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HELP! we're being invaded:O you know you see trails int he sky that aircraft leave? well just seen one that looked like its going down (falling rather than flying), theres t…
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... klowns from outer space Oo[/QUOTE]
The Perseid shower has ... .scifiheaven.net/2012/08/06/the-perseid-meteor-shower-2012/[/url ... -
The need of having a 257-byte table for IM2 routinesThis came from a discussion at the speccy.org forum. I have understood that the reason behind the 257-table for IM 2 routines is due to certain joys…
... fix their faulty equipment to meet the "standard" and run as many ... t what you meant, but the "standard" in spectrum terms is ... this is known?[/QUOTE]Making the databus stable during an interrupt ... would write for the lowest common denominator: the speccy with a ... -
Performance Analyser?Disclaimer: Im asking this question as a "non-programmer" so please forgive my ignorance if this turns out to be a daft question. During the life-sp…
... log, so programmer can inspect the program execution later. heh, it ... we have terabytes of space now. saving the whole states each tick ... -
Spectrum30 Show in Cambridge, 08th-09th September 2012Hello Spectrum-fans, after many months of preparation we now proudly present what will be the biggest Spectrum venue of the last 20 years. We manage…
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Will be nice to meet the competition in person. :P I ... 'm honoured to be considered the competition, and look forward to ... ]
I spoke to the event organiser, Thomas, earlier this ... -
Olympic games for SpectrumI was surprised that nobody came up with the idea of making a sport game for the Spectrum, specially being the games held in London! Is it hard to co…
... I think it was 'Space Olympics' on the Mastertronic label.
the khyber with the horn then your head ... , for some reason best known the the author :).
EDIT: ... Mastertronic - that's one for the collection.
[URL=" ... -
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? …
... choose whether if the microcontroller puts the pullup resistors internally, ... the end of "mov COLUMNHEADER,A"
;instruction to meet ... last less than 350ns (to meet the sampling theorem)
the Spectrum running the ROM keyboard routine ... -
White Spectrum+Hi Folks, There is a photo of a white Spectrum+ on Rick Dickinson's website - did this actually exist i.e. working machine? Paddy
... a rush job designed to meet the design spec of Investronica and ... the ZX Printer.
* The RS232 was software based, the code ported from the ... circumstances, reading the AY ports will crash the machine.
* The extra RAM ... -
White Spectrum+Hi Folks, There is a photo of a white Spectrum+ on Rick Dickinson's website - did this actually exist i.e. working machine? Paddy
... a rush job designed to meet the design spec of Investronica and ... the ZX Printer.
* The RS232 was software based, the code ported from the ... circumstances, reading the AY ports will crash the machine.
* The extra RAM ... -
Steve Wilcox quote in latest 'Retro Gamer' magOn page 7, in a feature on his IOS Spectrum emulator, he is quoted as saying: "The Android market has been 'poisoned' by a number of very shoddy Spec…
... give permission before making the archive available, we all ... gone and the speccy scene forgotten to the coming generations ... (still) precisely the things that keep the community going. Hardware ... WoS archive may not technically meet the legal requirements, it's ... -
Steve Wilcox quote in latest 'Retro Gamer' magOn page 7, in a feature on his IOS Spectrum emulator, he is quoted as saying: "The Android market has been 'poisoned' by a number of very shoddy Spec…
... Arjun;646333]Hardware innovations like the ULA Plus, DivIDE and perhaps ... even the Spectranet wouldn't count for ... WoS archive may not technically meet the legal requirements, it's not ... />
I totally agree. The WoS archive is a hugely ... -
WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... . I will use that space to show the loop examples I had ... been doing from the Easy Programming Book.
the TV.
[YOUTUBE]UAo4CZTGFQQ ... -
16k Issue 2 board and DivIDE load errorsI today got an Issue 2 16k board (thank you PMSR) that i added the logic and ram on to get a 48k machine. However, I am unable to load software from …
... equipment intended for export to the USA had to have [URL ... fitted in order to meet the requirements of the American law. For example ... had conductive paint on the inside of the case.
Some other ... -
Wolfenstein / Doom for 48k SpectrumHi, is there any game / demo of this kind that runs on 48k machines? Thanks.
... s kill Hitler stuff but the levels are really diverse. ... You fight in the castle, some dungeons, sewers, ... even outdoor. The original Wolfenstein took place all ... in the castle. There is also more monsters in the Spectrum ... -
Wolfenstein / Doom for 48k SpectrumHi, is there any game / demo of this kind that runs on 48k machines? Thanks.
... (pseudo-)randomly switches between the pics that have to do ... really diverse. You fight in the castle, some dungeons, sewers, ... even outdoor. The original Wolfenstein took place all ... in the castle. There is also more monsters in the Spectrum ... -
Calling All Emulator Authors...Hi guys, This may sound like a crazy idea, but I wondered if it might be possible to incorporate Arcade Game Designer into an emulator in some way? …
... style tokens to save space, then converting the tokens to code when ... emulator would be the best bet... just use the existing Z80 ... editor routines where possible. The only other option might be ... break from SpecBAS and adapt the current BASin emulation core ... -
Calling All Emulator Authors...Hi guys, This may sound like a crazy idea, but I wondered if it might be possible to incorporate Arcade Game Designer into an emulator in some way? …
... style tokens to save space, then converting the tokens to code when ... emulator would be the best bet... just use the existing Z80 ... editor routines where possible. The only other option might be ... having to work within the constraints of the Speccy's memory ... -
DooM on Spectrum 128kHello my fellow WoS'ers My hope is that you can help me, recently I discovered a DooM clone -esque on the Humble spectrum, - here is a [URL="https:/…
... to find enough space to store the pages which would ... corrections to the documentation as compared to the previous version.< ... br />
The four extra ... various resolutions to determine the best dimensions to use ... -
Games Club WC 17/9/12Wild West Hero - Timescape Software Slug - Alternative Software Ltd Powerplay -Players Software try not to vote for the worst game
... , the first thing you must do is escape to a clear space ... when all the enemies are approaching to ... -
What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
... . But there are better space shooters for the Spectrum, IMHO.
What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
... . But there are better space shooters for the Spectrum, IMHO.
DivIDE CompatabilityThe Spectrum is 30 show proved a valuable event for investigating issues with Spectrums which do not work with the DivIDE.... The ones I sell are ma…
... a 48K board.
The combination of Spectranet, Kempston joystick ... I could put the machine under the telly in the front room and ... are defined to be THE "state of the art". Actually there are ... price, then one has to meet the demands of a lot of ...Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
... to BASIC at the end of the game.
The computer does most ... ,9 ;for a 9-space gap in the road.
add hl ... /> ld bc,32766 ;read keyboard space to b
in a ... /> ld bc,32766 ;read keyboard space to b
in a ...Revisiting Spectrum CPU clock regenerationWarning: This post will be a bit nerdy :-) Some time ago, I experimented with phase locked loop circuits as a possible way to regenerate the Spectru…
Atlys, meet the Spectrum.
After some ... />
Here's the Atlys board. The chip on the breadboard is a ... through the inverter, is the bottom trace. The FPGA generated clock is the top ...Department of Culture - Consultation on Tax Breaks for Computer Games IndustryI see that the Department of Culture have now started the consultation process on how tax breaks for the computer games industry should work. See [u…
... wider use, thus helping meet the stated objective of Maintaining a ... targeted at the traditionally British home computer - the Sinclair ZX ... in 2012 to complement the release of the hardware)
- ... of the issues of using the BFI to assess the cultural test ...I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... /> funniest thing on tv at the moement
... ? The one about the ****ing hairdresser, the space hairdresser, and the cowboy. The guy ...
[B]Malcolm:[/B] ?The Death Star Thing. Then you ... happily ever after on the Planet of the Teddybears?.
Encyclopaedia GalacticaThis is the development thread for Encyclopaedia Galactica, the game upon which I'm currently working, along with a few others. The idea is that the…
... the game.
You begin the game on a space station in the ... star system of Eridanus. Move the ... may wish to revisit the space station to get your ... match the sequence at the top of the screen. Select the highlighted ...Z80 new old stockHi. I found this on eBay but ... is there a way we could know they don't hav a faulty M1 line? [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zilog-Z80-CPU-Z0840004PS…
Well, in a perfect world, all the Z80 signals should be buffered...
Of course, this will not help if the /M1 CPU signal does not meet the spec...
Mark'Minimal' game boxesHas there ever been a game where the cassette box was more 'minimal' than: [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/g/GoToHell.jp…
... , I'm not sure if the graphics are disconcerting or just ... they drain energy, like monsters and the things monsters fire do when they ... die you go back to the very start spawn point which ... shoot like in Bezerk, some monsters die, others seem to either ...Pentagon RAM memoryDoes anybody know or have reference to technical docs, how no contention on RAM access is achieved in Pentagon 128K clone ? Looking at schematics it …
... the only reason for having contention was lack of ULA space ... .[/QUOTE]
And the lack of the fast ... memory, resp. the price tag for the memory ... br />
This is the correct translation. Multiple devices accessing ...New game: SHUTTLEBUGNew Game: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027962"]SHUTTLEBUG[/URL]. [SIZE="1"]EDIT: now WOS link.[/SIZE] [IMG]http://i1142.…
[QUOTE=karingal;660718]And "ZX".[/QUOTE]
To be sure, and completely agreed upon, indeed [img]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif[/img]
Also have the bars meet the bottom better/closer/cleaner.
