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Crazy Hardware IdeasOK, just some absolutely nuts ideas for hardware projects, all beyond my ability, but I'd be interested to hear if any of these have been done: 1. R…
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found in the loftrecently helping my Mum clean her loft out, and came across a box with some of my old Spectrum tapes in. Now, as my 128k is long gone (lent to a frie…
Unoriginal Unimaginative UnplayableOK, never mind all those great games, what were the worst? Keep it to games you (or someone you know) actually paid money for back in the days when 8…
Couple of questions...Howdy, 1. Is there a decent way to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using LET a=INT(RND*2)+1 but the numbers tend to stay at 1 or 2 most …
... from the ROM and masking bits to restrict it to the ...How old is retro?In the thread: [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24327[/URL] the age old question of "[I]How old does a computer/console …
... defined by a machine's "bits" (it's CPU or bus ... promising defintion - the number of bits. You can probably safely say ... anything with 16 or less bits is retro, as as far ...Retr0 Trader forums and Retr0 BrightHello there my fellow forum chummies, I had a search around and noticed that either of these projects have not been mentioned before. [url]http://w…
... and a formula that can reverse these effects within a few ...Your computer rooms, shrines and such.Just over a year ago, the wife suggested I move all my computery bits into the largest room in the house. Only recently have I made some progress in…
... I move all my computery bits into the largest room in ...Spectrum 128k +2b helpCan anybody help me. When i switch my spectrum on the screen is like a chess board with bits flashing. Any ideas anybody. The make is a zx spectru…
Game of the decade?Hi all, As this decade is fast drawing to a close at an astonishing rate of one day per day, I'm hoping to do a major retrospective of 'the naughtie…
... 'releasing new software on 8-bits' thing is still a little ...Now joystick interface troubleHi people, Just got my speccy +2a loading from a headphone jack I mounted to it, (thanks to everyone on here who helped) But just realised my dk'…
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or what bits to order from where so ...Now joystick interface troubleHi people, Just got my speccy +2a loading from a headphone jack I mounted to it, (thanks to everyone on here who helped) But just realised my dk'…
... (easiest option)
or what bits to order from where so ...Simple text compressionI just checked one idea about text compression. Do not take it as recomendation but rather as info which can you save some time when you are solving …
... is encountered then next 4 bits are readed. This gives 12 ... .87% which is 4.95 bits per character
(note that ...eBay - Plus D & ZX LPRINT III...A couple bits of hardware for sale... Both are untested due to lack of suitable printer/disk drive, but both when connected to a Spectrum allow it t…
A couple bits of hardware for sale... Both ...Last Sunset for Lattica - I've Escaped Into Hidden Secret BitsWell I spoke recently about this game in the thread about game crashes. When I used to play this game on the 48k the game would crash and make up ra…
Well I spoke recently about this game in the thread about game crashes.
When I used to play this game on the 48k the game would crash and make up random mazes.
Well today I have discovered somthing else neat about the game and I'd ...MicroDrive ULA replacement - best way?I have a mirodrive playing up, odd motor sound, sometimes it reads ok sometimes not. Just wondering if its worth replacing the ULA in it, and whats …
... /> The unit is now in bits, as I take a look ...Goldfinch - an open software stack for mass storageYep, another pet project of mine to compete with all the others I've started. But hey, if I didn't get distracted by things like this I'd just get di…
Atic Atac Delux - 3d Filmation versionI have been playing a hacked version of Pentagram recently that has directional controls implemented, and running around the rooms shooting the ghost…
... a rectangle with a few bits of decoration (a picture, a ...Thinking ahead...Just mulling something over for the Project After The Spectranet (which seems to have become never-ending...) Would anyone (except for me, naturally…
... to make debugging the gnarlier bits of Spectranet ROM software a ...FS: ZX81 & ZX Spectrum stuffHi!, Just found a few interesting bits I never knew I had, like.... [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120430226304&…
... /> Just found a few interesting bits I never knew I had ...Loading Manic Miner over the net...Another important milestone for the Spectranet. The prototype code I wrote about earlier has been turned into proper ROM modules, which now include …
... course, was to load the bits of Manic Miner off tape ...Speccy meetup, Oxford, 27th JuneOver on CSS the esteemed Paul E Collins has declared that there shall be a meetup at the Gloucester Arms, Oxford, on Saturday 27 June, from around 1-…
... enlivened by somebody bringing weird bits
of hardware along (or ...Best online non-speccy magazine scan archivesAs speccy fans, we are lucky to have some remarkably complete magazine scan archives (E.g. extensive online scans of Your Sinclair, Crash, Sinclair U…
... , atari st, the other 8 bits)? If so, which are the ...RetroEuskal: 8 bits Euskal Encounter '09 composOne more time, the 8Bits compo organized by [url=http://www.retroaccion.org]Retroaccion[/url] association strikes back at [url=http://www.euskal.org/…
One more time, the 8Bits compo organized by [url=http://www.retroaccion.org]Retroaccion[/url] association strikes back at [url=http://www.euskal.org/]Euskal Encounter[/url]. this year including also a music compo coming along with graphics compo. We hope ...Museum of Computing reopening![URL]http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/index.htm[/URL] Last summer, the UK's first museum of computing history (it says 'ere) was forced to clos…
... boxed wargames with millions of bits of cardboard, Scalextric, roleplaying game ...DK'Tronics Games ControllerI was just clearing some boxes of specy bits as you do, and as I was throwing packaging in the bin I found I had a DK'Tronics Games Controller wrapp…
... clearing some boxes of specy bits as you do, and as ...Your favourite TV science fiction drama?What is your favourite science fiction drama ever, from television? I'm limiting this to television as if we were to include books and the cinema the…
... it means to be human" bits). And anyone who votes for ...Anyone else miss the variety of the 8-bits?When I was a kid in the early eighties, as I'm sure you all know there were a shed load of different micro's and consoles on the market. all were sig…
When I was a kid in the early eighties, as I'm sure you all know there were a shed load of different micro's and consoles on the market. all were significantly different from each other both hardware and games.
Probably like many of you my mates ...Games for saleHi All I am getting rid of my (predominantly text adventure) game collection and just keeping a few of the PC point and click adventures, will be tr…
... for Warhammer 40k nurgle-related bits and some PC point and ...DIY game wall displaysMany of us probably have their speccy games stashed away in some crates in the attic or shed, or maybe more visibly on a shelf, cupboard or something…
... I just grabbed a few bits of slat from my local ...range coder on Z80Do anyone understand %subj% ? I tried very simple scheme which can be described by this pseudocode [code] @1 read new VALUE (16 bits) TRESHOLD =…
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read new VALUE (16 bits)
TRESHOLD = %TTTT 0000 0000 ... worst case 16bits emits 12 bits only). could someone point where ...