ld e,(ix+1) ; e = next entry
cp ... e ; compare
jr nc,noswitch ; ... ;= next
xchange ld (ix),e ; store next into current
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... so many needless flaws, i.e. the Microdrives, and its awful ...Various Games to TradeHi Another list (this time with slightly rarer games =D), I am looking to trade for adventure games e.g. text adventures on 8-bit platforms (infocom…
... to trade for adventure games e.g. text adventures on 8 ...Screen LoaderCouple days ago i find very interesting loader routine in ex Yugoslavia magazine "Svet Kompjutera" from january 1987. Authors of article, calls this …
... /> LD A,D
OR E
JR NZ,LFF28
LD A,E
CP 32
JP ...CLEAR does not RESTORE the DATA pointer??According to the Spectrum manual, one of the things that a CLEAR command does RESTORE the DATA pointer. Either it doesn't actually do this, or some…
Bipboi Beta 2007.10Hello, I am nearing the end of the gameplay to Bipboi. I have made changes to the gameplay and would really like your opinions (Is it too hard etc)…
... to collect it again (i.e. stars increase)
I ...Where can I buy Cassette TapesI want to move a lot of my routines etc onto cassette tape (Don't ask me why, I guess for nostalgia's sake) Do you know where I can buy cassettes wh…
I want to move a lot of my routines etc onto cassette tape (Don't ask me why, I guess for nostalgia's sake)
Do you know where I can buy cassettes wholesale shorter than C90's (e.g. C10's, C20's etc)
CheersPixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…
... a,(hl) ; a = x byte (e.g. if xpos=16 then ... ,graphics
add a,e
ld e,a ; de now points ...PCW Spectrum PROM ProgrammerHi everyone, I?m looking for a (E)prom programmer circuit diagram that was published for the Spectrum in an old Popular Computing Weekly magazine fro…
... /> I?m looking for a (E)prom programmer circuit diagram that ...Harry's Hoard?Was [i]Henry's Hoard[/i] actually licenced in any way by Software Projects, or was it a Harry-Price-style rip-off? Incidentally, since it's based on…
... , many of the JSW POKEs (e.g. collect all objects) work ... . But some (e.g. turn on WRITETYPER) don ...Add the numbers?Yesterday morning (about 1am) I was flicking through cable to see what was on, and I turned to ITV and that boring space filler "The Mint" was on. An…
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words (i.e. include 4, 3, 2, 6 ...Comparison operatorsI am trying to remember what programming languages have the following comparison operators can any body help me: gt , lt, ge, le ....e.t.c Tha…
I am trying to remember what programming languages have the following comparison operators can any body help me:
gt , lt, ge, le ....e.t.c
Thanks in advance
Andrew.These sounded great...Torstum's post about a hypthetical new micro-computer (on this forum) reminded me of something, but rather than post in that thread, I thought I'd ma…
... at work and reading an e-novel, or on the bus ... vision. You could read an e-book, watch a film, play ...Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…
... standard Spectrum BASIC variables, i.e a and b, like so ... -contended memory above RAMTOP, i.e.
POKE 60001, PEEK ...Looking for one particular music demoHi. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it. There is a music demo I'm looking for. Unfortunately I don't k…
... another tune. There was Ghostbusters, E.T., Axel F and loads ...Rock & Roll Hall Of FameIt's time for my second annual "R&RHOF" picks The Cure (on sheer influence alone) Van Halen (yes, they are not in yet) Weird Al Yankovic (the obliga…
Ideas for possible entries for CSSCGC 2006Has anybody got any good ideas for possible entries to the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2006? (CSSCGC 2006?) Here's a few of the ideas I'…
... out to find some punters (e.g. Es, coke, crack, blow ... area in which to hook (e.g. Broken Glass Estate, Northchester ...Screenshot display per default?Now that we have a good amount of screenshots available (as well as draw some more attention to it as a side effect), how does the WoS populace think…
... on for the archive lists (e.g. [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum ...Question about SPLAT!Hello! I've just discovered SPLAT! (Incentive, 1983), which has instantly become a classic in my mind. There is, however, one problem. The controls…
... a little over-sensitive. i.e. One quick tap of a ...System Shock is now free! And some other games too...The game System Shock, a reportedly superb PC FPS/RPG hybrid that was way ahead of it's time on release, has aparently been released as freeware by i…
... whatever name you like (i.e. go.bat). Right click the ...Questioning CCSLet's continue discussing some titles from the publisher that I like most of all - CCS. Let's also keep this discussion to what it's about, or I'll …
... ones in red inlays, i.e. Ace Low, Maverick, Cube and ...MobileZXI know i've posted about this many moons ago, but has anyone heard anything about this emulator? Looking on WoS's Emulators page, it reads: Java 2 M…
... updated in 3 years. I e-mailed the author, just to ...Unknown gemsBeen a few similar-ish threads in the past but the forum seems quiet, can people post some of their favourite 'not so famous' games ? Thanks to WO…
... should try ? F.I.R.E is one of my favourite ...the worldthey point at small children and say "look at this little boy, what do you think he has" and answer "I don't know, I don't think it's dyslexia, I thi…
... you C A N C E R . . . Time to put sun ...Q. on Livejournal.Hey ... I remember seeing an interesting blog on Livejournal quite a while ago ... I used to be able to get to the page by typing in the username on …
... name instead of WWW (i.e. whateverthename.livejournal.com) to no ...PSP or GPX2 (or Pocket PC or whatever)?I'm going to get either a PSP or a GPX2 (or a Nintendo DS, or a PocketPC or something), so what are the differences between the PSP, the GPX2 and wha…
... using it for emulation and e-books whilst on the train ... 8-bits? What are the e-book readers like? What is ... line are there when viewing e-books? Which machine has the ...
