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PodcastsI'm on the lookout for some new podcasts to listen to on the way to work. Here are some of my current favourites: [list] [*][url="http://linuxoutlaws…
... anything I'd less like to listen to [podcasts about programming].[/QUOTE ... /> I'm actually intrigued by how effective a podcast about programming ... what software can do than how to write it, but we'll see ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... I have set myself was to write a machine code double ... in Sinclair BASIC to ensure I understood how to manipulate the memory ... had a brain wave about how to write a double height character routine ... maps.
Anyway, to the code. The first program ... -
Recapping your SpeccyHas anyone ever done it? I have several vintage amps, tuners, cassette decks that have been recapped. So just wondering are there many on WOS who ha…
An important step to safe old technology is to use it. One ... you should plug power to your Spectrum computer(s).
The ... voltage with the right polarity to keep alive. An electrolytic ... computer.
So to keep your old hardware alive ... -
Level DesignWith all the talk on the excellently amusing Manic Miner Intelligence thread, it got me thinking about the perfect level designs in the iconic game. …
... levels and how they judge the difficulty of a level to be ... to the point where you have to figure out how to draw the background(s ... ) with the tiles/drawings you have to ... PGD ... it's a lot of playing/re-playing to get things ... -
How do you do it?What's your favoured method of games creation? Basic programming? Assembler? Basic Compiler? AGD? Etc etc. I currently have a management game written…
... write games (not my thing) but for "fun" I use BASin to write Spectrum ... BASIC and to play with MCODE. I ... have to say writing code on a standard Spectrum with its ... -
New tool: ZXBOOT.EXE[B]ASM[/B] is proud to present the first release of ZXBOOT.EXE: [url]http://www.4shared.com/file/NP-FVOSf/zxboot__beta_.html[/url] ZXBOOT is a comma…
[QUOTE=ASM;493546]As for 'C', I can't even remember how to use PRINTF - that's how much I hate it'!!![/quote]
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Coding Integral Calculus EquationsDoes anyone have experience of writing routines to evaluate integral (or differential) calculus equations on the Spectrum? I've been trying to find s…
... but if you want to numerically integrate in general ... you actually need to know how to integrate whereas Simpson's rule merely ... requires you to substitute ... from the integration sign up to the upper limit, in ... -
All of Birminghams Citizens Advice Bureaux to close from 11th Feb.[url]http://www.gopetition.com/petition/42339.html[/url] [quote]Category: Neighborhood Living Region: United Kingdom Target: Birmingham City Council…
... to work they just kept sending me on stupid how to write ... a CV or how to get a job ... corses to get my ...
These courses used to offer wonderous jobs like shit ... well so even just to get to an interview I had ... -
All of Birminghams Citizens Advice Bureaux to close from 11th Feb.[url]http://www.gopetition.com/petition/42339.html[/url] [quote]Category: Neighborhood Living Region: United Kingdom Target: Birmingham City Council…
... me to work they just kept sending me on stupid how to write ... a CV or how to get a job ... corses to get my 9 ... well so even just to get to an interview I had ... term employed saying stuff about how they dont want that ... -
can we all agree on a game we liked?reading some of the console mega threads, and from my own personal experience it seems that ones mans treasure is another mans poop stain. so can we…
Games that I suggest everyone likes...
Chaos
Chase HQ
R-Type
Fantasy World Dizzy
I don't like Skool Daze or Bak 2 Skool as I don't know how to play them. That's subject to change though, if I ever figure them out. -
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…
... sure I know how to use it. Here's how I think it ... of registers and memory to values read from it< ... Conclusion: it's not THAT bad. I expected to see completely ... where my and Fuse's results start to diverge is 50E0 ... Is there any way to save this Fuse memory map ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... me a while to figure out how to destroy the pirate's ship though ... bit buggy e.g. talking to LeChuck who isn't there ... give him the fake artifact :S.
On to part 3 :). -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... a while to figure out how to destroy the pirate's ship ... buggy e.g. talking to LeChuck who isn't ... the fake artifact :S.
On to part 3 :).[/QUOTE ... playthrough. I only had to look at hints twice ... cahpter, becasue the solution to that was unlike anything ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... me a while to figure out how to destroy the pirate's ship though ... him the fake artifact :S.
On to part 3 :).[/QUOTE]
to that was unlike anything that ... version either.
Managed to play through MI1 with only ... -
Steve Jobs deadVery sad... [URL="http://www.apple.com"]www.apple.com[/URL] RIP Steve.
Oceans 'Melbourne Draw+' utility and MOREWas this preserved? I thought I had all my microdrives from Ocean salvaged but I don't seem to remember this being put on WOS? It's Melbourne Draw bu…
... but that doesn't seem to work. I did try ... '. I got data on to a Spectrum tape, via a .wav ... I'd connect the Spectrum straight to the PC. Played the ... of the PC into the Spectrum and got the same ... t load directly connected to the Spectrum there's no chance in ...Oceans 'Melbourne Draw+' utility and MOREWas this preserved? I thought I had all my microdrives from Ocean salvaged but I don't seem to remember this being put on WOS? It's Melbourne Draw bu…
... 'Tapir'. I got data on to a Spectrum tape, via a .wav ... thought I'd connect the Spectrum straight to the PC. Played the ... of the PC into the Spectrum and got the same 'Tape ... 't load directly connected to the Spectrum there's no chance in hell ...Oceans 'Melbourne Draw+' utility and MOREWas this preserved? I thought I had all my microdrives from Ocean salvaged but I don't seem to remember this being put on WOS? It's Melbourne Draw bu…
... the PC into the Spectrum and got the same ... load directly connected to the Spectrum there's no chance ... headphone socket (Spectaculator set to generate loading noise) worked ... took a few goes to get the headphone volume ... />
Where's the Amstrad dual tape deck ...IN or INKEY ?just curious which is better to use.. I have a menu done.. and use 6/7 to go up down it + space to cycle thru the options (using inkey).. obv. if I w…
... 't work out how to do Dr.Beep's suggestion of:
However, here's a way to do it with:
STAKA: equ $2d28 ;to calculator stack: A
... code
sla a ;}to
add a,$A0 ;}opcode ...Spectrum Covertape Wars[URL="http://jdanddiet.blogspot.com/2011/11/spectrum-covertape-war-part-1-road-race.html"]Click here for Part 1: The Road Race Begins [/URL] Part 2 …
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Some of the demo's were fantastic too. I loved ... and played that to death (I never managed to get a copy ... played. I even knew how to activate all it's secrets (fill the ... ), but again, I never managed to get a copy of the ...Which Ultimate Play the Game game's do you like (tick the ones you like)After discussing Sabre Wulf in another thread, I thought it would be interesting to see which games of theirs we liked and disliked in proportion to …
... have an idea how to complete it, it's much more fun ... over substance though. It's got the smooth movement and ... any more playable. What's the point of the ... where you need to go? What's the point of ... carry anything else and it's invincible anyway? And the ...Abbaye des morts[url]http://www.locomalito.com/juegos_abbaye_des_morts.php[/url] Looks like Spectrum, sounds like Spectrum, but it's not a Spectrum ('cause no colou…
... are trying to convert this brilliant game to the Spectrum. It's one ... design and gameplay were integral to '80s software and mimics ... should change the background graphics to their colour and not ... ([I]Abbaye des Morts: The Spectrum Remix[/I]? ;) )
...Abbaye des morts[url]http://www.locomalito.com/juegos_abbaye_des_morts.php[/url] Looks like Spectrum, sounds like Spectrum, but it's not a Spectrum ('cause no colou…
... are trying to convert this brilliant game to the Spectrum. It's one of ... design and gameplay were integral to '80s software and mimics that ... ([I]Abbaye des Morts: The Spectrum Remix[/I]? ;) )
... Now we have only to understand who's in the project. I ...Creating a new game - AssemblySo... finally I?m studying Assembly Z80... after 36 years. :) Well... it?s sooooooooooooo hard to make a game using Assembly? I bought a book (Spectr…
Follow one of the links in my sig for my tutorial on how to write a game in Z80 asm from scratch. I chose absolutely THE simplest arcade game I could conceive of - a roadrace game that runs in character blocks and has only two controls (left and right)!Creating a new game - AssemblySo... finally I?m studying Assembly Z80... after 36 years. :) Well... it?s sooooooooooooo hard to make a game using Assembly? I bought a book (Spectr…
... sig for my tutorial on how to write a game in Z80 asm ... right)![/QUOTE]
Added to my favorites!!!!
Great!Rubber 48k troublesHi. I've just got a 48k to add my collection, but it seems doesn't working well. The computer starts ups finely, but it doesn't load the games. So fa…
... you, Roko. And I want to thanks Spirantho too (I just ... sent a PM to him).
Well, I ... fan and I only know how to write some program in BASIC. I ... /> So, I've just asked to the seller if he will ... will not, I will ask to Spirantho to fix it.
Noob needing help with MP3 Loading?Hey all, I literally just got my first Spectrum today, and I've been trying to get Knightmare working on it. However, the tape I have isn't working, …
I'm pretty sure it's not volume that's the problem; I ... , I'll figure out how to convert those mp3's to 8-Bit mono ...Amstrad CPC EmulationA few week s ago, I and a few others posted in a thread that we had little to no experience of some of the other systems, in my case the Amstrad CPC.…
WinAPE is the better emulator...
Final Fight was better on the Speccy than the CPC.
The French really knew how to exploit the CPC's capabilities.Playing PS1 Games on PS3My mother send me a box of old PS1 games I had at their place, so I decided to give a go on some of my all time favourites. I have no idea what happ…
... . Aparently they weren't able to do the same for the ... GPU (due to some quirks in the way ... they finally worked out how to emulate the PS2's GPU in software ... look *better* than they used to - the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro ...
