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Help with Cascade 50Hi everyone, the thread relating to the "wonderful" Cascade 50 tape made me curious to revisit the old games. I've got both TAP and TZX files, (one f…
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Storing your retro stuffLast Christmas I brought all my speccy stuff in from the garage as it was starting to get damaged. I kinda need to move it back out of my house into…
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So my question is, "how do you protect your stuff from the ... bit messy now. Any idea how to clean this stuff off ... -
Back 2 Skool - the waterpistolHow do you fill the middle cup near the stairs leading to the boys' classrooms? I've collected the water pistol, and press G to fire the pistol. The …
How do you fill the middle cup near ... says it should, no matter how many times I try. Please ... -
+3 Disk Drive "B:"Help me please! I've Googled 'till I can't Google no more. Is there an EASY way to fit a 3.5" FDD to the drive B: connector on the +3, and when it i…
... it is all plugged in how do you do file operations (with the wrong ... don't know what to do the boot sector etc.
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Misterio del Nilo, ElHow do you get passed the first screen? Seems a straightforward platform game but after finishing off the bad guy a few times I can't move off the sc…
How do you get passed the first screen? Seems a straightforward platform game but after finishing off the bad guy a few times I can't move off the screen. -
Time Machine questionRaff Cecco's 'Time Machine' game for the Speccy... how do you pick up objects? I've figured out Q, A, O, P for directions. Space seems to double as …
... Machine' game for the Speccy... how do you pick up objects?
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loading techniques I never worked outFirstly, how do games that load with LOAD "" CODE autorun? Secondly, how do you save a basic program as a CODE file (but not as BASIC compiled into …
... "" CODE autorun?
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Sinclair QL infoAnother of Sir Clive's failed experiments, but while I know this machine is a collectible, does it have any real value as a machine ie. was there any…
... good software for it? Also, how do you rate the machine technically against ... given the chance?
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Stupid Question... but: BMP2SCRI have downloaded bmp2scr, and produced a couple of pictures in the hires formats, I can see that there are 3 binary files, a red,green,and blue, how…
... , a red,green,and blue, how do I view them to make ... after another? if so how, or do I need a machine code ... screens
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Invisible loading screenI can't remember how this is done (I did it years ago but can't remember how). When loading a screen$ from basic you can see the lines being display…
... remember how).
When loading a screen$ from basic you can ... being displayed.
If you use:
border 0 ... 0:cls
you can set the screen black ... up while loading.
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OT: FTP sitesHow much is an private FTP site, and how do you get one? I might be get broadband soon (read Eventually), and I would like to have files on FTP to ac…
How much is an private FTP site, and how do you get one? I might be get broadband soon (read Eventually), and I would like to have files on FTP to access remotely. -
demo makingHow do you make a demo containing lots of pictures, I can only see how to make a string of screen$ like in a couple of animations by Anestis (sorry I…
How do you make a demo containing lots ... pictures, I can only see how to make a string of ... -
KeyboardHow do you build a keyboard? I'm thinking of... ...maybe, like- scavenging an old PC one and redo the circuitry or something. I need it for a ZX comp…
How do you build a keyboard?
I'm thinking of... ...maybe, like- scavenging an old PC one and redo the circuitry or something. I need it for a ZX computer.. -
GraphicsI can't find this posted anywhere else, but how do you use graphics, other than circle, pixels and lines? For example, how do you draw a filled box o…
I can't find this posted anywhere else, but how do you use graphics, other than circle, pixels and lines? For example, how do you draw a filled box on the screen i.e. a box filled with colour? -
B@stard Bit Torrent Help RequiredI have just tried to download Thumb Candy from that fogartylee's website (good site, by the way). I downloaded the small '.torrent' file, then using…
... understand these torrent things. Help! How do you get these shitting things to ... -
sprite making in +3 BASIC?Any sprite tutorial I come across is far too complicated! Can someone help me? For instance, how do you create a person-shaped animated sprite which …
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How do you customize loading stripe colours?Is there a program or something that can let me change the colours of those loading stripes or whatever they are called, like when Bomb Jack loads? …
Is there a program or something that can
let me change the colours of those loading
stripes or whatever they are called, like
when Bomb Jack loads?
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Are there still any good games to be found among MIAS?There is over 1000 of missing games listed at WOS, however I have the impression that the best games written for Spectrum are already preserved. The …
... about all collector items.
How do you think, are the still any ... one day?
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idiot needs help!Can someone help me, i've downloaded a couple of old speccy games (times of lore&grange hill) how do you start them coz with the originals you would …
... of lore&grange hill) how do you start them coz with the ... originals you would press fire on your ... -
Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
If you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used?
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MartijnThis may sound strange, and no offence to Martijn, but.. How do you actually pronounce Martijn? I was never any good at proninciation in languages at…
This may sound strange, and no offence to Martijn, but..
How do you actually pronounce Martijn?
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Getting Games onto a disk?OK, I will be buying a spectrum +3 and have just bought an Amstrad 6128+ (great hardware for programming). Now I am all set to go with programming b…
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FP Calc QuestionWhen using the FP Calc (RST 28h) to perform a subtraction how do you find out what the sign of the result is? ie. +/-. For example if I stack two va…
... 28h) to perform a subtraction how do you find out what the sign ... to stack and retrieve to. Do i need to place the ... -
Sir Lancelot queryHow do you get past those two knights on screen two?
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Difficult loading gamesHi, Just joined World Of Spectrum and am having trouble loading games whereby you need to "STOP THE TAPE" before making various options and restarti…
... having trouble loading games whereby you need to "STOP THE TAPE ... . It may sound silly but how do you do this as I am still ... loading
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Identify this game!!!Right, platform game, player looks like old man, start by falling into dungeon or castle of some sort; grey bricks. First thing you come accross is …
... ; grey bricks. First thing you come accross is a worm ... , if you squash 2 and jump into ... a cauldron you can use lightning bolts. ... somewhere on the screen. If you're out of time, ... aim of the game and how do you play it? Am I thick ... -
Pokes?How do you enter pokes when using EmuZwin. I tried to enter a poke for Super Robin Hood but it never worked. How and when do you enter the poke? Befo…
How do you enter pokes when using EmuZwin. I tried to enter a poke for Super Robin Hood but it never worked. How and when do you enter the poke? Before the game or when it has started?
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TommyGun Mapping ProblemsI've just began to use TommyGun (looks wonderful so far btw) and used some of the drawing tools to create a few tiles, yet when I go into the Map Edi…
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WOS, Martijn and Google.Martijn, Ran across an interesting article the other day about Google's cache paging and how a surfer can access part of WOS that is redundant. Out…
... Google's cache paging and how a surfer can access part ... curiosity, how do you feel about this as a webmaster?
Do you have ... .
Oh and incase you don't see this thread ...
