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Hello...and looking for advice re educational gamesHi all, new to the forum but intermittent lurker for a while. I am looking for some tips about educational games suitable for pre-school children; a…
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48K Strangeness...Hello hardware forum. I've not posted here before. Yay. :smile: A few days ago, I decided to fire up the 48K Speccy I got given to me for Christmas,…
... it on, there were funny lines down the left side of ... -
Most Pointless ProgramI was looking through some Amstrad Action scans and in one of the last issues, it detailed a program which emulated the Multiface II for those who di…
... type in of a few lines which I used and won ... -
Converting TRD-Dos into TapHello, there are still many programs appearing on TRD-Dos or SCL format and users of normal Spectrum cannot run them. Of course I know about emulator…
... start and code in REM lines. The code might then load ... -
SwivSo I've just been playing (and reviewed [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2011/01/spectrum-games-swiv-classic-zx-spectrum.html"]SWIV[/URL]). …
... /> Good game if you like vertical shmups. For me it's ... -
Not worth reading really - unless you have some spare time(Mods if you want to move it please do it does have a sort of hardware theme and a couple of recommendations at the end :) About two years ago now I…
... keyboard membranes and busted -5v lines to get a working machine ... -
Help?Hi All, I wonder if anyone has a few minutes to look at this bit of code I'm working on. I'm trying to move to sprites and want to do it with a scr…
... b,8 ;draws sprite, 8 lines to the sprite
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Sprites masterclassHi All, You guys are probably tired of explaining sprites but I'd like to clarify a few things if possible. I've sorted the vertical aspect of scro…
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+2A / +2B / +3 Power Supply QuestionIf I'm going to put a switch in the power lines of a +2B, do I need to switch the +5V, +12V and -12V all off to make it safe to remove peripherals, o…
... a switch in the power lines of a +2B, do I ... /> Even then, are the two lines marked +5V and the two ... -
Newbie question about my unwell Spectrum...Hi - I have had a couple of dud 48K Issue 3 Spectrums in the loft for 20 years or more. One would initialise sometimes but could not be guaranteed t…
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Zx style PC game Sewer Shark[URL="http://www.parkproductions.btinternet.co.uk/sewershark.htm"]Sewer Shark[/URL] Little PC game I wrote for Retro Remakes competition a while ago…
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An alternative method of input...Does anyone know of any software for the PC that will take text from its keyboard and output tones from the sound-card that are recognisable to the c…
... convenient way to input program lines with old arthritic fingers.
ZX Spectrum Woes...In my endeavours to get my second Spectrum (Issue 3) working I have replaced the CPU, memory and lower ram. I have fitted sockets for the CPU and me…
... from four four animated alternate vertical black and white bars to ...Brendan AlfordHaving looked at his only game Manic Mower, there is option where you can find out more about the programmer and if Y (yes) is pressed you get inform…
... address is the last two lines - Co. Westmeath, Ireland, meaning Brendan ...I am a simple man....a layman if you will!...but I had a Spectrum when I was 12 years old that I loved more than was healthy! It gave me a love of computers which remains to this day and I …
... ....complete with blue and yellow lines around the border and the ...Hacking a Joystick InterfaceI have a DK'Tronics twin-port joystick interface that does Kempston and Sinclair 0-6 keys. I know it has only 14 lines connecting it to the edge con…
... know it has only 14 lines connecting it to the edge ... 5 of them are data lines, there'll be a +5V ... be address detect or signal lines?
My question is ... easily swap one or more lines over so that the Sinclair ...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 …
... fuzzy with black and white lines like when a TV channel ...Small Machine Code Routines Which Maybe UsefulAs part of creating Flynn's Adventure in Bombland I created a lot of little routines to do all sorts of things. A lot of these I created based on inp…
... /> ld b,2 ; 7t - 8 lines to plot, (2)x4
ld b,4 ; 7t - four lines to plot per loop
Switching on my Spectrum+Trying one of my Spectrum+ results in not getting as far as the copyright message. The screen is all garbled displaying black boxes and lines and the…
... garbled displaying black boxes and lines and then it stops right ...Jet Set Willy Turbo edition!Improve the speed of the game with just a few pokes! Do the standard CLEAR 32767 : LOAD "" CODE to get at the BASIC loader (see Your Spectrum issue …
... help), then add the following lines:
[CODE]31 FOR i ...SpecBAS 0.646 now available.Yay! Here's another round of bugfixes and additions to the Program. Not so much of the extract coding features, but more back-to-basics this time: […
... start TO finish - deletes all lines inclusively of those specified.
lines, with GOTO/GOSUB fixing for ...Computer graphics packageAnyone recommend a piece of software that will allow me to draw a house in 3d? I was thinking along the lines of vector graphics which would allow m…
... ? I was thinking along the lines of vector graphics which would ...How far does an email travel ?I sent an email to my neighbour the other day nothing negative i was just about their post that i signed for and held on to and he came round within …
... i only measured in straight lines so it wasnt 100% accurate ...+3 Drive problemsHi all, I'm currently trying to get the drives on my three +3 machines working, I have replacement drive belts and have cleaned and replaced the bel…
... be on to the right lines here ? Failing that is there ...Sevenup problemLet's suppose I'm importing into Sevenup a picture which is 24 pixel wide (that is 3 chars) and 20 pixels high (not complete 3 chars) When I'm expo…
48k dots appear but not with CUB monitorToday I tried out an issue 3 and an Issue 2 with the CUB monitor, to my surprise they both worked flawlessly, now before when I tried them on any oth…
... i would get dots and lines appearing on the upper half ...Back to BASIC[U][B]Archaeology guide to programs compiled used MCODERII.d[/B][/U] After various people have been talking about "Frank'n'stein" I decided to finis…
... interesting areas - labelled "VARS", "LINES" and "NAMES". Working backwards [B ... )
[B]LINES[/B] records the address of ... of VARS, NAMES and LINES are! Two of them ...
+7 LD HL,LINES
+10 LD A ... be defined by VARS = LINES-322-(NVARS*2)
...Loader help please (and a suggestion)I posted in my "Wicker Woman" thread that I was having problems creating a loader, but I think this is a more appropriate place to post. I've had go…
... would like to have several lines of "PRINT" for a copyright ...Fascinating video of ancient artifacts.This is the most fascinating display of the most ancient artifacts from all over the world. Presented by Klaus Dona. It can be downloaded or watche…
... found. It has 33 inlaid lines on its back, and 7 ... ' apparently said something along the lines of, "Come, let US go ...
