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Peeking the contents on screen? How?You will have to forgive me for growing up on the C64, but I know I can peek the location of a character (1024 is top left from memory) and the peek …
... forgive me for growing up on the C64, but I know I ... can peek the location of a character (1024 ... will return the chr$ code of the character in the square, the same can ... be done to retrieve the ... -
Heavy on the Magick loading screen.As per [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=284510&postcount=12"]Rickard's observation[/URL], the TAP file is "illegal" (appare…
... "]Rickard's observation[/URL], the TAP file is "illegal ... it has CRACKED BY soandso on it.
... having issues with running the files in SPIN [ ... on then they work ok ... odd that, huh. It's usually the ... to provide the correct loading screen :-( SORRY! -
Chichen Itza: hidden signature on screenThere is a hidden signature on screen of Chichen Itza: By the laughin' kipper for (AD) Who could that be?
There is a hidden signature on screen of Chichen Itza:
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New ZEsarUX features - on screen keyboard and GUI styles Hi! I’m adding new features for the future version 4.1: -On Screen keyboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhutNNyDdsI To avoid using…
... for the future version 4.1:
-On Screen keyboard:< ...
Now you can change the emulator interface:
- ... Z88
-CPC
The last 3 can be easily ... br /> You can try downloading the last beta versions:
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how to fix instructions on screenI have a problem with my sequencer. I want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note values to print without pushing the instructio…
... want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note ... to print without pushing the instructions off screen. I would rather they ... digit plus space it depends on the note. I'm also trying ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... a UDG is placed on the screen then use a different ... is to be sent to the TV screen.
Bit 5: ... Keeps track of the address on the machine stack where the appropriate return data ... . Also, try PEEKing the contents of the three addresses (the base of which ... -
Is it me, or does the logo on the front page keep changing?I know I stay up late, and get up early, and drink lots of coffee. But, I could have sworn, that sometmes the logo on the front page is a rubber key…
... have sworn, that sometmes the logo on the front page is a rubber ... key 48k, and on other occasions ... need a check up from the neck up? -
Chris Moyles talking about the Spectrum on Radio 1 Did anyone hear Moyles and co. talking about the Speccy on his breakfast show yesterday morning. Was after the 830am news. He was on about PS2 and X…
... and co. talking about the Speccy on his breakfast show yesterday morning ... . Was after the 830am news. He was on about PS2 and ... were on about how critical it was to get the volume ... hear the beloved Spec mentioned on national radio all these years on and ... -
Did anyone ever play the games on Videotron cable tv?This was the cable TV service I used to get in London. Can anyone remember any of the games on it, specifically one where you played a guy stuck in a…
... anyone remember any of the games on it, specifically one where ... can remember was that the King you were trying ... (hoho!).
Just remembered the title: Temporal Ltd.
... almost got out of the pyramid in competition with ... (kinda Mr Do) on there too, as well ... -
The Fallen-on-hard-times GuySo, I dig out my copy of The Fall Guy (Elite) and load it up....well, I try to load it up, but it just doesn't plain work. I know, I'll go on to WoS …
... I'll go on to WoS and get the version from there ... .
But, what's going on ... 1, I think and the version on WoS has no encoding type ... off it won't fit on the tape.
So, ... a TZX of the speedlock version of The Fall Guy or ... -
Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX SpectrumAs I continue my clearout I am able to offer the following book for sale: Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, written by John K. Wilson. A…
... to offer the following book for sale: Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ... has an original sticker on the front of the book which I ... .ebay.co.uk/Cracking-the-Code-on-the-Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-Book_W0QQitemZ290091448429QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4193QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ... -
Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX SpectrumHello, has anyone got a copy of this book they no longer want? I can't seem to find a copy anywhere? Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum…
... anywhere?
Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
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28-character wide multicolour(ish) on 48k SpectrumLong-time lurker here... I've always been interested in rainbow effects on the 48k Spectrum, mainly from a perspective of "Just what [I]would [/I]ha…
... PUSHed, because nothing in the screen update period affects the flags.
[*]You ... region pushed over to the right of the screen to make things easy ... ; Hang around, modifying the instructions so that the data on screen changes
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Screen artifacts/shimmer after composite modHi folks,<br><br>I've done a little work to what I hope is going to be my work-horse rubber key speccy - It's a Samsung made issue 3b.<br><br>I notic…
... after doing the composite mod that the letters on screen seem to ... have a shimmer or artifacts around them - the ... can see the extra 'bits' around the letters in the video below ... been spoiled with the RGB display on my TR/+2a/ ... -
what components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power onwhat components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power on? i remember doing this a few times when i had …
... a joystick interface in with the power on?
i remember ... i had a speccy in the 80's and having to ... send the thing back once and get ... -
New WIP underway - 'Dingo'.Hi, Prepare for a long post. Perhaps I can even challenge ewgf here. :razz: Anyway, I've been meaning to get into Z80 programming and making a game…
... check to see whether the byte on screen is zero or not:< ... 2) Read screen byte contents at new coodinate, and the byte that is ... continue pasting your sprite on screen and carry on...
Perhaps ... so checking to see if the screen byte is zero is futile ... -
Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
... using a loop to screen, but that's far ... on how to do a fast routine in assembly to put the ... tiles on screen? Is this easily done ... for someone who just knows the ... pixels tiles. Is this the best way to store ... -
Games with ball-/round-shaped characters?Kinda odd request, let me elaborate a bit. I got some unfinished pic (pencil lineart) here depicting some lass rummaging around a sort of attic (no …
... doodled pretty much out of the blue without any idea whatsoever ... one of them opened, with the contents on the floor (about 20 balls in ... ".
Here's the ones I already figured out ... his brothers (Bobby Bearing)
The ball from Wizball
Madballs ... -
+3 disk drive won't read discs :(Hi all Hoping you knowledgable ppl can help me out!! Manage to rescue an old +3 off a second hand market recently, but despite having replaced the d…
... band), cleaned the whole bugger out and cleaned the heads, the +3 still ... attempts to read the disc (the motor moved the heads up and down ... after a moment or so the prompt on screen asks for a tape ... to it than her, based on the attention it's getting....... -
Windows problem - please helpA friend of mine's PC (XP service pack 3 *shudder*) has a problem - when he connects a USB stick the PC hardware Blue Screen of Deaths, a known probl…
... went to the log on screen, and goes no further. See, the mouse is ... made the log on screen controllable via the keyboard as well as the mouse? And the ... after a time, the screen saver kicks in on the logon screen, and no matter ... -
Stimulate your senses..?Ok, was mulling this over the other day - it's probably been discussed before but what the heck. I was thinking back to home computers & entertainme…
... what you do with the keyboard on screen with little blocky blobs ... and then later the music of the 128 which was fantastic ... -time communication with people around the world.
... amp; use the power of the mind to effect on-screen movement and actions ... -
Proof of Destruction: John BrennanThe signature on screen mentions Jon I. This isn't Jon I, this is Jon B :) The last letter is covered by black attributes. Jon B is John Brennan, w…
The signature on screen mentions Jon I. This isn' ... , this is Jon B :)
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48k Speccy chucks a wobblerI've got a problem with my rubber keyed 48k speccy. When it is first switched on everything is fine but after a couple of minutes the picture on scr…
... after a couple of minutes the picture on screen starts to screw itself ... up and the speccy makes these ... beeping noises. Normally when the screen starts to go funny i ... of evenly spaced green squares on the left hand side.
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Keyboard problem...Hi Folks, I have hit a problem in MRT and I cannot see how to get around it. Please allow me to explain. I have a list of items from which one can…
... display a "window" over the list with some additional ... that updates the time on screen whilst waiting for the user to ... the window the key seems to repeat. The selection code reads the ... 0 before the INKEY$ statement in the loop above the code works ... -
loading images (SCR) - from tapeHello, i would like to understand how to put an image and loaded from tape. I was able to use on "Pee Cee" a converter software that did a JPG -> SC…
... "" and with play, he loaded the image on screen.
but i ... it can be done, everything on the ZX.
I know there ... put the syntax to load the image and the image itself in the same ... what is the syntax to load it? is it the screen$?
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How slow can a CF-card goSurprising. My 48k Spectrum did not allow me to CAT all the 254 files that my private DOS (for CF-card) can store in each sub directory. Spectrum get…
... got confused too.
Timing the following loop finally gave me ... 1, though by MC, took the same time.
It ... .
It clearly is the printing on screen of individual CAT entries where ... single-sector works, to fit the standard CAT n command in. -
that "listing variables during runtime" thingWell, I did eventually finish this, but with my meds playing up I don't have much time each day that I can spend at the computer, so it's taken rathe…
... them). The screen is restored after pressing ENTER on the last page of the listing ... relocation, ScrDol0 to identify the characters on-screen when saving and PrintA0 to ... below).
Part the 3rd - the improved SCREEN$ routine assembler listing:
How can I make a UDG rotate?I designed a set of UDG's that can be used for making shapes or letters. Trouble is that my circle - for example - consists of 4 pieces and it would…
... if I could have an on-screen option to select and rotate ... utilize a mouse to select the pieces on screen?Looking for a utility (keyboard and joystick tester)Hello everybody! I'm looking for a utility program of the Spectrum (hope this is the correct place to post it!). It showed the keyboard on screen,…
... utility program of the Spectrum (hope this is the correct place to ... post it!). It showed the keyboard on screen, flashing a key each ... fonts,. Not sure why, but the general look of it reminded ... me of the Batty game graphics. I think ...
