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  • Simple text scroller, first character problemin a text scroller, whole line scrolled to the left by 1 pixels using RL(HL) ; DEC L method. But at the rightmost character must be printed immediate…

    ... method. But at the rightmost character must be printed immediately and ... I just printed the extra character at the start of next ... the fastest method of bringing character in, partially?
    Arda Arda January 2015 Development
  • Uridium possible with more colour??Having seen the MSX version of Uridium mentioned in another thread I wondered if the Spectrum could produce anything similiar, and had a go at a mock…

    ... is not something I am writing just toying around with.
    character square there would not be ...
    dmsmith dmsmith January 2015 New game ideas
  • Character Set FinderSomething I put together a long time ago, just tarted it up a little bit to make it more usable and added few screenshots and a quick readme.<br><br>…

    ... ://jswmm.co.uk/topic/75-character-set-finder/ (Guest viewable and ...
    spider spider May 2015 Brand new software
  • I'm writing an Operating SystemOkay this might seem like a bait thread, but I am legitamately interested in figuring out how to write a multi-process system for the ZX Spectrum (no…

    ... synced... possibly I'll try writing it to tape. It's ... I don't see myself writing more than an assembler for ...
    Veltas Veltas May 2015 Development
  • Execution map file support in different emulatorsAs I'm now seeking about execution map files, the different emulators support, I want to start a new discussion here. Today, I tried to create a mem…

    ... , but my machine is too fast. But the map file format ... /> bit 3: =1 means byte writing
    bit 4: =1 means ... word writing
    bit 5: =1 means ... /> bit 6: =1 means stack writing
    bit 7: reserved
    clausjahn clausjahn July 2015 Emulators
  • The text edition window shrinksJust when I thought that all my problems here were solved , another bug has popped up : When I begin writing a message , no matter if a new discussi…

    ... up :
    When I begin writing a message , no matter if ... just after typing the first character the text edition window shrinks ...
    modern_hermit modern_hermit July 2015 WoS/Forum Issues
  • R.I.P former Damned Bassist Bryn Merrickhttps://www.facebook.com/damneddoc i promised boozy id post this, died yesterday, he was only in em between 83 - 86 but fondly remembered and love…

    ... passed away... and what a character he was. Bass player during ... song, Ignite. Bryn liked the fast stuff... it was the way ...
    mel the bell mel the bell September 2015 Chit chat
  • im looking for a basic routine that adds a numerical character to a stringim looking for a basic routine that adds a numerical character to a string. so a=1, "1", then a=0 "10", then a=1 "101......" and so on

    im looking for a basic routine that adds a numerical character to a string. so a=1, "1", then a=0 "10", then a=1 "101......" and so on
    digital digital September 2015 Development
  • "The Writing's on the wall", the new Bond theme tuneI've just listened to the new theme song for the next Bond film ("The Writing's on the Wall" for the movie "Spectre" due out later this year), and I …

    ... the next Bond film ("The Writing's on the Wall" for ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2015 Chit chat
  • Success at recording WAVs to tape and them loading!Hi I thought i'd share my recent great experience of making reliably loadable cassette copies of games from TAP / TZX -> WAV -> audio cassette. …

    ... as far as trying the fast loaders though (by that I ... counter and I've been writing down the numbers as I ...
    Jim M Jim M October 2015 Hardware
  • ZX81 Character SetHello, hope I don't offend anyone with my request. I've put together a program on my Amstrad that redefines a condensed text and displays it appropri…

    ... displaying the makeup of each character, the ZX81 BASIC Programming manual ... shows each character, unfortunately it doesn't show ... the makeup of each Character from a Grid perspective (this ...
    CP/M User CP/M User December 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Writing a game, need music help.!?I'm writing a game (hopefully for iOS, android, pc...) I'm making it look very zx spectrum ( pixelated, 16 colours..ect.) But, I'm wanting to have s…

    I'm writing a game (hopefully for iOS, ...
    m0zzy m0zzy February 2016 Brand new software
  • Fast load of multiload games on real hardware?I was wondering if there was a hardware device that could allow fast loading of multi-load games for real hardware? I noticed a good many of the b…

    I was wondering if there was a hardware device that could allow fast loading of multi-load games for real hardware?

    I noticed a good many of the best 128 games are multiload and I'm quite impatient and I don't have a +3!
    Korinel Korinel March 2016 Hardware
  • Simple Spectrum Character Creator Web AppHey guys, Here is a simple web app i wrote to create ZX Spectrum 8 x 8 characters: http://www.amelyn.com/speccy_character_builder/index.htm …

    ... view the 8 x 8 character with different foreground and background ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick June 2016 Development
  • Project: ZX OpusHello my friends, I have been in need of a push lately so I thought if I post some of the work for this project here you guys (and gals) can help me …

    ... a limited environment using 8x8 character blocks for snap moving the ... . This keeps the system as fast as possible with a little ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 September 2016 Software
  • Proportional fontsI've been doing some proportional font drawing, purely on C level at the moment, but it's orders of magnitude slower than I'd want it to be. It's sti…

    ... , I don't know how fast it is, but from browsing ... scanline to scanline, handling one character at a time.

    Sol_HSA Sol_HSA October 2016 Development
  • What causes "The disk has been changed" problem on a +3?I've seen this posted here on this forum and no explanation as to what causes it or any solution that doesn't involve writing a DSK image back to the…

    ... solution that doesn't involve writing a DSK image back to ... the drive RPM too slow/fast as I've read these ...
    BarryB BarryB January 2017 Hardware
  • SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…

    ... /> You can now use the ";" character to repeat a keyword with ... in the editor so that fast typing isn't lost
    Fixed small character sized screen updates that line ... SpecBAS by referencing the 0th character of an empty string
    Dunny Dunny April 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • New ZEsarUX 5.0Hi! ZEsarUX 5.0 is out! :) You can download it from the URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zesarux/ Finally I have succeded emulating Si…

    ...
    Added setting to allow writing to DivIDE/DivMMC eprom firmware ... routine when sending non-ascii character
    Fixed bug reading ULAplus ...
    chernandezba chernandezba April 2017 Emulators
  • Tapes 85-88Hello! I am hoping this will be of interest to some of you. I've recently rescued everything I could from cassettes that have been sat in my loft …

    ... the Peker Assembler and Peker Character Generator & Animator. ... br /> First attempt at writing something bigger, still very ... br /> First attempt at writing something publishable. I'll ... br /> Second attempt at writing something publishable. This game ...
    Swanny Swanny April 2017 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Can I name a subroutine and then call it by name?No thats not really exactly the problem. I wrote 4 lines of Basic that draws an 8x8 square and then told it to check x,y and subtract 4 from x or y t…

    ... .draw would be fast enough and half a character moves would eliminate ... flicker but it doesnt. Its quite fast ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch May 2017 BASIC
  • How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…

    ... some reading up on how character sets are handled by the ... can copy out the redefined character set. However others like Commando ... some games use their own character printing routine (putchar?) instead of ... any way of finding the character sets other than the old ...
    morph morph June 2017 Development
  • High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …

    ... into account that I started writing my own assembly routines only ...
    RST 16 ; print the character

    INC HL ; ... br /> RST 16 ; print the character
    JR PRINT_MESS ; continue until ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu July 2017 Assembler
  • TV programs that jumped the shark (then fell off a cliff)[b]Can one of the mods move this to the chit-chat forum, please? Sorry, I posted it whilst fixing another PC and my tiny brain can't cope with two th…

    ... and much less interesting cartoon character, an indestructible idiot in a ... of the season episode - the writing was so bad, it couldn ... the lack of humour and writing talent.

    But with ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2017 Chit chat
  • Replaying games from Crash Issue 1Only a small conceit in the general scheme of things, but since Issue 1 of Crash was the first Spectrum mag I bought, and I remember wondering at the…

    ... screen followed by a stupid fast Arcadia screen - no way I ... . Shame everything has to be character sized to fit the space ...
    Tan Coul Tan Coul September 2017 Games
  • Games with help for deaf people?On another forum, there's a discussion about the lack of subtitles in some action games. But there are seemingly no game developers on that forum, an…

    ... any sounds your in-game character might make are drowned out ... (PC, console, whatever) are so fast and have so much storage ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2017 Chit chat
  • My +2 has gone completely madApart from the two +3s I'm trying to get into perfect working order (or as near as I can manage), I know my venerable old +2 with its steadily-browni…

    ... tried writing a short program to print out the character set to ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone November 2017 Chit chat
  • Fast Binary to Text DisplayI've done this thing that takes some memory contents and converts it to a Binary version of 0's and 1's on screen. However, I've no idea what to use …

    ... the bottom to indicate how fast it runs.

    [img ...
    Arkannoyed Arkannoyed December 2017 Development
  • Character wobbleHello, I have an Issue 2 board which shows vertical character wobble. This happens for a few minutes followed by a few minutes of character sta…

    ... 2 board which shows vertical character wobble. This
    happens for ... by a few minutes of character
    stability. The cycle then ...
    roganjosh roganjosh December 2017 Hardware
  • How to stop a flickering character erasure?I'm trying to figure out how to build a moving sprite. Eventually it will be made up of several UDG's. However its early days yet so I'm experimentin…

    ... I'm experimenting with a character that moves by itself. Using ... CLS is causing the character to flicker, is there a ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch May 2018 BASIC
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