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Loading via minidiscHiya I know this might sound a bit strange but has anybody experimented with loading spectrum games via a minidisc player? I`m trying to work out how…
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A question about connecting PC'sThis will I am sure, sound like a dumb question to those that know about such things. Anyway, if I got my Windows XP laptop, and connected it to m…
You cant link two PC's together with a USB ... last number of each machine's IP is different. You ... gateway' or 'DNS server' IP's as long as you are ... over the current logged on user's username and password over ... background so if the same user exists on the other ... -
Emulation Feedback** Extended RTM sessions could over-tax the CPU.
... that you implemented 'real tape mode'. I just said ... and shallowness.
Real tape mode is just realtime ... Klive has only 'real real tape mode'... It has no ... but does have a real tape mode.
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Emulation Feedback** Extended RTM sessions could over-tax the CPU.
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The Real Tape mode does exactly the same ... * real tape mode, but it's different. In real tape mode, the ... loader combined with it's real tape mode to prove your ... is stopped in real tape mode? Just don't ... -
xbox 360. Confirmed! it's going to be a flop.Yep, Jeff Minter is developing for it. [url="http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/08/news_6128788.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6128788"]http://ww…
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Bookworms ahoy!What's everyone reading now? I've just finished part 3 (Ptolemy's Gate) of Bartimaues Triology series. Fantastic stuff with an immensely satisfying …
... , I just finished Nick Mason's book on Pink Floyd. I'm ... now tackling "the hitckhiker's guide to the galaxy", to ... week I read Dan Simmon's Hyperion and the fall of ... -
The 1 millionth White Spectrum shockerAccording to my (direct) source, Sir Clive Sinclair no longer owns the White Spectrum... I wonder where it's at... I asked but I haven't received an…
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games that only you seemed to playi was....and still am , a big fan of the automata games...groucho, pimania , new wheels john etc. also the game called 'the biz' i remember playing …
... by playing Jean Michel Jarre's "Equinox" in the background.
Reading Sinclair User's review of Explorer I am ... was mirrored by Your Sinclair's ascendance, ascension, and near transcendance ... -
Emulator File types...SNA/TAP/TZX/Z80/ZXS All I knew about the Spectrum was how to play games on it, but since being introduced to pc emulations back in '97 I've always w…
... difference is that the Z80's registers are PUSHed onto the ... that they are loaded from tape like on a real machine ... load the next level from tape, the snapshotted game will try ... load that data from tape, but where's the tape?
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Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
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Which looks 'real'?Out of Spin and Spectaculator, which looks and 'feels' most like a real Speccy to you? I mean in terms of border size / playing area the look of the …
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Which looks 'real'?Out of Spin and Spectaculator, which looks and 'feels' most like a real Speccy to you? I mean in terms of border size / playing area the look of the …
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Mirroring of user's room (possible via WEB CAM ... the Spectrum screen on it's side for instance?
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How to Write ZX Spectrum Games As some of you may know, it has long been my intention to produce a document which explains pretty much everything I have learned - and am still lea…
I've only read the first few pages, and I am very impressed. I will print the document out for later reading.
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Marketing oddity...Take the 1986 releases from Elite: Paperboy 1942 Space Harrier BombJack Scooby Doo Ghosts'n' Goblins As far as I can tell by looking at their casse…
... therefore smaller than Paperboy/1942's double-tape-sized boxes, but I ... companies started selling single-tape games in double-tape boxes. I'm ... (IMHO) was Beau Jolly's [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... all 12 games on ONE tape (and Dandy was a multiload ... -
MEMPTR finally crackedThis post is mainly for emulator developers. As you may be well know there is a misterious internal register in Z80 CPU (MEMPTR) which value is set …
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Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
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IDE InterfaceHi all, I've found a diagram for an 8-bit IDE interface...[url]http://www.zxplus3e.plus.com/interface.html[/url] It looks nice and simple and, if I…
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... May (Eek! And it's a French exam as well ... that I am an emulator user. *hangs head in shame ... 're brainy without boasting? It's a tricky one.
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Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
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Does that mean that there's a tape version of Egghead 4 in the pipeline? I'd buy it if there was. :)
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Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
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A Public Service AnnouncementThis thread is here for anyone to plug brand-new websites. I'll read it, so you'll get at least some marketing/exposure out of it... I'll start the …
... on my "go to this user's home page" is now better ... than ever - it's even got a 'ZX Cornah ... ' but I dare say it's cr@p compared to WoS ... -
It's a mystery, and it needs to be solved right away!Here's one for all you sci-fi enthusiasts in Speccy-land. I remember seeing a film about 15 or 16 years ago about a disturbed teenager who believed h…
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PS3 - Wintel killer?What do most households use computers for? Here's what I think are the core uses: Games Word processor Spreadsheet Web browsing Email Instant messag…
... run on Windows. If it's the apps that decide the ... long as the average home user can perform the tasks he ... games console. That's the task the average user's going to expect ... -
It's a mystery, and it needs to be solved right away!Here's one for all you sci-fi enthusiasts in Speccy-land. I remember seeing a film about 15 or 16 years ago about a disturbed teenager who believed h…
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PS3 - Wintel killer?What do most households use computers for? Here's what I think are the core uses: Games Word processor Spreadsheet Web browsing Email Instant messag…
... going to be on console's why not Windows as well ... games console. That's the task the average user's going to expect ... uses it to watch DVD's when my niece isn't ... trying to convey - primarily it's a game console, yes, but ... -
It's a mystery, and it needs to be solved right away!Here's one for all you sci-fi enthusiasts in Speccy-land. I remember seeing a film about 15 or 16 years ago about a disturbed teenager who believed h…
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It's a mystery, and it needs to be solved right away!Here's one for all you sci-fi enthusiasts in Speccy-land. I remember seeing a film about 15 or 16 years ago about a disturbed teenager who believed h…
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It's a mystery, and it needs to be solved right away!Here's one for all you sci-fi enthusiasts in Speccy-land. I remember seeing a film about 15 or 16 years ago about a disturbed teenager who believed h…
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