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+2 ramdisk - access in machine codeHow can you access the ramdisk in machine code? I've got a +2, and it seems the ramdisk has never been properly utilised. It would be a handy little…
How can you access the ramdisk in machine code?
I've got a +2, and it seems the ramdisk has never been properly utilised.
It would be a handy little area to use.
Thanks in advance,
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Two gamesHere is my "I remember the game but not it's name" post. These two games are in my blurry memory, maybe my memory playing games with me. my 1st unkn…
... post. These two games are in my blurry memory, maybe my ... 1st unknown game is played in a circular labyrinth with red ... . You could fly in desert (mode7 or parallax scrolling ), I really cannot ... rememeber what to do in the ... -
embedding images in wos forumswhy is [IMG] code is off on WOS? I know binaries are no-no in usenet, but forums are more colorful and informative, even creative with images. I'm r…
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Any Celebdaq players in this forum? .. Wana form a mini league?Are there any Celebdaq players in this forum. I was hoping to form a mini league of Spectrum fans. For those that don'tt know Celebdaq is a celebri…
... money. You buy shares in Celebrities and their share ... />
725 Shares in Heather Mills McCartney at 9 ... far)
1606 Shares in Sir Paul McCartney at ... )
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Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... 's code to draw everything in upper memory area, but what ... -
CD-RW's in CD playersI want to burn some music on to a CD-RW disc, but will it work in a hi-fi CD player or just on the PC? Does it depend on the brand of disc?
I want to burn some music on to a CD-RW disc, but will it work in a hi-fi CD player or just on the PC? Does it depend on the brand of disc? -
Those phone in quiz shows again...I was flicking through the telly while I was laying in bed last night and on channel 5 was one of those phone quiz things that are stinking up the l;…
... telly while I was laying in bed last night and on ... letter word, that filled in the gaps in another four words. About ... a poker straight face and in all seriousness siad "the word ... -
Christmas in the 80'sIn the analogue TV thread I mentioned my old portable telly that's still going strong, together with memories of watching the BBC premiere of Indiana…
In the analogue TV thread I ... of Doom on it back in ~1987.
A flood ... was an *event*, whereas today in the digital age of overdiluted ... got any memories of Xmas in the 80's? Besides the ... -
I'm in need of help hereI've been using the 'COMB' and 'TRANSFER' programs on Lerm's Utility D package to convert copy-protected (Speedlock, Alcatraz etc) 48k games onto +3 …
... yet), and what to type in for the BASIC loader that ... says to look it up in the transpack manual which I ... games have to be loaded in from disk differently than the ... know what I should type in for the loader? -
Speccy dead? :-(I've been playing around with my Speccy and a Discovery disc drive unit, and tried to do the NMI modification to allow a multiface to be plugged into…
... Speccy with Discovery and multiface in between.
Well, ... Opus's expansion connector, plugged in the Multiface and Speecy, powered ... I then tried the Multiface in between the Speccy and the ... Speccy I get a cyan border, with thick alternating black and ... -
Hey people, I'm new and in dire need of help pleaseOk I have just now found a XZ Spectrum+3 in my loft with a box of games and software. I have got it up and working; but I am having trouble getting g…
... found a XZ Spectrum+3 in my loft with a box ... am putting the Floppy Disks in the right way; so I ... -
Only in Britain...Well, crime is rife (due in no small part to those on bail or early release, who reoffend with minor crimes likes rape and murder), our public transp…
Well, crime is rife (due in no small part to those ... under-equipped soldiers are dying in a war that doesn't ... all), we have no say in anything (despite us supposedly living ... in a democracy) and we get ... -
Nooooo my speccy died!??!!Hi! I am quite sad. :( Tonight I got a kempston interface so I rushed home to try it on my spectrum+ The edge connector of the interface was narrower…
... keystroke sound and the display in the picture was a moving ... I get a steady grey border and a white paper ,when ... -
Bug in CONTINUE?I've found this anomaly in Spectrum Basic, but I don't remember have seen it in lists of ROM bugs: 10 FOR i=1 to 3 20 PRINT i 30 IF i=2 then PRINT a…
I've found this anomaly in Spectrum Basic, but I don' ... t remember have seen it in lists of ROM bugs:
CONTINUE
C Nonsense in BASIC, 30:1
CONTINUE ...
CONTINUE
C Nonsense in BASIC, 30:1
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Help with Christmas Pop songs in German Spanish and ItallianI am organinsing a Christmas party for a rock climbing club wich I help run... our club includes German, Spanish and Itallian members I was wondering…
I am organinsing a Christmas party for a rock climbing club wich I help run... our club includes German, Spanish and Itallian members I was wondering if anyone of you knew any good christmas pop songs in those languages?
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New feature in Infoseek - help neededWe often see questions about what happened to the various companies. While the magazines are a great source of information, this is limited in time. …
... of information, this is limited in time.
These days ... Wikipedia, with company detail records in it as well. These could ... requested to find those records in Wikipedia. The only restriction I ... -
That ripper interview in fullSuffolk police have, this morning, arrested a 37 year old man who lives near Felixstowe in connection with the deaths of five girls. He may not be, …
... man who lives near Felixstowe in connection with the deaths of ... near Felixstowe who was interviewed in yesterday's Sunday Mirror.
Stuck in the Storm...[FONT="System"][/FONT] I really like the Magic Knight series, but I can't seem to do much in StormBringer!:-? I've learned how to use the spell "Pa…
... which characters do what unlike in Spellbound:sad: Do I ... banana (smellable), a boomerang (found in Moonmot the Halfling's inventory ... ), a message in Moonmot's inventory, and finally ... using only what is given in the Tipshop. Could someone ...in quest for a z80 :DI am trying to find a Z80A in some retail shops here in Greece. I have only located the following CPUs branded as either Z80 without anything else o…
... find a Z80A in some retail shops here in Greece.
I ... speccy plus?
thanx in advance guys!!!Which games would sell were it not for the Movie Tie-in?I was watching TV, whistfully, one evening when an advert came on for a game based on that god-awful film 'Eragon'. It had massive blocky sprites (P…
... just had non-descript sprites in them and no movie/TV ... story line tie-in?
Like, would that ... 't pretend to be 'Arnie' in the jungle and were actually ... postman who brings my post in a rusty blue citroen every ...Black paper, white border. Ram fault?We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working o…
We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working one, and we got the same result.
is this a ram fault? How can we check ram chips?Another Spectrum game! : Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castleand as We said...the 3 Wise Men were generous, so they left another Speccy game : Nanako in Classic Japanese Mosnter Castle : Where you will have to…
... Speccy game :
Nanako in Classic Japanese Mosnter Castle : Where ...funny thing I found out!so this week end I was cleaning up stuff and found out a briefcase filled with drawings and stuff and in the midle of all that I found out a "plan"/"…
... most of the pages where in really bad shape (I draw ... loved to see those games in to action!
in the first game, you would ... be a side scrolling level to get in to the mansion ... "part assault 3, mission in space" I guess I was ...Stuck in the Stormbringer...[FONT="System"][/FONT] I've been playing Stormbringer for some time now, and all I've figured out is that pass plant is used on a plant to the east …
... the guard disguise to get in! Am I missing something here ... would appreciate a little help in figuring out how to merge ...Anyone remember this game?It's a long shot but maybe someone remembers this game. The only thing I can remember about it was that it was side scrolling platform/adventure typ…
... was that it was side scrolling platform/adventure type game (I ... at least at some point in the game the character turns ... game is called so thanks in advance for any answers.Question about .scl files in SpectaculatorHi. I've downloaded a few .scl files and tried to run them with Spectaculator, but for some reason some of them go to a 'A>' prompt after loading the…
... snapshots. Could someone point me in the right direction please? Thanks ...Uridium on the Speccy: definitive version?Uridium is one of the staples of the C64 shoot-em-up canon. I first played it on the Speccy twenty years ago, but became much more familiar with it …
... of the Speccy. Full screen scrolling, multichannel music, more colour, ... of these technical pluses have in my opinion created gameplay minuses ... Because your ship is always in the middle of the screen ... a dull intermission.
In saying all that, the fx ...Speccy Stuff in Gamestation Leeds City CentreJust a heads up in case people would want it. They have an old rubber keyed speccy in! ?20 for just that with the power pack. I walked away then rea…
Just a heads up in case people would want it.< ... an old rubber keyed speccy in! ?20 for just that with ... /> They also had a +2 in with a few games for ...Help me find this gameIt is a space side scrolling affair. You are a white space-suited character going a long in space. You have to use your thrusters to keep in spaces b…
It is a space side scrolling affair. You are a white ... -suited character going a long in space. You have to use ... your thrusters to keep in spaces between stalagmites and stalagtites ...NEW games for you chaps (and girls too) ;-)Okie, did some .TAP versions of NEW original games that were only released on TRDOS disk format. Some of you might have seen some (one or two are eve…
... two are even on WOS in TRD format) but I hope ... url]
Hexagon2: (unfortunetly in Russian, but I bet it ... demo: (use Pentagon timings, otherwise scrolling sux)
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