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Ridiculous excuses to get off workI've worked for the same company for the past ten years and sometimes people come up with the most ridiculous excuses for taking time off work. Among…
... ridiculous excuses for taking time off work. Among the more absurd ... months later when she worried out loud that she might be ... excuses for people getting time off work? -
50 Cent rips off Speccy tune?Hey, long time since I've been on here. I was flicking through the music channels the other night there and heard 50 cent singing over what sounded l…
... then remembered someone had ripped off a C64 tune a while ... Timberlake, so have a look out for it, tell me what ... -
Irrelevant QuestionThis is an indeed irrelevent to the speccy scene question but since i searched and i searched and coulnd't find any help elsewhere, i desided to ask …
... any sound). After i figured out what had happened and that ... that the psu was giving out voltage (tested it with a ... on the psu (the switch on it was OFF though). Is it ... (although the console's switch was in OFF position).
I ... -
ZX Spectrum and (real) B A S I CSometimes ago there was a thread "how spectrum changed your lives". Another thread dealt with "how to copy spectrum screens using basic not using co…
... to copy spectrum screens using basic not using complicated that ... this I what I found out:
ZX Spectrum ... to learn ? language called BASIC. You switch on the computer, you are ... eyes "Visual Basic" is not a "BASIC" at all because Basic means: ?[U ... -
SPIN's breakpoints - an overviewAs quite a few people have been asking how to set breakpoints on memory write etc. in SPIN, here's a description of the way the breakpoints work. Get…
... opened. It's a one-off command, and will be ... that for such instructions as "OUT (c), a", the port ... machines, to write to the paging ports, amongst other things. ... is a way to mask off specific data in a ... /> [/code]
...which masks off the lower 8 bits of ... -
Lyn has been kicked off I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of HereAs they used to say in The Young ones: FUCK OFF HIPPY!!!!! :D
As they used to say in The Young ones:
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It's a trap!So I got a CPLD (not the eventual one I want to use for the ethernet project - rather, one I actually have here and now, an XC9536 in a PLCC44). And…
... our ROM to get paged out, and ROMCS to be ... on my through port from paging their ROMs in at the ... that's normally illegal in BASIC into a program.
< ... ROM entry point to figure out which routine to call. ... it stands, including the pin-out for the CPLD, only ... -
Router burn-outWhat, nobody inquiring about the 11 hour WoS outage last night? :cry: At 22:00 (GMT+1), our router fried, taking the network where WoS is hosted off…
... network where WoS is hosted off-line.
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Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Basic Programming BookSinclair ZX Spectrum - Basic Programming Book Good, clean, unsoiled condition. A must have item for any Sinclair Spectrum Fan. [URL="http://cgi.eb…
Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Basic Programming Book
Good, ... [/URL]
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DK'Tronics programmable Joystick InterfaceI recently acquired one of these along with the programming tape but no manual. It appears not to remember the programming on power off and has an A/…
... programming on power off and has an A/B switch which I ... still haven't figure out what its ... -
Understanding extensions to the BASIC parserFor a while, I've had a rather 'rinkety dink' extension to BASIC via an RST 8 trap in hardware, just so that I can send stuff to a Spectrum over ethe…
... rather 'rinkety dink' extension to BASIC via an RST 8 trap ... to dig the flash chip out each time and reflash it ... -
Beta BasicWhilst testing my 16K Speccy emulator for CCG2008, I wanted to load Beta Basic. I know v1.0 supported 16K models, but the TAP file online only contai…
... , I wanted to load Beta Basic. I know v1.0 supported ... actually BB3.0, which came out in '85. It also says ... a 16K version did come out! (Adverts also indicate this).
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MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... If one think floppy is out of time I would reply ... ZX Spectrum is also out of time. It is ... is fully implemented in basic and there is no ... free MB02+ RAM and to switch between these snapshots. (Really ... possibility in NMI to switch standard in/output device ... -
Changing BASIC loader in Chuckie Egg 2Hi, My aim is to include "PAUSE 0" event at the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg 2 game. The reason is that I use emulator to load the game and…
... the loading BASIC program somehow. I have found out 2 useful ... can see, there are 2 "BASIC" blocks, the first one ... POKE VAL "23693", VAL "0": OUT (VAL "254"), VAL "0": ... br />
The second "BASIC" block at the end of ... to build a new BASIC loader that loads up ... -
Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASICI'm trying to save a SCREEN$ to a tape file (basically the original data is in a .tzx file that I'm trying to save in a .tap format) but the problem …
... I try to save from BASIC, the "Start tape and press ... any key" message wipes out the last couple of lines ... -
SAM Revival issue 21 out now! [SAM Coupe]Issue 21 of SAM Revival is now out! [IMG]http://www.quazar.clara.net/qauctions/cgpsr21.jpg[/IMG] SAM Revival is the only new magazine that is still…
... of SAM Revival is now out!
[IMG]http://www ... of files. Rounding the issue off is the Developer Diary where ... -
Looking for an extended BASIC graphics routine from mid- to late-80sHello all, This is my first post here so please go easy. This is basically a cut-and-paste job from comp.sys.sinclair where I've had no luck with an…
... for the Great Sinclair Clear Out.
(I look at ... I've discovered a small BASIC program that makes use of ... ' commands from a typed-in BASIC extender program. Alas the machine ... one I'm after. Most BASIC command additions used * or . before ... -
Next step in MIDI to AY conversionI e-mailed the author of MID2AY with a few questions. While I wait for a reply, I would like to expose my ideas. There should be a better way to conv…
... have the following basic options:
-Mute on/off channel n ... which note should be chosen out of the four notes on ... 's already lots of trackers out there. Use those. People have ... -
Kids off-roading on motorbikesProbably done something stupid, round the back of our house is some public council land for kids to play, walk dogs etc. Just had some chav going up…
... or that, just an off road type thing. Near ... up.
Marched out round the back to have ... back they then zoomed off down the main road ... stand motorbikes. On roads/off roading places thats fine 100 ... helmet , totally p*ssing off the neighbours is bad. ... -
Can someone compile Mined Out, please?For those of you who are unaware, there is a great Spectrum game called [I]Mined Out ( [/I][URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=000…
... Spectrum game called [I]Mined Out ( [/I][URL]http://www.worldofspectrum ... . Anyway, it's written in BASIC, and takes a few seconds ... one compiler could compile large BASIC programs in sections, but since ... challenge, can you compile Mined Out, please? -
Hilarious!Right, first of all, I am [B]NOT[/B] making an attack either on God (so don't cry blasphemy) or on all religious people (so don't see the topic as an…
... "[I]One of the most basic laws in the universe is ... Evolution says that we started out simple, and over time ... people is to cut off the source. They need ... what other effects will come out of this increasingly secular, ... dies, the world is better off as
a ... -
48k disk basicWhen trying to use the CP/M colossal cave adventure .DSK file at [URL="http://www.alchemistresearch.co.uk/"]the CP/M section of this site[/URL] I got…
... booted off the disk. It comes up as "48K Disk BASIC IMC ... quite surprised by how many BASIC extension programs are on WoS ... -
RAM paging and port usageDear users and developers, I'm just trying to find some detail information about RAM paging on the Spectrum 128 and later models, especially those a…
... some detail information about RAM paging on the Spectrum 128 and ... .
By digging out several FAQs and technical documentations ... TC2068, TS2068
No RAM paging, but always fixed 48k RAM ... /> In addition to the paging methods of the Spectrum 128k ... -
I/O on the Speccy - ideas/help wanted!I'd like an interface for the Spectrum that can control and monitor other items. I have a task in mind that would require: A: 4xbinary inputs (as in…
... inputs (as in "on" or "off" x4 - this I can hack ... outputs (as in four independant OFF/ON controls).
How ... using the IN and OUT commands in BASIC.
In more ... -
Loading multiload games on an emulator (EmuZWin)I know this is probably been asked a million times but I still, for the life of me, cannot figure out how to open an image without resetting the mach…
... life of me, cannot figure out how to open an image ... find such an option to switch on or off... -
Science Explained (Finally)!We believe that all the main physics principles can be explained away by the existence of tiny gnomes. Electricity: Inside cables there are hundreds…
... PC. When you turn it off they can all go home ... , and this is where the basic theory for gravity comes from ... too quickly the party gets out of hand very quickly thus ... drop these bags of rubbish out of the body (known as ... -
Games that are way too hard ... on the EASIEST settingToday I dug up my MAME emulator and played a few oldies. Amongst those was "Side Arms" (Japanese Version; dunno if and how it differs from the wester…
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I kept playing out of frustration because I didn ... difficulty level switch was set to the easiest level out of 8 ... where the boss enemies churn out thousands (and I mean thousands ... you want to get pissed off a bit I'd also ... -
Looking For...I'm looking for a spectrum game about a burglar that I think was called Sam. He looked like a head with little white feet poking out and you had to m…
... with little white feet poking out and you had to make ... about flicking off switches. At one point there was a switch to ... a rocket to flick a switch on the moon, and there ...
