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Strange keyboard port reads on 48+Hi all, I don't know whether it was already discussed (I also searched forum, but there are too much of results searching "48k keyboard" so I didn't…
... ]so definately it have connection to "IN" addresses, thank you for ... your post and converted them to binary, I saw that every address ... -
Random object placementI'm looking for some advice on placing objects randomly in a game. I have a routine that reads a table and prints the corresponding object: 0 prints…
[QUOTE=Jerri;817782][QUOTE=Einar Saukas;817774]I just run a simple empirical test (plotting randomly on screen) to compare the random generator algorithms mentioned here:
[CODE]10 FOR f=0 TO 20000
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Heartland fixAs forum and archive itself is bit broken (link to known errors on Heartland archive page dosent work) Anyone know pokes to fix Heartland bugs that p…
Thanks a zillion of times! Convetring hex addresses and numbers to dec and poking myself right now :) -
Emulator support to paste textIs there any emulator that supports pasting text ? Something like: - for every ZX frame (just after interrupt) "insert" a new char (force keybo…
Oh, can it generate a decent 128k binary? That's what I need for my Blue Brothers game. Currently I am assembling multiple asm files to binary, then using a batch file to stick them together, :) -
Spectrum Show Ep 43New episode now live. Including a review of the Sinclair Vega. [url="http://youtu.be/eSCEVxPuxL0"]View on Youtube[/url].
... episode.
Nice to see the Vega review. In ... , but understand they needed to make up the numbers to the promised 1000 ... for dainty thumbed people to be able to press more than one ... without question it'll have to be compiled when the baddies ... -
how do i convert a binary string into hex in basic?how do i convert a binary string into hex in basic?
... dec:
REM convert to binary string b$
21 ... LET b$="00000000"(TO 8-LEN b$)+b$: ... 30 FOR n=LEN b$ TO 4 STEP -4:
... br /> REM convert binary string b$ to hex string h$
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Development on AndroidMaybe I'm not the first asking this, but found nothing useful with forum search. Is there any way to compile Speccy asm to binary on Android, and …
... ="hikoki;841058"]You may want to embed your game in some ... /> Nonono, I do not need to embed emulator. :) I have androd ... tablet, and thinking to use it for write some ... speccy asm, then compile it to binary (or snapshot), then debug it ... -
ZX81 Character SetHello, hope I don't offend anyone with my request. I've put together a program on my Amstrad that redefines a condensed text and displays it appropri…
... much up to the Nested Loops to Decide when to go down ... need to work with individual bytes rather than floating point numbers, ... the number; so using numbers to define a font will quickly ... division and remainder calculations to extract individual bytes. For ... -
Spectrum/QL/ZX81/Lambda and other parts on EbayI currently have a few auctions running on Ebay, which might be of interest for some of you: (Black) +2 main board + lower case: [url="http://www…
... Interface for the QL (unable to test) and Elite games collection ... " with five golden Cassettes. Auction numbers to follow. -
Small batch of ZX-Unos outside SpainI am a member of the ZX-Uno team. We have launched a sucessfully crowdfunding campaign of 250 ZX-Uno, but they are all sold (mostly in Spain). I apol…
Definitely take one.
Could get a friend for a second if you need numbers to make up batch. -
ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
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Yes I ... together . I may upgrade it to v3 Pi eventually . Fuse basic ... the Pi had the sales numbers to make special projects worthwhile so ... just yet (and some way to go!!!) -
Empire - port of trs80 basic programBack when I was a little kid, I had the opportunity to play around with a trs80 model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I often played was call…
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It's important to note that string array is ... of C strings than to a typical basic's ... also allows numbers to promote out of int to float just ... some sort of string needs to follow the @.
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New Game - Strange Kitchen (Boriel version)Further Greetings, O People of the Spectrum! This is Strange Kitchen written in Boriel ZX Basic. You have to prepare recipes by destroying unwant…
... I get too bored/irritated to finish it"
However ... through it, from line numbers to labels and possibly it ... and called with parameters to functions). 4 weeks ago ... so it makes more sense to others (& myself ... future if I come back to it)
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Noob's guide to joysticksWhy on earth would I be asking this *now*, I hear you all scream? The answer... curiosity. Back in the day all I ever had was a +2 and Sinclair's …
... fix a bit and modify to be reversible.
Plug it ... the "ears" are bent back to fit into the +2a SJS ... bits, so just 8 direction numbers to check! U/D/L/R ... -
So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…
... know computers only produce pseudorandom numbers. To get real ones you need ... some complicated function to give you randomish numbers :) Happy to give those listings ... -
Database model ZXDBRecently, I have been trying to figure out how to provide my contribution to whoever takes over WoS archive rework next... So I came up with this: …
Thanks to Einar adding the Crash issue numbers to ZXDB the magazine links for Crash, along with those from Sinclair User, Your Spectrum and Your Sinclair now work. -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... Coulomb. Here is the link to it :-
... AXIAL as originally fitted to the Spectrum and 2) ... in the lists appears to be mainly just upping ... />
I managed to freeze the video long enough ... will help in judging the numbers to get
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The "Big Issue" about the ZX 48K rubber key Spectrum . Which Issue is best? There is no easy answer as every 48k rubber keyed Speccy owner will have their own favourite so it will be pretty subjective . But my favourite a…
... success ,it sold in large numbers to some product "rationalization" would be ... non existent : it does seem to be the case therefore , that ... in the day in smaller numbers. (and Guesser has mentioned a ... earlier Speccies could be said to "shine" in other areas ... -
Simple games for little children (less than 3 years old).I'm looking for simple Speccy games for 2-3 years old children. Are there any? Arcade titles or any games with fast action aren't the ones I'm looki…
... rules. She just enjoys pressing numbers to see the colorful animated characters ... -
I live and learnThanks to Einar's ZXDB link I found under the Books folder and English sub directory a PDF file named 'The Century Computer Programming Course for Z…
... that we now want to average 30 numbers. You can of course ... is to make the above code deal with any number of..numbers ... ask the user how many numbers to sum, or perhaps you can ... enters a special number (0?) to terminate input upon which you ... -
ZX Spectrum+ showing 16K of RAMHello again, as the title says my ZX Spectrum+ is showing only 16K of RAM instead of 48K when running a memory check. [url="http://www.1000bit.it/su…
... the value that you attempt to store there. The other DRAM ... supply data bits 0 to 6 (D0 to D6) will still work ... /> You will have to convert the decimal value to binary so you can ... -
An appeal to preserve InfoseekID compatibility!Instead of worrying about competition from other Spectrum sites, Martijn always supported them. He actively worked together with other sites to help …
... why not keep the same numbers (to maintain compatibility with sites already ... old WoS to obtain the first 27,000 numbers and some ... 2,100 numbers, new WoS site will just need to import ... There's nothing to gain from assigning new numbers, only disadvantages for ... -
An appeal to preserve InfoseekID compatibility!Instead of worrying about competition from other Spectrum sites, Martijn always supported them. He actively worked together with other sites to help …
... year, many people helped to add another 2,100 programs ... assigned in ZXDB. These numbers are already used in at ... why not keep the same numbers (to maintain compatibility with sites already ... them) instead of assigning new numbers?[/quote]Well, that IS exactly ... -
TileMap test releaseI've been playing with a live map emulation idea, which currently supports just Jet Set Willy. You can download an early (Windows only) version of i…
... /> A question which occurred to me immediately was whether or ... determined by their technical numbers to reflect the layout of ... url], without any modifications to the engine, can actually ... br /> A possible further challenge to this great project, then, would ... -
Not exactly an idea for a new game...... or even something new but more of an idea for existing games. However, I don't know if this has been tried before (or if it is possible to pul…
... where the lines are going to fall.
Pre- ... /> It might be possible to work out a view for ... -maze that allows you to draw both 3D colour ... might be necessary though to avoid totally confusing the ... something. It might need to binary OR the colours together ... -
Tape to +3 disk transferWhen the first basic part was merged from tape, to be saved to disk, and it looked like this: [img]https://i.imgur.com/UQx1hc2.jpg[/img] how di…
... could use ZX Preview below to do this manually)
... BASIC loader which is converted to binary format by [url="https://www ... ]
zmakebas-nifty-lifty.bin - binary version of BASIC loader
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New Utility to Transfer Z80 Snapshot to +3 DiskSince getting a Gotek for my +3 it has been my go to machine. The biggest downside however is the lack of older games on disk format with pretty much…
... -m dump banks and compression to binary files
-t create tap ... 24576. Use tap2dsk or similar to transfer
-b1,2,3 ... however, there are some exceptions. To help with these, and make ... so you have the option to replace it with another compressed ...
