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wav2pzx 3.0 - Convert ZX Spectrum tape recordings to the .PZX formatThe Sinclair ZX Spectrum and related computers primarily stored their software on audio cassette tapes. While most emulators for these machines suppo…
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Usefullness of program listings in magazinesEarly computing magazines had printouts of program listings. I always felt this was a nice thing in that you might read the code and learn something,…
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Tape Loaders and Tape MasteringHi guys, A couple of questions. As I'm getting towards the later stages of developing a game that's eventually going to get a physical release, I …
Hi guys,
A couple of questions. As I'm getting towards the later stages of developing a game that's eventually going to get a physical release, I need to think about the loader, and also how I'm going to pass it on for duplication.
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How would you do a negative image ?So I want to invert a Speccy bitmap. What would be the fastest and easiest way to this ? I've been using this a lot but I can't see how I could achi…
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Fast way to clear the screen ?So I was wondering fastest way to clear the screen. I've tried this and this works but is it better than CLS ? LD HL,16384 LD BC, 6144 Loop…
So I was wondering fastest way to clear the screen.< ... -
New turbo loader: SetoLOADFor anyone interested in turbo loaders, here is my contribution: SetoLOAD, the fast loading scheme I developed for my [url="http://www.alessandrogrus…
For anyone interested in turbo loaders, here is my contribution: SetoLOAD, ... -
The Terminators are coming! A computer learns to play Manic Miner!A computer has deduced the fastest way to complete various Manic Miner levels, and you can see it demonstrating the routes on Andy Noble's superb PC …
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Tapes to TZXHi all :) Recently I've got the crazy idea to rescue my ancient basic programs from the golden days and turn them into tzx, sadly I've bumped into so…
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SkoolKit 6.0SkoolKit 6.0 has been released. SkoolKit is a set of command line utilities for disassembling Spectrum software, into assembler-friendly ASM forma…
... --basic[/i] (which lists BASIC loaders and other BASIC programs in ... -
greedy bastards or time for a dose of reality?zx1's disappearing pictures hosted from photobucket brought this topic to mind, that and my previous remark about refusing Chrome because of the like…
... phone lines, 1400baud is the fastest you can reasonably hope to ... -
Best and worst loading coloursWas just thinking the other day about this, what are the worst / best loading colours that have been seen ? :) Apart from loaders with either mult…
... seen ? :)
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TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... because of the custom turbo loaders.
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Fuse 1.5.0 releasedA new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulato…
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multiface basic loaderdoes anyone know how I can see whats in the basic loader of the multiface 1 and 128 basic loaders and how I could convert a tape save from the 1 and…
does anyone know how I can see whats in the basic loader of the multiface 1 and 128 basic loaders
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Fuse for macOS 1.5.1 ReleasedA new version of Fuse for macOS has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-for-macosx/ Note …
... LOAD "" or similar.
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A snapshot to transfer converterI'm programming a tool that takes an snapshot file and convert it to a tape file that mimics those created with transfers. This is a long term projec…
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Sir Fred - How many endings?[url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004518&loadpics=3"]Sir Fred[/url]. I freely admit that I am awful at this game. I always w…
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Arcade joystick testsDear WOS, I've been testing various arcade joysticks lately to see which sticks work best with which types of games - since I built a custom-made …
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Fuse 1.5.6 releasedA new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulato…
... and CCF
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Fuse for macOS 1.5.6 ReleasedA new version of Fuse for macOS has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-for-macosx/ Note …
... í) (Philip Kendall).
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Max Pickles I - New Game from World XXI Soft Inc.World XXI Soft announces the release of Max Pickles I, an action arcade with puzzle flavors, and the first in the Max Pickles saga, and his tragic st…
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Bruce Lee WR Speedrun Attempt via Livestream!Calling all retro gaming fans, the Zeusdaz livestream is back this weekend! This Sunday (9th Sep) at 7.30pm BST (U.K) I will be kicking off the li…
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Spectaculator 8.0 and 47loaderHi all I'm messing with [url="https://github.com/stephenw32768/47loader"]47loader[/url] (which is GREAT and very fun btw) and I find that Spectacu…
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Thinking about adding an iMac G3 to my Collection.So, I've been thinking about the iMac g3. You know the revolutionary Apple computer first released in 1998 and with translucent colors. I can see the…
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Random GRASSHello guys, Many yrs ago I used predefined UDG as grass to fill some area, adding to it via PLOT or POKE. It seems that PRINTing a string$ combin…
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New Utility ZXSTLC[b]New Utility ZX Spectrum Tape (& Disk) Loader Creator[/b] I made this utility to easily create tape and +3 disk loaders for my projects and have…
... create tape and +3 disk loaders for my projects and have ... and fully utilised. My normal loaders didn't cut it especially ... with the new SD Card Loaders. It also has options for ... -
WiP New Utility TAPonDSKThere are a few utilities that transfer tape contents to +3 disk but most, if not all, require manual intervention to change the loader and/or rename…
... cases due to machine code loaders etc... anyway was pleasantly surprised ... m/c loading so multi-loaders or headerlesss loading will not ... -
New Utility Z80onMDR - Transfer Z80 snapshot to Microdrive CartridgesWith the growing popularity of the excellent vDrive [url]https://vdrivezx.com/vdrivezx/[/url] I've adapted one of my utilities to create Microdrive …
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Using SD card as a ZX Spectrum cart is already possibleHi all, Recently, in a Telegram group, we were thinking why SD cards can't be used as carts for the ZX Spectrum, specially considering how many us…
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Formula 1 - George Russell in MercedesGreat news that they've put George in Lewis Hamilton's car for this weekend. Fastest in both FP1 and FP2 sessions. Hoping he can beat Bottas in the …
... 's car for this weekend. Fastest in both FP1 and FP2 ... race. Was remarkable he was fastest in practice, as the seat ...
