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Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... RLE format: a repetition of 2 bytes (usually the ... ) is always encoded using 3 bytes, so there's ... will make it larger instead of smaller![/quote]
... 0x0" would be a run of 3 0xFF bytes (or 4, ... there's a whole class of them (any byte representing ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... 0x03" will be a run of 3 0xFF bytes, and "0x47 0x47 ... 0x01" will be a run of a single 0x47 byte.
Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
... 's start with the two +3's in custum wooden / flight ... /> With the +3's came 4 large boxes of 3" disks and some ... estimate there are about 150x 3" disks!
[IMG]http ... lot more like a spare +3 supply etc...
Watch ...Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
If you were in the UK, I would have asked if you would consider selling a bundle of 3" discs - I'm in need of them for my CPC..
I would also have made an offer on a Speccy - my Plus 2 has given up the ghost.Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
... would consider selling a bundle of 3" discs - I'm in need ... of them for my CPC..
< ... Spectrum models and a lot of used and new add-ons ... for the used or new 3" discs.
I think the ...ZX-Paintbrush 2.3 publishedDear readers, Today, I published version 2.3 of ZX-Paintbrush. Inspirated by kgmcneil, I decided to follow his ideas and implemented a switchable p…
... also present the (suggested) number of tiles per row (preferably a ... : if the total number of tiles is a multiple of 8, 4 or ... row that is also a multiple of 8, 4 or 2 respectively ... extremely rare, and using a multiple of 8 will look good enough ...ZX-Paintbrush 2.3 publishedDear readers, Today, I published version 2.3 of ZX-Paintbrush. Inspirated by kgmcneil, I decided to follow his ideas and implemented a switchable p…
... also present the (suggested) number of tiles per row (preferably a ... : if the total number of tiles is a multiple of 8, 4 or ... row that is also a multiple of 8, 4 or 2 respectively ... extremely rare, and using a multiple of 8 will look good enough ...Grand Theft Auto V announced!Ok, time for another mega-game thread :smile: [url]http://www.rockstargames.com/[/url] Trailer next week!
... you can join the rest of us in the Spec-chum ... can play it on one of 3 tv's in the house ...Finders Keepers+I know a few of you are interested in this project so I thought it was about time I started a proper thread for it rather than just slipping bits int…
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Regarding the danger of the life sapping maze monsters ... , this is the chunk of code :-
HandleMazeCollisionHit:< ... ret
Poking sets of 3 zeros from 33631 for up ... by 11% for each set of 3 zeros :)
I ...First time capacitor replacementHi, I have an Issue 2 board, that i wish to start with recapping as advised on here, as they look to be all original. (Same with V3 board, but going…
... I still get a list of 3, one from U.S. so ...Copy 4Kb in Assembly?Here's an interesting problem: what's the best way to copy a block of 4Kb in assembly? The most obvious solution is to use [B]LDIR[/B]: [CODE] l…
... Saukas;730325]A contended sequence of [B]LDI[/B] will take ... 24T (instead of 16T), thus increasing 8T per ... , because 228 is not a multiple of 8, so it takes an ... states delay at the start of screen for each line.Double Dragon Remake: The Development ThreadOk guy's, so this is the new thread that will be focusing on Jim Bagley's development of the Double Dragon remake that was first proposed by myself a…
... also wanted a portfolio collection of graphics work for the ... original... Here is a sample of 3 levels that were ported, touched ... these, as the amount of data involved is extreme and ... those that understand the restrictions of designing around the colour grid ...IPhone piece of dreckHello, all.. My good lady is having some extreme problems with her Iphone 4s. It's out of warranty, but she's still under contract for the next 8-9…
... supplied through work. Most of the IT support people have ... let alone recharged (I know of 3 where the seal on the ... br />
In contrast most of the "management" and other assorted ... crappy screen (size of, not resolution), lack of apps (remembering we need ...Games that checksum the ROMHello, is there a list of games that checksum the ROM and won't run (or maybe exhibit a different behaviour) unless it is the original 48k one? Searc…
I found that "feature" of 3 weeks in paradise when trying ...Which Spectrum game has seen the most playing time?Which Spectrum game in total has had the most playing hours spent on it, do you reckon? Obviously quality is not the only factor here, the older the …
... into account several variables; number of people who owned the game ... come up with a shortlist of 3:
1.Elite
2.Football Manager
3.Lords of Midnight
All 3 were top sellers, all had ...Which Spectrum game has seen the most playing time?Which Spectrum game in total has had the most playing hours spent on it, do you reckon? Obviously quality is not the only factor here, the older the …
... come up with a shortlist of 3:
1 ... /> 2.Football Manager
3.Lords of Midnight
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All 3 were top sellers ... br /> you think Lords Of Midnight has had more total ... never even played Lords Of Midnight, but I ...UK ISPs told to block 21 more music sharing sites[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24726078[/url] [quote] Abmp3 BeeMP3 Bomb-Mp3 FileCrop FilesTube Mp3Juices eMp3…
I'd only heard of 3 of the 21 sites publicised by the BBC on their website.
Wonder when they'll try and ban proxies.Push 'n' ChaseIt is my great pleasure and honor to announce the release of PUSH 'n' CHASE a game made with CGD featuring a wonderful loading and intro screen …
... to group them because of lack of time and above all ... br /> * Hedges
Move groups of several hedgerows at a time ... for example there are sections of 3 hedges forming a line, another ... to transport money, monsters, potions of invisibility, etc ?
[url ...spectrum pixel experimentsWell, As a spectrum fan, I started recently learning about how to pixel for the speccy, I did pixelart in the past but not speccy style (until now). …
... , so storing many animation frames of large sprites is a problem ... . Think in multiples of 8, but think a bit ... around the edge of the sprite area (within a multiple of 8x8 ). This ... allows the programmer to create a mask of ...spectrum pixel experimentsWell, As a spectrum fan, I started recently learning about how to pixel for the speccy, I did pixelart in the past but not speccy style (until now). …
... didnt know about the limit of sizes... after watching games ... speed limitations when using groups of sprites.
I ... to tiles & sprites multiple of 8x8 and will try to ... make a border of 1 or 2 pixels ... done in the hype of the arcades and with ...Does anyone play footy?Just a random thought as I sit here post match - we're all clearly geeks but are we all the stereotypical couch potatoes?
... the ground..
some of my class mates still play ... ... as I got bored of hearing stories of "I had a trial ... /> (not really, but I know of 3 people who did)Does anyone play footy?Just a random thought as I sit here post match - we're all clearly geeks but are we all the stereotypical couch potatoes?
... the ground..
some of my class mates still play ... ... as I got bored of hearing stories of "I had a trial ... /> (not really, but I know of 3 people who did)[/QUOTE]
Small MonitorShowing off my new toy which I think is pretty good seeing as I was getting very limited access to the TV and its too cold to go out to the man cave …
either 240 or 288 make sense for TV use.
It's also weird not being a nice round multiple of a power of two!FZX Driver for z88dkAn fzx library for z88dk can be downloaded [URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWM2hWNjAxMVkxaEk/edit?usp=sharing"]here[/URL]. The libr…
... but it is made up of 3 bytes which is confusingFZX Driver for z88dkAn fzx library for z88dk can be downloaded [URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWM2hWNjAxMVkxaEk/edit?usp=sharing"]here[/URL]. The libr…
... but it is made up of 3 bytes which is confusing[/QUOTE ... integer on top of the first two bytes of system variable FRAMES ... do need to be aware of multithreading issues when you are ... produce an incorrect result because of this multithreading issue!
Had any Pre-Conspiracy-Theory Suspicions of Your Own?I'll give you an example. I was off sick from work on 11/09/01 and happened to turn the TV on just after the first plane hit the first of the towers.…
... case. Even Paul Erdos (of the Erdos-Bacon number, the ... Wonder Years has one of those ;)), one of the most prolific ... and he developed the theory of using probability arguments to tackle ... it could achieve a minimum of 3. Natalie Portman's Erdos-Bacon ...Converting an integer arbitrary large binary number into a printable decimal formThis was asked a long ago at the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup. At that time, I came up with a solution by extrapolating the classic algorithm of suces…
... just a matter of adding up every 3 bits) I ... l ;DE=HL=address of RHS of binary number
... br /> ld b,3 ;add bits in groups of 3
Loop1: ... pop de ;DE=address of RHS of binary number
ld ...Misleading headlinesWoods shoots 62 at world challenge [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/25271207[/url] I read that and thought what a bastard! Then I realised i…
He "hit 10 birdies" too! Cruel bastard!
And Rory McIlroy "ran up three consecutive bogeys" - I now have an image of 3 large hills made out of nose pickings.Border Tron vector tableI've been trying to use the Border Tron border creator, but the vector table is created where code to my game is at (FE00 I think), how would I go ab…
... to be located at a multiple of 256 -- this shows up in ... I register with the MSB of the table address: "LD I ... taken the decimal address of the table, a multiple of 256, and divided ...Toasted +3Oops.. I shorted one of my +3 (being clumsy with multimeter, doh) when measuring PSU connector pins :D Any immediate guesses what exactly died on thi…
... recap ;)
+3 case open. Shorted some pins ... to the top side of the PCB (those that ... etc). No smoke or "smell of electricity", just zzzap.
... as the LEDs. Lots of +3's on eBay are sold ... the seller assumes the rest of the machine works too. ...
