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Working with DOS and Plus D disks on a +2A/+3Don't know if this will be of interest to anyone, but once in a while someone asks how to do it. Dominic Morris has given permission for WOS to distr…
... to anyone, but once in a while someone asks how to ... read/write disks formatted in MS-DOS or Plus D formats on a ... +3 (and maybe a ... to disassemble and add in the necessary extra poke ... code - it'll read the contents of a raw +D disc ... -
Upgrading the Humble Spectrum 128 +2 (Grey)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers I am at a subtle in-pass in my wants for one of my +2 motherboards. I received this mobo, DOA in a job lot from fleab…
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I am at a subtle in-pass in my wants for one ... have found a non-descript - sinclair looking PS2 keyboard that I will ... lovely to this I have read up on the "Not the ... allow me to connect a PS2 IBM keyboard and use it with ... -
Another 128K keyboard problemI purchased a mint condition 128K from a local vendor. The previous owner told me the computer had never been used before, and in fact it strongly lo…
... never been used before, and in fact it strongly looked like ... to be a pattern, I suspected a broken keyboard cable, and in fact, when ... not working due to such a little, hard-to-spot damage ... /> Looks like I'll need a new keyboard membrane, but does someone ... -
QL in bits from car boot saleI was at the car boot sale today, and I bought the following for ?40: * Spectrum+ * Tape recorder * An external Microdrive (no Interface 1 unfortuna…
... top cases, one with a keyboard
* A bottom case with motherboard< ... a bottom case (physically hacksawed in half)
* Another half a keyboard, physically hacksawed in ... on how to add a PS/2 keyboard to the QL, ... so I'm a bit worried ... -
traversing a multi-vertices graph structureWell, I'm on redesigning the route evaluation routine in my Fighting Fantasy utility, as the current method has some intractable bugs in it. The part…
... on redesigning the route evaluation routine in my Fighting Fantasy utility, as ... tracking incidences of passing through a location in a structure with up to ... megabyte of memory. In any particular structure only a very small number ... -
Kiwi OS for z80 computerHi everyone, Nearly made my z80 computer with 2K ROM 32K RAM. It has an OS im still writing called Kiwi (apple, blackberry, you get the idea ;D) he…
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IN A,($04) ;LOAD A WITH FUNCTION KEYBOARD
CP 01h ... br /> AGAIN_READ
IN A, (5) ;READ DATA FROM CONTROLLER
... READ
SRL A ;SHIFT A LEFT
LD C, A ;LOAD C WITH READ ... (5), A ;TOGGLE SCL
IN A, (5) ;READ SDA LINE ... -
Problems with a gray ZX Spectrum +2Hello. First of all, thank you for receiving me on this forum. I'll try to help everybody as well as I can Said that, I want to do two questions abo…
... get a built (or a kit to build) this adapter? I read about ... the DivIDE, but seems a bit too complex ... tried using a 15ohm resistor (as I read somewhere) in series to lower ... the 1.2Vpp signal to a ... -
Memory move routine?Hi Folks, I have been searching for the thread that covers the memory move routine that uses a$=b$ via DEF FN. I thought it was written by Battle B…
... covers the memory move routine that uses a$=b$ via DEF FN ... /> Could someone please point me in the right direction?
emulators which support H/V scroll bars?You know, for years I've been using Fuse with a pokey little 4" window and moaning about it because the resize arrows didn't (appear to) work, then I…
... ve been using Fuse with a pokey little 4" window ... to be asking in a minute, and I notice in the Fuse " ... less of it and a vertical scroll bar appears ... remains easy to read and I have a large area free ... the idiosyncrasies of the Spectrum keyboard. I thought that I ...Searching for a kids book - water leak, animal plumbers, picklesAs usual when I'm bored I tend to try and find stuff I read/saw in the dim, distant past :-D I'm trying to find a book I read in (I think) the mid-8…
... and find stuff I read/saw in the dim, distant past ... 'm trying to find a book I read in (I think) the ... mid-80s.
It was a ... loads of pickles floating around in a flooded house.
... about 10 when I read it so it wasn' ...PRINT a numerical value i.e. the scoreHow do you fo about printing a numerical value using the print routine in the ROM? For instance I have a value 0-255 and want to PRINT the result at…
... fo about printing a numerical value using the print routine in the ROM ... ?
For instance I have a value ... result at say 0,22 in blue ink/white paper.
ld a,2
call 5366
Making my game a TAP file??!!Hi- Wasn't sure where in the Forum to post this question, but I kinda asked it in hardware a while back n I'm still needing help... I really really c…
... br /> Wasn't sure where in the Forum to post this ... I kinda asked it in hardware a while back n I' ... some games I developed back in the 1990s.
They ... text only BASIC games, with a limited knowledge, but I ... this out for myself and read lots of answers as to ...Mini scroll routineI'm looking for a routine that scrolls a small section of the screen downwards and replaces it with nothing, 2 x 2 charcter blocks to be precise, to …
I'm looking for a routine that scrolls a small section of the screen ... ...
I seen a similar routine in 'Input' magazine many years ago ...New game from Kabuto Factory: "A.R.C.O.S."Hi everybody! After almost one year in production (...well... not so much... :roll:), we've got new release: A.R.C.O.S., a brick'em all with some sh…
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After almost one year in production (...well... not so much ... a spaceship which bounces an energy ball that destroys everything in ... lives. In addition, A.R.C.O.S. has a laser blast ... parallax routine was coded in assembler by our fellow RALF (thanks a ...Paypal pain in the A***Has anyone else had a nightmare updating a credit card on paypal? My card expired so I put in the new on... it said they took a pound out on the 16t…
Has anyone else had a nightmare updating a credit card on paypal?
in the new on... it said ... they took a pound out on the 16th ... that I need a code from... they didn't ... again they say they took a pound out on the 24th ...Marriage in Malinovka - a gift for AERJust a really quick gift by AAA Band, Mick and me to celebrate AER's today marriage, see it [URL="http://speccy-live.untergrund.net/2012/11/marriage-…
Just a really quick gift by AAA ... .untergrund.net/2012/11/marriage-in-malinovka/"]here[/URL].
Checksum routine wantedI wish to make a program that verify integrity of a Multiface 1 ROM. It is possible to compare each byte of the ROM against a binary dump, but this i…
... make a program that verify integrity of a Multiface ... of the ROM against a binary dump, but ... a routine that calculates a unique value from a sequence of bytes, something like a ... checksum. Searching in ...quick RAM copy using LET in BASICI'm in the process of reviewing, revising and refining all the programming tips & utility routines which I've posted on this forum over the last eigh…
... old clunky version did, but in a more aesthetically pleasing form. ( ... in LET a$=b$. a$ & b$ contain either a string expression (if referencing a ... free RAM). Although the routine will copy any length it ... 10 DEF FN p(a)=PEEK a+256*PEEK (a+1):
DEF ...Strider II (and others) + 3 disk versionsHello everyone, I've been working on converting some games to be able to load them from the +3 floppy. I started with single load games but now Im i…
... disk it will also fail in the same way.
Also I have a LDIR routine at 48641 which backups some ... /> ;ld a, (23388) ;read bankm
;ld (bankm), a ;stores bankm ... less the same as in the other conversions I ... with Strider II fails in the way I described ...Redefine keys routineHow would I go about making a memory efficient redefine keys routine? I only want to define up, down, left and right and reserve key 'H' for pause.…
... go about making a memory efficient redefine keys routine?
I ... .
The key scan routine in the game goes something like ... :
[CODE] ld a,239
in a, (254)
and 4 ...trying to read keyboardI have the speccy in interrupt mode 1 I used 'IM1' in assembly language then Im printing the contents of memoryu area 23560 to the screen: [quote] l…
... br /> I used 'IM1' in assembly language
LD A,#0
LD (#23560),A
LD A,(#23560)
in register A[/quote]
A' in ascii
Im even ... /> EDIT - it was one in the morning and I forgot ...LZ4 decoderI encountered the [URL="http://code.google.com/p/lz4/"]LZ4 compressor[/URL] a few weeks ago. Reading the [URL="http://fastcompression.blogspot.co.uk…
... counter
ld c,a ; store in byte counter
xor ... /> ;; The routine leaves carry clear
.getlength:
ld a,c ; read low ... (7T)
ld c,a ; store in byte counter (4T)
...Idiot man reads dexcription and buys anyway only to demand a refund...[url]http://www.nottinghampost.com/Warning-student-pays-pound-450-photo-Xbox/story-20263203-detail/story.html[/url] Just as the title says really. T…
... . This idiot read the description that said it was "a photograph" but ... admits that he read that it was a photograph so, in my mind ... at least, shouldn't get a refund as he read ... the description properly in the first ...Match Day - Maximum number of goals (?) and a bug compilationGreetings. I'm willing to share some stuff about old Ritman's classic Match Day, so let's get on with it. :smile: PART 1 ------ I was curious abo…
... ': continuation of 03, in which a goal is scored despite ... a score of 99 goals, another goal will be read< ... an FA Cup round in a 45 minute-per-half ... to see some graphic corruption in the clock, between
(in attraction mode, if you ...New game released: EXPLORER<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Courier New';">- EXPLORER -</span></div><div><span style="font-si…
... alternate vertical-scrolling version in a TV show, I ... an Assembly routine to scroll a screen window, in order to ... .
KEYBOARD CONTROLS*****************Default controls are compatible ... a cursor-joystick:LEFT = 5 / RIGHT = 8 / FIRE = 0
Keyboard ...Fuse - HelpAs some of you might have guessed already, I'm kind of doing a rampage on a lot of emulators, to test things out, and find the most suitable for deve…
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Maybe there is another read.me file somewhere that I ... works with some kind of keyboard shortcuts.
But not ...
OK, is there a keyboard reference anywhere in the (help) menus ?
a keyboard reference to this thing, ...My experience with a ZX Spectrum clone called Elwro 800 JuniorAfter a long break in using this forum (modellrailroading is my main hobby) I'm back and want to tell something about an interesting ZX Spectrum clon…
... "teacher" version computers in a class and seven "student ... computers. Eight computers worked in a JUNET and two "teacher" ... above the keyboard - it was originally a notes placeholder.< ... Elwirka" in polish
The keyboard is nice, however without a "click ...z80 assembly helpEver since I was a child I wanted to program my zx81 then my zx spectrum + 2. However, it was such a mystical beast and I only ever used BASIC not kn…
... did assembly I could read it but not understand ... calls the spectrum routine that uses the number in the accumulator and ... this calls the setxy routine
ld a,'*' - this loads the ... have question marks or a line with a question in it.
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