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Dirty SpectrumsI have a Spectrum+ computer which has come from a smokers house unfortunately. Although coated in nicotine (I hate to think the state of their lungs…
... + computer which has come from a smokers house unfortunately.
Although coated in nicotine (I hate to think ... lungs if the Spectrum is in this state), it works to ... -
Loose cassettes job lot free (well, with postage) to a good home!In a bundle I bought the other day was a load of loose cassette games. Not worth much of course, but if anyone wants them as a job lot you can have …
In a bundle I bought the other day was a load of loose cassette ... if anyone wants them as a job lot you can have ... -
Rest in Peace, Jonathan Smith (was: Frobush Absence)You may or may not have noticed the absence of the honourable Frobush aka Jofa Smifff from your forums... The explanation is a little sad but does ha…
... forums... The explanation is a little sad but does ... intensive care suffering from a very serious condition about ... is now on a general ward 3D in Whiston Hospital - ... he's a little bedraggled and a rather unusual ... better and should be out in a couple of weeks.
Sinclair guarantee cardgot one inside a hobbit box i got in a free speccy collection, just wondered if its for the speccy or not. dont think its for the hobbit (theres also…
got one inside a hobbit box i got in a free speccy collection, ... the hobbit (theres also a melbourne house card in that)
< ... side theres a bit your supposed to fill in with nature ... of fault (SAVE/LOAD; cosmetic defects, keyboard, display ...Looking for a ZX81 gameHi all, I'm trying to find the name of a ZX81 game. It was a sort of maze / adventure game. There would be a maze on the screen, with something like…
... adventure game. There would be a maze on the screen, ... blind. You would take a few steps using the ... ' of the game was in the randomness of the events ... that it was a type-in published in a magazine or book ... chance the whole thing was a BASIC program.
An evening in with the Speccy emulatorAfter a day at work which didn't exactly go according to plan, and after three weeks of disruption at home due to redecorating, the old soul needed a…
... executed games, with a bit of a flaw which makes it ... magazines left and no bullets in the onscreen counter. If ... so that you can get in a dozen levels quite nicely. ... 1987, but also mixing in the politics theme, I ... 's been a long while since I was in the mood ...How do you make a CV shine without actually lying?My CV has more holes in it than a Swiss cheese, and it looks pretty rubbish quite frankly. I am pretty good at my voluntary job at the Citizens Advic…
... for six months 2 days a week in a classroom/glorified broom cupboard ... did a GCSE in Astronomy a couple of years ago got a B in my ... exam forgot what a ... />
I got an A-level in English Literature and Language at ...A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
... /> 8 97 Variable name (a$ in this case)
9 239 ... /> 11 Your game (1K in this example)
in the Spectrum character set that takes a ... ** *
219 FLASH in (a), N *Hypothetically....If you were putting together a "Spectrum +4" what presently available hardware would you include. My criteria would be total comparability (or as ne…
If you were putting together a "Spectrum +4" what ... no complete rebuild onto a single chip or new ... not to include Spectranet.
A decent keyboard
Joystick / Mouse / ... thinking between SFF / Laptop / Keyboard all in one / something else?.
..."Programming the Spectrum in Assembly" series in Micro MartI see that Shaun Bebbington is starting a series of articles in Micro Mart magazine on how to program in assembly for those who might know a little b…
... Bebbington is starting a series of articles in Micro Mart ... on how to program in assembly for those who ... might know a little bit about programming ... since we've seen that in a magazine!
... One point made in this week's overview was ...Kempston joystick in Spin & FuseI was wondering what the trick was to getting Kempston joystick emulation to work in Spin (v0.666) & Fuse (vJan'09). I've searched the Emulator forum…
... /> In a program I'm working on, using:
XOR A
IN A,(1f ... )
works as expected in WinZ80 (ie ... keys, plus the value returned in A changes even when I'm ... to suitable values returned by IN A,(1f).
To ...+3e ROMs in AT28C256I've been thinking about loading the +3e ROMs in a E2PROM (AT28C256) to make the upgrades easier. It seems that is TTL compatible, and it takes +5v V…
... about loading the +3e ROMs in a E2PROM (AT28C256) to make ... Vcc, but...
In 27C256, pin 27=A14 and ... that leaves pin 27 in the AT28C256 connected to Vcc ... , pin 1 not connected in the spectrum side, and ... A14 from in 27 in Spectrum to pin 1 in AT28C256. ...unusable KEMPSTON JOYSTICK in gamesSome ZX games use bad routine for read kempston joystick port. For example game BLOOD VALLEY read kempston joy from port #DF ( BIN 11011111 ). This s…
... ?
- detect in ZX emulator instructions for reading ... #1F. In this routine can be erased instruction IN A,(DF)... ... Press key "A",ENTER for start ... key "A",ENTER and rewrite instruction IN A,(DF) to IN A,(1F)
VCF report and photosNot sure where to put this, exactly...but here it is, what went on at the Vintage Computing Festival at Bletchley Park last weekend. Finally I've fo…
... components encapsulated in a little box, each one a single logic ... TR4 was dead and the keyboard membrane had failed, but ... more Sinclair stuff in the Mansion, including a really cool spherical ... [/img]
A Spectrum+ in a briefcase (yes, if you lift ...Looking for a demoThe demo involves an illusion of a cylinder covered in a chequered flag design, rotating. A bit like this piece of art by Bridget Riley, Movement in …
... illusion of a cylinder covered in a chequered flag design, rotating. A bit like ... this piece of art by Bridget Riley, Movement in ...Issue 3 48K Spectrum circuit board.Works perfectly as far as I know. It looks as if I was going to solder something in to fit a new keyboard onto it, but I never got further than four …
Works perfectly as far as I know. It looks as if I was going to solder something in to fit a new keyboard onto it, but I never got further than four or five joints :-S
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Make me an offer if your interested!48 Issue 3b working but very hot ula and cpuSalve to everybody I bought from e*ay an Issue 3b 48k , fitted in a + case. Fixed the keyboard problem with a new keyboard membrane from good Rwap (w…
... fitted in a + case. Fixed the keyboard problem with a new keyboard ... membrane from good Rwap (well, almost fixed....the + keyboard ... added keys don't work ! Surely my fault), changed for a ... to the point in which the terminal enters ...Help with the name of a FilmI remember back in the mid 90's i saw a film one night but cant remember what it was called but do remember bits of it and was wondering if anyone wo…
... remember back in the mid 90's i saw a film one ... to the camp he went in a barn to mingle with ... The Councillor was played by a familiar American actor who is ... i have seen him in other thing in the past but ... full beard.
In a later scene the kid takes ...Help needed to identify a platform gameGreetings, everyone! I have been searching for this game for a very long time, trying all the opportunities, but with no result unfortunately. The re…
... searching for this game for a very long time, trying ... />
1. This is a platformer, visually similar to Chuckie ... the enemies looks like a green monster trying to ... bottom corner of the screen in a open top car, then ... climbs a ladder and the game ...Stuff to Clean Old PlasticI read somewhere, it might have been here even, about a chemical that can be used to restore aging plastic to it's former colour. I have been workin…
... been here even, about a chemical that can be used ... on a project to fit a mini-ITX motherboard in to ... that the original C64 keyboard will work with this ... get it all to fit in a rubber key or + Speccy ... work on the original Speccy keyboard.
Anyway, ...storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …
... program; or putting it in a REM, which messes up ... 's another method, described in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine ... - as if it was in a REM; but is neater & ... ; easier than putting it in a REM, as it just uses ... 4 DEF FN p(a)=PEEK a+256*PEEK (a+1):
DEF ...Loss of innocenceI suppose my ZX Spectrum era lasted longer than most (although not sure longer than most of you on here). I received my first Speccy back in '83, and…
... , and upgraded quite late to a +2A in 1988.
... it was amazing. A real keyboard, 256KB RAM. A different colour per-pixel ... release date. Running a 7MHz Z80 in 1990 with no hardware ... Wheras the Spectrum filled a void in the collective hearts of geeks ...Keyboard demoHere's a preview of a new keyboard for the special fx engine. Press any key to start/restart. [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9498358/fire_keyboard.sn…
Here's a preview of a new keyboard for the special fx engine. ...Help with a zip problemI've downloaded a large file, in many zip parts (.zip, .z01, z02, etc), and the archived file (in the zip) is reported as corrupt when I try to unarc…
I've downloaded a large file, in many zip parts (.zip, .z01, ... , etc), and the archived file (in the zip) is reported as ... of the file as recorded in the zip file. Obviously one ... hope it wasn't uploaded in a corrupt state), but how do ...Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…
I'm doing a very small basic program which ... if anyone could point me in a better direction on how to ... 'list things to say to a character'. So say you have ... thought I'd ask in case someone had a spare 5 minutes!! ;-)Booting with a programIf you ever had a VTX-5000, you'll remember it booted to a menu. The menu itself was written in BASIC. When the Spectrum initialized, this BASIC prog…
... /> The menu itself was written in BASIC. When the Spectrum initialized ... same effect, but with a file loaded from a filesystem. The initial ... somewhere where it'll run a program.
The ... to get the program in a running state (in accordance with what's ...Trying to remember the name of a game...Hi, all! I used to play a game 20 years ago that I liked a lot... I can't remember the name. The idea of the game was like this: You control a creat…
... that looks like a thick flexible stick and moves in a peculiar way ... into something that looks like a horseshoe (an upside-down U ... released creature means you finished a level. That's pretty much ... and play it in an emulator.
Thanks in advance!!!
...What's it like being a Dad?Well we've only 6 weeks until our baby is due and I thought I ask, what's it like being a dad, and how does it change you. Sometimes I fear that the…
... what's it like being a dad, and how does it ... that the enormity of being a dad in a few weeks has not ... fully sunk in. So I'd thought ... with those about to be a dad, (I know there ... ), and those who have become a dad.
PS ...Speccy repairs?I've finally got round to testing all the various Spectrums that I seem to have accumulated over the years and discovered that "my" two machines (i.e…
... get second hand in a bundle with a load of tapes) ... that some of the keyboard doesn't work. Seems ... but can't tune in properly. I'm assuming ... [/LIST]
Now, in this case it almost seems ... instead??
Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers ...Help and Advice with DivIDE PlusHi Guys, Really struggling to get any reliable actiivty with my DivIDE Plus and am looking for some pointers. I am trying to get it to work with on…
... the keyboard
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About 1 in 50 ... the screen/RAM consistently stays in a static uninitialised state. Pressing ... inconsistent and tempramental? I suspect a fault interface connector.
... Is it down to a particular subset of Issues ...
