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Discussing Octav1us's breasts?I was watching her live stream where someone asked her if she had played a certain speccy game yet, and she said she hadn't and lamented that she had…
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speccy soundI know this sounds a bit vauge but can anyone explain to me why the music on some 48K games was so amazing and so much better than the usual beeper s…
... and so much better than the usual beeper stuff?
Im ... musical stuff and I love the sound that was capable of ... being produced by the beeper. Please bear in mind ... relitively little knowledge about the technical side of the spectrum if you have ... -
Spectrum games and files available for download againI've completed the uploading of Spectrum games and files to the web server where my site is hosted. Due to technical problems with the server, I had …
... to the web server where my site is hosted. Due to technical ... problems with the server, I had to ... was a real pain in the neck... However, should you be ... .da.ru[/url]
The Spectrum emulation pages are under ... -
ANN: Issue 10 of Sam Revival Magazine Out Now (Sam CoupIssue ten of Sam Revival magazine is out now, and features an exclusive game on the coverdisk. The magazine starts off with the usual Quazar News, a…
... events from around the Sam world.
The feature articles start ... Warren Lee, who is the author of the game on this issue ... being able to emulate the ZX81 and the ZX Spectrum, but Simon ... , and is a fairly technical look at the in's and out ... -
SAVE *"b" formatIs there anywhere online which details SAVE *"b" format?? I don't know if I ever had an Interface 1 manual, and I certainly don't have one now.? Nor …
... is this info in the technical document of the Z80 v4.00 documentation ... I don't know what the header block is supposed to ... just have to *assume* that the header is correct, for ... -
ResiDOS v2.00 releasedI've just posted a major new release of ResiDOS, at: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/residos/"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/residos/[/URL] T…
... , providing additional features. The packages currently available are:< ... to disk from within the emulator, and transferring programs ... to disk from within the emulator, and transferring programs ... to updating the technical info on the site yet, although the APIs ... -
Reason for strange display layout?I have always wondered if there is any technical reason behind the strange layout of the display file or why did Sinclair choose to do it this way?
I have always wondered if there is any technical reason behind the strange layout of the display file or why did Sinclair choose to do it this way? -
+2b not working with interface1i was trying to transfer some of my programs from my microdrive carts onto tapes last night, but found both my 48k and my toast rack 128K have decide…
... keyboard membrain failure both involving the 'm' key :-?
so ... it hangs after displaying the menu
The interface 1 and ... microdrive work fine on both the 48k and toast rack ( ... />
is there any technical reason why the interface 1 dont work ... -
AstroBall (Sam CoupHi there, Does the full version of this game for the Sam exist in a preserved digital image format, as I have searched hight and low to no avail. I…
Hi there,
Does the full version of this game ... a PC/Mac version of the game (currently attempting to contact ... if anyone has any technical information on the game such as a ... . Perhaps information on all the game elements - the power ups and extras ... -
Harvey Headbanger - How?One of my old faves was always Harvey Headbanger, and it's always puzzled me how the 'win event' was programmed? Can someone put it into layman's t…
... 's always puzzled me how the 'win event' was programmed?
terms how the 'am I surrounded' check ... -
Football Manager - League position workings!Wotcha folks. Can someone put into layman's terms how the league positions are worked out in Football Manager? Is it a loop that starts from the ma…
... someone put into layman's terms how the league positions are worked ... a loop that starts from the maximum amount of points ... one team has the same points? How is the goal difference worked ... into the equation at this ... -
Spectrum 128K toast rack schematic?Bizarrely, the 128K Technical manual in the 'Documentation' section here at WOS has everything you want to know about the 128K toast rack machine... …
Bizarrely, the 128K Technical manual in the 'Documentation' section here at ... you want to know about the 128K toast rack machine... ... but *all* the schematics in said manual are ... !
Anyone have the proper schematic for this machine? -
YSRnRY Documentary - 1989 ready for downloadIt's finally here after a long delay: the 1989 chapter of the documentary is now available for download! [url]http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/tvprog/[/url] …
... ! Be concerned about the amount of software being ... as CRASH jumps the shark! Worry about the future of the machine!
Ahem. This is the beginning of the ... end of the Sinclair story - ... -
Retro mags and Zilog stuff for sale on eBayI've listed a few Retro magazines on eBay, including Edge presents RETRO, Edge presents File (several volumes of features from early Edge magazines) …
... from early Edge magazines) and the GamesTM 'Retro' compilation. All in ... their latest (at the time!) Z8000 processor in the style of a ... novel, and does cover the technical features of the Z8000! The 'comic' is in ... drop me a line by the 'ask a seller a question ... -
Hi Fi stuffok after reading the technical details on the surround soundy thread, i thought it'd be interesting to read about other peoples Hi Fi set ups :) min…
ok after reading the technical details on the surround soundy thread, i thought ... :(
also i have the dvd recorder, telly and everything ... else that can plug into the dvd recorder (like my ... joystick thingy) is connected into the dvd sockets on my amp. -
Loading music in ZX Spectrum games.I've always wondered, did any ZX Spectrum games feature AY 3 -8912 loading music (I'm not aware of any) or was this a technical impossibility on the …
... this a technical impossibility on the Spectrum? (I assume that the loading tones ... not be disabled from reaching the TV Speaker/Beeper). Apparently, there ... did this and of course the C64 could achieve this (still ... -
FUSE loads .wav files but audio2tape fails to create .tapI'm trying to write a utility to extract ASM listings out of OCP Assembler save files. I have a few audio tapes with assembler files that I want to c…
... . I tried playing with the source code for listbasic as ... it. My listing appeared on the screen.
However, ... audio2tape ?
I believe the same libspectrum library is used ... where can I find the technical details on the .tap file format ?< ... -
TommyGunHi There, Any one know of the situation regarding TommyGun at the moment? I was following a forum thread with interest on one of the MSX sites ([ur…
... know of the situation regarding TommyGun at the moment?
the TMS9918/9929 - the same graphics chip as the MSX1.
Sadly, the ... br /> Any news regarding the decision to not continue with ... that some of the technical descriptions on the MSX forum ... -
Mire MareI've mentioned on these boards a few times that I had an old friend who was rumoured to have joined Rare in the early 90's but I've never been able t…
... some point), but in terms of the actual game, it never ... time, who they eventually sold the Ultimate *brand* to. ... that, US Gold churned out the substandard "Bubbler" and "Martionoids", ... before shelving the brand. The actual staff of Ultimate were ... -
Building a WoS FAQ - contributions and thoughts please!Hi there, as you may have read in [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28168]a nearby thread recently[/url], Martijn has boug…
... have experience in writing technical documentation as well as ... />
At the moment, though, the WoS FAQ should be ... zeropolis79 have already volunteered; the more the merrier (and quicker).< ... find out more technical information on the Spectrum's innards?" ... -
ZX Spectrum colour palette - Equivalent 8-bit RGB values?I'm wishing to do some ZX Spectrum games screenshots on my Mac, but cannot find any information on the net which states what the equivalent 8-bit RGB…
... ZX Spectrum screenshots on the net use some arbitary ... find such information for the Texas Instruments TMS9918 video ... chip (used in the ColecoVision, CreatiVision, Spectravideo, TI ... not seen any such technical information for the ZX Spectrum. -
Screwed at work...A friend (an old teacher who became one of my closest friends) of mine invieted me to work on a documentary for TV. Suposedly it would be 5 episodes…
... self doing the 3 jobs: The research, the assistant director, the assistant producer ... now the pay day came, and the real trouble started, the producer ... of 4000 Euros for the remain of the work (that meaning ... a specia price in terms of the 1000 Euros/month).
emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…
... function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +d nmi ... with each other to reduce the workload?
which emulator ... though these are not the technical names for the white fuzz that follows ... so far the bbc basic for the speccy doesnt support the 128k features ...ZX-mas DemoWell, I said I'd announce my seekrit project here for Christmas. however since Alarm jumped the gun in another thread[1], and It's ready early anywa…
... br />
however since Alarm jumped the gun in another thread[1 ... gopher client[2] for the spectrum using the spectranet and a " ... can move the cursor up and down the page with the arrow ... not very powerful machines like the speccy. ZXGopher will eventually ...Supertest 128 - Loader QuestionI wonder if someone could explain (in simple terms please) :) , the purpose of the switch code. I see what is doing (going to 48k mode via spectrum)…
... explain (in simple terms please) :) , the purpose of the switch code.
the bank switching or more available ... finding this curious back in the day when it arrived ... looks suitable, and I have the header information from another, ...Saving space...Hi Folks, Looking for ways to save some memory in a program I am writing. In a number of places I have the following code: [CODE]xxxx PAUSE 1: …
... number of places I have the following code:
[CODE ... be a speed hit in terms of the [B]GOSUB[/B]).
Image To ZX Spec 1.3.0Image To ZX Spec 1.3.0 The 8x8 GigaScreen support is probably jumping the shark as other tools will do a better job but it was requested some time a…
... GigaScreen support is probably jumping the shark as other tools will do ... proportional 256x192 preview capability to the dither
preview dialog.
MISTER BEEP - new album with ZX musicHi, normally I don't like my tunes too much :) but this time I would like to proudly present to ZX universum: MISTER BEEP - "A thousand furious b…
... else. :)
From the 'technical' side..
Normally 1-bit ... called "sound engines". Technical details about the engines are as ...
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Enjoy the swarm.
You have been ...Speeding up select processing...Hi Folks, I have the following code in my program and it works fine but is rather "sluggish". I have even moved it to the beginning of the program …
... even moved it to the beginning of the program but it does ... .
In terms of the code itself, the following applies:
the screen. The maximum is 10 i ... =a variable that has the address of the ATTR P system variable ...New VentureI remember playing this game loads back in the day. I remember it was a fairly simple game of running a shop, buying stock, setting prices. Very mu…
... this game loads back in the day. I remember it was ... Millionaire, but more simple in terms of the graphics.
Sadly ... this is MIA according to the database on here.
