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  • Screen effects in MCAs I see there is still interest for MC programming on Speccy. So, I made little presentation of screen or slideshow effects with source files, demon…

    ... , I made little presentation of screen or slideshow effects with source ...
    piters piters February 2006 Development
  • Loading screen made of Hama beadsOK, so not your usual approach to preservation, but I thought people might be interested in my attempt to render a Spectrum loading screen using Hama…

    ... to render a Spectrum loading screen using Hama beads.

    hldswrth hldswrth February 2006 Support files
  • Getting attribute location from a screen coordinates (x,y)I am having trouble figuring out how to convert an x,y coordinate pair (pointing to a specific pixel) to the location of the attribute for the block …

    ... attributes but was in the screen.

    Does anyone know ... that once I understand the screen layout better then I will ... hopefully help me understand the screen layout better.
    Scrapheap Scrapheap April 2006 Development
  • my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…

    ... output (under which the menu screen is not visable).
    I ... well, with only one particular fault, a dodgy RF output. i ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace May 2006 Hardware
  • How to put up a SCREEN$ - VB6 only.I'm making a little [B]Opus Discovery[/B] floppy image creator/viewer (thanks, [B]Obo[/B]!). It is made in... VB6 (sorry, don't know any "real" langu…

    ... like to add a [B]SCREEN$[/B] viewer.

    I ... way to display a Speccy screen, like in a picture box ... I tried to figure out screen handling in VBSpec, but the ...
    Marcelo Marcelo May 2006 Development
  • Emulator 'primer'Hi, I see there is an emulator primer from the perspective of [i]using[/i] one but does anyone have a primer for [i]writing[/i] one? I've already s…

    ... memory array from ROM and RAM images + started porting the Z80 ... just try to get the "screen" updating from the loaded, static ...
    xenomorph xenomorph May 2006 Emulators
  • PC problem - my new motherboard won't turn off when in WindowsMy PC died, so I've bought a new motherboard, CPU, RAM and case. It's now an AMD 3100+, 512MB DDR, with a Winfast 760GXK8MG motherboard ( [url]http:/…

    ... bought a new motherboard, CPU, RAM and case. It's now ... the PC gives me a screen saying "It's now safe ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2006 Chit chat
  • Printer softwareHi guys Found a tape whilst going through a box of stuff. Clearly printed on the surface: RAM ELECTRONICS CENTRONICS PRINTER SOFTWARE (c) 1988 …

    ... on the surface:

    RAM ELECTRONICS
    CENTRONICS PRINTER SOFTWARE ... SPECTRUM


    loading screen matches

    http://www ...
    DEATH DEATH May 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Faulty 128KI digged out my Spectrum 128, and it wakes not up. I don't have experience, only with 48K. Maybe someone can give me some hint, clue. It looks like m…

    ... , CPU, memory control logic) error. Screen goes black for short, then ... ROM). So, it looks like RAM error. Is it worth to ... replace RAM chips? ULA is warm (probably ...
    piters piters June 2006 Hardware
  • R Register, Contended RAM and ClonesHi. I've had a quick look at the CSS FAQ but didn't spot quite what I'm looking for (also the CSS FAQ doesn't have much detail of the clones - there …

    ... is the effect of contended RAM on the R-register? I ... run any code in contended RAM, but I do make several ... , but then without the contended RAM the HALT would take place ...
    icabod icabod July 2006 Development
  • SimCoupe 1.0 released[size=-2](for those of you that don't read CSS)[/size] SimCoupe, the SAM Coup? emulator, has been updated to version 1.0. This major release adds ma…

    ... inserted at the start-up screen
    - Added delay to disk ... SAM mouse movements
    - Improved RAM, paging, CLUT and CPU register ...
    obo obo July 2006 Emulators
  • Games that don't use loading screenI thought it would be helpful to start a new topic in which we can say what games (still without loading screen shot in the archive) don't use it, ju…

    ... what games (still without loading screen shot in the archive) don ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx July 2006 Games
  • Bah, Spectrum+ has diedBah. My Spectrum+ appears to have died. On power up, the 'paper' part of the screen goes black (and you see the faint red lines that you normally se…

    ... , the 'paper' part of the screen goes black (and you see ... , the Spectrum overwrites all of RAM on boot - bad ...
    Winston Winston July 2006 Hardware
  • Old code uploadedI'm gradually ploughing through my microdrive catridges and I am uploading the recovered contents at [url]http://mdfs.net/Software/Spectrum/Microdri…

    ... /> * Emulated teletext display.
    * 31K RAM disk.
    * Code to create ... /> * Display a Jet Set Willy screen.

    All free for ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston August 2006 Development
  • Loading Screen ProblemI am putting together files on a tape that my game needs. The problem that I have is that after loading the "loading screen", the image is spoilt by …

    ... that after loading the "loading screen", the image is spoilt ... appearing ? When the loading screen was designed there was no ... left-hand edge of the screen ? Is there a way ... it appear elsewhere on the screen. It may be possible ... position within the loading screen.
    Mr Millside Mr Millside August 2006 Development
  • Screen LoaderCouple days ago i find very interesting loader routine in ex Yugoslavia magazine "Svet Kompjutera" from january 1987. Authors of article, calls this …

    ... "bit-loader" and she load screen verticaly line by line, from ... of most impressive.
    Uncompressed screen must be at 49152, routine ...
    Pegaz Pegaz August 2006 Games
  • RAM Test ROM?Found a link to this: [url]http://www.retroreview.com/iang/TestSpec4.zip[/url] in another thread, and fired it up in SPIN, but I have no clue how to…

    ... this to determine which physical RAM chip needs replacing, and/or ...
    trellis trellis September 2006 Hardware
  • Will we see a return of the microcomputer?The glory days of the 80's are definitely in the distant, revered past, but I notice that computer makers are marketing more and more ultraportable l…

    ... and with a built-in screen.

    What is keeping ... calculators have more CPU power, RAM and ROM that the old ...
    torstum torstum September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Q. on WinXP logon screen (how to disable?)Aaaargh! I am sitting in front of an annoying computer. It's driving me crazy! How the f-in A does one disable the stinking logon screen (the "cla…

    ... one disable the stinking logon screen (the "classic" one, not the ...
    Skarpo Skarpo September 2006 Chit chat
  • Full screen help in EmuWinIf I click full screen in EmuWin the program goes full screen but the play area is very small. Smaller than full border with a spectrum. How can i …

    ... EmuWin the program goes full screen but the play area is ...
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow October 2006 Emulators
  • Spectrum Screen Memory MapWhat's the advantage (mistery?) behind ULA's spectrum screen memory interpretation? 6144 bytes divided into 3 blocks, 2048 bytes long. if you want t…

    ... (mistery?) behind ULA's spectrum screen memory interpretation?

    ... to draw something on screen you have to poke ... behind this implementation? Why screen memory isn't interpreted continuously ... to draw something on screen avoiding 3 block structure?
    Arda Arda October 2006 Development
  • 256K RAM chips in Spectrum 128KSince I have lot of 256K RAM chips, and my 128K has RAM error, I think about replacing all 16 RAM (64K ones) chips with 256K chips. Then it would be …

    ... have lot of 256K RAM chips, and my 128K ... has RAM error, I think about ... replacing all 16 RAM (64K ones) chips with ... be 'Spectrum 512K' - something like RAM in Pentagon.

    ... bank switching of that extra RAM - we need 2 bits ...
    piters piters October 2006 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... a P2-450, 128MB or RAM and a DirectX 7 3D ... it - it has no split screen ability (for a multiplayer first ... person shooter, a split screen mode is as necessary as ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2006 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... get hold of than Spectrum RAM. I've tried the usual ... dead Spectrums with suspected bad RAM. It'd be nice to ...
    Winston Winston November 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum RAM Paks...This jogged my memory (excuse the pun!!) : [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CURRAH-32K-RAM-PACK-BOXED-SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM_W0QQitemZ150057889352QQihZ005QQ…

    ... ebay.co.uk/CURRAH-32K-RAM-PACK-BOXED-SINCLAIR-ZX- ... with one of these 32K RAM paks!
    My poor ... 16K model with this 32K RAM pak.

    It ... them!

    16K RAM paks were very popular for ...
    itsallgood itsallgood November 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…

    ... to manage stuff in the RAM disk back and forth, the ... valid for a static screen like the title screen. The problem is ... stay in BASIC (for the RAM disk stuff) - I know that ...
    na_th_an na_th_an November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Keyboard oddnessI was recently given a Speccy (the 48k '+' model to be more precise) by a chap I work with who was clearing out his loft, & earlier tonight I thought…

    ... okay into the usual white screen with the sinclair text at ... key prints a 5 on screen & pressing the Edit key ... prints a 1 on screen. None of the other keys ... have any idea what the fault might be, or if not ...
    max headroom max headroom December 2006 Hardware
  • Betadisk RAM modificationHello! I've ocassionally found this on the web: [url]http://www.nairam.sk/betadisk.html[/url] [url]http://www.nairam.sk/betadisk_02.gif[/url] Doe…

    ... it adds a little shadow RAM into betadisk to be paged ...
    Sonic Sonic December 2006 Hardware
  • Aggravating problem with screensI've rewritten my Sam C runtime emulator code ( well almost ) to allow me to use my own routines for blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles …

    ... blitting sprites onto the screen, storing tiles in the ... physical location of a "screen" address in memory, or ... your SAM and allocates 6 RAM pages
    ( 96K) ... for workspace. In total, 10 RAM pages are used
    ... bit of memory above the screen memory ( yes, I ...
    DonkeyPong DonkeyPong January 2007 Development
  • Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…

    ... +3DOS interfere with the "shadow" screen area at the start of ... page in ROM 3 and RAM 0, and somehow replicate the ... in the manual that some RAM is used for the stack ... corrupt the basic program in RAM (i'm not talking about ...
    rbsfou rbsfou January 2007 Development
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