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Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…
... is the ability to "random read access" an OPEN ... is the ability to "random write" back to the ... whole cartridge) and effectively does a [b]random read[/b] ... of 512 characters and a [b]random write[/b] back ... array using slice operator and once the program collects ... -
Harlequin G Video problem.Hi everyone! Last week I finished putting my Harlequin version G kit together. Nervously I tested it but it was only a partial succes. The keyboard…
... week I finished putting my Harlequin version G kit together. Nervously ... partial succes.
The keyboard and sound where working fine but ... through the s-video connection and later trough composite but ... pictures to illustrate the problem and I hope they show ... -
Getting an even random numberWhat would be the best, simplest way to do this ? I was thinking of say: A = RND*100 Then a conditional along the lines of: IF A / 2 <> I…
... its divisible by two [b]and[/b] the result is [b ... matter I require a random number between 0 and 63 (or maybe ... -
random number generator without using rnd in basicwhat is the simplest way to generate random numbers in basic (0-255), without using the rnd statement? i also want it to always generate the same…
what is the simplest way to generate random numbers in basic (0-255), without using the rnd statement?
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Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url]
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A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... (minus, space, space, T, and a dummy character)
Then ... machine code - the ZX81 (and, presumably, ZX80) usually stored ... of characters, including unprintables and keywords that needed the ... ...
1 REM (seemingly random string of characters that holds ... -
New WoS and ZXDBIt turns out new WoS is using [url="https://github.com/zxdb/ZXDB"]ZXDB[/url]! More precisely [url="https://github.com/zxdb/ZXDB/blob/c4bd3e40d81a8d47…
... few game pages at random to compare old WoS ... id=6097"]Colossal Adventure[/url]) and "Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated ... ltd"]Colossal Adventure[/url] and [url="https://worldofspectrum.org ... Comment_967208"]copying another database and not crediting other people ... -
this code wont give me a random starfieldim using a peice of code that ive copied from a book, ignore most of it as it is redundant. for some reason i get a strange random starfield instead …
... in-----------
call random ;v v
and 175
ld ... b,a
call random
and 255
ld c ... ret
; Simple pseudo-random number generator.
; Steps a ... random ld hl,(seed) ; Pointer
ld a,h
and ... -
80s and 90s commedians in the 21st centuary. Still funny?I was watching a rerun of 9 / 10 Cats Does Countdown on the internet. The guest from dictionary corner was Vic Reeves. He really was not funny, his b…
... funny, his brand of random absurdist humor seems not ... random, but it was not funny and not absurd and ... was aware of this, and upon watching the show ... both Burnard Manning and Les Dawson and still they made ... choice, faces and turns of phrase and Burnard just for ... -
Harlequin 128 Rev 2D with ZX Interface 1 RS232Hi, Does anyone have any experience of using serial interface on ZX Interface 1 plugged into a Harlequin 128. While microdrive works fine, i can't…
... Interface 1 plugged into a Harlequin 128. While microdrive works fine ... the same test on a Harlequin 128k Rev 2D produces no ... tried various baud rates, and both "t" and "b" channels, but nothing ... -
Facebook groups and the people in them make me sometimes feel uneasy.I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS one) on some random subject,and recently I noticed that a member of that group a pretty Chinese girl apparently…
... WOS one) on some random subject,and recently I noticed that a ... posts of of my daughter and me as a kid. I ... -
Oxford Speccy meetup, October 20th[b]Update:[/b] Date and venue decided - The Gloucester Arms, from 2pm, 20 October 2007. Full details: [url]http://matt.west.co.tt/spectrum/oxford-spe…
... bring the Harlequin if people want to try and break it...
I mean with software, pulling random ... -
Commodore AmigaJust downloaded a Commodore Amiga emulator. What are the top ten games for Commodore Amiga? My fav types of game are dizzy type games, rpgs and shm…
... pretty slick on the Amiga. Harlequin was also a favourite platformer ... Turbo Challenge 2 and Stunt Car Racer are other random games from ... -
+3 disks and pc'sHi, This is my first post, and was wondering if someone could help me. I have some +3 disks from my original +3 that I want to put on my pc to use i…
... /> This is my first post, and was wondering if someone could ... haven't really found any, and the few I have found ... don't appear on there and I would be happy to ... -
Pls, I need a emulator which works with tzx. and slt. filesCould someone tell me about an emulator (simply to use, preferred) which could emulate tzx. and slt. roms, pls? Now, I got the ZX32 emulator, but it …
Could someone tell me about an emulator (simply to use, preferred) which could emulate tzx. and slt. roms, pls? Now, I got the ZX32 emulator, but it doesn't work with those files.
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Re PSI Chess and others...After reading about Ed's 36 hour decoding mission on PSI Chess, I feel that the one thing we need is a totally comprehensive instructions section. I …
... nothing but htmled original instructions and nothing more, like they do ... -
EliteHave got some problems with Elite. I?m not able to dock, and that?s quite deadly. I remember that there was a cheat to get lots of cash (to buy a doc…
... ?m not able to dock, and that?s quite deadly.
and choose SAVE instead of
LOAD, typing in a random ... -
Lords of midnightCan anyone tell me the controls for Lords of Midnight? And also , can anyone give me any advice on how to play it? Years ago on the Speccy i remembe…
... Lords of Midnight?
And also , can anyone give me ... remember trying to play it, and i didn't really know ... to be wandering about at random with no idea where to ... -
Match PointHi ! Does anybody have the original inlay card of MATCH POINT ? I played very much and I could win the final cup, but I used simply the five keys to…
... POINT ? I played very much and I could win the final ... the five keys to play and didn't know ...
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Zenobi Adventures, and others for that matter.Hi Folks, You might have already seem my latest MIS Update which contains a lot of Zenobi titles. Actually it doesn't cos we're not allowed to yet …
... 1989 Zenobi Software
Brian And The Dishonest Politician ( Parts 1 ... 1989 Zenobi Software
Desmond And Gertrude 1991 Zenobi Software
Wanted: TZX for Dr Jeckly and Mr HydeHi Folks, Does anyone have or can provide a TZX for Dr Jeckly and Mr Hyde by Essential Myth. I believe there are 3 parts for this Gothic Text Adven…
... a TZX for Dr Jeckly and Mr Hyde
by Essential ...
of the WOS associates and they'll do it for ...LINE-routine and other nice pieces of codeThe line-topic came in the end with a nice piece of fast coding. I think that there might be more of these routines out there (where-ever-u-r). Isn…
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I made an emulator and to decide which code had ...Which emulator and assembler?Hi, I am looking to learn z80 assembly language and I feel the best option is a spectrum emulator and an assembler. Can anybody recommend the best …
... to learn z80 assembly language and I feel the best option ... is a spectrum emulator and an assembler. Can anybody recommend ... emulator for this (Win 98) and the best assembler/ease of ...can i convert .SNA and other files to tape??is it possible to covert the files TAP, LTP, VOC, ZXS (read-only), TZX (up to v1.13), and .SNA files to tape. If so, where can i get the program
is it possible to covert the files TAP, LTP, VOC, ZXS (read-only), TZX (up to v1.13), and .SNA files to tape. If so, where can i get the programSpectrum collecting and nostalgia.I have recently started to buy and collect old Spectrum games and thought that it would be easy, but easy it is not. Well I say not because on auctio…
... to buy and collect old Spectrum games and thought that ... very popular with buyers, and to be out bid is ... to where it all started and have some fun?
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Has the fun and enjoyment gone out of modern ...random numbersCan you write a piece of code that gets you a truly random number from the Spectrum, or is it only capable of generating a pseudo-random number (ie. …
... that gets you a truly random number from the Spectrum, or ... capable of generating a pseudo-random number (ie. one from a ...IF1 and IO portsThe Interface used 3 Z80 IO ports to communicate to it s devices #E7- Microdrive data #EF- Status and control #F7- RS232/Network What I'm looking…
... - Microdrive data
#EF- Status and control
#F7- RS232/Network ... far I'm upto 0FAC and the network routines seem quite ...48k with keyboard of 128k+2 and tapes..ahoi!i worked to make a 48k+ with keiboard of 128k+2 and i want to send it! so i have many tapes with games, workings'n' demo, compilation, fanzine!!!! fo…
i worked to make a 48k+ with keiboard of 128k+2 and i want to send it! so i have many tapes with games, workings'n' demo, compilation, fanzine!!!! for info contact 0347 8783346 or 3478783346.Sinclair Mags, Tapes, and joysticksHi folks I have the following for sale :- Sinclair user issues 103, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 73, 72 Sinclair User Megatape 25 2 Cheetah 125 joysticks …
