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Programming MC challengeIn the 80-ies I got the following assignment for a programming course. 2 16-bit values stored in #8000 and #8002 must be added together and stored i…
... added together and stored in #8002. When the sum doesn't fit ... Challenge :
Make the shortest code in number of used addresses!
Program ... no Spectrum tricks allowed !
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finding largest value (z80 assembly)suppose we have to write z80 program which requires to find the biggest value in a block of memory starts from the address 101h until address stored …
... which requires to find the biggest value in a block of memory starts from the ... address 101h until address stored in 100h
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Any mencoder experts here?Before I upgraded my Linux systems I was using MPlayer (and MEncoder) 0.93. Now I'm using Xubuntu, and that uses the latest 1.0.x MPlayer/Mencoder. …
... /> I used to use the following line in one of my scripts:
which produces no headers or indexes, hence the requirement for the above ... />
Now, the latest version of mencoder has got rid of the rawrgb output ... -
Please help name this text adventure!Hi everyone, This has been driving me crazy for years. I'm trying to find out the name of a very surreal text-adventure i played on a friends speccy…
... trying to find out the name of a very surreal text ... it had 3 initials as the main part of the name, and possibly had the ... sub-title "random jottings of ... something in the game about killing a kitten with a bowl of ... -
Please don't shout at me - I bought something C64 related...Went in to Argos with the missus yesterday to get something dead exciting (bedsheets) and saw someone at the counter collecting one of those C64 30-g…
... at the bargain price of ?4.99. So I grabbed the last one in the ... be - in my (biased) opinion, the Spectrum was the defining 8-bit computer of the 1980s ... , and if the C64 ... -
Sinclair Magnum LightphaserWould anybody be interested in buying a 'Sinclair Magnum Lightphaser' lightgun for the Spectrum +2? The gun comes in the original box but without th…
... in buying a 'Sinclair Magnum Lightphaser' lightgun for the Spectrum +2?
The ... gun comes in the original box but ... only have a 48K Spectrum.
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Most ridiculously over-sized game box?Which Speccy game had the most ludicrously over-compensatingly sized box?
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My emulator doesn't take "commands"Hi This is probably a question that is very hard to answer, but perhaps some of you have/had the same problem. In my own emulator (that I have built)…
... perhaps some of you have/had the same problem.
In my ... a blinking questionmark before the B and an blinking ... L after the 3.
Same ... PRINT "Jimmy" the questionmark then appears between the 0 and P ... a blinking L at the end of it all.
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Longest Loading Time?hi Following a retro discussion with my cousin we have a question. I am quite sure this may have been asked somewhere on the forum,but i did a searc…
... have been asked somewhere on the forum,but i did a ... so here goes..
Which speccy game had the longest loading time? , i ... a while such as `The hobbit` ,`Lords Of Midnight` (understandably)-any others ... -
Bring Back Dallas on Channel 4Did anybody see the supposed "reunion" at the end of this show? My God! NOBODY TURNED UP!!!! (Except the ugly baby dude, who doesn't really count..…
Did anybody see the supposed "reunion" at the end of this show?
... show which at least had the benefit of having a real reunion at the ... than the ex-stars of the A-Team. Either way, the so- ... called reunion at the end of ... -
Just dried leaves in water? Boiled?There is an ISO standard for making tea. ISO 3103. It costs [b]42[/b] Swiss francs for the ISO documentation. Douglas Adams would be proud. [quote] …
... /> The method consists in extracting of soluble substances in dried tea leaf, containing in a ... pot, by means of freshly boiling water, pouring of the liquor into a ... bowl, examination of the organoleptic properties of the infused leaf, and of the liquor with or ... -
Fastest Baud Rate On A Loader ?Following on (sort of!) from the thread about the best loading.... Which game(s) had the fastest (highest baud rate) ? I seem to remember a couple …
... of!) from the thread about the best loading....
Which game(s) had the fastest ... to remember a couple of games by TheEdge had pretty high baud ... never had that)
And i had trouble loading some of them ... -
No sound in SPIN in 48K BASICI'm using an Acer Travelmate 5310, with Realtek HD audio. When I start SPIN (0.666) in any of the 48K modes and press a key, I get a click, followed …
... start SPIN (0.666) in any of the 48K modes and press a ... 've been messing about with the settings, but still nothing. Loading ... .
All the same settings in any of the 128K modes work perfectly. -
Disabling scroll? at the bottom of the screen.Everyone must have written something similar to: 10 PRINT "HELLO" 20 GO TO 10 at some point in their lives. But when you get to the bottom of the s…
... when you get to the bottom of the screen area in Sinclair BASIC, it asks ... -
Poetry in honour of Charles BukowskiI'm reading New Poems Book 4 by Charles Bukowski at the moment and I thought I'd try my hand at writing a Bukowski-style poem in honour of the depart…
... writing a Bukowski-style poem in honour of the departed poet:
< ... br /> Walking home from the chip shop
the ... advert on the bus shelter ...
I liked the one with the drunk girl
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SWAP: ROMs PSSST and SPACE RAIDERSI got PSSST, unboxed, but 100% working and with the orange rubber part and SPACE RAIDERS, boxed (perfect condition), 100% working, with orange rubber…
... 100% working and with the orange rubber part and SPACE ... people that have the ROMs that I miss, which are:
... - Horace and the spiders
- Cookie
(in order of preference)
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Oh mummy.I was at my mum and dads not too long ago and was in the loft so had a nosy around in some of the boxes up there, i pulled out a game and it was oh m…
... and was in the loft so had a nosy around in some of the boxes up ... it was oh mummy. Now the question i have is on ... the inlay it says copyright 1982 ... but should it still have the 1982 on there, i was ... -
Games for saleHi I have the following games for sale, please PM if interested; A Harvesting Moon Cass Powerplay Spectrum includes "Faerie" Africa Gardens Cass G…
... of case
Everest Ascent Cass Richard Shepherd Software Spectrum
Eye of the ... at the top
War in Middle Earth Cass Melbourne House Spectrum < ... br /> Waxworks Cass Adventure International Spectrum ... -
Gamecube MegathreadWell, we've got a PS2 megathread, so why not a similar Gamecube megathread? One where you can post your thoughts on the machine and it's games, and p…
... many to have come third in the PS2 vs. XBox 1 vs ... . Gamecube console generation, and in most, if not all, ways ... sold the least consoles, had the fewest games, didn't have many of the cross ... Veronica, it also had the very highly rated remake of Resident Evil 1 ... -
The Judge Dredd MIA gameI was checking the Microhobby magazines online when I came across of the review of "Judge Dredd"...I have to admit that probably it was one of the fe…
... when I came across of the review of "Judge Dredd"...I have ... that probably it was one of the few reviews/games I ... decided not to publish it in the last minute?
in the shops back in the day or in ebay??
Interesting case, although the ... -
Use a +2/+3 case as a replacement keyboard for 48KI was just wondering if a 48K Spectrum motherboard could be housed in a +3 case, and somehow the keyboard be connected so that it could have a proper…
... 48K Spectrum motherboard could be housed in a +3 case, and somehow the keyboard ... a proper keyboard but have the full 48K compatibility.
of space inside for other add ... could be a good use of a dead +3 and a ... -
The Way of the Exploding T**sHaving loaded The Way of the Exploding Tits in hope of submitting a loading screen for it it turns out there is no loading screen for it.
Having loaded The Way of the Exploding Tits in hope of submitting a loading screen for it it turns out there is no loading screen for it. -
middle management and working with friends...So as you guys probably remember for the past year I've been working as a scriptwriter. I've never been so happy with a job, or felt so fulfilled and…
... file reports to the board, respond to the director of the show, as well ... talked about all the experiences I've had in the job, the stress, the work, etc ... what was the company policy in terms of absence days once the child was ... -
SintechBeen grabbing stuff from the Sintech German eBay shop lately, and everything has turned up quickly, as described, and very good prices for what i've …
... yet. I've had the account for a couple of years, and can ... from Germany (at the lowest possible shipping rate, and in bulk) then ... shipped from a UK depot, hence the low ... -
ZX-Uno prototype v2 for saleHello. I have some unmounted ZX-Unos for sale. The mounting is not as easy as the throw hole in the Harlequin clone, the components are SMD and they …
... as easy as the throw hole in the Harlequin clone, the components are SMD ... they are hard to solder (the FPGA is very hard). ... soldering experience in this kind of board.
The price to ... />
And here is the web of the project:
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Starblitz on FUSEI have this game, both sides, and using FUSE. I can load side B that utlizes the Fuller box and when the game starts it certainly recognises the Ful…
... when the game starts it certainly recognises the Fuller box in terms of sounds ... to set the joystick for the Fuller joystick, even though the reviews state ... emulator as Invasion of the Body Snatchas, which also uses the Fuller box/joystick ... -
Preservation prioritiesHi all! Firstly, thanks to the WoS staff for setting this category up. Secondly, thanks to you for all for backing the idea, and in anticipation o…
... for backing the idea, and in anticipation of you getting stuck in with some ... of the original model of the Spectrum, but also for the more popular peripherals such as the ... , Interface 2, +D and the different models of the Kempston interface and its ... -
Franco Jam 2015[img]https://images.justgiving.com/image/df2c15e9-7bae-453d-9181-3e171d2ba681.jpg?template=size400w&imagetype=frpphoto&trymigrate=true[/img] Over th…
... Over the weekend Creative Assembly hosted the second FrancoJam in memory of Simon ... produced the Gloop Troops series for the ZX Spectrum.
In honour of ... his memory, FrancoJam was created and the ... -
SpectaculatorHi, Does Spectaculator support Opus Discovery. I can see search results for Opus when I use the help system which gives credits to the Fuse team, …
... use the help system which gives credits to the Fuse team, but nothing in the ... to have stalled for the Windows version in favour of Apple and Android ... -
YS/SU/Crash value charts...The amount of pages in each issue... [img]http://i.imgur.com/udaTdIi.png[/img] The price of each issue (er, ignore the $ sign, it should be £ of …
The amount of pages in each issue...
[img]http://i. ... br />
The price of each issue (er, ignore the $ sign, it should ... be £ of course, ... ' (simply dividing the cover price per amount of pages - not ...
