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  • Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…

    Has anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy?< ... - that takes a character and prints it anywhere on the screen? Preferably with attributes ...
    Gedlion Gedlion May 2010 Development
  • Anyone interested in any of this before it goes on eBayI'm having a clearout, and am going to put this lot on ebay tonight. But as its basically my childhood I'm selling I thought I'd check here and see i…

    ... br />
    Hows this for a piece of retro geek nostalgia ... , circles and freehand on your TV screen. Everything is in excellent ... excellent condition, and has a button on top, which I ... excellent condition, and has a button on top, which I ...
    teamemark teamemark June 2010 Sales
  • Machine code issue...Hi Folks, My trials with MCODE continue and I am stuck. I wrote the following program in BASIC to simply POKE an attribute byte in to a "box" on th…

    ... attribute byte in to a "box" on the screen.

    [CODE]1005 ... a,p(5):
    LET a=a+1:
    NEXT c:
    LET a=a ...
    0D DEC C ;Next Character
    2006 JR NZ,LOOP2 ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ccompletly baffeled machine codeHi everyone, BEFORE you ask i have not asked help for loads of problems i have recently now encountered and i figured the problems out myself, hones…

    ... points that refer to a character position, where 31 ... I want to display a character at this position in machine ... starts. its done in a really difficult way. ... x co because the screen has a weird system.
    ... positions to be a point on the screen grid in machine ...
    Robin Robin September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Vulcan: David A.Vulcan has a signature on a loading screen: David A. Who could this be? [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005606[/url] Same on …

    Vulcan has a signature on a loading screen: David A.
    Who could this be?< ... =0005606[/url]

    Same on a Blitzkrieg (and same publisher):
    moroz1999 moroz1999 October 2010 Infoseek database
  • Spectrum +2 screen?Hello all! I would just like some advice on a Spectrum +2 that I recently bought. It powers up just fine with solid red light. I have connected a sc…

    ... would just like some advice on a Spectrum +2 that I recently ... red light. I have connected a scart cable for visuals but ... am getting is a very faint black/grey on screen?
    I can ... kinda see the screen but not ...
    jamiejoe jamiejoe December 2010 Hardware
  • Not worth reading really - unless you have some spare time(Mods if you want to move it please do it does have a sort of hardware theme and a couple of recommendations at the end :) About two years ago now I…

    ... years ago now I started on a path that lead me here ... to me). I realised early on a cheap source of parts was ... of discontinued parts a Multimeter and a soldering iron. Later on I sold ... had read earlier that character break up on screen is nearly always ULA ...
    hedge hedge January 2011 Hardware
  • Sprites masterclassHi All, You guys are probably tired of explaining sprites but I'd like to clarify a few things if possible. I've sorted the vertical aspect of scro…

    ... br />
    If you have a character 2 8x8 squares wide and ... Is this the definition of a preshifted sprite? (struggling to ... fit in with other graphics on the screen? I can only think ... to be ORd continually on the screen, so when a sprite encounters the ...
    R-Tape R-Tape February 2011 Development
  • Dark Tower, The - a signature?[img]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/d/gif/DarkTowerThe.gif[/img] I may be wrong, but there seems to be some sort o…

    ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/d/gif/DarkTowerThe ... be some sort of a signature on a loading screen of Dark Tower.
    moroz1999 moroz1999 February 2011 Infoseek database
  • IM2 calls to player routine on 128k?Hi all, Apologies for being crap, and not even in a funky, skillo kind of way but it's been over 20 years since I last wrote anything in machine cod…

    ... crap, and not even in a funky, skillo kind of way ...
    I only ever had a 48k and Sam Coup?, so ... keeps munging my registers around. On the old beeper, ISTR ... anyone here have any pointers on what I can do ... to syncing music to stuff on screen in Z80? I'm afraid ...
    SnakeOilSteve SnakeOilSteve March 2011 Development
  • T/S 2068 & SpectrumBorrowing what you see below from the Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate Guide, by Fred Blechman. It appears the T/s 2068 was intended to be …

    ... Spectrum, designed for follow-on peripherals such as FDDs, ... rows of 32 characters on a line, similar to the ... of 62 characters on a line, and a pixel resolution of ... 3[/I] is a second "normal" screen, like Mode 1. ... of pixesl in each character space can be assigned ...
    jegs2 jegs2 March 2011 Hardware
  • How do 3D earphones work?Something I've wondered before is how 3D headphones work. Has anyone ever tried them? To be exact, it's not the earphones that are 3D, it's the littl…

    ... seeming to come from a spacial direction) is amazing ... from a fixed space, such as a fire or a machine, ... and then rotate your character on ... circling you - and from a pair of (only) stereo ... no cut off (the screen's borders, for films) ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2011 Chit chat
  • (part of) screen to UDGHere is a routine to copy a Y,X-position on screen to a UDG. 0<=y<=23 0<=x<=31 144<=udg<=165 (UDG "A" to UDG "U") [code] ; start code with ; PRINT …

    Here is a routine to copy a Y,X-position on screen to a UDG.
    0
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP June 2011 Development
  • SpecBAS 0.690 Now AvailableHi folks - 0.690 is now available at the usual location: [url]https://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/SpecOS.zip[/url] You can also download the rece…

    ... - you can now assign a "drive" to a folder on the host filesystem ... command - see the reference document on handling packages. Essentially they're ... due to a line length issue.
    A colon character inside a REM statement ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Hightower is dead...Police Academy actor Bubba Smith dies [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14400604[/url] Bubba Smith, the American football star who…

    ... football star who found fame on screen playing Hightower in the Police ... .

    Hightower became a regular character in the comedy franchise, known ... made his name on the field as a fearsome defensive player for ...
    ChuckieEgg ChuckieEgg August 2011 Chit chat
  • ZX81 Basic questionI just got a ZX81 off Ebay and when it arrived it has an Atari joystick hardwired into it. It does work as moving the joystick replicates certain key…

    I just got a ZX81 off Ebay and ... joystick is a label with the following PEEK values on it.< ... is can anyone help me on how would to go ... commands into a simple program to move a character around the screen, I ... />
    Thanks, here is a picture of the unit for ...
    beanz beanz August 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Kiwi OS for z80 computerHi everyone, Nearly made my z80 computer with 2K ROM 32K RAM. It has an OS im still writing called Kiwi (apple, blackberry, you get the idea ;D) he…

    ... SUBROUTINE
    LD A, 13 ;LOAD A WITH DISPLAY ON/NO BLINK, NO ... /> ;*********************************
    ;(PRINT SINGLE HEX CHARACTER)
    ;> A IS NUMBER TO PRINT ... /> LD A, $01 ;CLEAR SCREEN COMMAND
    OUT (1), A ;CLEAR SCREEN
    ...
    Robin Robin August 2011 Announcements
  • Name this game (seen on Pawn Stars)Yesterday I saw the last bit (credits section) of [URL="http://www.history.com/shows/pawn-stars"]Pawn Stars[/URL] (re-run) and the owner was playing …

    ... travel from screen to screen also) and the player was a ball. On either ... side of the playing area/screen was a long ... seemed interesting, looked like a lame version of Prince of ... Anywho, it might have been on the episode called "Wise Guys ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman August 2011 Chit chat
  • Keys redefine routine and key check.I have written some asm code which allows me to redefine keys (for a game etc.), and also allows me to be able to check any keypresses for the redefi…

    ... to green on black
    call ROM_CLS ; do the clear screen
    ld a,2 ; upper screen
    call CHAN_OPEN ; get ...
    pm_do_it: ld a,(hl) ; get the character to print
    inc ...
    polomint polomint September 2011 Development
  • Full game accidentally included on a covertapeI seem to remember that back in the day, one of the multiformat mags mistakingly included the full version of a game on a covertape instead of the de…

    ... included the full version of a game on a covertape instead of the ... it was. Speccy Wonderboy on CVG rings a bell, although it might ...
    MartynC MartynC September 2011 Games
  • Software Home Bochnia (Missing company/group name ????????????) ... And C.A.S.I notice the loading screen for [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006622&loadpics=3"]Mozg Procesor[/URL] has "Software Home Boc…

    ... www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/m/gif/ ... mention a Bochnia addresse, so the loading screen message is either a ... (or others) can shed a light on the significance of this, ... ] as both the loading screen and instructions for Mozg Procesor ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman October 2011 Infoseek database
  • Requesting a little help to identify the purpose of this 'add-on' to my Issue 2Hi everyone First of all it's my first post here so please go easy on me! I'm grateful to be accepted into your fine little club :smile: I probabl…

    ... "]quad2inputnand[/URL]

    What on earth could its purpose have ... it goes to a via under IC23 and on the topside the ... /> I've found out a little on IORQGE from searching the net ... someone can shed a little bit of light on this.

    cmonkey cmonkey October 2011 Hardware
  • Won a +3 on eBay - which games to buy?After a couple of missed opportunities to get my hands on a +3, I finally won one in an eBay auction this afternoon (put in some sneaky bids in my lu…

    ... opportunities to get my hands on a +3, I finally won one ... delivery) for just the keyboard on its own ('sold as seen ... /> I may have the game on cassette for my +2 - in ... can just copy it to a blank disc.

    Thanks ...
    Paul2010 Paul2010 October 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • just bought a spec48 on ebayJust got a cracking mint boxed Spectrum 48k, boxed tape recorder, boxed joystick and boxed interface mins ago on ebay for guess how much ..... Pleas…

    Just got a cracking mint boxed Spectrum 48k, boxed tape recorder, boxed joystick and boxed interface mins ago on ebay for guess how much .....
    Please forgive the feeling of speccy inspired smugness.
    Mevweb Mevweb November 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Procrustean PrintingHere's a short routine to manage printing of text with command tokens, to avoid messing up the screen when they are expanded. It just prints as many …

    ... avoid messing up the screen when they are expanded ... can be used on its own or ... PRCHAR: rst $10 ;print a character
    pop hl ; ... $10 ;print a character
    pop af ;A =last token char ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny December 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • ISR's in lower ram, a.k.a. the snow effect - did any game or demo ever use this?Hi all I've been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real life for a while now so today I wrote a quick IM 2 ISR in lower ram to wi…

    ... like in real life for a while now so today ... I wrote a quick IM 2 ISR ... the corruption dancing away merrily on screen is quite something.
    ... Here's a couple of pics and a link to a vid I ... com/cmonkey/matrix.jpg"]Green on black snow[/URL]
    ...
    cmonkey cmonkey January 2012 Games
  • Latest Fuse built from SVN on Debian Squeeze, would anyone like a tutorial?I have just build the latest version of [url="http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/"]Fuse[/url] from source on my Debian Squeeze desktop system. It …

    ... .net/"]Fuse[/url] from source on my Debian Squeeze desktop system ... running very nicely and has a couple of features not available ... would anyone be interested in a tutorial on how to do that ...
    TRK TRK February 2012 Emulators
  • SAGE gamebook project newsThat's the Spectrum Adventure Gamebook Enhancement, that is (for the time being, anyhow). I've updated the [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg2…

    ... the standard Spectrum characters; the character set & UDGs will ... the data files. A picture's screen position in the game ... from its position on the editor screen). At present a "program of ... pondering about enhancing BOB the Screen Builder for that purpose ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Announcements
  • Help needed with a loop counterVariable W counts to 12 then calls a subroutine to move a character, it then resets to zero and starts again. For every 2 moves of that character I …

    ... to 12 then calls a subroutine to move a character, it then resets ... every 2 moves of that character I want to call another ... 3000 (Where it moves the character and resets W)

    on the current level variable S ...
    daveysludge daveysludge February 2012 Sinclair Basic
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