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Microdrive faultHi, After a chat with "Winston" at the R3PLAY show I have been able to fix my 48k spectrum faulty M1 signal. My problem with the microdrive is int…
... have been Formatting and Cat 1'ing all my tapes and have ... save).
I don't know how long these tapes ... -
life problem...What is the best thing to do when your [I]ONLY[/I] social contact turns into a bad, unhealthy relationship? Being 28, and with social anxiety disord…
... (except for polomint) and we all enjoy messing with speccy stuff ... crusade to bring down WOS[1], so do be careful if ... Gordon, won't you?
D.
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life problem...What is the best thing to do when your [I]ONLY[/I] social contact turns into a bad, unhealthy relationship? Being 28, and with social anxiety disord…
... for polomint) and we all enjoy messing with speccy stuff ... to bring down WOS[1], so do be careful ... won't you?
D.
[1] It ... br />
Cheeky feckin tw*t, :p
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Learning Assembly LanguageHow easy would it be to learn assembly language for someone who has a decent grasp of Basic? I mean how long do you think it would take before I coul…
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; Draw all sprites using XOR method.
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ld (ix+SPR_def+1),d ; HIGH
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Ewgf Banned again - a record?Less than 24hrs after returning from a 2 week ban, Ewgf is banned again. This has to be some sort of record. Can anyone beat this? Extra points for g…
[QUOTE=psj3809;494696]Shame its all happening now ! Normally January blues ... before Xmas and us getting all nostalgic about opening up Speccy ... builds up.
I'd like to add my name ... to see ewgf back. Overlong posts and all, he was usually pretty ... -
Learning Assembly LanguageHow easy would it be to learn assembly language for someone who has a decent grasp of Basic? I mean how long do you think it would take before I coul…
... />
; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Draw all sprites using XOR method.
0),e ; LOW
ld (ix+SPR_def+1),d ; HIGH
; 253 G F D S A
; 251 T R E W ... -
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... Plus. And the ROM isn't an issue. I can produce ... enthusiasm for all things speccy is dead. I wasn't even planning ... 's fair to say my posts since my return have reflected ... you shouldn't say anything at all. Well I don't have anything ... -
Why doesn't my loop work?Can anyone help me understand why my loop doesn't work? Is it to do with how DEC HL affects the flags? [code] ; Read 32k bytes from port 191 as fa…
... INI or INIR, half of all ports will contended (slow down ... (uncontended)
If A15=0 and A14=1, ports is slow (contended ... /> New read sequence 256bytes with all fast ports:
LD A ...
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Faulty Interface 1I bought a 'tested' Interface 1 on ebay the other day. Aside from the previous owner 'cleaning' the contacts with WD40!!! (bad, bad, bad eeurrgh :rol…
... after myself having many Interface 1's that they just don ... 't agree
with the 48k ... the Speecy and IF1 don't talk to each other.
All 3 offered of sale to ... -
Upgrading 16k MemoryHi All I have a fully working issue 2 16k spectrum and a broken issue3 48k spectrum (It's showing the black and white bars and some flashing blocks)…
... 32K simply wouldn't be used, you'd have a 16K ... failed.
I'd suspect a cracked circuit trace ... I understand correctly? I'd suggest following steps to proceed ... memory chip, try all but just 1 each time. If ... so either way you'd need to sort out first ... -
Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …
... RAM that I can't seem to touch (I ... spectrum/customize.asm?revision=1.2&view=markup ... pixles. If you don't rotate certain amounts horizontally ... ,your game may contain all unshifted sprite graphics and ... choosing a vertical height (1-24 acceptable) and horizontal ... -
Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …
... this year, and they're all about 25 screens each. And ... already). So I don't think it's possible to ... there for horizontal shifts of 1-7 pixles. If you ... . (Hopefully that game won't require sprites. I'm not ... QUOTE]
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Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …
... like:
1. Going all the way down in memory ... local so this shouldn't be done willy-nilly. ... odd pixels anyway I'd really like to know ... br /> [quote]
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Z88DK tapfile creation questionHere's another question. The game I've just started working on (Sid Spanners 3), I'm concatenating the following tap files together, to make a big ta…
... ] [tap file] [start]\n",argv[0]);
fprintf(stdout," or: %s ... be created\n",argv[0]);
exit(1);
}
//shift all subsequent arguments down by 1
argc--;
NEW! Poll Best Spectrum game from 2010 - Everybody vote here please -OK, so since there were several releases after the day I posted the original Poll, I would post this new one to include all the games from 2010. Eve…
+1:
Forest Raider Cherry, ... welp
Magic Tokens - another all round quality production
Phaeton ... - most original concept :)
+0.5:
Genesis: Dawn ... coding skills at work :) doesn't really interest me as a ...Mushroom ManNice to see that Mushroom Man has been such a popular new release coming in at [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestgames.html"]the top of the ch…
... (with bugfixes, levelcodes and 1 load all levels) on my PC.
all checked on bugs.
Mushroom ManNice to see that Mushroom Man has been such a popular new release coming in at [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestgames.html"]the top of the ch…
... (with bugfixes, levelcodes and 1 load all levels) on my PC.
all checked on bugs.
I'd say please make this available ...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…
... . I still can't believe I got all yesterday's challenges done ... done on Legendary with all skulls on wasn't as bad as ... the last few achievements done. All I need now is to ... .php?id=1720&season=1&page=2]here[/url ...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…
... . I still can't believe I got all yesterday's challenges done ... done on Legendary with all skulls on wasn't as bad as ... the last few achievements done. All I need now is to ... .php?id=1720&season=1&page=2]here[/url ... s a good game and all that, but is it just ...Worst game you have EVER played? (Not Speccy)What is the worst game you have EVER played? Not A Speccy game by the way....... Im racking my brains trying to think right now! :D
... can see why they wouldn't be everyone's cup of ... ' all that. Glad someone enjoyed it. :)
A.I.T.D I ... still have. I only paid ?1.00 for ... it, but I think I'd better bin ...Which machines do you play games on? (A poll)Just a quick poll to see which machines are still popular as games machines - which machines do you still play on, and I mean which machines do you s…
... Meanwhile, the [B]Playstation 1[/B] is following firmly behind ... [/B], the [B]XBox 1[/B], the [B]Amiga ... which has defied all predictions. It doesn't say much for ... consoles, well, it doesn't get much more surprising ... a cabinet that isn't filled with cigarette burns ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... rather than 8x8 doesn't seem a significant advantage ... br /> No it isn't, because workload is decreased more ... using them at all if you don't like it, as ... more awkward (you don't want to be drawing column ... tearing? All you need is: (1) LDIx16 (2) INC/DEC D (3 ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... using them at all if you don't like it, as ... something Nine Tiles didn't have enough of since they ... with them. This can't happen within fixed size pockets ... Well the results wouldn't be nearly as ideal.
All you need is: (1) LDIx16 (2) INC/DEC D (3 ...Gauntlet.Ive never realy understood how you are supposed to play gauntlet. Ive only ever played it one player on various systems and had little success every …
... hard game.
1) Kill all monsters, either shoot them or ... ) Save keys to open doors :D
3) Collect and use ... magic potions to damage/kill all monsters on screen (only way ...Octode - new eight channel beeper music engineYes, another one. This engine provides eight channels of tone, without volume or decays, and with small pauses between rows, so it is Wham-like. It a…
Well, I don't know if we can count ... rather not.
After all, I put here a very ... was too low.
And all of this only within 3 ... lower (with a facor of 1 octave) all the leading-part. Of ... a problem of total mixing all the bass/chords/melodies, heh ...What was the first Spectrum program/game?I'm curious about this. I know Horizons didn't come out till a few months? after the Spectrum. Was there any commercial software at launch?
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Mazeman / Adventure 1 - Abersoft
All of these were advertised ... , the official Sinclair range wasn't launched until September. It included ...Flash based rom replacement board for +2A/+3I'm sure I already started a thread about this, but I can't find it... Anyway, this post's to say that I've just sent off the order for the printed …
... the +2 at all as I don't own one myself, also ... pain and the roms aren't socketed so I doubt I ... left the scene I don't suppose we'll find out ... through stuff than in facebook posts ;pTrying to like Black Books, perhaps I'm deadI'm a massive fan of Father Ted and as such I thought it time I started to watch Black Books as it seems to have a pretty good reputation. I'm 4 epis…
... funny at all. Whereas Bottom hasn't aged at all, I ... that said I have all episodes on DVD but ... t get Father Ted, I don't know why I thought they'd ... after little Britain came all these awful shows on ... I think.
1) Always funny. Including Andy and ...Trying to like Black Books, perhaps I'm deadI'm a massive fan of Father Ted and as such I thought it time I started to watch Black Books as it seems to have a pretty good reputation. I'm 4 epis…
... not funny at all. Whereas Bottom hasn't aged at all, I think ... categories, I think.
1) Always funny. Including Andy and ... written), but they probably won't have met such people (albeit ...
