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Quickest way to fill the attributes using LDIRI'm looking for a small routine to fill the entire attribute area of the memory with a single value, I've used LDIR in the past, but forgotten how to…
I'm looking for a small routine to fill the entire attribute area of the memory with a single value, I've used LDIR in the past, but forgotten how to do it... :confused: -
Custom PC magazine - ZX81 articleThis months Custom PC mag - Issue 109, Oct 2012 - has got quite a good 5 page article on building a ZX81 from scratch using one of the original kits.…
... original kits. Lots of easy to follow pictures for the hard ... up in the same same post. Methinks they have missed a ... or series of articles on how to repair retro machines. -
BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 5In my [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40437"]previous post[/URL] I demonstrated how to move multicolor images smoothly i…
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Getting an 14Mhz crystal to oscillate?I am building a circuit with an 74LS32 and a 74LS193 to work as frequency divider. Though I have hit a snag, how to I wire up a crystal to make it os…
... I have hit a snag, how to I wire up a crystal ... it oscillate? I have tried to find information online, but I ... find no practical example to teach me. And I have ... not been able to get it going by experimenting ... -
How to update titles in infoseek?I've been recently reported that the versions of Maritrini and Severin Sewers in the archive are not the final ones. Is there any way to update them…
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I'm glad I didn't stand behind Samsung in the post office queueAfter Apple won their lawsuit against Samsung in the latest patent wars court case, and Samsung were ordered to pay Apple one billion dollars (litera…
... dollars (literally!), Samsung have started to cough up:
"[ ... is strangled (why work to perfect something when someone else ... "[COLOR="blue"]Samsung was found to have infringed three Apple patents ... I've heard) patent on how to do the D-Pad properly ... -
Myth - History in the Making (Sound..??)New to this forum (but not to speccy ownership!!) and have just been given a game I never owned as a kid all those years ago... Myth - History in the…
... forum (but not to speccy ownership!!) and have just ... all..?? Is this how it was..? According to the youtube videos i'm ... but it'll be nice to get a definitive answer... -
Making my game a TAP file??!!Hi- Wasn't sure where in the Forum to post this question, but I kinda asked it in hardware a while back n I'm still needing help... I really really c…
... sure where in the Forum to post this question, but I ... really can't work out how to save my tapes so ... ... n I really want to share some games I developed ... am not sure what settings to use anyway... and then ... read lots of answers as to how to do it... it just ... -
ZX Spectrum +3, external 3.5 drive, lots of floppiesJust gauging interest here and wondering what price people may want to offer for: ZX Spectrum +3 all original and mint condition - have replaced the…
... RGB :)
SRS to Atari joystick adapters for both ... floppies
Happy to post and open to offers...kind of thinking ... bits....
Will post photos later at home, however ... at: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FhOrwp_Ky4& ... -
How to get consistent speeds from BT Broadband?I was wondering if anyone's had a similar situation to mine with BT Broadband and found a solution. The service is reliable but usually slow. With th…
... 's had a similar situation to mine with BT Broadband and ... -
How do you save in multi part games?With a game Like [i]The Bard's Tale[/i] or [i]The Lamberley Mystery[/i] saving is a bit more complicated than usual. Rather than just saving and relo…
... such, I have no idea how to, say in [i]Bard's ... question, got prompted to save your party to tape, then loaded ... right tape and then prompted to load your saved game/ ... loading it just restores you to the place in the ... where you saved it. How the heck do I work ... -
help needed :) how to rotate a 3 x 3 array 90 degreesI just cant seem to get this sorted in my head ( or on paper ) , I've found multiple examples in C , python , etc but cant find any z80 examples any …
I just cant seem to get this sorted in my head ( or on paper ) , I've found multiple examples in C , python , etc but cant find any z80 examples any one have any thing to offer or best practices etc
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Job lot of various hardware & software for sale.Hi, I put a post up a while ago and sold a lot of my stuff but I've still got a boxful left over, is anybody interested in taking it off my hands? I …
Hi, I put a post up a while ago ... a.d.
a ticket to ride - mastertronic
ninja ...
snodgits - sparklers
how to be a hero - m.a ... magazine
a guide to the input computer programming course ... find out if you need to know), collection from sunny ... -
Space PhantomsWith Halloween fast approaching a horror theme shooter could be of interest to someone looking to start a new project,something like the arcade game …
... be of interest to someone looking to start a new ... alien sprites had been changed to a horror theme (ship ... just started downloading code how to`s and guides so ... br /> [URL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-cCDEZpycQ ... rel="nofollow]Space Phantoms (YouTube)[/URL] -
How to lengthen the life of a laptop battery that I rarely use?I keep my laptop mostly plugged in, so the battery doesn't get used. So to keep the battery viable (not charged as such, just working so that I can c…
... doesn't get used. So to keep the battery viable (not ... beforehand if I'm going to take the laptop away with ... somehow that does the most to keep the battery viable, but ... -
Getting old (continued)I've just found out that I'm going to have to have two separate pairs of glasses; one for reading, one for distance. So yet another effect of "gettin…
... that I'm going to have to have two separate pairs ... - seen my hair-line recede to Sergeant Bilko line proportions,
to look forward to as my body ... winds down over the decades? And how ... of the most handsome man to post on WOS? -
Dont play this crap - SharkFirst off I have to let you know that I have switched from Windows to Linux (yeah again lol) So the tools I am using are new to me so everythings a …
... have switched from Windows to Linux (yeah again lol ... everythings a little ... raw to say the least.
... had no clue on how to play this game but ... lot of your special weapons to get anywhere.
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Android tablet help, please?I've been passed an Android tablet to 'fix', as it's apparently started to run slowly, but since I know nothing about either Android or tablets I cou…
... passed an Android tablet to 'fix', as it' ... s apparently started to run slowly, but since ... it's recently started to go slowly when browsing ... which settings to check, what caches to clear (and how to do it ... on the way home, and post the details then.
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Questions about BasicHi everyone, I am Max, student of media studies in berlin, and I have to do a little project on the spectrum. I am working on a sinclair zx spectrum…
... BASIC programming in order to get to know the medium computer ... give me some answers, ways how to program these things on the ... /> 1. This was just to show how to work with arrays / vectors: < ... />
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Level design and homebrew(g0blinish's thread on random maze generation prompted me to post this thread.) In your opinion WOSSers, what proportion of level design is [B]scien…
... random maze generation prompted me to post this thread.)
... charm of homebrew games down to the fact that generally ... />
Any insights into how to approach level design in general ... but found it hard to envisage exactly how a maze should look ... -
Amazon voucher - how to spend it?My sister got me a ?25 Amazon voucher for Christmas and I've been wondering what to spend it on. I could put it towards a new digital camera, phone o…
... I've been wondering what to spend it on. I could ... if there was anything cool to get for around that amount ... -
Writing to virtual disks/tapes? (in ZX Spin, please)I have some emulators installed in Windows: Spectaculator 8, ZXSpin 0.7 and Fuse (1.0.0.1). I've been able to save to disks in Spectaculator and fuse…
... 've been able to save to disks in Spectaculator ... how to save to tape in ZXSpin.
When I try to save to ... I don't know how to create new floppies or ... fails when I try to write to floppy disk.
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How to check the whole memory on a +2 greyHi everybody!!! I suspect that i have a bad memory chip on my +2 Grey. Does anybody know if exist any utility to check the whole memory? Thanks a …
Hi everybody!!!
I suspect that i have a bad memory chip on my +2 Grey.
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Adding IDE to your Spectrum +2 A/B (or +3)Hello my fellow [B]WoS'ers[/B] [B]This is a shared thread with [url]www.amibay.com[/url] which you can [URL="http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=…
... /> I don't often get to do a Show and Tell ... I start I would like to thank and greet the following ... ]So would you like to know how to add IDE mass storage on ... /> [I]Very carefully - dont be to sudden with them[/I]
RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
... from the ZX-Spectrum screen to significantly improve compression.
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So how can we use this in ... my next post...
[I]EDIT: I forgot to mention ...Spectrum +3 to Joytech PS2 8" LcdHi, I?m making some cables so I can connect my old computers to a Joytech PS2 8" Lcd. Starting with my Spectrum +3 I made a RGB and a composite cab…
... can connect my old computers to a Joytech PS2 8" Lcd ... know what could cause and how to clear the garbage lines in ...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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This pictorial is how to add TAP based games / software ... putting up a guide on how to emulate your +3e DOS environment ... the current focus to that XPD.
To know how to do this ... tasty 128k Elite Treat on how to get a simple loader onto ...Converting games to disk: difficult loadersThis thread has an spanish version in foro speccy, but I haven't gathered enough information to overcome my problems. I've been converting some game…
... haven't gathered enough information to overcome my problems.
< ... need some fresh idea about how to crack them.
- [ ... by the program and where to jump, to do a standard loader ... sizes... until eventually you get to the loading routine. Jumping ...Hidden message in Down To EarthJust found this in the Down To Earth code. I like reading these old messages left behind by programmers. [code]WELCOME TO ORIFICE Credits Darren B…
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+3e filebrowserHello everyone, Im writing a game/program loader for the +3e (with an IDE interface, but it can work with floppies too). The program lets you choose…
... future will be nice to add more features (like ...
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTE_UyFJ91o& ... /lack-of-knowledge is how to load a BASIC program ... it.
I know how to use the DOS_OPEN and ... RAM) to load a BASIC program and how to jump to it from ...
