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WHat is a reasonable price for self-storage?I was on the phone with a local depot and as I have never put anything in self-storage I don't know much about rates : I don't have a lot to store at…
... was on the phone with a local depot and as I ... rates : I don't have a lot to store at minute ... just a few boxes of books so ... smallest units one is just a cupboard 1 cubic metre (at ... want it for several years not a short duration. The girl said ... -
Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…
... s gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious ... buffers, so racing the raster. Not gonna do anything like floating ... .
* probably will have a MOBY (movable objects) list so ... my graphics aligned to a character column (but not a row) and preshift ... -
Standard Development LibrariesSo after some time away I decided to re-register after a Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/SpectrumNez/status/1578158361236963328) led me to a Visu…
... ) led me to a Visual Studio extension for ... /> Now this does have a number of extremely useful features like ... trying to replicate. If not then seems it would ...
Since SpecNetIDE has a number of features that I don ... or +3DOS I am not aware of it.
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The threat from the ISDAWhat does everyone here think about ISDA closing down abandonware & emulation sites? Personally to an extent I can understand their position, but if …
... Answer, to be honest: not a lot. We can go ... offer much - remember that number of Speccy fans is * ... much* less than the number of teenage gamers out ... , but IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer). Therefore, when given ... some companies might choose not to allow their programs ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... all that well you're not going to do too well ... 't understand this you're not going to get anywhere. There ... memory is because it has a number from 0 to 65535 that ... /> Otherwise you'll probably just not cut out for this line ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... see, obviously 0 counts as a number so it's up to ... each bit in a single register now represents a number 256 times greater ... first. (Hence the number 16384 is 00, 64 not 64, 00). Mostly ... want to work out what a number 0-65535 is in it ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... quite simple. A memory location can store a number from 0 to ... Say u want to store a number like 16384 (u will use ... want to work out what a number 0-65535 is in ... Remember, LD x, y is NOT the same as LD (x ... and y are addresses), respectively not the x or y ( ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... quite simple. A memory location can store a number from 0 to ... Say u want to store a number like 16384 (u will use ... want to work out what a number 0-65535 is in ... Remember, LD x, y is NOT the same as LD (x ... and y are addresses), respectively not the x or y ( ... -
Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
... was original trash, not trash with a Roman numeral after it ... still more important than the number of polygons on screen), ... were extremely rare. It is not a chance that my favourite Spectrum ... like Shogun: Total War (a masterpiece of appearance, gameplay and ... -
line routineWondered if anyone can help me out. I have been programming a 3d graphics library for the spectrum, in Machine code. The line routine that I have i…
... post a working horizontal line.
It's simple but not that ... /> ld a,e
srl a
srl a
srl a
or ... ,part_dir
LD b,a ; number of horizontal characters
ld ... -
Assembler code from tutorial, problem!I was wondering if anyone could help me decipher this z80 assembler code? ORG 60000 LOAD 60000 EA60 21BCEA LD …
... to CHANGE. If there is a random collection of numbers at ... also called the HI bit. A value of 1 indicates that ... /> So, at EA68 it's not a comparison with 10 in the ... AH.
I'm not sure as to the objective ... used for the sign of a number, isn't it?
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Missing in Copright List?Is there any list available covering all games that WOS have had to remove from the archive due to copyright issues (like the titles from Codemasters…
... in a number of ways. One efficient way is to simply not ... in 15 years and definately not in 135 years!
... to ensure that they are not lost! I don't ... games without selling them are not worthy custodians of our ... would have been a hell of a lot longer than ... -
Saving machine code on EmulatorI have been dabbling with Chapter 26 of Stephen Vicker's "ZX Spectrum Manual". [url="http://www.madhippy.com/8-bit/sinclair/zxspecman/zxmanchap26.htm…
... was wrong and this is not a transcription error but an error ... have the absence of a line number indicate that the program ... br /> SAVE filename LINE line number
e.g SAVE " ... LINE save the program in a 'load and run' form ... top if the line number is omitted. -
Saving machine code on EmulatorI have been dabbling with Chapter 26 of Stephen Vicker's "ZX Spectrum Manual". [url="http://www.madhippy.com/8-bit/sinclair/zxspecman/zxmanchap26.htm…
Thanks for the help: I also managed to find my old copy of the manual- strange thing is, the emulator (SpecEmu) would not accept SAVE "xxx" LINE
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Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
... trantor
19: The number "18024" allows you to access ... 25: Ziggy in a bubble capsule but not in the Pyramid. Name ... , an Interceptor Software Poster, a number of cassette boxes without cassettes ... used to wedge up a table leg, a table with one ... -
Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
... Trantor
19: The number "18024" allows you to access ... 25: Ziggy in a bubble capsule but not in the Pyramid. Name ... , an Interceptor Software Poster, a number of cassette boxes without cassettes ... of Willow(Yum) in Buffy(not so yum)
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Randomize USR xxxxxA weird topic: When I was a kid I use to mess around with the RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx, sad I know!!! For instance RANDOMIZE USR 51234 would give me a loa…
... and Randomize USR 51234 does not work. I can't remember ... . But Rand USR 9003 gives a good example of what i ... 'll try that number as well. There is a number that would reset ... -
question about italian softwareHi, I readed at Lemon64.com about Simulmondo (italian games company) they let free the distribution of their old games.. They say they released aro…
... Italian Spectrum users community had a very hard time to go ... Italia which made our country a colony of C64s before and ... (due also to the overwhelming number of Commodore machines around), the ... handout to Alan Sugar were not a very frequent sight here. -
BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…
... mean, how do you make a program like the one requested ... . Then you'd start thinking "a number like that can be decomposed ... , so that the answer is not a constant? Programs should always DO ... -
BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…
... to 2 (it must not be a multiple of any such ... primes).
Not only that, ... , I can look for such a number every 2 * 3 * 5 ... first one... I'm not sure the above reasoning is ... sound, though, 'cause for a number to be congruent to x ... -
Music on Tour de Force (Gremlin)Has this game really a music somewhere ? Perhaps the 48K bzz-bzz at the beginning of any level and/or for game over is considered "music" ? The WOS …
... is unfortunately not always that reliable, for there's a number of verified ... above all, deathchase 3d has a 48k tag while it's ... , I've never seen a program with a tag 'lower' than it ... should have (like, 16k for a ... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... Vault update. However, there are a number of bogus files that have ... cracked versions that are simply not accepted. I'll get what ... addition I've been spending a lot of my Speccy allocated ... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... just under 3700 at present, a number which is creeping very slowly ... I have that is not already in the Vault ... - but my scanner is not talking to my p.c ... ME (which is definitely a disease, if not a virus) then I ... moment, and whether or not they'd be interested I ... -
SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…
... :17, Fraser wrote:
Maybe a program could fix all the ... if applicable.
I'm not sure how the tape is ... /> We've been dealing with a number of platforms for the .TZX ... tapes in TZX format, or a platform specific version of it ... -
Rescue on FractalusI'm trying to find instructions for the Spectrum version of this game, with particular reference to the keyboard controls. Could anybody help me?
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No time for a briefing now. Ethercorps Pilots are ... engine back on whilst a pilot is running towards ... These are very rare! Not many get shot down.
a few centimetres off the ... levels 2 and 3 have a number of gun emplacements. The ... -
POKEs that make games harder(!)Why not? I'm sure everyone has a few games that they always come back to, but wish they were a bit harder so it was more of a challenge. Not every ga…
... : Poke 45756,37-63 ie. a number from 37 to 63 for ... bad buzz is you need a map as each room has ... a unique reference :( The good news ... :D
Here's a few more Batman '86 pokes ... ( This one is sweet :) Boots not required! 30 is enough for ... -
The Great Mystification: A reflection upon the feebleness of the "distribution denied" policyThis argument has been debated several other times in this place, yet I have not expressed my thoughts about it, and I would like to hear comments by…
... s generated a number of sales and therefore a profit equal ... today... or does that not matter a single bit too? ... The publishers hardly are a reliable source of information ... period. If they do not allow that (or if ... anyway a very complex question, and I do not ... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... everyone.
A couple of you out there ... quite a number of tapes that are MIA or not even ... the actual tapes is a more important venture but ... br /> So, any chance of a full list which actually says ... 'ed even if they are not avalible for download ?
