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WoS gets a mention on BBCDunno if anyone has seen this: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29011895[/url] Some American guy has made a Spectrum in handheld form...
Dunno if anyone has seen this:
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29011895[/url]
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Best UK websites to find a job?What are the best sites to find a job in the UK? I guess Monster and Reed are the most used ones, but are there some other which could be helpful? Th…
What are the best sites to find a job in the UK?
I guess Monster and Reed are the most used ones, but are there some other which could be helpful?
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What Spectrum Game gave public chance to win a gold necklace?Hi, I don't know the answer but I remember reading that a game made by some company hid a gold necklace or treasure in the UK, and to find it they h…
... some company hid a gold necklace or treasure in the UK, and ... had to solve some clues in a game, I just can't ... the Groucho game that was a holiday in the US. -
Anyone used a CronusMax?I was thinking of getting one of these as, when I get a PS4 in the new year, I would like to use my 360 controller on the PS4, and the PS4 controller…
... these as, when I get a PS4 in the new year, I ... have to buy a second 360 controller AND a second PS4 controller ... , this might be a good solution.
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trying to remember a kids tv programWe were talking about old kids tv programs at work today and I remembered bits of two things that I watched that I cant recall the names of... progr…
... /> program 1) it had a boy in it, and something about birds ... that was thought to be a goodie but turned out to ... be a baddie who wanted to steal ... kid who can only write in mirror writing or something
SpecBAS 0.830 Released!Hi guys - A new official release of SpecBAS has been released. The full changelog is below, but for now here's the download: [url]https://sites.goo…
... the CHR$ 1 prefix in a string. As a result, there's only ... numeric argument - DO 35: PRINT "X": LOOP will loop 35 ... output graphics primitives (CIRCLE, PRINT etc) can now use alpha ... /> A small bug in string slice assigns that caused a crash in multistatement ...How would you make a Casablanca game, speccy Style?I'm watching Casablanca for the 100 time, and It just hit me that there might be a game in here somewhere... If you guys were asked to program a Cas…
... me that there might be a game in here somewhere...
In speccy, probably a text adventure game... (It ... would also give a nive point n' click).
Or maybe a mix of genres, like the ...SpecBAS 0.844 releasedHi all - it's been a while... Having some unexpected extra time off work, I've been able to get some work done on SpecBAS and it's now a bit more …
... used as a standalone command rather than just embedded in PRINT or TEXT ... test against - e.g. IF a IN [1,4 TO 5,b ... variables as the first term in a range
Sprites, when ... usable
Embedded SCALE commands in a PRINT command now reset after the ...Lazard in my Basement.Ok, so some while ago you remember my post about a mouse in the house. Well now I have a new problem, a lizard in my basment. It snuck in though the …
... a mouse in the house. Well now I have a new problem, a lizard in ... my basment. It snuck in though ... it.
I guess in a few months I'm to ... find a dead lizzard somewhere in my house. That ...Together in Electric Dreams - Play - CrowdfunderA few years ago there was a play in Manchester about a fictional meeting between Sir Clive Sinclair and Alan Sugar called "Together in Electric Drea…
... ago there was a play in Manchester about a fictional meeting between ... and Alan Sugar called "Together in Electric Dreams".
... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/together-in-electric-dreams-fringe-theatre-tour ... , apologies if it's in the wrong section or if ...Spectrum +3 Drive A: not ready for any floppys. HELP NEEDEDhey there, i recently received a spectrum +3, i've managed to tune into it correctly, and all the other functions seem to be operating correctly, how…
hey there, i recently received a spectrum +3, i've managed ... " command, it says that drive A: is not ready.
a floppy in the correct orientation.
A: not ready - Retry, Ignore or ...ZX-Assembler version 0.8 (beta) releasedDear readers, yesterday I've published ZX-Assembler in its first version 0.8. It offers you some interesting features, even if I know there are …
... with Ctrl+C is a pure ASM file (including labels
into a text editor to get a full usable ASM file again ... to
produce text messages in a display tool window.
ASM file containing labels.
< ...z80 assembly helpEver since I was a child I wanted to program my zx81 then my zx spectrum + 2. However, it was such a mystical beast and I only ever used BASIC not kn…
... br /> rst 16 ; print it.
ld a,(xcoord) ; vertical position ... that uses the number in the accumulator and opens ... xcoord variable with the one in the accumulator
... have question marks or a line with a question in it.
...SuperFo Harlequin crashes on EnterHello there, I currently have a SuperFo Harlequin at hand which suffers a crash/freeze each time I try to enter a line in basic. Doesn't matter if …
... there,
I currently have a SuperFo Harlequin at hand which ... enter a line in basic.
Doesn't matter if it's print ... or freezes the machine - keeping a blinking cursor but accepts no ...Opus Discovery - a Christmas taleBack in the day, when the ZX ruled the home computer market here in the UK, it suffered from 1 obvious problem: it lacked a fast mass media save/load…
... led Spectrum +2, and in particular a game called GliderRider. I had ... with it to run a simple presentation in my absence. I left ... ." before it ran a small text request for a change in my 'main ... . I am as happy as a nerd in a retro pile of computers ...Machine Code for Beginners - error?Dear all, I've picked rather old book called Machine Code for Beginners by Usborne.1983 There's an example inside which claims to print a messa…
... example inside which claims to print a message on the screen; however ... knowing too much machine code, a quick glance over the code ... - simply represent the ASCII codes in their binary form.
The "hearing and reading the same things" coincidenceWhat I'm talking about are those rare coincidences where you read a specific word or sentence on a screen or in print, and at exactly the same time y…
... or sentence on a screen or in print, and at exactly ... - be it in real-life, in a movie or a song. I ... think this has happened to everyone a ... few times in their lives, I ... to be only once in a couple of years, though ...What was this type-in space shooter gameI'm fairly certain this game was a type-in, probably from Your Computer. A moonscape would draw itself in green across the screen, and some silos …
... fairly certain this game was a type-in, probably from Your Computer ... .
A moonscape would draw itself in green across the ... some silos coloured in at the bottom. A single UFO would ...
I loved this back in the day. It looked something ...Millipede missing in action querySorry for the double post, but no one seems to respond much in the MIA category. I have a post there asking if anyone thinks the Millipede game I hav…
... seems to respond much in the MIA category. I ... missing in action or a type-in. I have the file in a collection ... Millipede games as seen in the archive, but also ... grateful for gamers' expertise in identifying the version I ... have in case it is the ...Which peripheral listened on port $9f from back in 1984 (Chuckie Egg related)Hi Apologies if this is in the wrong section, please feel free to move it to the correct one if so. I've been looking through the Chuckie Egg c…
... an OUT ($9F),A instruction in the middle of the ... trigger points in the game which result in a call to ... $9ceb to prep a new ... of place in the game to play a tune or ... The MIDI specification was published in August 1983, according to ...Saving all of a SCREEN$I have some .scr files that I have created in img2spec and I can open them in spectaculator and save them by using the EDIT button and selecting scre…
... that I have created in img2spec and I can ... open them in spectaculator and save them ... get these SCREEN$'s saved in their entirety, without losng ... I cannot involve them in a program until i first ... full .scr files onto a disk in spectaculator, that isn't ...Mouse in my Spectrum+http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/speccymouse_zpseo1ka6gp.jpg A little mouse has made a nest in my Spectrum+, I think it's a…
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/speccymouse_zpseo1ka6gp.jpg
A little mouse has made a nest in my Spectrum+, I think it's an Issue 1 keyboard. What should I do? Is it protected?
Help!Meeting in Germany in Wittenberg - SpectrumaniaHello, as in the last 17 years also 2016 there will be a meeting of Sinclair and Spectrum enthusiasts in Wittenberg. There is a Doodle to subscrib…
... will be a meeting of Sinclair and Spectrum enthusiasts in Wittenberg. ... There is a Doodle to subscribe ... be meeting at a restaurant.
In German forum there ... is a thread: [url="http:// ...Sign-in problems for last couple of daysI've been having problems signing into the forum on my computer for the last couple of days. Might be because I have a slightly different setup (usi…
... be because I have a slightly different setup (using ... usually I don't have a problem.
... break down the sign-in URL that the button ... a sign-in page and I can sign in successfully. However, the sign-in ... freeze.
A minor annoyance and I've ...P.O.W.As far as I know, a port of P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) from NHK, doesn't exist. [img]https://cld.pt/dl/download/61d19b5e-453b-489c-b17b-d3ed6fccd594/…
... that I have played a lot in my youth (instead ... My intent, is to have char wide scroll on level, ... , and have players/sprites in black and white (without ...
This is a BIG project, in terms of Bitmaps and ... this is a project for at least a year in part time ...Why didn't I RTFM when I was a kid?!?!?!I've just been reading this: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXSpectrum128Manual/sp128p09.html And it got me thinking 'Why didn't I Read The F*%…
... *%^Ing Manual when I was a kid?'. One of the things ... of some tanned strumpet on a yacht in Tenby!!!!! One can only ...Looking for a WIP title but can't remember its namethere was a work in progress titles either last year or the year before that I cannot remember the name of. It was a side scrolling hack 'n' slash du…
there was a work in progress titles either last year ... the name of. It was a side scrolling hack 'n' slash ... excellent sprite animation. I had a link to it that I ...An odd floating point error. Avoid!While working on the revival of my old game ([url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53207/new-game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992…
... new-game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992"]here[/url ... 10 LET a=2
20 LET a=a–.5: PRINT a: GOTO 20 ... .
Keep that in mind, as if your code ... checks if a=0, that condition will ... until I added a line to actually print the result before ...
