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Need help from people with a +2A/+3Started a topic [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55141/need-help-from-people-with-a-2a-3"]here[/url] to get a broader reach, b…
... The following loop seems to work in SpecEmu with minimal ... Ideally, I’d like to tune it to the simplicity of v2. ... use self-modifying code to inject the port number ... something last night. The Spectrum is a true quantum ... , but once you try to “measure” it in your ... -
Replacing lower RAM 4116 ZX Spectrum 48k - desoldering advice please?A long post, but interesting pictures perhaps. :) I'd like some advice: (also apologies I think I picked the wrong 'Hardware' category for this, plea…
... .net/stuff/2017/spectrum/IMG_20171112_204326_DRO.jpg]Lots ... mrdictionary.net/stuff/2017/spectrum/IMG_20171114_105743_DRO.jpg]Populated ... mrdictionary.net/stuff/2017/spectrum/IMG_20171114_132245_DRO.jpg]Unusual ... it's still difficult to tune my TV into it ... -
Need help from people with real 128/black +2 and grey +2A/+2B/+3.Please, if you have time and inspiration, run [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55518/test-of-screen-switching-timings"]this t…
... t incremented from 14341 through to 14380, then switch the port ... the program runs. This seems to tally alongside the horrific problems ... testing it with my modern Spectrum games compilation - 70% of the ... - and also why it even fails to load some games that are ... -
How to load assembly language programs onto a ZX SpectrumHello, I have recently started learning Zilog assembly for the ZX spectrum, and have written a game and some simple programs. These all work fine in…
... - which also fails to load on the Spectrum. When I load ... gtk, but also fails to load on the Spectrum. Arcadia loads ... correctly from Tapir, however.
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How to load assembly language programs onto a ZX SpectrumHello, I have recently started learning Zilog assembly for the ZX spectrum, and have written a game and some simple programs. These all work fine in…
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> Manic Miner fails to load - it freezes at the ... though this is a 48k spectrum.
Considering this, I ... would run on a 16k spectrum. After this modification, (and telling ... a memory problem with the Spectrum? I know it was a ... -
Artillery - projectile motion gameI started writing this around 25 years ago and abandoned it due to performance issues, and a lack of physics knowledge. Bandersnatch on Netflix fille…
... program with DRAW instructions, it fails to work in my game. Despite ... I type. If only the Spectrum had the On Error Next ... -
The unspoken question in 2001: A Space OddesseyFrom childhood I have watched this film probably more times than I can remember. As I got older it kind of appealed to me on a different level from…
... , but if a movie fails to make you understand what is ... was thinking of the zx spectrum game of that name.
to watch, it had me ... I had been expecting it to be. I had been ... leave it mysterious as to were Bowman was and ... -
Finding a good (UK) external switch mode power supply for the basic 48k and 128k ZX SpectrumsThis idea has probably "done the rounds" by now . I think I have heard about it a bit late . This thread with look at replacing the original "heavy l…
... will damage a ZX Spectrum due to old age. But if ... If their internal feedback circuit fails to correctly regulate the output voltage ... types may cause damage to a ZX Spectrum. Especially the low ... level inside your ZX Spectrum, and want to improve the electrical ... -
Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... new beauties delivered to me thanks to Cronosoft. Well ... 'm afraid this game fails to run on my +3 ... written on a 48K Spectrum and isn't compatible ... gallery game for 128K Spectrum's. It's certainly ... /> And that concluded my Spectrum gaming session this Saturday. -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... because they are very difficult to tune to a TV .I took ... here where World of Spectrum supports the ZX80, ZX81 ... as the ZX Spectrum, I have to warn you that ... a composite modified ZX Spectrum’s video output). Other ... open circuit on a ZX Spectrum 1.4A PSU.
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50+ FPS GAMESHi guys) Which was the first Speccy game with 50/60 frames per second? And what was the main reason? Thank you
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The same applies to Spectrum games. Objects move at different ... antialiasing), some are bound to visibly move at a rate ... t mean the main loop fails to catch up (provided the programmer ... aims to finish everything in a single ... -
50+ FPS GAMESHi guys) Which was the first Speccy game with 50/60 frames per second? And what was the main reason? Thank you
... that are currently not visible to a virtual camera. We still ... ] FPS. If a video game fails to update all the intended elements ... br />
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"Self Isolation" and Speccy PCB repair"These Days" of "home self-isolation" , particularly on rainy days , I reckon I will have more time to hone my Speccy PCB repair skills which are s…
... found out that my other Spectrum + was an Issue 4B and ... I decided to do some more recapping and opened the Spectrum Plus ... particular ZX Spectrum + it now seems to take a long time to tune to the ... a Taiwanese ZX Spectrum Plus . I will add it to the Speccy ... -
[NEW] Speccy for Android ReleasedHello, All! A while ago, I have released the Android version of [i]Speccy[/i], my ZX Spectrum emulator. It emulates Spectrum 16k, 48k, 128k, +2, +2A…
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[b]Since World Of Spectrum website keeps changing, the new ... take you directly to the website if it fails to parse HTML ... ALL CHANGES:
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[NEW] Speccy for Android ReleasedHello, All! A while ago, I have released the Android version of [i]Speccy[/i], my ZX Spectrum emulator. It emulates Spectrum 16k, 48k, 128k, +2, +2A…
... of my Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Sam Coupe emulator ...
[b]Since World Of Spectrum website keeps changing, the new ... take you directly to the website if it fails to parse HTML ... ALL CHANGES:
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Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... supply for the old style Spectrum had to be "pushed together" (like ... the full range of options to tune the "more modern" type ... should but having a working Spectrum with "red light on ... of the instructions appear to relate to programming the diagonals and ... -
Zynaps scrolling - anyone ever reverse enginnered this?Zynaps has IMO some impressive scrolling - it utilises 18 character rows of the display file, so quite a large active play area, and scrolls 2 pixels…
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It's possible to manage to keep the shot level near ... struggle. The only way to survive is to move forward on the ... 2 bouncing bombs - it often fails to maintain 25fps when they are ... />
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Zynaps scrolling - anyone ever reverse enginnered this?Zynaps has IMO some impressive scrolling - it utilises 18 character rows of the display file, so quite a large active play area, and scrolls 2 pixels…
... 2 bouncing bombs - it often fails to maintain 25fps when they are ...
I actually think the Spectrum version is easier than the ... .
C64 and Spectrum versions are almost two different ... I thought on the Spectrum - no attempt to use colour at ... -
Problem with Pasmo Assembler/Speccy emulator?I'm at the start of trying to learn Z80 assembly for the ZX Spectrum. I'm using Speccy 1.7 as my emulator, Pasmo as my assembler, and am following t…
... keyboard of an actual ZX Spectrum:
[img]http://scalamai. ... User Manual for the ZX Spectrum...
The downloadable version, ... up the computer, and how to tune in your TV set, plus ... Jonathan Couldwell's book "How to Write Spectrum Games" and got stuck ... -
ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…
... out that the ZX Spectrum (DKtronics) that I thought ... as it becomes impossible to tune to the TV when it ... . After using another ZX Spectrum on this TV , I ... if I dont want it to cause problems again. I ... "proper" rubber key ZX Spectrum than my LMT one which ... -
Getting Better at TZXThere are possibly fewer "rules" in chit chat so I thought I would put this here. it is a couple of years since I attempted doing any TZX files so…
MATHS TUTOR FOR THE SPECTRUM (as a failed TZX file) ... on MATHS TUTOR FOR THE SPECTRUM even if TZX's cannot ... complex loader systems yet it fails to load with these simple BASIC ... send off a duff version to a Spectrum TZX platform because it ... -
Monitor connections.I have two old monitors Phillips 8833 and an old Commodore 1084s. Does anybody know how to connect a Spectrum 48k and a Spectrum +2 to these monito…
I have two old monitors Phillips 8833 and an old Commodore 1084s.
Does anybody know how to connect a Spectrum 48k and a Spectrum +2 to these monitors?
Thanks for your time.
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ZX81 Emulator (HARDWARE FREAKS NEEDED!!!!)For the ZX Spectrum I have programmed a ZX81-emulator. ZX81 games can't run directly on a ZX Spectrum due to memory adresses used by the Spectrum (li…
For the ZX Spectrum I have programmed ... ZX Spectrum due to memory adresses used by the Spectrum (like ... . Is it possible to make an interface that ... e. adress 49152 to 56063 for the Spectrum screen?
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Character set variableCan anybody help me? I'm trying to find out where the pointer to the ascii character set is. I remember that if you wanted to change the font on the …
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I'm trying to find out where the pointer ... remember that if you wanted to change the font on ... 2byte pointer that told the spectrum where to find the character set ... , so that it pointed to your font in ram, ... way too long for me to remember, and I long ... -
Speccy loading schemesI was wondering. How did programmers get those spectrum games to load using the different loading schemes like the faster loaders?(speedlock) Did the…
I was wondering. How did programmers get those spectrum games to load using the different loading schemes like the faster loaders?(speedlock) Did the code have to be saved in some special way? How did thye get the different colours also? -
ANN: ZXF Issue 2 publishedIssue two of ZXF (free spectrum magazine - PDF format) has now been uploaded and awaits your inspection. The new URL for the site is [url="http://ww…
Issue two of ZXF (free spectrum magazine - PDF format) ... from there you can proceed to
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* Eight pages of Spectrum news
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* "Back to the Spectrum"
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The Great Mystification: A reflection upon the feebleness of the "distribution denied" policyThis argument has been debated several other times in this place, yet I have not expressed my thoughts about it, and I would like to hear comments by…
... files of their old games to Spectrum aficionados (on a compilation ... only takes a trip to a Spectrum site like WoS, the ... 000 people would accept to pay for Spectrum files of "distribution ... since they already have their Spectrum games to use with the emulators ... -
ZXF issue three is publishedHello everyone, A festive issue three of ZXF is now awaiting your downloading at [url="http://www.zxf.cjb.net."]www.zxf.cjb.net.[/url] The actual P…
... current events in the Spectrum world. It is available ...
* Seven pages of Spectrum news
* Interviews with Martijn ... Back to the Spectrum' - the guide for those returning to the Spectrum scene ... Zeljko Juric
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Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... happiest moment in your Spectrum life?
(To narrow this down ... , this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum ... was selling off all their Spectrum games for ?1 (even full ... was the highlight of my spectrum owning life.
