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I/O on the Speccy - ideas/help wanted!I'd like an interface for the Spectrum that can control and monitor other items. I have a task in mind that would require: A: 4xbinary inputs (as in…
... /> A: 4xbinary inputs (as in "on" or "off" x4 - this I ... (as in four independant OFF/ON controls).
How ... br />
I can handle the transistor / relay circuits I need ... reference to the assembly driven by the motors attached to the outputs.
Remember that 1960's music center I had stuck in the loft?I emptied the loft today of everything. I had an early 1960's music centre up there too heavy to get out, and a sofa bed, and boxes , and boxes of ju…
... music centre up there too heavy to get out, and a ... the sofa bed on the floor, put the ladder on the sofa, climbed into the attic, pulled the ... ladder up behind me, kicked the ...Speccy emulation on the MacAnyone using any speccy emulators on a Mac with Leopard installed ? Tried a number of the native Mac emulators on my Macbook but failed to make any w…
Anyone using any speccy emulators on a Mac with Leopard installed ? Tried a number of the native Mac emulators on my Macbook but failed to make any work. All just vanish into thin air on starting...Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
... enough ("light" as in not heavy)for their shape to make ... have impressive artificial intelligence? On the 8-bits, the speed and memory limitations ... arcade machines of the day. On the Speccy, Skooldaze aparrently gave the masters and ...A few tapes, books and some hardware for sale on the 'BayHiya! I've put a few (hundred) tapes up for sale this weekend, all of them starting at 25p or less (unless I've made a cock up anywhere!) [url]http…
... /> Some are pretty run of the mill titles but there might ... sure it's even listed on WoS?? (Cue loads of people ... gone a bit random towards the end.
Cheers,
How is the Spectrum to live on when we are all dead???We have had 25 years of the Spectrum and it lives on in us all and as long as WOS is here, on the Internet. Because of this, it will be alive as long…
... 25 years of the Spectrum and it lives on in us all ... long as WOS is here, on the Internet. Because of this, it ... like!!! Will Ebay still sell the them LOL!!
Dickygames with music track on side B of the tape (skate or die?)i saw someone mention that the skate or die tape had a music track on the B side, but it's not mentioned on the WOS listing and i can't find a mentio…
... tape had a music track on the B side, but it's ... not mentioned on the WOS listing and i can ... with audio from the arcade game on side B of the tape, but ... i can't find mention of it on ... find it. (nb, star ray on the amiga came with a music ...Spectrums on the TV and/or in movies?Hi, I've seen a number of threads on these forums about Spectrum sound being used on TV, but does anyone know of any films or TV programmes that act…
... seen a number of threads on these forums about Spectrum sound ... being used on TV, but does anyone know ... Spectrum visible on screen?
Other home computers of the time ...Speech reproduction on the Speccy - 2009 style?Thanks to Chapter 33 of [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000388"]Super Charge Your Spectrum[/url] by David Webb - "Speech Repr…
... play them back through the speaker at the same rate as they ... ] allowed you to easily change the sampling rate, too - which ... just like you'd overdosed on amphetamine and helium.
< ... expect a full explanation of the required algorithm complete with pseudo ...Remapping the keyboard on WinUAE Amiga emulatorYes, I know I should be asking this a Lemon or English Amiga Forum but as I've read so far from other's posts they are either nice but too techy to u…
... see where to do this on the emulator - Input page - but there ... options - Configuration 1-4 at the top. Parrallel Joystick 1, Parallel ... that apears on that page?
And when the keys have ... have to worry about the settings in the 'Game and IO ports ...The most atmospheric Speccy and non-Speccy games?I was playing Alien vs. Predator (the XBox port of the 1999 PC first person shooter) yesterday, as the Marine, and I was going through the dark, lit …
... , but is the most atmospheric game on the Spectrum.
On other machines ... as 3D Deathchase on the Spectrum though). And Goldeneye on the N64 could be ... who portrays Riddick) and the heavy atmosphere of the game.
Speaking ...Can't surf the net while PS3 is onDoes anyone know how I can solve this? Everytime I turn on the PS3, all the pc's and laptops in the house struggle to open a page. Why does the PS3 h…
... this? Everytime I turn on the PS3, all the pc's and laptops ... in the house struggle to open a ... page. Why does the PS3 hog all the bandwidth?
Digital Telly, Pressing the Red Button on the BBC help?Just watched Pyshcoville on BBC2. The announcer, link woman, her with the croaky voice, who sounds like she smokes too much and badly needs to cough,…
... watched Pyshcoville on BBC2. The announcer, link woman, her with the croaky voice ... don't have to, press the red button now.
... /> So I did. Where the dickens is the the next episode?
the red button, unless there is ...Attn: XBox users (original XBox, not the 360)On the original XBox, game patches were sometimes issued, to fix problems with the games, or to add new in-game levels, or whatever. The patches were…
... ?), then you'd miss out on the game patches (which sometimes just ... unlocked stuff that was already on the game DVD that you'd ... . 347 blocks
Hellbringer - new heavy mech. 396 blocks
Loki ... - new heavy mech. 385 blocks
Raven ...'The ZX Spectrum on your PC' - now just ?3.75I've transferred my Spectrum book, 'The ZX Spectrum on your PC' from Cafe Press to lulu and, in the process, fiddled with all the settings to get the…
... transferred my Spectrum book, 'The ZX Spectrum on your PC' from Cafe ... Press to lulu and, in the ... the time right now. It's on the 'to do' list.
The ... .com/content/paperback-book/the-zx-spectrum-on-your-pc/7796772[/url ...The Grim Reaper is coming for your consoles...According to: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8556874.stm[/URL] [COLOR=Blue][B]"A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional …
... that reads your moves on the controller and sends them to ... character on screen moving in the direction you chose? On a ... wireless) to the console, and the console sends the TV signal through ...
"[COLOR=Blue]The reality is that all the heavy lifting is done ...An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following ... can be loaded, the format of the file (a TAP ... files in it. The program can also display ... means of doing this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and ... /> I just used 'netcat' on the Mac to simply listen to ...Z88dk on the Mac?Is this possible to do at the moment? I've seen that there is 1.6 available for Tiger on Source Forge, but there doesn't seem to be much in the arch…
Is this possible to do at the moment? I've seen that there is 1.6 available for Tiger on Source Forge, but there doesn't seem to be much in the archive.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…
... my streaming video system for the DivIDE-equipped Speccy.
the changes between frames, ... /> A Youtube video from the Outline demo party, where ... hopefully...
The converter app is available from ... I'm working on it!Armageddon (based on the Bruce Willis movie)I was watching this today and thought it could make a good game. I've envisioned a five level game.. 1) As A.J (played by Ben Affleck), you have to…
... point of the oil rig in the beginning of the film to ... You are in the Russian Space Station but the place is threatening ... ), you have to navigate the Armadillo driving machine to where ... press the explosives button to destroy the asteroid (with Bruce Willis on it ...looking for updated 'arkanoid' type games on the netabout 3-4 yrs ago I found a site that had these great arkanoid style games that were in 3D. they had different themes like Egyptian/Space etc...you c…
... /Space etc...you could try the demo versions for about 5 ... couldn't buy stuff off the net then but I can ... games or know what Im on about? can't find them ...Is there still copyright on the Sinclair logo?On Ebay.UK I came across this auction: [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130477206458[/url] Who is the owner of this Sincla…
On Ebay.UK I came across ... [/url]
Who is the owner of this Sinclair logo ... and what fine can the seller await if the copyright owner finds ... logo?
I had the same idea to make a ... I was afraid because of the copyright. Am I right?
How the hell do you use a joystick on EightyOne??The joystick option is greyed out! You can't select it because of that, and so I go to the help topics option... and it's greyed out too!! So frustra…
The joystick option is greyed out! ... , and so I go to the help topics option... and it ... play games with a joypad on the EightyOne emulator? Why has it ... greyed out the bloody help topics option? Does ...Heavy Metal Soft - Mysterious cracker ?I was always interested - who was "Heavy Metal Soft", which signed on the Astro Marine Corps and Fighter Bomber loading screens. He just cracked the…
... interested - who was "Heavy Metal Soft", which signed on the Astro Marine Corps ... loading screens. He just cracked the loaders or did something else ...The good old days (what do you honestly miss)?I was reading a post on Gamefaqs where the author was saying how modern games were better than older games, and even though that's just his opinion (…
... channels, which means that on the plus side there's much ... as a result. On the other hand, the predominance of supermarkets has ... as we could read the amateur reviews on the 'net and download ... complained the morning after a heavy nights drinking. Nowadays the b* ...Pac-Land on the +3Is it just me, or do none of the cassette versions load on a +3, even in USR0 mode? Did Grandslam do this on purpose to force those with +3's to buy …
Is it just me, or do none of the cassette versions load on a +3, even in USR0 mode? Did Grandslam do this on purpose to force those with +3's to buy the more expensive disk version?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…
... the bottom of the CPU and, following the trace on underside, goes to IORQGE on the ... above and to the left of IC21. Following the trace on the underside it ... determine the machines build date? Is that the 8215 on the top of the modulator ...Views on Back to the Future 2I was watching this earlier with my eldest daughter and got thinking about the game. I felt this was the weakest of the films but the second best wh…
... this was the weakest of the films but the second best ... while reflecting the theme of the time zone was the weakest level. ... />
The animated introduction based on the end of the first film was ... well executed but the ...A MIA found on the netI found this game which appears not to be in WoS (There is another Stock brocker, but I think it is not the same) Bad thing is the price!! [url]http…
... I think it is not the same)
Bad thing is ... the price!!
[url]http://www.retrogames.co.uk/more/on ... : It is a uMIA, hence the importance :)Zodiac on the OricI played my first game on an Oric at the weekend. I was struck by the slow speed of the parser. It took about 6 to 8 seconds between typing somethin…
I played my first game on an Oric at the weekend.
I was struck by the slow speed of the parser. It took ... also struck by the cool sound chip in the Oric (on an emulator ... chip.
What are the best games for ...
