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  • Opus Discovery - copy 170k disks to 800k disksHi guys, I'm new here, and a newbie in the spectrum world. My opus has two disk drive, a pc drive as 1, and the original one as 2. 6116 ram chip a…

    Might be useful when copying:
    http://zxspectrum.hal.varese.it/opus.htm
    SPECTRUM DISCOVERY CLUB LIBRARY DISC - Library disc 01
    "opus tool" for filecopy
    I wish you much success,
    Günter
    Spezzi63 Spezzi63 March 2017 Hardware
  • Remainder (Mod) calculationsI've been figuring out how to calculate remainders after integer division by a constant divisor k (A mod k = A % k). I found that for most small di…

    ... n of any size could be reduced, relatively short and ... small.

    These routines might be useful when you want to find the ... // k), the usual calculation would be faster: E.g. multiply back ... divisibility for nonzero numbers can be found in 14 bytes, by ...
    Magne Magne October 2021 Assembler
  • Starting out...I've just knocked up a very quick guider for getting up and running quickly with an editor/assembler/emulator for anyone interested. It's based on C…

    ... I used.

    I might try compiling a "rosette stone ... on a favorite assembler, it might be useful when looking at others code or ...
    kilauea kilauea October 2010 Development
  • Double Buffer UtilityHi Folks, I've been experimenting with double buffering on a 48k Speccy for a small project I'm working on. After reading lots of good advice here…

    ... entered at runtime. It might be useful to someone else so ... />
    #Usage
    #-When run you are asked to ... row that we are copying will be 10 characters wide.
    copying from
    self.destXPos = ...
    KrazyKattapilla KrazyKattapilla August 2014 Development
  • 3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…

    ... something like said languages when drinking too much alcohol, ... br /> Cheers so much for copying/pasting code examples, just pasted ... Midnight sounds as if it might be useful, cheers :)

    @ ... br /> Oh, and Blitz will be getting looked at...

    CKay CKay September 2004 Development
  • HD enclosures - might be of some use to someone?Basically, it's an external 'icy box' 3.5" HD enclosure but i've taken out the circuit board that was in there and power supply gubbins for an embedd…

    ... are flying leads for. Could be useful for someone looking for a ...
    Quazar Quazar April 2007 Sales
  • YSRnRY: Things might be a bit wibbly...Just switching webservers, there might be some oddness.

    Just switching webservers, there might be some oddness.
    NickH NickH May 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…

    ... .

    While some people might disagree with me deleting old ... ]I have left anything that might be useful to people[/b], and it ... start a thread. You might also be able to pick up some ... ZX Spectrum SE ROMs which when used in place of the ...
    chev chev February 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Small Machine Code Routines Which Maybe UsefulAs part of creating Flynn's Adventure in Bombland I created a lot of little routines to do all sorts of things. A lot of these I created based on inp…

    ... created from scratch. Thought it might be useful to post some of these ... done some things may not be the most optimal but I ... I would have found it useful to review these while I ... game :-) and if this is useful for anybody will post some ...
    TomD TomD April 2011 Development
  • Large box of joysticks for saleHiya! I've got a box of 13 joysticks + a couple of repair jobs and a broken interface for sale. I did make some more extensive notes whilst testing …

    ... a crack in the casing when packing them up... d'oh ... rest works ok so maybe useful for spares or something?
    might be useful for repairs or parts etc ...
    richl richl September 2013 Sales
  • My first Greasemonkey script, up for testingI've decided to play with Greasemonkey and javascript today. (Greasemonkey is an add-on under Firefox)<br><br>Here's my first script written purely f…

    ... purely for testing, but it might be useful for other people too.
    useful or if it doesn't ... : Remember to uninstall the script when Infoseek is finished!
    Timmy Timmy May 2015 Chit chat
  • Creating a ZX Spectrum Development Environment on Mac OS XI’ve been using a Macbook for a while now and am so impressed with it I decided shift my ZX Spectrum development from PC. It took me a little while t…

    ... to Windows). Thought this might be useful to others who have ... run but it is useful if you want to ... from one minor thing. When you load an existing ... the file selector should be linked to your Document ...
    Pasmo should now be installed so test by typing ...
    TomD TomD July 2015 Development
  • System Shock 3 might be on the way!First, Night Dive Studios (a relatively new company, dedicated to making old games available, and to remaking old games) acquired the rights to sell …

    ... if the rumours are to be believed.

    Then it ... , yes if it does it might be dumbed down so far that ... and fairly complex then it might still not feel like a ... this could turn out to be a really good game, and ...
    ewgf ewgf December 2015 Chit chat
  • Prportional Ascii text scrollerA couple of years ago I wrote a little scroller that nestles at the top of RAM (FFCA - 65482) and scrolls standard Ascii encoded text from anywhere y…

    ... the possibility to auto repeat when it comes to the end ... message to repeat.

    might be useful to someone;

    [code ...
    Arkannoyed Arkannoyed August 2018 Development
  • Pixel Editor Pro - a new webapp for editing pixel artHey Spec Chums, Don't know if anyone's interested, but I've been working on a pixel art editing webapp that might be useful for potential retro de…

    ... pixel art editing webapp that might be useful for potential retro devs. ... /> 2. how the app might be improved.
    3. what improvements ... which the user is hovering when editing a single tile< ... the app. All feedback will be gratefully received.

    Michael McLarnon Michael McLarnon January 2019 Development
  • Re PSI Chess and others...After reading about Ed's 36 hour decoding mission on PSI Chess, I feel that the one thing we need is a totally comprehensive instructions section. I …

    ... it strikes me that it might be useful to split the "Games info ... & solutions". As things stand, when I download a file from ... -alone instructions section, which should be preserved on its own. What ...
    Ed Ed February 2002 Games
  • My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …

    ... particularally useful for writing stuff to VRAM. RAM contention is off when ... /> D5 - Disable paging (and epaging? Might be useful if 48k programmes cause problems ... RAM pages 0-3
    When Spectrum mode is needed RAM00 ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Text compressionI'm sure I remember seeing a short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine listings magazine way back in the mists of time, w…

    ... 'll keep trying, as this might be useful.

    It ... AT 0,41; would be a valid statement.
    ... will allow it to be transported to any other ... punctuation (etc.) won't be a problem. This method ... character set as machine code when finished.

    ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone October 2003 Games
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... respectively).
    * Kempston Joystick can be read in port 31: IN ... - useful if you hate the buzz that satirically mocks you when you ... system and generally should not be POKEd. However, some of ... />
    These will be of more use when using ROM routines in ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…

    ... proposal ISN'T MEANT to be full and strict *.tap replacement ... of the tape, which could be partially emulated, and there's ... might be useful in many cases. That wildcarded load is one of them - when ...
    zilog zilog July 2006 Emulators
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... a single-byte attribute identifier. When drawing background for a specific ... code as index. Likewise, when doing the colour, the 8 ... engine to rotate attributes right when the sprite is shifted ... occurs to me that it might be useful for generating 16x16 mode 2 ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2006 Development
  • EightyOne site down?Has anyone else had problems trying to get onto Mikes site?

    ... best as I can. It might be useful.

    "Comments regarding ... the emuspec.dck. And when I'm in Timex mode ... do a fast CAT 1 (when using MDR) without major ... do it and it might even look like if ... br />
    It would be interesting to see the emulation ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…

    ... white noise routine as used when you hit the submarine in ... still related to LFSRs and might be useful for someone :p
    Woody Woody March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…

    Here's another link that might be useful:

    [URL="http://www. ... IDE media: Which firmware could be used to load files bigger ... way to be able to see that video file when we run ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2008 Development
  • Xbox questionThe original that is, not the 360. Last night I re-inherited my old Xbox from my nephew. It's a chipped console with something like the Xecutor chi…

    ... to be working perfectly on it but if I remember correctly when ... of Slayers you use, you might have some emulators installed on ... pm me, but any answers might be useful to other people so it ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2009 Chit chat
  • 25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…

    ... .

    While some people might disagree with me deleting old ... ]I have left anything that might be useful to people[/b], and it ... start a thread. You might also be able to pick up some ... ZX Spectrum SE ROMs which when used in place of the ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack February 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Did you ever had such a good idea...... that you thought about registering it and developping it for the market? I now have an idea for a new kind of puzzle. The first puzzles creat…

    [QUOTE=Vampyre;336204]When you write a book what ... ]

    We need to be clear about the difference between ... - but this is only (potentially) useful for showing that you own ... his [i]program[/i], this might be useful - but he isn't; he ...
    gasman gasman February 2009 Chit chat
  • Anybody got a hack for PAW'd games?Has anybody got a hack to browse the text in PAW'd games?

    ... .[/QUOTE]

    Hehe, well when I started the thread, I ... I thought it would, but might be useful for some people who don ...
    mulder mulder January 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How do you start?ok just humour me, ive always wanted to code but never got round to it apart from the real basics ie:- 10 print "hello" 20 print 30 goto 10 i coul…

    ... sources... In the course of copying and pasting and typing other ... it so that it can be dropped in as an includable ... />
    And all that documentation might be useful for someone else. They do ...
    Gedlion Gedlion February 2010 Development
  • Infoseek as a web serviceFollowing up from [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30438"]this thread[/URL], what sort of abilities would emulator and ot…

    ... 't see why not. This might be useful for those writing more elaborate ... ]

    In this case, when an emulator/tool queries infoseek ... [/B] field (which will be guaranteed to be present in the returned ... . This field may not even be necessary but I don't ...
    Arjun Arjun July 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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