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28-character wide multicolour(ish) on 48k SpectrumLong-time lurker here... I've always been interested in rainbow effects on the 48k Spectrum, mainly from a perspective of "Just what [I]would [/I]ha…
... in the 80s?". My last (first!) post was prompted by Buzzsaw ... -most 8 characters of the next line
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Difficult to find upper RAM fault.I've recently repaired an issue 3B 48K Spectrum that had a tricky to diagnose upper RAM fault, so I thought I'd post a report of what I found here. …
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First, the section named RAM-FILL ... vertical lines.
Next, the section RAM-READ begins ... loop starts again, testing the next memory location. Otherwise, the ... this by looking at the next instructions retrieved from ROM) ... -
PestilenceJust started work on the second of ten ideas i have on paper (Pip the Pipistrelle was the first),for this next one i am going down the text adventure…
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Things to ponderJust some questions that have tugged at my curiosity recently, and since I'm stuck here sorting out a laptop (gorgeous Saturday, tons of things I cou…
... my hobby), the 'net is first rate for spreading software and ... made me think, what's next for the TV/monitor screen ... , people.
So what next for gaming or for movies ... -
ANN: The ZX Spectrum on Your PC - Second EditionA couple of days ahead of schedule, the second edition of my guide to Spectrum PC emulation is now finished and uploaded to Issuu, where you can brow…
... is significantly longer than the first (over twice as long, in ... appendices.
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Byte-order backbufferThis is a tool for Z80 coders who wish the Spectrum screen had a serial layout. It runs as an interrupt mode 2 service routine and uses POP and PUSH …
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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…
... , but I've found the next best thing. A pile of ... written), Objects listing and the first two pages of Response Table ... -
Screen2StringFurther to writing that BASIC one-liner to redirect CAT to a string I thought that I'd do a general redirection routine for anything which normally p…
... , but anyway ...
At first I did it all in ... 21 bytes above RAMTOP (the first 20 bytes being occupied by ... : READ v: POKE p,v: NEXT p
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Retrogames in the Retroparty "Retromadrid"This next weekend, the biggest retroparty in Spain will be held in Madrid. Retroworks will be there offering its games in cassette and cartridges: (…
This next weekend, the biggest retroparty in ... be released there for the first time. Its coming from the ... -
Imperica Horizons - The whole weekend :-)So now it's all over, I'll do a quick writeup... It all started for me at 5.20 am. Getting to London from Devil's Island isn't so easy now that Aer …
... the next day...)
I also got my very first "clapper ... a Raspberry Pi for the first time (and play Manic Miner ... to look at the very first Your Sinclair - I remember trying ... already sold out). For the first time I got to take ... -
enhanced GOSUB/GOTO (in BASIC)Further to my previous post under "BREAK from GOSUB" here's the two ideas mentioned there put together. Note that to keep it quick it expects the DEF…
... at the start of the first line in the program.
...3 NEXT b: IF NOT break THEN ... r(9980,4,a+4): NEXT a: STOP :
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How to load games to ZX from a PC with LinuxThis worked for me and this howto can probably be improved upon. In [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39151"]this thread[…
... sound to the ZX. The next challenge was to get a ... , are cross-platform.
First, download Tomaz Kac's playtzx ... flavour. The following, especially the first two lines seems to cover ... -
iTunes helpI've just bought and downloaded a full album from the iTunes store. I don't usually do this, but it's an album that's now out of print/press and it's…
... 's not working properly! The first track works fine, but the ... through, then skip to the next track. I can't seem ... -
Bringing light to the City Connection conversion...Reading the "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39015"]Freddie Laker's Airline Capers[/URL]", it called my attention the co…
... of the 90s, during the first days of ZX emulators for ... the loading screen, and the next text:[CODE]Passed more than ... -
yeah x 0.0.2first: [URL="http://www.yeah-unix.org/downloads/yeah_0.0.2.tar.gz"]the goods are at - http://www.yeah-unix.org/downloads/yeah_0.0.2.tar.gz[/URL] aft…
first: [URL="http://www.yeah-unix. ... memory)
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What should my next Youtube compilation be?I've done Havoc 1, Havoc 2, and Air Crahses [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyShPmfFcfc[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyzkL9FtXJk[/u…
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Moving a line down the display in assembler?...It's not a "[I]how can I do it[/I]" question, it's more a "am I missing something in trying to do it a new way" kinda question. What I've been doing…
... clockcycles.
First I'm generating a table ... from one line to the next below it?
first example?
... ... getting "[I]to the next line[/I]" than this, ... just keep using the first example since that is ... -
SUPER INPUTA couple days ago I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use in Assembly programs and supported multiple lines, but I found none. Thus…
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SHIFT-9 to delete next character
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Japan to send downloaders of pirate software and music to prison!Following on from the news that Korea is going to criminalise in-game item sales, it looks like Japan is going to make illegally downloading a copyri…
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What next? It would be nice if ... wish it was illegal for first person shooters to have a ... -
SpecBAS 0.747 Now available!Hiya folks - it's update time again! SpecBAS has had a load of new fixes, as well as some new additions! Firstly, as you all wanted it, SpecBAS can…
... the smallest, first line in the program.
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BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 1In BIFROST*, it's much easier to just make changes in the tile map and let the engine automatically draw & animate everything in multicolor for you. …
... already read the BIFROST* documentation first, so I won't waste ... again here.
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First single/LP boughtI was thinking recently about the first single i bought (on vinyl) which was 'Call me' by Blondie in 1980 (it still has the 99p price sticker from Wo…
... was thinking recently about the first single i bought (on vinyl ... Woolworths on it).
The first LP i bought was er ... was wondering what other wossers first purchases were? -
Escape from City 17 (the film, and the game Half-Life 3)Talking about Valve in another thread brought to mind the brilliant Escape from City 17 fan made films, at: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ixF…
... has screen-shots of the first two and plays "Never gonna ... a release game for the next generation XBox and Playstation. Mind ... 3, it will be the next release in the Half-Life ... -
BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 4In previous posts I demonstrated how to move multicolor tiles up and down smoothly by a single pixel, and sideways by an entire char (8 pixels). Thi…
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case 0:
// first 2 animation frames have just ... break;
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Computer repair questionAn ewgf-style post: I'm usually able to find my way around things, search online for solutions and a few other things, but this time I'm unsure of w…
... unsure of what to do next.
I have a ... drives without safely removing them first. I know this is I ... I'm going to try next:
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Stealth AllRAM SpectrumHaving just received a couple of new keyboard membranes to fix a couple of machines with, the thought crossed me that I should do a special project w…
... 3 boot loader off the first mounted filesystem into address ... hardware.
The first step is to remove the ... like this is to first go around all the ... An IC socket goes in next. I've made this modification ... way.
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TESTROM3 - utility/rom for test your ZXHere is TESTROM3 utility as 16kB ROM file + flasher for install this rom to divide eeprom (or mapram mode). Work also on ZX Spectrum without ROM and …
... border lines)
As first write byte with page number ... sign error cintinue in testing next pages. At end start ... RESET.
TEST FIRST VIDEORAM
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40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
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It's my first piece of 'public' code so ... by x,y coords as next two bytes)
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ZX-Paintbrush version 2.2.9 releasedDear forum readers and ZX-Spectrum emulator friends, today I released ZX-Paintbrush version 2.2.9 with interesting new features (small ones but I th…
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just looking through some retro gearat the missuses mums and shes got loads of retro gear stashed in her garage that was rescued from mi dads house, first time ive seen it all couple o…
... rescued from mi dads house, first time ive seen it all ... two slots one says 40 next to it, one slot says ...
