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Small demo to show my sprite engine for ZX Spectrum 48KThis demo shows 13 sprites moving at 50fps totally flicker free: 12 enemies bouncing in edges and the main character, controllable with OPSA (note S …
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Small demo to show my sprite engine for ZX Spectrum 48KThis demo shows 13 sprites moving at 50fps totally flicker free: 12 enemies bouncing in edges and the main character, controllable with OPSA (note S …
... , that method won't work on +3/+2A models.[/QUOTE]
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Toasted +3Oops.. I shorted one of my +3 (being clumsy with multimeter, doh) when measuring PSU connector pins :D Any immediate guesses what exactly died on thi…
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On +3 PSU:
+5V @ 2A
on? Anything show up on the screen?
Speccy on WiiHi, Given than Nintendo have now decided to do the Wii-U, I expect that they wont do any more system updates for the Wii, so I've decdied to go the r…
... . most Sandiscs seem to work on that list i saw. Can ... off my 'speccy classics' cd-rom or do i have to ... my mame and other emulators/rom are on my old pc that ...Graphics questionHello. I was wondering, does anybody here know of a method to display a large (as in, the better part of the screen) bitmap/raster image using ZX Sp…
... " as I have some pictures on tape that I'd like ... to put together on a +3 disk with a basic ... to make to run this on +3 Basic rather than 128 Basic ... resulting code file created works on all Spectrum models? I guess ...Graphics questionHello. I was wondering, does anybody here know of a method to display a large (as in, the better part of the screen) bitmap/raster image using ZX Sp…
... like to put together on a +3 disk with a basic ... make to run this on +3 Basic rather than 128 ... code file created works on all Spectrum models? I ... above, the RAMdisk syntax on the +3 is "M:filename" and ... routine won't work on the +3 as the RAMpage settings ...Cleaning a Currah microslot,Odd one this, I guess... For my main spectrum (my original 16k Issue 3 upgraded to 48k and put into a + case), I am hoping to set up the following c…
... no problems with the If1bis on the back of my Spectra ... that does not have a ROM onboard (which I think was ... both have some sort of ROM chip on board).
Having ...Cleaning a Currah microslot,Odd one this, I guess... For my main spectrum (my original 16k Issue 3 upgraded to 48k and put into a + case), I am hoping to set up the following c…
... both have some sort of ROM chip on board).[/QUOTE]Not true ...Crap Games On The ZX Spectrum : Double Dragon[youtube]RGpEC9Z5dPU[/youtube]
... ]enjoyed[i/] the Speccy version on Double Dragon! OK, so it ... so, that I bought it on +3 disk (I must have bought ...Faulty 128K toastrack keeps resettingHi. I have this toastrack which worked nicely for let's say 40 minutes and then a weird fault showed up. It keeps resetting over and over, sometimes…
... the Interface 2 with a ROM cart attached to it. I'll ...Z80 onto floppy diskGoing to install a 720k disk drive onto my +3 and I was wondering is there any program out there that I could use to read snapshots from floppy disks…
I've had a lot of success using SAMDISK to write DSK images back to floppy - including disks with protection, and disks specifically formatted to work on 3.5" DSDD disksMy new Spectrum +3 has no start menu.Hi all, I recently took delivery of my 'new' Spectrum +3 from a Fleebay auction. So I serviced the drive on Saturday as it had a snapped drive belt …
Is it possible that the previous owner used own set of roms with 2x 48k ROM burned on the 27256? if not, then maybe the highest address line is cut off or shorted to something else?Calling people with Diagboards.....and who have toastracks or grey +2's with all socketed memory :) I'm finishing off modifications to the Diagboard firmware to expand its testing c…
... performs three types of test on the available RAM:
... lower RAM, then depending on model does the following:< ... then runs the above tests on each bank. If this ... then if the test ROM is on a diag board and ... out, will page the Spectrum ROM in.
New test for finding missing +2A/+3 ULA timing detailsHello, having added the +2A/+3 emulation recently, I want to make sure I got the ULA timing 100% right. We know when the contention pattern starts, …
... ;757528]blue pixels turning white on black background?:
Seems ... second, but for some reason on +3 the screen flip happening between ... differences, or because the +3 ULA intentionally delays the flip ... how the +3 ULA prepares the screen address on the bus. ...Your latest gaming purchase.Okay, so we've got an, "I am currently playing......" thread, but what I wanna know is what you've just gone and bought y'self. If you're like me, y…
I've just won [I]Wild Gunman[/I] (boxed, with zapper and [I]Mario/Duck Hunt[/I] combo cart) on eBay for ?16. Not an amazing deal, but cheaper than I've seen the bare cart go for recently. Haven't played it since I was at school. Can't wait! :smile:Your latest gaming purchase.Okay, so we've got an, "I am currently playing......" thread, but what I wanna know is what you've just gone and bought y'self. If you're like me, y…
... ]Mario/Duck Hunt[/I] combo cart) on eBay for ?16. Not an ... I've seen the bare cart go for recently. Haven't ...writing incrementally to tape without leadersI want to be able to write intermittently & incrementally to some sequential medium which is supported on any Spectrum (emulator, ie. tape); eg. [cod…
... write it out to disk on +3, which doesn't have the ...What's the Speccy dreaming about?When I was a kid, and before I had much technical knowledge, I sometimes used to run random OUT x,y commands on my old grey +2 to try to produce inte…
... of random junk from the ROM displaying on the screen. The diagonal ...SSD on an old laptop - a question for the system builders among you.I'm upgrading an old laptop from Win XP to Win 7. I've bought one of these [url=http://www.scan.co.uk/products/240gb-crucial-m500-slim-msata-ssd-msa…
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Tried win7 and XP on 3 fast systems (2gig, PentiumD950, 160gb ... is always there on win 7 but not on XP. Everything seems ... to want to go slow on 7.
Don't ...F.A.S.T.: Did any claim ?1,000?Just looking at the cheesy adverts for FAST, and I was wondering if anyone claimed ?1,000 for "turning the tables on these crooks"? [url]http://www.…
... , the software audit program came on 3.5" disc so a group ...F.A.S.T.: Did any claim ?1,000?Just looking at the cheesy adverts for FAST, and I was wondering if anyone claimed ?1,000 for "turning the tables on these crooks"? [url]http://www.…
... , the software audit program came on 3.5" disc so a group ...Amiga in the NewsProbably my second favorite computer... [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27141201[/url]
That was interesting, thanks for the post.
Arthur C Clarke also used a Commodore Amiga, as well as a Kaypro 2.
I often wonder if there are any unread masterworks on 3.5 and 5.25 " floppies.I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... ended up with 5 on 3 as one player on my team was ...Dot crawl?Hi, As I'm rather new to the hardware of the spectrum, just to confirm: is this video showing "Dot crawl" ? [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U…
... meantime I did the NEC ROM modification on a machine that didn ... from him. I recommend the ROM socket version. Then you can ... use the original ROM cartridges, but many interesting ROMs ...Creating actual floppy disks using .dsk files on the SpectrumHello ZX friends I have a +3 and diskette related question. I have a +3 with an external 3.5" floppy disk drive and a divIDE+. Is there a way I can …
... I have version 5.0 on +3 disk. I should upgrade to ... to use for writing 3.5" +3 disks on my old PC. I ... then took them to my +3 ... and usually made 3" copies from the 3.5" ... calls to .dsk files stored on the divIDE memory card. ( ...Do you equate used game sales with piracyI was just reading a piracy thread on Gamefaqs.com (a great site, except for the trolls and teenage fanboys) and someone made the usual remark that u…
interestingly though 3? of your titles were on +3 disk later... :)
and well lets face it many a cpc and speccy owner bought a multiface solely for porting to disc... well single loaders , obviously.48K: Half of copyright message in the middle of the screen?!Issue two. Has 74LS08 over the Z80, but the ULA is 5C112E-3 (I think this should be a 5C102E??? - I have one, but I'm not sure if it is working, at l…
I have a test ROM (based on code developed for [URL="http:// ...FBZX Wii for WindowsFor testing purpose I adapted FBZX Wii to compile against MINGW and to work on Windows (new SDL sound, Virtual keyboard which works with mouse instea…
... can replace the normal rom by inserting it ... development of the ZX Speaktrum ROM.
... insert your ROM with the name "opense.rom" which ... it in both ROM areas on the multi-ROM models. This ... will also be useful for using ROM ...FBZX Wii for WindowsFor testing purpose I adapted FBZX Wii to compile against MINGW and to work on Windows (new SDL sound, Virtual keyboard which works with mouse instea…
... the 48K model? It works on all models, although I suppose ... put it in both ROM areas on the multi-ROM models. This will ... also be useful for using ROM ... I made the menu SE Rom option available only for 48k ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... t see why it's on 4 discs and one of ... that Final Fantasy VII on the PS1 was on 3 discs and the ... locations and story were complete on all 3 discs. You could actually ... ve still to do it on Death Incarnate or Uber. I ... so I'm trying it on 999 mode instead which is ...
