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TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... tape file that won't run properly on emulators. From what ... of the block doesn't match what the header ... it's a sound spike every 0.02 seconds, surprise surprise ... any difference? I don't think the tape's ruined ... time I tried to sample this to WAV on the hi-fi ... -
Donald TrumpThis is going to be a political decision, which rarely end well, so let's all try to stay calm (even me), and show the mods that these topics can sta…
... managed to get voted in to officially the most powerful position on Earth ... feel in that respect - in every general election I've voted ... objects, and he doesn't even seem to have the intelligence or ... out to be, I couldn't see her massively doing harm to the ... -
Two Dingo cassettes on eBay.Someone is selling their versions of Dingo on eBay. Standard cassette; https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dingo-ZX-Spectrum/253344067953 Double cassette…
... selling their versions of Dingo on eBay.
Standard cassette ... the seller and I don't know who it is, but ... they are if you want to bid on them. -
Celebrity deaths might be the least of our worries[quote="mel the bell;931856"]looks like it here we go http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42760180[/quote] That was bloody depressing…
... , what a way to go but the overall state of the various ... news supplied from the BBC. I don't ... island, of course we can't match them for military equipment ... (lebensraum?) more and more demands on dwindling resources. Not a good ... -
What was on your first pirate tapeOf course, we all started with Horizons and then bought our first couple of games (in my case, Bugaboo The Flea - which I still haven't managed to co…
... - which I still haven't managed to complete - and Gobbleman), but ... wanted, others just happened to be on the tape - but they ... star here. I hadn't thought about strategy games ... was able to copy since I didn't have a ... tape-to-tape; saving the ... -
Todays silly question about emulators.Why are there so many emulators? Here's the list I've found so far:- SpecEmu Retro Virtual Machine Fuse ZXSpin Spud ZERO ZEsarUX Unreal Spe…
... 1.2.2 and to date it hasn't presented me with ... all, in fact I haven't even read the manual, just ... about running a test program on a whole bunch of emulators ... or two would be required to cover every eventuality?
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Street beggarsI had a couple of days off so i decided to pop into Glasgow for the afternoon and have a wander around. Whilst there, it has become obvious that the…
... days off so i decided to pop into Glasgow for the ... on every corner. It made me wonder what has made things get to ... this state, is the authorities not ... -
How to convert a video to THIS specific format?Hello, all.. Our school has an old Exterity digital display which plays MPG format videos. It's used in our corridor areas for "welcome to the sch…
... converted in Handbrake or AnyVideoConverter to play on these display units? No ... and VideoInspector, and I can't for the life of me ... 's hope the forum doesn't break the link)
t play the video. Just click ... -
No video on Spectrum +2BI have a Spectrum +2B that I bought real cheap without any cables. I made a power adapter for it using an old ATX PSU I had laying around, it's curre…
... 's currently soldered directly to the PCB for testing purposes ... I get an LED light to come on, the tape drive spins ... done the composite mod to bypass the modular and ... at all. Also tried to pull composite from the RGB ... port pin and didn't get anything. Any ideas? -
MIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEPMIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEP ------------------------------------------------------ HI :) I found here http://portmedia.sourceforge.ne…
... XX (Max num sentences BEEP on every BASIC line)
a ... must only click on every .bas created and listen
to find where ...
f) click on midi2beep.bat to create the .bas file ... -
New Utility to Transfer Z80 Snapshot to +3 DiskSince getting a Gotek for my +3 it has been my go to machine. The biggest downside however is the lack of older games on disk format with pretty much…
... the older games to disk but haven't really found ... t corrupt the screen or require a lot of tweaking to get to ... some games still didn't work once loaded, often ... and some still don't work no matter what ... moment, although straight to disk is on my to-do list. ... -
Spectrum and Z80 emulators with Python APIHello everybody, It may be the right time to create a topic for these two emulators. They are not at the initial release point yet, but might be w…
... have) some interesting things to try to implement on Spectrum that would in ... look like given I don't have to do everything manually over ... replaceable pieces, such as internal state, decoder and instructions executor, that ... -
Emulating 79 ZX Spectrums simultaneously on my cheap laptop[img]https://i.imgur.com/LtAA4Gr.png[/img] Someone might find this slightly interesting. Maybe? I have been experimenting with my 3d libretro fro…
... 3d libretro front end to try to see how many ZX ... emulate at the same time on one screen. My laptop ... fps emulation. However to get the 79 to show on my computer I ... instances. I am planning on buying a PC at some ... point but I can't afford a high core count ... -
Alan Turing to appear on new £50 noteGreat when a giant of science & technology is honored this way: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2019/july/50-pound-banknote-character-announc…
... , and then quiz the public on who 'that dude' is & ... you can get your hands on one:
[quote]The ... polymer £50 note is expected to enter circulation by the end ... -
Setting breakpoints in source code to make debugging easierAfter two years I've resumed my Speccy coding project. I'm porting a yet "unported" game from C64/Atari to 48k Spectrum using Z80 assembler. At the m…
... " game from C64/Atari to 48k Spectrum using Z80 assembler ... Fuse. All development is done on Linux. Two years ago ... nice IDE but that was on Windows and I no ... newbie - meaning that don't hesitate to tell me I'm ... it is can I can't return to my program.
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Suggest Internet Improvements Discussion threadOk, I can't claim to know a lot about the Internet / World Wide Web, so I am only starting this in the hopes that it might facilitate discussion on t…
Ok, I can't claim to know a lot about the ... that it might facilitate discussion on the subject and give a bit ... that it begins to seem incomprehensible to those who don't program, or ... of variety of stuff on it. Answer to both would be yes ... -
ZEsarUX Beta 8.1Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 BETA version. You can download compiled versions for Windows, Mac, and the source code from: https://gith…
... (ZENG), which allows you to play to any emulated game, using two ... curses driver: symbol @ simulates ESC on menu
Improved snapshot loading ... IM mode 0 is 1 t-state shorter than IM mode 1 ... perfect
Fixed f_seek call on esxdos handler
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ZEsarUX 8.1 stableHi! I've uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 stable version. Go to the github released webpage to download it: https://github.com/chernandezba/zesaru…
... /> -set-ui-io-ports: to change keyboard state and joystick
-write ... IM mode 0 is 1 t-state shorter than IM mode 1 ... is generated on stdout driver, the message is sent to text-to-speech ... trying to open user files on MacOS Catalina
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A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... some games that require it to work on the +2B. However: ... T0 (minus, space, space, T, and a dummy character)
to change the last character ... four values from 17408 to 17411 (on a 1K ZX81, ... but did not outright state that this is where ... -
What tooling to use to start zx spectrum game programming?Hi, I owned a zx spectrum when I was young and would like to get back into game programming on the zx spectrum. As time has passed I have ran away…
... would like to get back into game programming on the zx ... C++ that I used to use on the 80/90/00 ... decided I wanted to get back to the roots and ... t down if the output is suitable to be imported and played on ... feels a bit awkward to work on a real/emulated spectrum ... -
IM2 on a 128k SpectrumHello: I have found another article on IM2 found in Personal Computer News, Issue 90. In the article "Face up to the Time", I typed up the code (…
... /> I have found another article on IM2 found in Personal Computer ... then did some adjustments to run on a 128k machine for adjust ... below #C000, but I don't understand why I am seeing ... am just using this to learn about IM2 on the 128k.
General PSU repair guidesNot Speccy related. I'm just looking for a guide as such as to where to begin with a power supply repair. Realise this is a bit of an odd thing to as…
... , it was handed to me in its current state.
I ... continuity checks between various tracks on the HV side
Checked ... ' but don't want to be desoldering stuff just to test if I ... 's sometimes had, I don't know if these type of ...printing text on HP-GL plotters through RS232 on AY-3-8912Hello, i don't know, if anyone is even interested in these things. But i do. I like printers, plotters and other devices which we can connected to…
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i don't know, if anyone is even ... and testing on real hardware.
Thanks to others on forum oldcomp ... resolution, font size, page rotation ...), on any HP-GL plotter (even ... you are able to connect it to Sinclair RS232 on AY-3 -8912 ...Return Of The Improvers: GALACTIC TROOPERAlert readers will be aware that myself and the super-talented Pgyuri are always on the lookout for historical Speccy wrongs to fix, from the unplaya…
... .com/watch?v=3UcmU0qV5U8&t=31s&ab_channel=KernzyP]Astro ... a total arseache on some emulators, it doesn't autofire in a ... puts great big borders around every enemy sprite.
(I ... because it was almost impossible to notice on an old CRT screen ...Help with finding a game I used to play on Spectrum and Atari 800 XLIt was by Mastertronic and you were a robot and you used to herd things I think. I can't really remember much more but would love to play it again…
... a robot and you used to herd things I think.
I can't really remember much more but ... would love to play it again. I did ...Extended Art Studio (probably) isn't an alias for Advanced Art StudioCurrently infoseek shows [i]Extended Art Studio[/i] as an alias for [i]Advanced Art Studio[/i]. However, I suspect this isn't the case. Crash [ur…
... ]. However, I suspect this isn't the case.
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[quote]RAINBIRD make available to microdrive and Kempston interface owners ... lesser-used functions are stored on cartridge or disk as ' ... Extended Art Studio[/i] needs to go on the MIA list. It ...Merry Yuletide! To all you pagansSo as not to tread on any PC toes about the right name or purpose for celebrating the winter solstice. I love you guys, you've kept me alive on mo…
So as not to tread on any PC toes about the ... , you've kept me alive on more than one occasion of ... it would be unfai to those that weren't named. At my ... age memory aint up to much ...Sound emulation methodsI am working on a little emulation project for fun and also with the 40th anniversary of the 48k shortly followed by my Issue 2. I have the video and…
... with code rendering one scanline to video while other is ... access toggles state and fills from last toggle based on previous ... stage. I simply use T-state within frame to workout ... assembling the square wave. Seems to work well enough. Just ...BBC Basic on the ZX Spectrum - possible?I have never used a Cambridge Z88 - but I understand it was Z80 based and had a functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus the…
... if it could be made to run on a ZX Spectrum (perhaps ... been attempted? I don't know enough myself to try it, but ...Poke helpHi can any offer me some help please! I am using the WinZ80 emulator and playing footballer of the year. The Zip file contained POKEs but when i use …
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I can't answer your question just now, ... of POKEs.
Every now and then, I get ... in a section dedicated to using the POKEs for ... bothered replying, so I didn't bother doing it.
... Yes" replies, I'll get to work on it.
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