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Recent Returnee to the spectrum fold needs hardware adviceHi all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. This is my first post to this forum after I stumbled on this site just a few weeks ago, i only reg…
... uses the 48k basic interpreter with that known token input, the basic is corrected ... -
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... 3" which demanded a seperate BASIC program to be written just ... problems with most of the programs that I did not succeed with ... one or two are for programs that are either MIA or themselves ... /> I had many problems with programs using the microdrive. Some were ... -
Testing the Ram on a Toastrack 128KHi All My "new" 128K is misbehaving, all the demos I have loaded for it crash instantly, Ghostbusters 128K is playable but one of the background scr…
... , but basically the ram-page that's in address 49152-65535 ... the value selects the ROM that's used... if you don ... you'll page out the 48k BASIC ROM, and your program will ... -
Where will Microsoft go after Vista ?If i were Microsoft, i would develop a media center only OS with no backwards compatability that would be able to be used on a Dual Booted pc running…
... text editing, maybe a basic art package, that sort of thing, anything ... more bloatware, and built in programs that you never use, as ... often much better third party programs that you've used for ... ago I'd have installed programs that provide similar effects in ... -
+2A, are they all this incompatible?My +2A does not seem to be faulty but the number of games that don't run on it are silly. Scooby Doo(Elite), Crazy Cars , Turbo Outrun, Vindicator(im…
... ... this means that the machine uses the 48k ROM, but ... were plenty of demos that would only work in USR0 ... . Just go into 128k BASIC and type USR0. It ... machine has reset itself to 48K BASIC... in fact it has, ... it was required for some 48k/128k demos, and maybe ... -
+2A, are they all this incompatible?My +2A does not seem to be faulty but the number of games that don't run on it are silly. Scooby Doo(Elite), Crazy Cars , Turbo Outrun, Vindicator(im…
... ... this means that the machine uses the 48k ROM, but ... There were plenty of demos that would only work in USR0 ... . Just go into 128k BASIC and type USR0. It ... machine has reset itself to 48K BASIC... in fact it has, ... :)
I'll give that a try, might help with ... -
+2A, are they all this incompatible?My +2A does not seem to be faulty but the number of games that don't run on it are silly. Scooby Doo(Elite), Crazy Cars , Turbo Outrun, Vindicator(im…
... ... this means that the machine uses the 48k ROM, but ... were plenty of demos that would only work in USR0 ... . Just go into 128k BASIC and type USR0. It ... machine has reset itself to 48K BASIC... in fact it has, ... it was required for some 48k/128k demos, and maybe ... -
Emulator for Vista & Sony Ericsson.Can you please advise what are my options for a Spectrum Emulator which is compatible with Windows Vista? I used to use ZX32 when I was on XP. Also…
... Uros Zupan;236091]I suppose that you are now using Spectrian ... 's a very neat emulator that features 48k, 128k and +3 support ... landscape display modes for phones that support them although I've ... keyboard as well for games that require you to input stuff (though ... -
Backwards JSW and MMDunno if you've seen these MM and JSW variants, but they're horizontally flipped versions of the original games. Even the in-game tunes play backwar…
... MirrorJSW, which are Java programs that take any 48K MM/JSW game and ... I'll have to try that one day!
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DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... with custom loading routines, etc. that won't work on DivIDE ... - this will put you into 48k Basic but with 128k paging enabled ... -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... - this will put you into 48k Basic but with 128k paging enabled ... goes in 48K mode by itself (1982 Sinclair....), isn't that right ... the way, are you sure that in a DivIDE+ it should ... -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... 've yet to see anything that would preclude the machine starting ... is all fine when the 48k Basic ROM is paged in - normally ... something and they would "emulate" that with their own routines - loading ... Divide+ has some extra logic that prevents the traps to be ... -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... is all fine when the 48k Basic ROM is paged in - normally ... something and they would "emulate" that with their own routines - loading ... (or has someone already tried that?).
The benefit ... ) that you could even save onto the CF card from 128K BASIC ... -
z88dk 1.8 releasedSince I am the most regular of the z88dk peeps to post here I might as well let you all know that v1.8 has been released. [code] A little later than…
... begun to write simple test programs that demonstrate a few features at ... windows. The zx81 example programs are compiled assuming 48k ram, WRX16 hi ... 512x192 b&w mode that will work on any Timex ... -
z88dk 1.8 releasedSince I am the most regular of the z88dk peeps to post here I might as well let you all know that v1.8 has been released. [code] A little later than…
... this project is certainly something that would be nice to add ... . Anything on top of that (interface to BASIC, interface to C) will ... need to reassemble for the programs to work with possible later ... s file descriptor mechanism, so that the generic read/write/close ... -
Specdrum 3 W.I.PIts a new app so i needed a new thread sorry :) I am sorry i have been neglecting this site and i have been working hard on Specdrum 3 Honest i hav…
... MT540 Keyboard for the drums that was 1989 wow was ... the 'Quantize' function so that they wouldn't be off ... in to account that this is written in basic and then ... i did say basic , i use blitzmax basic for the pc ... br /> to do all that in 48k and not run out ... -
+3 and .tzxIs there software for ZX +3 that would allow loading .tzx files from floppy diskdrive and saving it to cassette tape (not running them)? (I have hear…
... volume sensitive loading scheme that was in wide use ... a sequence of pulses that are needed for the ... trigger a reset to 48k basic if everything is not ... br /> To be honest tho' that's probably overkill - if Head ... and other electrical noise that might get added to ... -
48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…
... at the end of the 48K BASIC ROM which were used by ... point to the interrupt routine that read the joystick. As long ... 255 as the poor joysticks that necessitated this for all memory ... -
Alternative ROM thru DivideSorry if this could be a stupid question: I know the Divide+ can load Interface 2 Roms into internal memory by using Residos and the %INSTALL comman…
Yes, you can install any 48K BASIC ROM replacement in exactly the ... /> If you tell ResiDOS that it's a BASIC ROM (a type ... ROM diverges from the original 48K BASIC ROM, but most are designed ... -
Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
... have tried in Loader and 48k Basic, but I can't ... />
I also know that sound is getting to the ... This is a resistor that discharges part of the tape ... Also make sure the cable that connects the tape deck to ...
Once you've checked that lot, get back to me ... -
How to load "Pang 16c" with EmuZWin and other emulators supporting ATM TurboHi, I'm a complete nut with Russian clones and one of the games I'd rather like to watch and play is the 16-coloured version of Pang, which I found …
... menu, Select 128K BASIC (or 48K BASIC if 128K BASIC previously failed to run ... from the disk (Uses standard 48K tokens - so EXTENDED-SYMSHIFT- ... 15616" is not needed on that system.
EDIT: ... I just noticed that EmuZWin also has a "disk ... -
'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... 128K syntax for this), that then would make moving ... BASIC program.
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It's true that ... channel in machine code that would write to the ... the ROM with one that writes to the desired ... system evolving from the 48K BASIC ROM, I could see ... -
The "Ernie Wise Memorial Game What I Wrote" thread 2008As the September rain lashes remorselessly long and hard against the window (Everest PVC-u) what more can a cove do but reflect on life whilst drinki…
... with a straight line that was the full length ... Sam goes skiing" game that came on an old cassette ... these turds that still keep me faithfull that I will ... keep worrying about, anyway that aside I think the ... changed them round using 48k BASIC, the games I messed ... -
ANN: ColorPRINTColorPRINT gives you 256 fully programmable Timex mode 2 characters (maximum 16 colours per character if you have bright black) to use in your 48 BAS…
... to recolour any really good BASIC programs that will fit in the reduced ... memory area. Sadly that rules out Football Manager. ... /> Mined Out is a great BASIC game (like Minesweeper on the ... the game is so basic graphically, that there isn't much for ... -
Be honest - Vienna, by Ultravox, is a really awful songActually, Vienna is a great song. But yesterday on BBC3 they had one of those "100 best" or "100 worst" worst programs that today's program schedular…
... free of cost only because that's the only reason anyone ... write something really complicated like BASIC programs that print their name on the ... -
In ye olde days of computingI found this page about some of the the history of home-computing. Maybe not complete, but still: [URL]http://www.jaapan.de/jp/homecomputer.php?page=…
... an interface that allows the user and any loaded programs to access ... specific subroutines, drivers and so on that are ... to be used for the programs that the user chooses to run ... IQ in a five line BASIC program), but it would still ... -
New BASin features - what do you want?Ok, this poll is just a quick method of gaining the measure of what you lot expect from BASin. Go vote! Which ever gets the most votes at the end of…
... BASIC and HiSoft BASIC already both allow you to compile large programs by ... bigger than the source and programs that push the memory limit when ... not sure but i think that all BASIC compilers links whole runtime ... -
New BASin features - what do you want?Ok, this poll is just a quick method of gaining the measure of what you lot expect from BASin. Go vote! Which ever gets the most votes at the end of…
... can work with bigger programs by using memory paging ... br />
4. Which BASIC commands are speeded up and ... programs that can be compiled.
5. What extensions to BASIC ... large programs and has the most comprehensive support for BASIC commands ... -
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... procedure is very similar to that above.
Note: So ... />
So, again select a 48K speccy config with the MGT ... -E to "shell out" to 48K BASIC.
Type [b]LOAD ... WordMaster and you will see that the alternate font is in ... -
A question for the older programmers of WOSWhen did the debugging tools that allow you to highlight the flow of execution within code and track the values or variables become available. Was t…
... the first versions of Visual Basic. But later versions (5 ... It's important to understand that on technical terms VB broke ... highly successful programming language that made a perfect marriage ... b. to produce functional programs that could do about anything deemed ...
