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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
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MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…
... which the invaders approach the bottom of the screen otherwise they ... found that the extra 32 vertical lines could be squeezed on ... -
Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
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Disk image utility for USB disksI make simple utility programm for copy physical disk content to image files. It can work with USB disks, or memory cards attached via some card read…
... at bottom. Most of games is packed, depacker is usually in Basic ... some snapshots, but most is Basic loader (and depacker in REM ... -
Extracting the Multiface ROM?Is there an easy way to save the contents of a real Multiface 128 ROM to tape, on a real spectrum, for the purposes of transferring it to PC for emul…
... it said "on" in the bottom right corner, did "r"eturn ... ran your program from 128 BASIC. (I also tried with it ... -
I played DSpec on my DSlite!That's right, TheHiVE sent out a few copys of a pre-release version of DSpec and I was one of the luckiest fellers in the world to get one ! I't ver…
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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
[quote=trellis]I quite easliy discerned the speed difference in Spectaculator.[/quote]
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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
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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…
... demo uses more of the vertical border area than SimCoupe shows ... very unusual effect in the bottom border, under the main scroller ... -
DIZZY: The Main DayHello. I saw some pictures on [URL="http://art.speccy.cz/art.htm"]DeVandemar's site[/URL] from the project DIZZY: The Main Day. Anyone know if it's…
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DIZZY: The Main DayHello. I saw some pictures on [URL="http://art.speccy.cz/art.htm"]DeVandemar's site[/URL] from the project DIZZY: The Main Day. Anyone know if it's…
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or just scroll down [URL="http://www.n ... the contact address at the bottom
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Game: the GEM machineHi all, I'm moving this game discussion from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread to here, so we can concentrate on just the game. Any comments/suggestio…
... A and B, only the bottom line is detected, the ... A's fall to the bottom line without doing the ... to make sure you scroll the correct number of ... example shows the need to scroll the middle column twice.< ... , and then 2 addition scroll replaces for the 3rd column ...4k RaceFind myself playing this a lot, also 4K Race refueled. Surely, if this was made into a fully-blown 128k only game, it'd be the best racing game ever…
[QUOTE=Old_Speccer]Where is this 4K Race? I want to try it :)[/QUOTE]
It's at:
[url]http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/otto/spectrum/spectrum.html[/url]
Scroll down the list and it's at the bottom.The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... very helpful when messing with basic games/programs.
4 ... add infoseek search to the bottom tool bar?
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... very helpful when messing with basic games/programs.
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The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... I use the scrollbar and scroll up and down using the ... at the top of the bottom of the scrollbar then it ...The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... I use the scrollbar and scroll up and down using the ... at the top of the bottom of the scrollbar then it ...CSS Gurus?Are there any CSS gurus out there who would like a challenge? My Telecomsoft web site (The Bird Sanctuary) is in need of a design and style overhaul…
... that makes the content window scroll and the left and right ... my hands dirty once a basic design has been created, but ...Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…
... 1) Using the standard Spectrum BASIC variables, i.e a and ... in BASIC. You can't. The interpreter is continually accessing the bottom ... ]Also, which is quickest for BASIC maths operations
... usually the quickest way. BASIC stores them in both display ...Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
... - it will then have same vertical pos. relative to printed text ... Print to desired (vertical) pixel pos is possible in Basic - with PLOT ... characters from ROM to desired vertical pos - can be acceptable fast ... machine code than in Sinclair Basic.The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... accessing the video ram for vertical scroll, with a register indicating pixel ...128K memory testingDuring a mad half hour I decided to write a little memory tester program in BASIC using the information from the 48K service manual. Now I was wonder…
Problem with testing spectrum 128K ram in BASIC is that if any of the chips go tits up the computer won't boot. It would have to be machine code in a custom ROM only.
On the 48 if the bottom 16K is ok it will go into BASIC.VB Emulator UpgradeHas anyone upgraded the VB 6.0 open source of either VBspec or VB81 to the free VB Express 2005 Edition? [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/expr…
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Open ... Visual Basic 6.0. On the File ... form, leaving space at the bottom.
Set the AutoRedraw ...Unknown gemsBeen a few similar-ish threads in the past but the forum seems quiet, can people post some of their favourite 'not so famous' games ? Thanks to WO…
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Even includes some fantasic vertical border effects.[/QUOTE]
Star Firebirds (Firebird) A basic shooter, but fun.
Wich key of a rubber Key Spectrum get used least??I'm wondering of all the Keys on a rubber key ZX Spectrum on average wich one do you reccon gets used the least?? I have played with the idea whilst…
... kind of "feature" that invoke "scroll?" message when you use CAT ... mean to use CLS in BASIC programs that need to print ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... msx scrollers tend to scroll by character amounts or ... , I´ll start with Basic for TS2068 because I´m ... to work with sprites in basic?
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On ...Class ofHiya :) Just wondering what`s happening with the Spectrum version of the PC remake of the Speccy original... Class of 99 that is. I know James was w…
... a series of lightly compressed vertical strips instead of useless horizontal ... a string table, using a basic script to control the characters ...Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…
... counter is moved to the bottom line, it flashes, so that ... program knows to poke the bottom line address+x for the ... counter is flashing.
Basic Instructions:
Position 1st counter ... screen.
Write a basic loader first e.g.
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... each. But from C, not basic :-)
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basic game I would forget about ... for you while your basic program is running and ... ""CODE it when the basic program starts and then ... characters in the top and bottom. You can see a ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
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I wrote a basic program to step through the ...
