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  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... the new ULA using ports 0xbf3a and 0xff3a (or even 0x??3b) will ...
    Winston Winston November 2009 Emulators
  • some debugger in emulators that is able to brakpoint when a mem address is accessed ?Is there a debugger (disassembler) available in some emulator that is able to stop (breakpoint) when a particular memory address is accessed ? For e…

    ... port I/O instead by using RPORT and WPORT. If you ... , to write to the paging ports, amongst other things. You may ...
    Ralf Ralf November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... to operate that fast when even using the fastest multicolour routine around ... management system is not effective. Using other management system will be ... calls to the I/O ports. At present, it is possible ... calls to the I/O ports.
    Black_Cat Black_Cat December 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... Speccy. The thing is, even in 8x1 attribute mode, there ... . And if you're using a bog standard speccy you ... system is not effective. Using other management system will be ... calls to the I/O ports. At present, it is ... calls to the I/O ports.[/QUOTE]

    I ...
    chev chev December 2009 Emulators
  • Spectrum v Amstrad CPC rangeAmstrad seemed to be a rather late starter in the 8 bit micro computer race. I never really saw one outside a shop, only a few people at school had o…

    ... a small screen memory (and even then a lot of games ... the bunch, and lacklustre Speccy ports, some even with colour clash, didn ... for the CPC or those using the strength of the machine ... , but they overcame it by using a technique called "FLI" and ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum v Amstrad CPC rangeAmstrad seemed to be a rather late starter in the 8 bit micro computer race. I never really saw one outside a shop, only a few people at school had o…

    ... a small screen memory (and even then a lot of games ... the bunch, and lacklustre Speccy ports, some even with colour clash, didn ... for the CPC or those using the strength of the machine ... , but they overcame it by using a technique called "FLI" and ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 April 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • PaperBoy remake?PaperBoy was an amazing game and still one of my top 10 classic games but the Speccy version was awful! Im interested to know how many people would b…

    ... 't like Paperboy anyway (not even the arcade version, which I ... never liked some other Spectrum ports such as After Burner
    using the imited and tiny phone ... love Commando and it was even better when i discovered the ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2010 New game ideas
  • DivIDE and joystick interfaceWhich joystick interface works with the DivIDE and ZX 48K? I have TurboRAM but it works not correct or blocks DivIDE. Multiface One works with the j…

    ... so investigating the problems with using Joystick interfaces with the ... stuck in one direction (even when others by the same ... the others prevent ResiDOS from even installing (it reports no ... interfaces use also uncomplette ports adressation then detect access ...
    velesoft velesoft May 2010 Hardware
  • How to read +3BASIC program in PC ?Is it possible to see the +3BASIC file content in the pc with some editor ?. I used a HEX editor and i saw that the program is there but converted to…

    ... EightyOne and operates the same even with the old Lunther?s ... can be renamed and read even as TXT.

    outside ... existy too the possibility of using MERGE *"b", which is not ... to output in the CENTRONICS ports options. LOAD the basic list ...
    zx_if1 zx_if1 June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…

    ... long winded specific programming code? using this method couldn't I ... graphics that have "attribute clash" even though the CPC screen is ... moan about most monochrome Spectrum ports in general, a lot of ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 July 2010 Games
  • Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…

    It's worth mentioning that ports of ZX Spectrum games rarely ... didn't have hardware sprites. Even if the programmers were trying ... Spectrum programmers [I]really[/I] even try to make the best ... attribute colour cells, either by using character scrolling (as in R ...
    chev chev July 2010 Games
  • At the Carboot sale today.Today at the carboot sale I picked up An Acorn Electron -I see these all the time, An Official Branded BBC Micro Datacassete Recorder - I'v…

    ... with a spring for cough using back ups cough but only ... has the port for it, even the one i bought yesterday ... also had versions with parallel ports on (and they are very ...
    pSXAuthor pSXAuthor August 2010 Chit chat
  • The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …

    ... place with the PlayStation. Even the price tag of ... I would personally recommend using an emulator to do the ... is accessed using a handful of I/O ports. That means ... 241 for example) and using the DMA engine to ... video frame. Basicly, using the top and bottom ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... only max. if you're using a [I]physical[/I] Z80 ... built-in peripherals sit on ports that Spectrum uses for other ... or whatever. If you want even further optimized: code in assembly ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie December 2010 Hardware
  • ZX-mas DemoWell, I said I'd announce my seekrit project here for Christmas. however since Alarm jumped the gun in another thread[1], and It's ready early anywa…

    ... /> -Can the Spectranet be emulated even though emulators don't support ... 's running on. Spectrum serial ports can be redirected to com ... or lpt ports or a file. Maybe a ... network was(n't) by using the basic streams module.
    guesser guesser December 2010 Development
  • Beepola Source CodeAs I haven't done much with it for a few months, I'm releasing the Beepola source code in case anybody wants to play about, add to, or otherwise use …

    ... anyone wants to make native ports to other platforms (not sure ... might also be potential for using this same tracker for simple ... the day, and am not even that keen on the AY ... (heresy around here, probably!). Not even sure if there's an ...
    ccowley ccowley March 2011 Development
  • List of existing games that needs a port to zx spectrumPlease post here the games that exist in other platform(s) but does not exist in speccy. Please keep in mind this is not a to-do list, so don't hesti…

    ... licenses seem to allow freeware ports.

    The main challenge ... simultaneous sprites animated on screen. Even using unmasked sprites (with XOR), I ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2011 New game ideas
  • T/S 2068 & SpectrumBorrowing what you see below from the Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate Guide, by Fred Blechman. It appears the T/s 2068 was intended to be …

    ... manual but it was created using the TS2068 and there are ... has 65535 available I/O ports, of which only a few ... />
    As for the AY, even the ZX81 had a plug ...
    chev chev March 2011 Hardware
  • DivIDE questionsHi All, I'm the proud owner of two DivIDE interfaces, that I have just "inherited" from a friend. One of them is the original one and the other one …

    ... the lack of any free ports on the Spectrum ![/quote]< ... in fact 200+ available ports if you're willing to ... small hardware mod to continue using your ZX Printer:
    ... of ports. For example, the ULA is accessed on every even ... of the I/O ports only use up 256 ...
    chev chev April 2011 Hardware
  • yeah - unix for zx spectrumI started a new hobby project. An operating system for ZX Spectrum. A unix clone. Talked to my friend about it and he asked me what if after I'm done…

    ... and current switching using the out instruction (and i even don't ... have specs for mapping ports to pinouts ... />
    [B]solution proposal:[/B] using modified RTS/CTS protocol. having ... or at least specification of ports and pins for rs232 on ...
    tstih tstih April 2011 Development
  • DivIDE questionsHi All, I'm the proud owner of two DivIDE interfaces, that I have just "inherited" from a friend. One of them is the original one and the other one …

    ... why it is so popular, even it has also some drawbacks ... br /> * choice of I/O ports
    * hardwired ROM traps
    ports. Not sure if the last ... it only prevents using tape traps on machines using TS2000 BASIC (and ...
    chev chev April 2011 Hardware
  • Challenge Sprint 4x tape recorderHi, I noticed a [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000051"]Challenge Sprint[/url] on eBay, and checked out the WoS entry for it…

    ... copy of Jet Pac using a standard cassette player ... take "ages" to load, even at normal speed.
    - ... while Spectaculator was loading it using the "Load from Audio ... or 3, and N is even.

    Here ... thus, the device) uses these ports:
    * BFh. Write- ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2011 Hardware
  • Backing up to an external hard drive.I've just brought a 500gig external HDD to backup some files. Not all of them, just the inportant ones (music, photos, a few films etc). It's a Seaga…

    I'd say it'd even be faster than that in ... shouldn't have. assuming the ports your using are usb2 .. it normally ...
    fog fog August 2011 Chit chat
  • Backing up to an external hard drive.I've just brought a 500gig external HDD to backup some files. Not all of them, just the inportant ones (music, photos, a few films etc). It's a Seaga…

    ... with.

    I'm using XP and I'm not ... , so the chances of the ports not being 2.0 are ... , it took 3 days and even then, it was unable to ... move quite a few files. Even the "unmoveable" files were all ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob August 2011 Chit chat
  • Backing up to an external hard drive.I've just brought a 500gig external HDD to backup some files. Not all of them, just the inportant ones (music, photos, a few films etc). It's a Seaga…

    ... make sure you are using a usb2 port even a new machine ... be 4 usb ports is in reality 2 ports being 'shared'

    I would also suggest using something like TeraCopy, which gives ...
    Kilby Kilby August 2011 Chit chat
  • Spectrum 8bit IDE adaptersHello there my fellow WoS'ers Today I am pleased to (finally) release these little adapters into the wilde [URL="http://postimage.org/image/1aceto6…

    ... br />

    [B]Using this ZXIDE on the 128k ... ]
    [INDENT][B]Using this Adapter on the 48k ... them worked... they failed even reporting back an IDE device ... B]
    [INDENT][B]Using Pin 20 for +5v[/ ... years old, as are their ports - I personally dont trust ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 August 2011 Sales
  • Add horizontal hardware scroll to ULA+In this case we must read a bit in the ULA+ for test if supported. And the future software that uses it must have to branch: 1. If hardware scroll i…

    ... arguments why is ULA Plus even here then? You are either ... chip accessible through I/O ports so that it can be ... a little demo at 50fps using hw scroll and shadow screen ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena October 2011 Development
  • Pac-Man EmulatorMy Pac-Man Emulator for the Spectrum +2A/+3 is now available for download from: [url]http://simonowen.com/spectrum/pacemuzx/[/url] You'll need to su…

    ... treated like this and if using a disassembler can help in ... too, but it'd be even more of a minefield when ... more of these kinds of ports.[/quote]
    MAME was a ...
    obo obo November 2011 Brand new software
  • Creating a new game - AssemblySo... finally I?m studying Assembly Z80... after 36 years. :) Well... it?s sooooooooooooo hard to make a game using Assembly? I bought a book (Spectr…

    ... hard to make a game using Assembly?
    I bought a ... reads and writes I/O ports, to do something useful. And ... online - you often don't even need to disassemble the code ...
    ccowley ccowley January 2012 Development
  • I/O port adress map of Spectrum and interfacesI'm looking for an adress map of all the used and unused I/O ports for the ZX-Spectrum. Many years ago I designed an I/O board for the Spectrum that…

    ... even thought of making a cartride based system with that principle using ... 4 I/O ports.
    1 for ... possible to attach I/O ports, up to 65536.
    It ...
    Knik Knik April 2012 Hardware
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