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Odd keyboard behaviour due to a single bit failure in +3 ROMI've just fixed a spanish +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very strange one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a del…
... the keypress to the first key repeat) didn't change anything ... keyboard membrane/matrix issues, no single read issues (the ROM ... Kendall ROM collection gave me one single difference:
ROM ... high.
A single bit!! There were no more ... -
z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... each interrupt and only a single keypress at a time can ... inkey$ and getk, returning a single keypress or 0 if either no key ... is pressed or more than one key is pressed ... /> in_KeyPressed() can detect if any single key is pressed; it works even ... -
How do you start?ok just humour me, ive always wanted to code but never got round to it apart from the real basics ie:- 10 print "hello" 20 print 30 goto 10 i coul…
... , BASIC programs use INKEY$ for most programs where single key presses in real ... them next time!
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SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…
... 3 ; RND, INKEY$ or PI?
one character
... key
call console_in ; fetch a single key ... -
A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…
INKEY$ will only return a code for a single keypress (the codes on ... no key or one key is being pressed then INKEY$ will return a key value ... pressing one shift key and one other key, then D identifies the shift key and ... -
Spectrum + keyboard issueMy Spectrum+ seems to have some trouble on Space Key. Sorry for all "seem" in the following text. But it's hard to understand if it's a real steady t…
... have some trouble on Space Key.
Sorry for all ... to accept always the Break key for stopping the loop. ... is if I press the single key or the couple CS+ ... - I replaced the original one with a factory-new I ... 've bought about one year ago from "one of you". Cannot ... -
Its Tanium always so poor?Ive been checking games Ive never played before, and Iv arrived to Tanium.. its smooth and good scroll, and good enemy patterns.. ( good, Delta Charg…
... , I get stuck in that one single bullet weapon which just gives ... />
Am I missing some key to grab pow-ups or ... -
The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…
... using Romantic Robot's Multiface One and other software already came ... much intact. Just one single "R" error in one sector will kill the ... (254 sectors ? 543 bytes plus one "write protection" byte) that you ... you to press the space key. Then stop spxfr, insert ... -
NEW GAME: Elixir VitaeOnly 2 weeks after Janosik I have a pleasure to announce my next creation - a logical minigame called [B]Elixir Vitae[/B]. Just like another Polish …
... the party and quickly finished one of my projects :)
one single
element of higher order ... , Space – fire
The ‘X’ key restarts the game independent of ... -
Is it possible to have a Single Drive on Betadisk as Drive Letter B (other than A)Hello, I?ve problems with getting two drives to work on my Betadisk v4 Interface: I?ve tried a second drive as slave drive but can?t get it to work…
... of the drives.
Single drives work well as Drive ... : ).
But never can get one Slave to work as Drive ... /> Is it possible to have one single drive as Drive B: on ... Drive Letter A: to a single drive ?
Regards,
Bizarre ZX Spectrum faults (also possibly relevant to Spectranet compatibility problems).I'm attempting to repair an issue 4A 48K ZX Spectrum and am encountering some very strange problems. For my own records I've given this computer the …
... CPU for an old NMOS one, but one with a working /M1 ... have not found any other single key press or combination that can ... display defect happens very approximately one time out of every fifty ... than the normal frame synchronisation one.
I still ...Who's NEXT?How about having a category just for Spectrum NEXT owners? I got mine on Monday, its the original issue, plain jane and quite enough for me to ge…
... Basic cos I love the single key entry commands and quite honestly ... displaying properly, its offset to one side and the top right ...X128 keysAs you may know, the Spectrum 128 had Extend Mode, True Video, Inv Video and Graphic buttons. Are these buttons emulated on X128? If not, can anyone …
... the only one to prefer the Speccy 48K's single
key entry ...Reading the keyboardDoes anyone have a code sample to read the keyboard in machine code ?
... a ; a = current key index
; h ... one
ld h,a ; remember which key< ... ; check if a single key was pressed
... /> scf ; indicate key was registered
...Key press to ASCII valueI need a bit of code that will give me an ASCII value when the key is pressed. I only really need a-z. I tried using the following code but it only s…
... representing a
; single keypress. "GetKey" operates as ... more than one key is pressed,
; no key is registered ... more than one
ld h,a ; remember which key
single key was pressed
jr ...Which games are you obsessed with?Do any of you find yourself returning constantly to a particular game or games,even though you've played it to death?My current obsession is Kokotoni…
I can`t pick one single game either so:
... characters lots of times, was one of the few games that ... on the inlay. The pause key needs to be used extensively ...horror text adventure scenario writer neededany outthere? I started to make program for text adventure [B]Mysterium Magnum[/B] on basis of ?multiple choice? which was project I wanted to make …
... for the first time - only one single program run. then you have ... running the program pretends the key is pressed and executes automatically ...Beginner InfoI have trying to find some hardware information for use with assembly coding but havn't had much luck. For instance. How do I redirect the vertical …
... deal with this scenario, one usually makes a 257 ... ascii code of a single key pressed, or 0 ... unshifted keypresses, caps shifted key presses, sym shifted ... functions are for detecting single key presses. For detecting multiple ... is the ISR for one of those hw bits ...Key press to ASCII valueI need a bit of code that will give me an ASCII value when the key is pressed. I only really need a-z. I tried using the following code but it only s…
... than one
ld h,a ; remember which key
single key was pressed
jp ...
scf ; indicate key was registered
ret ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... request memory for one struct_sp1_ss. Since this one pacman sprite is ... to contain exactly one block for a single struct_sp1_ss in queue ... keyboard to make sure exactly one key is pressed. This function ... test the state of a single key for the purpose.
...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... and the Spectrum. Only one person I knew had an ... (can't remember which one, but it could take ... forty minutes to load one game (seriously) from tape, ... you were new to it) single key entry system (and a ... new things that non-one before you had ever ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... out (I really liked the single key input system of the 48K ... only added two new commands, one for the sound chip, and ... should have added at least one new screen mode that offered ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... some of you might like one or more of the old ... hands so the original rubbery one would have been really tough ... it does to use a single key entry system. If you are ... can understand you liking the single key entry.The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... of you might like one or more of the ... so the original rubbery one would have been really ... it does to use a single key entry system. If you ... can understand you liking the single key entry.[/QUOTE]
... could type quicker on one than on a normal ...The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... so that there is only one 16k block that is contended ... the 48k's ROM with single key entry (there was a < ... to do this published in one of the mags) and, time ...The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... so that there is only one 16k block that is contended ... I'd want at least one. I was kinda intending ... lot more expensive and each one you add probably raises the ... the 48k's ROM with single key entry (there was a & ... to do this published in one of the mags) and, ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... is out of range for one or two initial iterations), but ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... not a free moving one, just one single price in the list can ... moved from one price to another with a single key, and another key buys ... sounds too "expensive" for a one-liner. Personally I would prefer ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... , such as the Spectrum's single key entry and editing abilities, the ... their own machines (though each one would be thinking "[I]Damn ... Beeb :)[/quote]
The one machine I regret never owning ... BASIC is fast. According to one Acorn Atom website, it's ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... to use a third party one, which I'd asume ... the fact that it has one, but I don't ... Spectrum's did away with single key entry (in 128K mode). ... such as the Spectrum's single key entry and editing abilities, the ... own machines (though each one would be thinking "[I] ...
