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Returning zx spectrum +3 owner - a few questionsHi everyone I'm a returning +3 owner, my spectrum has been dug out of the loft, not used since 1998. My setup was a +3 with a multiface 3 and a e…
... discs. I was lucky to get a DSDD with jumpers ( ... you can set the drive to A: by shorting another pin ... roms to make it a +3e, can I still use the ... sound mod by adding a resistor to the transistor. TR5 ... my joystick ports is damaged, is it easy to find a ... -
A ZX Printer returns to actionAfter quite some messing about, I've got my second printer working. There were 2 reasons it sat idle (apart from the obvious being it's a sh*tty 30 y…
... printer) were:
- Blew a speccy TR4 just by being ... plugged in!
- Had a 'header' missing from the belt ... belt, I had a disaster. During attempts to attach a new header I ... , so I'm going use my experience to try the method detailed ... -
The RZX Request ThreadI have no idea if anything like this has ever been tried - but given that I am only a very occasional visitor these days I'd hope you all don't mind …
... are enough people left to give this a go...
to have a go but I ... to figure out which control keys I need to pick up a weapon or a ... idea why. Also, I use FUSE on my Mac and ... and I don't have a joystick or a gamepad either.
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New Game (2016 revival): A Yankee in Iraq (1992)Hello everyone, Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I…
... figured out how to load a headerless BASIC file to reduce the overall ... the pilot of a helicopter on a mission to bomb the palace ... for fire, and “9” to drop bombs. Use the “Up” and “Down ... “Fire” to confirm your choice. If you choose Kempston joystick, you get ... -
Using a modern music player to send programs to Spectrum/ZX81.Dear All, this is my first post! I have read many related posts but in none (that I have read) I have found an answer to my problem. I have bo…
... to my problem.
I have bought a Spectrum 48k and a ... files and sent them to my phone, a Sony Z5, and tried ... a thing a friend told me about his Spectrum+, that he had to use a ... very high volume to send the programs to the computer ... -
MSX joystick to kempston interface?Although I have tried and got one MSX joystick working with a kempston interface, after looking at the pin-out of the MSX Joystick connector and the …
... got one MSX joystick working with a kempston interface, after ... -out of the MSX Joystick connector and the kempston ... connector I started to wonder if it is ... ok (safe?) to actually join them.
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New here? Looking for a solution to a problem with your coding? Read onThis observation is for the benefit of newcomers especially those learning to program. This site - World of Spectrum - is a resource of immense va…
... it, organize it and use it to produce a book that would probably ... 't have a printer and (b) couldn't afford to use all the ... ink it would need to capture every ... being transferred to a more modern one, thats a nightmare of a job even ... -
Zx Baby - a new approachBack a while ago i asked around at WOS about toddler and kids games in spectrum since i have a girl of 7 months growing fast. We reached the right…
... i could still do to use the ZX on this ... And it finally came to me the realization that i ... so. But there is a way to succeed for toddlers.
to get toddlers attention. So ... the toddlers would just pick a joystick, move it around and ... -
ComCon interface with an auto-fire joystick is possible?I need a little advice on this one, please! I have a konix speedking, with two fire buttons and auto-fire switch. I can use it with the comcon int…
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I have a konix speedking, with two fire ... fire switch. I can use it with the comcon ...
Is there a way to change the pcb in order ... -fire circuit inside the joystick on their own wires ... , i would have to change the joystick cable for one with ... -
The ideal USB "emulation" joystick. I used to be happy using emulation with a Dual Shock 3 Playstation joystick . It works and has loads of control buttons that can be configured with…
... a Dual Shock 3 Playstation joystick . It works and has loads of control ... all up properly to work with a joystick . I began to think about the ... style Atari style joystick and then a kit to convert it to USB added ... -
Joystick interface with more than 6 linesDoes anyone know of any joystick interfaces that have more than the usual 6 lines connected. Surely if you connected all 9 lines you could use a 4 bu…
Does anyone know of any joystick interfaces that have more than ... all 9 lines you could use a 4 button game pad on ... , even one that allowed a 2 button joystick would improve games like ... green beret where you have to use ... -
ZX Diagnostics v0.35 ReleasedHi all, I'm pleased to announce the release of zx-diagnostics v0.35, downloadable from [url="https://github.com/brendanalford/zx-diagnostics/relea…
... (v0.35) onwards. Use v0.33 if you ... br /> - Allow Kempston/Sinclair joystick to select testcard / ULA / ... control keys to be friendlier, along with a general revamp
- Add message to ... /ALTPATB fencepost errors causing writes to ROM
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How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
This is all completely new to me, so please be ... address can be altered to point to the ram.
... Exolon don't seem to use this. In fact the ... has a pointer to 65536, and Commando still points to the ... So I think some games use their own character printing ... -
Quidditch would be a brilliant game on the Spectrum!For me, the best part of the Potter books and films were the Quidditch matches. Man, what I wouldn't give to be able to play it for real. It doesnt r…
... could be fun having a range of broomsticks to choose from probably ... Chaser to Seeker and it would be an ideal 2 player joystick ... the appearance slightly though for a game to be developed privately it ... /> I'd give the computer control of the Beaters/Bludgers as ... -
Key repeat weirdness with EI & IYI finally (after 35 years!) decided to write something a) for 48k speccy b) in z80 assembler. It's been over 20 years since I've written anything in …
... /> The next thing was to create a keyboard and joystick routines. What I ... have now is a routine that ... sprite whenever I use keyboard to control the sprite. If I use kempston, everything ... -
A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…
... sure B is zero; otherwise, use a 16-bit register
;pair ... Keys table:
;Col 1: control number
;Col 2: ... key_check
call $28e ;use KEY-SCAN to fetch key code and ... />
ld a,e ;load A with E to compare
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Control De Sprites - simple exampleHi, I have been looking for a routine to use Sprites in basic. I found Control Dr Sprites, which looks really powerful, but the instructions are in S…
... looking for a routine to use Sprites in basic. I found Control Dr Sprites ... anyone know how to use control de sprites to simply display a sprites at an ... , but could not figure out a simple example. Many thanks, Rick -
Is there a definitive list of +3 Disk Protections and how to identify them?Looking to find a list of all the disk protections employed on +3 disks and ways to recognize them. Currently I use a PC program called DIM (Disk …
Looking to find a list of all the ... ways to recognize them.
Currently I use a PC ... program called DIM (Disk Image Manager) to inspect ... ?), Virus, Bubble Bobble (seems to be same as Virus), X ... -Out and a few others!
Dear Santa for my Christmas present I would like any one of the followingThe complete Spectrum NEXT in the new design case, with a full manual and maxed out with all the options - please! A working Timex 2068 with power s…
... the best, easiest to use, suite of tools to make programming easier and ... to program the Speccy in machine code.
A joystick that plugs into a ... PC and will control games via ...A snapshot to transfer converterI'm programming a tool that takes an snapshot file and convert it to a tape file that mimics those created with transfers. This is a long term projec…
... snapshot file and convert it to a tape file that mimics those ... much. It converts a given sna file to a tap file that ... mimics a transtape saved game ... , Phoenix and HILOW).
- Use optimizations (Phoenix shorten loading times ...9-pin to USB joystick interface solutionI was looking for a quick and easy way to make a 9-pin joystick to USB interface for an emulator - in this instance Fuse on a Pi, and discovered that…
... and easy way to make a 9-pin joystick to USB interface for an ... emulator - in this instance Fuse on a ... with the built-in 'Examples\joystick\Gamepad Example' does the job ... great in my Pi-in-a-speccy project!
...How to make fuse to auto boot into esxdos with loading tap file after esxdos bootFound this very interesting article from ub880d on: http://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1009#p1009 Hi, regardless the fact that there is no…
... is nothing like esxdos emulation needed ;] (esxdos is just a z80 asm program ... which emulator just have to run ... is a way how to make fuse to auto boot into esxdos with loading ...How to convert a video to THIS specific format?Hello, all.. Our school has an old Exterity digital display which plays MPG format videos. It's used in our corridor areas for "welcome to the sch…
... we've converted PowerPoint slides to videos using PowerVideoMaker.
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I was hoping to use something FREE like Handbrake or ... in Handbrake or AnyVideoConverter to play on these display ... FREEWARE I can use to convert an MP4 to a matching format?
ZY10, a tool to store and display some small bitmapped imagesZY10 Builder ============ Download at: https://www.sendspace.com/file/rncgbo ZY10 is a file format/tool to store some small images on the Spec…
... I just wanted to make a simple windows tool to add and display ... , then let it convert to a spectrum format, and then ... 4 - 252 Bytes - Assembly code to use to recall the images.
to use it. This is also just a simple first version to< ...Joystick questionHello there, I have just purchased the zxspectrum4.net emulator for my Windows10 laptop and wanted to play some of the games with a joystick. Will a …
... wanted to play some of the games with a joystick. Will a normal USB joystick ... work? Will a USB joypad ... it that you good people use?
Thanks,
AndyJoystick questionHello there, I have just purchased the zxspectrum4.net emulator for my Windows10 laptop and wanted to play some of the games with a joystick. Will a …
... wanted to play some of the games with a joystick. Will a normal USB joystick ... work? Will a USB joypad ... it that you good people use?
Thanks,
Andyusing the out command to make sound on a spectrumi remember reading somewhere on how to use the out command to make sound. i cant find a reference to this anywhere online. i think it may have caused…
i remember reading somewhere on how to use the out command to make sound. i cant find a reference to this anywhere online. i think it may have caused the border to flash? i need the out codes.Replacing voltage regulators - need to sanity check a few things pleaseHi Everyone I'm in the process (with a lot of help from some friends at Greenford Computer Club), of giving my three Speccys some much needed prev…
... we are planning to replace this with a Traco Power TSR ... its legacy regulator, or whether to use something lower-rated, such as ... now enough clearance room to add a heatsink to the the ULA without ... needing to desocket it, right ...Modifying a speccy to +5v only operation.Just a thought experiment so far. Let's say i wanted to make a more resilient spectrum by getting rid of the DC-DC converter circuit. This would remo…
... 's say i wanted to make a more resilient spectrum by ... The lower ram is easy to get around. Replace the ... there any expansion cards that use upper pin 22/23 ( ... br /> I would fit a Traco 5v 7805 switch mode ... and power the speccy from a laptop power supply.
...ZEsarUX Beta 8.1Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 BETA version. You can download compiled versions for Windows, Mac, and the source code from: https://gith…
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Added sending anonymous statistics use
Added setting --disablemenuandexit: it ... : to change keyboard state and joystick
-write-port: write value to a port ...
Fixed f_seek call on esxdos handler
Fixed segfault error ...
