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Harlequin clone...PCB manufactured!Using Chris Smith's detailed schematics and project notes from the Harlequin... a Speccy fan in the United States by the name of Don (Superfo) has de…
... low signal level while loading tape files from audio sources like PC ... -
16k Issue 2 board and DivIDE load errorsI today got an Issue 2 16k board (thank you PMSR) that i added the logic and ram on to get a 48k machine. However, I am unable to load software from …
... strange, since my 4S loads from this signal without problems. And ... />
Might he problem with loading from audio source through EAR and ... loading .tap files from DivIDE be related?
Random number from a rangeHow can I generate in assembly a random number from a range, let's say 0-21 or 0-57? There are generators which make it 0-255. By using bit masks I…
... say I want a number from the range 0-44.
routine, though - if you're generating ... build a 'multiply by 44' routine from a fixed sequence of shifts ... /> However, this method still suffers from uneven distribution due to the ...Random number from a rangeHow can I generate in assembly a random number from a range, let's say 0-21 or 0-57? There are generators which make it 0-255. By using bit masks I…
... build a 'multiply by 44' routine from a fixed sequence of shifts ... /> However, this method still suffers from uneven distribution due to the ... doesn't have six numbers from 0-255 mapping to another ...DIGI SCAN or DIGISCAN (missing tech?)(Also see [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41058"]this thread[/URL]. ) What is known about this DIGISCAN (upper right co…
... of using a lot of external stuff in his Quill/PAWS ... Mutant, which consisted in calling external routines to give the game ... something like that, calling some external routine to use digitized graphics in ...High Score ASCII array reset ?Hey guys, Noob alert! I'm working on my first game and I'm having problems with the high score on the second time through the game loop. My high …
... that you are calling the routine from "score" which first time around ... ) and then use a separate routine to convert the binary version ... into the text. The same routine can convert both the score ...New game from Retrobytes Productions: The World War Simulator: PART 1The first game from this spanish retrogroup is now out :) There is an english version, and a spanish one, its a game mixing strategy and arcade The d…
... with faste and smaller PutChars Routine from Britlion, saving much memory.
SPECTRA New from Paul FarrowLooks good! Read about it [URL="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Spectrum/Spectra/SpectraInterface.htm"]here[/URL]
... ons which have their own external memory". Looking at some ... to prevent an external device from paging in an external ROM and ... which might then prevent SPECTRA from working reliably). The schematics I ... simply as possible to switch from the first address to ...Fast-Loading Audio FilesI've been trying to load Wave and MP3 files into an emulator (to simulate the loading experience), but I want to speed them up so it takes seconds an…
... rather than use fast edge loading if you want to "experience ... " the loading (with noise) but have it ... some degree of variation in loading speed or just other random ... files. Why are you loading them externally from your emulator? I think ...TKMEM - the 128K interface for 16K SpectrumsHello all! Here in Brazil, we have made a small production of an interface, totally based on Velesoft?s memory expansion ([url]http://velesoft.speccy…
... U][B]Info about loading 128kB snapshots from DIVIDE to TKMEM 128 ... memory mirroring for loading all 128kB pages from Z80 snapshots. ... is different screen (screen before loading snap).
... 8.0 use correct loading videoram data from all snapshots. On ...SpecDrum on later Spectrums?Would one of you happen to know if the Cheetah SpecDrum interface can be used on the later Spectrum models, or is it for the 48K only?
Spectrum CP/MHello.. Just out of curiosity, has anyone actually used +3 CP/M for any practical purpose? I remember booting it up a couple of times years ago, jus…
Are you sure? I specifically remember the friend loading Batman directly from CP/M and a Head over Heels PCW disc I borrowed from a fellow Archeology student ran from CP/M.Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
... OK with TAP2DSK to run from +3 disk.
Here's ... either use a tape load routine from within the game or jump ... split into 16kb (max) blocks from (hard) disk to a reconstructed ...What is this???? :OLooking in ebay, I found this!: [url]http://www.ebay.it/itm/Simulatore-di-Spectrum-per-Commodore-64-128-Retrocomputer-cassetta-/290861910864?pt=Retr…
Very interesting though, I suspect that could even write some 6502 machine code - store it in some DATA lines, Poke it to RAM and then call the routine from basic.
very cool if that could be done like that!TAB - Text Adventure BuilderOk. I wasn't exactly sure which forum to post this, so mods feel free to move to relevant section.. Remember all those old text adventures written w…
SOunds a great system - any plans to build an import from PAW files?The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... ]how[/i] to include a loading screen even. Not that I ... old competitions, it seems loading screens changed from being frowned upon for ... .
Obviously there weren't loading screens in Cassette 50, so ... takes ages to craft a loading screen, and my games only ...The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... old competitions, it seems loading screens changed from being frowned upon for ... .
Obviously there weren't loading screens in Cassette 50, so ... takes ages to craft a loading screen, and my games only ... program that will join a loading screen to a game.
The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... old competitions, it seems loading screens changed from being frowned upon for ... included not only a (crap) loading screen but also encoded the ...What Spectrum projects (Software/Games/Utility)(Hardware)(Others) are you working on?So, basically that :) You dont have to give names or more clues if you dont want to ;) Also, if you are working on more than one, you can tell all of…
... a dream: Developing a Filmation routine from de scratch.
I?ve ...What Spectrum projects (Software/Games/Utility)(Hardware)(Others) are you working on?So, basically that :) You dont have to give names or more clues if you dont want to ;) Also, if you are working on more than one, you can tell all of…
... a dream: Developing a Filmation routine from de scratch.
I?ve ...New presentation for ZX Spectrum: "New Wave"DOWNLOAD: [url]http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=61133[/url] [img]http://pouet.net/screenshots/61133.png[/img] Enjoy.
... least imply that a replacement loading/compiling routine could be written without ...What adventure came with the PAW from Gilsoft?I got some information about a Spanish text adventure, el Firfurcio, which says that it was based on a game called "TEWK" which came along with the P…
A link to the solution on CASA.
[url]http://solutionarchive.com/file/id,764/[/url]
I guess if The Ticket is preserved separately then TEWK should probably be. Would be fairly easy to save out a standalone version from PAW.What adventure came with the PAW from Gilsoft?I got some information about a Spanish text adventure, el Firfurcio, which says that it was based on a game called "TEWK" which came along with the P…
... save out a standalone version from PAW.[/QUOTE]
That would ...Cassettes are the future![url]http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628875.500-cassette-tapes-are-the-future-of-big-data-storage.html[/url]
Loading Farcry 3 from tape for 16 days and then getting R tape loading error would suck big time.Bounding into the App Store in the morning - Spectaculator 5Happy 31st Birthday, ZX Spectrum! [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIfVWmpCEAAQ84S.png[/IMG] :) Jon.
... 've got a load more from Zenobi to add along with ... that relies on the loading of data from one part to another ...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…
You could take a look at Pete Cooke's keyboard scanning routine from Tau Ceti and Micronaut One, which was published as [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/yoursinc/ys8710pp.zip]Star Tip 5[/url] in Your Sinclair Oct'87.running this game in zxspin assemblerHello all I've written this game out in the zxpin assembler. [url]http://chuntey.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/tutorial-zx-spectrum-machine-code-game-30-m…
... use a variation the random routine from the game at the end ...Timex 2048 + Interface 2When playing with ZXC3 cartridge (very nice piece of HW from Paul - highly recommended), I connected original Sinclair IF2 to TC2048 and... no joysti…
... if you try to read from address 254 ('IN $FE') for ... design didn't block external hardware from responding, so external hardware could simulate ...How to test Z80 Code?Hi All, Is there a way to test a block of z80 code (nothing speccy specific in it) with many different inputs? The reason I ask is that I'm writing…
Loading and saving from tape would seem to be the obvious way to do it.How to test Z80 Code?Hi All, Is there a way to test a block of z80 code (nothing speccy specific in it) with many different inputs? The reason I ask is that I'm writing…
[QUOTE=Philip Kendall;702236]Loading and saving from tape would seem to be ...
