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Print routine for BASIC (or BASin)For anyone interested there's a crappy binary here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import the binary at 60000, USR 60000 to initia…
... starts to accept more than 32 columns?
can we assume ... gathers pace and groundwater run-off to form a running rivulet ... the cycle when they breathe out, but that's not implemented ... -
When there are no more analogue TVs...It won't be long, I suspect, before it's impossible to buy a new analogue TV. This will of course doom real Sinclair Spectrums to not being able to d…
... (analog transmission signal) being switched off. Digital satellites are around for ... [/url] ). Market is about to switch to HD. Old tv sets ... of pusing a button to switch to HD broadcast.
out of a satellite. But this ... -
Which Emulator?I?m interested to know which emulator people use! Which one has the look and ?feel? of a real Spectrum and which one has the most accurate loading e…
Originally I started off using ZX32. It worked fine ... end up having to switch the machine off reboot and go delete ... so I've also gone out and bought loads of speccy ... -
Firefox (new thoughts)Maybe more people would use Firefox if there was a version for the Speccy! [code] 10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for Firefox or I for M$IE" 20 LET K$=IN…
... 's Hypertext system, but at 32 characters per line (assuming you ... be able to work things out for yourself, and the fact ... 't like. People get pissed off when you do that. If ... -
TS 2068 and Emulator CartI picked up a TS2068 off Ebay last week and already had a ZX Spectrum Emulator cartridge for it. When I put in the emu cart and switch on, the mess…
... ]I picked up a TS2068 off Ebay last week and already ... in the emu cart and switch on, the message is still ... cartridge you have, but try "OUT 244,3" and see if ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... , a machine based on the 32-bit eZ80 chip. The workload ... in the current ROM to 32-bit was vast. And that ... a new Spectrum I point out that I've already done ... not trying to put you off, but it does seem like ... . That doesn't put me off - users are the last people ... -
Stranded 2.5.Following it's appearance in Shed issue 3, the first demo of Stranded 2.5 is now available at... [URL="http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/S25_1127.tzx"]htt…
... toggle other tiles on and off, and so adds another puzzle ... yet and wanted to get out it there quickly to you ... hoping to get at least 32 levels in there - with the ... -
Election of the new maintainer of the TZX formatHi folks, the topic says all, let the discussion begin :) Luca
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hehe, I'd certainly switch that on Dunny :-D
off :-)
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Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... disk/CF/IDE, better memory paging than is available on a ... cartridge slot (available) or hanging off the edge connector (not available ... it can support up to 32 8x8 pixel monocolour hardware sprites ... -
3D CAD symbolsNot sure if this is the right place for this but...... Does anybody know of a good site to get hold of 3D CAD symbols (Cells, blocks ect, I will con…
... had a dragon 32 when it first came out. I could put ... a colour tv.
Off topic... Nice collection. I take ... -
3D CAD symbolsNot sure if this is the right place for this but...... Does anybody know of a good site to get hold of 3D CAD symbols (Cells, blocks ect, I will con…
... had a dragon 32 when it first came out. I could put ... your noises. If it works out right it should have remote ... atm, I can work it out, I also intend to have ... monitor.
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cup of tea on a laptopmy desk buddy has just spilt a mug of tea over her lap top. it wasnt switched on, i unplugged it, removed the battery and cd drive. what do you thin…
... /> Yes, I switched it off no problem
OK then ... questions to help the engineer out...
Sure....
... do you mean when you switch it on?.
Yes ... the keys have 'fallen' off my keyboard". The engineer gave ... the machine and walked off to a meeting. I ... -
Developing the Spectrum ROMI'm working on some Z80 assembler for a Z80-based single board computer that I'm building. For the things that don't poke my hardware, I'm using a Sp…
... memory. I was running out of room! Fortunately I ... would have to work out why by sheer head- ... problem - I couldn't switch in RAM in the ROM ... anything to do with memory paging.
It ... bugs, many to do with paging. Also particularly embarrassing was ... -
DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
... from one medium and then switch to another. Which means, if ... "extensions" mode (of course, such OUT must not really set CONMEM ... IDE channel select, MB02-style paging, USB access etc. But for ... that 11000xxx is the ROM paging extension etc... with enough care ... -
Death of the Computer Science DepartmentRead this article on the death of the computer science department in universities by Neil McBride from De Montfort. It makes very interesting (and wo…
... otherwise such technologies will be off the shelf put the components ... systems are used instead of 32-bit CPUs running linux or ... />
Having hashed that all out in my head, the preeminent ... is now optional. As pointed out, on modern architectures not knowing ... -
Well I'm excited, but I guess you might not beHehe this is as far as I got today, a silly little border program: [PHP] ORG 32768 PROGGY: LD C,255 ; We loo…
... paging, just press the NMI button and you'll be back out ... changed the code to rip off the keytest code on the ... LD A,254
DOWN: OUT (254),A
DEC A ... JR NZ,DOWN
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don't go Vista matesaGreetings. As you well know, there has been a massive campaign to push Vista into the users. I'm against it and always will be. Most of the ancient s…
... bit vista support for 32 bit apps - not ... actually supports 32 bit apps.[/QUOTE]
32-bit apps ... as they do under 32-bit Vista, which depends ... session 0 security restrictions. 32-bit kernel mode drivers ... people make out, but do check before you switch!
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basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
... extend the Spectrum ROM using paging. But there's not much ... That stuff can be switched out and the freed up space ... the point you are better off with the original ROM. ... then you are no better off than just copying the ... ROM. Franklin found this out with Apple. -
Help make Retro Gamer greatI'm more than happy with the articles that are now appearing in Retro Gamer, but I want it to become far more of a hub for the retro community than i…
... cover 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, arcade, home-computers & ... when there are so many out there already - there's hardly ... - as well as frankly being off-putting - in an industry which ... -
Help make Retro Gamer greatI'm more than happy with the articles that are now appearing in Retro Gamer, but I want it to become far more of a hub for the retro community than i…
... cover 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, arcade, home-computers & ... when there are so many out there already - there's hardly ... - as well as frankly being off-putting - in an industry which ... -
Zx Spectrum Laptop (again)I've been reading all the old treads about a possible portable speccy. I even found the one about the Speccy Laptop. But it seems there's a lot of ne…
... rubber key Spectrum you could switch out the NMOS and TTL chips ... its configuration after being powered off (an FPGA requires an external ... counter to scan RAM is out of the question! One of ... -
Help make Retro Gamer greatI'm more than happy with the articles that are now appearing in Retro Gamer, but I want it to become far more of a hub for the retro community than i…
... way out and the rarity rating is just so far off for ... , but internationally speaking its way off.
Maybe those 2 ... /cpc 1 month then 16/32 consoles etc the next.
Help make Retro Gamer greatI'm more than happy with the articles that are now appearing in Retro Gamer, but I want it to become far more of a hub for the retro community than i…
... cover 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, arcade, home-computers & ... when there are so many out there already - there's hardly ... - as well as frankly being off-putting - in an industry which ...Zx Spectrum Laptop (again)I've been reading all the old treads about a possible portable speccy. I even found the one about the Speccy Laptop. But it seems there's a lot of ne…
... can be had in a 32 pin DIL), a bit of ... two chips and everything runs off a 5v supply. It's ... />
And... Microchip just brought out an Ethernet controller designed for ...CEZ-GS strikes back with new Spectrum stuff...Something new is aproaching...March 10th will be a great day for our Spectrum! as you can read in this news... [url]http://computeremuzone.com/?id=n…
... handle, as I could switch the bank, do the ... xor, etc) and place paging code around it. But I ... I still prefer the paging around the sp1_UpdateNow() call ... , it is always difficult to switch :).[/QUOTE]
Yeah ... seem to have run out of gas as additions ...Dead Spectrum +Hi all, I've recently dug out my old Spectrum + with the idea of repairing it. When I last looked at it, when I was much younger, I was soldering a …
... switches. One set of switch poles connects to the smaller ... the flexible tails coming out of the keyboard you ... connectors will finish it off even if it was ... need a new membrane. Out of the 4 Spectrums ... fully working keyboard membrane - out of the others - the ...TV Modulator. Can it be repaired?Is it possible, to repair tha TV modulator (after removing it) if it gives wavy picture? I replaced both transistors (tr1/2) and both electrolytic ca…
... ! :D
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I've not ... 't even blink when I switch the tape deck on.
out the regulator. Now that should ...Atic Atac 128k version?Can anyone confirm that the version of atic atac in the 'UPTG : The Complete Works' is in fact 128k compatible? that is can you load it on a spectrum…
... the 'fix' do the required OUT command to stop the disk ... necessary to do a specific out command to stop the disk ... finished loading the code, then switch to 48k to move game ... dos cannot turn the motor off because the game overwrites 23296 ...Amstrad +2 Diagnostic BoardCan anybody help I wish to buy the Diagnostic Board that connects to the I/O strip at the back of the Amstrad ZX Spectrum +2. Many thanks Martin
... 48K) - last night I scribbled out a schematic on the back ... it can take 128K - 512K 32 pin DIP flash chips)
paging in the flash vs Spectrum ...It's fitting...... that in the very month that the 25th anniversary of the Speccy falls on, I'm just finishing up making my first ever Spectrum peripheral. It's a …
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... and I've tried paging in the ROM (both by ... and by issuing the right OUT instruction) and I think it ... routine and try it out on the dead Issue ... place, let the glue go off, then soldered it with ... dig the defective pin out and replace it which ...
