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XFA84, your help is requestedHi XFA84, we are writing you cause we know you have released lately a game called Back on the Burgle, and surfing on your site I realized that you ha…
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Two mini-projectsLooking to help WoS? (If not, why not?) One thing you can easily do with just an emulator and an Internet connection is help fill in those [url="http…
... a compilation of Spectrum/ZX81 games (under a unique Spectrum 128k program) from ... -
Crash's poor attempt at an April FoolOn page 8 of Issue 63 of Crash (April 1989), there was an April Fool joke (see if you can spot it [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/ma…
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A hyperthetical Speccy FutureDo you think if the Speccy had've continued through the 90's or maybe up until present day, that maybe they would've made multi-button joysticks/pads…
... have needed:
* A memory upgrade
* Processor upgrade
The Spectrum just got old, and to ... made it a Spectrum.[/QUOTE]
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What should be the base address to set for my codeHi, I am new here and I have a simple question but one which I have not found an answer to. When I am developming my programs what should I set th…
... you code, as it avoids contended-memory and so access to it ... when the screen is refreshed. Memory below that can still be ... -
Bored...It works! Yep, here I am. I think I'll try going forward now, ready, set, go!
... stabilisation materialisation vector codecs in contended memory! What an idiot...
Bored...It works! Yep, here I am. I think I'll try going forward now, ready, set, go!
... stabilisation materialisation vector codecs in contended memory! What an idiot...
When do you optimise?I was just wondering when people here optimise their code. Do they wait till it is all done or do they code a routine and then optimise that?
... be required? Try and estimate memory usage for sprites, background gfx ... to be located in non-contended memory (ie 32768 or higher). Other ... . can be located lower in memory.
DerekBored...It works! Yep, here I am. I think I'll try going forward now, ready, set, go!
... stabilisation materialisation vector codecs in contended memory! What an idiot...
Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …
... only have 16K of non-contended memory (ie. page 2) available. However ... be stored in another non-contended page and then paged in ... or 9K of the non-contended memory in page 2 to store ... most from being in non-contended ram. The other 7K is ...Expanded Profiles - Brief BiosExpanding on the post about Crimewatch style profiles, why not make a biography style profile. And I'll be the first... NAME: Patrick J.K. Furlong A…
... /> FIRST COMPUTER USED AND WHEN: Spectrum 128k - 1987/8 (MY BRO'S ... year or so later
SPECTRUM HARDWARE OWNED: Sorry None, Just ... to wank all over a spectrum....so........:DRealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
It's more the claims of "100% exact contended memory and multicolor emulation" when it's been proved time and time again not to be the case that annoy people a bit.R Register, Contended RAM and ClonesHi. I've had a quick look at the CSS FAQ but didn't spot quite what I'm looking for (also the CSS FAQ doesn't have much detail of the clones - there …
... if access to contended memory happens. More access to contended memory means more delays ...R Register, Contended RAM and ClonesHi. I've had a quick look at the CSS FAQ but didn't spot quite what I'm looking for (also the CSS FAQ doesn't have much detail of the clones - there …
... R-register because of the contended RAM. Each instruction executed should ... same time regardless of the memory model. The HALT increments the ... that it executes internally. If contended memory has been accessed during the ...RealXThis may be a dumb question but will RealX ever get released?
... the low byte, point at contended memory, shall be called a "snow ... ULA gets confused by the memory refresh cycles of the Z80 ...A very first computer, a very first gameMaybe i'm duplicating some other posts, but... what was your first computer and game??? For me it was a rubber zx-spectrum 48k and tape with only t…
My first computer was a Spectrum 128k, bought it in 1985, and ...Did all Spectrum 128Ks have that large heatsink?Question as per title. I can't seem to find the answer to this. I'm sure I've seen a picture of one without it. Would this be because someone has car…
... ]Why fake? White 128K was on the Spanish 128K version.[/QUOTE]
Spectrum-128k-Investronica-original_W0QQitemZ180028332863QQihZ008QQcategoryZ89183QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem[/url]Did all Spectrum 128Ks have that large heatsink?Question as per title. I can't seem to find the answer to this. I'm sure I've seen a picture of one without it. Would this be because someone has car…
... ://cgi.ebay.es/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-128k-Investronica-original_W0QQitemZ180028332863QQihZ008QQcategoryZ89183QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem[/url][/QUOTE]
Did all Spectrum 128Ks have that large heatsink?Question as per title. I can't seem to find the answer to this. I'm sure I've seen a picture of one without it. Would this be because someone has car…
... ://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-SPECTRUM-128K-33-GAMES-INC-MONSTERS-KONG ...Speccy stuff for free - you collect from SW18Hi chaps, Righto, all my Speccy stuff has to go but I can't post it (sorry Craig!), it's far too much hassle. If you want all of the below, feel fre…
Did you shift all this in the end? I'd be interested in the Spectrum 128K.Currarh uSpeak - CrapCurrarh uSpeak well almost Today I became one of the rank elite of Currah uSpeak owners. I must say I?m a tad disappointed. I imagined it to have t…
Is there any way to get the sound out of the Currah uSpeak without going through UHF???
I drive my spectrum 128k via my TVs composite input.
Andrew.
PS: Thanks folks for your help. :)Currarh uSpeak - CrapCurrarh uSpeak well almost Today I became one of the rank elite of Currah uSpeak owners. I must say I?m a tad disappointed. I imagined it to have t…
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I drive my spectrum 128k via my TVs composite input ... the microSpeech work on the 128k? It's one of the ...Best emulator settings?If I want the best Speccy experience available out of an emulator, what's the best settings to have on? Which model should I set it to emulate, and i…
So do I want the AY sound chip or the YM one?
Spectrum 128k generally, or the +2/+3?
Any particular advantages of either machine, like a better ability to handle music hence the games not being so jerky when it's playing?128K memory testingDuring a mad half hour I decided to write a little memory tester program in BASIC using the information from the 48K service manual. Now I was wonder…
Problem with testing spectrum 128K ram in BASIC is that if any of the chips go tits up the computer won't boot. It would have to be machine code in a custom ROM only.
On the 48 if the bottom 16K is ok it will go into BASIC.Self made membraneHi fellowes, as you probably know, the keyboard membrane seems to be the weakest hardware part in Spectrum. It is not so hard to find in eBay or in s…
... if you ask.
Spectrum + / Spectrum 128K keyboard membranes are more expensive ...Rubber keyed 128KCheck this out: First we had a grey +3, then we had a 128K with no heatsink. But now we have an original rubberkeyed 128K. [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.…
Just sent him a question asking why he if he's selling a Spectrum 128k why he's showing a pic of a 48k rubber key Spectrum.
I await his pearls of wisdom...External Speccy CommunicationHow does a speccy communicate with the outside world ?? Do you have to have the interface 1 for serial communications ( rs232 ) or are there other p…
Hard to tell how many people still actually use a Spectrum but I have sold in the region of 300-400 keyboard membranes over the past 3 years and that is only for the rubber key and Spectrum 128K / Spectrum+ computers.
RichQuestion for the tzx dev guru'sI'm almost finished with a batch of adventure tapes which I've got on loan.. The final tape, is a development version of Birthday Surprise, which ha…
... the code into memory on a real Spectrum, dumping the memory to +D ... research, I came across a Spectrum util called Code Slicer 2 ... bytes of a block to memory, or skip y bytes then ...Chip tracking on a speccyhey. im a long time tracker. but new to the ZX spectrum, i just heard some AY riders music and i find it very good! how would i go about tracking on …
audio?..isnt a tracker a program?..i wish to copy the tracker from windows xp to a tape, im going to get a ZX spectrum 128k +2 :]
sorry to be a pain in the arse..but i really dont know what you mean
thanks for helping though :D
