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Public domain day[url]http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/01/01/wikimedia-uk-celebrates-public-domain-day/[/url] Wikimedia UK is celebrating “Public Domain Day,R…
... year in the United Kingdom, copyright expires on published works by ... . Works by these individuals fall into the Public Domain in the UK ... . This year, the poetry ... of W. B. Yeats, the early works of Sigmund Freud, and Arthur ... -
How do you start?ok just humour me, ive always wanted to code but never got round to it apart from the real basics ie:- 10 print "hello" 20 print 30 goto 10 i coul…
... round to it apart from the real basics
ie ... time create and get onto the speccy user defined graphics, but ... you learn all the specifics of the inner works of the speccy to know ... /> yours
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Need help with controls in some programI've been able to preserve some software for WOS recently. Among the titles there is a Polish drawing utility called Graphic's Master. The WOS entry…
... WOS recently.
Among the titles there is a Polish ... utility called Graphic's Master. The WOS entry for it is ... But here is a problem. The original isn't responsive to ... /> To make things interesting, the crack works correctly with Kempston.
Wav to tape not possible?!In most of the cases it is not possible for me to make a tape record from a wav file via Pc/soundcard to the taperecorder. Wav file via PC/soundcar…
... file via Pc/soundcard to the taperecorder.
... via PC/soundcard directly to the ZX48K works very well.
... different taperecorders. Only the programs Pi and Defenda works.
On the Pc I use the programs Audacity and Windows ...Spectrum 2+ - problem with joystickHi. I have got a little problem but hope, you could help me. Few days ago i bought the zx spectrum 2+ computer. The machine works perfectly, same as…
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bought the zx spectrum 2+ computer. The machine works perfectly, same as ... QuickJoy
JetFighter SV-126 (the new one). Salesman warranted me ... work. Do you know where the problem lies? Is
that ...Xpectroid Android ZXSpectrum Emulator TESTI'm working in a port of the iphone iXpectrum emulator, A.K.A GP2Xpectrum to the Android Platform... Since i haven't an android phone yet (i plan to…
... performance,
if the sound or the image stutters, etc
By now, the emulator works with the d-pad and menu ... multitouch, so the touch control works only to test the emulator (you ... cant walk and jump at the ...Static vs stacked local variables in z88dkHello everyone. I'm doing a program for Spectrum 48KB with z88dk v1.8 (XX Mar 2008), and I eventually discovered that if your local variables in fun…
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This code works fine with optimizer off, but ... live in the stack (by removing the 'static' modifier), the code works well with ... optimizer on, but the resulting ...Switch on +3 disk driveI'm testing a CPC6128 disk drive in a +3, and I've found that some kind of switch is badly damaged. The switch is connected to a pad labeled SW2 in t…
... is badly damaged. The switch is connected to ... a pad labeled SW2 in the board.
The disk drive doesn't run ... unprotected). The original disk drive of the +3 works as expected ... , so there is no problem inside the ...Who can fix my Flash programmer code?I have a problem with some code, it doesn't work and I don't have any idea what it's trying to do, or failing to do! The code in question is the fla…
... on in the code. The bug seems to be where the tape loading ... to step over all the checks in the debugger to get back ... ).
maybe once the software works properly I'll be spurred ... on to getting the boards manufactured ...divIDE not working with my Spectrum +2aHi I bought a divIDE 57c and I am told that Fatware is flashed to divIDE. I tried following jumper settings: E E+A A and no jumper at all. When res…
... no divIDE logo. When pressing the NMI Button nothing happens.
Besides that, the speccy works fine.
Thanks and BROnly 300MB ?I was watching the TV program Caprica, and one of the characters says to another "[I]The human brain can only store around 300 megabytes of informati…
... seems woefully, exponentially short of the mark.
Now ... lost for ever, as the writer of the story didn't understand ... one at the moment knows even remotely how the brain works, or how ... ) anything, you simply lose the ability to access that memory ...LeaderBoard-FamousCoursesOfTheWorldVolume1Every time i play this on emulator, either spectaculator or spin, it crashes at the 2nd or 3rd hole, usually just locks up while drawing the course. …
... just locks up while drawing the course. seems to be random ... then after reloading the main code I load the 3rd hole first ... anybody actually confirm if this works on real hardware - has ... i'm talking about the Famous Courses Vol 1, the original works fine...ART: classical music video loopsanyone familiar with works of a video artist (or filmmaker?) who makes infinite loops for classical music - featured, with actors, costumes etc. lik…
anyone familiar with works of a video artist (or ... just walking it endlessly during the music, perhaps Ravel's Bolero ... />
anyone knows the name of the artist or the mentioned works?
ColumnsThis game from CEZ GS is giving me some problems...when I load the game in 48k mode, the game works, I mean you can play, but there are corrupt graph…
This game from CEZ GS is giving me some problems...when I load the game in 48k mode, the game works, I mean you can play, but there are corrupt graphics in the game...should we call it only 128k or 48/128k, Martijn?Help with loaderHelp! I have been racking my brains for too long, and so it?s time to ask for help. Kyd Cadet II is about 98% complete now and I am trying to put to…
... has an understanding of how the memory works and would really appreciate ... some help.
I have the ... the right location and LOADing the right code at the right time in the ...Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
... 9MB (uncompressed and without the FMV) and the Gameboy ROM is 256K ... already started converting some of the Color Gameboy graphics with ... and Alien Breed on the Amiga. Both the PC and Gameboy versions ... use of colour. The game works like Zelda on the SNES, that is ...128+ and Divide+ not working togetheri think theres something wrong with my 128 (toastrack), divide+ just wont work on it, corrupted screen on bootup and with big thick black bars rollin…
... thick black bars rolling down the screen too, any ideas people ... add that the 128 works fine without it and the divide+ works well in ...How to clean up video output to TFT LCD - Spectrum 48kHi, I hope that there is an easy answer to this question. I have modded the RF socket on my 48k Spectrum to output composite video as described in t…
... Dell e197FP). Over all the system works however I would like to ... make the picture more "crisp". ...
The image below shows the ... "1982 Sinclair Research Ltd" the letters all have a higlighted ...timex 2040 printerVery little used Timex 2040 printer to a new [B]caring[/B] home. Around one roll of paper printed. Still some half or so roll left (loaded into the p…
... roll left (loaded into the printer). I have ... not used nor tried the printer since 1989 :smile ... was fully functional. The printer works fine with 48K speccy ... plug.
The price is postage & packaging ... Below is a picture of the printer.
...A clever method of using a single 8-bit register to be used for two things at a timeI don't know if this is the way the SAVE routine in the Spectrum works. Anyway, this is what I've learned today. I've been commented the disassembly…
... this is the way the SAVE routine in the Spectrum works. Anyway, ... been commented the disassembly of the "save_bytes" routine of the Jupiter ACE ... I tried to understand the logic behind the piece of code that ... couldn't figure the structure of the loop that is ...Little problem with ladders in AGD 2.6Hello! I thought I'd while away a sleepless night playing with Jonathan Cauldwell's AGD. I've designed some blocks, a screen layout, and a sprite, …
... replace LADDERUP with CANGOUP the code works fine, though my sprite ... point me in the right direction? The manual is sparse ... example game, and found the correct functions are actually LADDERABOVE ... - despite what it says in the manual.[/COLOR]
...+3 disks and IPF formatIn order to avoid derailing the Spectaculator 7.5 release thread, I've created this thread for further discussion of the IPF format for +3 disks that…
... not sure if that works under the license agreement, calling 3rd ... would theoretically work under the license agreement (for separate ...
I agree with the comments that the emergence of IPF as ... part of the picture and that the library works very differently ...New drive belt on a +2.. er.. problem!Hi again, still working on my +2s.. I replaced the belts and it's good, it's working. However, now, the drive is very noisy, erratic and slow. I've…
... it's working. However, now, the drive is very noisy, erratic ... ve tracked it down to the the pause pin.... it's pressed ... against the main spindle, and looks ... the added friction, the speed is compromised. If I disable the pin, the drive works ...ZX Spin loading problemsHello everyone. I'm having some problems loading tape files (particularly TZX files) into Spin. Most of the time they load fine and the game works a…
... Most of the time they load fine and the game works and everything ... again it 'crashes' back to the (c)1982 Sinclair Research ( ... I'm emulating at the time). Sometimes the problem just fixes itself ... technically known as 'disruption of the chuntey', or is there ...Interface 1 - a proper fix?Hi everybody, Over the last few days I've been looking at Interface 1's again. I keep coming up against the "spins forever" problem, i.e. writing to…
... , i.e. writing to the drive works fine, but reading files just ... makes the microdrive spin ad infinitum ... explain why writing works (MD's format, but the formatting never ends ...QL in bits from car boot saleI was at the car boot sale today, and I bought the following for ?40: * Spectrum+ * Tape recorder * An external Microdrive (no Interface 1 unfortuna…
... be to see if the mobo works... would just plugging it ... custom case (maybe that explains the hacksawed bottom and keyboard?). ... However, the instructions for the PS/2 keyboard say ... would be how to attach the microdrives?
Finally, ...automatic relocating of non-relocatable codeI was pondering upon the problem of changing absolute addresses used by CALL, JP, etc. when code is moved, without reassembling at the new location; …
... no command to retrieve the value in the PC register. I ... to save it within the bounds of the assembled code, but ... to where the code will actually be located. The routine works for ... negative displacements as well (ie. where the code ...Streams - File HandlingHello there my fellow WoS'ers I am attempting to write a Z80 / Snapshot Launching program that is based on a category of files # - Z whereby each f…
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The above works and prints out the text in the file -
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Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
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The main computer and the monitor:
The monitor isn't ... the other video port and flicking the switch.
Sure enough :) The Spectrum works ... on this monitor just great!
I didn't have the ...
