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  • Semi-Dead Spectrum - Help RequestedI have finally got my hands on my two old Spectrums - neither of which work, but ideally I hope to get both of them working again. Spectrum number o…

    ... cause any untoward behaviour so long as you only press one key at ...
    Zorn Zorn October 2012 Hardware
  • Semi-Dead Spectrum - Help RequestedI have finally got my hands on my two old Spectrums - neither of which work, but ideally I hope to get both of them working again. Spectrum number o…

    ... an undetermined value. Pressing a key connects it through to the ... down to 0 signalling a "press". Otherwise the input remains at ... which half-row the pressed key was on. This is handy ... are just testing for "is any key pressed" thought - you just read ...
    guesser guesser October 2012 Hardware
  • Half dead divIDE helpHi. My divIDE boots up fine but nothing comes up when I press its NMI button. The button was tested and is ok. Any advice?

    ... CF card. Then I press a key and it displays the "Sinclair ... .

    After that, I press the NMI button to choose ... resets fine. Then again, I press the NMI button and nothing ... 't know where I should start from.
    pkersey pkersey October 2012 Hardware
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... IN xxxxx value's. Without any key press the IN value will be ... difference is the do a key check which needs a " ... command followed by the ENTER key. The change that a ... know if there is some key response in the running ... or 255

    Key s is now IN 65022 ...
    ub880d ub880d November 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…

    ... into the emulator, then press a key and wait for it to ... 32768 without being corrupted by any system messages. Don't forget ...
    joefish joefish February 2013 Games
  • Plus D keysWhich keys can I press after pressing Plus D snapshot button?

    ... can press any of them, but you are probably wondering which performs any ... ; 5 - 128K Snapshot save;
    Key X breaks out of Snapshot ...
    The President The President March 2013 Hardware
  • Retro Fighter shoot-em-up development updateHi all, Some of you might recall I was developing a little shoot-em-up with the working title of Retro-Fighter. Well after a long hiatus I managed …

    ... , open any of the snapshots and [B]DON'T PRESS SPACE[/B ... />
    I didn't press a key! It kept returning to basic ...
    R-Tape R-Tape March 2013 Development
  • New game:The lost island[IMG]http://rghost.ru/44782254/image.png[/IMG] download link - [url]http://speccy-live.untergrund.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/The-lost-islandf.zip…

    ... there is a R (restart) key. Good, but I'd have ... a fresh start. It will be necessary to press on key "R". But ...
    Rindex Rindex March 2013 Brand new software
  • DIVide interface.So I picked up one of these fancy DIVide jobbies from ebay. This one was from a chap in Germany. Alas it came without any instructions, and after s…

    ... failing that, good old-fashioned tape. After that point, the installer ... (usually consisting of "remove jumper, press a key, replace jumper").

    tape images and snapshots, and an ...
    gasman gasman April 2013 Hardware
  • "Chronos": how fast should it really be?I was reading [URL="http://timfollin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Archive.htm"]Tim Follin's webpage[/URL] the other day and came across a curious remark abou…

    ... have a look at any Easter eggs. There turned ... Now read the score table' (press 6). It says:
    ... the user does not press a key. It is weird ... does not depend on any untoward manipulations with your ... rights reserved
    and any other
    legal bibble that ...
    introspec introspec May 2013 Development
  • ZX Interface 1 testingI've got a few interface 1s and I want to test them out to see if they all work fully. What would be the best way to test them? I've got a microdri…

    ... directory (or at least start moving the tape), where a RUN executed ... cycle or NEW searches the tape for any existing run program.
    schombi schombi June 2013 Hardware
  • New game: MORPH!Hi there, WOS people! I am a new member here. Quite recently I bought myself a 48K Speccy from a mate of mine. It is my very first Speccy as I never …

    ... the message disappears without any key or fire press, then it could indicate ... it might help me debug any possible bugs that only occur ... port at least The Cursed Key and Shiver Me Timbers. And ...
    TMS86 TMS86 July 2013 Brand new software
  • Issue 4A repair attemptI think I need some help. I have a nice Issue 4A main board here, which does not give out any video signal. I checked some voltages (the ones that se…

    ... you press a key (or simulate doing so by cross connecting almost any ... one keyboard connector with almost any in the other one)?
    any changes you make. Apart from ... prefer not to replace any components or make any changes unless there ...
    Zorn Zorn July 2013 Hardware
  • C.G.D - Classic Game Designer[b]UPDATE: August 07, 2013 AN UPDATED VERSION OF CGD IS NOW AVAILABLE, DETAILS HERE: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=7155…

    I can't seem to change the players start position.
    Also, any chance of an undo key on the sprite/block editors?
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause July 2013 Brand new software
  • Bug in Super Wonder Boy in Monsterland?Hello!:smile: This game seems to have a bug that prevents finalize. The dragon that is in the last level, it is impossible to kill.Remains static.No…

    ... (displaying STOP THE TAPE message and
    waiting for any key), the enemy ...
    Ralf Ralf August 2013 Games
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... dodgy assumption- it detects key presses, but any key press on that port will ...
    GoingDigital GoingDigital August 2013 Development
  • Tutorial: ZX-Paintbrush and BIFROST*The latest version of [URL="http://www.zxmodules.de/"]ZX-Paintbrush[/URL] now supports editing multicolor tiles as used in [URL="http://www.worldofsp…

    ... went away. Every time I start from scratch with ZX Paintbrush ... . (Save, reload, select area, press delete key and NOW it all goes ...
    Gedlion Gedlion September 2013 Development
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... both had successful loads from tape using those timings. I ... should be perfectly suitable for tape recording, considering that I got ... the real world. If any of the loaders being developed ... the tape fails to auto stop. I stopped it manually, pressed any key ...
    MrCheese MrCheese September 2013 Development
  • New Game for Halloween! - Tenebra MacabreYeah, we almost missed the date! Not bad for a game we started yesterday afternoon! But we promised a game for Halloween and a game had to be done an…

    ... send any of the members to fight the enemy, press the key k ... of the company to fight, press m for a mage, a ...
    hikoki hikoki November 2013 Brand new software
  • New Game: Goku MalHello everybody. This time we have a nice run'n'gun game with heavy platforming and lots of shoots starring a bad drawn Goku and lots of monsters. Fi…

    ... playing :)

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;736969]Very nice, an exciting ... it if you keep hitting any key. But fear not, each level ...
    na_th_an na_th_an November 2013 Brand new software
  • Interesting 48K failureI thought I'd recount a failure I've not seen mentioned before that I saw tonight while fixing a 48K issue 6 board. The background: The initial fail…

    ... plastic from a CD or tape case may work as well ... .
    But do make the "key" just small enough to force ... .

    Ever since, with any computer edge-connector (they are ... as well) I always check any key (if used) and where possible ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK December 2013 Hardware
  • [New game] BrunildaHi! We at RetroWorks just published "Brunilda", a new Speccy little_game ;-) . It only works with 128k models. In the begining it was planned as te…

    ... , and it can't wait any day more! :)

    BTW ... game?" message, it waited to press fire AND Y or N ... was at the begining: Any key you press will pass the text. I ...
    Benway Benway December 2013 Games
  • 1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.

    ... togther 5 or 6 minigames any one of which alone might ... . Its a do or die press one key stage

    Stage ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack January 2014 Games
  • I've got Balls! :)Well, SpecBAS does: [youtube]4qNxAQ-BVC4[/youtube] Enjoy :) D.

    ... were deleting back to the start of the line and then ... to support windowing from the start, I used that to divorce ... windows and restore the palette. Any key after that will restore it ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New Game: Captain DrexxHi! Bring to your attention the game in a new genre Speccy - [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_defense"]tower defense[/URL] [IMG]http://zx.kan…

    ... m wrong :

    - press 1 to activate the possibility ... or opq ( what is the key 'm' for ? ) to ... br /> yes!

    - press keys 1,2,3 or ... click) to select it, then press any from 1-4 keys to ... - which is the turbo-speed key to see the waves run ...
    VBI VBI February 2014 Brand new software
  • Emulator TZX multiloader help neededHi all, not sure this is the right thread, I use ZX32 as my emulator of choice, but have tried others to see if it is emulator specific. How can I lo…

    ... ; PRESS FIRE : Press Z (if using keyboard controls)
    [*]Message REWIND TAPE TO START ... OF SIDE 2 THEN PRESS SPACE
    [*]In tape browser ... Spectrum window and press SPACE
    [*]Message START THE TAPE (no need to ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2014 Emulators
  • 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/…

    ... different sides of the screen, any other good ideas to make ... press any button, a menu would be brought up asking for the key ...
    hikoki hikoki March 2014 Emulators
  • TAPlist - the emulator versionI've got this working reasonably well; there's just a couple of small extra features which I want to add. (Recall that TAPlist writes a formatted lis…

    ... press a key to save the next 6kb block of text to tape ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2014 Sinclair Basic
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