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Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …
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Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …
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Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …
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42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…
... via a stream - in this case stream 3 (which is normally ... 23631+256*PEEK 23632
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Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…
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TommyGun UsersI was wondering how many people are actively using TommyGun. I'm thinking of shelving its development as I don't think there is really a need out the…
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TommyGun UsersI was wondering how many people are actively using TommyGun. I'm thinking of shelving its development as I don't think there is really a need out the…
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Is this fair/legal?About a year ago, I bought a (512MB) mp3 player, and after a while it stopped playing music in one channel. I took it back to the shop, and they repl…
... find the receipt) then the lower amount of money they were ... port add-on and carrying-case). I hate lawyers, and I ... -
What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…
... came in at a much lower price than the BBC, Dragon ... , it wasn't just a case of being the earliest/cheapest ... -
MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…
... also, such as, in the case of space invaders, decreasing the ... the spectrum resolution is considerably lower.
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MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…
... also, such as, in the case of space invaders, decreasing the ... the spectrum resolution is considerably lower.[/QUOTE]
For Space Invaders ...Today I bought...... a Sony PSP with 4 games for 50 quid. My impressions of the system? - Nice graphics, but no soul. To be honest, I'd rather play on the kids GBA …
any idea of what version firmware it's running? if it's 2.0 or lower you can pretty much run homebrew on it as it is, that being the case you might make a tidy profit on e-bayWhat should I get??I want to add a Spectrum to my collection but having come from the Atari/Commodore/TI/Apple world, I am a little unsure what to get? Something that …
... printer port (using [EMAIL="POKE@11,1"]POKE@11,1[/EMAIL], or ... something, the POKE @ statement directly pokes the +D ... drive with my +2 in case the internal drive would read ... words in 48K mode), the case prevents some add-ons from ...Problems with my +2A DatacorderHey folks, Bought a speccy from ebay, but i think its fucked. What do you think? Basically it turns on fine, but when i try load a game nothing wor…
... on another machine, in which case you may need to "tweak ... of the slots on the lower half of the machine.
case. Check the circuit board for ... the upper section of the case. Heck, I'll even throw ...Problem with rotating procedureHi folks! I wrote a proc in z80 asm, based on: x' = x * cos (z) - y * sin (z) y' = x * sin (z) + y * cos (z) I used a precalculated table of sin a…
... byte and X maps to lower byte of the lookup address ... e^x. But in the case of rotations we can actually ...Cant get infinite health cheat to work in FairlightI'm using spectaculator, I have the pokes folder, the cheat appears in cheat options, but nothing happens if I select it. Other cheats from the poke …
... it. Other cheats from the poke folder, like show room draw ... , but are you using the poke for the right version? There ... , try another emulator, just in case.
Edit: I've ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... started that wasn't the case. The 64C was also a ... sockets, the size of the case, etc... The prices for some ... the beginning was probably even lower by the time it was ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... on the C64 using a lower horizontal resolution doesn't help ... seperate bitplanes, because in that case the total number of bytes ... to write can be considerably lower.
The maths behind ...Self made membraneHi fellowes, as you probably know, the keyboard membrane seems to be the weakest hardware part in Spectrum. It is not so hard to find in eBay or in s…
It could as well be double-sided PCB. It would need the thru-holes just to bring the lower surface tracks up to make the 40 switch surfaces (in case of a "non-plus" keyboard). No jumpers, no nothing.
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Marcelo.Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... capita incomes were still much lower than in the West.
case of flopping, more like the ...Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... as western Europe. That would lower sales not increase them.
case revisions that I'm aware ...Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... as western Europe. That would lower sales not increase them.[/quote ... might not have been the case. We still haven't seen ...+2 ramdisk - access in machine codeHow can you access the ramdisk in machine code? I've got a +2, and it seems the ramdisk has never been properly utilised. It would be a handy little…
... all data above the file lower and the catalogue data has ... -> physical page 1 special case needed
jr z, destset ... -> physical page 1 special case needed
jr z, srcset ...Xenon TriOxide (Xeo3)I just wanted you all to know that a new cross platform game has started development (well the +4 version has been around a while, but my colleague f…
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case 3 is handled by this< ... down), LD L,C (restore lower byte of pointer), AND A ...Deus ExSince we sometimes mention classic non-Spectrum games (and even the rubbish on the Commodore 64 ;) ) on this forum, how come we've never discussed De…
... show me where HL got lower ratings.[/quote]
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The targeting system ...Star Heritage::TranslationHi all! I am almost finished with a translation of a Russian adventure game Star Heritage (demo) to poor English. I need a volunteer(s) with a good …
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12. Change Colors. In case you have BW display on ...Where to get Spectrum RAMSigh. Even obsolete nixie tubes seem to be easier to get hold of than Spectrum RAM. I've tried the usual suspects (eBay and google searches), but not…
4116 RAM chips (for lower 16K of ZX 48) are ... them can be bad (plastic case not protects well agains moisture ...Spectrum Composite video connections?Is it possible to modify a standard 48K spectrum to give composite video output? In my experience i have found the quality of the picture out of the…
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In case our friend here doesn't ... paper to be displayed lower left or lower right (i don't ...+3 Scart on LCD vs CRTJust got a very nice condition +3 given for christmas, along with a new RGB scart lead from ebay (I believe it's a guy in Poland on here who makes th…
... 's resolution is in any case far below LCD monitor's ... idea: maybe to try to lower RGB amplitude with some resistors ...
