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Write to ROM=crash?I've read in quite a few places that writing to the ROM causes a crash but on the assembly listing the comments for poke say: "Happily no check is ma…
I've read in quite a few places that writing to the ROM causes a crash but on the assembly listing the comments for poke say:
"Happily no check is made as to whether ROM or RAM is addressed."
Does this mean that pushing a value when SP -
Sinclair branded softwareI am very interested in the Sinclair branded range of software and plan on creating a website on this at some point in the future. First I need to d…
... /sinclair/company-pics/SinclairResearchLtd/)"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/ ... assume that Sinclair switched to these because it made ... from 4036 ("Match Point") to 4038 ("Panama Joe"); 4037, ... these codes all corespond to the ROM cartridge codes ... -
Suggestions for games to test emulators?I'm going to be doing a comparision of a few different emulators, and was wondering if anyone had good suggestions of games to use as a 'benchmark' t…
I'm going to be doing a comparision of ... suggestions of games to use as a 'benchmark' to compare them. Obviously ... -
All I Have To Do Is DreamLast night I had a silly dream involving going into a second hand shop and finding the first 40 issues of Crash in the corner for 50p each. As is tra…
... traditional for dreams, I go to where they are but seem ... to have difficulty finding them, and ... -
Help reqd to fix some damaged .tzx filesDue to an oversight setting up Taper a few years ago, numerous .tzx files had some of their pauses reset to 0. I've gradually been fixing these as an…
Due to an oversight setting up Taper ... some of their pauses reset to 0. I've gradually been ... .
I'd like to fix a few more, so ... /> Austerlitz 1805.tzx
Back To The Future - Part III.tzx ... -
How To Upload BASIC program To WOS archiveIn 1987 when i was 15 years old,i wrote a program in BASIC on my Speccy 128 called ART STUDIO..yeah i know Its the only basic program i have ever wr…
... i have ever written and..to my total surprise..i was ... able to rescue the program from the ... Spectaculator!!
I would like to stick it in the archive ... how do i send it to WOS in a format that ... -
Quickest Assembly to find if point in rectangleWhat is the fastest way to see if a point is in a rectangle. e.g rectangle is 10,10 100,10 100,40 10,40 how do i know if a point (e.g 20,20) is in…
What is the fastest way to see if a point is in a rectangle.
e.g rectangle is 10,10 100,10 100,40 10,40
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Spin to save where last loaded game was from?Is their and any way to get spin to remember the last place it loaded a .tzx .dsk etc from? Every time i load up spin 505 again it has reset and i h…
Is their and any way to get spin to remember the last place ... has reset and i have to go find the games all ... -
Search WoS archive for specifics?Im wondering if there is any way i can search the FTP for just .dsk games? I cant seem to search it and im no good with FTP's. Im only after .dsk g…
... way i can search the FTP for just .dsk games?
to search it and im no good with FTP's ... wondering if anyone knows where to get hold of some microdrive ... images to try (mdl).
Any ... -
Can't Post reply !!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm logged in. When I try to post a reply to a thread - I type it in and then it asks me for my password and username again - with no empty fields t…
I'm logged in.
When I try to post a reply to a thread - I type it in and then it asks me for my password and username again - with no empty fields to fill in. I've tried logging out and cannot.
Anybody help :confused: -
RGB to Television for Spectrum+ 128So, after acquiring a Spectrum+ 128, I was looking forward to connecting it up to my telly via the RGB socket. Now, I did have oen that I bought aaaa…
... was looking forward to connecting it up to my telly via the ... 've had alook at how to make those bad boys, too ... -
Good way to use old Speccy games - Fighting Fantasy OnlineDon't know if anyone on here used to like Fighting Fantasy books, but i noticed recently that in the 80s it looks like they put the books as text adv…
... if anyone on here used to like Fighting Fantasy books, but ... website and they have linked to those games and a speccy ... emulator for you to play!
i ... that was a great thing to do really, it's not ... sure if you can get to the games if you don ... -
Map to screen address problemCan anyone help me out with what I guess is a screen address calculation problem. I need to calculate the screen address of a tile based on a number…
... problem.
I need to calculate the screen address of ... on a number from 0 to 143. Each tile is 2 ... getting tricky when I have to calculate for the other screen ... or provide a code snippet to do this. I?ve tried ... -
What happened to Keith Ainsworth retrogamer shop?I tried to open up his web page but it seems to have been broken for the last couple of days. Has he stopped selling games or is it just that he do…
I tried to open up his web page but it seems to have been broken for the last couple of days.
Has he stopped selling games or is it just that he doesn't know the website is broken?
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Installing Z88DK Z88DK INSTALLATION Z88DK is distributed in two parts. The first part is the platform independent bits (including source and z80 libraries) and th…
... z88dk
Local folder to check out to: c:\CVS
... to sourceforge and get the z88dk repository. If a password ... use a proxy server to connect to the internet so ... {
0, /* Illegal C to put '&r' directly here ... -
Converting a JPEG or BMP to speccy black and whiteI need to convert a few JPEGs or BMPs to Speccy black and white for my entry to the Speccy games compo. Anybody got any idea how I could go about th…
... a few JPEGs or BMPs to Speccy black and white for ... my entry to the Speccy games compo.
to the screen using sinclair BASIC ... -
Latin on Who Wants to Be a MillionaireDid anybody see the Latin question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire on Saturday night (16th April) ? Which of the following latin phrases means "Com…
... Latin question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire on Saturday ... , I still wasn't able to answer the later question about ... -
Favourite thing to eat with a cup of teaMy favourite thing to eat with a cup of tea is a Crunchie. All that honeycomb and chocolate melting when you take a warm drink of tea...hmmm! My se…
My favourite thing to eat with a cup of ... />
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Withdrawing Rights to DistributionWithdrawing Rights to Distribution Folks, its soap box time! As an author of a few titles who has given distro rights to WoS (and WoS alone), I'm g…
... from other sites trying to gain the rights too.< ... there is some way to mark or tag approved ... br />
I hate to sound anal about this, but ... want the hassle of replying to some "Billy Noname" site ... position of allowing sole rights to WoS.
Any ... -
How to make some money the easy wayI couldn't believe this when I saw it but.... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50224&item=8186755709&rd=1"]http://cgi.…
*** To all Romanian Spec-chums ***(sorry all, I couldn't be arsed to translate this into English, but rest assured, there's nothing naughty involved) 1. Are cineva, din intamplare, o…
... , I couldn't be arsed to translate this into English, but ...Fastest way to write something to screen$Hi, I just got pasmo.exe and start playing with attr scrolling, well, not scrolling, just write different values to a block and see if I can introdu…
... just write different values to a block and see if ... take a look, just to see if I can ... 's the fastast way to fill a block of ... it was the fastest way to update the screen. I ... _________________
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Found this web-site and thought I'd Share it
Enter your postcode to search for amusing places near to you: (U.K. - sorry international's)
[url="http://places.jump-around.com/closest/"]http://places.jump-around.com/closest/[/url]!!! HELLO TO EVEYONE !!!Hi all, I've just joined up and want to say HELLO to eveyone. :D I used to own a Speccy when they first launched(and for many years following). Unf…
... joined up and want to say HELLO to eveyone. :D
I used to own a Speccy when they ... SPECTACULATOR gave it all back to me!!!!
I'll see ...saving to asmMy another question... I know I can save part of Spectrum memory to .bin file. However I would like to save it (or convert .bin file)into .txt file w…
... save part of Spectrum memory to .bin file. However I would ... like to save it (or convert .bin ...Mobile RemakesHello. Does anybody know about some nice freeware ZX-Spectrum remakes for mobile phones? On [url="http://www.phonesoft.cz/detail.php?sekce=java&id=9…
... download it to your PC (youll have to transfer it to your mobile ... it on the net or FTP and download it from there ... remakes please add a link to them ;)
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How to watch horror Go to the deep dark woods at night with your portable DVD viewer.Watch Dog Soldiers or 28 Days Later ALONE.Then walk home,This would scare you.
Go to the deep dark woods at night with your portable DVD viewer.Watch Dog Soldiers or 28 Days Later ALONE.Then walk home,This would scare you.How to convert AY to MIDI?Hello. There are some ways to convert AY to MIDI, for example by recording it to MP3 and then to MIDI by some programs, but the results are very poor…
... /> There are some ways to convert AY to MIDI, for example by ... recording it to MP3 and then to MIDI by some ... the speccy tunes are SCREAMING to be as a ringtone :)
Does anybody know how to convert AY to MIDI?
(be ...New Spectrum game available to download Those who visited the minigame competition site last year may remember a little platform game I wrote in 4K, called Area 51. I've now reworked this…
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It's available to download from my site here ...Letters to Crash (or YS etc.)Did anyone on here ever get a letter printed in Crash (or any other Speccy magazine). I did, in the infamous issue 19 on page 50 under the alias ?Lo…
... game could actually be equated to a lost sale.
Actually quite embarrassing to read it again now, but ... hey, must have stood-out to someone at Crash, else it ... my pint? and asked him to ?step outside??
