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Writing an emulator - how to / resourcesI'm looking for a holidays project, and I'm thinking I'd like to write a simple Spectrum emulator. I've googled plenty and read some resources, but …
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How to write an emulator guide: [url ... some JR address misalignment (yet to be resolved), that's going fine ... to how the CPU operations actually work internally (rather than from a ... anything else of help would be very much appreciated. -
How to join 2 basic programs? having no luck with basinHow do you join two programs together to save writing it up again. Here's my problem... I'm trying to add pictures I have made to a basic text base…
How do you join two programs together to save writing it ... pictures I have made to a basic text based game ... only seems to load bas files. There must be a way i ... ?
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SEUD - How to - Part IOK, a few weeks ago, I bought my copy of SEUD to make my first game on the Spectrum after 26 years! :) I'm learning it yet, but I'll show to you my a…
... of the SEUD. And a brief explanation of every ... every one to explain in details:
A: Attack ... will be the boss attack wave and how many hits to ... /> Example: K1 = Q, K2 = A, K3 = O, etc...
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SEUD - How to - Part IIOK, now let?s enter on each option to see how to use them. First of them, the attack waves. A - Attack Waves [IMG]http://img841.imageshack.us/img84…
... below is the screen to create a new attack wave.< ... key 'I' to insert a coordinate or 'R' to remove it.
Now hit A to insert an attack wave (the ... the sprite with a X2 and a S2 on the ... editor), how many sprites will be shown and how many hits to kill ... -
How to create .TAP that loads into high memory banks?I want to create a program that uses the extended 128k memory, the banks that can be switched into the 0xc000-0xffff area. For the simple stuff I've…
... , the banks that can be switched into the 0xc000-0xffff ... was dead simple - assemble a binary and then use bin2tap ... />
Now I want to fill up the upper banks ... /> Ideally I'd want to create a .tap that load up ... all is well...
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How to load games to ZX from a PC with LinuxThis worked for me and this howto can probably be improved upon. In [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39151"]this thread[…
... and this howto can probably be improved upon.
In ... challenge was to get a suitable file and transfer it to the ZX ... converter was probably written for a different Linux flavour. The following ... the first two lines seems to cover the bases:
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How to capture +3e Device Info in BASICHello there my fellow WoS'ers My hope is that you can help me. I am currently writing a +3e FDISK program - well prototyping this in Specky+3e basi…
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I am currently writing a +3e FDISK program - well prototyping ... the functions I would like to be able to display the device info ... that are not needed. So how would I go about getting ... -
Spectrum +2A/+2B: How to tell?Hi all, Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've not found anything that can really help me tell. I've got a black +2, but would love to be ab…
... 've got a black +2, but would love to be able to tell if ... it's a +2A or a +2B ... how can ... mean that it's a +2B? or a +2A? or does this ... -
Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
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I will be putting up a guide on how to emulate your +3e ... DOS environment and how handy ... MOVE command can be used to change the name of a file as ... have it...... a tasty 128k Elite Treat on how to get a simple loader ... -
How to use RIP - Real Information PackerI am investigating the use of data compression utilities apart from Einar's excellent ZX7. I am particularly interested in those which can run on a S…
... those which can run on a Spectrum or clone thereof; ... how to revert the compressed files to their original form. There should be ... there was a suggestion about renaming the compressed file to the . ... and have them working on a canonical Spectrum model? Apart from ... -
"Chronos": how fast should it really be?I was reading [URL="http://timfollin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Archive.htm"]Tim Follin's webpage[/URL] the other day and came across a curious remark abou…
... game. It is a simple exercise to click through each individual ... at address 58392 turns out to be a scroller that shifts the ... />
How much of a difference does this make to the game ... fps, a moderate increase, which I suspect may be difficult to notice ... -
Issue 3 board... How to resurrect?Dear Everyone, Now I have a working 48k Issue 3, a sort of working Speccy+ (still having problems with the keyboard, more of that in another post) a…
... I've started turning to getting my expanding collection ... key, but was upgraded to a 48k+ in 1984, ... When the spectrum is connected to a TV, I get colour ... a picture, but haven't yet worked out how to ... to give most things a try...
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How to get 720KB on Opus Discovery floppy (using PC drive)I upgraded an Opus Discovery yesterday with a PC drive, but I'm looking for the way to get a floppy formatted as 720KB. If I understand other topics…
... 'm looking for the way to get a floppy formatted as 720KB ... should find a utility to achieve this.
There should be several utilities ... shows the name or link to such a utility.
Where can ... found that utility, how can I get it to the Opus?
Trying to remember the name of a book about computer virusesSome years back, I read a book about the origin and progression of computer viruses (the book was mainly or totally about the PC), and I'd like to tr…
... not trying to re-get this book to learn how to write a virus, of ... course, and anyway the book would be ... go in to any technical details or try to teach how to write ... malware, it was just a history of ...It's my turn to look for a film...I'm looking for a film that I saw in my local CEX ages ago and I wish I'd bought it, but I didn't (it was only ?1.50 too) and it's basically a Batman…
... plot synopsis, down to the artwork and the ... Rich man decides to don a suit and hunt ... to find any reference to it online apart from (I think) a reference to ... it! Any tips as to how to track this down?
... box, but it seemed to be a film that had been ...How wide is a MAME cabinet?Am about to start cutting wood for an Ultimate Arcade 2 cabinet. The monitor I have is a flat screen CRT PC screen, apparently this isn't the best ch…
Am about to start cutting wood for ... The monitor I have is a flat screen CRT PC screen ... best choice but will have to do for now. This ... will die and/or need to be replaced probably by an LCD ... going for a completely authentic arcade cabinet, but how wide should ...What to use to create a map of the place where I live?I would like to create a map of the area where I live and, ideally, be able to explore it with a game character or at least be able to explore it usi…
... , be able to explore it with a game character or at least be able to ... explore it using QAOP and Space or Enter to enter a ... anything, I would be content with learning how to store an isometric map ...how to force a browser page to close?You know those annoying pages that pop up sometimes when you've clicked on a browser window's Close box, asking if you really want to close the windo…
... you've clicked on a browser window's Close ... asking if you really want to close the window? Is ... there any way to force that single page to close without ... I get rid of a single page on its own ... I thought that there might be something available in the Firefox ...QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED!1.Why did the Spectrum die? WHY! 2.Why has the WOS Forums been quiet for a few years now? WHY! 3.Why can't I have my RUBBERKEYS name back on this f…
... a can of Coca-Cola does it say "MUTLIPACK CAN - NOT TO BE ... shop on my way to work....WTF!....how small have they gotten ... STICK 2 IN YA MOUTH...BE A DEVIL THEY SAID!
to be...or is it just *****?.....NEVER ...How to tell a Spectrum +3BAnyone know if there's a way to tell externally (from the case) if a +3 is a +3B? I know about the typing 'Spectrum' once in basic. How rare are th…
Anyone know if there's a way to tell externally (from the case) if a +3 is a +3B?
I know about the typing 'Spectrum' once in basic.
How rare are these Speccys, I know they came later on but anyone know how many were produced?What is this disk interface (and how to use it)?Anybody seen this floppy disk drive interface before? It uses an MB8877A and the rest is 74XX-logic, no GALs/PALs. And an EPROM. [IMG]http://i1373.p…
... anyway). It was attached to a 5.25" 360Kb diskdrive ... . It seems a connector is missing, but ... maybe with a schematic I can fix ... be wired more easily...
And then of course, how to talk to ... this more or less a common interface and is ...Wanted: A Quickshot IV With the Interchangeable Grips to be Imported to the U.S.Greetings everyone. I'm Back and this time I will try my hand at making some Deals. I am in the US and I couldn't get the Sticks that the people in t…
... people in the UK got a hold of so I ... Import a Quickshot 4 with all of it's Grips to ... the United States? I know Shipping would be a drag ... and I'll have to use a 100 dollar prepaid card ... in order to import it. Would that be a ...How to close an HTML Input elementAs I've been off ill for a couple of days, I thought that I'd do some work to catch up not I'm feeling a bit better. Some of the stuff I've been work…
As I've been off ill for a couple of days, I thought that I'd do some work to catch up not I'm feeling a bit better. Some of the stuff I've been working with hasn't, to put it politely, been the cleanest code base I've seen. But this:
[code]Alkatraz Protection System - "How to" and compo?I'm thinking about writing a "how to" regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Protection System[/URL].…
I'm thinking about writing a "how to" regarding the [URL="http:// ... it might be a bit of fun to write the "how to" with the ... participation of the forum
How ... about some suggestions for a [B]really good ...How to scan books without ruining them? And also how to upload torrents?After hating the idea of e-book readers (to be fair, the first couple I tried were slow and not good picture quality), I've spent the last few years …
... idea of e-book readers (to be fair, the first couple I ... and so I'm trying to get all of my old ... find online, so I want to scan them in, and convert ... some science fiction books, and a few books of collected essays ... I'd like to upload them as a torrent. How do I do ...Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
... really bugged me how rushed it looked compared to the C64 ... something that would be lovely to see as a 128K only title ... the Spectrums abilities would be great to see now that SD ... a talented and capable team. A screen mockup of this would be interesting to ...How to sign in .<p>Lately I have changed the way the World of Spectrum pages are displayed in Internet Explorer 9 to "Compatible view" (or something like that , I am…
... to "Compatible view" (or something like that , I am not sure how ... this gadget is called in English , but its aim is to ... allow the older pages to be displayed properly) to ... this , I had to use some tricks , ... name/avatar .Now not a problem for me , ...How to move the location counter backward with GNU binutils?I've converted a 8000-line assembler source from Pasmo to GNU binutils. It was not difficult. It's the first time I use GNU binutils. In my code t…
... the compilation) into a memory address, ready to be fetched at run- ... time. With Pasmo, the macro used `org` to ... allowed to go backward, and a section can not be used to select ... anybody know how to do it?
In a worst case ...ZXZVM - Inform / Z-Machine.z5 game Spectrum +3 conversions - how to auto-loadGames which were created with Inform - .z5, .z8 etc can be played on a Spectrum +3 using ZXZVM. Now when I play them I have to run them via ZXZVM bu…
... - .z5, .z8 etc can be played on a Spectrum +3 using ZXZVM ... I play them I have to run them via ZXZVM but ... somebody has managed to upload a few conversions,
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