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The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…
... forgiving. Afterwards, the crude BASIC loader below worked like a charm ... anything else but the BASIC loader saying "File not found.". If ... -
Detecting presence of AY?I'm working on my first little demo for the ZX Spectrum. At the moment I'm aiming to keep the memory requirements low enough that it runs on a standa…
... ? Will it lock up, produce strange effects, or just ignore it ... -
Italian (or spanish?) pirate tapes?Long story short, i recall having a (orange? yellow? colored) tape i got from some friend of a friend who borrowed it from another guy who pirated a …
... with games that had custom loader with different borders, and had ... itself back to tape. The loader was hacked, and you could ... -
Strange annoying CD burning (even virtual disc image burning) problemLong story: Recently my desktop started to burn DVD-Rs with errors. I.e. when I tried to burn a DVD-R full of data from my torrents folder (TV episo…
Long story:
Recently my desktop started to burn DVD-Rs with errors. I.e. when I tried to burn a DVD-R full of data from my torrents folder (TV episodes, ebooks, etc) using Nero, then Nero would end the burn by throwing up an error. I tried ... -
Strange problem with +2A tape driveI recently bought a +2A. I load software using an cassette adapter connected to a laptop. The first week or so it worked beautifully, load menu, pres…
I recently bought a +2A. I load software using an cassette adapter connected to a laptop. The first week or so it worked beautifully, load menu, press play on built in tape drive, then play in K7ZX on the laptop and off we go.
However, since ... -
Chequered Flag vs Pole Position[CENTER][IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/c/ChequeredFlag.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showsc…
... Position a boring game, a strange racing game, that car with ... these 'strange' movements, ... the original arcade game ... -
Anteater by Nigel Stuart?!As Anteater is one of my early favorites coin op, I was going through the archive and found this game by Nigel Stuart...Its actually not bad, but I w…
... if it was commercial? Its strange that it does not have ... -
Proper mapping for joysticks in an existing emulatorThis may seem like a strange question, so I'll try to explain it as well as possible. In one of Rare's (Ultimate Play the Games) later games there…
This may seem like a strange question, so I'll try ... -
Tap-format, multiload and fastloading?I'm having a bit of a hard time wrapping my head around the tape-loading process, and the .TAP format. I have a +2A and load everything via a laptop…
... nothing that has a BASIC-loader first on the tap (at ... the binary, omit the basic loader and instead input the "RANDOMIZE ... -
Noob needing help with MP3 Loading?Hey all, I literally just got my first Spectrum today, and I've been trying to get Knightmare working on it. However, the tape I have isn't working, …
... is I get the Tape Loader screen, and it occasionally flickers ... -
48K's and bad DivIDE compatibilityI have had some 48K boards and complete machines in the past which didn't work fully with a DivIDE interface. The reason for that always was a Z80 pr…
... NMI menu; instead it does strange things, like letting the 48K ... -
Strange Desktop background problemHi all OK,i am using my Desktop background to come on every 3 hours(9am,noon,3 pm,6pm,etc).All was OK that is until the clocks went forward.The norm…
Hi all
OK,i am using my Desktop background to come on every 3 hours(9am,noon,3 pm,6pm,etc).All was OK that is until the clocks went forward.The normal time is fine,but when i try to save the Desktop background's to come on at 3 hour intervals( ... -
Mine Alert from MH, already typed up by Namco and missing from WoS (Neil Parsons??!)I was reading the thread where the game "Sir Gawain" was typed up and uploaded to the archive and noticed that the same person did type up also anoth…
... the near future, I found strange that this one was not ... -
3D Deathchase on the Commodore 643D Deathchase has been ported to the C64, at least according to Micro-Mart. According to this week's MM, the port is called Hell Racer, and here's a …
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This is slightly strange, as in all the discussions ... -
Paperboy 2 protection schemeAccording to the database the protection scheme for Paperboy 2 is "Unspecified custom loader", but per the tzx file it loads with Speedlock 7.
According to the database the protection scheme for Paperboy 2 is "Unspecified custom loader", but per the tzx file it loads with Speedlock 7. -
Pud Pud loader. a Joffa homage/memoriamcoming up on 2 years now since his death. I was inspired by something I read on this forum to do this screen as an homage/in memoriam to a guy you a…
coming up on 2 years now since his death.
I was inspired by something I read on this forum to do this screen as an homage/in memoriam to a guy you all respected.
Obviously it was his first game and didn't get the "Dave Thorpe" ... -
vBulletin odditiesStrange. For the past six months or so i've noticed a strange phenomenon. When I log on to WoS forums I have to refresh the web page to get acknowleg…
Strange. For the past six months ... so i've noticed a strange phenomenon. When I log on ... -
Overflow Detection while Scanning a Number from a StringI've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit long. It's C's strtol if it helps to…
I've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that ... -
about Dan DareHi all, I not think this is for MIA forum but want to ask and I will be grateful if anyone help me with answer. I get from ebay dandare tape, origi…
... [/url] ? what is this? this loader and speed not look original ... -
Arcade Game Designer 3The latest version of the arcade game creation tool for the 128K Spectrum. AGD 3 now boasts pop-up menu and inventory facilities for arcade adventur…
... option to produce a BASIC loader program automatically, more RAM than ... -
ISO-Copy - Individual Software revisitedHi folks In another thread about Supertape: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36203[/url] ... we touched on ISO-Copy by th…
... that block 3 invokes the loader to listen and load block ... -
about Three Weeks In Paradise 48k versionHi All, I want we to talk for Three Weeks In Paradise 48k version :) Mikie make very precise tzx who is in WOS archive, but Side A and Side B of thi…
... /> Here is samples from tape, loader is interesting. I not know ... -
strange trend (coo, you can edit thread titles! I never knew that!)maybe I'm only just noticing it now but it seems to me like there have been loads of threads recently where someone decides that because they don't w…
maybe I'm only just noticing it now but it seems to me like there have been loads of threads recently where someone decides that because they don't want to discuss/argue something any more no-one should be allowed to. If someone has something to say about ... -
The Curse of the Larch : Text Adventure(c) 1988 & (c) 2012 You never really got on with your cousin. So when a party invite turns up on your doorstep you decide that it's maybe time to m…
... something isn't quite right. Strange things are afoot (or maybe ... -
More troubles: The microdriveRecently bought a used Spectrum Expansion System incl IF1 and microdrive - in a really nice looking condition, along with the accompaniing software o…
... (by keyboard). This caused some strange behavior with the Spectrum itself ... -
quick loadingapart from using a speed loader, whats the cheapest way to get games to load into the spectrum the quickest ?
apart from using a speed loader, whats the cheapest way to get games to load into the spectrum the quickest ? -
about PyjamaramaHi All :) I not want to be tedious but ... :) [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003949[/url] I get before days pyjamarama from …
... are equal, normal mikro-gen loader with dummy bytes at end ... -
Strange info in Control Stock instructions (Microbyte) - SPA2 help!!In the instructions of this game, wich is from the Spanish company Microbyte, it reads in the end: "Fabricado en Espa?a bajo licencia por Proein Sof…
In the instructions of this game, wich is from the Spanish company Microbyte, it reads in the end:
"Fabricado en Espa?a bajo licencia por Proein Soft Line
PROHIBIDA LA REPRODUCCION, TRANSMISION, ALQUILER O PRESTAMO DE
ESTE PROGRAMA ... -
How to create .TAP that loads into high memory banks?I want to create a program that uses the extended 128k memory, the banks that can be switched into the 0xc000-0xffff area. For the simple stuff I've…
... with the -b (add basic loader command) and voila, a .tap ...
