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Keeping up to date with PC builds.I only do PC builds infrequently and I have stopped reading Micro-Mart so my abilities in the area can languish pretty quickly. But if it is new i…
... had used an old worn out Hard Drive for the Windows ... it worked (unlike the later type) . We used the Samsung in house ... software to clone the main drive ... />
This is probably one of the last upgrades I will do on ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... then completed on the PC at the dawn of the COVID crisis. ... over a lot of the cracks but the ending feels very ... if you buy a used copy of the original it won' ... like a distant prototype of the 2016 [i]Doom[/i ... because last year I went to Hong Kong, and the game ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
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It's the polar opposite to the theme of the originals love and ... Ellie may actually be the "bad" guy out of the two. Yes, Abby ... br />
I loved the last scene with Ellie and Joel ... was one of the hardest bits of the whole game). After the bit I ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... Souls - and finished a few of the worlds already. Guess I'm ... enough stamina left to get the last attack in. But I thought ... Black Tendency and opens up bits of the level that stay open forever ... 's harder to achieve - one of the ways is to kill a ... -
Looking for Woody's old DiskBuilder utilityI used to have it many moons ago. It writes a +3 .dsk with bin files and had a nice loader with AY player. I used to use it to put loads of games on …
... don't have code in last 512 bytes use this in ... (JP 49152).
You need the last byte of the mlz file to match or ... be slightly greater than the uncompressed game.
[code ... run build.cmd to make the disk.
Example .dsk ... -
Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…
... screen byte "11000100". ANDing the incoming pixel with the complement of the screen byte shows where the ... position until ANDing with the complement of the screen byte doesn't change. That ... /> A pattern fill using this last method can be completed on ... -
Were the full Sinclair Loki specs ever actually known?I was just curious. A lot was leaked to the media, but the exact specs seem different depending on source. Some say it could support up to 512x256 an…
... /> Also they discovered that the intended refresh of the 16K byte ‘lower’ RAM did ... . It was lucky that the DRAM chips used could retain their data ... incorporated into the larger 128K ULA, extra chips were used including a ... -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... .g. in Aliens, the added bits of the planet before the Marines arrive take away ... with a lot of other ideas Cameron has used himself before. But ... those aren't really criticisms - the story ... -
spdif adapterIs there some kind of adapter that would allow direct loading of data from spdif? I mean lossless data like dat/cd.. (to avoid long and unreliable l…
... .5MHz (21 cycles/byte) runs at a maximum of 166KB/sec. An ... unrolled INI stream (16 cycles/byte) is ... popular, and no doubt consumers of the time were far more likely ... long as you only use the most significant valid bits of the signal. -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... make me start to resent the source material![/quote]
... hopefully next season will be the final one because I think ... - his redemption arc last season was one of the best bits of the entire Karate Kid ... s rumours going round that the cast want Will Smiths ... -
Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... that a large portion of the Tory party would quite ... justification to finally sell off the bits of the NHS they haven't ... an insurance based system like the US instead (guaranteeing they ... the pandemic had been used to bolster that argument, regardless of ... -
Ukraine CrisisThe other thread got a bit muddled and I wanted to start one on more recent, hopeful (even if only slightly) developments. https://www.reuters.com…
... might want to take note of the last European dictator who tried to ... -Jewish mafia” and whose deputy used an antisemitic slur to describe ... be used “to provide arms, training or other assistance to the Azov ... -
Ukraine CrisisThe other thread got a bit muddled and I wanted to start one on more recent, hopeful (even if only slightly) developments. https://www.reuters.com…
... might want to take note of the last European dictator who tried to ... how do you negotiate with the likes of the Ukrainian AZOV Movement / Battalion ... be used “to provide arms, training or other assistance to the Azov ... -
Cost of Living CrisisThere's a cost of living crisis going on. Fuel, gas, food. fags, you name it, it's on the up. Wages and benefits stagnant. One needs a mortgage for a…
... I got on the US housing marking on the back of the last recession, but ... deal with demand during the pandemic. Consequently, the used car market has gotten ... apparently limted the amount of fuel available and been used as an excuse ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... is work out the screen address of the top line of the cell (use ... a lookup table of 24x2 ... the loop and not used IX register ;)
I used ... 4 bytes of data... first 2 are the address of the 8 byte bitmap ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... is work out the screen address of the top line of the cell (use a ... unrolled the loop and not used IX register ;)
I used a ... 4 bytes of data... first 2 are the address of the 8 byte bitmap I ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... (jr nc, .notatline24) instead of the zero flag. You may need ... pass the length of the string (either put a 0 byte at the end of the string ... 0
or OR the last byte of the string with 128 and handle ... /> str dc "text" ; dc ORs the last byte with #80 -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... jr nc, .notatline24) instead of the zero flag. (May need to ... the length of the string (either put a 0 byte at the end of the ...
or OR the last byte of the string with 128 and handle ... str dc "text" ; dc ORs the last byte with #80[/quote]
Machine Code ChallengeHere's a challenge for all you Z80 programmers. Points to be awarded for elegance and brevity. (I haven't got the solution either) HL addresses the …
... addresses the first of a number of contiguous bytes in memory the number of bytes ... being held in the B register ... is to ensure that the bit to the right of any bit that ... is set then bit 7 of the next byte should be set.
Looking for a printerDoes anyone know where the best place is to buy a printer for the spectrum is? Also which is the best model to have? I'm learning to program on my …
... to buy a printer for the spectrum is? Also which ... that i can print out bits of the code. If i'm ... current spectrum users :) Keep the machine alive is what i ... i find programming on the spectrum much more fun and ... of a lot easier too :)
Sorry for the ...What in GOD'S NAME...?!?I've reached the end of the last level of Ghosts 'n' Goblins, after sailing through the second level (I remember it being SOOOO much harder when I wa…
... reached the end of the last level of Ghosts 'n' Goblins, after sailing through the second ... on a platform, and two of the flying goblins attack you...but ... them? I can't reach the princess as I'm on ... the platform below, and there doesn' ...speculatorcan any1 please e-mail a copy of the last free version of the spectaculator emu. ive tried the new shareware 1 and loved it but i just have'nt got th…
... copy of the last free version of the spectaculator emu. ive tried the new ... belongs to the world!!!
(Qoute from the movie "ANTI ... the path to greater things GRIM
Do it for the love of the ... game, not the fame (or the cash!!!)
Zombies/AlienAt one of my earliest Microfairs (circa 1983), I bought for ?2 a twin game tape, with Zombies (a clone of the old game of which the coin-op Berzerk i…
... Zombies (a clone of the old game of which the coin-op Berzerk ... one side and Alien on the other.
Does ... the author?? ISTR Zombies was some years later published in one of the ... mags, one of the last type-in listings...ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 27 September 2004Monday 27 September 2004 Crash 1991/92, and loads of new stuff * I've finally got round to OCRing the tips from Crash 1992, and a few I missed from…
... Online for providing scans of the missing issues. The new entries are:
of the Yolkfolk ,
Dragontorc , Extreme , Lords of Chaos ,
Lords of Midnight ... /> (Actually did this as part of the last update, but neglected to add ...Censorship alive and kicking in WoS forumsLocking threads is one thing, selectively removing posts is another. Everything posted after midnight in that 'speccy maps' thread has been removed. …
... understand it either as most of the last posts (not just by ... ]ied games on one of the sites, but that I ... of the rest of the posts (as I remember) consisted of most of us asking for the ... many posts removed from the end of the thread, whilst everything prior ...Nebulus.As we are speaking so much about recordings of completed games on this forum, I have a question about people's opinion here. On HARP Spectrum Zone w…
... as possible, or take the risky way of leeching points by dropping ... away on one of the last towers by climbing all the way up, and ... don't blew it at the bottom of the tower.
... a recording on HARP of a completed game of The Detective. Not that ...spectaculator wherewhere can i get hold of the last free version on spectaculator 5.2 i believe it is? [ This Message was edited by: chop983 on 2005-02-16 09:22 ]
where can i get hold of the last free version on spectaculator 5.2 i believe it is?
[ This Message was edited by: chop983 on 2005-02-16 09:22 ]IN Port FE bit 6 confusionI know I've got this wrong. Tapes load fine but it all feels messy. Currently my emulator does this: Sets bit 6 of the result to 0. If (and only if…
... only if) bit 7 of the high byte of the address is 0 then bit ... the bit to a 1 on the final edge of the final bit of the final byte ... then the game will ...
