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Looking for a tip how to easily store my ZX programsHi everybody, I am not a frequent Spectrum user. I just want to do the following, without going deep into the background of this website - could any…
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I am not a frequent Spectrum user. I just ... them there in a compact format, not as giant *.wav ... input frequencies. To use a Spectrum program, I want ... and then I need a program which reconverts the ... believe it was connected to a tape recorder.
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A "Boris Diplomat" made in the ... circa 1975 - I had a much more sophisticated chess machine, also made ...ZX-81 Ram Pack problemHi! I know this is a ZX Spectrum forum, but I am hoping someone here might be able to help me out... I have posted this to c.s.s. but noone was able…
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...I am 34 years old today.I feel like I am about 17 years old, unless I run upstairs or play football or something, then I feel about 40. :D I can legitimately get smashed…
... 've got a lovely wife and a nice home, more video games than ... I can shake a stick ... at, and a motorbike ... pleased with the outcome, if not a bit embarrased about the extra ...Something scary happened todayMy mum went to get the weeks shopping from Morrisons and when she got to the till she gave them her card to pay for the ?70 worth of goods as shes al…
... . My mum always keeps a few hundred in that account ... machine said there wasnt even a penny left in her account. ... her as if she was a criminal which didnt help ... 1 this was both a relief and a shock as how anyone ... she has suffered but its not a very nice thing to ...BASin release 12a available for downloadChristmas has arrived early, and the new release of BASin is ready for you lot to point out errors, inconsistencies and bugs. Get it here: [url="ht…
... The assembler editor is a lot more flexible and handles very large ... of these required quite a re-working of the ... .
For a full rundown, as always you ... version today - I've not been influenced by people ... , I'm not a wanker - I have a shed as proof ...Digital radioOk. Having just moved to the UK (not only just - more than a year ago now) I miss the Norwegian radio stations (Radio Ein, P4 and most of all P3). N…
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Now, If I get a DAB digital Radio that is ...LOTRD is back!Hey guys! I've got some news to tell you all... TLOTRD is now back on after about 3 months absence! :D For those of you who don't know what the hell…
... that I started making over a year ago in BASIC. Unfortunately ... for having a rather awkward text parser, making the game more difficult ... all say goodbye to a GAC version but not a BASIC version, as ... br />
Once I write a few practice program routines (I ...A Feast for Crows from www.play.comI waited a good while for this book to come out and noticed that while Waterstones was busy selling it for a whopping full-price ?19, play.com was se…
... busy selling it for a whopping full-price ?19 ... .com was selling it for a bargainmundous ?11 delivered(!)
a good sized rip - about ... it back and get a replacement copy from them. ... that has arrived damaged - not a bad batting record - so ...Hidden text in Bounder.Long story short: I had forgotten the name of a game I played close to 2 decades ago. I remembered that there was a ball in the game but more import…
... there was a ball in the game but more importantly I ... and tell me I am not crazy (or maybe I ... Graphics (and maybe not(I'm just a creative imagineer)). First ... T,S,E(or maybe not a letter at all)), next ...
Enjoy! (or not)
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...I May get crucified again here!!!!Hi Folks..well as a lazy arsed git I turned up last night and just came straight to your/our forum...the OUR may well be till yam pissed off with me.…
... fan i have quite a collection but still have ... get hold of and if not from ebay or boot ... how have you obtained a rarety of the spectrum ... was 'as a furniture restorator'..I had a house clearance to ... one of the wardrobes (not worth a penny as it was the ...If it wasn't for Uncle Clive...ISTR that until the Speccy came out, the C64 was ?350 (or something ridiculous like that) in the UK, and the Speccy's release was held to be directly…
... ] for its being reduced to a far more reasonable price point.
a whole generation of bedroom programmers ... Windows version of GTA not only is a free download but will ... on a P75, although of course it works better on a more modern ...Latest Cronosoft News...Just in case anyone was wondering what's been happening recently with the Cronosoft site, as it's not had an update for a long time.. TIS THE SEAS…
... as it's not had an update for a long time.. < ... postage, or a tad more if you're not in the UK ... Sorry for not updating the website - it's been a real ... Sorry also to TMR for not sending the stuff needed). ... really friendly people. Had a good chat with Philip ...Extended Microdrive FormatterHello all, After a few months on a steep learning curve, some heavy duty reading and plenty of trial and error I?ve written an extended microdrive f…
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After a few months on a steep learning curve, some ... utility. It?s not about getting more sectors on the ... allow you to format a cartridge with customised HDFLAG ... and #50. (Have a quick think about those two ... from hacking games with a few NOPs here and ...David Tennant's a great DoctorWatched the ep on Christmas Day and I thought he made a great Doctor. He's a good actor. I'm not a die hard Dr. Who fan. Watched a few of the Eccl…
... actor.
I'm not a die hard Dr. Who fan ... . Watched a few of the Ecclestrone eps ...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…
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I know it's a big request, but whenever I ... always wish that I had a little clue on what your ...What happens during a reset?I always used to wonder about this, but only thought a bit more about it last night when noticing after all these years what actually happens. Obvio…
... this, but only thought a bit more about it last night when ... every screen position - a byte with just a single bit set. I ... this what is happening during a reset: the entire RAM is ... so, why? Is this just a RAM test to make sure ...Banned from WOSSo yesterday I got banned from WOS. Annoying, but then I did have open 27 tabs in firefox (*cough*). My problem with the banning is that if it happen…
... "Mirroring Denied" page needs a little more information for the "hapless user ... , I'm not against banning abusers, but perhaps a little more information on ...How good is your ISP ?Ive been with tiscali since feburary 2004 and i started with the dial up 56k package i then upgraded to broadband in 2005 but was told that i had to …
... had to open a new account and not just simply upgrade ... download allowances of 1mb a month (how pathetic is ... so i was paying a pound more for half the speed ... Has anyone on here had a similar experience with their ... and can they reccomend a decent isp incase i ...How long must I keep doing this?[quote] On 2006-02-13 22:14, ZX Beccy wrote: Although you have raised what could be considered valid points, I think you should think long and hard b…
... to be removed from being a moderatior... because if it comes ... to a vote, you will undoubtibly find ...
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Just a suggestion, ZXBeccy. I was merely ... ), I promise I will not start any more threads about aspartame.
Using a 128k as a midi synth?Yo guys how do you do it? I just noticed my old 128k has a midi port at the back! Of course I wondered whether or not it could be controlled as a mid…
... noticed my old 128k has a midi port at the ... course I wondered whether or not it could be controlled as ... a midi synth. It also ... it can be controlled as a midi synth which will ... connection at the back is not a standard midi socket like the ...Demo-style musicI've noticed something with respect to the kind of music used in demos. There is always a tune, a melodic line, but, somehow, it's... erm... ambienta…
... demos. There is always a tune, a melodic line, but, somehow ... anywhere, it doesn't tell a story. This differentiates it from ... it, and a much more articulated melodic line. I'm not making myself ... know. And it's not exactly a brilliant observation either.
< ...A touchy subjectHello people, having spent most of this morning and yesterday laughing hysterically at all the posts from a certain "ahem" troll I feel I must ask (a…
... used to be a bit of a chatroom bastard myself, ... some of you may not have liked how low ... power is not a mains supply but infact a combustion engine ... hero may be a man in a space suit.....no ... toolbelt....Pyramid becomes maybe a warehouse. Something about odd ...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…
... that there will be several more options to choose from in ... Eventually I will write up a more complete version but this description ... sprites and backgrounds. It is *not* a game a designer - you must still ... to z88dk but was not really in a complete state in ...Bird Sanctuary - Memories of Telecomsoft updateIf you've not visited before, the Bird Sanctuary is a website written and contributed to by ex-employees and developers who worked for Telecomsoft in…
... you've not visited before, the Bird Sanctuary is a website written ... platform) and want to know a little more about the company, the ... developers and the games then why not ... pay a visit?
[url ...Manic Miner in an old showHey all... Since a lot of you are British I thought I would ask here... I remember a kind-of children show a long time ago (I would say somewhere in…
... br /> I remember a kind-of children show a long time ago ... looked more like an apple II or something (definetly not a version I ... br /> The show was about a grown man (funny looking, small ... , chubby, etc.) that joined a (private ?) school of children - i ...England 1-0 yawn!Hmmm, I wonder when England is going to join in the world cup? As for Rooney, well, maybe he's better off playing American football with his style o…
... see some pale British get a bit more speed.....
Go ... /> (I mean 'Go England,WIN', not 'Go England, go home' :P)Lethargy and EggHead4 trained ...Hey all. Seeing that not many of you have heard of the great NEW game Lethargy I thought I would do a re-crack of it from TR-DOS which was trained b…
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Seeing that not many of you have heard ... need a 128k speccy ;-) ).
Oh and one more thing... Slider ... also did a good job training ... version of the intro needs a few more cycles than normal speccy ...Joystick compatibility on the +2AHey folks, now my +2A is working, I decided to find some more problems (not really...I didn't "decide"! :( ), basically the joysticks won't work prop…
... , I decided to find some more problems (not really...I didn't ... /> However, I got them on a C64 auction, but I always ... pad will work on a C64 but not a Speccy (i think) but ... broken! I think i have a Kempston interface (I "think" it ...Source code 'Babelfish' ?Hi, Not entirely speccy related but you're knowledgable developers (lick, lick) so maybe you can help.... I've been handed some source (C and VB) i…
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Not entirely speccy related but ... obviously, the source is a mix of English keywords ... /> Does anyone know of a tool that can "translate" the ... Babelfish, into something a little more understandable? I know that ... to be ideal because a lot of the ...
