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BBC Three Going?!!?The BBC seem to have snuck this on under the Radar!! BBC going!!?? It was quite often the best of em all (but yes somtimes the worst too). What with …
... 's my favourite BBC3 program, followed by Mongresl, then (some of) Little ... Movie/TV Mistakes programs (presented by the bloke out of The ... funny).
But even if most people won't miss ... so many other ways that, if fixed, wouldn't result in ... -
IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... , specifying the file type either by means of the
filename ... 't', after which, all
BASIC tape input or output is ... perform the equivalent of NEW, followed by LOAD""
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Help with 1-bit sampled soundHi all, I've been sent over this way from the CPC Wiki forums as you guys may be able to help me more specifically with a programming query. Firstly…
... can be exactly represented. If you sample at 8kHz, ... has a 50Hz interrupt. If your sample rate is 50Hz ... a solid block of 1s followed by a solid block of ... memory footprint.
If you have access to a ... what you are investigating and if that's so, you ... -
Tools and map editors[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Whilst digging around my hard drive I found a copy of my Iron Sphere Map Editor. I put together a short video of it: [/SIZE][/F…
... - the width ( 4 bytes ) followed by the height ( 4 bytes) ( the ... )
This is then followed by A4 - each map entry ... saving you adjust the index by 1 ).
... many layers there are by taking the size of ... the program.
If you want to take it ... -
Help with 1-bit sampled soundHi all, I've been sent over this way from the CPC Wiki forums as you guys may be able to help me more specifically with a programming query. Firstly…
... it in a subroutine someplace. If you can find that and ... s not too surprising since if you were to pack two ... byte to store a sample. If you do that, why ... sample 1000. A 50% sample followed by a 25% sample is 1100 ... t worry about this but if you are looking at ... -
ZX Alien BreedNot sure if this has been mentioned already (I did trawl the threads but couldn't see anything :smile: ), but I've always hankered after a Speccy Ali…
... straight to the attribute RAM, followed by the aliens (with their attributes ... added to the sprite data. If this works then we may ... /running left) and will see if I can get them moving ... over the weekend. If so, then I will check ... -
writing incrementally to tape without leadersI want to be able to write intermittently & incrementally to some sequential medium which is supported on any Spectrum (emulator, ie. tape); eg. [cod…
... a 2-byte length field followed by the bytes the Spectrum would ... the formatted version of the BASIC listing currently in memory. So ... -
Creating your own BASIC-commands on IF1bisThe old Sinclair IF1 has offered an easy possibility to create your own new BASIC-command: The use of the shadow variable VECTOR. This is described i…
... better.
100 ; EX9 BY PENNELL
110 ; FOR IF1BIS ... gives Err message: Nonsense in BASIC. Important: All steps run in ... when the * was found, not followed by SAVE,LOAD etc. -
dumping protected BASIC loadersI wrote this a few weeks ago but forgot to post it. It will load & list from tape/TAP/TZX any BASIC program which has been saved with SAVE, including…
... visible number from the listing followed by the decimal conversion of the ... =red][b]red[/b][/color] if they're different.
[*]Lines ... n(5)
...
25 IF c=14 THEN
PRINT ... $ PEEK (d-2)
2001 IF c$>="0" AND c ... -
BASin won't accept this code?Taken from the Oneliner contest 2007: [CODE]1 LET n=191: DIM i$(4,9): FOR g=2 TO 4: LET i$(g-1)=" # # # # ": NEXT g: LET b=0: LET p=16: LET a=p: LET …
... ? I'm rather rubbish at BASIC so could you please tell ... , notice how the a is followed by two quote characters - this code ... -
Address bus contents (i.e. PC) during execution of HALTI'm wondering if anyone can tell me what's placed on the address bus during execution of HALT, beyond the initial M1 cycle. The Z80 user manual state…
... past the HALT instruction when if we do a RET ... software that uses RET instead followed by an EI when it' ... of R after a HALT if using it for anything ... probably expect that if a HALT interrupted by an NMI were ... that is itself interrupted by an NMI would also ... -
Totally random idea for the hardware nuts to exploreWhen it comes to multi-player games, how hard would it be to generate a second display from a single Speccy, instead of trying to link up machines, s…
... at normal speed?
[/QUOTE]If you point the clashbasher display ... get corrupted every so often by the basic ROM trying to write ... I assume is because the basic interpreter thinks trying to load ... -
Python script to scrape Amazon.com book reviewsI've been meaning to read the Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks (roughly 40 books) and Sci-Fi Masterworks (roughly 100+ books) lists for a while now, but …
... " are replaced by a ridiculous Mr Cool smiley, so if you mentally ... smileys with the number eight followed by a close bracket you should ... -
Spectrum screen layoutSeeing the thread on displacement I was wondering why the spectrum had the stupid screen split into three sections and the addresses for each section…
... pair of display bytes followed by a pair of attribute ... /column addressing constraint imposed by the ULA and the ... (but is in practice handled by the ULA).
if we consider H and ... burst mode reads performed by the ULA would work ... -
LOADing 128k's worth of data???Just getting to grips with the concept of the 128's 'bank switching' set up, but how can you load the stuff into memory from tape (or TAP file)? Do…
... with a BASIC program that will load a loading screen followed by three ... -
Sorting BusinessThis is a little bit different from the usual game-related fare but I know there are a few people here who like this sort of thing. This is about so…
... [/url]
That's followed by the median selection code which ... -
Sorting BusinessThis is a little bit different from the usual game-related fare but I know there are a few people here who like this sort of thing. This is about so…
...
jr nz, begin_loop ; if i != array_hi + 1
if i == array_hi + 1
... br /> jr nz, insert_loop ; if more elements in array
5000 items in order followed by 100 random swaps
... -
RST hooks in OpenSE BASICHi, any possibility of OpenSE BASIC having RST vectors rewired to a small table in RAM containing jumps back to apropriate ROM locations? :grin: It i…
... ,
any possibility of OpenSE BASIC having RST vectors rewired to ... code cohabitating besides OpenSE BASIC?[/QUOTE]
If you rip out ... 's no need for OpenSE BASIC to support things like ULAplus ... as they are better supported by SE Basic IV. -
Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... I'm surprised and confused by how BASIC works, that the PRINT ... thing you can do, is if you know your graphic is ... just moving left or right by one character, is include a ... order of the day for BASIC games. -
Spectrum 128 malfunctioning with DIVMMCI recently got myself a spectrum 128 (toastrack) and a DIVMMC card so I could load games from it. It all works fine until it has warmed up and then t…
... are the 7805 voltage regulator followed by the ULA. Other chips ... plugged in and running. If it is greater than 10V ... 1 cm square), so if your heaksink is shorter ... heatsink in the middle. If the heatsink does not ... set.
If you continue to get problems ... -
Fire n' Ice, is it possible to convert it tp tap. or tzx?Wathching a little bit the video from this game in rzxarchive, and it is really outstanding. So I was wondering if its possible to make the trd file …
... game runs at full speed if a HALT is removed. I ... there is one long frame followed by a shorter one in which ... mess with, makes life easier. If you really want a laugh ... -
Popular Computing WeeklyHope someone can help me, I've been typing in a whole heap of early Type-ins for the Amstrad CPC 464 and have typed in a program, though it's not wor…
... line 220 it GOSUB 1230 followed by GOSUB 1350 and the program ... 0:' **** SOUND CHANNELS
410 IF INKEY(0)=0 THEN g ... 1:' **** VOLUME ENVELOPE
740 IF INKEY(2)=0 THEN k ... :' **** TONE ENVELOPE
800 IF INKEY(2)=0 THEN l ... -
Popular Computing WeeklyHope someone can help me, I've been typing in a whole heap of early Type-ins for the Amstrad CPC 464 and have typed in a program, though it's not wor…
... line 220 it GOSUB 1230 followed by GOSUB 1350 and the program ... 0:' **** SOUND CHANNELS
410 IF INKEY(0)=0 THEN g ... 1:' **** VOLUME ENVELOPE
740 IF INKEY(2)=0 THEN k ... :' **** TONE ENVELOPE
800 IF INKEY(2)=0 THEN l ... -
FUSE serial communication sample anyone?Hi, in [URL="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/fuse.1.html"]FUSE man pages[/URL] one finds switches for serial comms. By using --inte…
... signals CTS/DTR. So zero followed by anything else gets "eaten" ... [CODE]
if( if1_ula.cts ) { /* If CTS == 1 */
if( if1_ula.count_in == 0 ... later we raise :-) */
} else if( [B]if1_ula.count_in >= 1 ... -
Retro Gamer's top twenty-five N64 games pollRetro Gamer has this month published a top twenty-five list of N64 games, as voted for by the readers (I didn't know they were doing it, or I'd have …
... how a jet-ski handles. If you really want to feel ... ,Quake II and Golden Eye followed by some other stuff like Resi ... a complete ball ache but by the time i got deep ... -
AAAARRRRR DIV-MMC ENJOY againIve recently been posting trying to get to the bottom of problems with my +48 not working with this rechid addon.Now ive finaly worked out theres not…
... or the -5V supplies generated by TR4 and TR5 for the ... you RAM... But if you can enter BASIC from the menu, that ... -
Sinclair Speccy +2A Tape Loading IssuesHi all I've just got a spectrum off eBay and it wont load tapes Here's a video: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvIMj3gKlg[/url] I have ju…
I might be caused by the pressure roller not putting ... . Have a look and see if carrier of the pressure roller ... bet if you put an old tape in and pressed play followed by ... -
New loading screen for PhantisHi! The original screen: [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2616449/spectrum/Phantis.png[/IMG] My version, winner of the 3BM OpenAir 2014 (m…
[QUOTE=MAC_BG;779166]Thanks, yes, I have a tip for Spectrum artists: deal with a screen as if there were no attribute clash, and solve it on the fly. :smile:[/QUOTE]
Outright denial followed by gifted bodging? How wonderfully maverick! :D -
Test screens for ZX PrismNot sure that this is *really* the right section for this request, but it's relating to new hardware I'm developing so let's start it off here - a mo…
... pixels split into thirds followed by attributes which are 1 ... 's the theory anyway - if it doesn't work, I ... double, triple or quad buffering if you really wanted to. ... data.
If using the ULAplus or ZX ... The data required to test if a pixel is 'paper ... -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... 'Whats the Story Morning Glory' by Oasis on the jukebox back ... ), then 10 minutes of silence followed by the noisy "hidden" track.
if it was just the hit ...
