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  • Start Tape, Press any key...Hi, I'd like be able to save (program or data or code) using the save "whatever" command, but I want it to start recording immediately, rather than …

    ... , rather than waiting for the key press. Anyone know if that's ...
    gcallard gcallard May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Key press to ASCII valueI need a bit of code that will give me an ASCII value when the key is pressed. I only really need a-z. I tried using the following code but it only s…

    ... an ASCII value when the key is pressed. I only really ... following. D=FF if no key pressed, Zero flag reset if ... more than one key pressed else zero set and ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside July 2005 Development
  • 48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…

    ... />
    This proved the ROM was ok, and that the ... another speccy), a working ROM, working lower RAM and ... and faking the keyboard key press I got nothing. The ... an original Sinclair test ROM cart for the Interface ... hooking up the Sinclair ROM cart and running the ...
    Womble Womble August 2010 Hardware
  • Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…

    Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?

    I use

    if inkey$="z" then goto...

    but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a time.
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Bizarre ZX Spectrum faults (also possibly relevant to Spectranet compatibility problems).I'm attempting to repair an issue 4A 48K ZX Spectrum and am encountering some very strange problems. For my own records I've given this computer the …

    ... not found any other single key press or combination that can do ... lower RAM and a different ROM (Hitachi branded, the original was ...
    Zorn Zorn February 2016 Hardware
  • Suggestion for ZX Uno improvementsI really enjoy my ZX Uno, however, I do see some improvements that I think could be made to the Uno. 1) When you press CTRL-ALT-Backspace or when …

    ...
    1) When you press CTRL-ALT-Backspace or when ... what the 48K Cargo ROM is about, nor Rooted ... responsive (press a key and nothing happens or press a key and ... by having another 3 key-press to allow you to ... monitor with a 3 key press (it would just be ...
    andydansby andydansby June 2016 Hardware
  • ZEsarUX Beta 8.1Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 BETA version. You can download compiled versions for Windows, Mac, and the source code from: https://gith…

    ...
    -send-keys-event: simulates key press/release
    -set-ui-io ... transaction log file
    -added key 'n' for "run" on debug ... bug loading .sna files when rom 1 paged in
    Fixed ...
    chernandezba chernandezba November 2019 Emulators
  • ZEsarUX 8.1 stableHi! I've uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 stable version. Go to the github released webpage to download it: https://github.com/chernandezba/zesaru…

    ... /> -send-keys-event: simulates key press/release
    -set-ui- ... log file
    -added key 'n' for "run" on ... loading .sna files when rom 1 paged in
    ... message splash: wait until key is released (if any ... -fixed error when paging rom in ram, on case pages ...
    chernandezba chernandezba February 2020 Emulators
  • Help hacking Split PersonalitiesI`ve been hacking away at Split Personalities for the purpose of putting new screens and graphics (items). The current screen is at 41187 and is 160…

    ... ]

    You have to press '4' for Sinclair twice to ... going to assign another double key press to load a screen before ... , even when allow assembly to ROM is checked. It resets everytime ...
    FrankT FrankT August 2007 Games
  • Start Tape, Press any key...Hi, I'd like be able to save (program or data or code) using the save "whatever" command, but I want it to start recording immediately, rather than …

    ... . Saving without the message and key press is something that has been ... 'll be looking into the ROM routine for save / load when ... the relevant code from the ROM and modifying... (Or is that ... against the TOS for the ROM?). I'm mostly just curious ...
    gcallard gcallard May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Announce: BASin r14b availableHere's the fix mentioned earlier for those of you that either are too lazy to update your OS (XP SP2 has been out aaaaages, Arjun!) or even junk that…

    ... at $1230 (point after ZX ROM sets IM 1) and then ... 1 - so far so good. Press the RUN button and it ... BASin interfaces with the ZX ROM.

    I was beginning ... a system variable for a key press. It also reports being in ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 Emulators
  • 'Hello World' in ASM ?Can someone show how to make the classic 'Hello World' print with ASM code ? I cant figure at this moment how to insert and handle strings with the s…

    ... doing...

    check for key press
    move character/sprite

    so the rom routinues aren't as optimised ... , or other machines.. the inbuilt rom routinues aren't as quick ...
    fog fog June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • +2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …

    ... /> ; Bit 4 : 0=ROM 0 (128K Editor), 1=ROM 1 (48K BASIC ... 0).
    ;
    ; The Editor ROM (ROM 0) always places a copy ... ]
    ; Bit 5: 1=New key press code available in LAST_K.
    jp jp January 2011 Games
  • Flash based rom replacement board for +2A/+3I'm sure I already started a thread about this, but I can't find it... Anyway, this post's to say that I've just sent off the order for the printed …

    ... ) although it is detecting a key press the 128k menu clears and ... any problems with 128ke/se rom set?

    also what ... the amstrad 48k rom and the original 48k rom? what would make ... (c) on the original 48k rom garbled

    cracking replacement ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN February 2011 Hardware
  • Auto generated spritesLooking around for some graphics I came across [url]http://blog.disktree.net/?p=19[/url] , one of several such pages. Need the odd 8x8 UDG or two (…

    ... and poke into the rom default udg area. It ... called when a key pressed, one key press per byte. Pain ... ;quick routine so using ROM, upper screen
    ... 22 ;using ROM to display no of key presses
    ... br /> inc b ;every key press b is increased, stop at ...
    R-Tape R-Tape December 2011 Development
  • Is there a ROM modification (48K) for load without typing LOAD""?The target is to play with 48K machines with keyboard broken, or an alternative solution for new clones like Superfo instead of making a new keyboard…

    ... 2 messages before. That rom displays "Press PLAY or SPACE to break ... the ZX BASIC (like any key when copyright message).

    antoniovillena antoniovillena April 2012 Development
  • Is there a ROM modification (48K) for load without typing LOAD""?The target is to play with 48K machines with keyboard broken, or an alternative solution for new clones like Superfo instead of making a new keyboard…

    ... messages before. That rom displays "Press PLAY or SPACE to ... ZX BASIC (like any key when copyright message).
    ... so can use any ROM file, fortunately*), but I ... s protection checksumming the ROM? What I meant in ... part of the 48K/+ ROM, so 100% compatibility ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2012 Development
  • yeah x 0.0.2first: [URL="http://www.yeah-unix.org/downloads/yeah_0.0.2.tar.gz"]the goods are at - http://www.yeah-unix.org/downloads/yeah_0.0.2.tar.gz[/URL] aft…

    ... /> As usual it includes 48.rom which you can use with ... task. Second task waits for key press and writes it to position ...
    tstih tstih June 2012 Development
  • What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…

    ... program for instance) that the ROM will interpret these special keys ... not automatically changed if you press Shift-2 during INKEY$.[/QUOTE ... only being determined every other key press, which is the original problem ...
    MrCheese MrCheese July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Sending key presses to the spectrumfor a project I want to send automated keyboard presses to the ZX via a micro-controller. Is it possible to send these through the expansion slot? …

    ... pairs (R,C)

    /* key press */
    PUT all pins on ... timer=250ms (countdown timer for key press)
    DO (this loop has ... with the Spectrum running the ROM keyboard routine, which changes the ... per second than the standard ROM keyboard routine.
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2012 Hardware
  • Ticks, the first command line Z80 emulatorThe project page is in Spanish: [url]http://retrolandia.net/foro/showthread.php?tid=43[/url] So I will expain a little. Ticks is an emulator that …

    ... zx7_demo.wav
    ticks 48rp.rom -t zx7_demo.wav -e c35f ... ?tid=35"]48rp.rom[/URL] is a special rom that not need ... file (to simulate the '1' key press). You also need [URL="ftp ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena January 2013 Development
  • Issue 2 weirdness[youtube]2vLT_jz4Qqc[/youtube] This usually resets it but this time it did that. With the 128k ram tester I get this; [url=http://postimage.org/imag…

    Ok, ive tried the ROM tester, it just hangs with vertical bars on power up, also tried the CLEAR statement, no difference, now its resetting after every key press. Yellow coloured bars are scrolling down the screen too
    Macc Macc February 2013 Hardware
  • Use PLAY without the 128 ROMHere's a little thing I wrote called SoftPLAY: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45259[/url] Now you can use the PLAY comm…

    ... is the BREAK key, as per the original ROM. However, I can ... you can return on a key press, which would have been a ...
    chev chev October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • New Game(s): Sir Ababol 2 and Sir Ababol DXHere is our own Christmas Present from Mojonia! We weren't going to release these games (at least, by the moment) but we decided just yesterday to fi…

    ... 144 bytes (it uses ROM print routines just to ... no_key ;avoid whizzing into next key
    call print_string ; ...
    ld a,22 ;rom 'print at'
    rst ... a ;wait for no key press
    in a,(254 ... z,rdlp1
    got_key ;key pressed, record it
    ...
    R-Tape R-Tape January 2015 Brand new software
  • [Updated] RetroVM 1.0.4 with Recreated ZX Spectrum support.A new version available the change log: - Recreated ZX Spectrum "game mode" keyboard support. - Fix a bug with multiples machines running in para…

    ... ]

    Once you press a key it moves to a routine ... the interrupt routine that converts key press to ascii and loads it ... mem location (as per the ROM routine). Adding a halt just ... adding a halt, maybe they key press is buffered somehow?

    TomD TomD November 2015 Emulators
  • [Updated] RetroVM 1.0.4 with Recreated ZX Spectrum support.A new version available the change log: - Recreated ZX Spectrum "game mode" keyboard support. - Fix a bug with multiples machines running in para…

    ... /> In a real spectrum the key press may happen in any moment ... ) you rutine exit when a key es pressed and I presume ... to the variable where the rom store the char. as the ... in sync with the last key captured by the int runtine ...
    jcgamestoy jcgamestoy November 2015 Emulators
  • [Updated] RetroVM 1.0.4 with Recreated ZX Spectrum support.A new version available the change log: - Recreated ZX Spectrum "game mode" keyboard support. - Fix a bug with multiples machines running in para…

    ... /> In a real spectrum the key press may happen in any moment ... ) you rutine exit when a key es pressed and I presume ... to the variable where the rom store the char. as the ... in sync with the last key captured by the int runtine ...
    TomD TomD November 2015 Emulators
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... mode uses a single key press for the most often ... used commands and key words, the same, but ... with a shift key held for the next ... either a single key press, or a shifted key press to get the ... you fit a replacement BASIC ROM, in which case there ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK January 2016 Announcements
  • Suggestion for ZX Uno improvementsI really enjoy my ZX Uno, however, I do see some improvements that I think could be made to the Uno. 1) When you press CTRL-ALT-Backspace or when …

    ... Spectrum. Of course this ROM also accepts standard load. ... the BIOS before launching any ROM. Except this, of ... by having another 3 key-press to allow you to ... can simulate disk access with ROM + 3E and DivMMC, ... there is a ROM for that. Unfortunately, the ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena June 2016 Hardware
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