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  • Reading sequential key pressesI am thinking about writing a quick game and have an idea that requires me to read alternate key presses. I’m thinking along the lines of Daley Thomp…

    ... me to read alternate key presses. I’m thinking ... to how quickly a key that is presses can ... pressed state. Reading the key quicker than this would ... is still in the original key down state. I obviously need ... be overkill to check for key presses on every interrupt? ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside July 2016 Development
  • Keyboard Recognition problemHey Yo! After accidently breaking the old keyboard membrane in my ZX Spectrum 128k last week i have now replaced it with a new one. I have installed…

    ... the new membrane and the key seem to work... only not ... you need to press the key down firmly in order for it ... sometimes when you hold them down they don't repeat like ...
    CU_AMiGA CU_AMiGA December 2006 Hardware
  • Daley Thompson's Decathlonhi I've been playing DTD a lot recently and I've managed a long jump of 9m 65 by jumping as soon as the line appears on the right, then holding the …

    ... right, then holding the jump key down until you've reached 50 ... DOS - my Windows system is down so I can't send ...
    ghbearman ghbearman June 2007 Games
  • Reprogrammable keyboard?Here's an idea that, whilst I *won't* personally use the solution (probably), emulator authors might find interesting to tackle. Over the past week …

    ... reason wasn't sending enter-key keypresses to emulated Spectrum games ... fine (providing you "held" the key down for a couple of seconds ... reprogrammed, so that pressing the '#' key on the PC keyboard sent ... an enter-key keypress to the emulated ...
    NickH NickH January 2008 Emulators
  • Multiplayer online Speccy gaming - an actual technical proposalAs is so often the way, [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=274215&postcount=121]trying to put into words why something is impo…

    ... trusted). This will receive key-up/key-down events from the clients, and ... any relation to when the key was actually [i]pressed[/i ...
    gasman gasman May 2008 Emulators
  • Name that GameHi all, I'm looking for a game that used to be on MSX, and almost certain it had a Speccy port too - but my memory is rather hopeless :D It's a rac…

    ... you could hold the jump key down (space bar?) and pretty much ...
    Echo Echo August 2008 Games
  • BEEP conundrumFor the "CSSCGC 2008 Tape Magazine" December edition, I have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last year which plays a festive tune using …

    ... hold relevant the menu option key down to get into the sub ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn October 2008 Development
  • Daley's SupertestThe 128 tape version (not tried the other one yet) I had this with my grey +2 (or possibly with my +3, can't be sure, I think the +2) , took ages to…

    ... use to just hold one key down instead of the usual alternating ...
    spider spider March 2010 Games
  • Cheetah stuff (a keyboard)I never knew that Cheetah (aside from selling the SpecDrum) also sold other music related stuff for the Speccy. They also sold a MIDI interface and a…

    ... many). From the actual key there is a thin ... when the key is pressed it touches the "key down" bar. The ... to know how hard the key was struck (hence "velocity ... the above picture. The key's conducting spring goes ... springs that brings the key back up is different ...
    Winston Winston November 2011 Hardware
  • ZX-7 instruction (BEEPER 8-channels editor)ZX7 was the most powerful ZX Spectrum 48K music editor end engine since 1988 to 2011 (when OCTODE appeared). [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/inf…

    ... . Exit from TEMPO option - is DOWN ("A" key).


    ...
    What is important - "A" key (down=moving forward in the song ... delete note - you press fire+DOWN (Space+A).
    Fire ... the listenners.

    Down+right (A+P) = fast forward ...
    Mister Beep Mister Beep December 2011 Development
  • Keyboard scanning routines / techniques?What keyboard scanning routines or techniques do people use? I'm looking to write something which doesn't rely on the ROM-based keyboard scanner, an…

    ... like something which can generate key-down/key-up events, and can perhaps ... handle using the "Extended mode" key of the +3 keyboard as ... a Ctrl key replacement, so it needs to ... a valid combination.

    Key repeat isn't that important ...
    u6c87 u6c87 May 2013 Development
  • Best joystickWhat was your best joystick to use for the Speccy? Mine would have to go to the Atari VCS original. This was a joystick that could live thru just ab…

    ... feasible on the old rubber key version, but worked extremely well ... favourite was to Sellotape the key down on Gaunlet that allowed you ...
    Vampyre Vampyre March 2002 Games
  • Fire Ruby - More HelpI cant pass the spikes in the fire ruby by lawrence creighton, can someone please help? [ This Message was edited by: welsh_brawler on 2003-08-08 21…

    ... lathe, grinds the{6}key down a bit and returns it ... the key drops onto the floor, it falls down a ... you to put everything down. He carries over the ... to sizzle,rapidly burning down to the tin itself....< ... }You gently put the mirror down.

    Message 206 ...
    BadBeard BadBeard August 2003 Games
  • Opinions on Sweevos World and I Of The MaskThe 3D era was well and truly underway when these two games came out. I Of The Mask was late 1985 and Sweevos World was early 1986. Both got Crash S…

    ... unless you hold a view key down, and the dull grey blocks ... Fairlight - that was only let down by being a little slow ...
    Neil^P Neil^P December 2004 Games
  • New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…

    Problem under win 2000: When i want to open file from a folder that contains many games, if I keep pressed a cursor key down, emulator crashes after a while.
    Zoran Zoran February 2005 Emulators
  • New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…

    ... I keep pressed a cursor key down, emulator crashes after a while ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov February 2005 Emulators
  • Toobin'I just took a look at this game for the first time. It got kind of mixed reviews, and I can see why. Quite a good idea, but a bit too frantic and unp…

    ... repeated strokes though, not held down for increased paddling. So not ... .

    And holding a key down would be the equivalent of ...
    Gwyn Gwyn January 2006 Games
  • the jetsonshello i am trying to map this game,i have already done level 1 but i am stuck on level 2(not to mention level 3+4)have already checked the tipshop b…

    ...
    -------------
    get key, right, down, down, left, get key, up, right, up, up ... , left, down,
    lift, right, up, right, get key, down, left, left, down,
    right, get key, left,up, lift ...
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous April 2006 Games
  • Nonamed, unLOGOed, denied, r@re(?) and very strange SpeccyI?ve just bought [url="http://art.speccy.cz/foto/01zxdelogfull.jpg"]strange Speccy[/url] (including two interfaces, cassette recorder and nineteen fu…

    ... noticeable difference is the ENTER key - it has big arrow instead ... following the shape of the key (down/left).

    Never saw ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Nonamed, unLOGOed, denied, r@re(?) and very strange SpeccyI?ve just bought [url="http://art.speccy.cz/foto/01zxdelogfull.jpg"]strange Speccy[/url] (including two interfaces, cassette recorder and nineteen fu…

    ... noticeable difference is the ENTER key - it has big arrow instead ... following the shape of the key (down/left).

    Never saw ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Nonamed, unLOGOed, denied, r@re(?) and very strange SpeccyI?ve just bought [url="http://art.speccy.cz/foto/01zxdelogfull.jpg"]strange Speccy[/url] (including two interfaces, cassette recorder and nineteen fu…

    ... noticeable difference is the ENTER key - it has big arrow instead ... following the shape of the key (down/left).

    Never saw ... ]ENTER[/B] printed on the key. I've never seen an ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 2-player games common on the Speccy, rare on the PC, keyboard as the cause?Hello everyone Does the Spectrum have an edge over semi-modern (from the 90's) computers, when it comes down to keyboard input speed? I've always …

    ... to exactly which keys are down.[/QUOTE]

    Many PC ... matrix scanning and sends key-up and key-down codes to the PC ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2006 Hardware
  • Searching for the ultimate emulationHi, I have been using Real Spectrum for soooooooooo long. It's an amazing Em to use, but now I've got Windows XP and no longer use W98,. The thi…

    ... press them.
    Hold one key down and you’ll hear repeating ...
    zx128k zx128k March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Daley Thompson's Decathlonhi I've been playing DTD a lot recently and I've managed a long jump of 9m 65 by jumping as soon as the line appears on the right, then holding the …

    ... right, then holding the jump key down until you've reached 50 ... DOS - my Windows system is down so I can't send ...
    andrew_rollings andrew_rollings June 2007 Games
  • 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…

    Right, coding this was so addictive, I just had to get this finished (put my real work off)

    [code]
    1 LET n=191: DIM i$(4,9): FOR p=13 TO 15: LET i$(p-12)=" # # # # ":
    NEXT p: LET b=0: LET a=p: LET s=0: LET g=5: FOR y=0 TO 14:
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn July 2007 Development
  • Top 10 Spectrum games everName 10 games you think, on your opinion, are the best Spectrum games ever, for any reason. My list is: (in alphabetical order) - Cyclone - Daley Th…

    ... (rather than, say, holding one key down for a different length of ...
    natxcross natxcross July 2007 Games
  • Your views on...Gauntlet[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001989]Gauntlet[/url] I liked this game, simply because I loved the arcade original. It was…

    ... to hold the symbol shift key down ;)

    i also read ...
    Lee_dC Lee_dC April 2008 Games
  • Ultimate earlier gamesI mean those Ultimate's games before [I]Atic Atac[/I]. Which is your vavourite? My fave, Jetpac. Very addictive, great gameplay.

    ... by using the 'Q' key.
    RIGHT Charlie will ... the 'W' key.
    DOWN Charlie will move down by using the ... 'E' key.
    UP ... bags when the 'T' key is pressed.
    PAUSE ... by using the CAP SHIFT key.

    JOYSTICK ...
    mel the bell mel the bell April 2008 Games
  • Windows - SafestyleI love getting older, having to buy things like new windows, oh great ! Anyway had one company round just for a rough quote (2,200), my missus rang …

    [QUOTE=psj3809;268627] At one stage he 'joked' that he wasnt leaving till we accept his great offer, [/QUOTE]

    you should have siad, 'thats great, cos your not going anywhere' then put your door key down the front of your trousers.
    mile mile May 2008 Chit chat
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