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Take the speccy games test!I've created a multiple choice, speccy games test over at this new site, sometests.com: [url]http://www.sometests.com/tests/Gaming/ZXSpectrumgameste…
I've created a multiple choice, speccy games test over at this new site, sometests.com:
[url]http://www.sometests.com/tests/Gaming/ZXSpectrumgamestest.html[/url]
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new spectrum testhi i have made a silly but nice spectrum test the test is a word association game where you get the first word or words and the second word or words…
... /> [url]http://www.sometests.com/tests/Gaming/ZXSpectrumWordAssociation.html[/url]
new anagram testhi i have made a new test this is more difficult then the last one here i took fairly known spectrum games and made an anagram of them in each questi…
... /> [url]http://www.sometests.com/tests/Gaming/ZXGamesAnagram.html[/url]Testing the Ram on a Toastrack 128KHi All My "new" 128K is misbehaving, all the demos I have loaded for it crash instantly, Ghostbusters 128K is playable but one of the background scr…
Hi All
My "new" 128K is misbehaving, all the demos I have loaded for it crash instantly, Ghostbusters 128K is playable but one of the background screens has a bar of rubbish across it. This sounds like a problem with the memory, is there an ...2 months to liveA friend of mine found out this weekend he only has 2 months to live. Same age as me (40 cough). He had a pain in his side and so went to the docs …
... docs 3 weeks ago...after tests he found out he has ...new word association testhi there is a new word association test although not all the questions are word association but most of them are. the link to the test is here: [url]…
... /> [url]http://www.sometests.com/tests/Gaming/ZXSpectrumWordAssociationnumbertwo.html[/url]
New (easier) speccy games testI've created a new speccy games test: [url]http://www.sometests.com/tests/Gaming/ZXSpectrumGamesTest_EasierVersion_.html[/url] Again it's 20 questi…
... /> [url]http://www.sometests.com/tests/Gaming/ZXSpectrumGamesTest_EasierVersion_.html[/url]
tests/Gaming/ZXSpectrumgamestest.html"]first one ...It's a trap!So I got a CPLD (not the eventual one I want to use for the ethernet project - rather, one I actually have here and now, an XC9536 in a PLCC44). And…
... I'm using for these tests) is 36 macrocells, this is ...Flawless VictoryWell i've finally managed to get some of my speccy gear hooked up again and I must say I'm realy pleased. Got my 128k toastrack connected to my joys…
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Got my 128k toastrack connected to my joystick interface ...Another request for 128K owners...Could you run the latest version of [url=http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/spectrum/fusetest.tap]fusetest[/url] on your machine and tell me what you get?…
... results of the last two tests here. Thanks!
(Note ...Looks like our cat is on his death bedMissus, four year old and four week old took cat to vet today as he is losing lots of weight and throwing up. They have found a possible tumour but …
... but want to do futher tests and an x-ray on ...Spectrum Ethernet update...in which a toastrack 128K machine prods a machine outside of my LAN for the first time. [url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_eve…
...in which a toastrack 128K machine prods a machine outside of my LAN for the first time.
[url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_events[/url]Another fusetest runWould anyone with a real machine be prepared to try the latest version of [url=http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/spectrum/fusetest.zip]fusetest[/url], my…
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I believe all tests should now pass (or be ...ARRRGH! Forgotten how to use the Z88!The shame of it! I've decided to have a mess around with the Z88, was going to install the latest 4.2 OS and I've forgotten how it works! Ok, maybe …
... the link cable, done some tests in TERMINAL on the Z88 ...From toast rack Spectrum to toast rack PC...Only tangentially related to the Speccy, but we now have four toast rack PCs at work... some of these: Passively cooled Hush PC [url]http://www.hus…
... /> Note the big black aluminium toastrack heatsink on *both* sides. Very ...2x Rubber Key Spec, 48K Plus and Toastrack 128K for saleI've got a few Speccies on EBAY at the moment - 2x rubber key 48K (working but need membranes) 1x Speccy+ (working, needs membrane) 1x 1…
I've got a few Speccies on EBAY at the moment -
2x rubber key 48K (working but need membranes)
1x Speccy+ (working, needs membrane)
1x 128K+ (power going to it, but can't tune in to TV)
Hilarious!Right, first of all, I am [B]NOT[/B] making an attack either on God (so don't cry blasphemy) or on all religious people (so don't see the topic as an…
... like this
god tests every one of us[/I ...Loading ProblemHi All I am hoping anyone could help me resolve a problem. My Spectrum 128k datacorder powers on and is fine, i have done the colour tests and they …
... , i have done the colour tests and they are fine, but ...Comcon problemsCan anybody please help? I've recently upgraded my rubber keyed 48k to a 128k toastrack. (?19.00 off Ebay with manuals,leads,tape recorder,3 games,a …
... keyed 48k to a 128k toastrack.
(?19.00 off Ebay ...Handling RST8 on a +3Well, I've come to that bit of my project that I wasn't really looking forward to (because I don't understand enough about the ZX BASIC ROM) - extend…
... out of a peripheral, my toastrack 128K is awaiting repair at ... a 48K or on a toastrack 128, but crashed on a ...Q. on SAV 10OK ... a relative of mine has SAV 10 installed on her computer. I've been trying to tell her that she should use AVG, SpyBot, etc instead as SAV is …
... sucky SAV is, or known tests one can run to show ...Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
... game, a simple set of tests could probably produce good AI ...Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the way to go.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320294]Given the math behind it, you can derive the same thing ...z88dk Help neededI'm starting my tests with z88dk from a very simple example from a tutorial in speccy.org. It works fine but when I make the smallest modification t…
I'm starting my tests with z88dk from a very ...+3 BASIC and RST 8I've been working on adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style to how Interface 1 does it (catch the RST 8 error trap). This works…
... or in the 128 editor) toastrack, and on my +3 under ...speccy 128 toastrack joysticksDoes the RS232 port (or the keypad port) work as a joystick port on the toast rack, and if so what 'system' is it...interface 2 or kempston? Secondl…
Does the RS232 port (or the keypad port) work as a joystick port on the toast rack, and if so what 'system' is it...interface 2 or kempston?
Secondly if so, are the connectors readily available and it is simply a case of taking an atari type ...Egghead 4Just started playing Egghead 4 that I bought from Chronosoft ages ago, runs fine in 48K mode but goes nuts in 128 mode on my toastrack. Instructions …
... in 128 mode on my toastrack. Instructions say it's OK ...Currah speech on 128k toastrackWill these two work happily together? If not will it work on my composite video modded 48+(comp out of RF socket) as it seems to need to be plugged…
Will these two work happily together?
If not will it work on my composite video modded 48+(comp out of RF socket) as it seems to need to be plugged into the RF port?
cheers :)
ChrisSpeccy +2 (Grey) peripheralsHello all, I have just bought a grey +2 to use as a workhouse whilst I keep my 128 toastrack for Sunday best. It hasn't arrived yet, however I was wo…
... whilst I keep my 128 toastrack for Sunday best. It hasn ... same peripherals as the 128+toastrack. I was under the impression ...
