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Strange Microdrive format.Hi all, I got a new (old?) cartridge today and it's called "ArchBak" and just ran forever in my Spectrum when I did a CAT. However when I looked d…
... the tape stretches, it should slow down. Also, Channel 1 was ... -
Pandemic boredom induced hobby revisitedA few weeks ago, possibly because of the promised Biden stimulus check for $1400, I decided I deserved a splurge and went to Walmart to get two new l…
... . The new film is very slow 160ASA and I wish it ... -
Were the full Sinclair Loki specs ever actually known?I was just curious. A lot was leaked to the media, but the exact specs seem different depending on source. Some say it could support up to 512x256 an…
... 300 Kb/sec seems so slow now. Loading times more than ... -
Hard Drive failureWas greeted by this message the other day. I have tried everything but it refuses to boot up, looks like i'll need to get a new HD. Had to drag out…
... old W7 system. Forgot how slow it was and there's ... -
Using a thermal camera to fix speccy's.Hi All, Thought I'd share another repair... Got a board that collapsed the bench supply straight away ( I run a bench supply and give it just enou…
... , it would have been a slow painful repair, but power generates ... -
slomoIn Crash magazine issue 10 page 118 there is an advertisement for a hardware add on for zx spectrum that can slow it down by using calls to the bus.…
In Crash magazine issue 10 page 118
there is an advertisement for a hardware add on for zx spectrum that can slow it down by using calls to the bus.
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Text compression methodsI once typed in a Text compressor from INPUT magazine, it worked on a first and second most common following letters algorythm and reduced the binary…
... , but it would be pretty slow at compressing and decompressing anything ... -
Exact emulation of the Snow effectAs the original post on another forum is outdated, and for those who don't know about that forum, I duplicate this info here: At the beginning of …
... to an address in the slow memory. For Spectrum 16/48 ... addresses #C000… #FFFF, if a slow memory page is paged there ... I does not point to slow memory, and interrupt vector does ... not get into the slow memory. It is safer and ... -
Emulating on an OS/2 computer...Hi there. I've got an old portable 486dx2/80 running OS/2... which Speccy Emulator do you recommend for me? / Regards, Lars
Heh. After adjusting some variables I found out that X128 works fine! [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
(It was slow before, but I was my own fault)
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TAPER tests.I've managed to get TAPER to play .TZX files, but here's something I've noticed. When I import a file like "The Rocky Horror Show", it says that the …
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TAPER is really slow again! I can't believe ... it today and it's slow again.
I have a ... okay one day and too slow the next?
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Turn TZX files into wav. filesCan I make those TZX files into wav. files so I can just double-click them and they play the beeeeeep bip loading sound, enabling me to play it into …
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What are you playing now?A bit off topic for this forum perhaps, but I'm curious about what games people are playing now. Platform does not matter. It's crazy, I have lots a…
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Tron
Visual Pinball/vPinMAME ...
Attack from Mars ... -
Arcade ConversionsWhat arcade conversions do people still play on their Speccys (real or emulated)? For me it has to be Commando, Frank Bruno (Punch Out arcade clone)…
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'Cause Pokey's too slow,
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3d Monster mazeWas 3d Monster Maze ever out on the Speccy? I LOVE this game on the ZX81 but have never found it for the Speccy. If so, is it on WoS anywhere? I can'…
... version, but it was poorly slow (3%). Then we discovered that ... -
EliteHave got some problems with Elite. I?m not able to dock, and that?s quite deadly. I remember that there was a cheat to get lots of cash (to buy a doc…
... are lined up go very slow and keep taping the rotate ... -
Confounded modern thingsIt appears the server instability has left a gap in the forums listing so I'll post this again. Given a complete lack of anything on the projects pa…
... remember seeing that in was slow and very crap (Pitfighter). Unless ... -
Interface for PC ZXSee last entry of former TOPIC. I'm working on the interface. Info about it on MISCELLANEOUS Author: Arjun (---.bng.vsnl.net.in) Date: 08-13-01 …
... but that would be excrutiatingly slow for any data transfer to ... 'd guess. The LTP is slow in any circumstance.
The ... -
denied gamesI to am guilty of sending denied games by email to other spec chums who are new to the emu scene,spesh ultimate games as they are some of the best an…
... three speeds of play; normal, slow (Matrix style)
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DrillerOne game which I never see mentioned here is Driller. It got 97% in Crash (bless them), but it in my opinion it doesn't hold up. In saying that, it i…
yep. me too. it's way too slow on the specy! besdes, i didn't find myself motivated enough to go about drilling anything - 3d or no 3d! -
DrillerOne game which I never see mentioned here is Driller. It got 97% in Crash (bless them), but it in my opinion it doesn't hold up. In saying that, it i…
Driller was a very original and innovative game although being a touch slow, and it is one of my personal favourites even nowadays. Maybe The Dark Side was better, but it came out about 7 months later, so some progress was to be expected, wasn't it? -
DrillerOne game which I never see mentioned here is Driller. It got 97% in Crash (bless them), but it in my opinion it doesn't hold up. In saying that, it i…
i never played driller but i did get 3d construction kit and that was way to slow,,took me hours to build an house in blue,lol.wasnt driller written using 3d construction kit or was that a spin off of the program used for driller? -
DrillerOne game which I never see mentioned here is Driller. It got 97% in Crash (bless them), but it in my opinion it doesn't hold up. In saying that, it i…
Hey, I loved it too... It was more like an adventure, so I can see why arcade fans hate it. Way too slow for them... -
DrillerOne game which I never see mentioned here is Driller. It got 97% in Crash (bless them), but it in my opinion it doesn't hold up. In saying that, it i…
I got Driller when it was released - it was revolutionary then. I thought the lonely atmosphere came across really well - and it's not too slow if you use fairly high angle/step values when wandering around and adjust them down when doing something tricky. -
How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
... written in BASIC. Far too slow for gaming performance (Although perhaps ... -
How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
... Basic, and it was too slow for any good animation, and ... -
How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
... writing assembler for Windows would slow down development by a factor ... -
Tzx-list?Hi, I was wondering if someone has put together a Missing Tzx-list? I feel it is a little awkward trying to look through the entire list of already e…
... to load it the "proper" slow way) or you can always ... -
ZX-2-PC Interface continue...A couple of months ago I started to built an interface for less then ? 5,00 which should communicate to the PC on a high speed. Yesterday I managed t…
... MC since BASIC is too slow. At the PC-side a ...