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Help deciding how to developHi all, I've been looking through this forum for a few days now, and decided to say hello to you all. I have one question though, mainly because ther…
... now, and decided to say hello to you all.
... you all consider to be the best way to develop software ... assembler, and would like to play about with Z80 ... PC, then send across to an emulator (Also, which ... the forums by the way, especially the massive Steve ... -
How to increase the motivation to preserve?I've been thinking about this for some time now, and I think I may have an idea. Without hard-to-obtain knowledge, the only way to see if something …
... br /> Without hard-to-obtain knowledge, the only way to see if something ... people don't want to submit to the preservation effort, ... br /> One way to eliminate this way of thinking is to introduce a rarity ... That should be able to adapt to our stuff pretty easily, ... -
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…
... FPS/RPG hybrid that was way ahead of it's ... , and with fixes to allow it to run under Windows, ... file, and set it to "Full Screen" and "Close when exited ... then drag a shortcut to your desktop. To play, just double ... at the bottom of the screen makes me wonder if ... -
Q. on saving in FireFox.Is there a way to save pictures from webpages in FireFox without having to be constantly connected to the Internet? I was viewing all the JSW maps…
... a way to save pictures from webpages in FireFox without having to ... be constantly connected to the Internet? < ... stinking picture is there on-screen, in memory ... so wtf ... save it without being connected to the stinkin' wideweb?
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SP7 Tape to Plus 3 Utility from KobrahsoftI recently won an auction on ebay for a multiface 3. Included in the auction was the following items (apart from 6 3" disks): 1) 3" disc with "SP7 T…
... 4) Booklet "SP7 Advanced Tape to +3 drive utility - Owners ... , so I have no way of testing the disk. ... I have no way of transferring the disk to dsk-format, ... the 'main man' to talk to, but please advice.
way to go! But again, ... -
Games that use multicolour effectsMulticolour (which created via ula timing, not screen switching) is the only functional effect that ULA can do. It's the only way to break colour cla…
... created via ula timing, not screen switching) is the only functional ... do. It's the only way to break colour clash.
But ... , there is a great intro screen showing a tank and a ... in multicolour. Many demos tried to create something different with this ... -
Oh so BRIGHT!What is the SLOWEST way to change the attribute area to BRIGHT? It has to be legit! No meaningless instructions or doing stuff for the sake of it. …
What is the SLOWEST way to change the attribute area to BRIGHT?
It has to be legit! No meaningless instructions ... x amount of times just to slow it down or call ... slowly moves it's way down the screen, flickering like a mad ... -
How to transfer a BASIC-Programm to PC and/or TZX?Hello there, I'm pretty new at WOS, but have already spent some time reading a small bit of the large amount of information here. I am trying to fin…
... /> I am trying to find a way to transfer an old BASIC ... /> I could surely try to get some plugs and do ... some soldering to connect my Speccy to my Hifi- ... to cassette ..
[B]But[/B] ... is there any easier way ... I, to connect to my PC and try to save it ... -
Printing out pdfs to readWhat's the best way to print out a large pdf file so that it can be read as if reading a booklet, putting two on each page? Is there a way of arrangi…
What's the best way to print out a large pdf file so that it can be read as if reading a booklet, putting two on each page? Is there a way of arranging the pages to they fit together nicely? -
How to determine the revision ?Is there any way to check the revision of a Spectrum without disassembling it ?
Is there any way to check the revision of a Spectrum without disassembling it ? -
Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
... stopped was down to not having a good way of loading ... function calls that I inteded to use.
It ... advise me on how to import screen$ or raw data without ... . I'd prefer not to dive into BASIC or revisit ... , I should be able to finish it off in spare ... -
Aggravating problem with screensI've rewritten my Sam C runtime emulator code ( well almost ) to allow me to use my own routines for blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles …
... time there is an update to a screen on a seperate thread ... two pages into memory to write to a screen. So I really am ... time someone wanted to use a screen they have to call a function ... "32bit" centric way, assuming that I have access to everything and I ... -
Mode 2 Tile Editor SourceA Timex Mode 2 Tile Editor incorporating a byte mirror table. The compiled version is available in the CSSCGC 2008 collection from the WoS archive. …
... -127 to screen
; 46003 ; copy tiles 128-255 to screen
; 46010 ; copy screen to ... ,$17FF ; 6133 remaining bytes to clear
ldir ; wipe screen
ret ; done ... -
RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... in DE
and a ; clear the carry flag before
to zero
ld (atflg),a ; clear AT flag
; -------------------------------
; WRITE A CHARACTER TO THE SCREEN
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;
; There ... -
2007, and still no NIC and browser for the Speccy?I've started to read all the w.o.s. threads, starting by the ones that came up with the search function, using the keywords of the topics that intere…
... c) Take Speccy code to limits never thought before
But, what happened to the the idea of connecting ... the Spectrum to the net?
to find a way to connect to dial-up ... in the screen via an engine similar to the one ... -
"The Last Question" by Isaac AsimovBelow is an amazing short SF story I first read a few years ago. I recently rediscovered it and if you've got a spare few minutes, have a read... […
... highballs, and it happened this way:
Alexander Adell and ... even powdering of stars gave way to the predominance of a single ... marble, centered on the viewing-screen.
"That's X ... be going out to new planets forever, the way we are now ... -
RealSpec screen$ saves?????Yeah ok, so how do I get RealSpec to save out a screen$ is the scr format? It's a good emulator, no doubt about it, but I just can't find an option …
... do I get RealSpec to save out a screen$ is the scr ... can't find an option to save screen only. I can save ... or whatever, but not a screen$
And all because ... Martijn loves........... screen pics of stuff loading...... :D ... -
Spectrum +3 Problem & A Modification IdeaThis is a dual post. And it's also my first post, so I apologise if I get stuff wrong lol. My mate bought a Spectrum +3. I'm unsure about how many d…
... project I'm going to be undertaking when my ... The optional part to this, is to run a Spectrum emulator ... motherboard, I was going to put that into something ... Probably the keyboard and LCD screen (if possible). I just ... s actually a nice way to re-use the Speccy? -
Competition Pro 5000 Joystic.As promised here is a short(ish) review of the joystick. (I have taken the afternoon off work in the hope that it would be here when I got in and it…
... the ones; you have to take a pair of ... to get to the joystick. It is identical in every way to ... cheaply made components just to cash in on retro gamers ... just one pixel along the screen.
I then tried ... emulator, too.
To sum up - this is a ... -
So you think you know your Spectrum games, do you....I thought this might be a fun thing to test your knowledge of Spectrum games - below is a quote taken directly from Crash in their description of a p…
... the game goes some way to pointing out the pros ... mechanisms preventing further damage to that Brain section. When ... hero as he has to come to terms with a ... which appears if a screen isn't cleared quickly ... well enough known not to have to describe it in detail ... -
Looking to Buy a Speccy!Hi chums! I am living in the US and would love to have a real Speccy. I know there will be major issues with using it because of the differences be…
... the US and would love to have a real Speccy. I ... I can feed it in to a TV card in my ... have one you would like to sell. I would prefer a ... it would have a long way to travel! Sorry if I posted ... the wrong place by the way! -
Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since ... this is not the right way to do it.
... know there's a better way.
Any ...
(This was initially intented to be a game for Dr ... But I was unable to include the movement commands in ... -
Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…
... if there is any easy way to improve the code, without a ... of characters to move to right
ld hl,16384 ;screen address to start ... rotated byte to screen
inc hl ;go to next byte to the right ... /> ld (hl),a ;write to screen memory
dec hl ;move ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... The SP1 engine divides the screen into character squares, each of ... think the best way to get people up to speed quickly is ... We want to be able to print double-width text to screen occasionally but ... double width text to either the screen or to a buffer in ... -
Computer crashes on boot problemHelp, I need help !! My Computer crashes randomly, sometimes just after start-up sometimes it will last for ages. I then get the Blue screen with…
... /> I then get the Blue screen with the following error codes ... /> The only way to reboot the machine successfully seems to be to switch of ... power, disconnect the 20pin power to MB and reconnect.
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The problems seemed to start after power cut or ... -
Kid Chaos (Amiga) - help!Is there somebody who played "Kid Chaos" on Amiga? I'm stuck on the first level of "Techno fortress" world - I can't find a way to the exit. Exit is …
... - I can't find a way to the exit.
Exit is ... the bottom of the screen but how to get there?
emlyn hughesI swear there is no end to the amount of weird things that can happen in this game, no matter how long you've been playing it. I just had a match ag…
... swear there is no end to the amount of weird things ... flag, my guy ran to the ball to take the throw-in ... it diagonally all the way down the screen to the bottom left corner ...How to convert from real tape to TZX?i bet i'm not the first guy to ask this, but i searched the forums and could not find an answer to this question anywhere. what's the best way to co…
... 'm not the first guy to ask this, but i searched ... />
what's the best way to convert speccy programs from a ... real tape to TZX or TAP?
help with name of a gameI'm trying to remember the name of a game i got with my specturm +3 as part disc's that came with it The pack of games it came with also had gift fr…
I'm trying to remember the name of a ... /> and currently working my way through the screen shots :(
If any ...Sinclair +2 to VGA without VGA boxA few days ago someone in a Spanish forum mentioned that his friend claimed to have built a cable to connect his Sinclair +2 to a VGA monitor without…
... his friend claimed to have built a cable to connect his Sinclair ... +2 to a VGA monitor ... having the Speccy connected directly to the PC monitor has a ... people have found a way to connect their computers to LCD monitors, if ...
