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General help needed with setup of CRT TV and PS2...I have been given an LG Flatron to work with my PS2. Its 4:3 CRT and its model is: CL (or Ci?)-21Q20ET. I have plugged the PS2 in AV1 with an RGB ca…
... plugged the PS2 in AV1 with an RGB cable.
... after some general help with setting up Brightness and ... sites that would help with a TV like this to ... />
I have tinkered a little and used these settings but ... unsure what to do with Sharpness as on XBox ... -
If I want to create a power supplywell, I'm doing a fair bit of travelling with my leads and wires and computers and speakers and stuff,so I thought of making a little device out of a…
... , I'm doing a fair bit of travelling with my leads and ... so I thought of making a little device out of an old ... PSU from a computer. many small devices ... MP3 players charge off of a USB these days, so ... like from this object is a USB shaped connector that ... -
Just a thoughtIf the C64 holds the record for the biggest selling computer of all time, with regards to the speccy did they take into account all the official vari…
... selling computer of all time, with regards to the speccy did ... impossible, can I still feel a little smug that in the end ... lemoners think I'm starting a flame war I ain't ... , I own a C64 and I am proud ... -
Looks like the VCF is hotting up to be a good one...... and needs more Speccy goodness, says the organizer (who says basically there's hardly any Sinclair presence confirmed at the moment... we're in d…
... for Britain - was announced a little while back, and plans are ... doing a Spectranet demo, probably with 4 Spectrums all networked, and a ... for the event ? and with The National Museum of Computing ... as from across Britain. With visitor numbers expected to exceed ... -
Spectrum 2+ - problem with joystickHi. I have got a little problem but hope, you could help me. Few days ago i bought the zx spectrum 2+ computer. The machine works perfectly, same as…
... br /> I have got a little problem but hope, you could ... load. I also bought a joystick - model QuickJoy
compatible with all 8-bit computers. ... game i
try with sinclair, cursor or kempstone ... that joystick really compatible with my computer? I'd ... -
Can you remote-"fry" a PC?Here's the account of an occurence from a few years ago, something that has been nagging me a little ever since. Back then, I used to hang out in a …
... that has been nagging me a little ever since.
... to hang out in a chat room associated with a cartoon-themed website ... in it. I was chatting a little with someone and there was this ... or twice by ridiculing them a little, which was answered by cocky ... -
My first program - a vertical scrollerHi all, I'm new here. Nice to meet you all! A couple of weeks ago I decided to learn Z80 assembly language. I spent many hours in front of the Spec…
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Now, here, after a few evenings of coding, is ... URL]
It's a little vertical scroller. My goal was ... to move the little man, SPACE to scroll (with acceleration).[/B]
a simple game about running as fast as possible without colliding with ... -
New member here. And a spider! :)Hello everyone. My name is Sekrets. I'm quite a lonely individual, searching for a digital home where I might find fellow speccy enthusiasts to adopt…
... I'm quite a lonely individual, searching for a digital home where ... grew up with the ZX Spectrum and as a kid learnt to ... have recently been reading up a little about assembly programming, and playing ... hope to develop it into a little game.
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Advice - ADSL Phone Causing a ProblemI'm getting poor a poor ADSL connection recently, and have discovered a drastic improvement if I pull out my phone. In fact, with my phone I in I get…
... . In fact, with my phone I in I get a SNR of ... one BT main socket with a 10m estension to a micro-filter, which ... to the router and phone, with perhaps another filter at the ... improve the situation? It seems a little over the top to me ... -
I'm thinking of buying a laptop...I've never had a lap top before and I've been toying with the idea of buying one for a while now. I don't fancy a second hand one (they are very easy…
... had a lap top before and I've been toying with the ... idea of buying one for a while now ... . I don't fancy a second hand one (they are ... ). I've been looking around a little and saw that Argos had ... -
An evening in with the Speccy emulatorAfter a day at work which didn't exactly go according to plan, and after three weeks of disruption at home due to redecorating, the old soul needed a…
... those well-executed games, with a bit of a flaw which makes it ... .
Staying with Xmas '88, a move sideways to Imagine ... by YS as a "dinky little runaround", and has a well-designed ... Minister, noticing the parallels with the current political scene 20 ... -
Whole New Horizons! The only ZX-Spectrum 48k intro competition with a theme![B][I]MacBuster^MagicSoft/Extreme[/I][/B] brings you an amazing action!!! "Imagine yourself it is January or 1982 again and... No! I say no - you're…
... something to be sold along with every sold [B]ZX Spectrum ... recorder, an assembler, a graphics editor and a beeper music squeeker right ... /"]Here it is.[/URL] Not a joke - [B]winner will get ... -
Help with the name of a FilmI remember back in the mid 90's i saw a film one night but cant remember what it was called but do remember bits of it and was wondering if anyone wo…
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It started out with a troubled teen who gets taken ... those troubled teens camp with hopes of stopping him ... he went in a barn to mingle with the other ... The Councillor was played by a familiar American actor who ... as he drives off with his parents his mum ... -
Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…
I'm doing a very small basic program which ... anyone could point me in a better direction on how to ... 'list things to say to a character'. So say you have ... if nobody can be arsed with this, but I just thought ... ask in case someone had a spare 5 minutes!! ;-) -
Zx Spectrum used to fight with communism :)No, I don't mean Green Beret or Raid Over Moscow :) I mean real life. I don't know if this story was told on this forums. As some major Polish newsp…
... the 80ties Poland was a communist country with an opposing force called ... />
First they made a little test with triangles and squares and them ... Spectrum :)
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Boxed ZX Spectrum + with 2 x ZX microdrives, Alphacom32 printer with 3 x thermal rollHi people. I found a bargain at a carboot on Sunday from somebody who didn't know what he was selling. (Im no expert by a long shot) Shamefully, I …
... film present on both(if a little tatty.) Untested.[/I]
with 3 x thermal rolls ... [I]Supercode III boxed with instructions, ZXSpectrum+ User guide ... Companion Cassette, Taswide, Cassettes with homemade covers.... Paintbox (proper ... -
A fast DRAW routineI was investigating how to speed up the line drawing for the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL]…
... only registers in memory with a Bresenham's algorithm. This ... memory, just set SCREEN_ADDR with the desired screen start ... __PLOTINVERSE:
nop ; Replace with CPL if INVERSE 1
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Singularity (a great first person shooter)I thought I'd post this as I've just played a very good modern game that for some reason most people seem not to have heard of, so maybe some of you …
... much like Bioshock crossed with Half-Life 2 with a bit of Halo ... thrown in. It takes place on a ... them to be at least a little bit challenging. But Singularity commits ... these bugs have been fixed with a patch - my 360 hasn't ... -
Working with DOS and Plus D disks on a +2A/+3Don't know if this will be of interest to anyone, but once in a while someone asks how to do it. Dominic Morris has given permission for WOS to distr…
... I quote my conversation with Dominic and hope that this ... run with a disciple connected to a +3 - I wrote a nice ... t think it will run with it. I lost ( ... concatenated together to create a single file per program ... 's a link to the source of SlowDOS (with Dominic' ... -
Is there a way to play Arcadia in Spectaculator with an Xbox 360 gamepad?Arcadia is still one of my favourite Spectrum games (it was back in '84, too), and the keyboard controls are alright-ish, but I would love to finally…
... finally get to play it with a proper controller. I've had ... a bit mess around in the ... , but I haven't found a way to use the sticks ... -
Hi everybody! Need help trying to rescue a ZX 48K...Hi, since this is my first post, a bit of info about me: I'm an Italian guy, now living in Poland (Warsaw), informatics and electronic geek since…
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Now, about my little ZX 48K. I got this ...
When I connected with video-composite, I've noticed ... on again, with great surprise I got just a screen with fat vertical ... can make some tests only with a digital multimeter, and not afraid ... -
Need help with a DOS commandI've searched for hours in a row and I've been searching for a couple days now, but I can't find a way to log on to a local machine using DOS. This i…
... I've been searching for a couple days now, but ... using DOS. This is a specific situation where the welcome ... (even though it's a fresh/clean copy of explorer ... be able to logon as a user, using DOS. Tried ... did replace user and password with the correct ones.
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Add quite a lot of items to my site and a Make an Offer Button.Hi everyone, I asked for some feedback on my site a month or so ago ([URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=33521"]link[/URL]).…
... suggestions on how to make a little better. One of them ... whilst I have been making a few changes I managed ... to list a couple of hundred speccy ... to around 350 now, with (at a guess) another 200 still ... feel free to have a look around and if ... -
Name of a Speccy homebrew with a ball and gravity and stuffAnyone remember what this is called? It's a homebrew title in recent years. Kind of like golf with gravity and sticky balls (ooer) or something.
Anyone remember what this is called?
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Help with random numbers......Hi all, wonder if anyone can help me... sort of a novice here ... I have been trying to write a simple ish basic program to compare random sets of n…
... The part im having a little trouble with is generating multiple sets of ... 6 numbers without repeating a ... and then it comes up with repeated numbers in some ... program below i have included a little (poorly written routine) to ... -
Taking the Spectrum for a bath - Lots of SEXY photos!Decided to take a Spectrum +2 for a bath this weekend. It was non-working, so it needed fixing. It booted to a fuzzy dark picture and I thought "Ah, …
... changed the whole RF box with another working one.
... ve not seen any spectrums with physically damaged mechanical parts ... this off and using a soft cloth with normal dishwasher liquid ... polish was still a little wet, so it looks a little greasy, but the ... -
Problems Flashing DivIDE with FatWare.Hi. I've recently purchased a DivIDE and it appears to be working fine, however the firmware on it is 0.12a and I am having trouble flashing it to a…
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I am a little confused with the placement of the .bin ... /> Is there a problem with my speccy because it is a +2a? I ... have tried it with a ... +3 with the same ... -
a bit of coding helphi all over the past few weeks i have been busy getting to grips with recracking tr-dos stuff for the plus-d and was after a little bit of help what…
... been busy getting to grips with recracking tr-dos stuff for ... plus-d and was after a little bit of help
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The rescue of a coil.The problem at hand was a known defect transformer from the switching convertor inside a Spectrum. Both windings are not interrupted and not intercon…
... -insulation by means of a conductivity test with a multimeter. One probe on ... to 'brush' the isolated wire with. A lot of beeping! The enamel ... not working, must be practiced with care!
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Music Trackers, draw a line! __________________________________ This is a little poll and here we can give us tips about music tracking with Zx Spectrum. Ask something and if I can , I'll…
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This is a little poll and here we can ... us tips about music tracking with Zx Spectrum.
Ask something ... is quite hard to have a "bending" effect on Soundtracker. What ...
