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Install a Sintech Video adaptor in a Spectrum+Hi all, I'm an old Commodore user (boo! hiss!) that's aquired his first Spectrum. Since my modern TV doesn't like the RF output of any old computer …
... old computer I also bought a video adaptor from Sintech ([url ... . There are two leads going in there. Which one should I ... -
TC 2068 key set and keyboard panel wanted. Hello all. I am looking for both a set of gray keys for the TC 2068 portuguese computer, and a black plastic (?) cover panel for the keyboard (the…
Hello all. I am looking for both a set of gray keys for the TC 2068 portuguese computer, and a black plastic (?) cover panel for the keyboard (the one that glues on top of the machine). All in a good shape, please.
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First Y2K bug found in a spectrum program ?I've just been making some tzx files and I always test the file when its finished. So I loaded up Micro Fitness by VO2 software which is a fitness ut…
... by VO2 software which is a fitness utility program. First it ... date, so I type it in, then it asks for your ... DOB so I type it in. Then it tells me I ... me I wish I was a lot nearer to 16 than ... year and ending up with a minus number....
Anybody ... -
spectrum, microdrive and printer in a briefcaseHi, My godfather gave me a breifcase with a spectrum, microdrive and printer built in, which he and some of his colleguses worked on for the uk mod …
... gave me a breifcase with a spectrum, microdrive and printer built in, which ... uk mod army. It was a kind of lap top the ... -
PROBS : Building a Spectrum +2 into a custom caseHi guys, I’m rebuilding my Spectrum +2 into a new case at the mo (an Acorn A410 case to be precise). I’ve got the motherboard in which h…
... Here the new keyboard lead would have a 15 d-way male ... going to use the original keyboard connectors in a new case which will ... house the original keyboard (I know ... managed to patch in a keyboard from another machine to a +2 or is ... -
keyboard support on Spectaculator 6.XDear Johnathan, your emulator is fascinating, but, to be honest, a better keyboard support on non-english keyboards would be great. The major proble…
... , but, to be honest, a better keyboard support on non-english keyboards ... PC keyboard result in different results. I recommend to read the keys in a ... and it works wonderful). Just a suggestion.
Kind regards ... -
A bug in Z80 V4.00Yes, from what I've heard, this emu has plenty of bugs (though I've never heard what they actually are), but this one is my contribution to the bug l…
... list. :)
In a DOS prompt, use the SUBST ... />
Within Z80, in the "Load Spectrum snapshot" window ... the virtual drive (Z: in the above example).
... that since you're in the root directory of ... even though you're in a subdirectory of the actual ... -
Idea for a new feature to compliment a debugger in an emulatorI had an idea for an emulator feature yesterday. Don't recall having seen this idea before, but I'm sure you'll correct me if it has. :) In that cas…
... it has. :)
In that case I wouldn't ... still be a good idea and could come in handy if ... - all represented using colors in a window where each pixel is ... . And if a word was used as a counter instead of ... a byte, to keep ... -
OT: Ive got a Nintendo DS! Im a corporate bitch!I've just got one on ebay, I should have waited really but I couldn't resist, I paid ?136 for the console and the Feel The Magic game. Pretty good de…
... control method, more than just a gimic imo.
The cartriges ... and when a flash cart becomes available, with a virtual keyboard on the ... bottom screen you could have a realy ... .
I havent seen a PSP in action, but it's gonna ... -
IN Port FE bit 6 confusionI know I've got this wrong. Tapes load fine but it all feels messy. Currently my emulator does this: Sets bit 6 of the result to 0. If (and only if…
... level toggles the bit to a 1 on the final edge ... FAQ mentions something about OUT FE affected bit 6, is this ... -
Interest in a new adventure game?After recently reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the urge to go back to my adventure tools and create something which was actually …
... reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the ... decidedly ropey adventures I created in the past.
... been most pleasing - after about a week of planning, replanning, ... people would potentially be interested in such a thing. Do people still ... -
ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... program that provides advanced features in a "Spectrum" style.
< ... BEEPER sound and port $FE emulation for sound
... style streaming to port $FE for complete compatibility
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Full keyboard support via the IN instruction, enabling machine ... -
ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... program that provides advanced features in a "Spectrum" style.
< ... BEEPER sound and port $FE emulation for sound
... style streaming to port $FE for complete compatibility
...
Full keyboard support via the IN instruction, enabling machine ... -
charcter you most wanted to hurt in a spectrum game?mine would proberly be the wolf in saberwulf. everytime i got down to that area he made me lose a life.
mine would proberly be the wolf in saberwulf. everytime i got down to that area he made me lose a life. -
Keyboard problemI have a bug in my game where the main sprite moves slightly almost as if there is data left in a keyboard buffer. I read the keyboard using code alo…
... is data left in a keyboard buffer. I read the keyboard using code along ... the lines of:
[code]
LD A ... ,251
IN A,(254)
AND 1 ... just need to discount a few things in my attempt to solve ... -
Why doesn't somebody who isn't me make a blahdiblahdiblahThere have been many interfaces, and suggestions for plugging a PC keybourd into a 48K, but reading the forum, what people really need (instead of ha…
... in emulators) is a rubbery keyboard, in a box, with an interface, and a ... load your games up in an emulator, prefferably spectrumanywhere ...
Unfortunately the keyboard would need a big power supply and ... am currently working on a chuntey emulator, and remote ... -
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
A spectrum, in a museum!Massive apologies if this has been touched on before but I was at a Museum in Newcastle last week and they had a Sinclair C5, a ZX81 and a Rubber-key…
... I was at a Museum in Newcastle last week ... and they had a Sinclair C5, a ZX81 and a ... Rubber-key 48k Spectrum in ... thing with built in monitor which looked ... thought computers would look in the year 2000.
KEYBOARD PROJECTYes I know this should be in the hardware section (sorry), but just recently there was supposed to be some dude making a new keyboard interface. If y…
Yes I know this should be in the hardware section (sorry), but just recently there was supposed to be some dude making a new keyboard interface. If your out there, how are you doing? And how much is it costing so far?Keyboard emulation accuracyWhen the IN function checks the keyboard how accurate is it in a real speccy? For example, say you had lightning fast hands and a keyboard that coul…
... the IN function checks the keyboard how accurate is it in a real ... lightning fast hands and a keyboard that could cope and ... so on, would a string of IN commands pick them all ... keyboard every 20ms in my emulator. Any IN commands simply check the last keyboard ...How does a Speccy keyboard work?Hi again. I saw a post a while ago about the Speccy keyboard. I think it referenced an old magazine article. I have no idea how a keyboard membran…
Hi again.
I saw a post a while ago about the Speccy keyboard. I think it referenced an old magazine article.
I have no idea how a keyboard membrane works. Could anyone give me a bit of insight on it?
CheersCant 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…
... having a problem that effects every spectrum emulator ive got in ... and if i choose the keyboard option in a game the keymapping is ... plugged in the controls are the wrong way round. The pc keyboard ... works ok in other applications and pc ...Help me find myself in a Speccy magI've been boasting to the kids about my programming prowess from years ago, problem is i don't have the spectrum magazine i was mentioned in anymore.…
... spectrum magazine i was mentioned in anymore.
I've ... sure which mag it was in now after all these years ... the magazine article, it was a tape loader routine competion.
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 ... this in the new forum. I looked at -> CP -> Keyboard ...Keyboard crashing PC to BIOS?This morning I turned on my PC, but kept getting stuck at the main BIOS screen, with no errors whatsoever. I turned off the PC corretly without any e…
... stayed in the BIOS menu...
So I tried disconnecting the keyboard ... (I had a crazy idea of the ... ) so I plugged it back in. But after loading the OS ... />
Luckily I have a spare keyboard at home so I connected ...old computers in a gallery in germany!!Woo the ZKM galery place here in karlsruhe Germany (1 hr NW of stutgart) has an old computers display thingy going on unfortunatley, behind the gla…
... the ZKM galery place here in karlsruhe Germany (1 hr ... cabinets the spectrum gets a mention only under the ... and others", they have a rubber keyed beastie there ... this way, there is a technology interactive art thingy ... worth spending a couple of hours in if you? ...Jonathan Cauldwell offered a job in this month's issue of Retro GamerHas anybody seen this month's issue of Retro Gamer (Issue 29) ? I was just reading it and there's a big article where a bunch of big name programmer…
... Spectrum games in the mid-Eighties, now I have a company of ... is looking for a rewarding long-term career in a stable, friendly company ... game developers he should get in touch.
I can ... /> I'd sure be interested in finding out how the conversation ...Any Celebdaq players in this forum? .. Wana form a mini league?Are there any Celebdaq players in this forum. I was hoping to form a mini league of Spectrum fans. For those that don'tt know Celebdaq is a celebri…
... can compete against your mates in a self contained mini leauge. The ... Shares in Heather Mills McCartney at 9.43 a share (a 1.22 ... Shares in Sir Paul McCartney at 3.74 a share (a 0. ... /> 1 Share in David Hastlehoff at 1.60 a share (a rise of ...ZX spectrum as a PC usb keyboard?One of my commodore brained friend showed me an interface which converts the keyboard of c64 to a standard usb keyboard. I quickly searched this for…
... which converts the keyboard of c64 to a standard usb keyboard.
keyboard, and nothing came up. Is ... that tries to connect a zx keyboard to a pc via usb?
