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  • Some digital/analog "flaws" I enjoy/miss.I enjoy the soft fuzzyness of a CRT TV when watching shows/movies but I do enjoy the crispness of a LCD monitor when used with a computer/console. I…

    ... This is on Freeview, so the following method won't work on any other ...
    * Switch to a different channel (e.g. 4 ... - now press Green and wait a few seconds.

    that? you must have read ... right? you don't just randomly mash remote ...
    guesser guesser January 2009 Chit chat
  • Some digital/analog "flaws" I enjoy/miss.I enjoy the soft fuzzyness of a CRT TV when watching shows/movies but I do enjoy the crispness of a LCD monitor when used with a computer/console. I…

    ... This is on Freeview, so the following method won't work on any other ... />
    * Switch to a different channel (e.g. 4 ... - now press Green and wait a few seconds.

    ... for that. I can see your telly needs a few ... to sort out that wonky picture. :lol:
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk January 2009 Chit chat
  • Dead DivIDE?I just switched on my 48K for the first time in ages (which still works fine thankfully) but when I tried it with my DivIDE+, it repeatedly crashed. …

    ... processors work with divIDE. I found a full-working Spectrum48 that didn't work with ... . It would work fine on all my other +2grey and +3 machines (I ... one that wouldn't work on the 128k machine with the divide+) on a standard 48k ...
    gtsamour gtsamour January 2009 Hardware
  • Quadrax - Compatibility problems - help!I bought this game last month and when I tried to load it today...it crashes in my +2A!!! Sh*t!! the game was expensive to get, and now I can't play …

    [QUOTE=FrankT;366512]I'll knock up a tap that you can load that will put the +2a/+3 into allram mode and load the original 48k rom at 0000.
    [/QUOTE]

    Set a breakpoint at 7DE3 to see why that won't work :)
    Bob Stains Bob Stains July 2009 Games
  • David Ike - Dont take the Flu Vaccine[youtube]vqMK_yu8APg[/youtube] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqMK_yu8APg&feature=popular[/url] *** Runs and hides ***

    [QUOTE=ZX Beccy;368991]Sorry, cake won't work on me.
    [/QUOTE]

    But it's a special homoeopathic fruitcake. And a really big one at that.

    Are you sure you don't want a slice?
    Dave_C Dave_C July 2009 Chit chat
  • +2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …

    ... 3 lists, which is the one containing the games that wouldn't load in a ... file with all games tested on +2A. All this games crash. See my ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2009 Games
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... />
    I must say though that the more I look at ... copies. The original one won't work on XP so I got a newer version. :)
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton October 2009 Chit chat
  • Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …

    Muzer, I had a wafadriver very briefly when they ... can you get it to work in the basic prompt? and ... />
    gasman told me that, can't take credit for it.. it ... help fix a number of things game wise that won't boot on my div ...
    fog fog November 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …

    ... you get it to work in the basic prompt? ... br /> gasman told me that, can't take credit for it.. it ... fix a number of things game wise that won't boot on my ... work in 128 BASIC (if that isn't impossible) - I don't ... the spectrum itself seems to work (you can hear it ...
    Muzer Muzer November 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Adjusting your code for screen refreshingOk, I'm aware that I should know it already after writing 5 Spectrum games in machine code but interrupts and screen refreshes were always my weaker …

    ... from top border horizontal line A (see my picture) and ... D and A ("vertical retrace") when the ULA doesn't output ...
    Not quite true. Write a unique value into the data ... bus until that value is detected. Won't work on anything without a floating bus ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall November 2009 Development
  • AmigaOS 4 on Mac MiniAfter some googling, I find some PPC based Mac's users are running AmigaOS 4 on their machines. Has anybody here tried this, and what are the benefit…

    ... ]Well, it won't run on a PC, and it won't run on the classic Amiga ... of pounds. That's why you could run it on a mac.
    on ebay.

    I love ... with WinUAE emulator, and AmigaOS 3.9 with the AmiKit emulation ...
    Hercules Hercules December 2009 Chit chat
  • 64k ZX81 SoftwareWell, I'm into playing ZX81 games at the moment, having de-magnetised a suitable tape player, and finding a bit of time to go through the oodles of s…

    ... ..?!!?

    I didn'#t know that.. then again I'm not ... , though the only 64k add-on I was aware of at ... just bought a Cheetah 32k, but I guess it won't work on ZX81. We ...
    Graz Graz December 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 64k ZX81 SoftwareWell, I'm into playing ZX81 games at the moment, having de-magnetised a suitable tape player, and finding a bit of time to go through the oodles of s…

    ... the only 64k add-on I was aware of ... just bought a Cheetah 32k, but I guess it won't work on ZX81. ... but when looking into that currah thing about speech, ... I stumbled across a cheetah 64k ram pack ... was surprised to see such a thing exsisted.. ?44 though ...
    fog fog December 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Games not compatible with real grey +2There are many threads about Spectrum+3/2A incompatibility issues but what about grey +2? I've found that games like Marauder and Skate Crazy don't w…

    ... aware of any games that work on the original 128 that don't work on the grey +2 ... , Mojon Twins games included. There are a ... few 48K games that ...
    chev chev January 2010 Games
  • New and needing Emulator AdviceHi... I'm fairly new to the world of Spectrum emulation and was wondering what others would advise for me in terms of: (a) the best overall emulator…

    ... I've been having a fun day trying out ... Interestingly ZX Spin 0.7 won't work on my laptop at all! ... and I have to click on "processes" and stop ... (albeit just tested briefly on games I remember from the ... this from WOS so they work on the Dreamcast console?
    ZXChris ZXChris January 2010 Emulators
  • New and needing Emulator AdviceHi... I'm fairly new to the world of Spectrum emulation and was wondering what others would advise for me in terms of: (a) the best overall emulator…

    ... Interestingly ZX Spin 0.7 won't work on my laptop at all! ... that now and then. I had the same issues on a ... windows XP machine (but curiously not on another ... up) as well as on a Windows 7 machine, so ... may want to post a detailed bug report there.
    Arjun Arjun January 2010 Emulators
  • ZX Demos and the wow factorI remember reading a few comments in the past 3 years regarding demos. Some comments included how boring it was to see this or that effect again, how…

    ... comments in the past 3 years regarding demos. Some ... actually, no one says that most fun on demos is watching demo ... to seeing certain things that we don't appreciate the technical details ... principle of "if it doesn't work on a real unexpanded Speccy, it's ...
    Fikee Fikee March 2010 Development
  • Just found the perfect emulation controllerWell, I was looking for a PC game controller that I could use for playing lots of emulated games on my PC and the main problem was finding one that c…

    ... built a cabinet like some on here.. but maybe one day. a friends ... just yet.. works far better on the pc than consoles tbh ... .

    the only things that are missing is the annoying ... 's USB adapters (it won't work with a normal keyboard to USB adapter ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob March 2010 Chit chat
  • Just found the perfect emulation controllerWell, I was looking for a PC game controller that I could use for playing lots of emulated games on my PC and the main problem was finding one that c…

    ... that's in the picture. Sadly, it doesn't want to work ... s USB adapters (it won't work with a normal keyboard to USB adapter ... you got a really good price.

    that logic 3 joystick that scottie ... I have various joysticks here that I bought, one I am ...
    fog fog March 2010 Chit chat
  • Help wanted HD dvd StorageI would like to store my DVD's on harddrive, and plug into a USB port on the PS3 and play. Can any one advise whats the best way? ... Any problems f…

    ... , so be aware of that if using full DVD rips ... a full DVD Rip will be 4.7Gb). Also be aware that ... have to use NTFS which won't work on the PS3.

    ... converting the rips to a format the PS3 will ... />
    Probably sounds like a lot of hassle, but it ...
    Vampyre Vampyre April 2010 Chit chat
  • Emulators: Who uses what and why?I thought a thread on shared emulator experiences might be full of useful tips and save a lot of time for anyone seeking the same. [B]What computers…

    ... Speccy: Spin, Realspec for stuff that won't run on spin.

    Commode ... a combo of Nesticle, and FWNES for copied bootleg homebrew games that ... would'nt run on Nesticle. Now I ... than Mame for Neo Geo games I think, plus it ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek May 2010 Chit chat
  • DivIDEo - streaming video on the DivIDEThis has been a bit of a personal holy grail for years and years, so I'm very pleased to announce the release of DivIDEo, my streaming video system f…

    ... ${IMAGEMAGICK_ROOT}/lib ${IMAGEMAGICK_ROOT}/lib/libMagickCore.a -lm -lgomp -lclparser -framework ... /Versions/A/Libraries -lm -lpthread \
    [/code]
    replace that with ... compiled in dynamically, meaning that it won't work on anyone else's machine unless ...
    gasman gasman May 2010 Announcements
  • z80 emulator with converter ?Hi i am finding the old z80 emulator v2 or v3, dont remember. Some of these versions have the snapshopt to 1.45 converter that allows us to conver t…

    Bomb Jack won't work with a +2A/+3 ROM, so won't work with z80.bas using the ... I understand it) pages in a standard 48k ROM automatically, would ... , I can't test this as I don't have a +3 any longer ... ; this is just based on what ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • emulator for standalone gamesis there an emulator capable build a standalone exe with given snapshot or tape or disc ?

    ... very DOS and won't work on every XP distribution... Its a shame no one ... script called ZipItUp.au3, that reads something like this:
    that will run on most systems (consider graphics ... chose one that has all its settings in a config file ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil June 2010 Emulators
  • 1K ZX81 "Chariddy" games competition mate..I'm trying to put together a Cronosoft 1K ZX81 gamestape in the style of the old "JK GREYE" 10 games tape that I remember owning about 28 years ago. …

    [QUOTE=joefish;452071]So does that mean it won't run on a 1K ZX81? I ... thought that was the whole point ... ]

    That's the trick, it will run on a 1K ZX81 ... ZX81 uses a compressed screen when available RAM < 3,5K.
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP June 2010 Games
  • Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…

    ... assistance in a technical board is an indication (for me) that the ... I've developed a game to run on a standard Spectrum then ... it's not my problem if it won't work on ... a game without the author's permission, and to assuming that ...
    joefish joefish August 2010 Development
  • Using Interface II joystick in kempston-only gamesHi everyone! It's me again, bothering you with new crazy ideas :) I have recently acquired an Amstrad +2A Speccy with a joystick and built-in Interf…

    ... />
    It's not a universal patch because:
    * you ... the code
    * it won't work if a jump is performed (in which ... the process
    * it won't work for games that use lazy decoding
    * ... to a snapshot of the game

    Having said that it ...
    chev chev August 2010 Hardware
  • Game compilationsDo you collect game compilations? Do you consider them valuable? or do you think they are inferior to the original? Personally I don't like game com…

    i kept my 64 disks (not that many) I was shocked to see how much they went for.. but well with it , it's a world wide market... even though it's pal and ntsc machines (and official versions won't work on both normally)
    fog fog September 2010 Games
  • what games are truly great regardless of format?the old comparisons things turns up here a lot favouring 1 machine or another.. but as I was listing "into the eagles nest" on a certain auction site…

    ... ... was nice and on LOADS of formats didn't think the atari ... generation; that doesn't work on PAL so the graphics don't look right on a PAL ... was trying to think of games that were ported to the most ... pretty much crap on the ST so doesn't count. From Gremlin ...
    TMR TMR October 2010 Games
  • 128+ and Divide+ not working togetheri think theres something wrong with my 128 (toastrack), divide+ just wont work on it, corrupted screen on bootup and with big thick black bars rollin…

    ... apparently on this model i dont need to, anyway, still didnt work ... multiface and various other interfaces work really well, just this[/ ... reading somewhere (don't ask me where!) that the Z80s in some ... going strong, but it won't work with the +3 I just bought, and ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 October 2010 Hardware
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