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My dentist won't treat NHS patients any longer.So, I phoned up the dental practice round the corner from me, and they registered me straight away, made an appointment for the next day, and have al…
... /> On 2005-11-29 21:32, Skarpo wrote:
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My dentist blew his brains out the day before I had ... />
Stop shooting your mouth off!
My dentist won't treat NHS patients any longer.So, I phoned up the dental practice round the corner from me, and they registered me straight away, made an appointment for the next day, and have al…
... /> On 2005-11-29 21:32, Skarpo wrote:
[quote]
My dentist blew his brains out the day before I had ... />
Stop shooting your mouth off!
* I'll get ...Transferring Spectrum Games onto tape or diskI've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…
... for example) save a game out using the Multiface, it will ... drive using the loader option off the main menu, and as ... always try an AB-BA switch that makes the +3 ... do is use a small switch to control the drive ... Details of the AB BA switch is in AlchNews 17 (I ...coloursJust wondering if any of you 'experts' could answer this question... When Clive invented the Speccy, and he selected the colours used... Instead of…
... and blue with brightness subtracted out.
Anyways, long story ... could have been used to switch between pallettes. With a minimum ... signals to turn on and off resistance branches in the UVY ... HL is hi and turned off the existing ones when HL ...where did you keep your games?i kept mine in a biscuit tin. my father had a long running joke where he'd open it hoping to find some biscuits, and look confused at the games i ke…
... up with all the tapes out (I've got thousands!) and ... ! I remember my first micro switch joystick, it felt so much ... 'I often used to strip off and roll up in a ...128k Screen Flipping - Sample Code PleaseI know this has been covered before, but I cannot find out code to do the following: On a 128k Spectrum tell the speccy to display from address 4915…
... /> Bit 5 If set, memory paging will be disabled and further ... example of a typical bank switch on the 128 is:
LD (5B5Ch),A
OUT (C),A
EI
Assistance with IM2 routineI subsequently got a working IM2 routine.
... bit 7, which handles memory paging. Except that it's not ... port
AND $80 ; mask off bit 7
OR $3E ... on black
OUT ($FF),A ; write out the modified value
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I'm Nic, 32 from West Midlands. I'm ... tax adviser until I work out what I want to be ... up. All I have worked out so far is that I ... or wanted to keep me off his computer. Judging by the ... Christmas whilst my mom was out so he could "test" it ...GAMESTAGE DOES IT AGAIN!!!Jeezus WEPT!!! Have you seen gamestage's latest [email="CR@P!"]CR@P![/email] - QUOTE - you can count on us as being the biggest interactive ZX Sp…
... that even only slightly points out what's going wrong here ... . This site is a rip-off and the dog's bollocks ... April 10 2006 at 18:32:19
Name: Gremlina
ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
... been working a few ideas out, and here's how I ... b0 - Block 2 bank select (32-48k)
Port #11BF BLK1 ... of mashing Timex and 128k paging together to create a system ...ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
... b0 - Block 2 bank select (32-48k)
Port #11BF BLK1 ... have to pay in context switch time. So I personally think ... accommodate both 128 and Timex paging -- if it's a 128 ...Has anyone ever owned, played on, or even seen an Amstrad GX4000I ask this question because the machine must have existed because Mean Machines from issue 1 until about 8 reviewed software for it until it flopped.…
... because the machine could show 32 colours from 4096 - the same ... versions though just to stand out a lil more against the ... stuff with programs I got off Amstrad Action tapes. Great that ...Share your best practical jokesWhat is the best practical joke you've ever pulled? Mine: I used to work in a bookies in Belfast, and occasionally we would come across small corne…
... then quietly switched it off and gave it back to ... I couldn't figure out how to switch it on.
... her helpfully. Phone goes off and comes back on and ... off my face.
Finally, I offer to help her out ... A few seconds later I switch on the phone, wait ...Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
A very first computer, a very first gameMaybe i'm duplicating some other posts, but... what was your first computer and game??? For me it was a rubber zx-spectrum 48k and tape with only t…
... to 8 switches, which would switch in two directions - either the ... " or "out", and breadboard type contacts either side of the switch would ... tracing paper to be cut out and placed inside the smoked ... , with the promise of money off the companies products.WOS ChatlogsGood for a read this one, [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/chatlogs/technical.log.1.txt[/url]
... day - check this out.. i found out that he retired
[11:32] you in a place to ... ?
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... the clients cannot get out without hitting the proxy ... /> [12:26] you frightened him off! :P
[12:27] ...rubber troublejus got 48K rubber speccy into my possesion, which was my first computer back then but only for few months before daddy decided to upgrade it for 48+…
... , but sound goes through ear out -> hearable only with headphones ... =Death] There's no reset switch on a rubber keyed 48K ... and place the obvious lamp switch inbetween)
hmm, but ... ´s equal to turning on/off, it´s not reseting...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... because you need to add 32 to desired screen location
out one byte at a time ... \x20"); at the beginning to switch to 32 column mode.The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... should have had an on/off switch too), and the sound chip ... you had to spell everything out (I really liked the single ...TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…
... bytes long, which obviously falls off the end of memory. I ... $7FFD. This controls the 128K paging so it's fairly safe ... a: POKE 23388,16+a: OUT 32765, 16+a: LOAD "" CODE ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... ROM internally, instead of the 32 KB initially specified. The QL ... on East people not throws out PCs, even not old ones ... (Issue 2) had problems because off too small heatsink . Now you ...Spectrum won't load data when warmI've got an interesting observation. I put iPodLinux onto my iPod and got TZX files playing back as the proper audio waveform. I also removed the vol…
... slightly and ends up just out. At the time of my ... case, battery (I wired a switch in the battery feeds to ... volume to blow your head off through headphones - be careful when ...replacement +3 psuok, who would be kind enough to help an idiot build a replacement PSU for the +3 / +2a , from a PC power supply? Guesser has already helped out a gr…
... the bugger has an on/off switch, and everything would be housed ... dont seem to be working out as i'd like!
out this poor fool!
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... RAM machine where you could switch out the ROMs to an all ... in place of the paged out ROM.
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paging in/out the ROMs and any of ... there are a hundred clones out there. Timex machines *probably* sold ...Screenshot display per default?Now that we have a good amount of screenshots available (as well as draw some more attention to it as a side effect), how does the WoS populace think…
... learn) allow me to switch graphics on or off, with a varying ... dial-up to filter heavies out.
Obviously enough, I ...Your Speccy Games CollectionJust updated my Spectrum games list today after having a load of tapes lying around for months, managed to sort them out and I now have 1441 original…
... to drag all my stuff out from under the bed to ... it's easier just to switch the pc on and play ... only way!
I'm off to play Paperboy now, anyone ...Your Speccy Games CollectionJust updated my Spectrum games list today after having a load of tapes lying around for months, managed to sort them out and I now have 1441 original…
... to drag all my stuff out from under the bed to ... it's easier just to switch the pc on and play ... only way!
I'm off to play Paperboy now, anyone ...Programs detecting Spectrum modelsHi. I'm curious about knowing how some speccy games detect if they are runnning in a 128k or 48k model. What tricks can be used to make this in a Spe…
... the same address. Finally, you switch back to the original page ... memory. On 48k where no paging occurs it will be the ... br /> ld a,17
out (c),a
ld (hl ... a
dec a
out (c),a
ld (hl ... ),a
inc a
out (c),a
sub (hl ...hallowe'enis anyone going to any parties, doing anything fun..... or maybe you would like to share some spook stories.....
... always decks the house out to look like some ... dressed as a Zombie handing out sweeties! It's brilliant ... unlock it.."
Off she went down the road ... /> I flicked the light switch in the hall on (it ... neice was now toddling out towards me..When my sister ...
