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IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …
I've been playing around with this today, see my thread in the emulators section also, and I've come up with this...
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1 POKE 23658,8
10 GO SUB 9000
20 CLS : LET x=15: LET y=11: LET ox=15: LET oy=11
30 PRINT ... -
Burning Movies using Nero 6I've downloaded various movies and tv episodes on BitTorrent. When I try to burn them, they usually take about three hours plus to encode, then when…
... files but theyd sold out in 2 shops in middlesbrough before i ... -
questions about the +2 and +3I can`t remember if the +2 and +3 had a port on the back of the computer that let you use your own tape recorder so i`m asking if there was or not ?
The +3 has one, +2a doesn't (does have a port, but is out only), +2 not sure. -
Retro GamerI'm really quite sad, but I am cancelling my delivery of retro-gamer. I got as far as Issue 21, but it's just not doing anything for me now. Added …
just got a subscription :)
ive missed issue 21 dint even know it was out, issue 2s out in 2 days tch -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... stripey border effect by multiple OUT statements followed by a pause ... /> 20 OUT 254, 1
30 OUT 254, 2
40 OUT 254, 3 ...
50 OUT 254, 4 ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... stripey border effect by multiple OUT statements followed by a pause ... /> 20 OUT 254, 1
30 OUT 254, 2
40 OUT 254, 3 ...
50 OUT 254, 4 ... -
Well I've gone and done it - a PS2 it is!Yep, another successful ebay item in my kitty - a new PS2 with 2 controllers, 8 MB RAM, and 5 free games of my choice(modded PS2 - need I say more?).…
I've not had a chance to play Burnout Revenge, but if it's anything like Burnout 3 - Takedown, it'll be fantastic fun! That's played almost as much as Out Run 2 on my xbox. -
Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
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1. Display dfile #2 (OUT $7ffd,...)
2. Use Basic to draw ...
3. Display dfile #1 (OUT $7ffd,...)
4. Use a ... #1 at $4000 into dfile #2
5. Goto 1
2 but you'll notice that ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... the user manual, typing [b]OUT 255,6[/b] the screen mode ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... the user manual, typing [b]OUT 255,6[/b] the screen mode ... -
SCART Lead and C= 1940 MonitorHi, I've decided to make a SCART lead for my +3 I've been doing a lot of searching on the internet and forums but I'm a little confused as some peop…
... Spare.
WHITE Sound out 3 - 2+6 Sound in left + ...
GREEN RGB Green out 6 - 11 RGB Green in ... )
RED RGB Red out 7 - 15 RGB Red in ...
BLUE RGB Blue out 8 - 7 RGB Blue in ... 16 Blanking ***
BLACK Ground 2 - 17 Video ground (4,5 ... -
Best of the worstWhilst trying hard not to do any actual work, I started to ponder what are the best games by the worst software houses. When I used to pick up a spec…
... bought it when it came out for ?2.99 there was even ... it when it first came out but i might be wrong ... -
Durells best gameWell here's a really hard one for y'all, I know because I can barely make a decision myself
[QUOTE=Matt_B;172751]To be fair, would there have been an Ecco the Dolphin without Scuba Dive?[/QUOTE]
how about a metal gear solid with out saboteur 2???(yes, I know this is a strech one...) -
Printers for Spectrum +2 and +3It seems that the only printers availables for ZX Spectrum were ZX printers and compatibles (connected through the expansion bus), but Spectrum +2 an…
the BJ10sx will indeed work fine, I have one here that has been tested with my +3. The results were disappointing, but that's cause the ink ran out after 2 lines of text :( -
I have joined the Dark SideGone and bought a PS3 that is. Even after all of the posts I made about not getting one as they were so expensive I succumbed and sold my 360 (and o…
... thing happened to my 360 2 1/2 months after purchasing it ... I have also forked out for 2 more years cover to be ... -
I have joined the Dark SideGone and bought a PS3 that is. Even after all of the posts I made about not getting one as they were so expensive I succumbed and sold my 360 (and o…
... thing happened to my 360 2 1/2 months after purchasing it ... I have also forked out for 2 more years cover to be ... -
Type-in resolution help reqd.In preparation for the next type-in update, I noticed that Infoseek has 2 type-ins wrongly attributed (quite likely be me :oops: ) to the book "49 Ex…
Thanks Jim. That sure sorts out those 2 entries and as a bonus adds another book source to the project. Cheers! -
Miss WOS competition.I think we should have an anual Miss WOS competition. The competition could consist of the Ladies of WOS, and the wives or girlfriends of WOS membe…
... my constant pestering, came out with 2 that she didn't mind ... -
Miss WOS competition.I think we should have an anual Miss WOS competition. The competition could consist of the Ladies of WOS, and the wives or girlfriends of WOS membe…
... my constant pestering, came out with 2 that she didn't mind ... ; the only entrant with a +2 so far! :D -
Miss WOS competition.I think we should have an anual Miss WOS competition. The competition could consist of the Ladies of WOS, and the wives or girlfriends of WOS membe…
... my constant pestering, came out with 2 that she didn't mind ... -
combat flight simswhat are good arcadey combat flight speccy sims? is there anything comparable to spitfire40? (i believe, i've played just fighter pilot and delta win…
... to work at least 1 out of 2 times, with reload as ... -
GUIDE: How to convert TZXs to LOSSLESS low bitrate MP3s (56, 64 and 80 kbps)I posted this to comp.sys.sinclair last year, but it didn't get a single reply. Which annoyed me a bit. Since some people here seem to be intereste…
... is 5.4Mb. Zipped its 2.7Mb.
If I ... the highest settings it comes out at 2.5Mb, and at 24Kbit ... , 22050Hz it comes out at 0.74Mb ... -
GUIDE: How to convert TZXs to LOSSLESS low bitrate MP3s (56, 64 and 80 kbps)I posted this to comp.sys.sinclair last year, but it didn't get a single reply. Which annoyed me a bit. Since some people here seem to be intereste…
... is 5.4Mb. Zipped its 2.7Mb.
If I ... the highest settings it comes out at 2.5Mb, and at 24Kbit ... , 22050Hz it comes out at 0.74Mb ... -
GUIDE: How to convert TZXs to LOSSLESS low bitrate MP3s (56, 64 and 80 kbps)I posted this to comp.sys.sinclair last year, but it didn't get a single reply. Which annoyed me a bit. Since some people here seem to be intereste…
... is 5.4Mb. Zipped its 2.7Mb.
If I ... the highest settings it comes out at 2.5Mb, and at 24Kbit ... , 22050Hz it comes out at 0.74Mb ... -
Where are they now?I often wonder whats hapenned to a lot of the old 8-bit software companies. You never hear anymore of companies such as Gremlin, Elite, Ocean or Mas…
Some of the former members of Gremlin formed a new company called Sumo Digital and were responsible for Out Run 2 among other games.
Necros. -
Finally...Yes :smile: I've finally reached one thousand posts. And yes, I know that many other people have reached that august figure too, but for most of t…
... ) humans wiped out
Scale 2) nearly all life wiped out
blah ... -
Finally...Yes :smile: I've finally reached one thousand posts. And yes, I know that many other people have reached that august figure too, but for most of t…
... ) humans wiped out
Scale 2) nearly all life wiped out
blah ... things can happen: We wipe out everything, a sort of a ... thing, or you can wipe out yourself, but I'm not ... -
Mapping big games using screenshotsI know it's an unpopular thing with some people, and I object to whoever did the Deactivators map as it's shit and only shows room layouts and nothin…
... (NOT autosave), usually every 2-3 screens. Every 25-50 ... computer or if PSP conked out. Like I said I ... an older computer PSP8 bombs out within 2-3 hours of full ... are not easy to figure out except that it might ... and was never really cleaned out. V's 10 and ... -
Swiss cheese stinks - UEFA 2008 FootballWell, I was initially on the side of Switzerland, until about the first 10mins, when each time some Czech had the ball, then the fans booed and whist…
well
i said russia and sweden would win
1 out of 2 aint bad?
:D
