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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…
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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…
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text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... most significant bit set, you print it as a character, but if ... it has the most significant bit set, you ... by using a 5 bit character set and stored the data compactly ... -
Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... the amount of money (initially set to 30000). I thought that ... address could be POKEd to set the amount of money, but ... 'll try to redo the character set. That way the whole game ... several times. I found 2 character sets in 49184 and 52394. -
Budget GamesWhch is your favourite Speccy budget game? *And I don't mean full price re-releases* There were some real class Speccy games that you could pick up …
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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... attach a full 64-column character set to the binary. Redoing the ... smarter about only attaching that character set when absolutely necessary.
Point-and-Click AdventuresI was just rooting around some of my old ZX tapes and I stumbled upon (more like "picked up") a couple of "point-and-click" style adventures. That's …
... , though: I found the fractured character set uncomfortable to read; there are ... probably speeds up as your character's strength improves.
ZX80 with new ROM?There's an interesting ZX80 on sale from eBay US, with some included software. The ZX80 has the original keyboard, however the ROM appears to be the…
ZX80 with new ROM?There's an interesting ZX80 on sale from eBay US, with some included software. The ZX80 has the original keyboard, however the ROM appears to be the…
Maybe it doesn't work and he's mocked up a screen! Not knowing the character set is different from the "standard" Sinclair font.
Simon, did that AV board work ok?Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... graphics characters and unmodified UDG character set. Most of the file appears ...ZX Spectrum and (real) B A S I CSometimes ago there was a thread "how spectrum changed your lives". Another thread dealt with "how to copy spectrum screens using basic not using co…
Try to make a user defined graphic.
I have made my logo on the PC, but don't ask me how I did it, 'cause I don't remember how I did it.
On a ZX Spectrum: make a UDG!Letters with accents on the SpectrumIs there any way to type letters that have accents (for example ? ? ? etc) on the Spectrum? Maybe it's really obvious but I don't know how.
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Alternatively, use UDGs (User Defined Graphics) to define your own ...Letters with accents on the SpectrumIs there any way to type letters that have accents (for example ? ? ? etc) on the Spectrum? Maybe it's really obvious but I don't know how.
The Portuguese version never had the accents, but the Spanish did.
Portuguese software used a custom character set most of the time. We changed '[' to '?', etc.Letters with accents on the SpectrumIs there any way to type letters that have accents (for example ? ? ? etc) on the Spectrum? Maybe it's really obvious but I don't know how.
... /> Portuguese software used a custom character set most of the time. We ...splib2 from ROMI'm trying to generate IF2 ROM games for ZX Spectrum 16K using z88dk + splib2. So far I've managed to create a new crt0 file and to generate valid RO…
... initially filled with the default character and colour
- ... initially comes from the ROM character set, which will probably be ... definition to use for each character. Eg at $3000 put ... you probably have a default character set in ROM, modify sp_Initialize ...Reprogrammable keyboard?Here's an idea that, whilst I *won't* personally use the solution (probably), emulator authors might find interesting to tackle. Over the past week …
the bbc micro emulator allows a user defined keyboard, since the beeb uses a non standard keyboard layout.
apart from your odd circumstance above, I can't really see any time when this would be useful to anyone :)Reprogrammable keyboard?Here's an idea that, whilst I *won't* personally use the solution (probably), emulator authors might find interesting to tackle. Over the past week …
... bbc micro emulator allows a user defined keyboard, since the beeb uses ...Hardest Speccy character?[url=http://www.peoww.co.uk/features/zfc.html]Here's[/url] my take on it. I'm already regretting not putting in Butch Hard Guy but that game pretty …
The hardest character in the Speccy character set is the tilde (~) character; it was so ...Hardest Speccy character?[url=http://www.peoww.co.uk/features/zfc.html]Here's[/url] my take on it. I'm already regretting not putting in Butch Hard Guy but that game pretty …
... ]The hardest character in the Speccy character set is the tilde (~) character; it was ... -sign (@) also deserves [B]hard-character[/B] status. I mean, it ...Crash! - a pirate's best friend?Possibly a little controversial , but doesn't it seem odd that Crash! was the only mag to include an index of which keys did what in each game - very…
... that most games arrived with user defined keys or 2 or 3 ...Z80 from a ZX81 in a Spectrum?Can I put a Z80 from a ZX81 into a Spectrum 48K? It should work even if they both are clocked differently (3.25MHz vs. 3.5MHz AFAIK), right? Thanks,…
You might get a different result to what you were expecting though, especially if you use ROM routines or system variables, and remember that the ZX81's character-set was not ASCII but it's own.Z80 from a ZX81 in a Spectrum?Can I put a Z80 from a ZX81 into a Spectrum 48K? It should work even if they both are clocked differently (3.25MHz vs. 3.5MHz AFAIK), right? Thanks,…
... remember that the ZX81's character-set was not ASCII but it ...Z80 from a ZX81 in a Spectrum?Can I put a Z80 from a ZX81 into a Spectrum 48K? It should work even if they both are clocked differently (3.25MHz vs. 3.5MHz AFAIK), right? Thanks,…
... remember that the ZX81's character-set was not ASCII but it ...Jackals[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012878[/url] Any idea how to play it? I've managed to select all my people and move them abo…
... you're stuck with that character set :-(Jackals[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012878[/url] Any idea how to play it? I've managed to select all my people and move them abo…
... you're stuck with that character set :-([/QUOTE]
Yes, you ...ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…
... pixel-ise would create a set of block graphic strings), or ... from scratch using the current character set and UDGs, setting attributes for ...ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…
... from scratch using the current character set and UDGs, setting attributes for ...problem using FRAMES to generate 'random' numbersI realise the pros use bytes from ROM to get their random numbers, presumably because they want to use FRAMES to synchronise the printing and avoid s…
... you walk through the ROM character set or the large-ish unused ... ROM too (eg the char set and the unused block) by ...
