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A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…
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The Crystal MazeDear WOS, I thought about conceptualising a Speccy game based on the classic 1990s game show "The Crystal Maze", which has recently returned to TV…
... by pressing buttons on a module, to unlock a safe containing ... /> Mouse? Yes.
[b]Memory Test: [/b]
ALSO new ... : [/b]
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Re. new Spectrum Hardware :What are the advantages and disadvantages of Crowdfunding for WOSSERSIn other words who and how does it help?
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With a few modern conveniences added it could still ... screen added along with a memory chip thingie - USB thumbnail being ... -
Re. new Spectrum Hardware :What are the advantages and disadvantages of Crowdfunding for WOSSERSIn other words who and how does it help?
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With a few modern conveniences added it could still ... screen added along with a memory chip thingie - USB thumbnail being ... -
Re. new Spectrum Hardware :What are the advantages and disadvantages of Crowdfunding for WOSSERSIn other words who and how does it help?
... of its drawbacks from a modern computer users point of view ... to get an 'out of memory' error, well, when I had ... -
Spectrum +2 grey ear mod?Is it possible to turn the sound port on the back of a grey Spectrum +2 into an ear input? I know it's possible for the black +2 but I can't find muc…
... respect for those who design modern PCs and mobile phones, who ... OUT 32765,(16 + number of memory bank required) to switch between ... -
Spectrum +2 grey ear mod?Is it possible to turn the sound port on the back of a grey Spectrum +2 into an ear input? I know it's possible for the black +2 but I can't find muc…
... ) only providing 1k bytes, the memory provided by this chip is ... of upper RAM in the memory map must not respond to ... of upper RAM in the memory map. Yes, it's complex ... crash :-(
Other more modern expansion designs allow a ZX81 ... -
ZX Spectrum +3 repairI have my first +3 here, and it needs repairs. Hoping someone here can help me out. When I power it on I get this screen with black and white line…
... I've been making a Modern Spectrum Games Compilation throughout the ... +3. About 70% of the modern games won't load, including ... .
A second memory test program came courtesy of ... was accessing the non-contended memory banks and retrieving the wrong ... -
Recreated Spectrum .What do we get for the "now" (Aug 2017) best retail price of around £35?Well best/ cheapest retail prices can vary a bit so I thought it best to be specific. At this £35 price ,is it a good deal and what do we get ? A…
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Wildly OT: Computing Today's slagging-off of PascalIn the late '70s or early '80s (at the beginning of the home-computer era anyway, just before the dawn of the Speccy), there was a mag called [I]Comp…
... / Turbo Assembler) and could access memory and ports directly so it ... ). It's a shame that modern debuggers are not as usable ... -
Fast Binary to Text DisplayI've done this thing that takes some memory contents and converts it to a Binary version of 0's and 1's on screen. However, I've no idea what to use …
... was designed initially to display memory contents, as that gives rise ... use emulators on high-res modern LCD screens, but it’s ... -
Multiface CloneHello all! I create hardware for the retro computing and gaming community through my company RetroHQ, I've mostly been doing SD cartridges for co…
... main costs are EPROM and memory units. The rest IC's ... MF+3 design with something modern. -
Multiface CloneHello all! I create hardware for the retro computing and gaming community through my company RetroHQ, I've mostly been doing SD cartridges for co…
... main costs are EPROM and memory units. The rest IC's ... MF+3 design with something modern.[/quote]
I dont ... support, adding FLASH storage and memory expansion (as it will be ... -
Divide HELP!Can someone help me out here? In order to get the latest and best version I'd need these. The Divide itself for ?40: [url]http://www.sellmyretro.co…
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Are there any games/apps developed in Pascal or others?After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor edito…
... than just the lack of memory, it’s the lack of ... for modern-day operating systems with plenty of CPU power and memory ... -
How to stop a flickering character erasure?I'm trying to figure out how to build a moving sprite. Eventually it will be made up of several UDG's. However its early days yet so I'm experimentin…
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Books for the lay public?I always wanted a book where they explain to newbies how to approach and code classic favs such as XONIX, TETRIS, SNAKE, ARKANOID, PACMAN and so on--…
... ]is it any useful for modern OOP and WYSIWYG approach[/i ... . For a machine with limited memory and speed, half of the ... -
Books for the lay public?I always wanted a book where they explain to newbies how to approach and code classic favs such as XONIX, TETRIS, SNAKE, ARKANOID, PACMAN and so on--…
... to program compared to a modern machine and theres a lot ... would otherwise not have the memory to both create those files ... -
Non-repetitive RNDHi guys) Perhaps, some of you already encountered a situation, when one needed a set of [b]unique [/b](pseudo-)random values, say, from zero to 25…
... longer necessary variables/buffers as modern garbage collectors do[/quote]
memory.
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Printing text, part MMXIIXI'm pretty sure there's been a zillion threads about this already, and I don't think it's the first one by myself either, but here goes. Proportiona…
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.module drawstring
.globl _drawstringz
memory variable
; -3(ix) -4 ... (ix) = i 2 -> local memory variable
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Limitations of emulationsYears ago at a trade fair, I got chatting to the guys who programmed [i]Gyron[/i]. They were demonstrating it and showed me an undocumented feature: …
... they are running on. Most modern systems run at 60 Hz ... the real hardware is concerned, modern emulators are pretty good at ... esoteric quirks, such as, say, memory fading and the subtle ULA ... -
Limitations of emulationsYears ago at a trade fair, I got chatting to the guys who programmed [i]Gyron[/i]. They were demonstrating it and showed me an undocumented feature: …
... they are running on. Most modern systems run at 60 Hz ... the real hardware is concerned, modern emulators are pretty good at ... esoteric quirks, such as, say, memory fading and the subtle ULA ... -
Technician Ted disassemblyOkay, by popular (?) demand I have dug out my old disassembly notes on Tech Ted, converted them to skoolkit and stuck them up at [url="https://github…
... now we have these new modern fangled emulators where you can ... that loads assembled bits into memory then goes off and does ... -
New video about S-video modification on Issue two 48K Spectrum.I just finished an s-video modification on an Issue two 48K Spectrum so I made a video about it. Most of the technical details are in the video; if y…
... machine, use modern replacement modules for upper and lower memory, use shielded ... -
Grey +2 with lines on some games on RGB connectionHi Everyone, Is it OK if I ask a question? I dug my +2 out of the loft after far too many years about a month ago, and I have finally got it ba…
... created to address a particular memory problem in the contended 16kb ... fill.
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Getting Better at TZXThere are possibly fewer "rules" in chit chat so I thought I would put this here. it is a couple of years since I attempted doing any TZX files so…
... associated with using "old" or "modern" equipment.
The ... been dispensed with so modern recorders will not let ... process. Still only one module to go- Module D . If it ... case "extrication" of this D Module via Spectaculator , if possible, ... -
Setting breakpoints in source code to make debugging easierAfter two years I've resumed my Speccy coding project. I'm porting a yet "unported" game from C64/Atari to 48k Spectrum using Z80 assembler. At the m…
... margin” breakpoints you see in modern IDEs like Visual Studios or ... can reference registers, labels and memory contents. These expressions can also ... expressions can also write to memory when conditions are met, you ... -
Special mono tape recorders for Micro owners of the early 1980s So what were the KEY FEATURES of these machines that separated them out from the normal mono tape recorders ? I cannot really remember- but I have …
... these days, as in more modern do appear central positive, so ... and pleased to have my memory jogged on this (honest) :) < ... -
Climate ChangeThis has been on the News for a couple of days now, including coverage of worldwide rallies calling for more efforts to tackle climate change. I have…
... they peruse airport expansion. From memory planes produce sulphur dioxide "right ... out, this and the fact modern units require fast blasts to ...
