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External Speccy CommunicationHow does a speccy communicate with the outside world ?? Do you have to have the interface 1 for serial communications ( rs232 ) or are there other p…
... ;152080]Not sure I understand, BUT I thought a null modem ... i'm a bit off-topic, but I'd like to bust ... -
Features that emulators don't haveI believe most of us use more than one emulator, mainly because there isn't one emulator that has all the features we need or want to use. We also kn…
... can do this - if you turn off the audio enhancements and then ... -
Hard drive crash - any help?My HD has crashed, the OS is Windows 2000 Server. Right at the start of the boot process it says "Error loading operating system". Running the reco…
... movies and stuff I downloaded but hadn't got around to ... 'll try to salvage something off it, but at the moment I ... -
Hard drive crash - any help?My HD has crashed, the OS is Windows 2000 Server. Right at the start of the boot process it says "Error loading operating system". Running the reco…
... 'll try to salvage something off it, but at the moment I ... -
one more, please...encouraged by meating chinese jungler again after some 20 years, i'd have a question more. i am looking for a "game" or "sim", where you just bet on …
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Anyone still use their Spectrum?I mean, with the quality of emulation available, does anyone still hook up the spectrum and load from tapes? I still have my Spectrum + and it's in p…
... 1 TS1000 and a ZX81, but I'm about to receive ... 7" NTSC/PAL lcd tv, but had it shipped to Portugal ... Sintech or a PAL2NTSC converter off eBay, but that will have to ... -
Beautiful songs?Since I'm bored (I'm downloading Ubuntu Linux, I thought I'd give it a go, as I'm curious about Linux), and couldn't think what else to post whle I w…
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ZXF11 now available!To celebrate 25 years of Spectrum computing, ZXF magazine has returned with a special celebratory issue! Before I give you the link, a couple of poi…
... I wasn't aware off (e.g. BBC BASIC for Z80). Nice ... -
Autorun BASIC programsIs it possible to write a basic program which will autorun after typing in LOAD ""? Thanks
[QUOTE=aowen;164749]Not sure off hand, but if not the same effect can be achieved with:
SAVE "name" CODE 16384,49152: GO TO n[/QUOTE]
Would not work in case the stack points to somewhere else before load. ;) -
So, who's entering the csscgc 2007?Anybody entering the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Copmo 2007? I'm thinking of entering this year. I put two games in in 2005, Kilroy's Caravan Caper…
I'm sure I'll put one in eventually. I'm still waiting for inspiration to strike, but the basic plan is to come up with a bright idea and then spend a couple of hours with BASin completely messing it up. :smile: -
Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... perfect case for bit operators but unfortunately BASIC doesn't have them ... -
How to install fuse in Ubuntu? Warning: Newbie trying to escape from MicrosoftThe title says everything. I have downloaded and decompressed fuse-0.8.0.tar.gz and I don't know what to do. Synaptic doesn't have fuse, and I haven'…
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How to install fuse in Ubuntu? Warning: Newbie trying to escape from MicrosoftThe title says everything. I have downloaded and decompressed fuse-0.8.0.tar.gz and I don't know what to do. Synaptic doesn't have fuse, and I haven'…
[QUOTE=Philip Kendall;189744]It's just a usage indicator: it will be green when the tape's playing (you may need to turn off tape traps to see this).[/QUOTE]
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Best 128k music?I just played Moley Christmas and it has a surprisingly brilliant 128k soundtrack for a free cover game. It's got me in the mood to look for other e…
Not 128K, so probably off topic, but remember the music in The Sentinel (48K)? Very, very brief, but extremely atmospheric. And better on the Spectrum than on any other machine, as far as I can remember. -
Sceen$ helpMost people have used screen$ at some time or another and for me what I want to do is use it or something like it as a start screen before the game p…
... , I will remember that, but the basic code is a corking place ... -
Sceen$ helpMost people have used screen$ at some time or another and for me what I want to do is use it or something like it as a start screen before the game p…
... , I will remember that, but the basic code is a corking place ... -
So far so good sound and visionPlease bare in mind the following 1) When I had a spectrum, I never tried writing anything that was arcade, graphically interesting or had any sound…
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a BASIC (and I mean basic!!) program where you typed ... /> Anyway most people managed this but I blitzed everybody's marks ... />
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Who wants spam email?Sorry for the rant but... [email]john.fleet@northtyneside.gov.uk[/email] Has kindly sent me an (unsolicited) email telling me: "See the attachment…
... did my usual p*ss off email but on my 'secret' hotmail ... still going on and on but i've had to block ... get spam email fair enough but i never asked to be ... -
CampingWhen I was a kid, I watched a film on TV. I was mebbe 10 at the time can't really remember. It put me off camping - never been - never wanted to. I…
... witch put me more off camping, but it can't be that ... -
Blitz Basic questionHello my saucy lil code-kippers... I'm crap at making games. Sorry but I am, but it doesn't stop me from trying. Oh, actually, it has! You see,…
... /> BlitzMax is cross platform but Blitz Basic, Blitz 3D and Blitz+ are ... -
Load Mp3 Or Wav To Spectrum128I would like to use my mp3 player for loading games to my spectrum 128. does anyone knows such a procedure?
... up volume on mp3
Turn off Bass boost etc on MP3 ... -
stewis there a difference between stew and casserole? i looked on wikifoodia and they said there was a very fine line between the two, i think the later …
Off topic, but relevant: Whilst carrying camera equipment ... -
stewis there a difference between stew and casserole? i looked on wikifoodia and they said there was a very fine line between the two, i think the later …
[QUOTE=DEATH;201347]Off topic, but relevant: Whilst carrying camera equipment from my home to somebody elses[/QUOTE]
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HTML for beginnersI will be tidying up the first couple of chapters of this course this weekend, so if anyone wants to learn HTML drop me an email and I will forward w…
... is a very simple rule. Turn off style sheets and images. If ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... seemingly simple premise to start off with, but it somehow it draws ... -
Anyone into anime?Hi I was just wondering whether any fellow WOSers are into anime at all? If you are, then I strongly recommend you watch a series called Monster. …
... is bloody confusing to start off with, but worth perservering with. -
Speccy emulators on Mac OS X (Tiger)Need an easy to use Speccy emu for my Mac. That's it.
... -time loading, then you just turn off tape traps and fast loading ... -
getting files onto disks for +3sI'm starting to get exasperated now! How can I get spectrum programs onto 3.5" disks to use with my +3. I used to have a sure fire method, that worke…
... boot it off a pendrive and do file transfers off that, but the ... -
no more paradise cafe???I recomended the site to a friend of mine who used to love spectrum games...and one game he wanted to download was "paradise Caf?" (wich has a sort o…
... least...the game was totally off taste...but in a sick way ... -
Platform Game Designer 2?I've started tinkering around with some code today and have decided upon a number of handy little features that it would be nice to have. For the li…
... to use ladder squares which turn it off completely. Design your screens ... of space blocks and you turn off gravity, handy for other types ...
