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RGB video issue on +2 and +3. Signal high?I have a couple of +3's and a new +2a that arrived today. When I plugged in the +2a using my RGB lead from Retro Computer Shack I was reminded of a n…
I have a couple of +3's and a new +2a ... Computer Shack I was reminded of a niggling issue.
All 3 machines do this.
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TR4/TR5 replacementHi guys, I've got another Spectrum I'm working on now - an Issue 4S this time. When I originally got it, I powered it up and did the basic tests a…
... it up and did the basic tests and it seemed to ... fault with the upper 32K of RAM. Not surprising, and ... Looking at all the photos of the 4B, it seems the ... installed in the inside set of 3 holes, but mine is on ... the outside 3.
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Spectrum +3 loading problem.Hi all Recently bought a game off ebay that I've been waiting for, for ages but the A side doesn't work , but the B side does. Now normally I'd j…
... /> So ( not knowing a lot of +3 commands ) I decide to Interogate ... can see the contents of the disk of that, but when I ... use loader.
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Type a screen of text from the start screen.I've forgotten all the combo's of symbol-shift and so on, but is there a way, from Spectrum Basic to just type out a load of text? Problem is, as soo…
... forgotten all the combo's of symbol-shift and so on ... , from Spectrum Basic to just type out a load of text? Problem ... a key, you get one of the BASIC commands come up. I ... few sentences, without any of the commands, from the initial BASIC screen. -
Double the horror !!! Perry Pumpkin / Stake Out[b][i]EXPECT NOTHING ![/i][/b] [img][URL=http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/Rygarman/media/perry%20n%20stake_zpssyjvwcaf.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1163…
... Steve Westwood, famous 90s programmer of the BASIC game '[i]Graveyard Nights ... others that are a bit basic... and of which he is not ... vampire hunter by trade you find yourself facing these and other ... Collect the crucifixes that you find to aid you and throw ... -
Sudden death of ZX Spectrum 48KHello A friend gave me a 48K rubber keyed Spectrum. I brought it home, hooked it up to my little TV and powered it up. I was very happy to see t…
... I typed in a couple of short BASIC programs. They worked fine ... fully erase the contents of the RAM and to ... and the TV, both of which I have been using ... with a bunch of other Spectrums without any ... sad to witness the death of yet another Spectrum.
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Compression comparisonsI did some comparisons of different compression methods. To make this relevant to zx spectrum, I first gathered a corpus of relevant data: 6660 .TAP …
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7106 type 0 (basic program), ranging from 8 to ... probably are basic with binary payload thingies instead of pure basic programs. ... I at least hope so. The biggest type 3 ... header, but gives some kind of perspective.
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"Jet Set Luis: Rumbo a la Costa Blanca""Jet Set Luis: Rumbo a la Costa Blanca" (Jet Set Luis: On the Way to Costa Blanca) is a 2014 or 2015 (see below) Spanish remake of "Manic Miner", mad…
... Felipe, I coudn't find their last names) calling ... made using a number of "techniques performed with emulators ... are not aware of the existence of this basic tool for JSW ... and spirit of that child which each of us was. ... but I can't find any references to it on ... -
c5 on James May's Cars of the Peoplejust watching a bit about the c5.. contains clips of stuff from back in the day on iplayer it'll be epsiode 3 of 3
just watching a bit about the c5.. contains clips of stuff from back in the day
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Almost perfect RGB signal: +2aI'm using an RGB to scart lead on my +2a and the picture is almost perfect except for anything black on bright white. For example, the copyright mess…
... message is unaffected but 'loader', '+3 basic' etc I'm seeing 'creeping ... -like shadows to the left of the text, slightly fainter than ... -
Saving BASIC program from Spectrum to PCSo I did something stupid. I started writing a program on the Spectrum, and before I knew it I am on line # 1430 of my BASIC program. I now have had…
... I am on line # 1430 of my BASIC program.
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Spectrum +3 titlesSearching for any kind of +3 original disks. Please advice me gently If you have some and you want to sell it. Best regards.
Searching for any kind of +3 original disks.
Please advice me gently If you have some and you want to sell it.
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Lost planet earthDidn't there used to be a video on youtube, which showed a spinning globe of earth rendered by an enhanced rewrite of Spectrum Basic running on a PC?…
... by an enhanced rewrite of Spectrum Basic running on a PC ... a few seconds of viewing part of the BASIC source code. A ... 2d green and blue map of ... seem to be able to find it anymore. So it' ... me for a few months. Of course, I might have ... -
Best compiled Basic game ?I was thinking about this before I posted the topic about Melbourne House's excellent Penetrator scrolly but held off, however a kind [url="https://w…
... this turns into a list of complied Basic games perhaps.
Basic games ? Of any type, does not ... (Mastertronic) as being compiled Basic. Although the former is quite ... but that's a hybrid of Basic and assembly, and as far ... -
getting c nonsense in basic when trying to load a program through a string in +3 basicstrangely if i use load s$(to 8), it says nonsense in basic but works when i run it. but when i execute the command without a line no it works withou…
strangely if i use load s$(to 8), it says nonsense in basic but works when i run it. but when i execute the command without a line no it works without an error. why is this? -
Can't find the 48k Spectrum Basic manual I've looked at Spec Comp and here but not knowing its proper title I cannot locate it. I have to say this new system of file display is bloody usel…
... to say this new system of file display is bloody useless ... scan down through a page of listed titles like it used ... -
How Historically Accurate Were ZX Spectrum Battle Games?And I do have a game in mind to "kick this one off". It is "Vikings?" (Challege) 1989 .This set of 3 battles comes with a manual included . and it d…
... "Vikings?" (Challege) 1989 .This set of 3 battles comes with a manual ... this because I thought one of the reasons the Anglo-Saxons ... lot of the games had a good chunk written in BASIC , so ... been esbtablished . And another advantage of UK Speccy games like this ... -
z88dk sp1 Scene EditorHi, I've been developing for the last couple of weeks a scene editor (tile editor + scene tile placement+ export to c sp1 compatible) to aid me in…
... for the last couple of weeks a scene editor ...
Hence the birth of my ZX Scene Editor. It ... image, width and height multiple of 8), position the tiles ... to have some input of features that you'd ... https://i.postimg.cc/G4zGMKdK/3.jpg[/img][/url]
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ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…
... 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me ... keyboard and therefore the use of Spectrum Basic is relevant to some ... "a bit of an idea" about Spectrum BASIC itself is also ... titles in BASIC that could be given this kind of GOOGLE ... -
BBC Basic on the ZX Spectrum - possible?I have never used a Cambridge Z88 - but I understand it was Z80 based and had a functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus the…
... had a functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus ... the BBC's variety of screen modes ... would take a fair bit of modification? Does anyone know if ... just wondering about the feasibility of it? -
Standard Development LibrariesSo after some time away I decided to re-register after a Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/SpectrumNez/status/1578158361236963328) led me to a Visu…
... and macros which you'd find in C type languages.
of use to other people and additionally that I couldn't find ... formats that raises the issue of how to achieve maximum compatability ... talking about singular particular aspects of say BASIC ROM or using the ... -
StormbringerHi, I am looking for a game called Stormbringer with Magic Knight, Thnx
... drop down the flashing hole. Find Rachael of Amazonia, and command her ... (pull any levers you find) until you find the jump chute. Drop ... robin. Walk left until you find Bearwoolf. Then go right one ... 'cos it's useless!)
3. Magic missile and Crystal Ball ... -
line routineWondered if anyone can help me out. I have been programming a 3d graphics library for the spectrum, in Machine code. The line routine that I have i…
... works if you have a multiple of 8 in x.
For ... you want a line from 3,y to 100 y it ... line that is 2 to 3 times faster than the ROM ... -
BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…
... (it must not be a multiple of any such primes).
... such a number every 2 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 11 * ... Let's
call 2 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 11 * 13 ... br /> 2 LET base = 2 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 11 * 13 ...
3 LET k = 0
5 ... FOR j = 16 TO 3 STEP -1
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ANN: Spectaculator 2.5 available for downloadHi. I've just released a new version of Spectaculator, available from [url="http://www.spectaculator.com/"]http://www.spectaculator.com/[/url]. Hopef…
... win98 here, and so of course I have to download ... the full 3-and-a-half meg ... will take the best part of 3/4 of an hour - NTL ... might not be my reinstallation of windows - I think the ... complains that it can't find INST.exe and then stops ... -
a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
... and start digging in the basic. For instance, there should be ... ). Anyway, you can find everything in the basic of the keyboard trainer. Have ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... this actually is a +2a/+3?
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The CPU will be at 3.5mhz
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of the basic compilers for the spectrum ... And neither are a +3 in a new case, ... "Surely you mean one of the new 3.54Ghz processors?"
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ZX Spectrum + 3 ( Looking To Buy One ) Hi to all Spectrum fans I'am looking to Buy a ZX Spectrum + 3 it must come boxed and be like new condition with manuals insert etc , So if anyone …
First of all, the +3 was manufactured by Amstrad ... a matter of personal taste of course, but most of the ... disc drive in the +3 is in Amstrad's proprierty ... t be able to find much of these discs anymore, so ... be expensive or hard to find I heard - and otherwise ... -
ZX Spectrum + 3 ( Looking To Buy One ) Hi to all Spectrum fans I'am looking to Buy a ZX Spectrum + 3 it must come boxed and be like new condition with manuals insert etc , So if anyone …
... the disc drive in the +3 is in Amstrad's proprierty ... won't be able to find much of these discs anymore, so ... . Also you can mount a 3 1/2 '' drive in the ... -
did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... able to run in pure BASIC on a 48k Spectrum, ... serve as excellent examples of what BASIC can be made to ... (I have a couple of books of these myself) and utilities ... to convert and extract the BASIC from them all. Then ... , which I believe you'll find on WOS.
