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IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …
... that the result of an IN without a key press would always ... initialise the defaultvalue of an IN in a variable, something like this:
20 LET A=IN 32766 : REM or other ports ... INITIALISE DEFAULT
1010 LET A=IN 254 : REM ALL KEYS
Why nothing will ever beat a real SpeccyI believe that one of the reasons that Speccy games were so good was because you had to wait so long for them to load! I remember sitting in front o…
... to load! I remember sitting in front of my TV watching ... /> These days, you load a PC game in a few seconds, get bored ... that if Speccy games loaded in a couple of seconds, none of ...problem with Mega-Sphere (Your Sinclair type-in)Does anyone recall the program [url="http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/yoursinc/megsphre.zip"]Mega-Sphere[/url] from Your Sinclair …
... Sinclair Jan'87? In particular, do you recall: a) getting it to ... -in programs & routines published in Your Sinclair which is not available in a ... working version in the YS type-ins ...A question about connecting PC'sThis will I am sure, sound like a dumb question to those that know about such things. Anyway, if I got my Windows XP laptop, and connected it to m…
... I am sure, sound like a dumb question to those that ... my Windows XP pc, with a usb cable, would I be ... would need to ask for in a shop, so that both ends ...Worst Collision Detection & Colour Clash in gamesSorry if this as been mentioned before but i did do a search ;) In a recent discussion with a friend we talked about probs with the older games such…
... did do a search ;)
In a recent discussion with a friend we ... from an unfair distance from a baddie..
Any games spring ...It's near halloween so here is a true ghost storyWhen I lived in Sweden(here I go again). I stayed for a in cabin deep in the woods with my gf for a bit. For 3 nights she was called to work and I wa…
... I stayed for a in cabin deep in the woods with my ... gf for a bit. ... the outside toilet, hole in a plank job, and it ... a shadow appeared in the room, Thicker than a shadow with a ... tree right outside in '74. He in fact found him ...name of a game?I remember playing a game in the mid 80s.It was based in a maze with two car like type objects that you controlled.one car chased the other car in a …
I remember playing a game in the mid 80s.It was based in a maze with two car like type objects that you controlled.one car chased the other car in a tag like affair.Does anyone know the name of this game please?Weird bug in BASin 13I was checking out the new RAM disk feature of BASin and I came across a weird bug. I typed in a small program and saved it to the ramdisk. Entering…
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I typed in a small program and saved it ... . I then had to force a BREAK from the menu and ... repeatedly. I tried this a few times in case it was just ...Can't remember name of a Text AdventureHello there! I can't remember the name of this Text Adventure I used to play... and to complicate things further, there's not much i remember from t…
... . You started off in a mansion, possibly somewhere in the countreyside but it ... have been in a kind of colonial setting (European house in a tropic surrounding ... ).
In the house there ...Cant play any speccy emulators in xp helpJust recently ive been having a problem that effects every spectrum emulator ive got in which i cant use the cursor keys to emulate a joystick and if…
... a problem that effects every spectrum emulator ive got in ... which i cant use the cursor keys to emulate a ... choose the keyboard option in a game the keymapping is ... and whwn its plugged in the controls are the ... pc keyboard works ok in other applications and pc ...Can a CPU emite microwaves? And other questionsSome CPU/electrical questions for the more technical amongst us: 1. Some time back a bloke I knew, whose PC I used to repair, said that he'd read in…
... read in a PC magazine that when a CPU reached a certain ... so, is there any truth in this? And no, I ... that the CPU is in effect drawing more energy ... m asking these questions), in which case does this involve ... with three CPUs (in effect) running a 3.2GHz, and is ...I've just found a couple of my old cassettes...Some people have interesting old cassettes full of machine code experiments they made while they were still at school. Not me. I found one cassette…
... long gone) featuring a load of BASIC type-in programmes, mostly from ... was one of those "type in a number between 1 and 3 ... vehicle (all in text, of course).
As a game - rubbish ... .01,69 (repeatedly) sounded a bit like a helicopter.
---< ...Graphics for a game, anyone ?Hi all, I'm writing a small game - vaguely similar to Deflektor - for submittal to either this year's minigame compo, or the Cassette 50 reloaded, w…
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I'm writing a small game - vaguely similar to ... be willing to give me a hand with the graphics. As ... have to make that visible in a very cramped space, and it ... willing to help, make a post or a private message and I ...The Amazing, Disappearing, Blinking Cursor in the New Forum!After the forum changed I sometimes lose the blinking cursor ... I can type just fine but sometimes I lose my place in a line because the stinking cu…
... sometimes I lose my place in a line because the stinking cursor ... , Ff and only experiencing this in the new forum. I looked ...A touchy subjectHello people, having spent most of this morning and yesterday laughing hysterically at all the posts from a certain "ahem" troll I feel I must ask (a…
... any of the candymanesque TKraps (in any of his guises) ... never do that in a forum cos' it's a waste of ... XBOX360. It will have a samurai in it called Ned he ... might have a garden too, the ... hero may be a man in a space suit.....no I think ...Linux Advice Reqd. (I'm a total linux n00b :-) )I DLed Linux last week, Installed it up fine, etc. (I may have broken it since, by faffing around in root, so I might install again, but I digress) …
... it since, by faffing around in root, so I might ... network, and I use a 3com USB dongle to connect ... , or there may be a problem with the actuall files ... to files that I find in different directories)
... know what I'm doing in a linux terminal, so if ...Spectrums in faraway times & places ...I was watching the trailer for the Kiddy Grade SF anime (on the Ikki Tousen vol.2 DVD), and after some explosions it starts into a computer command s…
... NOT/SAVE, and so on, in a short, apparently random, sequence; ... to a Spectrum!" There's a similar sequence occurs several times in ... the trailer, with a ... there any more Spectrum references in them? Anyone know the ...Retroeuskal: Looking for a Spectrum introHi. I don't know if anyone knows Euskal encounter, a party celebrated in Bilbao (Spain). Last year we were 3.000 attendants, and this year, the orga…
... anyone knows Euskal encounter, a party celebrated in Bilbao (Spain). Last ... . They can be watched in a giant screen for all attendants ... some intro of Retroeuskal made in a speccy. We are looking ... new contents.
In a future we wish to create ...HELP!!! i need help turning a .wav files into a .tzx. im a new beginnerhi there. i hope anyone doesnt think im thick or owt but im having trouble in find the right program or the know how to convert all my 8bit mono .wav…
... but im having trouble in find the right program ... a alba mono casstte recorder thats attched to the line in, in ... to record all my tapes in a 8bit mono .wav file. ... to converting them to a .tzx file i fluff ... mistakes lol) ive been a true speccy fan for 20years ...How to put up a SCREEN$ - VB6 only.I'm making a little [B]Opus Discovery[/B] floppy image creator/viewer (thanks, [B]Obo[/B]!). It is made in... VB6 (sorry, don't know any "real" langu…
... ]Obo[/B]!). It is made in... VB6 (sorry, don't know ... some way to display a Speccy screen, like in a picture box (BRIGHT ... someone can point me out in the right direction.
in VBSpec, but the code is ...Game: Farmer Jack in Harvest Havoc!He's a couple of screen-shots of the game I've been working on for the last few months... [url]http://www.sinclair-heaven.net/bob/FarmerJack_ingame_…
He's a couple of screen-shots of ... the final version being available in a couple more months, with Lee_dC ...I started this thread to recommend a CD I bought today...The CD is called [B]The Dark Third[/B] by a band called [url=http://www.purereasonrevolution.com/]Pure Reason Revolution[/url]. I was told that they …
... ]The Dark Third[/B] by a band called [url=http://www ... so when I found it in a music shop today, I listened ... to a few tracks, decided I really ... some really heavy guitars thrown in. An excellent purchase, I must ...There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…
... , I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As ... that really deserve to be in the top list. Try me ... and maybe more have a unique gameplay in some degree. And more ... game above deserves to be in let's say top 100 ...Is There an ending in Dead or Alive (Cronosoft)?I have been playing to this arcade by Jonathan Cauldwell, and after complete the game and start again in level 1 I wonder if there is ever en ending …
I have been playing to this arcade by Jonathan Cauldwell, and after complete the game and start again in level 1 I wonder if there is ever en ending or something changes in a concrete level?
ThanksSir Clive hints at a return to computersFrom [url]www.designweek.co.uk[/url] "Sinclair hints at a return to computers Published: Jul 2006 Sir Clive Sinclair is designing more transport-led…
... create another computer.
In an interview with Design Week ... this is unlikely to be in the immediate future.
... double chain system, concealed in a case to ensure clean trouser ... its hidden chain.
In a fillip to British manufacturing, Sinclair ...Emulators on a ZX Spectrum sectionIsn't it time to mention the emulators ON the ZX Spectrum in a special session. I know of 4 emulators for the ZX Spectrum right now: 1) ZX81EMUL (h…
... emulators ON the ZX Spectrum in a special session.
I ... ) Apple I emulator (I have a tape file)
4) REDCODE ...Crazy Spectrum Experiments. Now there?s a thought!!As a Kid I wanted to be a budding inventor and tried all sorts of things with my speckie. I remember buying a second hand reel to reel tape recorde…
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I remember buying a second hand reel to reel ... terribly seventies sci-fi but in a very lame way.
a simple chat and drawing ... kept the mike pressed in while you were sending. ... br /> Now there?s a thought!!!!!??..(heads for the soldering ...what a sh*t dayhave no money. so went to the bank. 9 quid in my account bank wont let me draw out a fiver. walking back to work contimplating a night with out …
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9 quid in my account
bank ... wont let me draw out a fiver.
... back to work contimplating a night with out cigs ... work, im needed urgently in a board meeting to sort ... out an issue with a powerpoint projector.
Looking for a game.An expression of goodwill upon this meeting - Hello to the Graxznor's meandering blithe! Looking for a game. Start out in a courtyard. Have to fin…
... . Start out in a courtyard. Have to find a way into a big monastery ...
