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Downloading code to physical hardwareHi folks, Back in the day, my devkit was a TRS-80 and I had a simple connector device from the TRS-80 parallel (printer) port to the expansion bus o…
... the back of the Spectrum and being uncased ... server) and transfer files between Spectrum and PC.
< ... Antohni, has release applications to explore/copy/move/rename ... a file from PC to Spectrum and save as "run" ... key to copy the file across to the Spectrum and ... -
Why?I'm just wondering why people are here? Why are we working on or using old hardware? Why are some of you putting a lot of effort in upgrading the ha…
... , and I love talking about Spectrum games here in this forum ... read Spectrum magazines and Spectrum-related sites, watch Spectrum YouTube videos, listen to Spectrum podcasts ... -
A problem thats hurting my head...Since Zer0 loves to crash with AGD, I've decided to use ZX Spin for my speccy developments. But here's a problem: Zer0 only saves .szx snapshots, tha…
... =Yoshiatom;738351]Since Zer0 loves to crash with AGD,
[/ ... facing:
Firstly, Go to Options>Emulation>Uncheck ... /> Then change the machine model to Spectrum 128K and reset. Now load ...
You should be able to save snapshots just fine from ... -
Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
... level 5 seemed impossible to complete (and thus the ... game itself) due to an apparent bug.
... one[/URL] for ZX Spectrum it seems obvious that the ... the game from C64/CPC to Spectrum, so the player cannot ... the 4 bricks next to the yellow platform into ... -
Sierra AGII've been thinking recently about starting a project to port Sierra's AGI engine to the ZX Spectrum 128. I've been reading the AGI specs and to me i…
[QUOTE=manonfire;745189]For the Spectrum, the native resolution is 256x192 ... Each screen would need to be converted to Spectrum format and then manually ... above and using RLC to reduce the size further.[/ ... be practical (too slow to render each screen for instance ... -
Sierra AGII've been thinking recently about starting a project to port Sierra's AGI engine to the ZX Spectrum 128. I've been reading the AGI specs and to me i…
... screen would need to be converted to Spectrum format and then manually ... attributes, I was more referring to scaling issues.
to how to implement.
to the original Kings Quest ... -
Designing a Modern 'Professional' low cost ZX Spectrum ??Hi, I'm looking at designing a low cost hight performance (20MHz) ZX Spectrum... in the mould of the original, but using modern-day components. The…
... in running an interlaced ZX Spectrum on my TV. Blame the ... sceptical about its real contributions to Spectrum. It seems quite limited anyway ... smooth bitmap rendering (the old Spectrum way), how about adding some ... -
Pac-Land: can be coloured?All versions of this game are full coloured, but not the Spectrum version. It has large sprites, but maybe the scroll is too fine to make a coloured …
... days and nights per week to meet the deadline, neglecting social ... />
Hard to blame them for quality of Spectrum conversion.
to Spectrum and lost colours and graphics ... -
Pac-Land: can be coloured?All versions of this game are full coloured, but not the Spectrum version. It has large sprites, but maybe the scroll is too fine to make a coloured …
... were just copied from CPC to Spectrum and then left unused.
Spectrum attributes used to colour the tiles ! :o ... this game was meant to be colourful on Spectrum. Somebody created these ... -
1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.
... get the chance to copy/paste your review on Spectrum 2.0 ... thought I'd signed up to Spectrum 2.0, but obviously I ... -
Outputting debug trace to RS232 (assembly)Hi Guys, I'm working on a game at the moment (written in assembly) but I am really needing to write out a debug trace of what is going on with the p…
... it easy to set up a text channel to print to.
I suppose you'll have to poke all the relevant system ... can just write arbitrary bytes to the rs232 port with one of ... , you might have to poke the system variables to set baud rate ... -
Puzzled about transferring games to tapeI was trying to transfer a game to a tape by using tapir and VLC. I opened up the tape file in Tapir and then converted it to a .wav file. I then pla…
... sort of amplification in order to make the signal stronger. ... />
Which model of Spectrum are you using? If you ... discovered while experimenting with PC-to-Spectrum TZX file loading with Tapir ... work with a +2 (gray Spectrum) but only with software recorded ... -
A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…
... /> There is an exception: COPY ... TO SPECTRUM FORMAT will create a header ... save memory chunks from emulator to hard disk, and then compress ... and concatenate to make a bigger file. When ... -
A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…
... /> There is an exception: COPY ... TO SPECTRUM FORMAT will create a header ... save memory chunks from emulator to hard disk, and then compress ... and concatenate to make a bigger file. When ... was a dos copy command to exclude the header when I ... -
Best Software Company? (Ocean or US Gold)Which one?
... (Epyx, Datasoft, Access etc) converted to Spectrum (mainly by an Ocean team ... -
Yet to be emulated!There are a number of Games I once loved that I wish were emulated on here, that I haven't played since for what feels like the dawn of time; Obviou…
... something the Oliver Twins want to bring back (failed Kickstarter in ... a recent effort in Russian Spectrum community to bring last commercial game ... not present on our machine) to Spectrum. I wish them a lot ... -
Yet to be emulated!There are a number of Games I once loved that I wish were emulated on here, that I haven't played since for what feels like the dawn of time; Obviou…
... a recent effort in Russian Spectrum community to bring last commercial game ... not present on our machine) to Spectrum. I wish them a lot ... -
Retro Games Battle 2014Retro Games Battle 2014 started! [url]http://retrogamesbattle.com/index.php?lng=eng[/url] Archive for playing on the ZX Spectrum [url]http://retro…
... from UK (in general) stick to Jonathan Cauldwell games, or Bobs ... Spanish people (in general) stick to Mojon Twins games, or Retrowork ... of "nationalism" when it comes to Spectrum games.
It ... , he won't bother to make the translation with his ... -
Retro Games Battle 2014Retro Games Battle 2014 started! [url]http://retrogamesbattle.com/index.php?lng=eng[/url] Archive for playing on the ZX Spectrum [url]http://retro…
... of "nationalism" when it comes to Spectrum games.
It is ... interest, he won't bother to make the translation with his ... -
PC to +3 communicationsHi I'm going to explore the abilities of my +3 to communicate with a PC. The "natural" ways to do that would be via serial or parallel link. I've b…
... BT630W and some other chips to adapt levels.
... timed loops. An idea to transfer data would be:
This should work to make some (fast?) serial transfers ... without resorting to ROM or needing timed loops to maintain RS232 standard speeds ... -
PC to +3 communicationsHi I'm going to explore the abilities of my +3 to communicate with a PC. The "natural" ways to do that would be via serial or parallel link. I've b…
... could do, if you wanted to get very clever, is transfer ... the input pins of both rs232 and keypad sockets for 4 ... course. If you stick to the rs232/keypad sockets your solution should ... PC and a +3 is to just get a spectranet ;-)
PC to +3 communicationsHi I'm going to explore the abilities of my +3 to communicate with a PC. The "natural" ways to do that would be via serial or parallel link. I've b…
... the input pins of both rs232 and keypad sockets for 4 ... course. If you stick to the rs232/keypad sockets your solution should ... .[/QUOTE]
I wanted to make some experiments without wasting ... crazy idea: using joystick ports to get even more input bits ...Emulator TZX multiloader help neededHi all, not sure this is the right thread, I use ZX32 as my emulator of choice, but have tried others to see if it is emulator specific. How can I lo…
... [*]Displays credits : Message PRESS SPACE TO CONTINUE : Press SPACE
[*] ... keys info: Message PRESS SPACE TO CONTINUE : Press SPACE
... br /> [*]Message REWIND TAPE TO START OF SIDE 2 THEN ... 2
[*]Switch back to Spectrum window and press SPACE
IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... off the ZX Spectrum
6. Connect a joystick to theIF1bis joystick ... the joystick to the RIGHT position and switch on ZX Spectrum while ... files to get the sound files
3. Switch on the Spectrum ... (one from the 80?s) to Spectrum with an audio cable from ...SAMPLE-TRACKER vast INSTRUCTION with screensHi, I wrote it mainly for CrashNicker and other 1-bit / Beeper users, but I suppose it could be also useful for every lo-fi musician (YM/AY chip, Co…
... since then, Iv been drawn to Spectrum music that pushes the boundaries ... does not sound like a Spectrum piece?!?!?!?... Since then, I ... scene even existed during my Spectrum days... And I sure ... late comer, who loved his Spectrum but never produced anything with ...SAMPLE-TRACKER vast INSTRUCTION with screensHi, I wrote it mainly for CrashNicker and other 1-bit / Beeper users, but I suppose it could be also useful for every lo-fi musician (YM/AY chip, Co…
... then, Iv been drawn to Spectrum music that pushes the boundaries ... does not sound like a Spectrum piece?!?!?!?... [/QUOTE]
to sound better (usually without ... because of construction of ZX Spectrum music-editors.
THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... too detailed for proper conversion to Spectrum resolution anyway, except perhaps for ...AFX Sound Effects DatabaseGentlemen, I'm converting some games from ColecoVision to MSX (sorry, not 100% ZX Spectrum related, but...) and in some cases, I'll need to completel…
I cant really help you in this, but could those MSX games converted to Spectrum easily? :)IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... off the ZX Spectrum
6. Connect a joystick to theIF1bis joystick ... the joystick to the RIGHT position and switch on ZX Spectrum while ... files to get the sound files
3. Switch on the Spectrum ... (one from the 80?s) to Spectrum with an audio cable from ...
