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How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
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How to put up a SCREEN$ - VB6 only.I'm making a little [B]Opus Discovery[/B] floppy image creator/viewer (thanks, [B]Obo[/B]!). It is made in... VB6 (sorry, don't know any "real" langu…
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Linux WAV to TZX convertorsI looked through the posts and seen a few threads about converting WAVs to tzx but none of them are working for me. I have a few old tapes that don't…
... threads about converting WAVs to tzx but none of ... written a Linux program to extract the raw pulses ... like my program to be able to try to correct some pulse ... previous pulse) and output to tzx or tap. The ... byte sequence of the header to be:
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... male ideal of female beauty, to be diplomatic about matters... :) )Switch from 128k BASIC to 48k BasicHello, Is there a way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so that you can use the ramdisk facilities) but then switch back down to 48k bas…
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Is there a way to start off running a program ... then switch back down to 48k basic before you run ... program. I would like to do this within BASIC.
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The word "owned" doesn't even begin to describe this one.How to use this emulator?Wotcha, folks. Could someone elighten me as to how you can run games via ArmZX off of a SD memory card on a Treo 650 PDA? So far I can only run the…
Wotcha, folks.
Could someone elighten me as to how you can run games via ArmZX off of a SD memory card on a Treo 650 PDA?
So far I can only run them off of the internal memory.
Many thanks.
Tobo.How to: Tape to Microdrive ?Hi there, Anybody knows how to copy programs (games) from tape to microdrive ? I have ZX Spectrum+, Interface1, Microdrives and few tapes. TIA P.S…
Hi there,
Anybody knows how to copy programs (games) from tape to microdrive ?
I have ZX Spectrum+, Interface1, Microdrives and few tapes.
TIA
P.S. I know about Interface III. Any other ideas ?It's a mystery, and it needs to be solved right away!Here's one for all you sci-fi enthusiasts in Speccy-land. I remember seeing a film about 15 or 16 years ago about a disturbed teenager who believed h…
... can't remember), who referred to himself as "the visitor". He ... his teacher. He also used to dream about a space ship ... this film? I'd like to see it again.
Where to download BEEPER tunes?Hello, I know there are LOTS of AY game tunes to download from Project AY (and in same place there are of course many beeper tunes too) but are there…
... LOTS of AY game tunes to download from Project AY (and ...linking speccy (+3) to PCI want to load games in to the speccy, I can do the soundcard playing into the speccy thing, but, is there a more advanced way? i've had a look for …
I want to load games in to the speccy, I can do ...Keyboard crashing PC to BIOS?This morning I turned on my PC, but kept getting stuck at the main BIOS screen, with no errors whatsoever. I turned off the PC corretly without any e…
... (surprisingly it didn't go to BIOS but kept booting) so ... /> Anyone heard of PC refusing to boot because of the keyboard ...Tell me if I have done something badI cannibalised a pc case and a 20-year old microwave oven, in order to put the computer + disks in the oven. I loved that oven, you know, my mother b…
... old microwave oven, in order to put the computer + disks in ... 's not really a problem to put a fan in for ... mounted vertically for any heat to convect away? right now it ... replaced by plastic, wooden, or string ones, could this at all ...Sinclair 128K to 8056 Serial Printerhttp://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Sinclair+128K+to+8056+Serial+Printer$&pub=^unknown$ I've got this tape, but it hardly seems wort…
... /infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Sinclair+128K+to+8056+Serial+Printer$&pub ... seems worth TZXing.
Happy to do it, of course, if ...Which Speccy is the best to buy...I'd be using it for games really, and thats about it. I'd like a 128k but I seem to remember people saying 128k +2's had problems playing some games.…
I'd be using it for games really, and thats about it. I'd like a 128k but I seem to remember people saying 128k +2's had problems playing some games. Which is best to get?Atari to spectrum +2A joystick conversioni know this 2600 pinouts: _________________ \ o5 o4 o3 o2 o1/ \ o9 o8 o7 o6 / \___________/ pin # 2600 control 7800 control 1 WHT- Up…
... of joystick should i get -to select the option on games-Loading from XP to a real spectrum.Is it possible using the output from a soundcard of an XP box to load programmes to a real spectrum?
Is it possible using the output from a soundcard of an XP box to load programmes to a real spectrum?You are not going to believe what just happened in Lost! *** Major Spoilers ***Last warning. Do not scroll down if you haven't seen season 2 yet. They …
... jungle and brought him back to the hatch. He told ... as they appeared to be) so they agreed to attack them. While ... Jack etc. went to get the guns back from ... Sawyer, Ana Lucia tried to kill Henry because he tried ... do it. Michael offered to do it for her so ...Loading problems from PC to SpectrumI've been loading Spectrum games via Spectaculator's virtual cassette player for a while now. Unfortunately I find that the sound from the PC often c…
... ruins it. It never used to do that before. TAPER has ... PC would be most likely to cause that, and I'm ...How to grab an entire website?(Hey, that's almost the name of a Speccy game! ;) ) Rather than bump that 3D thread again, I'll post a new one to remind peeps that, try as I may, I…
... 'll post a new one to remind peeps that, try as ... fact, the last two are to my mind a lot worse ... , as with one you have to specify manually which file types ... , meaning that you have to know or guess which are ...XZX Tape file format?Anyone know of anything that can deal with an XZX tape file? It looks like a pretty simple format to convert into a .TAP, but I don't want to re-inv…
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bytes 0- 3: the string "XZF1".
bytes 4-20 ...Which Speccy games would you like to see remade for the DS?I notice that New Zealand Story is heading to the DS, following in the footsteps of Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands. The DS really is the platform …
... New Zealand Story is heading to the DS, following in the ... Spectrum classics would you like to play on the DS?? Bonus ...AY to mp3?is there any emu/utility to convert or create in a simple way an mp3 from AY tunes? AYE emulator only plays AY/mp3 (and maaaany other files) but does…
is there any emu/utility to convert or create in a simple way an mp3 from AY tunes?
AYE emulator only plays AY/mp3 (and maaaany other files) but doesn?t export them out.
or is there any archive of mp3s made of AY tunes?Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…
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What registers need to be preserved / restored on return ... that IX needs to be preserved (or set to a specific value ... ... what else do I need to restore:
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[*]IM 1 ...PC CPU heatsink and fans to cool down Speccy!Ah ha! I've just had an idea! taking apart some scrap PCs I decided to take the CPU heatsink and fan units off and see if I can attach them to the …
... some scrap PCs I decided to take the CPU heatsink and ... if I can attach them to the under side of the ... their live performances, presumably due to overheating!!
So if ... dozen heatsink and fan units to each machine, maybe drill some ...
