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How to get WinXP folder contents listed in ASCII sequence?Having recently transferred a lot of source & data files from Win98 to WinXP I've just come to realise that, unlike Win98 or Win3 or MacOS or Unix or…
... data files from Win98 to WinXP I've just ... src, sectd7.src
to list in that order when ... I'm quite bamboozled as to why 'd7' sorts before ... These aberrations makes trying to find items in large folders ... Is there a way to revert WinXP to ASCII sorting of ... -
Fast screen writesI wondered what the faster than LDIR methods of writing to the screen were.
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Post your computer stupiditiesI used to check this site out quite a lot [url]http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/[/url] but it doesnt get updated much. So i was wondering what stu…
... round his and needed to check something online so ... on screen the wrong character and the only way to fix ... it was to create a new ... having to run/ride your horse all the way across ... that broadband has nothing to do with the computers ... -
Tape to CDI've recently found a load of tapes of stuff i taped off the radio, from the 80's and 90's, top 40 stuff mainly, plus some rare 'in session' stuff. …
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Do DVD menus spoil anyone elses viewing ?Many a time have i bought or rented a film or TV series and i haven't previously seen. After navigating the usually anti piracy bits you are then sho…
... lost any impact and the way it was filmed it ... over the dead body only to be completely shell shocked ... lost on me due to the menu screen having 3 small screenshots ... most is there is no way to play the episodes without seeing ... for me in the same way and yes i am ... -
what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…
... once that the way the spectrum writes graphics to the screen uses very ... little CPU power (especially in comparison to ... game Dragon and the whole screen flickers to hell whilst it's ... on screen.
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BASIC: Fast way of filling a string?Recently I decided to use string slicing to extract random numbers from a sequence in the one-liner Lottery picker: [quote] 20 RANDOMIZE : LET a$=""…
Recently I decided to use string slicing to extract random numbers from a ... : LET a$="": FOR f=1 TO 49: LET a$=a$+CHR ... ): NEXT f: FOR g=1 TO 8: PRINT AT g-1 ... ";STR$ (g);":": FOR f=1 TO 6: LET b=1+INT ... -1,8+((f-1)*3);" "( TO (CODE a$(b) -
Game engine design, graphic format?Having never written a game engine before, I'm in need of a little advice on the best way to store the game map. Its 512 x 896 map, 4-way scrolling,…
... advice on the best way to store the game map.< ... x 896 map, 4-way scrolling, tiles are 16 ... the center of the viewable screen (144 x 144).
... , enemies and the items to collect.
The map ... x 112 map, converting pixels to 8x8 character blocks.
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ZXSpectrum +3 - New SoftwareHello, This is my first post here on WOS, i'm very glad to be here and be a part of this community. To make this short, i've been programming on the…
... programs came up along the way.
Most ... magazine. I had no way to put my hands on D ... Directory Editor and Disassembler to name but a few ... I will soon link to where you can get ... Grabber (grabs sprites off screens), Screen Compressor, etc etc.
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Speccy 48K to VGA Monitor?I want to get my original Speccy 48K running again (the only one still working in my collection) but the old portable TV I was using for a monitor di…
... around to see if there was any way to connect the Speccy to it ... )
And Maskenlos: AV to VGA converter
[url ... built circuits boards) or specific to the Spectrum +2/+3 (RGB ... VGA monitor - or know enough to recommend something that would do ... -
Considering selling, wondering as to price bracket?Hullo! I'm thinking it's time to clear out some space. 2 x Sinclair Spectrum 128k (Boxed, complete, excellent condition, working) Two joysticks, a …
Attn: Dunny Re: Basin[QUOTE=Dunny;282407]Just out of interest, is there any demand on these boards for a standalone version of BASin's graphics tools? It'd be just the U…
... the UDG/Sprite editor/animator, SCREEN$ paintbox and Image Import stuff ... affect the whole screen. If the cursor actually changed to a zooming ... of a screen$ file read-only? I may want to send ... windows? Right now the only way to switch between the Basin editor ....DSK to .TZX?Can I convert a .DSK image to .TAP or .TZX? If not, is there a way to get information from the 'CAT' command and use it as a string so that I can sav…
... ? If not, is there a way to get information from the 'CAT ... I can save all contents to a virtual tape in Spectaculator ... .
If I have to do it one by one ...Getting audio from Currah uSpeechHi! I've just got a Currah uSpeech, it's working (I have the copyright message on top of the screen above the (c) 1982...) but I'm in Argentina, and…
... message on top of the screen above the (c) 1982...) but ... ...
There is some way to get the audio directly from ...Converting old tapes to run on an emulator.Is it possible? I have recently dug out some of my old spectrum stuff, including a few things I made myself. I am seeing if I can get them running on…
... but it doesn't seem to work. I have also recorded ... little. I am struggling to find any way to get that into a ...cracking co-ops on the X-box 360If i start 3 more xbox threads bill gates promised to give me 20 quid. me and the lass have had a right laugh playing through GOW, GOW 2, and left …
... xbox threads bill gates promised to give me 20 quid.
screen was squashed in leaving black ... it, it made no effort to include the other player in ... which went out of its way to create a great 2 player ...What Speccy things are we looking forward to?Waiting for downloading to finish, so I thought I'd type something to pass the time. So, what Spectrum related things are you looking forward to? For…
... DS owners got an update to their Speccy emulator, ZXDS, ... Pandora console turns out to be the wonder machine ... Dr Beep might find a way to imrpove 123Maze, although it' ... is a good place to look for good demo ... of note off the "Due to arrive" list? Any interesting ...Moving real tape, tzx,dsk, tap or sna files to +3 diskHi, I've just purchased a +3 to relive my youth (I turn 30 next month - this was a present :) ) and I'd like to know the easiest way to convert old …
... I'd like to know the easiest way to convert old games ... , tap, txz, or sna to a real +3 disk? Consider ... would be to save the tape image to a real ... tape, then use a program to copy to +3 disk. Alternatively, ... none of this is going to be easy....
...Getting Tapes from PC to Spectrum?I'm looking for a way to download tape images off the internet, then copy them from PC to a physical cassette, or some way to play them on the Sincla…
I'm looking for a way to download tape images off the internet, then copy them from PC to a physical cassette, or some way to play them on the Sinclair. If anyone can think of any way to do it, recommendations would be very welcome =-)Maze Mania - How did they do it?Hi, I was looking at the game "Maze Mania" by Hewson Consultants, written in 1989. The game can be downloaded from here [URL]http://www.worldofspec…
... /> 3. Copied the buffer to the main screen
It seems ... your ideas about the best way to implement this.
In ... chars are copied
3 = screen
[IMG]http:// ... for the blocks/sprites and to draw directly to the screen etcBest way to read the keyboard in Tommy Gun?Remember, I'm a bit of a novice here (a bit?!) and I tried to use the Out command as I usually do with my basic or machine code, but Tommy just wont …
... (a bit?!) and I tried to use the Out command as ...Transferring +3 Disk Image from PC to real +3Is there a way to do this without physically connecting the +3 disk drive to the PC? Something like a Speccy version of the "Xfer in C" utility for…
Is there a way to do this without physically connecting ... the +3 disk drive to the PC?
... Micro?
I tried to use "Zydrodisk Utilities" ZYDRODISKOPIER function ... the drive motor, then prompted to re-try.
...naym the gaym - choppers'n'pussies contenta friend of mine recalls (and desires of) a game with a guy on chopper with a lassie on his back, her hair or skirt blowing in the wind in the loadin…
... the wind in the loading screen...
then in the game ... least he interprets it this way) to get the parts of the ... bike to impress the girl with it ... out of some other guy to tease her totally...
there ...Tips on optimizing some newbie assembly routinesI'm starting to learn some assembly language. The best way to learn is to actually code something you are going to use, so I'm creating a very simple…
... language. The best way to learn is to actually code something you ... ; And just draw 8 bytes to the screen:
push de
; Next character screen address:
pop de
Windows XP questionFor my mame cabinet I want to hide windows as much as I can. At the moment I have customised the motherboard bios splash screen so thats hidden, it t…
... bios splash screen so thats hidden, it then starts to boot windows ... (the screen with the progress bar ... changed into a speccy loading screen.
However the ... I cant find a way to either lose this screen or at least ...building a PCIv'e decided to get my old PC and try and get the thing working again. not really sure what went wrong with it, and instead of buying a new one i pre…
... PC it would get to the windows loading screen, hang, then turn ... a funny color, then i had to ... , and i don't want to fuck hers up.
< ... would be a shame to have to shell out for a ... the things, just on my way to pick it up now.How to stop cold calls?This is getting annoying now...recently we have been several getting cold calls a day on our land line - recorded messages from companies selling loa…
... /international numbers. Is there a way to opt out of these and ...Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…
... /> Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening ... . Load the compressed screen
3. Decompress the screen
4. Load ... code (or an even easier way) to load a file for you ... xor a ; set screen, ink and border to black
ld ( ...page breaks in Acrobat HTML-to-PDFI've been struggling with this all morning and got nowhere. The solutions I've found on the web either need a 3rd-party product or else are supposed …
... product or else are supposed to work with Acrobat itself but ... don't. I want to be able to mark places in an ... general approach which is supposed to work with Acrobat is:
What's the correct way to do this? I'm using ...
