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The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... on the Spectrum for a 128K PROGRAM to be saved to disk ... space will be used on the disk (= 258
sectors ... again. If the picture on your screen (the
on the Spectrum; if
the picture ... key N (= no) on your Spectrum. The
borders ... -
Rocky Gush Floppy Drive InterfaceI have a Rocky Gush Floppy Drive Interface which I would like to post the details under the Hardware section of the website. What is correct procedur…
... detail on the Forum. The ROM does not include the Spectrum DOS ... , only the disk drive DOS, and ... be on if an Interface 1 is used with the Disk Interface ... -
Rocky Gush Floppy Drive InterfaceI have a Rocky Gush Floppy Drive Interface which I would like to post the details under the Hardware section of the website. What is correct procedur…
... and to post the detail on the Forum.[/QUOTE]
... not include the Spectrum DOS, only the disk drive DOS, and ... ROM, I was remarking on the fact that its memory ... on if an Interface 1 is used with the Disk ... issue. Zooming right in on '/MI' and on '/NMI' and 'A1' ... -
My SpritesAs i have found a long lost art i used to love doing on the spectrum (making sprites) I decided today to start and all the metroid (NES version) in a…
... for a game in the same style of [URL="http://www ... ]. Personally I would enjoy a Spectrum game that looks like an ... proper to the zx spectrum using the same program but in real ... terms of usage. The head on ... -
Setting up an IDE HDD on the +3e helpHello, Just installed a HDD in my +3e (ROM ver. 1.11). When turning on it takes a few seconds longer but then shows 2 IDE (available) as well as 1 fl…
... no software to open virtual disk images - although I ... on the disk then to run them type
[code]
SPECTRUM ... "FILENAME.SNA"
SPECTRUM "FILENAME.Z80"
... />
[code]
SPECTRUM "ATICATAC.SNA"
[/code]
'Madballs' by Ocean - instruction sheet neededI just bought one of these off ebay and the instructions were missing. Does anyone have a scan of the English instructions so I can print them off an…
... the English instructions is already on WoS. The full instructions are ... on an A5 card folded in ... picture on the front and separate (very similar) pages for Spectrum / Amstrad / Commodore ...SAM Coupe - a video problemHi mates. Lately I managed to acquire a SAM Coupe 512K. There are, however, certain problems that - I thought - You might help me with, in a mome…
... default will BOOT is the same as typing BOOT and ... will load the DOS from disk and load the auto ... samdos). BOOT 1 does the same, but will not load ... will automatically switch a boot disk in place if the ... must be the first file on the disk?
One might ...BetterBytes Disc-Mate MGT Protectionmornin all while lookin at a few programs last nite i noticed disc-mate has some form of protection on it it will load fine in zxspin but try and loa…
... Fuse on Windows 1.0.0.1 but it gives the same ... /> Disc-Mate was also release on +3 disk, but it's MIA ... such devices.
One Opus disk that springs to mind is ... a similar layout but the disk image I have has actual ... seen some of these disks on flea bay, they are ...48k + Spectrum Issue 4S Display IssueHi all! Brand new user here. Growing up I had a zx spectrum for a little bit, and recently I have bought a working 48k + Spectrum (Issue 4). I was…
... without load. (The patterns on screen are interesting but irrelevant ... -5V), and switching the Spectrum board on with only one 4116 in ... not coming up, the Spectrum should be switched off immediatly ... good enough to keep. The same with all 4116ses.
Usually ...48k + Spectrum Issue 4S Display IssueHi all! Brand new user here. Growing up I had a zx spectrum for a little bit, and recently I have bought a working 48k + Spectrum (Issue 4). I was…
... without load. (The patterns on screen are interesting but irrelevant ... -5V), and switching the Spectrum board on with only one 4116 in ... not coming up, the Spectrum should be switched off immediatly ... good enough to keep. The same with all 4116ses.
Usually ...CPC Power goes down?These Amstrad CPC folks are unlucky people. WOS used to link to some CPC site and it went down. Recently it linked each game to a site called CPC-P…
... admit I do like the Amstrad CPC I found the ... Sound is like the 128k spectrum and some of the older ... better music than the 48k spectrum versions. The only thing ... You had the zx spectrum port on it which didn't ... good use of the colours on this machine you have ...Why no 'Avalon' loading screen?I was always disappointed that 'Avalon' & 'Dragontorc' were missing loading screens. I wonder if Steve Turner, when he sees this, could tell us why? …
... covers had the same pattern, with the SPECTRUM letters on top.
Spectrum history and its games ;)Why no 'Avalon' loading screen?I was always disappointed that 'Avalon' & 'Dragontorc' were missing loading screens. I wonder if Steve Turner, when he sees this, could tell us why? …
Trailblazer - mapped?Anyone mapped Trailblazer yet? I'd kind of like to get hold of the maps. D.
... the level to the same pattern. The baseline ... by fitting each tile on byte boundaries, I ... disk solution on the +3. With 255 pattern files on one disk ... (one less than the maximum) and one map file on ... the other disk (the largest being ...What do you think about Unreal Speccy Portable?Hi, spectrumers! Just wondering about subj. Unreal Speccy Portable has been ported to Windows/Linux/Mac/Symbian/Dingoo A320/Caanoo/WIZ/Android/PSP/…
... ;if you want to play spectrum games on the dingoo A320 and ... .
and also auto beta disk loader ;)
>I ...PlusDlite prototype/first batch is here![IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/20130605_143221.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/20130605_153930.jpg[/IMG] …
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I usually switch on the complete set at once ... floppy power and ZX Spectrum at the same time.
When I ... floppydrives first, and the ZX Spectrum after that, there is no ...MB02: Strange things happens, disks corruptedHello guys, today I wanted rename a file on my MB02. Usually this is done by the command .RENAME filenumber "name" . But as the name was saved in a…
... I wanted rename a file on my MB02. Usually this is ... only, I used another disk on the same CF-Card and after I ... saved something on this disk, this was ... that command made my whole disk table broken.
Thomas ...Willys-Great-Adventure - New game after 28 years?Not sure what to make of this so I have posted to see what you all think. Game found after 28 years [url]http://matthewsmith.elite-systems.co.uk/?t…
... ?
Elite systems, the same ******s that made the crap ... , by offering ability to play spectrum games on iOS devices. Things they ...Serious SpectrumHas anyone here used their Spectrum for anything other than gaming and programming back in the eighties? I see all these business and productivity ap…
... Tasword +3 and an Amstrad 2160 DMP printer to ... newspaper. Upgraded to an Amstrad PC1640 running Tasword PC2 ... just submit the copy on a disk, and then a windows ... to run a business on a +3 running Masterfile ... the main computer was an Amstrad PC1512 with a 20Mb ...How to get 720KB on Opus Discovery floppy (using PC drive)I upgraded an Opus Discovery yesterday with a PC drive, but I'm looking for the way to get a floppy formatted as 720KB. If I understand other topics…
... 715284]The disk specs for each separate disk are stored on the disk?[/QUOTE ... specs everytime it accesses a disk?[/QUOTE] Correct. Even this ... PlusD, MB02, etc), where the disk specs are read only once ... to the sector buffer taking Spectrum RAM away. In all other ...best basic to useAs I like to do a bit of basic programming now and then what do you think is the best basic to work with? It's a pity the ramdisk can't be used on th…
... something similar is on the spectrum.. it was on commodore disk user v1-4 ... of memory.
options on it : space removal , rem removal ...Spec dev in the eighties and ninetiesWhat different ways were there of making speccy games? There is the 'worst' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic unreadable, easy to make m…
... QUOTE=joefish;715780]What was on the receiving end? You' ... ]This will download a disk file into the target ... ]is longer than the file on the disk.
3] [/FONT ... a screen from the spectrum into a file in ... it again to the spectrum screen use:[/SIZE][/LEFT]< ...Repairing a torn trace on an Issue 2 PCBI've found what I think could be the reason for my Issue 2 board not working properly... There is a torn PCB trace beneath one end of where a new ULA…
... 's the beauty of Spectrum repairs, the same fault on two different boards ...need some WinXP disk recovery adviceMy desktop PC gave a "SMART failure predicted" error on drive C: during startup the other day. It's still working, although occasionally it takes a l…
... drive bitmap error" on the boot disk if it's ... has loaded, because the disk contents keep changing. It ... circumstance chkdsk returns no errors on my C: drive.
on the disk itself, but in ... on two different computers (or four for all the Spectrum ...Ferguson 3T31/W H Smith CPD 8300Does anybody know anything about the reliability of these tape decks? I have a pair of Ferguson's and a single CPD 8300 deck - none of them will loa…
... decks there's a "Spectrum" switch on the back isn't there ... leads plugged in at the same time.
My WH ... both in and the spectrum mode turned on. I've found that ...Border art viewerRecently, we were working with diver/4d on border art. The idea was to push the techniques of drawing on the border to the limit and to see, how much…
... am going to mainly focus on the things that do not ... here:
[B]Spectrum 128K heatsink (same ULA as +2 grey ... missing.
[B]Spectrum +2A (same gate array as +2B/+3 ... work correctly.
[B]Spectrum 48K with ULAplus replacement module ...3" discsWhat price do they go for these days? I have a lot (>100) used and some (<50) new ones.
... year I have bought 10 disk for 15 EUR (new sealed ... /Disco-3-NUEVO-PRECINTADO-Amstrad-Spectrum-3-PCW-SEALED-Disk-Disquette-Disc-/221272711591 ...Machine code optimisationI'm geting back into z80 coding and wonder what the best way of showing how efficient the code is. I've got Rodney Zaks book and see there are timin…
... those forums for other threads on timing & profiling.
... when re-executing exactly the same section of code, so ... I think that the version on WoS is unregistered shareware ... the registration code is hidden on the disk somewhere, although Gerton Lunter ...Spec dev in the eighties and ninetiesWhat different ways were there of making speccy games? There is the 'worst' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic unreadable, easy to make m…
... they did all their Spectrum development on a real Spectrum with using Microdrives ... the expansion bus of the Spectrum.
It helped ... rom in the same address space as the Spectrum so you could ... it over to the same address in the spectrum and it would ...Opus Discovery OddnessHi everybody, I'm busy trying to repair an Opus Discovery for a customer. It's proving to be quite frustrating. First off, the LM317T regulator fo…
... ...
TV and Spectrum are on the same power socket. I've ... power connector or occasionally the Spectrum heatsink (which give the same results)..
