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Some gifts: ZX-Spectrum/ZX 81 cassettes, and some Speccy hardwareDear ZX-Spectrum and ZX-81 fans, I have some remaining cassette games for those lovely home computers. Also I have got many older ZX-Microdrive Cart…
... willing to give the Music Machine and SPDOS interface a home)
Out of interest, can the ROM inside the SPDOS ... , is there a specific way you want the ROM dumping? I will get on it ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 31 January 2012Tuesday 31 January 2012 Happy New Year! A tad belated as always - the joys of monthly updates * Jimmy provided a type-in hack for Deathchase which …
... Jimmy provided a type-in hack for Deathchase which improves the speed. ... /> * Jevilon sent in a POKE for Escape from the Holy Tower.
* GoodBoy sent a cheat for Destiny Mission.
... hack is superb!
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Old TV what's aged and what hasn'tI was watching some old VHS video cassettes today, of which I watched Monty Python and Some Mothers Do Have Em. 'Some Mothers Do Have Em' was almos…
... you think Jonathan Ross sat there for 4 hours watching all those ... clips for C4's greatest toys ... didn't think he went there (well, 95% sure) but ... [i]is[/i] there. the co-presenter definitely is there cause she hangs around on the course -
Spectrum 128K +2 video outAt the weekend I purchased a 128k+2 (the grey one). However, when I connect my TV to its composite out (via the video socket), the picture is quite n…
... from Yeabay, which the seller said has the circuitry built in to ... normal when a +2 (not +2a) was connected to the TV via ... I can see the images are sharp. but the wobbling makes it ... I send it back or is there a simple fault going on here? -
ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
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ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
[QUOTE=Alcoholics Anonymous;621755]Is there a chance we will see the source code for this or will it be closed source?[/QUOTE]
Not at this time (but probably in the future, yes). -
Scrimpy screensHere's a question - how small a window can you get away with as a playing area for an arcade/action game before anyone notices? From the very earlie…
[QUOTE=joefish;623683]I just noticed that the top and bottom ones don't line up!
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Oh yes, is there a reason for the offset Judas (aesthetic or relating to an illusion of movement) or just happenstance? -
Scrimpy screensHere's a question - how small a window can you get away with as a playing area for an arcade/action game before anyone notices? From the very earlie…
... =R-Tape;623937]Oh yes, is there a reason for the offset Judas (aesthetic or ... . I told Jonathan to flip the upper panel because I dont ... -
DK'Tronics hunchback: sell as is or take apart?I've got my hands on this DK'Tronics monster: [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/IMG_6429.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/ho…
... is indeed ugly, but it's not lacking in character. There's the ... two microdrives stuck on top, the IF1 inside the case, and the ... quite fit right to hold the bottom of it in ...
Only problem is that a couple of keys on the DK'Tronics keyboard ... -
Questions about SEUDI recently purchased SEUD (Shoot-em-up Designer, for those who do not know it) from Cronosoft and tried to familiarize with it, also by peering into …
... addresses with the values corresponding to certain keys?
[*]Is there a POKE to enable ... Kempston joystick support, like in AGD?
[*]Is there a successful ... -
Which type of Z80 cpu to use with ZX 48?Which type of Z80 cpu can I use with ZX 48? Only the 4 MHz cpu's or some with more MHz? Did not know if a 6 MHz cpu runs in a ZX 48 with 4 MHz. Mic…
... adapter work and why is there a 20MHz CPU mounted on an IDE adapter ... ]
The adapter plugs in between the CPU and the main board ... is an IDE adapter mounted under the CPU, rather than a CPU mounted on ... -
Which type of Z80 cpu to use with ZX 48?Which type of Z80 cpu can I use with ZX 48? Only the 4 MHz cpu's or some with more MHz? Did not know if a 6 MHz cpu runs in a ZX 48 with 4 MHz. Mic…
... adapter work and why is there a 20MHz CPU mounted on an IDE adapter ... =unholy;678856]The adapter plugs in between the CPU and the main board ... is an IDE adapter mounted under the CPU, rather than a CPU mounted on ... -
Spectranet updateHi all It's been a busy summer, and in any case I've wanted a little bit of a break from doing Speccy stuff to avoid it getting old (pun intended). …
... my spectranet is fresh out of the box today, is there a way to pull ... [/b]:*Got it. The Rnnn number on boot. Did a firmware update from ... the DHCP assigned IP address of the interface (after it is displayed on screen on ... -
The new Superfo cloneHi In the spanish forum speccy.org some guys and me have optimized the superfo clon to have less ICs. The actual design has 39 ICs versus the 45 ICs…
... for explaining it to me.
I have a question about the ... eprom AM29F010. I'm sure some of you have a ... way to program this one. Is there a schematic for a simple programmer ... -
New game: Funky FungusHappy Easter folks! What's better to do during these Spring holidays than playing some new game on our Spectrums? ;-) And lo, here is... [center] [y…
... rather than the start of the series (is there any point using 'continue' on the first ... thwarted a few times by the time limit. I'm not a particularly ... me that puts it at a similar level of difficulty as ... -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... back INTO prison because there's nothing for them on the "outside."[/QUOTE]
the youth club up so he ... =GreenCard;695850]Yep, he's the lead in it. I recommend ... , quite a clever little film.[/QUOTE]
have you seen the dvd ... -
New game: Knights & Demons DXHi everybody! Our last game is here! Einar Saukas and me were working hard last five months (Einar on the code and myself on the grahpics and music)…
Fantastic! Well done fellas. Might have to get me a copy of this.
Nice to see Bifrost* in a finished game at last.
One small nit pick - is there a poke to slow the animation down a bit? -
New game: Knights & Demons DXHi everybody! Our last game is here! Einar Saukas and me were working hard last five months (Einar on the code and myself on the grahpics and music)…
... small nit pick - is there a poke to slow the animation down a bit?[/QUOTE]
POKE. During the menu screen, the same memory area is used by the menu ... music player instead, so using this POKE during the ... -
Use 28C64B for Opus, not 28C64Just solved a small problem upgrading an Opus Discovery. I was trying to swap the 2.1 rom with a 2.22 version. So programmed an Atmel AT28C64, place…
... it out.
As there is a specific name for this rom, 'Quickdos', I ... it is that different from the older ones.
Is there a manual for Quickdos? Is it ... fully compatible with Opus floppies formatted with the ... -
New game: The Speccies.Okay, it's finally out. :D [URL="http://tardis.dk/wordpress/?page_id=1011"][IMG]http://tardis.dk/retro/speccies/images/LogoSmall.png[/IMG][/URL] [U…
... redballoon's "[I]Designing The Speccies[/I]" articles, ... for a while anyway, I just started doing just that.
The ... first part is up - a 3600 word postmorten on The Speccies, where ... I go into detail about some of the ... -
Dan Antohi or other Interface 1bis GurusHi Dan I've been getting acquaited with the IF1bis and am starting to appreciate how much more it can do than what Im using it for. I've been using…
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I'll have a look at these today.
I didnt realise the new GBL could handle all ...
Is there a way to check if the IF 1 Bis is turned on or ... not, and a way ... to turn it on/ ... -
Fist 2 - misleading 1on1 in-game SCRin the archive for Fist II is a peculair in-game screen, which probably is not in the actual game and suggests the game is player-on-player combat st…
Is there a POKE to enable the naked lady as a playable character? -
Assembly code auto optimiserFor my Finders Keepers Plus project I'm considering writing an Assembly code auto optimiser. Way back when I wrote the original FK I considered optim…
... the code you can just jp there or paste the code in as a ... macro.
For saving ... will know the best tricks.
Is there a profiler for Z80 available since ... -
Assembly code auto optimiserFor my Finders Keepers Plus project I'm considering writing an Assembly code auto optimiser. Way back when I wrote the original FK I considered optim…
[QUOTE=Paradigm Shifter;740622]Is there a profiler for Z80 available since that will ... you which routines would benefit the most from aggressive optimisation.[/QUOTE ... but the condition is usually true). If this change is made inside a critical ... -
esxDOS v0.8.5 released (with TR-DOS emulator)Yup, you read right! Now with TR-DOS emulation! More info and download here: [url]http://www.esxdos.org/[/url] Enjoy :)
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just put esxdos on my divide57c (think). Having lots ... 0 mode, with the 48k style input. Is there a way to get to ... the 128 basic - never having had a 48k ... back in the day ... -
really dumb questionbut can I use the following line to create a udg and if so how do I call it or use it via the graphics mode? Do I need to READ something somewhere? …
cheers - now is there a way to put all the DATA statements for udgs in one line and thus only do the restore and read bits once? -
really dumb questionbut can I use the following line to create a udg and if so how do I call it or use it via the graphics mode? Do I need to READ something somewhere? …
... ]cheers - now is there a way to put all the DATA statements for udgs in ... one line and thus only do the ... (!), but have you tried separating a bunch of DATA statements with ... - I am assuming you mean for more than one character) -
Exploding routineI've been mucking about with 'Explode' from YS Program Pitstop, but I can not get it to work independently of the basic program. LET L=USR 61456 doe…
... they should be the same as the one on WoS is a copy of my ... original file. The CODE block is ... on something!
Is there a way of re-locating the incoherent stuff (61953 on ... -
ULA pinsHi I am trying to figure out where on the ULA , among other things, the VYU pins are. I have been reading schematics , but I am really lost when I …
... figure out where on the ULA , among other things, the VYU pins ... I look at the board.
Is there a good description of ... how the ULA reads from video ...
Pin 15 is the U signal, Pin 16 the V signal, and ... -
Beautiful codeSome people see beauty or something sublime in maths formulas and equations, can anyone suggest examples of beautiful or sublime programming?
... of the time it is unnecessary but even when there's a reason to ... do it, I'd call the code ... generally. This is usually a lack of imagination on the part of the author and ...
