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Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…
... not setting the "eval_ptr" which tells the evaluator where ... br /> ; codes for reading the keyboard
CAPSLOCK EQU #02 ; caps ... code from here http://map.grauw.nl/sources/external ... djnz .docharcmp
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Spectrum vs Vic 20 - cast your vote (please!)As I mentioned earlier this week, the Spectrum goes head to head with the Commodore Vic 20 in this week's round of the Micro Mart 'computer world cup…
... /> had only 300 words in which to argue):
keyboard.
We hated it at ... Vic 20
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Project Future - map ever published?I was wonderin' if a map for Project Future was ever published in a speccy mag? If so, which one? Ta, Jim.
I was wonderin' if a map for Project Future was ever published in a speccy mag? If so, which one?
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New BASin (Alpha Release 9) upHi all, Since you're more interested in here about BASin, here's the new update announcement. There's no major changes to the way the system work…
... Fixed a small bug which allowed the Memory editor to ... correct keyboard ascii handling - non-UK keyboards reproduce the correct characters. ... character, even on US keyboards which would produce an @ symbol.
which prevented the UDGs from ... -
BASin Release 9a availableJust a quick not to say that an updated (ie, bug fixed) BASin is available. A list of what's new for release 9: Fixed a bug in the line tokeniser th…
... Fixed a small bug which allowed the Memory editor to ... correct keyboard ascii handling - non-UK keyboards reproduce the correct characters. ... character, even on US keyboards which would produce an @ symbol. ( ... in the token window, which prevented the UDGs from ... -
Spectrum spares / repair jobsI recently bought a few faulty Spectrum 48+'s and have built a fully functional unit from the best bits of them, however this has left me with two pa…
... with two partially functioning machines which could be used by ... /> Both have faulty keyboards, one keyboard works fine (and is fully ... .
The other keyboard has very few keys working ... wires of the 5 strip membrane connector are probably broken), it ... -
The biggest map everI created a map for Nonterraqueous 1 and I can truly say that it is the biggest map, which I have ever produced - 6144 x 7392 pixels, 45MB (BMP form…
... that it is the biggest map, which I have ever produced - ... you know some game, which offers more extensive maze than ... same kind (2D maze), which have not been mapped ... .zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=Nonterraqueous1"]http ... .zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=Nonterraqueous1[/url ... -
Typeface on 48k keyboardDoes anyone know which typeface was used for the letters on the 48k (rubber) keyboard? Cheers, Jon.
Does anyone know which typeface was used for the letters on the 48k (rubber) keyboard?
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Blood Brothers mapI checked the WOS update and had a peek at this ... my GOD it looks awful. A pefectly decent map completely and utterly destroyed by the use of the J…
... looks awful. A pefectly decent map completely and utterly destroyed by ... use of the JPEG standard - which is completely and utterly unsuited ... -
Spectrum charactersHad a bit of time the other day so i captured a few Speccy characters to put into a graphic (Some of which could be used on the front page here). An…
... few Speccy characters to put into a graphic (Some of which could ... the 25 games these 25 characters are from, most are quiet ... -
Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
... /> I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed for ... the ol' tile engine, in which you have tiles in memory ... per tile, that is, 4 characters and 4 attributes, getting 16x16 ... -
SpeXtrum the xbox speccy emu is out! Alpha release, just tried it out works well with the keyboard and emulates the 48k and 128k well. Speccy fun on the Xbox at last Yippee Spec Chums…
... When the emulator is running: [] = keyboard controls
- Click ... - Hold Right Trigger - show virtual keyboard
* When selecting ... on the keyboard map directly to the spectrum keyboard.
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choose which type you have. Just ... -
Redefinable joystick keysEr... difficult to describe in a subject line, but you'll see what I mean. :) Just about all Spectrum emulators allow you to map one of the joystick…
... you to map one of the joystick formats to the keyboard, so ... example) is let you redefine which keys the joystick is mapped ... 't already have a redefinable keyboard option. -
TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…
... utility named "Tile Editor", which would load images converted from ... as Tiles, Sprites, Screen$, Characters, and UDGs. It currently includes ... and a Tile based Map Editor. Future versions will ... images, Tiles, Sprites, Sounds, Map Maker, etc. combined with an ... -
Spectrum programmingI have a Spectrum+ at home. I tried to write some programs in BASIC (IIRC i wrote a breakout clone in which you had to hit those spider-like characte…
... to hit those spider-like characters which were presented in the manual ... friend's 8085-based microcomputer which he made as a university ... is used? How the keyboard is used? Which memory areas/ports/whatever ... -
The Rubber Keyboard Muffler.One of those long forgotten memories arose from my mind the other day. The great invention of the Rubber Keyboard Muffler aka the pillow. Let me e…
... great invention of the Rubber Keyboard Muffler aka the pillow.
which wouldn't bloody turn off ... -
An idea for a keyboardHi guys, I was just thinking there just now (first time for everything). I was thinking about an AT keyboard on the Speccy. I remember a few peopl…
... about ways of extending their keyboard for projects like building ... />
A standard AT keyboard runs on a serial protocol ... PIC microcontroller to decode the keyboard input and convert to ... port which could be used to power the device and keyboard.
Hidden text in Bounder.Long story short: I had forgotten the name of a game I played close to 2 decades ago. I remembered that there was a ball in the game but more import…
... importantly I remembered there were characters "hidden" in the "landscape" of ... I bumped into Ladderman's map of Bounder ... lo and behold ... .
The only scribblings which have confused* me are to ...changing keyboard inputs?hey guys, a curious (if somewhat silly) question / problem i have... You know those classic Horace games from which my nick' is so blatently stole…
... those classic Horace games from which my nick' is so blatently ... the god-awful choice of keyboard controls for it? well... this ...Computer journalist predicts the demise of the mouse? in 1984!!In the December 1983 issue of 'Your Computer' that I scanned for the archive, there is an article titled 'The Spirit of Christmas to Come'. In the ar…
... real threat to the Qwerty keyboard. There have been bid ... decode characters written on it, the Microwriter; a one handed keyboard which uses ... . On a cheaper machine which could justify its price for ... user must resort to the keyboard -for word processing anyway. ...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…
... cross-platform sprite engine, which means games written with it ... It is integrated into z88dk which means you can call the ... /> - functions to read the keyboard, joysticks and mice have been ... by iterating over the sprite characters with sp1_IterateSprChar() or the ...SimCoupe 1.0 released[size=-2](for those of you that don't read CSS)[/size] SimCoupe, the SAM Coup? emulator, has been updated to version 1.0. This major release adds ma…
... missing SAM pipe symbol to keyboard map
- Added option ... input on Czech keyboards, which require a shift modifier< ... - Fixed incorrect SAM palette spread, which made dark colours too bright ... /> - Fixed broken import/export which could crash with sizes over ...John Gibson InterviewThought some of you might be interested in this, just found it on some old zip disks: Please find below an incomplete John Gibson interview I conduc…
... hippy working for him which is why he packed ... environment and interacting with other characters. The environment was a ... of which had particular idiosynchrasies. You could talk to the characters ... T-shirt, character profiles, a map of the environment.
< ...What was the +2 and +3 keyboard like compared to the 128 and + one?I had a Spectrum 128, which had the infamous plastic-but-spongy keys. It was fine for games where you only had to press a handful of keys repeatedly,…
I had a Spectrum 128, which had the infamous plastic-but- ... /> Was the +2 and +3 keyboard any better? It certainly looks ...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…
... showed me an interface which converts the keyboard of c64 to a ... standard usb keyboard.
I quickly searched ... and internet for zx usb keyboard, and nothing came up. Is ... tries to connect a zx keyboard to a pc via usb ...ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 08 January 2007Monday 08 January 2007 A little belated, but.... HAPPY NEW YEAR! * This is a reasonably small update, but it feels like I've been working on it for…
... . Any search phrase which is 3 or less characters will result in ... of game names and associated map links to match changes at ... re-release of Chequered Flag which I did for the English ...Map Book IdeasHi all, Discussing the map book with a friend of mine, who has been giving me advice (RetroRevivals), he suggested that Hero Quest and Lemmings, bot…
... of which are going to appear in the first map book ... quite a few things also which can be written about ... levels plus the 10 which featured in the Return ... ideas for a Great Escape map book.
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which the hero plays this game ...'Straddle keyboard tailsWell, I bought an Amstrad Speccy keyboard off an ebayer - not for a Spectrum (I don't actually have an Amstrad one) - but for my own homebrew compute…
... bought an Amstrad Speccy keyboard off an ebayer - ... (or heaven forbid, USB keyboard). And cheap, too. The ... 'Straddle keyboard even with postage was ... was expecting the Amstrad keyboard to have the ... like the normal Speccy membrane. But the Amstrad one ...keyboard mashersand joystick breakers... I have just been given a spare keyboard so my first thought was perhaps I might destroy it by hammering it to pieces on Dal…
... just been given a spare keyboard so my first thought was ... in the early speccy years, which is where my knowledge runs ... />
Which would be the best ones to smash this keyboard in ... with - and which are the real ...Unreal Tournament 3Is anyone here looking forward to Unreal Tournament 3 on the PC/XBox 360/PS3? The original Unreal Tournament (1999) is probably my favourite PC game …
... prefer TV and joypad to keyboard, mouse and sitting at a ... the sometimes excellent user mods which can't be used on ... .I. of the computer controlled characters barely increases at all (and ...
