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Storing two 4 bit values in one byteHi Folks, Another little tip to share although I suspect this one will be known to a lot of you out there. ;-) I wanted the ability to store two 4 …
... share although I suspect this one will be known to a ... bit numbers (values 0-15) in 1 byte. Whilst thinking about ... -
Loading arrays in BASin...Hi Folks, I have been playing with loading and saving arrays from BASIC in BASin. By trapping the SAVE command the DATA can be saved to a .TAP file…
... been playing with loading and saving arrays from BASIC in BASin. By ... />
[INDENT][B]R File Loading Error[/B]
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FS: Spectrum 48K & 128K with games & magsHi, Having a bit of a loft clearance and i'm looking to get rid of my old speccy stuff, would rather it went to a good home than a scrap heap. I've…
... be fixable, keys are generally in good condition but black paint ... /> 128K, one of the more original 128K ones before Amstrad bought them, looks in ... of crash or the withdrawn one though, but do have about ... get rid of it all in one go, but I suspect any ... -
Around the world in 60 minutes - speccy soundsI was watching this BBC 4 documentary on the I Player. It was called Around the World in 60 Minutes and was narrated by David Morrisey. It followed…
... was called Around the World in 60 Minutes and was narrated ... followed the International space station in one orbit of the Earth.
loading from tape, as the writing ... -
2 blown PSUs in one dayI got a SAM Coupe today, and the PSU started to smoke as soon as I turned it on. Since the Spectrum +3 PSU looked up to powering the SAM, I wired to…
... fine - and plugged it in. I was getting 5V ... a look in the PSU and sure enough one of ... got a new one and put it in. Still the ... I think I shorted one of the 5V pins ... to 12V, resulting in a burning smell and ... want to blow the new one.
Thanks,
Pip The Pipistrelle[color=red]*COMING SOON*[/color] Pip The Pipistrelle I am going to put all the game details,instructions and story here now and simply update this t…
... try to possibly add a loading screen,draw a title ... gives a silent hiss in pain,one of his legs is ... of the tower is one screen wide with the ... block and they are mixed together so if you keeep pushing in one ... /> Time to reflect is one of the quiet walk-through ...The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…
... (DESCHK)
'D': data block checksum error (DCHK)
Data block ("D") errors _could_ be thrown ... much intact. Just one single "R" error in one sector will kill ... wait about 1/2s, start loading sectors and transfer the sectors ...ZX Spectrum +2 128K keyboard problemsHey folks New to the forum, wondering if you guys can help me out. I have just recently been given a ZX +2 128K in beautiful condition, powers up fi…
... been given a ZX +2 128K in beautiful condition, powers up fine ... a good place to pick one up?
Any help ...Converting games to disk: difficult loadersThis thread has an spanish version in foro speccy, but I haven't gathered enough information to overcome my problems. I've been converting some game…
... and jumps to that block. That block, loads another block and does the ... to the loading routine. Jumping from code block to code block is very ... routine move data while still loading. Also, in 128k games, it does load ...K7ZX - Best encoding?Is there a "best" or most reliable encoding scheme in K7ZX (can't use Otla - won't let me save as an SBB)? The ones I've used are Milks and FSK, alth…
... or most reliable encoding scheme in K7ZX (can't use Otla ... be nice if there were one that worked on ALL programs ... keep getting errors like "Nonsense in BASIC", "Integer out of range ... and in its entirety? (Tried as original loading, many blocks and one block, with ...Wrong in-game screenshot displayed in One Day Cricket By CRL GroupThe one displayed now: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002891[/url] belongs to a game with the same name, but a type-in: [u…
The one displayed now:
[url] ... same name, but a type-in:
[url]http://www ... the ingame for the CRL one ;)new esxDOS beta 0.8.4I've made a video of the new esxDOS beta firmware version 0.8.4 kindly sent to me by Phoenix^ra a couple of days ago for testing. The main new featur…
... loading system....
This disk system was made in ... 17 would work on pentagon, 128K & +2, but not ... which fill the entire RAM in one go.
... who doesn't have one of these boards please ... get one while they're being ...Font hack that was used in a lot of early gamesThere was a little hack for changing the fonts on a spectrum and I remember it being used in a couple of old games on the 48k, it was a sort of ye od…
... remember it being used in a couple of ... text. It was published in one the Your Sinclair magazines, ... my memory or point me in right direction?
one that didnt take a new line on your screen$ loading ... image....sure these were all in YS'91 ...Zx spectrum +2 128k stuff, what is it worth?Hey everyone, first post. Pretty poor place to introduce yourself but couldn't find a newbie section or anything. I'm an n64 collector mainly, Aswel…
... spectrum.
Got no interest in these things (I'm only ... Sinclair zx spectrum +2 128k consoles, one I played some years ago ... /> Cookie
Psst
Formula one simulator
Galactic tro.....? (Covered ... br /> Speed king 2
One man and his droid
The 'end of year' screenshot challenge - Part One[b][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Part One[/COLOR][/b] As I decided to have all 40 in one topic was too much, so two topics of 20 each. Similar to the other cha…
... decided to have all 40 in one topic was too much, so ... the other challenges. These speccy loading screens were inverted, ie upside ...Under development: COUSIN HORACE - with playable demoHi fellow Spec-chums, for the first time ever, I am publicly disclosing some details about a game I am currently working on. It is an epic adventure…
... like in-between screens
[*]Runs on 48K and 128K; tested ... under emulation for compatibility with Timex 2068
[*]Comes in ... be entered upon loading the next one in order to start ... voice - an unknown, eerie one - intimates US Horace to go ...Help please converting loading screen in to a .tap file for recordingI have a Spectrum loading screen that I require to be loaded in to an emulator so that you can see it loading in (Paper 0, Ink7) and have that loadin…
... a Spectrum loading screen that I require to be loaded in to ... that you can see it loading in (Paper 0, Ink7) and have ... that loading sequence recorded to be inserted in to a video ...Pentac does not have loading screenThis game: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003655[/url] does not use loading screen, the one now in the entry is just the sc…
This game:
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003655[/url]
does not use loading screen, the one now in the entry is just the screen after the game has loaded.best of this modern "all-in-one-retro consoles"I'm thinking on buying one of this for christmas? I was doing a bit of search and I found this 2 the RETRON 5 and the SUPER RETRO TRIO [url]http:…
I'm thinking on buying one of this for christmas?
< ... pretty much every console game in there. (can't seem to ... />
Who has recently got one of the consoles and what ...New Manic Miner Remake written in AGK Basic and available on Mac OS X and Windows.<div style="font-weight: normal;">Hi,</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">I've released a re-write of …
... did in the 90's for Manic Miner.
This one is ... loading screen, the game will show you how to complete it in one ... ?
If you are interesting in learning how this was made ...Saving and loading data in assembly.I want to add a save and load feature to an project I'm working on. Since it's not that much data in size I thought I'd use the ROM functions, but ho…
... 's not that much data in size I thought I'd ... I go about doing this in assembly?
I found ... .org/ldbytes.html which explains loading (haven't tried it yet ...Automating creation of multi-part .tap filesI'm experimenting with Zeus (Windows cross-assembler not the native one) because it has source debugging. So far it looks very promising. Up unti…
... cross-assembler not the native one) because it has source ... very large), while I'm loading NIRVANA+ near the top ... file of a single memory block, about 12KB larger than ... taking account of the gap in between. At least I ... I can open it in ZX Block Editor and see the ...Sinclair Spectrum 128k in very good condition (Toastrack)On sale on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-128K-TOASTRACK-in-MINT-conditions-/172575042019 If someone is interested on it.…
On sale on eBay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-128K-TOASTRACK-in-MINT-conditions-/172575042019
If someone is interested on it.
Have a nice bid.128k memory musingI've been pondering on the 128k memory thing a bit, and it's just bloody stupid. The 64k memory space is divided in four chunks. One is always los…
... memory space is divided in four chunks. One is always lost to ... to page in memory there. Second chunk is "lost" to one of ... buffering is one of the major selling points of going 128k in the ... need to be banked in in order to render, one of those will ...TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... listen I get a loading signal in both ears) but ... /> YS used some strange loading stripe colours. Blue and white ... stripes for the turbo loading blocks... at least the ... Smash Tape 24, the one with Wonderboy on it ... the extra bytes in the fourth block are for the ...Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…
... some graphics pre-defined. The block graphics from the number keys ... original commands.
And one of the banks is a ... each character comprised 8 bytes - one bit per pixel, making up ... per row problem. Once character in one line is kinda neat though ...Finding the issue.My sister recently found our old Speccy in her loft and having no interest in retro gaming promptly put it in the bin. Her husband text me and I res…
... /> It's the black 128k +2A, and on a superficial ... very briefly see the loading lines in the boarder. It ... replaced the rubber bands in case they were too ... cassettes themselves and bought one of those tape adapters ... cassette player and tried loading a game that ...SPIN Public Beta 0.1b Available for downloadHi all, back again, and as just recently announced on CSS, SPIN has been updated. Here's the post to CSS (or the relevant parts): It's been a bu…
... loaded in all 128k spectrum modes froze the emulator midway through loading. ( ... ) It loaded with no problems in 48k mode.
... again (as the 128k version wants all the levels in one load) and ... halfway through, as it abandons loading when it's got the ..."La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…
... .
SPECTRUM 128K or +2 LOAD ""
In this version the ... 3 parts are loaded in one go , except for the saved ... a message will display < Loading saved game>
Those ... by pressing CTRL , and simultaneously one of the 10 function keys ...
