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New RZX Block Type Suggestion -- AnnotationWho is maintaining the RZX specification at the moment? I'd like to ask for the feasability of the following request. Annotations embedded within th…
... language preference. I am not sure someone will really ... anywhere on the Spectrum screen, the Alignment option specify which point ... the older ones are pushed up, to make enough space ... />
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Amstrad CPC - VIDEO OUTHello peepiekins, Erm, is there an arrangement of leads that'll allow me to... wait for it... ...turn the cable that usually plugs into the monitor…
... the option of making up a scart cable, but this does not provide ... when a CPC6128 is cut from its umbilical cord, pumping AY ... and some, frankly, flimsy components from the place I bought them ... . So far I've recorded from the Spectrum 16/48k, Acorn (without ... -
Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
... weeks gone! I would not start the project until all the ... . The blocks that make up the backgrounds are auto generated ... channel. The Spectrum graphics are being sourced from the Gameboy version ... how the whole thing works from start to finish - WICKED!!!
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The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …
... be used and you could start development immediately. I can't ... , Atari, Sega and almost Nintendo from the home computer/console market ... is not fixed to one specific type such as the Spectrum.
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Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …
... running, so how does it start up again....etc.
:-([/ ... . It will teach you from scratch how to string instructions ... -maskable interrupts are not implemented on the Spectrum due to a ... tutorial on machine code graphics from the above magazine can ... -
Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…
... collect information to speed things up a little...
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from start to finish and has the ... on screen sprites on the Spectrum can fit in an array ... -
emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…
... routines are compatible (just +2A/+2B missing). I really can't ... command of the Spectrum - I personally get joy from controlling any machine ... the emulator then it is not my problem, sorry (ASM feels ... with a real machine hooked up to a fast download link ... -
The Idiot's guide to 3.5 inch floppies on a +3All help gratefully received, including blow by blow instructions and tutorials. I am interseted in adding a floppy drive (3.5 inch) to my +3 as an …
... ground to signal to the spectrum that the drive is ... good idea otherwise the spectrum won't start up unless there's a ... one. This may or may not work, and the data ... may not stay forever (or it ... single diskette to "ferry" files from a PC to 3" disks ... -
yeah - unix for zx spectrumI started a new hobby project. An operating system for ZX Spectrum. A unix clone. Talked to my friend about it and he asked me what if after I'm done…
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- start up code,
- memory management,
from around the memory map ... needing a circular buffer, not create 5 different implementations for ... be compiled for actual ZX Spectrum.
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Where's it all going?[Rerouted from 'Assembler Intricacies' in Development Forum] [QUOTE=Timmy;506104]I don't think we're in disagreement here. As I've said it's a niche…
... by a collect 'em up for weeks on end ... .....how nobody can keep up with a simple flip- ... is a means not to have to start from scratch that can ... things: 1) it speeds up development greatly (in a few ... />
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Strange DivIDE ScreenI've just got an SD card adaptor for my DivIDE and it does something strange. On startup, I can see the DivIDE logo and it registers the adaptor, bu…
... 's no power when I start up, hence the garbage, but the ... from the Spectrum edge connector to power the CF card, I'm not ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... 40 cycles per pixel on spectrum screen. Not to mention lookup tables ... . Spectrum was planned to be 48K from the start, memory upgrades began from the start ... sum it up: spectrum hardware (as well as firmware) is not perfect. Not the ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... - otherwise RAM expansion would not be standard option from the start.
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Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... opinion, but I've made up my own mind that it ... anyone ever coming up with a true 'new Spectrum' :-)
There ... 's all coming from this tiny not-at-all-Spectrum-like board sitting ... ever actually been glued to from start to finish. Looks like a ... -
The N64 megathread[Skip this if you want, the short version is "The N64 was deeply flawed, but still has some of the best games ever", so now you can claim you've read…
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- No option to start in different episodes, you have ... to start in Hollywood Holocaust,
... was tainted), and unchanged from the original, I was ... -
Xbox (original) problemI've borrowed a mate's Xbox to play Stranger's Wrath and ToeJam & Earl 3. It's annoying they're not 360 compatible :( First problem, everytime I sw…
... cannot boot from the DVD drive then that's not an option for ... the DVD drives and booting up your XBox with the known ... the right cluster size. Fire up Evox as an application, edit ... 't remember which), reformat, then start it again and make the ... -
DivIDE questionsHi All, I'm the proud owner of two DivIDE interfaces, that I have just "inherited" from a friend. One of them is the original one and the other one …
... , that I have just "inherited" from a friend.
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Congratulations ... ;1) The standard DivIDE boots up, detectes the compact flash attached ... TV channel is not well adjusted, and the Spectrum does not start. I have ... -
yeah - unix for zx spectrumI started a new hobby project. An operating system for ZX Spectrum. A unix clone. Talked to my friend about it and he asked me what if after I'm done…
... by moving from idle state. you transfer start bit, data ... 1:[/I] can zx spectrum handle RTS and CTS ... connect ZX spectrum to PC and not to another spectrum. according to ... at next 50Hz interrupt zx spectrum spots the RTS, sets ... long as RTS is up or N bytes have ... -
Spectrum - Show in London area, April 2012Hello Folks, we have been already discussing in another thread. Here I simply want check the interest.So the question is easy: If we will organize a …
... birthplace of the Spectrum,but not a good place ... international airport for visitors from all over the ... trains to cambridge direct from London Stansted airport ... Kings Cross and then up to Cambridge. Obviously ... Western European with the option to fly into ... -
BASin Problems etc.Hi Folks, Paul has asked me to open this thread to document any outstanding issues that we find within BASin. No guarantees that Paul can/will fix …
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Why doesn't my routine work?I have a "level" defined by 504 bytes (28 squares across x 18 squares down) I'm trying to write a routine that will take an X,Y coordinate in pixels…
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I'm not familiar with Heart Stealer, so ... I will look that up :)
I ... clinical depression, I do not find the thought of ... a game from start to finish? I mean a spectrum game, and ... maybe even a commercial title from ... -
Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …
... not recognised[/COLOR]" and the "[COLOR="Blue"]Artifical Speed Up[/COLOR]" option will ... into memory, and at what Spectrum memory locations to set the ... disasemble the game's routines' start points, and maybe add them ... -
Region locking PC games? Deus Ex: HR is to be region locked!One of the good things about PC games is that they aren't region locked, unlike [B]many[/B] console games (lots of consoles have great games that wil…
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I'm not annoyed at this one instance ... there is an option to start the game differently from the way it ... that it should be an option from the first time you play ... . thats why a lot end up buying so many versions of ... -
Kobrahsoft DB1 - doesn't work?Hi, I've tried loading [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^DB1$&pub=^Kobrahsoft$&loadpics=3"]DB1 by Kobrahsoft[/URL] into two …
... it work on a real Spectrum but not on an emulator?[/QUOTE ... emulator not being a real Spectrum, with the potential for deviation from identity ... what may be just garbage up to the end of the ... ..Disk-Info..SamDisk090906" at the start? I thought that it might ... -
Epson printer problem solvageAnyone here got an epson printer? If yes, Anyone here seem to have intermittent problems with a certain ink colour or two not printing? I've had thre…
... cartridges for only ?10 each from as that's one hell ... coverage values that they end up sounding ridiculous. For example, the ... about and the economics change, start considering adding in the cost ... years ago colour lasers were not an option for plebs, now they ... -
Pac-Man EmulatorMy Pac-Man Emulator for the Spectrum +2A/+3 is now available for download from: [url]http://simonowen.com/spectrum/pacemuzx/[/url] You'll need to su…
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It's not actually that bad! Unfortunately, during ... an option (say [CAPS] + [C] to toggle colour/monochrome from the main menu ... ).
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Which Ultimate Play the Game game's do you like (tick the ones you like)After discussing Sabre Wulf in another thread, I thought it would be interesting to see which games of theirs we liked and disliked in proportion to …
... Spectrum games ever. Blowing up those alien bases or preventing the missiles from ... always the same path, from start to finish, while looking ... and aborted two years before. Not up to their standards.
... although the basic idea was not bad in itself.
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AGD 2.6 WoesThis was originally in the New Game Ideas section but thought this would be the best place to post this: I'm no programmer, hence i'm using the exce…
... when enemies are seen from far, not while walking behind the ... of more of the Spectrum's memory map as ... an AGD Spectrum ROM which would free up 40K for ... option to consider would be a PC editor, but I'm not ... anything else, aside from freeing up a few more bytes ... -
What paging scheme is the "standard" for 128K models?Sinclair implemented an arrangement so that even numbered pages are non-contended, and odd numbered pages are contended (quoting from memory, haven't…
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out (254),a ... starts to read from VRAM to build up the picture. I ... least, contended in the Sinclair Spectrum):
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Repairing another Issue 2 48K Spectrum.I said at the start of the other thread that I've got another one of these and I've started investigating it. The board is more-or-less exactly the …
... code does the following during start-up:
The value 2 ... and descending. The display from this Spectrum is as would be expected ... seems fairly clear this Spectrum does not make it so far as ...
