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  • Difference microdrives as used in the QL and stand-alone microdrivesI have several working QL motherboards, am in need of enclosures to make them real QL's, and have quite a few normal, stand-alone, microdrives - can …

    I have several working QL motherboards, am in need of enclosures to make them real QL's, and have quite a few normal, stand-alone, microdrives - can these be used somehow for the QL, or are they completely different?
    georgedb georgedb April 2019 Hardware
  • The unspoken question in 2001: A Space OddesseyFrom childhood I have watched this film probably more times than I can remember. As I got older it kind of appealed to me on a different level from…

    ... Odysseus.

    In the film more immediate events take ... also has regulatory functions in terms of the Discovery's operation. ... in HAL entering a "H moebius loop" (this was revealed in the ... sequel: 2010 The year we make contact ...
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2019 Chit chat
  • Flagrant Disregard For The Law In GamesPoor [b]Trashman[/b] has to dodge pavement cyclists, possible speeding cars and hit and run incidents as well as dogs that clearly are not being kept…

    ... . All of these would result in the police getting involved.

    in real life, would result in a visit from the police/council ...
    Nick Nick November 2019 Games
  • The cheating AI in old Street Fighter gamesHaving acquired a couple of decent controllers for my PC recently, I played a bunch of old fighting games on MAME today. Didn't get too far on any of…

    ... hardly played any of the games against the CPU in the last decade or ... so. Amongst them was the infamous ... . Not having played this in the arcades back in the 90s, I had no ... some of those games back in the 90s.
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG November 2019 Chit chat
  • Someone repairing ZX Spectrum in The Netherlands?Last december I bought a Spectrum 48k of an online marketplace. This week a new powersupply arrived (did not dare to try the old one) and a divMMC de…

    ... from SD cards.

    The Spectrum seems to work fine ... 't. When I push the red LED the Spectrum resets. Online I ... and desoldering/soldering. The first I can do (: The second is not ... me. Are there reliable adresses in Europe I can contact? Experience ...
    muppets4 muppets4 January 2020 Hardware
  • Are line numbers considered the first statement in the line?I'm trying to understand how BASIC variables are stored in memory using the BASIC Programming manual and am puzzled by the results of the control var…

    ... BASIC variables are stored in memory using the BASIC Programming manual ... am puzzled by the results of the control variable when ... is the statement number within the line according to the manual ... of is that the line number is considerred the first statement. ...
    LevelUp LevelUp July 2020 BASIC
  • How do you get the GRAPHICS cursor in 128 Basic?I know its something plus the 9 key but I cannot discover what! I just typed in a simple UDG maker which allocates the data to USR "P" but I even …

    I know its something plus the 9 key but I cannot discover what! I just typed in a simple UDG maker which allocates the data to USR "P" but I even tried print usr "p" after loading in the binary to make a character and that wouldn't work either.
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch October 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…

    ... provide better games, all in a plug-in upgrade... A ready- ... have suddenly started outperforming the C64 of the era, but at ... Basically just reusing the RAM that came with the speccy and treating ...
    Might that have killed the idea of building new machines ...
    cj7hawk cj7hawk September 2021 Hardware
  • Facebook groups and the people in them make me sometimes feel uneasy.I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS one) on some random subject,and recently I noticed that a member of that group a pretty Chinese girl apparently…

    I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS one) on some ... a pretty Chinese girl apparently in the USA that does not seem ... to show has started liking the posts of of my ... some way to get to the photos liked.

    ... thought I'd nip it in the bud to stop this ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk October 2022 Chit chat
  • Broken SpectrumsChaps ( & Mrs Death ), I was looking at getting some dynamic ram chips for the next phase of the Harlequin stuff, and I started thinking...... I've…

    ... /> I've been looking into the ULA in [B]much[/B] more ... causes the snow effect.
    Jrok has been grabbing some TS2068 traces with ... doing some real spectrum ULA traces so I can compare with ... out about the ULA, along with the speculative bits and oddities in a ...
    csmith csmith October 2007 Hardware
  • ULA RAS, CAS cycles, refresh and "snow effect"Hello everyone. I have a question, does anyone observed timings of RAS and CAS generated from ULA? I think there may be answer to where the "snow ef…

    ... analyser traces (with the help of Jork) which will show you how the snow ... the address on the bus being presented to the lower 16K and hence the snow ... Blog, with working schematics too in the next week or so).
    csmith csmith November 2007 Development
  • ULA RAS, CAS cycles, refresh and "snow effect"Hello everyone. I have a question, does anyone observed timings of RAS and CAS generated from ULA? I think there may be answer to where the "snow ef…

    ... ;224951]Note that the TC2048 at least displays the snow effect - I ... confirm that the TS2068 does as well (my traces show it ... happening and Jarek 'fixed' it in Andrews Spectrum ... and Z80 RAS/CAS interaction in the Spectrum. This is down to ...
    csmith csmith November 2007 Development
  • Flicker fixer for ZX 48KHas anyone the schematics for the flicker fixer: [URL]http://8bit.yarek.pl/computer/zx.48/[/URL] Micky

    ... Not sure if the traces are the same place in issue 5 and ... the test program. The ULA snow shouldn't happen anymore.
    It the snow ... is still present, a higher value for the resistor is ... this program, the screen would be full of "snow".
    [ ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix April 2010 Hardware
  • the loading screen.It wasn't so bad in the past, with all the colourful lines during the loading stage. But now that everything has improved so much it is kind of annoy…

    ... so bad in the past, with all the colourful lines during the loading stage ... emulator that will just play the game straight away? Is this ... problem or a problem with the type of file I'm ...
    darryll darryll December 2001 Emulators
  • Beginners in need of Help using WarajevoAs a newcomer to emulators I would really appreciate some help on how to use pokes (pok files) for the Warajevo emulator. I reallly don't have a clu…

    ... use pokes (pok files) for the Warajevo emulator. I reallly don ... 'm sure there are others in the same boat who would benefit ...
    Rob in Hull Rob in Hull March 2001 Emulators
  • AY in gamesMe interest, whether there is 128k modes and AY a music in the following games for ZX Spectrum?: Codemasters: Mig-29 Soviet Fighter 3D Starfighter …

    ... modes and AY a music in the following games for ZX Spectrum ... Mouse Super Cop/Murray Mouse In Mouse Mania
    Olli and ...
    Aleksey Aleksey February 2002 Games
  • Getting the ball rolling againOkay things have been a bit stale in comparison to what this forum used to be like. Too many fallouts and it is getting harder to think of new threa…

    ... />
    In recent years we have seen the success of popular ... games making it to the big screen i.e ... they try this in the 80's when the Speccy was at ... />
    So here's the challenge - your a big buff ... you want to convert to the big screen and why.< ...
    GeeKay GeeKay February 2002 Games
  • stuck in Jasper!Hi Speccy-buddies! I am playing the cool game Jasper but I am completely stuck on the screen with the two snakes. Its the screen which appears after …

    ... stuck on the screen with the two snakes. Its the screen which ... appears after you visit the well and keep walking ... can jump up the platforms to the left on the screen and jump ... fetch the rope in the tree but the tail of little Jasper touching the darn ...
    Dasse Dasse February 2002 Games
  • I can't remember the title!!Hi! I'm looking for a wonderful game I played very often on the Spectrum, but I can't remember its name! It'a sport game, even if this sport doesn'…

    ... I played very often on the Spectrum, but I can't ... you have to kick the disk... like in the hockey. But there are ... an aiming system.

    The game was almost cyan and ...
    F104 F104 January 2002 Games
  • HELP ! What was the game ?Hi I'm new to the spec emulator and loving the return of retro . Iv'e managed to identify and retrieve a number of games I once had but one I cannot …

    ... new to the spec emulator and loving the return of ... one I cannot recall the name or publisher of ... was an impressive (For the Speccy) death sequence where ... You had to plant bombs in the main colony hives , so ... this involved locating the Queen "Bee" and plant ...
    hiab-x hiab-x November 2001 Games
  • Help Again - name of the game!Thanks for the previous responses I recived however it is not Penetrator or Cavern Fighter as suggessted. Therefore I am re listing my request. (I h…

    ... on WOS starting with Scramble in the name)

    ... a Scramble type game. The mountain landscape was a ... white as the level got harder. The background was ... br />
    I think the ship was white and was ... a list of all the available scramble type games ...
    rebecca rebecca November 2001 Games
  • HELP!! The Name of the GameI am looking for the name of a game I used to play as a child. It was a Scramble type game. The mountain landscape was a thin magenta line - perhaps …

    ... a Scramble type game. The mountain landscape was a ... onto white as the level got harder. The background was ... br />
    I think the ship was white and was ... WOS starting with Scramble in the name and I know ... its not the popular penetrator.

    rebecca rebecca November 2001 Games
  • The Broken Links...well, i can say that this is the biggest database related to spectrum in the WORLD! it's updated at least one time per week, etc.... anyway, i've see…

    ... that this is the biggest database related to spectrum in the WORLD! it ... peoples saying that most of the games in the Archieve have broken links ... , if you look just on the left of any games name ... you'll be taken to the WOS search, and as you ...
    SpeccY AlieN SpeccY AlieN October 2001 Games
  • New policy regarding denied game requests in the phorumHi folks, Unfortunately people just go on asking for denied games and others are very eager to point them to it by e-mail or links. Since this is ab…

    ... to gain free distribution from the copyright holders, there's going ...
    Martijn van der Heide Martijn van der Heide October 2001 Games
  • The early daysWe all know about the huge amount of classics that came out for the Spectrum, and the particularly hot period between 1984 and 1986, but I don't know…

    ... that came out for the Spectrum, and the particularly hot period between ... much about great games released in the first 12 months or so ...
    Spector Spector September 2001 Games
  • the hobbitWHY !!!! now - 15 years on i'm once again stuck IN THE ELVES DUNGEON - AND I CANT USE THE BARREL TO GET THROUGH THE TRAP DOOR !!!!! it was irritati…

    WHY !!!! now - 15 years on i'm once again stuck IN THE ELVES DUNGEON - AND I CANT USE THE BARREL TO GET THROUGH THE TRAP DOOR !!!!! it was irritating enough when i was 12
    Rob Rob August 2001 Games
  • What was the first thing you did with your spectrum?This is like an addition to Stuarts topic what made you buy your spectrum,,,,ok what i want to know from you lot is when you got your speccy home,or …

    ... ,or unwrapped what was the first thing you did ... did was type in that music program in the little orange ... called getting started with the spectrum,cant remember now ... ,,i think it was the death march or somethin ... experiance...so what was the first thing you lot ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr August 2001 Games
  • IT Here !!, The STP Project (MIS 2)Hi Folks, No one seemed to be excited about my previous announcment of a MIS 2 project. Anyway, the name has been changed to protect the innocent an…

    ... project.
    Anyway, the name has been changed to ... protect the innocent and it's ... br /> Working with the TZX Vault, it's the best way to ... isn't already available in the TZX format on WOS ... soon.

    Let the project begin !

    ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker January 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Zenobi Adventures, and others for that matter.Hi Folks, You might have already seem my latest MIS Update which contains a lot of Zenobi titles. Actually it doesn't cos we're not allowed to yet …

    ... would fill the gaps that we have left in the MIS/ ... Zenobi Software
    House, The Jack Lockerby/Zenobi Software
    Number Six In The Village 1987 Zenobi Software< ... School/Zenobi Software
    Snow Joke 1991 Zenobi Software< ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker October 2001 MIA/STP/SDP
  • what made the spectrum.........what in your opinion made the zx spectrum's so popular in the 80's and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave

    what in your opinion made the zx spectrum's so popular in the 80's and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

    octave
    octave octave February 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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