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My first attempt at Gigascreen interlacingWonderful. Did some research on the port which controls memory paging and wrote a short BASIC programme to switch pages 5 and 7 in and out of the scr…
... , they are not on my Spectrum pages, not in the past ... some photographic shoots. But I'm working very slow and I ... you have completly redesigned the +3 mainboard and made your own ... 8 bit CP/M computer and adapted by me for Spectrum use)[/list ... -
My first attempt at Gigascreen interlacingWonderful. Did some research on the port which controls memory paging and wrote a short BASIC programme to switch pages 5 and 7 in and out of the scr…
... Amstrad PCW256 DOS, ported to Spectrum.
In my opinion ... a disk interface, whereas the +3 is what its name says ... my personal opinion, because I'm using the disc system in ... : I have no use for CP/M. ;) -
AmericaI've been wondering, was the Spectrum released in America? Was it popular? Are there Spectrum games that were made in America? There must be a few A…
... via external memory. The 48k Spectrum had ROMCS which allowed the ... being the ROM supported 48K Spectrum basic + a few more commands ... better machine than the 128K Spectrum in 1986, even if it ... the zx81 and spectrum) and the 3" disk system with CP/M 2.2 ... -
What does SPIN have?I have been asking this question since somebody answered another I had made that RealSpectrum was a brilliant emulator. It is in fact. But... I see e…
... my first one was CP/M on +3) and I fell in ... /> The OS/2 X128 Spectrum emulator ((c) James McKay ... an original rubber key Spectrum, therefore I never learned ... any limit, but the Spectrum area remains small, no ... next generation of Real Spectrum (or for any other ... -
help on creating +3 disk imagesHi, I have found the SDP web page, and I noticed that I have a few +3 programs that are reported as missing: - Times of Lore - Bard's Tale, The - Pr…
... always exciting to hear about +3 disks, bu it seems our ... . It works though, so I'm not sure whether to release ... it works in the CP/M environment working on +3 and Amstrad CPCs ... than a Spectrum disk :(. I think I lost the +3 auction on ... -
Super League Soccer - for the Amstrad PCWHi, I made a game called Super League Soccer for the Amstrad PCW series. It ran on Mallard Basic under CP/M. I released it in 1992 through DG Softwar…
... common factor, and with the Spectrum +3 also: they can run similar ... of the Amstrad version of CP/M Plus. Thus some programs can ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... the C128 because of the CP/M compability. It is not used ... think you'll find the Spectrum ran a lot faster than ... the C64.
Z80 @ 3.5mhz
6502 @1.02mhz ... 6502 runs about 2 to 3 times faster than a Z80 ... -
Smax?I've got SMAX v0.0.1, has anybody got any information about it? It isn't on WOS any more as far as I can see. What language does it use (seems like…
... , FORTRAN, PASCAL, etc programs under CP/M and then use z88dk to ... sprite pack was the alleged Spectrum SE support. I say alleged ... , 32x24 colour mode of the Spectrum's display. The first MSX1 ... with the TI-calculators, generating 3 or 4 colours of clash ... -
Garry Lancasters +3e site down?Hi, I have been trying to access Garry's page about the +3e ROM, because I know of a utility for the +3 he has on the site which makes it possible f…
... made a drive for my +3 using the casing off a ... with its own PSU), a 3.5" drive with a switchable ... . One of mine has a 3.5" drive B, because I ... found another 3.5" drive with the right ... be the same for the Spectrum version of CP/M+. -
Garry Lancasters +3e site down?Hi, I have been trying to access Garry's page about the +3e ROM, because I know of a utility for the +3 he has on the site which makes it possible f…
... made a drive for my +3 using the casing off a ... with its own PSU), a 3.5" drive with a switchable ... One of mine has a 3.5" drive B, because I ... found another 3.5" drive with the right ... the same for the Spectrum version of CP/M+.[/QUOTE]
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Playing Denied Ultimate GamesHmmm, maybe this belongs in Emulators but it is game specific. Just been leafing through Games(TM) in Smiths and there's an article about a (strong)…
... occassionally a cheque for ?3.19 turns up cos ... that - on my real Spectrum with the original tape. ... QUOTE]
M$ is strange one. I hates ... /> [QUOTE=aowen] I'm not knocking CP/M (which was revolutionary in ... I came to appreciate CP/M when I had an Amstrad ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... &ct=clnk&cd=3"]cover story article [/URL] ... memory expansion (64k and beyond), CP/M, hard disk interfaces, you name ... flicker-free graphics on the Spectrum also worked despite the ... in display quality. The Spectrum emulator cartridge that allows the ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
[QUOTE=JamesD]
The Spectrum+ should have been a 64K ... cartridge thingy and by that CP/M gadget somebody was selling. Of ... />
1. The usual 6k spectrum display
2. A double ... and the Timex had)
3. The Timex 256x192 pixel, 32x192 ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... thingy and by that CP/M gadget somebody was selling. ... br /> 1. The usual 6k spectrum display
2. A double ... the Timex had)
3. The Timex 256x192 pixel, ... line. That's what I'm used to.
3 experience. And paging out ... -
Spectrum Basic InterpreterHello. I started this days a strange project: an interpreter of the Spectrum Basic that can run in a Spectrum. Here is a very preliminar version: […
... br /> And here is the CP/M executable:
[url]http://pasmo ... a sample of debugging spectrum basic in cp/m:
[code]
A>sid basizx.com
CP/M 3 ... SID - Version 3.0
NEXT MSZE ... -
EightyOne site down?Has anyone else had problems trying to get onto Mikes site?
... 20070113232738186[/url]
I'm going to translate it as ... emuspec.dck. And when I'm in Timex mode I can ... to load CP/M discs in +3 mode.
-Speed. Real Spectrum, Warajevo, Spectaculator ... you could also use the Spectrum commands INK, PAPER and BORDER ... -
Total amount of memory on a Speccy ?I wonder............ The C64 (excuse me for saying that name in here. I'll hereby name it just "it") has 64k, while only 38k, or so, is available f…
... close to the truth:
Spectrum with Interface 1 attached has ... facts related to RAM of Spectrum clones in Roumania:
- HC ... *41256 chips), but from +3 BASIC and CP/M, only 128K can be ... accessed; just like a normal Spectrum +3 ... -
Small ROMs updateI've finally got around to updating my [url=http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/cgi-bin/spectrum/roms.pl]ROMs page[/url] with some of the ROMs I've "recent…
... Computer) series are Romanian Sinclair Spectrum clones.
HC-90 ... /> Disk based HCs, being also CP/M machines, have little extra code ... recommend the Old-computer Museum [3].
[1] [url ... ]
[2] Removed
[3] [url]http://www.old-computers ... -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... speed. I'm talking 8k here because the Spectrum's ROM ... Atari BASIC vs some optimal CP/M or the newer Atari ... slows it down where the CP/M machine may have a ... % of the time?) I'm not sure how much this ... is no faster than the 3.5MHz Spectrum.
The ... -
Five updated ZX-Modules programsDear forum readers, I have updated my ZX-Modules programs to the following version states: ZX-Editor 1.1.0.4 ZX-Preview 1.0.1.2 ZX-Paintbrush 1.2.0…
... file architechture of the ZX-Spectrum.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, EDSK is ... format. The logical CP/M structures used by the +3 are independent of ... -
another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
... respectfully disagree, I think the Spectrum is a wonderful computer, but ... and were readying to release 3" disk drives at $50 a ... allowing memory expansion to 16MB, CP/M capability, games software from the ... to 150k units in the 3-4 months it was available ... -
48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…
... you had plugged into the Spectrum.
When an interrupt ... br />
4) The +3 (and therefore +2A/B) modified ... br />
11) The +3/+2A/B models have port ... be "The Ghost" program or CP/M
12) ... the 128/+2 and +3/+2A machines. Annoyingly the ... -
Can the +3 read TOS disks?I've sent 2 dozens of TOS disks so that they could be preserved as disk images, but as of today there's no emulator that can emulate Timex's FDD. The…
... /> floppy drive electrically. The 3" drives use a reduced set ... br /> can keep a Spectrum MC programmer from reading any ... /> 'Sector handlers' for most Spectrum interfaces can be found:
CP/M recognizes the full IBM standard ... -
Help loading OPUS data block ?Hi folks, A while back I obtained a Daton Software Card Games compilation which will be in the next Vault update: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/inf…
... /> [QUOTE=zxbruno;353324]
I'm guessing a Commodore Amiga is ... this System 32.
Many Spectrum interfaces therefore could handle 'alien ... HD, as a Z80 on 3.5 Mhz is not fast ... , TR-DOS, SAMCoupe, Spectrum+3(3.5"), MB02, Didaktik, CP/M(2.2), HC(Romania ... -
Transferring +3 Disk Image from PC to real +3Is there a way to do this without physically connecting the +3 disk drive to the PC? Something like a Speccy version of the "Xfer in C" utility for…
... QUOTE=Andrew Barker;358964]I'm not sure if DU54 was ... disk images to PC from spectrum ?
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... be used if the Spectrum's got a 3.5" floppy drive ... that time I intended the CP/M version to support serial ... PcW16 support to the CP/M version. -
Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…
... for data transfers from
Spectrum (like a printer), where no ... on both the PC and Spectrum. Possible?
The " ... coding).
The CP/M for +3 comes by default with a ... me. Simple communication between a Spectrum and a PC without interfaces ... -
Your favourite HHGTTG thing?I was talking to a mate today, and the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy came up in conversation, and we found out that whilst I think the novels are…
... an official release for the Spectrum was that their system ... disk drive and until the +3 arrived there wasn't a ... run the CP/M versions of Infocom games on the Spectrum. However, ... by that stage, Infocom had stopped supporting CP/M so ... -
What were your favourite speccy adventure games?My favourite speccy adventure games, mainly obtained from Your Sinclair, Crash and Sinclair User covertapes are: - Bored of the Rings - Winter Wonde…
... 9's games on the Spectrum itself, but there were releases ... ones and you can play CP/M versions of the Infocom games ... -
More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
... ;398052]
(If the Spectrum +3 ULA ever gets reverse-engineered ... point of view of running CP/M, it would be better ... area.
1) In spectrum mode, the attribute area address ... differently implemented in the 128k spectrum.
There is ...
