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Power supplysCan I power my 48k with my 128k+2 power supply or will it damage the little rubber keyed thing?
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SDP Project ExpandingHi folks, The next Vault update isn't going to see that many +3 disks, due to poor interest. However, I've still managed to source some disks for t…
... don't see many other ways of interpreting that.
[/quote]< ... involves placing a certain amount of trust in Martijn/Andy/Steve ... things is the best way of preserving our "digital history".< ... springs up that does preservation of disks properly, and focuses on ... -
YSRnRY TV Show - 1983 now available for downloadHi there! The next chapter in the YSRnRY TV Show is now available from: [url]http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/tvprog/[/url] Watch the Speccy industry form…
... storyboard for 1984 and thinking of ways of improving it as it had ... a lot of things that I eventually put ... just flicked through the collections of scans I have for YS ... cover, together with a shortlist of games. Now I want to ... -
Games that wouldnt loadI had a few of these, and even after taking them bck some still didnt load first time :( anybody else have/had games like this The pain in the asses…
... a friend.
All of the games, except yep you ... would load about 3 quarters of the way, and then the ... though) - on the other side of that tape I believe was ... to work on any of the spectrums I tried it on)< ... only load 1 time out of about 10.
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I've just met Matthew Smith!I just saw him doing a Q&A session today at the classic gaming expo in Croydon. Picked up a mint copy of JSW and got it signed by him! He's was real…
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Renegade, Combat School, Ikari WarriorsHey :) Im looking to buy an original of Renegade, the original, not the re-release... Also Im wanting Combat School and Ikari Warriors, both also n…
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The amount of 48K spectrums was great, plus two SAM ... join, as thankfully a lot of people accept Postal Orders which ... -
Speculation on future Spectrum pricesIs buying a boxed spectrum a good investment? Which models do you think will appreciate in price the most? Discuss
... 's just that a lot of the spectrums sold on ebay ARE ... to make money by hoarding spectrums for years, but I don ... . You can buy and sell spectrums and still love them. -
Two colour nice Spectrum screen$Im wanting some 2 colour Spec or SAM screens to use as backgrounds in my OS... i.e. black and white, blue and back etc etc... not using attributes an…
... hadn`t thought of that, as a lot of the pictures are ... have the demo of and like, the fact of using a kinda poetry ... -
need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... . I had never thought of using a preshifted byte table. ... on the start address of the data for that ... and cope with different widths of sprite etc. it is ... sprite routine one size of sprite then you can ... dealing with one particaulr size of sprite.
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need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... parts, one for each step of shift, 256 bytes long. ... draw routine itself, what part of 8 it will use. ... only 256 bytes. Each of this 256 byte tables is ... table. The only weak point of using this method is that it ... to use a big variety of middle-size sprites (each ... -
need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... should be a gain of 56 tstates per line, ... saving to IXh instead of using the stack, why not ... BEG, MID and END sections of code.
... One last point, instead of calling the routine to calculate ... address, put this bit of code inside your loop - ... -
need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... 03:34, dmsmith wrote:
Using the alternative table arrangement I ... can I improve the speed using Your table layout.
I ... where saving to IXh instead of using the stack, why not just ... ]
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Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…
... free you from the limitations of using only those program's built ... of them, did involve some level of having to put it together using ... some type of coding or pseudo-like ... in the archives.
Using BASin as was suggested is ... -
An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…
There are apparently other ways of getting hold of Borland C++ Builder Personal or Visual Studio. I believe there is something called Kazaa...
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An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…
... /> There are apparently other ways of getting hold of Borland C++ Builder Personal ... could have easily got hold of BC++B Enterprise or ... wrote:
The "Express" editions of Visual Studio are due soon ... be held on the 21st of September, 2004...)
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If there's ONE thing that......frustrated you about the spectrum when you were a kid (not now) what would it have been? 1) The attribute colour problem 2) The sound 3) The size…
... why the Commode version of Rick Dangerous has all ... Not really a fault of the Spectrum but the lack ... to the back of the cupboard because of this?
... E = down it was using the same fingers as ... at least give the option of using the Sinclair joystick, unless ... -
Looking for an old, but GREAT gameHi All, Wondered if anybody can help me. I had a 128k back in the day, and I have fond memories of a game which I simply can't remember the name of …
... runs from the bottom left of the screen up to ... the middle of the right edge of the screen. I ... possible to get on top of the petrol station and ... another screen that way instead of using the road to exit ... right or left. Does any of that make sense to anyone ... -
Storing your retro stuffLast Christmas I brought all my speccy stuff in from the garage as it was starting to get damaged. I kinda need to move it back out of my house into…
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I never thought of using a caravan - my older aunt ... has a caravan at one of those caravan parks in London ... -
Retro Gamer #7: The MegaTree / Matthew Smith interviewIssue Seven of Retro Gamer magazine has two items of interest to the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy community: 1. The data from the MegaTree developmen…
... got into computers because of people like Matthew Smith. ... Speccy and carried on using computers till the present ... day.
Of course theres far more worthy ... month to charity instead of using it to go online ... money to charity instead of going down the pub ... -
Speccy DVD VideosI'm plannign to make a DVD of my fav Speccy games in action (platformers, shoot-em-ups, action).. don't ask my why, Amy thinks I'm mad for thinking o…
Never thought of using Thrust or Rainbow Islands, especially ... in a home made video of a Queen song (I used ... modulator)
What sort of menu would look good? How ... about an adapted version of the Plus 2 menu?
Fun with games!Does anyone have nonstandard ways of playing any games? On Heathrow ATC, I found the first two exercises a bit easy, and the third just about imposs…
... my favourite non-standard way of playing. It makes the levels ... to find new and amusing ways of killing Dizzy. Personal favourite: Walking ...Problem with SpectaculatorHello, It?s ages since I don?t write on this forum. I use to have Spectaculator on my PC and i don?t use it for a few months, today i try to play som…
... [/url] is the sincerest form of flattery? (And you obviously don ... , Uncertainty and Doubt. The process of using rumour, lies and general disinformation ... well)
The beast of Redmond isn't the only ... one capable of bending the truth you know ...I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…
... .NET provides at least two ways of achieving the effect:
of a class and provide properties ... 'm not sure that sort of behaviour is officially condoned though ...Windows SP2Completely OT, but if any of you have, or get a 64bit chip, windows xp sp2 seems to knacker the machine. Mine was locking out every 30 seconds for a…
... /> Does anyone have any experience of using SP2 with a setup like ...8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... etc.
Of course heaps of the Spectrums must have been sold ... them. While on the subject of mags, when APC still had ... were rare, but not unheard of.
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Somebody ...8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... magazines and on the back of inlays showing different screenshots ... more Spectrums too.
In Portugal there's lots of ... had Spectrums, whichever model. I never saw ZZAP! or any of ... but usually the thought of getting rid of their Spectrums in order to ...8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... to convert anyone to the ways of the Spectrum.
And ... now, recalling the joyful days of the Spectrum. Would I.
For everyone who sends stuff to the U.S.AFor all the eBayers, sellers, and swappers.... [url="http://forums.ebay.ca/thread.jsp?forum=7&thread=300013102&modified=1095873373697"]http://forums…
... less since people have been using the Internet. Life experience with ... have just got started by using eBay for most Americans. You ... are not in the habit of using every day like the average ... savvy individual). The seller of expensive studio equipment is the ...Defender of the crownExcellent game, just completed it. But there is something that keeps me puzzled. Then I played this game 10 years ago there was a mission to save a p…
... same lord. There were several ways of getting her. One I remember ... princess as your loot instead of money.
Hope that ... has been of some help and ofcourse I ... the longest run-on sentence of all time.Defender of the crownExcellent game, just completed it. But there is something that keeps me puzzled. Then I played this game 10 years ago there was a mission to save a p…
... same lord. There were several ways of getting her. One I remember ... princess as your loot instead of money.
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