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Election of the new maintainer of the TZX formatHi folks, the topic says all, let the discussion begin :) Luca
Please give an example of [i]what you're actually using the data in the block for[/i]. Saying "it's used in a utility" doesn't tell me anything at all! -
The ZX Spectrum Book of MapsFollowing some discussion in a maps thread, I have decided to make THE ZX SPECTRUM BOOK OF MAPS - VOLUME ONE At the moment, I have the following in…
... /> The PDF was created using a plug-in called CutePDF which I ... anyone think using a logo of the game in question is a ... the title and the rest in a box? I have a ... few new ideas in mind which I'll be ... -
Spectrum Basic InterpreterHello. I started this days a strange project: an interpreter of the Spectrum Basic that can run in a Spectrum. Here is a very preliminar version: […
I've found a problem in this version. After printing a string literal the workspace is not cleaned, and then is using more memory in each iteration. Not sure is this is the cause of the problem you encountered, wait to the next version to check it. -
Help understanding some z80 asmI'm trying to work out how to represent the structure of a "sprite" in the SAM as "Grabbed" by SmallC. I can see the assembler implementation but I …
... too, the advantages of using Sam C seem to diminish ... be drastically reduced by using __CALLEE__ linkage in z88dk (this comes at ... since it draws the screen using a differential screen update algorithm ... can copy one byte ( like using unsigned long copying on 32 ... -
problem with sinclair zx 48 issue 6aHi all, I have the following problem when I turn on my sinclair without rom inserted. [url]http://217.79.64.145/sinclair/5.jpg[/url] when I turn o…
... find a dead 32Kbit OKI Ram Chip in the upper bank. I ... replaced it with a drop-in 64Kbit chip and the machine ... scope, check the data lines in the Z80:
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Looking for a Windows based Z80 compilerCan anybody recommend a windows XP based Z80 compiler that lets you export your code as a Z80 snapshot or TZX or TAP file? If not, what is the best …
I'm using the assembler in SPIN at the minute and it seems to work quite well.
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Calendar QuestionDoes anyone know why the calendar isn't showing my birthday, which is on the 25th of this month. According to the FAQ, it should display it automatic…
... sure. Try changing your DOB in your profile to something else ... />
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ResiDOS v1.92 and +3e ROMs v1.30 releasedI've just updated ResiDOS to v1.92, and the +3e ROMs to v1.30. Full details can be found at: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/zxplus3e/"]http://…
... live somewhere, so you need RAM of some description (just ... sufficient since you need some RAM for workspace). Other 16K ... SE BASIC, anybody? ;) )
RAM is pretty useful to have ... multiple tasks, then the RAM comes in very handy indeed. Admittedly ... -
Advice from the web developers amongst usI want to create a web site for a project I am working on. We are using an Microsoft ISS6 server. What i want to do is to pasword protect access…
... bit more looking shows that in IIS6 there's no htaccess ... equivalent (tho' there is in IIS7 apparently), so feel free ... there are better ways (using the built-in "user" stuff, for example ... -
The 150 pound home computerWe missing out on this still ... I think. I know the PC market has wrecked all chance for any alternatives to ever have a hope but ... what if. :lol:…
... if it didn't compete in the slightest with anything on ... why aren't they using this ez80 in the Spectrum SE ( I ... -
Currah MicroSlotCurrah MicroSlot is in the hardware archive. I can't spot any other edge connector splitters in there. OK they'll be there in double hight flashing …
If the box plugged into the top was flat it would lie quite snuggly on the top of the two face by the luck of it, but yeah, anything non flat would be screwed.
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Just got a Spectrum +2BThis is the first Spectrum I've ever used or owned. I got it without a video cable or power supply. I wired up a proper video cable, and I altered an…
Does the +2 still have those awful 4116 DRAMs which have 4 power pins (+5v, -5v, +12v and GND)? Or by then were they using RAM that worked off a simple 5v supply? -
That scene in "Big".....Anyone remember that scene in [URL="http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/"]Big[/URL] when Tom Hanks finally completes the adventure game, towards the e…
... did a textbook landing in Fighter Pilot after many, ... Of The Exploding Fist in a marathon playing session ... Dash-it for CGC, in BASin and finding out that I ...
* Discovering WoS in mid 1997 or so and ... meeting old friends in the archives and making ... -
Zx Spectrum Laptop (again)I've been reading all the old treads about a possible portable speccy. I even found the one about the Speccy Laptop. But it seems there's a lot of ne…
... I have no one here in the states who can help ... - replacing RAM chips in first place. I have only 3 RAM chips in my ... -
16k Spectrum.How come emulator's in 16k mode don't provide 32 ram-pack support.
... the Spectrum SE's sideways RAM comes in handy. It is possible ... available at the same time (in alternate banks) so paging logic ... (such as that used in the IF1) can be emulated ... there for the nasty things in life. -
Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... of the new graphics. Using the girders in this way is cunning ... helpfully increases the screen area in which you can navigate - yet ... .g. It looks for 00 in a particular quadrant of the ... block under the pillars in this room? Try using Seeker. (You get ... -
Total amount of memory on a Speccy ?I wonder............ The C64 (excuse me for saying that name in here. I'll hereby name it just "it") has 64k, while only 38k, or so, is available f…
... answer is total amount of RAM in machine. So simple.
Pilsener ... had bad idea of RAM accesibility in C64.
And ... have access to whole 128K RAM, just not linear. Even from ... you may access whole 48K RAM of 48K machines with PEEK ... -
Adding AY music to your plogramI'd like to add some nice tune to my program written in machine code. I am not new to assembler programming but with music programming I have no expe…
... those trackers and read tutorial in Zx Format. The tutorial ... could place some simple tune in it. Trackers produce much ... ambitious for my task. In Poland we have an ... when thinking about using a tracker
in my case.
in channel 1. That all ... -
spectaculator 6.30 errorWhen I enable "load from audio source" Im getting a little yellow warning triangle in the status bar. When I click on that for the error it reports: …
... little yellow warning triangle in the status bar. When ...
Works for me (in Vista). Is your mic/line ... -in socket enabled (see Obo ... you're using.
The code in audiosrc.dll ... capture device (mic,line-in) is supported by DirectX, ... -
What's the most probable......cause for this on a grey +2? (z80 is excluded) [url]http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/8087/plus2hk9.jpg[/url]
... thing to check is the RAM - which in a grey +2 is ... you're very lucky, the RAM chips that are at fault ... and replace with known good RAM. -
On a 48K issue 6A......how can i isolate the 32K block? I want to test if there is any fault on the 4116's , leaving the 4532's out of the equation. Will removing the …
... for each pin of each ram ic to rom, logic, ula ... test the tracks of upper ram just in case something was interfering ... with lower ram but still... nothing. No ... -
I've been using a Mac, I must say I'm dissapointed.I have been using an Apple Macintosh to do some video editing this week. I also trialed it on other simple tasks such as web browsing and Java apple…
... offered by building applications using COM objects, in my opinion at least ... -
I've been using a Mac, I must say I'm dissapointed.I have been using an Apple Macintosh to do some video editing this week. I also trialed it on other simple tasks such as web browsing and Java apple…
... offered by building applications using COM objects, in my opinion at least ... . We've had useful symlinks in Unix since ... probably the late ... -
ZXSpin 0.62 Available nowAs promised (and only a [i]little[/i] past the deadline) here is the latest version of ZXSpin. Many bugs have been fixed, and a few new features add…
OK ... *whew* ... this is the first time I'm using a Pentagon in SPIN, so I didn't know about that bug.
What about the """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" issue? (happens in all of the diff. machines :-( )
Skarpo
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ZXSpin 0.62 Available nowAs promised (and only a [i]little[/i] past the deadline) here is the latest version of ZXSpin. Many bugs have been fixed, and a few new features add…
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ZXSpin 0.62 Available nowAs promised (and only a [i]little[/i] past the deadline) here is the latest version of ZXSpin. Many bugs have been fixed, and a few new features add…
[QUOTE=chop983;181414]Erm, when in 16k mode I'm unable to find 32k ram pack in the tools/options/peripherals menu[/QUOTE]
Sorry, but I'm not emulating any new hardware - go bug Jon for it.
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ZXSpin 0.62 Available nowAs promised (and only a [i]little[/i] past the deadline) here is the latest version of ZXSpin. Many bugs have been fixed, and a few new features add…
... 'm unable to find 32k ram pack in the tools/options/peripherals ... will build you a 32K RAM Pack emulator. I cannot guarantee ... -
Whats an .SLT file?I found a website with a load of them on. Spectaculator gives no icon in windows explorer for them.
... remember using these back in the old days (!?) of emulation in the late ... -
Whats an .SLT file?I found a website with a load of them on. Spectaculator gives no icon in windows explorer for them.
... ;181689]Aye, I remember using these back in the old days (!?) of ... emulation in the late 1990s. I recall ... one of the register parameters (in A) was the level number ... my real 2068 + disk system using this hack and it did ... -
Testing RAM Chips After RemovalHi I am going to use Winstons Hot Air Gun method of removing the RAM chips from a 4S circuit board. I wish to check the RAM chips, I have a Logic Pr…
... /> which will show up RAM errors in the lower part of the ... 32K and the bank-switched RAM. And you just burn it ... an EPROM and shove it in a Multiface (I actually use ... press the red button. Bingo RAM and ULA I/O diagnostic ...
