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The "Fun" of old equipment...Warning to others with the Alphacom 32.So I manage to slowly rebuild my spectrum, and a part of that is getting a new printer. The Brother printer I once had is no more, and I don't want t…
... don't want to drive from the Interface 1 again, ... up a power supply. Works test. Now try with the spectrum ... I take it apart and start looking, and it seems ... the cable and the spectrum interface. Guessing it's ... those levels. Not to mention it sucks up to an amp ... -
what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
... i did during the run up to christmas. My story goes ... expensive and that they may not be able to afford one ... the start of December i started dreaming of the Spectrum every night ... , i remembered the theme tune from when i played it round ... -
Spectrum collecting and nostalgia.I have recently started to buy and collect old Spectrum games and thought that it would be easy, but easy it is not. Well I say not because on auctio…
... us are finding that the Spectrum is putting the word ... follow through from start to finish, just spend hours building up your ... end of the game, not really a challenge is it ... coins, but it does not have to be done to ... beat some of the spectrum games we used to ... -
Speedlock & Spin (again)Following on from the Vixen thread, I've come across another game which crashes during the decryption beeps - Imagine's "Ping Pong". With Vixen, a ne…
... and the actual data blocks from that working Vixen I sent ... spectrum will *not* do. This goes for RealSpec too. A Spectrum would not auto start ... process - to speed things up. Border emulation is one of ...
Hope that clears things up a little. SPIN is good ... -
TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
... then reload them later and start up the BBS again.
< ... as it was not compatible with the Spectrum and its software ... and unmodified TS2068, BASIC code from Spectrum machines was nearly 98% compatible ... machine code software usually did not work if they had ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... me. I've not transferred anything from the PC to tape ... it will add up... also, i'm not exactly sure what you ... it would have to line up correctly but with a ... s come before - Yellow for Spectrum, Red for C64, Orange ... be done 'DIY' to start with. That way I can ... -
WOS and copright[url="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29646.html"]http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29646.html[/url]
... readers. The 1980s Sinclair Spectrum has not exactly been current for ...
like the jerks who start fights just because they are ... a distinction because they suffer from mild retardation.
up harmless (gosh, did ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... a size of 3072 bytes from adress 38526, so it works ... for Multitech-like Screens on Spectrum 128, with 8x2 attribute cell ... ?m not 100% sure... Will start experiments today after I wake up ;).
unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …
... "different" titles for c64 ( including not just games but everything ) i ... images of spectrum software collection ( no, neither is the one from WOS ... good number the other does not, although most are the ... and a custom frontend to start up the game with a preview ...which game would be the best remake?ive got a few remakes and the best of them is Head Over Heels. what do you think should be done? I want to see a more developed version of Dun Darach…
... done was just straightened up and compiled and given ... is completely feasible on the Spectrum, and a great conversion ... is. it's not easy when you start but people are ... for example, your learning from a book, it has ... like you can coem up with a routine and give ...Sync-buzzer, interrupts and general confusionBeen wittering on about this in the Misc group, but thought it was best discussed here. Basically been trying to recreate the Sid-Sound effect from A…
... cycle of this tone (the Spectrum does not have).
... I'm about to put up a hastily assembled tutorial that ... not a complete low-level discussion but it's a start ... of the popular Spectrum soundtrackers (including PT3) are available from Sergei Bulba ...AY-3-8912 help !Hi all. Happy new yeay. I'm new to spectrum programming, and am interested in writing some music for the +2 AY chip. The problem is...I cant find …
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I'm not an expert on the AY ... sample player, the computer will not be able to do anything ... usr0 mode: Start up as a 128K Spectrum, select 128 Basic from the menu, enter ... instrument samples using "LOAD SAMPLES" (not the same as "LOAD SAMPLE ...i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... Stupid.
This means start small, and keep your ... write in basic and are not performance driven.
... best RPG on the spectrum, your doomed to failure ... You get experience by DOING not by READING or people ... you try to learn from higher up the tree. Trying ...emuzwinyeah i ran my game and i can't get back to the programming screen bit! when i used to have a speccy i'd just bang the keyboard a few times and it'd …
... minimized to tray, pops up a menu now (with Exit and ... Browser window position from the last session fixed. Selecting disk typing ... 48 BASIC" menu item was selected in the Spectrum menu, following Reset ... [*] When Reset, ROM image does not restored now, so if you ...Are you a Spectrum Purist?I'm just wondering how many of you are Spectrum purists, and how many just regard the Spectrum as one of many in their collection. For example, do y…
... viewed from another angle, but I always end up most on the Spectrum ... of end up searching for Spectrum stuff in Google, opening emulators, start drawing ... 'm just there, aware but not aware at the same time ...EmuZWin problem!Hello! I'm trying to load Fairlight I into EmuZWin v2.4.004. It don't load at all. I'v tryed several versions of fairlight I and II. Thees files …
... if you add the option to add a custom ... Do you remember the option to display and remove a ... to enhanche or recreate something from the original.
... will not save. But if I save separately GFX (from within ... that every time I start up the emulator and try ...EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
[quote] when you scroll up or down the grid stays ... . So I decided to start it always from the top visible row ... with incorrectly built version (just not appropriate option in source, don't ... not see it).
Well, well, now I am hurry up ...Ultimate PollIt seems that most people like giving their profiles/opinions, so here's another one... see if I can make a poll out of it :) (some questions may ha…
... when they took over) games, not least because of the great ... Software house
C-TECH (not many games but all a ... will sit and listen to from start to finish - PING PONG comes ... /> 17. Favourite old Spectrum magazine
CRASH (up to about late 1986 ...Congratulations to Martijnfor a top Games TM interview! Colin
... /> gTM: What made you start up World of Spectrum?
MvdH: I ... such an active following. Being from The Netherlands, I really believed ... mind?
MvdH: I'm not convinced Activision did change its ... of the authors. We're not here to hurt the industry ...Abu Simbel Profanation &emulatorsI recently tried game from subject in Spin, EmuZWin and some other newer emulators and noticed sad fact that it works not, better said controls work …
... have it too).
Why not start again thread about it?
Spectrum 48K, Issue 2.
[/ ... 'bothered'. It was probably not best idea from me.
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up by people in here. < ...how do i read the keyboard in assembly? here is the code i tried writting to find out the value of a key call 28f (hex) loop: ld a,255 cp e jr z loop ld (50000),e ret notes from what i …
... when you are not using DI.
Otherwise start with EI ... so basically it reads it from a partical address when i ... will do the intruptroutine from the ZX Spectrum.
Every 1/ ... cp (ix)
jr z,up
cp (ix+1)
how do i read the keyboard in assembly? here is the code i tried writting to find out the value of a key call 28f (hex) loop: ld a,255 cp e jr z loop ld (50000),e ret notes from what i …
... when you are not using DI.
Otherwise start with EI ... so basically it reads it from a partical address when i ... will do the intruptroutine from the ZX Spectrum.
Every 1/ ... cp (ix)
jr z,up
cp (ix+1)
Sir Fred The RemakeThe time is come!!!... Download and enjoy this fine remake....!!! We are anxious to see your reaction, to read your impressions... Don't doubt to w…
... for a while then press up or down ...er...why cant ... with the cyan block (left from start) At first I just ran ... 3rd or 4th screen
Not my idea of fun Im ... /> Maybe you could put an option on so you didnt lose ... all the time. Or an option to turn the inertia down ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... only see the latter option in the radio buttons ... with the rules already set up. Right now, I think ... what I would end up doing is colouring the ... end up with a list of separate attr definitions from ... modes are also not too different from the Spectrum so there's ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... your own files that do not come from the z88dk repository. Anytime ... init.bat to set up the environment, and start up a unix shell ... sprites/software/sp1
cp spectrum-customize.asm customize.asm
You should open up and read the "spectrum-sp1.h" header ...TommyGun 0.9.x updates** Should be available via the utilities page soon! Please be patient :-) ** I'll be posting all future updates in this thread, instead of creating …
... you can set it up from the options dialog under ... the startup screen and selecting the restore button on ... extra button on the Start up page, that allows you ... o Updated to some WinXP menu icons
o Fixed ... correctly copies any files not in the project folder ...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…
... br /> LIVES: south wales, not far from Newport
FAMILY: younger ... br /> FIRST OWNED A SPECCY: spectrum +3 in 1991 / 1992 ... /> SPECTRUM HARDWARE OWNED: where do I start.......at the moment, not much ... as i'm selling up. ...Oh no! Not again! (Serious PC probs)I was upadting my graphic drivers (NVIDIA MX440 GeForce 4) and my sound drivers (Realtek AC'97 for VIA (R) audio controller), but when installing the…
... some errors (some files were not found? :confused: ), ok ... is starting up") but it's not raeding anything from the HDD ... triggered the system to start doing osmehing in the ... br /> I might try installing, not repairing. Will it be ok ... as the last option...replacement +3 psuok, who would be kind enough to help an idiot build a replacement PSU for the +3 / +2a , from a PC power supply? Guesser has already helped out a gr…
... you need.
The Spectrum will draw just whatever it ... places about. It's not worth the risk imho.
from starting up prematurely, the power supply ... , the motherboard will refuse to start up the computer.
...The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... already have hardware available, why not use it? There will ... interpreted BASIC being available from boot up you've got something ... by launching a Spectrum emulation for running tape images from hard disk ... linux repositories is a good start. First step is a ...
