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Beebs Back in Education AgainBletchley Park Museum of Computing is running classes for A-Level students in computing using old BBC-Bs: [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-…
... BBCs. The PETs were gone after the first year though. We ... did all the tricks for mucking about with the Beebs ... applications. We even wrote a BBC BASIC emulator on the BBC ... BASIC, which would appear to work like the ordinary command line for a while. A ... -
Why do cars have gears?Seriously, as a non-driver I don't know why cars have gears. A mate of mine is buying a car and is thinking of getting an automatic, and he asked me …
... car has a faster idle speed for the first few minutes after starting ... engine hadn't really warmed up but the useless automatic choke ... cold, if it's run for a while, then been shut down 20 ... becomes very hard to get running again because the choke should ... -
XBox 1 hacker to testify in courtThis might be of some interest to some of us: "[COLOR=Blue]Andrew "Bunnie" Huang, the designer of the Chumby ( [COLOR=Red][URL]http://www.chumby.…
... /> + No user maintanance required for a console. Unlike the PC, and ... up to upgrade the graphics card every six months, and after ... and don't mind running at decent but ... Pentium 4 running as the speed of a 8MBhz 286, ... patch isn't out for a while, so people who ... -
VIC 20 on the SpectrumThe original "20 Commodes" program released for CSSCGC 2008 has been improved and now has its own entry in WoS. The improved code has been sitting on…
... "20 Commodes" program released for CSSCGC 2008 has been improved ... been sitting on my computer for a while now and I thought Oct ... 31st would be a suitable release date - after all what could ... be scarier than programming in CBM BASIC v2 ... -
Carmageddon port crashes and burns?Why did no one post on here that the DOS classic Carmageddon was being remaded to run on Windows (well, a coder was writing his own version of the ga…
... to get it running, and looking great, for a while, but then it ... pedestrians (which actually got boring after a while, destroying the other cars ... which can potentially get it up and running in hardware graphics mode ... see if he's keeping up the work, and if ... -
Gauntlet.Ive never realy understood how you are supposed to play gauntlet. Ive only ever played it one player on various systems and had little success every …
... on the telly even after the power was off...< ... was fine, bit of a headache but felt better in ... and I could see Gauntlet running on my walls. Everywhere ... br />
This got a little boring by 3am.
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Jet Set Willy 2What did everybody make of Jet Set Willy 2? I remember at the time i disliked it, I thought it was a cash in, and hated the way they just expanded t…
... and my cousin rushed to a local supermarket to purchase it ... play it and after playing on my speccy for a while he took it ... .
True it had the basic original layout but that meant ... see if they lead to a new room-good times :-)
ZXDS questions...Hi Folks, I am hoping someone on here knows something about [B]ZXDS[/B]. I have downloaded the program to my daughters [B]DSi[/B] (for testing purp…
... - if you were editing basic, you would be using the ... a list that is navigated via the cursor keys and enter (up ... don't find ~10sec for a 48k game that much, at ... can see the loading screen for a while. And once that's ... when I saw my program running on the wee DSi. ...The Duke Nukem Forever demo is due out, BUT...The playable demo of Duke Nukem Forever is (finally!) going to be released, on the 3rd of June, one week before the full game is released (on the 10t…
... a couple of dozen repetitive levels, with enemies that had only basic ... it and just give up and trade it in ... difficulty, as you save after you do anything right. ... easy or too difficult. For a while, consoles FPSs had it ... s three hour treks for the next save point, ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... past Brynhilder. It's a bit dodgy with the ... each of their HP up by 50. I cured ... the start of the fight after haste/vigilance.
for a while even though I'm just running about pressing A ... all the time. Not really much of a ...writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... 't use additional array for ports now :) The ... problem was that for some time I thought ... that another 64K array for ports was really unnecessary ... t run the tests for a while it's very possible ... up OK. Have you tried running any BASIC programs to test it out a ...Phantom downloadingI?m concerned about what?s happening to with the download rates on my broadband line. I?m using a meter to measure what?s happening and I find that s…
... whats running.
Also a list of your running services - at a command ... misleading you. I mean seconds after the PC establishes the broadband ... often doesn't come back for a while. That's what's happened ...The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim...has been confirmed! [url]http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=280129[/url] A direct sequel to Oblivion, and has been in developme…
... leaving the 'cave'. Is it a significantly better/different game than ... graphics and the large play area. But after playing it for a while you soon ...The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim...has been confirmed! [url]http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=280129[/url] A direct sequel to Oblivion, and has been in developme…
... graphics and the large play area. But after playing it for a while you soon ...You have one hour...You have one hour in which to convince a modern teenager that spending some time with a Spectrum rather than their XBox 360/PS3 might just be worth w…
... ) sat at the PC playing a very basic looking browser game (having ... from his 360 running around with a machine gun for a while). I say to ... might play one game maybe for a day or two then find ... new ideas from the ground up are needed to replace the ...Repairing a faulty 48K issue 2.I am investigating one of a pair of non-working issue 2 48K Spectrums that have been sitting in a cupboard untouched for quite a few years. I haven…
... 've written a very simple BASIC program that writes a chosen value to ... has changed. I've been running this over the display area ... the upper 32K of RAM for a while too and it didn't ... (to white - it only shows up when the surrounding area is ...DivIDEo - streaming video on the DivIDEThis has been a bit of a personal holy grail for years and years, so I'm very pleased to announce the release of DivIDEo, my streaming video system f…
... so that a new byte is sent to the AY after every ... is continuous, not "play audio for a while, then stop to copy some ... more likely if it's running from a real disk, rather than ... next frame and cause a slowdown, like running a Pentagon demo on an ...Planning ZX-CentralDear readers, as I would like to start programming on ZX-Central (the central application of ZX-Modules) in a few weeks, I'm looking for suggestions…
What is the basic role of the ZX-Central ... set up a windows machine with only the ZX-Central shell running, which ... able to replace all those basic functions, and being able to ... been following this development now for a while and have been facinated to ...Spectrum30 Show in Cambridge, 08th-09th September 2012Hello Spectrum-fans, after many months of preparation we now proudly present what will be the biggest Spectrum venue of the last 20 years. We manage…
... to the other after it's been on for a while. I can't ... the range I can allow for in one piece of ... s something to do with running over the interrupt time ... way. It's just a pain in a highly optimised, looped ... something I need to test for before release, but I ...Games translation to EnglishIn this thread will released translated games to English (for example Czech/Spanish games...) Here is first: [B]PEDRO NA OSTROVE PIRATOV[/B] origin…
... "[I]яхта[/I]" (yacht) for a game in BASIC which uses this kind ... that someone might help? Well, after the sources of the unfinished ... me) downloaded these, er, fapped for a while and then left them on ... It's possible to ask for help, though, considering that there ...ZXMAK2 - ZX Spectrum Virtual MachineHi guys! I'm glad to present you new version of my emulator! :) ZXMAK Version 2.6.2.3 ([URL="http://zxmak2.codeplex.com/releases/view/88804"]downlo…
... . uninstalling previous drivers and then running Driver Sweeper under Windows safe ... the emulator directory. I am running the PC as administrator. I ... was nothing inside after I used the emulator for a while. Moreover, if I ...EmuzWinHi folks I'm using EmuZWin and it's started running games super quick (not all games but some) I've tried messing around with speed settings but eve…
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EmuZWin is a good choice for running anything Russian, and anything ... basic, selecting commands with the mouse) ... For bigger projects, it has a ... its age, it stands up rather well... Lets not ... on to other things... For a while, EmuZWin was being ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
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The emu is PCSX2 for anybody who's dabbled or ... up and running without the wizard telling me I'm a ... around with PS2 stuff for a while and that was the ... USB guitar lead for the Xbox after discovering that my ... I got the UK version for the 360. At least ...Ay Real Time Synthetizer SoftwareSpectlemen and Spectladies!It's been a long time that I'd like to ask this.... I ask thee to create a new musical software for our ZX Spectrum machi…
... least we can support this for a while, and there seems to be ... . Certainly there is no BASIC routine for accepting MIDI input and [...][/quote ... ) activate the AY.
For a MIDI solution, I'd hope ... to reply the other posts after I wake up. Too tired.)Summary care recordsWhat on earth is this rubbish through our door? Opt out schemes are awful. I think I'll send them one of my own. [I]Dear NHS, You will buy x1 Sp…
... a right either. Like the international declaration of basic human rights for ...
Now stop and think for a while...
We're ... Frank Triggs.
But after several years, this changed to ... yourself have we grown up in a modern slave camp called ...Z80 Assembler for Win7 PC (64-bit)Does anybody know where I can get a decent Z80 assembler that will work on my 64-bit Win7 PC? I tried the first one in the WoS utilities and it would…
... z80 into BASin and ZXSpin for a while
D ... normal assembler syntax in a number of useful ways, ... even know something as basic as this about the ... it out before making a complete tit of themself... ... after I dropped out. But since I'd posted a link to a ...Did C64 sell more units in UK than the Spectrum?Interesting [URL="http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/2297680/the-home-computing-era-from-conception-to-consumerisation?utm_source=taboola&utm_me…
... sold loads and after i had the spectrum for a while i changed to ... was easier to get software for.
Wish i never ... , nothing fantastic and all in basic but i got rid of ... /> I programmed Mastermind in basic :-) plus a few things with matchstick men ...1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.
... lift. Squashing the rat leaves a large smear of blood under the ... kill leaves a nice blood stained question mark behind. After that though ... more and more blood builds up until it starts to ... software wise) quite fun for a while if a little frustrating at times, ...1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.
... lift. Squashing the rat leaves a large smear of blood under the ... kill leaves a nice blood stained question mark behind. After that though ... more and more blood builds up until it starts to ... software wise) quite fun for a while if a little frustrating at times, ...Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…
... -states circle inc a:jp (hl) and records after each interrupt the ... the same basic accuracy. I actually meant for a while to write a post on ... had time to get the basic facts together.
I ... at the specified T cycle after ULA (or "ULA" in case ...
