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Newbie Hardware QuestionsI just recently aquired my first Spectrum, a +2, and I'm in the process of getting acquainted with it. Being a newbie I had some questions, which …
... results with US Televisions and a number of inexpensive converters (Amazon/Ebay). ... though I did get a lot of color bleeding and have ... identical, so I wasn't expecting much. Does anyone ... generally tends to be a number of firmware revisions during the ... -
The 'Vulcan' and 'Desert Rats' Massive expansion pack is here.There is a MASSIVE update for the classic game 'Vulcan.' It is 100% historical, NOT a 'strange' hacked version. Everything has been tested for rea…
... It is 100% historical, NOT a 'strange' hacked version.
a number of known bugs listed in ... readme, but none of them affect the gameplay ... As this is a Spectrum forum, some of you may have ... me know! And don't hesitate to contact me ... -
48K colour issuesGentlemen, A friend handed me over a number of 48K machines to service, and among these there are four of them with various flavours of colour iss…
Gentlemen,
A friend handed me over a number of 48K machines to service ... , and among these there are four of ... reworking the solder joints didn't help either). Another one switches ... -
Playing onlineHi guys, Its been a while since i was on the site and I understand it has changed hands. I can also see a number of issues are being dealt with. …
Hi guys,
Its been a while since i was on ... hands. I can also see a number of issues are being dealt with ... found.
Has this way of playing been removed. downloading emulators ... 't for me. I enjoyed the ability to have a play for a ... -
Another book queryI remember getting a book from my local library and it had a number of hardware projects for the Spectrum, one of which was a scanner. This in…
... local library and it had a number of hardware projects for the Spectrum ... /> This involved a light sensor of some sort in a bit of cork, and ... .
Of course, I can't for the life of me remember ... -
Type a screen of text from the start screen.I've forgotten all the combo's of symbol-shift and so on, but is there a way, from Spectrum Basic to just type out a load of text? Problem is, as soo…
... forgotten all the combo's of symbol-shift and so ... Basic to just type out a load of text? Problem is, as ... soon as you hit a key, ... you get one of the BASIC ... just type in a few sentences, without any of the commands, from ... -
Bizarre ZX Spectrum faults (also possibly relevant to Spectranet compatibility problems).I'm attempting to repair an issue 4A 48K ZX Spectrum and am encountering some very strange problems. For my own records I've given this computer the …
... repair' or similar). I don't particularly expect any reader here ... to crash. This scenario repeated a number of times, though I note that ... TV loses synchronisation. I haven't been able to capture anything ... ve found the Spectranet doesn't work properly with all ... -
Z88DK HelperThis is crossposted from the Z88DK forums. Announcing the Z88DK helper. I have created a compile string helper for the Z88DK compiler. This pr…
... was stumped at the large number of features. I found myself ... 15 different sections, each of which have a number of compiling options. Each ... covered.
A PDF of the program usage has also ... open source and of course freeware. I don't have any ... -
My re-creacton of the Z80 8-bit Universal IDEI looked into my draw with various bits & bobs for PC and I found there a CF-IDE adapter, HDD ribbons and two CF cards. So, I was thinking to myself,…
... I got. I looked through a number of websites (including G. Lancaster, ... KiCAD and drew two variants of the PCB:
1 ... it that I had a nearly sleepless night and ... up the Speccy with a bit of failure. Checked all ... I used wrong type of pin headers and now ... -
ZX GameDev tools consolidatedHello WoS! It's been a while, yet with a plenty of decent gamedev tools (including new ones!), is there a [i]single/pivot table[/i] or some datash…
... /> It's been a while, yet with a plenty of decent gamedev tools ... AY, minimum coding level required, a number of active on-screen spites, specialization ... is often at the expense of some 'minus', and some ... tools, yet I can't even imagine how newbies would ... -
Used games are killing the games industry and should be banned (wibble wibblI was on a forum for flash cartridges ('backup' devices that allow you to play digital images on a real console, so you can download a game and play …
... you don't already own a physical copy of the game), ... games' developers don't get paid a second time, when ... a number of times, and yes it's just one of hundred of ... br /> Personally I can't see any good argument against ... I can't even remember one of them saying ... -
Quite a lot of MIAs on EbayIf anybody is interested, there is a guy on Ebay who currently has quite a lot of MIA titles: [b]RARE WOS MIA - FUN TO LEARN EARLY STAGES BY WYPLA…
48k Speccy with Ram Turbo, Dust Cover and a couple of games!I'm selling one of my Spectrums on Ebay, and along with it a dust cover, a Ram Turbo Interface for cartridges and joysticks and a couple of Codemaste…
... of my Spectrums on Ebay, and along with it a dust cover, a ... Ram Turbo Interface for cartridges and joysticks and a ... couple of Codemasters titles.....
Is anywhere a list of cancelled games for ZX?What games were announced for ZX and were never published? I remember there was a demo of Atomic Robokid. Also Mire Mare. And what else?
What games were announced for ZX and were never published? I remember there was a demo of Atomic Robokid. Also Mire Mare. And what else?TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... through WOS, I find that a number of YS covertapes are distribution denied ... , or the length of the block doesn't match what the header ... make any difference? I don't think the tape's ruined ... tape deck, side A with the game didn't work properly, but ...ZEsarUX 6.1 BETAHi I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX BETA version 6.1. You can download it from the usual beta url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zesarux/files/…
... setting to exit emulator after a number of seconds (--exit-after)
... emulation:
* experimental support of LOAD, LRUN command
* can ... file viewers for these kind of files: .tap, .zx, .zsf ... when the configuration file doesn't exist, the new one ...ZEsarUX-7.0Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX stable version :) This is ZEsarUX 7.0 There are a lot of new features added, more than ever! You can downl…
... setting to exit emulator after a number of seconds (--exit-after)
Added ... menus, useful when you don't want the user to be ... tape loading: now it shows a percentage of tape loaded
Improved ... when the configuration file doesn't exist, the new one has ...Out Of Compo - an erotic pixel compo this November!Hello, guys! I'd like to welcome you to participate in our graphics compo. [url="http://ooc.retroscene.org/en"]Out Of Compo[/url] is a virtual con…
... .org/en"]Out Of Compo[/url] is a virtual contest devoted ... - oldschool pixel art for a number of retro platforms, including Commodore 64 ... Entries from 2016[/url] (NSFW, of cousre)
[url="http:// ... . Win a compo, and get an extra challenge of getting an ...AugmentinelEnhanced Spectrum emulation isn't a new concept. Spec256 adds 8bpp graphics to some Spectrum titles. TileMap uses code hooks to synchronise game stat…
... Spectrum emulation isn't a new concept. Spec256 ... . It could be enhanced in a number of ways:
... levels.
- improve accuracy of object selection.
- ... Presenting: Augmentinel -- an augmented version of The Sentinel.
...Has anyone got a copy of Myth in TAP form?Hi All, Just wondering if anyone has a copy of Myth in TAP form? The WOS links are dead possibly :( https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.…
Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone has a copy of Myth in TAP form? The WOS links are dead possibly :(
https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003354
Thanks
AdrianTAP files for DivIDE/DivMMCSeveral .TAP files of Spectrum games circulating on the Web won't work with a DivIDE/DivMMC interface. Most of the times this is due to the fact that…
... of Spectrum games circulating on the Web won't work with a ... DivIDE/DivMMC interface. Most of ...
I created a number of .TAP files for use with ... such interfaces. Most of the times I did ... and resaving them using a standard procedure, hacking ...More "What could have been"... The Z280.So in chasing up the Loki specs, I happened upon some parallel developments... And had Sinclair gotten to make the Loki, there could have been some i…
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Interestingly it had a number of other features, such as internal ... cache memory and didn't come out for a few more years ... would have made one heck of a z80 based CP/M Business ... been the first upgradeable computer of that kind, potentially driving ...Standard Development LibrariesSo after some time away I decided to re-register after a Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/SpectrumNez/status/1578158361236963328) led me to a Visu…
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Now this does have a number of extremely useful features like file ... /> Since SpecNetIDE has a number of features that I don't see in other ... don't know if anyone is a particular expert on that sort of ...Denied GamesOK this might be a tad depressing but is there a definitive list of all the Speccy games that have been denied distribution ? I'm aware of Ultimate, …
... full list, I won't publish a blacklist on WoS that will ... .
However, just wait a couple of days for the big migration ... you to easily extract such a list yourself.
Cheers ...Assembler code from tutorial, problem!I was wondering if anyone could help me decipher this z80 assembler code? ORG 60000 LOAD 60000 EA60 21BCEA LD …
... . If there is a random collection of numbers at NUMBRS, ... called the HI bit. A value of 1 indicates that it ... EA68 it's not a comparison with 10 in ... as to the objective of the exercise of this code, but ... also used for the sign of a number, isn't it?
...Missing in Copright List?Is there any list available covering all games that WOS have had to remove from the archive due to copyright issues (like the titles from Codemasters…
... games can be destroyed in a number of ways. One efficient way is ... /> I collect. But I don't keep twenty thousand games for ... ! I don't trust one site and a handful of people to keep ... and maintain these roms. I wan't ...Gaming MythsLike mentioned in earlier threads - we have games like Mire Mare, Lunar Jetman and Scooby Doo. Does any other ones spring to mind. They need not be…
... myths about hacking, there was a guy who used to write ... such places like the Queen of Englands husbands private mailbox and ... could.
I can't remember the details as you ... tracked by the equivalent of the online Secret Service for a number of years!Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
... Webber wasn`t too impressed with the name of this game ... 28: Breakfast cereal wearing white t-shirts, blue jeans with braces ... bovva boots. They didn`t like the Titchies either. ... , an Interceptor Software Poster, a number of cassette boxes without cassettes or ...Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
... Webber wasn`t too impressed with the name of this game ... 28: Breakfast cereal wearing white t-shirts, blue jeans with braces ... bovva boots. They didn`t like the Titchies either. ... , an Interceptor Software Poster, a number of cassette boxes without cassettes or ...
