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Commercial life of the 16 bits?Just sat here, browsing the archive looking at the game adverts. The Spectrum went North commercially around 1993, and the C64 managed to hold on (al…
... came out the same time as the ZX Spectrums but ... /> I think is the spectrum took the next step up in those ... almost the same sound as the spectrum until the STE ... . Then they copied the Amiga sound which pushed ... hear you can convert the emulated disks back ... -
Founder of SPC in hospitalThe founder of the Spectrum and SAM Profi Club K?ln, Wolfgang Haller,is struck by a brain haemorrhage and operated in a Cologne hospital. He is kept…
... in Bad Berleburg for rehabilitation, the next weeks will show how far ... brain can be corrected. At the start of this week Wolfgang ... side, there is hope that the rehabilitation will take effect in ... on Sunday, April 13th, after the ZX TEAM Event in Rhoen near ... -
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…
... really, personally, appreciate activity on the ZX Spectrum as many people only ... /> I also soon be releasing next version of nmi menu for ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... t understand?
The Spectrum doesn't need more ... RAM for the attributes. Clever coding largely ... poor and drab whilst the Spectrums is bright and ... i.e. it is the source of the ZX colour clash.
... is. [B][COLOR="Red"]Next you'll say I don ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
[QUOTE=The Starglider;272099]Because I was ... someone as stupid as you. The level of stupidity you're ... /> So your "usually the one who is losing the argument" only applies ... it does at the time.
Next you'll say "the ZX has more ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... ]So your "usually the one who is losing the argument" only applies ... it does at the time.
Next you'll say "the ZX has more ... ]
And it's the century! Four days of obsessive ... compulsion to argue the toss over something so minor ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... now how my calling the RAM where the colour information is stored ... 'm wondering what to do next.[/QUOTE]
Are you going ... strangely co-incided with the ZX retroscene getting shown up as ... Usenet and being smarmy to the regulars.
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A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …
... the start. I wonder if the compiler could infer the variable types from the ... though, a step up from the ZX Basic compilers and targetting a ... b = 0 to 10: ...
NEXT b
REM c ... .1
NEXT c
[/CODE]
When the implicit type cannot ... -
Ultimate Play the Game BookHi, Some of you may be aware that I'm in the process of writing a book about Ultimate Play the Game. Everything is going well, but there are two iss…
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Thanks for the replies so far. Some interesting ... I'm going to spend the next few days deliberating! Anymore?
All games for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, C64, BBC Micro ... each machine
The book currently contains around 90 ... -
Minigamecomp vs CGCHow come so many of you join the CGC and so few (me and Yerzmyey from WoS and Beyker) join the Minigamecompo? Personally I think that Yerzmyey's ZX…
... but was disappointed reading the judge's opinions on ... that all the judges were aware of the Spectrum's ... I can do on the ZX Spectrum with it). Maybe ... on it.
For next years 1K competition I ... /> Amaz1ng (The effect of the word AMAZ1NG and the 3D display)< ... -
Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
... screen. If the program asks the MOS what the current screen height ... The bigger problem will be the lack of height of the ZX Screen. The BBC ... has 32 rows (256 line), the Spectrum ... 21 (enable/disable VDU). My next tasks will be to get ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... from "Drugsy", "Stay on the Road", "First Communion Simulator ... will handle the embedding into the tape mag ... BASIC program and the reformatting to fit it on the ZX ... do one then the more the merrier - if ... to it next time I update the CGC website ... -
Design Design / Crystal ComputingNice post on [URL="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_thread/thread/56e6ebdedc6930ac#"]comp.sys.sinclair[/URL] about [URL="http:…
... ;305928]I can see the next entry for the crap games compentition - advanced ... my recent Z80 coding in the ZX SPIN assembler, and I have ... haven't got up to the level of a really large ... -
New Spectrum game available - Egghead 5Timed to coincide with Egghead's 18th birthday (although it fits in rather well with WoS's 12th as well), Egghead Round the Med. is now available to …
... the west side of the pyramid, a few screens to the left. Climb the ... lead nowhere. However, at the bottom left the sand turns to quicksand ... life is located.
The next area isn't really a ... past Mr. Fogarty to discover the ZX Shed offices...? -
BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... 't generate anything in the ZX Printer output window
next f: copy
30 NEXT i[/CODE]
... i", the second is "a". Run the program. Open the watch ... either expression. Press the delete button. Address exception ... -
Retro-X Alpha availableChanges from WIP 7 (Alpha 3) to Alpha 4 ( 1.5.08 - 14.5.08 ). Requested by and help by - in brackets. Bugfixes: * Viewer: o File list not displaye…
... I'm particularly interested in the ZX Spectrum part of it, ... the next version the AVI controls will be in the Panel, reducing the numbers ... "Cancel" in the next version, only if the File cannot be ... I already added this for the next version. If you select ... -
Documenting ZX Spectrum SoftwareFirst and foremost a disclaimer... [COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="2"]I'm a newcomer to ZXSpectrum emulation. Unless you find the need, I'll spare you the d…
... the actual names used on this field -- please refer to my next ... and cross-checked all the documenting of ZX Spectrum software. As ... and up consoles. Definitely not the ZX Spectrum that is not a ... in place will help keep the ZX Spectrum "museum" alive.
< ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... generate it, but in the end just I knocked ... />
As for the yellow background, I did this ... colour co-ordinated with the famous "ZX Certification" certificate (Which ... it off and do the same next year if I ... up to query the database (well, the kludgy xml file ... -
divide+ questiondivide+ should work on both ZX 48K and ZX +3, right ? where can we buy divide+ from?
... /spectrum/spectrum_storage.html"]rwap [/URL]next year:
"Coming Up ... :
- Replacement Faceplates for the ZX Spectrum - ?10 each (yes, we ... !)
- Replacement rubber mats for the ZX Spectrum (if people need them ... -
2008 Lookback/2009 Lookforward ThreadSo, what have we done this year? On the YS site, I've added the Virtual News Stand (the clickable double-page magazine spreads you see dotted around…
... be made for
the ZX Spectrum. You all may ... lot of software for the MiniGameCompo and CGC.
arcade version was the top.
the (biased) contest.
... get a winning place in next years compo.
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What games did you get with your first Speccy?I did a quick search and couldn't find this topic before, apologies if I missed it. Anyway, was recalling the other day when I got my first Spectrum…
I got the ZX Spectrum+ User Guide Companion ... much better version of Thro the wall).
... think. I remember loading up the ZX UGCC (I wanted to ... dad wanted to learn about the spectrum first. ;) ) with ... wait to go to school next day and brag to ... -
What games did you get with your first Speccy?I did a quick search and couldn't find this topic before, apologies if I missed it. Anyway, was recalling the other day when I got my first Spectrum…
... QUOTE=Arjun;330541]I got the ZX Spectrum+ User Guide Companion ... much better version of Thro the wall).
... . I remember loading up the ZX UGCC (I wanted to ... dad wanted to learn about the spectrum first. ;) ) with ... to go to school next day and brag to ... -
I cant believe I clicked on it......Some toss pot (my friend) sent me this link.... Im scared for life! *WARNING...IF EASILY SHOCKED...DO NOT CLICK IT!....* I have edited the post!,…
... t many software publishers for the ZX Spectrum so they got a ... large chunk of the market and, over the next couple of years ... people barely into their twenties. The "megagames" thing was just ... real plan for getting the money (or the product) it had promised ... -
Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …
... drawing from the ZX Spectrum manual is exactly the same.
The main difference ... 255: PLOT x, VAL a$: NEXT x[/CODE]
You ... a compiler not only for the ZX but also for any Z80 ... 's useless at machine level). The next thing is to add some ... -
Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
... 2 characater printing tool for the ZX Spectrum 48K.
; It incorporates ... de
inc de ; next attribute byte
dec c ... ; next counter
jr nz, loop ; ... -
Yikes! Printer squeal!Hayulp! My ZX Printer has developed a really high pitched, constant squeal whenever power is applied with the roll attached. It's OK if the roll i…
... :-)
The ZX Printer Maintenance Manual is your next port of call ... -
Yikes! Printer squeal!Hayulp! My ZX Printer has developed a really high pitched, constant squeal whenever power is applied with the roll attached. It's OK if the roll i…
[quote=Geoff;356976]The ZX Printer Maintenance Manual is your next port of call ... -
Renegade or Target Renegade?It's been a while since I posted a thread on WOS, so I thought I'd have a go at a poll. I've deliberately not included Renegade III, and I'm sure we …
... all round improvement. The bigger levels, the 2 player co ... amongst the most memorable from the Speccy.
The trouble ... you just continue your next life where you left off ... Target Renegade as the better technical achievement for the ZX Spectrum, and ... -
Renegade or Target Renegade?It's been a while since I posted a thread on WOS, so I thought I'd have a go at a poll. I've deliberately not included Renegade III, and I'm sure we …
... all round improvement. The bigger levels, the 2 player co ... amongst the most memorable from the Speccy.
The trouble ... you just continue your next life where you left off ... Target Renegade as the better technical achievement for the ZX Spectrum, and ... -
divide plus back to life , preorderI have green light form authors to made DIVIDE PLUS, anybody interested? Promise from me , fully asembled and tested DIVIDE PLUS in plastic case. Qua…
... bank until you either turn the ZX Spectrum off and back ... .
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Next point in DivIDE PLUS manual ... replace the ZX Spectrum ROM with the selected ROM page. All of the DivIDE ...
