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Repairing a faulty 48K issue 2.I am investigating one of a pair of non-working issue 2 48K Spectrums that have been sitting in a cupboard untouched for quite a few years. I haven…
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Snake on a plainSaw this guy earlier today: [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/weatherley/6493139151/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6493139151_ba3926f07a_z.…
... .com/people/weatherley/]jwrweatherley[/url], on Flickr
It's ... a common krait - the most venomous ... is 15x more potent than a cobra's. There's something ... -
Raspbery PI on eBay[B]Raspberry PI on eBay [/B] As featured on Reg Hardware [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raspberry-Pi-Model-B-beta-board-09-limited-series-10-/18078…
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28-character wide multicolour(ish) on 48k SpectrumLong-time lurker here... I've always been interested in rainbow effects on the 48k Spectrum, mainly from a perspective of "Just what [I]would [/I]ha…
... doing 18-character wide multicolour on a 48k ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum ... thinking - can you go wider on a 48k? I'm not really ... you just wanted a limited set of INKs on a uniform background. This ... and DE - just enough to show that it's genuine (albeit ... -
Planning a visit to a British pubFound [url]http://www.theoldeship.com/[/url] and was surprised to see it's just 10 minutes away from where I live. I've never been at a pub or bar (s…
... I've never been at a pub or bar (seriously) ... of the items I see on their menu. Have no ... food and desserts are considered a must. Any recommendations from ... looks like it could be a great place to visit ... don't mind having a Portuguese show up and watch some ... -
who can help Locomalito on a zx-spectrum version of L'Abbaye des Morts ?hi everyone! since a long time i saw and tried out on Wine this game [url]http://www.locomalito.com/abbaye_des_morts.php[/url] , which tries to reac…
... /> since a long time i saw and tried out on Wine this ... to try coding it natively on zx-spectrum, specially if this ... -
Got a date on thursday!I've been off the site for a while, decided to have a break but now i'm back. I've recently been chatting a girl online via a dating website, someone…
... site for a while, decided to have a break but ... recently been chatting a girl online via a dating website, someone ... i'm now meeting someone on thursday (and no, she ... is, ive not been on a date for a while now (2006 ... week to meet for a coffee in Glasgow and ... -
Question on a brace of DI games in the archiveRe: Fighter Pilot on Timex (MIA) and ATF 2 (never released) Do we have evidence that FP was indeed released on Timex? Also, what does the "never re…
Re: Fighter Pilot on Timex (MIA) and ATF 2 ( ... that FP was indeed released on Timex?
Also, what ... he had never heard of a timex release for FP and ... 2 was always planned as a 16-bit sequel to the ... -
Working with TR-DOS formatted disks on a +3These days I am thinking about *.TRD files on ESXDOS and velesoft's PROFI Interface. Then my neuron make a spark... Why not read real TR-DOS format d…
... Interface. Then my neuron make a spark... Why not read ... I was looking into doing a TRDOS version at one ... point, but had a lack of discs and also ... the dependency on ROM calls for loading ( ... rather than using a hook code) would've ... -
Author of The Hobbit featured on The RegisterSpotted another ZX Spectrum-related on The Register today: an article featuring the personal history of Veronika Megler (yes, a woman), one of the pr…
Spotted another ZX Spectrum-related on The Register today: an article ... history of Veronika Megler (yes, a woman), one of the programmers ... -
rate your 2012 on a scale of 1-10probably go about 7/10... finally moved out of the drug infested violent feces-hole of a town I was living in to somewhere much nicer. have become cl…
... violent feces-hole of a town I was living ... courtesy of some of you on here still cool enough ... regular work ( living in a new area should be able ... something out soon hopefully), got a year older.. not so ... it all in and become a busker/tramp/nobody
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How to check the whole memory on a +2 greyHi everybody!!! I suspect that i have a bad memory chip on my +2 Grey. Does anybody know if exist any utility to check the whole memory? Thanks a …
Hi everybody!!!
I suspect that i have a bad memory chip on my +2 Grey.
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Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
... is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow ... what I am about to show you is the simplest form ... will be putting up a guide on how to emulate your ... 10. because we are on a hard disk we do not ... the VERIFY command (more on this in another tutorial)
Replacing capacitors on a +3 PSUDoes anyone know what kind of PSU does the +2A/B +3 use? Is it a switching one? Judging from it's weight I don't think it must be.... Anyway, I just…
... /B +3 use? Is it a switching one? Judging from it ... anyone seen low ESR caps on PSUs of the computers of ... case we replace a low ESR one with a standard cap or ...zx invaders on a real spectrum problemok i have not been using spectrum basic in years and i am rusty. I am making a space invaders type game and i got the movement on my ship (left and …
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I am making a space invaders type game and ... i got the movement on my ship (left and right ...zx invaders on a real spectrum problemok i have not been using spectrum basic in years and i am rusty. I am making a space invaders type game and i got the movement on my ship (left and …
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I am making a space invaders type game and ... i got the movement on my ship (left and right ...Freescape based on reverse engineered "I of the Mask" code?That's what Sandy White has said in this interview just published on Eurogamer: [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-06-code-britannia-san…
... in this interview just published on Eurogamer:
[url]http ... Incentive designer Ian Andrew at a trade show," Sandy reveals. "He told ... and based the Freescape engine on it. I was amused to ... they never offered me a job, or a royalty come to that ...Q. on a scene in "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" movie.Guess I've not seen this one, or more than likely I just don't remember it, so bear with me, and forgive me my ignorance. I just saw the beginning o…
... Jamesh Bond) is met by a certain Mr. Reed, and they ... the cross with his name on it. I got the feeling ...16 colours on a Timex Sinclair 2068I'm putting a few videos up on YouTube, the first one shows the colours on the TS2068. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tJ1qIMcTUE[/url] Brigh…
I'm putting a few videos up on YouTube, the first one shows ... the colours on the TS2068.
[url ... black is a different colour from normal black on the TS2068, and ... the same is true on the TC2068 and TC2048.Replacing a play key on a grey+2Just had a grey in with a busted play key, haven't got one spare but I do have a few fast forwards that will do for the moment but bugger me is it a …
Just had a grey in with a busted play key, haven't ... spare but I do have a few fast forwards that will ... me is it a bind to get the thing on! Did they ...Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... awesome to make a practical app in 2013 on a spectrum in ... that Mastering Machine Code on Your Spectrum was the ... X+1
80 LET A$=A$(3 TO )
90 ... LD A,A
78 = LD A,B
79 = LD A,C
a handle on the registers... Time to ...DivIDE not working not starting on a 128k +2AMy newly bought DivIDE (57c version) BenVersteegs Black Edition (with 4 GB CF-Card) with installed ESXDOS 0.8.5 firmware don?t boot up on my +2A Spec…
... firmware don?t boot up on my +2A Spectrum.
The Jumper JP1(A) on the DivIDE was correctly set ... same results with non-working on the +2A Spectrum.
... , so I post my problem on WOS.
... other hardware on it like e.g. a Multiface 128k ...Has there ever been a virus or malware on a console?Just something I was wondering - owing to the (to me inexplicable) behaviour of virus/malware writers* we have to waste PC (and our own) time and res…
... console to really have a large home-brew scene. ... some ****er could code a virus that would attach ... the companies can release a patch later, no split ... does someone who writes a virus that just corrupts ... Just the knowledge that later on, some (innocent) users are ...Tape handling on a +3I'm seeing some strange behaviour when loading a basic program from the Loader option of a +3. I'm currently using the fuse emulator (I don't have an…
... strange behaviour when loading a basic program from the ... trying it out either on real hardware or other ...
If I create a small basic program:
then save it to a .tap file using:
< ... whether this is a fuse problem, or a generic +3 ...Another way to add audio input on a +2 - No more low level sound problem !Hi all, Last week, with 3 friends, we participated to a modelism / games / hobbies meeting, and we made a retro computing stand... (big succes, I'll…
... to have a fastest way of finding/loading games on my french ... this mod we can find on WoS :
[IMG] ... mod (I tried it first on an Amstrad CPC 464, ... /> I simply soldered 2 wires on the motherboard of the tape ... (I put the iPod on the 2nd or 3rd volume ...How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…
... shudder) We used to write quiz programmes and stuff.
... the limits to programming on the Spectrum, but I ... the last few years on a few occasions to read ... up on these guides on how to code, ... called Mastering Machine Code on your ZX Spectrum. Needless ...Spectrum-related musical entertainment![quote]This is a metal podcast. There will be no fluffy kittens. There will be no gender politics. There will be no straightedge dogma. No one will h…
... bands featured will humiliate themselves in front of Simon Cowell on reality ... , the webmaster, was on a world tour as a rugby correspondent in February ... have been transferred to the show archive.
The main ...Is it possible to have a Single Drive on Betadisk as Drive Letter B (other than A)Hello, I?ve problems with getting two drives to work on my Betadisk v4 Interface: I?ve tried a second drive as slave drive but can?t get it to work…
... work well as Drive A:
On other tries both with ... become active when I do a CAT ( on A: ).
But never can ... cables i use or maybe a fault on my betadisk Interface.
on a Betadisk.
Or does the ...Fresh from the oven: Remote debugging on a ZX Spectrum with GDBThis is fresh from the oven: very buggy, and totaly untested. I dont know which functionality works and which does not. And I still need to test the…
... html"]So you wanna be a ZX Spectrum developer IV.[/ ... is how GNU Debugger debugging a ZX Spectrum program looks ... "]So you wanna be a ZX Spectrum developer II.[/ ... html"]So you wanna be a ZX Spectrum developer III.[/ ...
UPDATE: Yep. Buggy. :) Working on it.Emulators on a Hudl (or any cheap Android tab)Dear all, Does anyone here use an emulator on one of the cheaper tablets - a Tesco Hudl for example? This might be a silly question, but are they c…
Dear all,
Does anyone here use an emulator on one of the cheaper tablets - a Tesco Hudl for example?
This might be a silly question, but are they capable?
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