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  • SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…

    ... restore VDU flag
    ret ; and return

    ; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------< ... to make
    and %00100100 ; black or white
    ... z, co_temp_a ; jump with black
    ld a, b ...
    chev chev October 2013 Development
  • +2a double vision - uncommon problemHelloo - I was helped by Guesser on a previous occasion on a toastrack, so many thanks to him for that! Today's problem is the RGB display from a +2a…

    ... be confused by the Amstrad and not the Sinclair...[/QUOTE]< ... Ω but with integrated BRIGHT and the black +2A/B or +3 ... on the grey +2 and definitely the reverse, it most ... will not work on a black +2A/B or +3. ... CRT can't understand colour and proper sync, while the ...
    skagon skagon November 2013 Hardware
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... br />
    Think the swords and those who use them were ... with a butter knife, and the next character who ... 'd start at Lvl3 and they'd have a ... to become completely useless, and have to basically attack a ... knife for the hero, and a black widow catapult for the ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek December 2013 Chit chat
  • Toasted +3Oops.. I shorted one of my +3 (being clumsy with multimeter, doh) when measuring PSU connector pins :D Any immediate guesses what exactly died on thi…

    ... />
    The screen goes black and stays black. And if I recall correctly it ... was +12V and GND that got ... got a working disk drive and AY stereo mod already.
    mr.spiv mr.spiv December 2013 Hardware
  • Toasted +3Oops.. I shorted one of my +3 (being clumsy with multimeter, doh) when measuring PSU connector pins :D Any immediate guesses what exactly died on thi…

    ... ;740211]The screen goes black and stays black. And if I recall correctly ... it was +12V and GND ...
    So whole screen is black...border and paper?

    Another ... will display color bars and emit an intermmitent tone.< ...
    thomas3120 thomas3120 December 2013 Hardware
  • Joystick microswitchesSort of like these, but the ones that were in certain 80's joysticks: [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15218813/microswitch.JPG[/img] I'm g…

    ... Grimmsqueaker, thanks for the reply and information. :) I bit the bullet ... and ordered 4 microswitches, which arrived ... had a green one and a black one back in the day ...
    Mousey Mousey December 2013 Wanted
  • 1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.

    ... , Lode Runner, Bruce Lee, Trashman and loads more![/QUOTE]

    and match day / knight lore / match point etc ...
    sirclive1 sirclive1 January 2014 Games
  • Pseudo-3D map renderingHave been mulling this over for a while, until that isometric thread prompted me to ask. I'm not sure if this is officially classed as 2D, 2.5D, or 3…

    ... armour with some super vorpal sword and RPGs for arrows.
    joefish joefish January 2014 Development
  • Converting 'normal load' to fast loadCan someone recommend some programs / solutions to do this? I know you could get programs to do this 'back in the day'. Just wondering what the moder…

    ... to convert stuff to speedlock and having the option to choose ... Speedlock 1 (original) and 2 (black/blue border and different loading noise), so ... to "save as tzx snapshot" and it saves it for you ... , unless you like loading noises and waiting :)
    leespoons leespoons January 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... to [b]Dark Souls[/b] and finally got past those bloody ... I wandered off and explored and found a smith and a fire soul ... my flask, and then turned human and summoned a knight to give me ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 January 2014 Chit chat
  • Animated attribute revealA new challenge to solve next. I would like to create an animated attribute reveal in machine code by having my 768 byte attributes held in ram whic…

    ... they are all (paper and ink) black to create the effect of ...
    Speccy_James Speccy_James February 2014 Development
  • Pac-Land: can be coloured?All versions of this game are full coloured, but not the Spectrum version. It has large sprites, but maybe the scroll is too fine to make a coloured …

    ... then we paint bottom screen black
    EX AF,AF'

    DrawBottomAttr ;paint bottom area black if divider tile is on ... screen, don't paint bottom black

    LD HL,22528 ... /> LD A,(HL)
    AND 11000111b ;black paper
    LD (HL),A ...
    Ralf Ralf February 2014 Games
  • Back in the day when schools had 'a' computer.I stumbled uppon this photo when looking for something completely different on-line. It got me thinking and reminiscing. Do you remember when schools…

    ... so RML 380Z and 480Z (the white plastic and the black metal editions ... for Martin Harris to use and abuse, a RML Nimbus ... us smuggled in a Spectrum and started playing Starion on ... STplot 10,10,20,30 and PUT 7 were commonly used ... the games for graphics and sound.
    MatGubbins MatGubbins February 2014 Chit chat
  • New Game: "SPECTRA Blitz"Hi! No screenshots because there is still no Windows Emulator that supports SPECTRA advanced graphics modes (I was told, it is too hard to support al…

    ... of reds, green, orange and yellow backdrop for that Commodore ...
    Game: Fantastic sky backdrop and great detail on the buildings ... 4 shades of blue and the black at the top works ... succesfully").
    [*]Fade attributes to black before returning to the Title ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz February 2014 Brand new software
  • New Game: "SPECTRA Blitz"Hi! No screenshots because there is still no Windows Emulator that supports SPECTRA advanced graphics modes (I was told, it is too hard to support al…

    ... of reds, green, orange and yellow backdrop for that Commodore ... /> Game: Fantastic sky backdrop and great detail on the buildings ... 4 shades of blue and the black at the top works ... ("succesfully")
    [*]Fade attributes to black before returning to the Title ...
    LCD LCD February 2014 Brand new software
  • GAMES IN MONOCHROME-am i the only fan?I think that on the speccy games in monochrome are very pleasing to the eye! most people seem to think it is poor to have no colours, but in games li…

    ... />
    (look at those blues and reds next to each other ... ]

    of course blue and red will not clash - you ... has red-yellow bricks; and green-black sprite; and you can't have ...
    weesam weesam March 2014 Games
  • New test for finding missing +2A/+3 ULA timing detailsHello, having added the +2A/+3 emulation recently, I want to make sure I got the ULA timing 100% right. We know when the contention pattern starts, …

    ... screen, just the coloured blocks and the black line
    BiNMaN BiNMaN March 2014 Emulators
  • New test for finding missing +2A/+3 ULA timing detailsHello, having added the +2A/+3 emulation recently, I want to make sure I got the ULA timing 100% right. We know when the contention pattern starts, …

    ... later explanation about btime and stime difference which shows that ... screen, just the coloured blocks and the black line[/QUOTE]
    < ... one cycle before the black bar appears in that ... fetches the pixels first and attribute later, and not vice versa, ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak March 2014 Emulators
  • What to use to create a map of the place where I live?I would like to create a map of the area where I live and, ideally, be able to explore it with a game character or at least be able to explore it usi…

    Only 3D game maker I know about is this one:
    [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001956[/url]

    Which isn't brilliant, and is more Knight Lore/Alien 8 style rather than Great Escape. :/
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay March 2014 Development
  • ZX Alien BreedNot sure if this has been mentioned already (I did trawl the threads but couldn't see anything :smile: ), but I've always hankered after a Speccy Ali…

    ... . Other colors stand out and make black masks for the sprites also ... earlier can be used for black backgrounds almost by simply inverting ...
    4throck 4throck March 2014 New game ideas
  • get on the groovy.. err gravy train.. bezz mp[url]http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/14/bez-happy-mondays-stand-parliament-salford[/url] he's obviously just copying dr beep :)

    ... another one... mostly from Northwich and the Black Country, although Tim Burgess ...
    leespoons leespoons March 2014 Chit chat
  • Harlequin clone...PCB manufactured!Using Chris Smith's detailed schematics and project notes from the Harlequin... a Speccy fan in the United States by the name of Don (Superfo) has de…

    ... I powered it up, and a black screen/white border the second ... need to experiment with J12 and J15 which were currently unset ... set as per the photos, and moving J12 put me at ...
    szeliga szeliga April 2014 Hardware
  • The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…

    ... to get amaranth 3 times*, and jet black. ([I]Might pass on ... though dear[/I]).

    *and happened to spot it in ... forget who coded this first, and if it was Rebelstar that ...
    R-Tape R-Tape May 2014 Games
  • Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…

    When viewing online auctions and sales it's difficult to ... between a earlier grey +2, and later black +2A/B. But here ... keys. On a +2A/B black model, they're printed above ... keys.

    Also the black +2/+3 uses a small ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum June 2014 Hardware
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... can then go and beat Quelaag and ring the second ... have talked to a knight in the Onion Armour ... the crystal knights and killed them and almost got killed ... I tried to kill the knight on top of the small ... before Taurus Demon) and killed the knight there (he's ...
    VincentAC VincentAC June 2014 Chit chat
  • Porting Blues Brothers CPC->ZX...just an ideaI've just watched a video of the CPC version of the Blues Brothers games by Titus [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DOj-Ta3Ek4...Based[/url] on th…

    ... halfway between a BRIGHT 0 and pure black. Don't be afraid ... and nearest wall as BRIGHT 1 cyan. The arrow would be black ... long as the INK is black. That means that the green ... using only green PAPER with black INK.

    With the ...
    redballoon redballoon June 2014 New game ideas
  • Emulation on W8Hi, I liked the old Real Spectrum emulator that handled all Spectrum platforms and ran the disk images nicely. Does anyone know of something simila…

    ... duration. Plenty of options and wide selection of Spectrum ... work; emulator screen went black with a white border). ... It flicks between desktop and a black screen for a while ... , and then goes back ... type. It is stable and the screen can be ...
    Big Spectrum Fan Big Spectrum Fan June 2014 Emulators
  • F'kin neighboursIn a slight dilemma with my annoying neighbours. Yes we have had very heated words before today and currently do not speak. Trouble is their annoyi…

    ... while they are there though, and say something like "Here ... /> Whilst twiddling a waxed moustache and going "what-what"! Like it ... 48154"]knocking shops[/URL]... and as Black Hole says it doesn't ... house with big thick walls, and occasionally I hear the neighbours ...
    leespoons leespoons July 2014 Chit chat
  • Any JoystickHi all Just ordered a 48k with a joy stick port but I don't have a joy stick... so... Anyone here got one spare they want to sell? :-D

    ... around. They still work well and have 2 plugs on their ... with Spectrum +2/+3, and a black plug which is wired for ... , to check the voltage, ampage, and polarity are correct before you ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum August 2014 Wanted
  • Best DS model for ZXDS?I'm toying with the idea of selling bits of my retro collection... which, despite being trimmed down a few years back to just Spectrum and Vectrex st…

    ... is a great little machine and in black does look the part ... /> I ordered mine from them and it turned up in a ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2014 Emulators
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