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Serial protocol, help!Hi, simply trying to find best way to transfer programs from PC to real ZX Spectrum for testing purposes. Under Windows I tried using Spxfr and it w…
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zxlink -d /dev/ttyS0 -s 19200 -g test.bin.
s my question. Does anyone have any idea what the format ... of ZX Spectrum RS232 serial transfer is so ... just need to prefix my raw binary file with some data about its ... -
Spectrum writer neededHi guys, it's me Darran, the editor of Retro Gamer who routinely comes along whenever he needs your help ;) Anyway, I want to do a collector's guide…
... /> Anyway, I want to do a collector's guide to the Spectrum 48K, but have ... hit a problem due to my ... vast knowledge of collecting on the Spectrum to create an introductory guide (we ... -
Spectrum+ fault - lines on boot screen, freezesThe ZX Spectrum+ I bought in the car boot has a fault. When you boot it, it's displaying the Copyright screen, but each character position has a vert…
... 3. It doesn't respond to the keyboard at all.
the ULA had any reason to be at fault ... ...
What is the problem likely to be? How can I ... keyboard works... so that means the Spectrum+'s keyboard is faulty :/ - or could ... -
Picture of yourself in the 80's with a speccy...I thought it'd be fun to start a thread where people post pics of themselves back in the day with a speccy. Only condition, is that its not a recent…
... thought it'd be fun to start a thread where people ... pics of themselves back in the day with a speccy.< ... and you must see the spectrum/Spectrum stuff in the foreground/background.
< ... 1983 at Christmas time with the faithful DK 'Tronics keyboard...... ... -
Why do people move to the UK?I know that if I replaced "to" with "from" it would also be a valid question. People usually say that they move to another country in search of a be…
... understand why someone would want to move to countries like Germany, Sweden ... , and why people used to want to move to the United States until a ... ago. But when it comes to the UK, what is their motive ... /> I grew up thinking the U.S. was the only "melting pot" but ... -
Taking the Spectrum for a bath - Lots of SEXY photos!Decided to take a Spectrum +2 for a bath this weekend. It was non-working, so it needed fixing. It booted to a fuzzy dark picture and I thought "Ah, …
... air, increasing the air output as you hold the nozzle to the parts, will ... - this could be a rare spectrum, because can it really be ... />
Viola! The finished results! A brand new spectrum!
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Kiwi OS for z80 computerHi everyone, Nearly made my z80 computer with 2K ROM 32K RAM. It has an OS im still writing called Kiwi (apple, blackberry, you get the idea ;D) he…
... writing called Kiwi (apple, blackberry, you get the ... PRINT_DHEX ;PRINT THE ZERO'S
... ENTER HIT JUMP TO FILE SAVE
THE CONTROL BYTE TO THE SERIAL DEVICE< ... Port 1 is the control data to the LCD display
Port 2 is the character (ASCII) data toCommodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
... Commodore 64 computer
Data cassette recorder
1514 ... print to the printer"
no, you have to first "open" the printer port ... the 80's) thats probably the best hardware thing I have to ... be superior to the spectrum, but its really not, the graphics ...Key to the Kingdom board gameAnybody played Key to the Kingdom? It looks excellent to play with a few beers... :-) Here's AVGN's alter-ego Board James' review. [youtube]tlfAQ33…
Anybody played Key to the Kingdom? It looks excellent to play with a few beers... :-)
Here's AVGN's alter-ego Board James' review.
[youtube]tlfAQ33YE1A[/youtube]"I Wish I Knew ... about the Spectrum and the ZX81" (possible remark)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000179&loadpics=1"]I Wish I Knew ... about the Spectrum and the ZX81[/URL] Remark that might…
... I Wish I Knew ... about the Spectrum and the ZX81[/URL]
Remark that might be of interest to ... /SinclairUser02900045.jpg"]SU29 review of the book[/URL].)
... t been able to find other books in the series though : ...SpecBAS INT function vs Spectrum INT functionDunny's SpecOS (SpecBas) vs Normal Spectrum Basic. INT function The Spectrum rounds -ve INT values down (e.g. INT -2.2 = -3) whereas SpecBas rounds…
Dunny's SpecOS (SpecBas) vs Normal Spectrum Basic.
< ... INT function
The Spectrum rounds -ve INT values down ... s action:
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INT numexpr
Rounds the ... renders incorrectly in SpecBAS compared to the Spectrum.
PS ...Crash 62 march 1989 "ULTIMATE Play the Spectrum game again!"In this issue of Crash, well after the disappointments of Bubbler & Martianoids, 'Crash' reported that Rare had bought back the Ultimate name and was…
... full rights to the label and began developing games for (the Spectrum). The first Spectrum releases ... himself.CRASH certainly looks forward to to the new releases with great eagerness ... playability has been missing from the Spectrum for far too long."
Update to the "3e" command line utilityFrom "readme.txt"... [quote]'3e': Utility for handing files in a memory card formatted for a +3E enhanced Spectrum. Version 0.5alpha. (C)2009-2012 …
... formatted for a +3E enhanced Spectrum. Version 0.5alpha.
to download the 3e.zip file, unzip it, and copy the executable to the location the ... /> This URL will always point to the last release. Previous releases can ...A 30th Anniversary ProjectHappy new year (belatedly...) So with the 30th anniversary approaching, I've decided to do a hardware project to celebrate it. Something hands-on (o…
... 't want the noise to couple into the sensitive theremin circuit! The interface to the Spectrum will ... 's the biggest that would fit!) The clock for the counters is external since the Spectrum's ... have one where the W5100 chip failed and the attempt at rework ...Jumping Jack in the arcades...I was looking some information up recently on Imagine's Jumping Jack game and glanced at the Wikipedia page, only to be mildly surprised by the fact …
... that it bears little resemblance to the Speccy's lo-fidelity classic: where ... .
So here's the question: are the two games actually related ... was responsible for the ZX Spectrum game, and this appears to have slowly ...Which week in '82 did full blown production of the Spectrum start?Hi Probably a long shot but does anybody have any hard evidence as to exactly which week in 1982 that full blown production of Issue 1's started? I…
... have any hard evidence as to exactly which week in 1982 ... Issue 1's started? I know that the machine was announced to the world ... on April 23rd but I would have imagined that the ...Is there a limit to the numberof variables you can have in BASIC..... Reason I ask is I've got an idea....but using my "lowest common denominator" approach to code I fear that I'…
... lowest common denominator" approach to code I fear that ... 2...etc etc) to assign to the play area and movement ... routines etc
Now, given the ... m wondering if there's an easier way ... held as values which the player and bad ...Spectrum meet, Gipsy Moth, London, 21st AprilAs discussed [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38202]elsewhere[/url], a number of us will be turning up to the [url=http://…
... us will be turning up to the [url=http://www.thegipsymothgreenwich ... on Saturday 21st April to discuss Spectrum-related things, drink beer ... given as this is the 30th anniversary of the Spectrum's release :-)
< ... but do feel free to turn up earlier or later ...using the ROM's FP calculatorIs it possible to use the ROM's FP calculator to evaluate any FP expression in a single sequence of commands without breaking out to stack some other…
Is it possible to use the ROM's FP calculator to evaluate any FP expression ... without breaking out to stack some other element of the expression? I ... pieces.
For example, to do "A / B + C / D ...Preferred method for transferring .TZX files to Sinclair SpectrumHi, I just purchased a Spectrum +3 from Ebay and thought I would look at the utilities for transferring from .TZX files to a real Spectrum. Many of…
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I just purchased a Spectrum +3 from Ebay and thought ... from .TZX files to a real Spectrum. Many of the utilities seem rather ... old on the WoS ... do I transfer a .TZX file to the CF2 3" Disks?
A Question for you AY musicians out there...As some of you may or may not have noticed, Iv been tinkering away on a script to convert music data from OpenModPlug Tracker to Vortex Tracker... My…
... At the moment, the script only captures note data from the music ... & ignore OpenMDT's "Note Effects"? - ... /> ChannelFX_3: TONE PORT================SpecialCmd_3: Port
ChannelFX_4: Vibreto ... to be matched to these?.. Or are they unique to the Spectrum ...3D Deathchase on the Commodore 643D Deathchase has been ported to the C64, at least according to Micro-Mart. According to this week's MM, the port is called Hell Racer, and here's a …
... the Spectrum version, and (to me, at least) the C64 version doesn't seem to ... project the same feeling of movement and speed that the Spectrum version ... aside from JMK's port to the Tandy, and a port for the Amstard CPC (both ...The Spectrum Show Ep2The second episode of The Spectrum Show is now live. A nice feature about the Rotronics Wafadrive, a look back to April 1983 plus old and new game re…
The second episode of The Spectrum Show is now live.
A nice feature about the Rotronics Wafadrive, a look back to April 1983 plus old and new game reviews.
[URL="http://youtu.be/59tNu8QrFTU"]Watch on YouTube[/URL]
Enjoy.The Spectrum Show Ep3The Spectrum Show Episode 3 is now out and ready to be viewed. Lots of goodies in this episode including an Asteroids arcade shoot-out. [URL="http://…
The Spectrum Show Episode 3 is now out and ready to be viewed.
Lots of goodies in this episode including an Asteroids arcade shoot-out.
[URL="http://youtu.be/qh0lh2ZGWnc"]View on YouTube[/URL]The Spectrum Show EP4Episode 4 of The Spectrum Show is now available. In this episode we look back to June 1983 and get the Spectrum news and new game releases. Track the…
... The Spectrum Show is now available. In this episode we look back to ... June 1983 and get the Spectrum news and new ... game releases. Track the evolution of the ... we look back to June 1983 and get the Spectrum news and ...The Spectrum Show Ep5Episode 5 of The Spectrum Show is now available. In this episode we go back to July 1983 and take a look at all the Sinclair news and Spectrum game …
Episode 5 of The Spectrum Show is now available.
... back to July 1983 and take a look at all the ...
If anyone wants to help with the making of this show ... I am not asking anyone to do reviews, speak or do ... anything they don?t want to ? but I am looking ...Demonoid "Busted As A Gift To The United States Government""[COLOR="Blue"]The nightmare week for Demonoid has just reached a huge crescendo, with news coming out of Ukraine that following a massive DDoS attac…
... .S. connection to the raid won?t be disappointed ? a source in the country?s ... Interior Ministry says that the action was scheduled to coincide ... Deputy Prime Minister Valery Khoroshkovsky?s trip to the United States.[/COLOR]"
Interview with Steve Wetherill (Odin)Hi you all!!! Here is the interview done to STEVE WETHERILL (Nodes of Yesod, Robin of The Wood, Arc of Yesod, Heartland... ?Odin!) and published at […
... time. It?s a pleasure to have the opportunity to interview you.< ... how we got the data together for the C64 version. There ... to get the game to run fast enough on the CPC and so the port ... how close the C64 version of the game should be to the Spectrum version, ...Stealth AllRAM SpectrumHaving just received a couple of new keyboard membranes to fix a couple of machines with, the thought crossed me that I should do a special project w…
... chunk of code into the Spectrum's RAM and jumps to it. This then ... for me to restore the machine back to its original ROM - the Spectrum's PCB is ... not altered in any way.
The next ...Top 10 most important countries for the Spectrum game-wiseUsing infoseek with a little spare time and playing with the releases in each country, the results are somehow a little surprising, although I have u…
... .
This are the countries where the Spectrum was/is the most important/significant ... aproximate idea of how important the Spectrum was in that country)
to Spain, and the amazingly high number for Germany, where the Spectrum was ...
