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writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... wasted a few days. Do you know what that great ... : Jetpac and Atic Atac DO make some intentional changes to ... interested). I wonder how this could work on a real Speccy ... , so how could any game even attempt to do it ( ... all there was to do was run the game and ... -
DivIDE to TapeHello, I am new here, because since a view weeks i have my first spectrum with an DivIDE. Never had a spectrum before and now i want to learn all ab…
Hi Thomas, welcome to the forum, in answer to your question, I dont think its possible to do that (but i'd be happily proved wrong if it could be, just can't see how it would work) -
Inlay Project DiscussionAll, It's time this project was actually started in anger. The aim of this thread is to find out what every wants from it and the standards that sh…
... could get this to work on-the-fly or ... , I'm not sure how useful that would actually be ... in action". It ought to work on any browser. Actually, I ... other problems such as: how do you do a half-decent standard ... " image which you could do all sorts of things with ... -
Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…
... knowing about certain bugs to work to their advantage (for scrolling ... like say shinobi / dragon ninja work better simply because you could ... test my theory about how the games work on screen , get winvice ... br />
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Inlay Project DiscussionAll, It's time this project was actually started in anger. The aim of this thread is to find out what every wants from it and the standards that sh…
... , checked and any additional work done by one of the ... a direct result of our work building an inlay preservation ... goes public? If so where / how do get to and use it ... the tape covers as I work through my collection, along ... A3 one. If/when I do, I may redo some ... -
Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... the train home from work, so that shows how simple it is ... />
[b]People used to do this![/b]
(Edit ... the ZX machine, and do not have a disk drive ... is going on. It's how I learned machine code in ... saving what I have wrote, how do I save so I can ... -
Computer questions that seem to defy answer1. "Why is it flashing?"
... . These are all too easy. How do I answer "why it is ... causing each other, as hard work causes fitness, and vice versa ... phenomena (the natural sciences describing how things happen rather than asking ... -
TZX format rev. 1.21Once 1.20 draft seems to be official now I would like to suggest some additiones to do on 1.21. I hope it will be easier to upgrade once block 19 has…
... you didn't try to do it yet. I did and ... which can't do tasks that you can do in 2 lines ... file using their Z80). You do the equivalent of fopen() to ... metadata and whatever. Guess how OpenOffice documents work. The .odf format is ... -
Inlay Project DiscussionAll, It's time this project was actually started in anger. The aim of this thread is to find out what every wants from it and the standards that sh…
... that facilitate the team to work together (i.e. is there ... -public team workspace?) / do their thing (i.e. how do we vet/validate ... submissions? Do we have ftp ... -
Any interest in a poll for Clash of the Titans 1981 edition against 2010 edition?Limiting the options this time. Any interest in a poll?
... this.
So how does the remake of CotT ... the new version, and how do the special effects come across ... made you aware of how much work had gone into them ... the makers put so much work into it, filming every ... of film per day's work,[/I]"
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Office Politics Again,How to deal with office politics?? We one college constantly but subtle manipulating rules, people and perspectives to aggrandise their importance. …
... of times on no hands how many office workers I've ... chap off Fist of Fun do a work do for us once and ... to start charging if you do use it ;) -
Multi-screen mazes?Well, it's been decades since I last mucked about with speccy BASIC, so over the last couple of weeks I've been starting out as a newbie learning a b…
... way to proceed? How can I work out where the nasty ... for basic AI. But do I need to create a ... still make all the monsters do something regardless of whether ... a viewport since you can do the "should I paint ... with the nasty, just work out a probable transit time ... -
a bit of coding helphi all over the past few weeks i have been busy getting to grips with recracking tr-dos stuff for the plus-d and was after a little bit of help what…
thanx dr beep
dont have time to test it properly atm but will do after work and let u know how i got on
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Dosbox .74 help neededJust downloaded Dosbox .74 and TRYING to make a C-directory but it won't let me. What am I doing wrong?
... folder called "dosroot"... in windows do [B]CMD [/B] then [B ... anything OFF dosroot will show/work as "c:\fog" in reality ... downloaded the game BLOOD but how do I get it to work? -
Dosbox .74 help neededJust downloaded Dosbox .74 and TRYING to make a C-directory but it won't let me. What am I doing wrong?
[QUOTE=Stealthwyvern;568477]I downloaded the game BLOOD but how do I get it to work?[/QUOTE]
The Gog release works fine in Windows 7
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Computer Science not being taught in UK schoolsI uploaded this to youtube from a broadcast last night on Newsnight. [youtube]MkSEUb2LWX0[/youtube] Its shocking that schoolchildren no longer lear…
... close to my heart. I work as a technician for a ... it really is a shame how few practical computing skills the ... weeks where I hope to do a mix of ICT and ... have to use it to do real work. Whether I'm right ... few PCs to show them how they work inside, and teaching them ... -
New game! Dire Job (Trabajo Basura)Amador the programmer couldn?t stand it anymore. His boss? terrible scolding after the project he was working at failed miserably was the last straw.…
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Second Hand SpectrumHi just joined the Forum. I have picked up a Spectrum at a s/h shop and would like some advice please. I have had two ZX81's packed away for severa…
... get the 81s to work on a modern auto ... TVs. It helps to do the composite modification though ( ... />
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Q. How do I identify the model type ... , to be honest. You could do it though.
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Mazes and Tremaux's AlgorithmI've done a version of Tremaux's maze solving algorithm which solves my current test maze with 400 junctions and 715 connections in a reasonably quic…
... what I wanted to do was work out each complete unconditional route ... the complete solution and which do not, so I can't ... problem can be summarised as how to exclude each earlier solution ... -
Things That REALLY BUG YOU!My Mum's birthday is on "Valentine's Day", so when I pay out loads of money for a card and gift - it looks like I'm all "GIRLY" and a poof!
... do but its free.
I still don't see how ... ! You can pay people to do the work, or create the installer ... -
Cold calling computer maintainance companiesTwice in the last two days I've received call about the same time of day from these morons. "You are a registered Microsoft Windows user and we hav…
... paying their bill.
How do I know this? BT gave ... the time I'm at work when they call, but applying ... bills *isn't going to work* -
Pac-Man EmulatorMy Pac-Man Emulator for the Spectrum +2A/+3 is now available for download from: [url]http://simonowen.com/spectrum/pacemuzx/[/url] You'll need to su…
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I'd be interesting to see how ... bootlegs (including Hangly Man) do 'just work', but they are still close ... -
Unboxing my old SpeccysToday I dug out my old collection of computers from the bygone age. My ZX81 fired up fine, but it looks like the keyboard membrane is goosed, as on…
... .5 exit for headphones will do - try connecting the Spectrum ... anyway since I do like a quiet work environment.
[*]Do not run ... it could work better, I'll do that for sure.
How do you ... I forget almost all about "how" the Spectrum works, after more ... -
Technical Help Forums - Am I expecting too much?A common problem I observe when on technical forums for programming questions is arrogance. I really hate it when you ask e a simple question, but …
... question this week 'do anyone know how to fix my ... The guy wanted someone to do his homework for him.. ... t be arsed to do any work themselves, and then expects ... rather than expecting someone to do the work for you.
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How to transfer spectrum roms to 3.5 floppy diskI have just bought a 3.5 floppy drive and ribbon cable to replace the floppy on my spectrum +3. How do I put games onto the floppy drive? Can I use w…
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woot redundancymy work place has granted me redundancy. will be leaving in march. 17k altogether i will be getting. bit scary as i dont have a job lined up, but i…
... that you probably won't do much work in the last month ... of giving you stuff to do in case you try to ... spend the money on and how long are you going to ... -
Forest of DoomLoved the Fighting Fantasy books as a kid, and remember playing this years ago. Does anybody have a spare they'd like to sell, or even know where I …
... fits in with the work I'm doing on ... work on a disk-based system.[/QUOTE]
How do ... you mean 'specification'? Do you mean what we ... If you know roughly how the programming will go ... Got the books today, work tomorrow, but when i' ... -
Forest of DoomLoved the Fighting Fantasy books as a kid, and remember playing this years ago. Does anybody have a spare they'd like to sell, or even know where I …
[QUOTE=TechnicianSi;586887]How do you mean 'specification'? Do you mean what we want ... the program to do? [/QUOTE]
Well, the ... earlier books, so either would work. What about the text for ... -
House of Hell gamebook conversionAs there's potentially several people working on this I thought that I'd set up a thread in the correct section, rather than it continuing in Wanted …
... they don't want to do it, basically it gets a ... we'll have to see how this goes. My art is ... /> And, like you, anything I do with a speccy i've ... /> Both very much rough and work-in-progress screens; on both ... the moment, all I can do is work on this screen. If ... -
Where to put the ROMS directory in Fuse ?Where shall I put the ROMS directory ? It didn't come with the installer package, so I have to install it manually.
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But how do I make the USB-joystick work ?
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