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Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…
... on the Spectrum, but they do now how to turn it into an MP3 ... player?
You know, having not touched a ... feel somewhat like a small child that's decided to go paddling ... mistake - It's all getting a bit too deep for me ... -
New Turbo-Load version of Tales From A Parallel UniverseNot very interesting to most, but I know some of you still use 'real' Spectrums. While fiddling around with a program I created ages ago to build c…
... to a TZX as a 'direct sound' block. You then load that TZX into ... TAPER and ask it to 'decode' the data ... version's never been near a real Spectrum in it's life! ;) -
Bomb Jack 2Does anyone like this sequel? To me it's a dull, unexciting, badly-designed, visually-horrible mess, even before you consider how great the original …
... a blatant example of how the staff of SU was paid to ... kids and parents into buying a rubbish game making ... filled with money coming into the "EMAP towers"? ... tried to do what you are doing to SU to a magazine ... are desperately trying to pass it as a real fact. And ... -
Sir Fred helpAnyone know how to kill guard with the sword? I always get killed during a swordfight, I know that you have to use the sword to get past these guys.…
... remember actually completing it on a real Spectrum. In the emulation era I ... questions. I was never able to open the door by the ... One of them had a sword and a strange cross-shaped object ... a screen with what seemed to be like a devil and burning cauldrons. How to ... -
Spin format & real "Sinclair" compabilityHi to all! May be anybody use real ZX-48? I'm suppose that more of people had waste it many time ago, but I believe that somebody can help me. Can I …
... that's related to the emulator rather than to the emulated machine ... , you're wondering HOW you could load into a spectrum something you wrote using ... an utility like playTZX to play it back into an actual Specturm. -
Loading TZX files into a real Spectrum 48KHi all, new to this site but thought I would drop a question in for you knowledgable lot! Basically I have a working (a few minutes ago, will explai…
... used a real spectrum, and I'm sure you used to be able to.
to do is connect the output from my laptop directly into ... the back of the spectrum. When I play a WAV ... ports on the spectrum? If I pretend to save a file, and plug ... -
Looking for rare TZX blocksBy rare I mean out of the hundreds of TZX I have non of the following blocks exist. I need to test my loading/handling/saving code. Are there any TZX…
... in that we need to resolve Spectrum issues first, then perhaps ... into a real zx81 or cannot be converted to .p files due to ... signal degredation (compare that to perhaps 20 spectrum tapes ... there one?), i think the spectrum community should decide!
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Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…
... TZX has also been loaded into a real 128k Toaster Rack :).
... do now, is obtain a WAV/CSW or even ... that it isn't a regular Bleepload. It only ... a WAV/CSW sample then we might be able to ... image and the Original to see how they compare.
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Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …
... as easy to write something in BASIC, to be honest... ... wrong, though... I may look into it.
... will usually have a white stripe on a real Spectrum. Looks like ... 255, and are identical to the columns at the ... columns, that line represents a dead RAM chip. ... -
Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …
... 128 I'm currently trying to repair - Hi Soren :) ).
to look at.
which does a bank-switch into bank 3 and ... look [I]identical[/I] to the other columns, the ... not tested this ROM on a real Spectrum, yet, only my emulator ... -
MysteryHow the hell did the Czech Fuxoft music demo "Soundtrack 4" get translated into English and appear on a UK cover tape? It said "This is a 48K Program…
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How the hell did the Czech ... 4" get translated into English and appear on a UK cover tape ... has to be loaded on a 128K Spectrum or higher in USR0 mode. How ... ironic. Was there a ... -
Draft specs for TZX v1.20Hi all! In the attempt to restart the development of the TZX format, I've put online the first version of the draft document [1]. At the moment ther…
... these machines that work on a real Spectrum (via an interface II ROM ... would be nice to have TZX support to be able to do the ... a spectrum could ever load and save as per the original machine - how ... think here's the place to talk about emulators within emulators ... -
Public Domain SoftwareFAO Andy Barker. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Screen+Compressor$&pub=^Mikropol$"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infosee…
Andy!
How ya doing mate?
... really seems to be "right" - if I'm not using a real Spectrum, I ... 't seem to realise it. I've seen people asking "how do ... I" and half the time they just need a small ... -
ZX ShedNow that issue 2 is out and it's fairly obvious it's been a great success, we have to start considering issue 3. Thanks in part to the quality of wri…
... why.
Real example - One of the very ... of the game, and how to use it for excatly ... might be nice to see how to make a simple game (I ... mean really simple, pong or a ... really wan't to get thrown into a complex decision logic ... -
Spectrum Game CompatibilityHi, At the moment I have a spectrum 48k. I am planning to get a 128k +2, but I have a problem. Will my 48k games work on 128k +2? Because some of the…
... a +2, i got a bloke I know to solder a tape input connection into ... now (I haven't used a real Spectrum in a decade or so), but ... can buy (or make) a connector to use "real" joysticks, or you can ... "Sinclair +2", that'll plug into anything.
If I ... -
Has this been done before?Are there any emulators whose speed can be adjusted by the Spectrum program that the emulator itself is running? So that, say the Spectrum program ca…
... on a real Spectrum. Wouldn't it make more sense to write ... wouldn't run on a real Spectrum (or non-enhanced emulator ... And inserting these codes into the Spectrum games would involve some ... instructions to alter the emulator's speed) inserted into the Spectrum ... -
Games that could do with running faster, without affecting the timer, the music or the controlsRegarding the topic on the emulation forum, what Spectrum games do you think would benefit from a speed boost? Nowadays, most of us play Spectrum gam…
... the speed, or whatever of a real Spectrum, and watch the games ... the host emulator from real Spectrum speed to the maximum that the ... emulator at, and to switch back to normal Spectrum speed again. This ... that he has implemented it into a non-available Spin core, ... -
game graphics ?sampled? from c64I´ve got a hunch that some of the games on speccy were scuffled conversions from C64 - the graphics was just ´sampled´ bit by bit... a…
... ports of the two-colour Spectrum versions.[/quote]
... trying to figure out how it will look for a possible Spectrum port ... ported from the 16-bits into monochrome and looks shoddy.[/ ... Switchblade still looked good on Spectrum though much better and ... -
XLR-8 mastering utilities - help wanted!!Hello. Ironic I know given I wrote them! I can't for the life of me get the XLR-8 mastering utilities to work under emulation. It goes through the m…
... is what I used to do with my real Spectrum and Softrom back ... having a real Spectrum when it came to the breakpoint - trying to work out how to remove ... it's not a real breakpoint overwriting real memory on a real Spectrum. Anyway, all sorted ... -
When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…
... carrying a multitude of 8 bit software well into 1992.< ... software companies willing to at least try to Spectrum-ify titles like ... looking semblence of a Spectrum running on a 16MHz PC that ... as I've barely touched a real Spectrum since then, although I see ... -
MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…
... to say that my ZX81EMUL for the ZX Spectrum is no real ... run. Therefore is SAM81 a real ZX81 emulator for the ... very interesting to show that on a ZX Spectrum ZX81 will ... more than ever to be a very nice emulating ... :
How come no-one tried to code this in ... -
MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…
... to say that my ZX81EMUL for the ZX Spectrum is no real ... run. Therefore is SAM81 a real ZX81 emulator for the ... very interesting to show that on a ZX Spectrum ZX81 will ... :
How come no-one tried to code this in ... /> If I would be real PURIST, I'd say: open ... -
I found this stuff I did way back in the DAY!Nosing through my attic I thought it was about time I threw my old pirated Spectrum games out. They didn't have anything on them that I haven't got o…
I;ve just tried Real Spectrum. I'm using the SAME tape recorder I used to load into a real Speccy and it's not registering the tape when I set it to use a tape recorder and try and load it in! -
"Real Tape" mode?I'm trying to use RealSpec32 and Klive's "Real Tape" mode feature, but I can't get my tape player to play correctly. Am I doing something wrong? Fo…
... the tape actually loads on a real spectrum. Cos if the tapes duff ... . Trust me I fell into this trap a couple of weeks ago ... got to try moving the volume up or down just a touch ... right setting don't forget to mark it on your tape ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... into real ZX Spectrum ;)[/QUOTE]
Could you point me to ... such functionality have contributed to a discussion on .szx development ... suitable for loading onto a real Spectrum. But I never received ... not talking about implementing a file system. Just ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... It's a way how to do modification to zx-loadable file ... with minimal effort. Modifying a ... utilities for correcting a simple typo ... how to generate PC-readable files using spectrum, and how to read PC files into spectrum ... -
Trying to experience nostalgia!! Mp3s needed!!!I've been trying to get audio files (mp3 or wav) to work on my real old sinclair 48k. I've tried making them from my old tapes of which I have many, …
... QUOTE=Dunny]Oh? And just how should we be generating them ... Archive doesn't load properly to a real spectrum. When passing the decryption ... is happy, but genuine Spectrum crashes at this point), and ... directly to Spectrum from Spin, but I don't see how it ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... plain ASCII/SCR/AY/whatever to a real Spectrum, you might want it even ... in the "hybrid approach" is: how will I know that any ... want to LOAD "" CODE basically anything, even raw ASCII file - how ... would OS decide when to check headers and ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... plain ASCII/SCR/AY/whatever to a real Spectrum, you might want it even ... in the "hybrid approach" is: how will I know that any ... want to LOAD "" CODE basically anything, even raw ASCII file - how ... would OS decide when to check headers and ... -
TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…
... /> Try loading a .tzx file instantaneously into a real ZX Spectrum from a CF card.
a recreatable format, they're ... if you want to load something quickly on a real ZX. For that ... you're better off using a . ...
