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Code optimisation! 16bit number to 5 digit stringJust for interest this one, any thoughts on how to make this as fast as possible? Little optimisations to this routine or a complete reimagining? …
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The Worst of WOS.Ok so we have quite a few threads discussing some of WOSes best bits. But.... what about our worst bits. I'm sure there are plenty to paw over. I…
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Which Tolkien game had this loading screen?I recall game name had a word "Mordor". Searching WOS using "Mordor" didn´t help. Looking at other Tolkien games screenshots, it´s not Lord of the Ri…
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ZX Spectrum 48k issuesHi all! A couple of days ago I bought my first 48k Speccy off ebay (I already own a beautiful QL expanded with QubIDE interface and 640k ram). It was…
Translated manual for Games Designer (Quicksilva John Hollis)Hi There, Here is the translated manual for Games Designer (Quicksilva John Hollis) i.e. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=00…
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MS Word .docx
https://dl.dropboxusercontent ... the WoS Infoseek site to Word .docx then translated .docx to ... saved to .PDF in MS Word (as their .PDF translator produced ...SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…
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Added word (or rather, "line") wrapping. The ... selection manipulation routines
Added word-selection algorithm
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Added word-delete on Ctrl+Backspace/Delete ...Tapes 85-88Hello! I am hoping this will be of interest to some of you. I've recently rescued everything I could from cassettes that have been sat in my loft …
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One word of caution, there are no ...What am I doing wrong?Working on the idea of making a book type game I decided to start with a title screen. However I thought that the extension .scr was what the Spectru…
... tried - tried being the operative word - to use BMP2SCR to get ...Thinking about my gameAnother long post, I'm afraid. Somewhere on this Forum is a short chunk of text I put up as a sample of what I'd like to turn into a text adventu…
... with an enormous list of word choices. The trouble with brevity ...Bought vs BroughtOn another forum which has a younger and more international (mostly Americans though) demographic than WOS, someone in the chatbox/shoutbox mentioned…
... purchased something and used the word "brought", so I asked why ... so you can pick a word.[/b]Does anyone play text adventures?I wrote a text adventure using The Quill waaaaay back when I was 16. It was released commercially by Kerian software and was available on here. It wa…
... invloved. "Try" being the operative word here. I'd try to ...Favourite hangover games?I am not actually in a hangover ever (swear!) but I think the word captures also the state of semi-consciousness during a fever for example :) Whe…
... (swear!) but I think the word captures also the state of ...Bloody Win10 Constipation Edition!I have this installed, only to find that it has broken MS Word 2000 by preventing three (or perhaps four) important DLL files from registering. Fortu…
... that it has broken MS Word 2000 by preventing three (or ... . :ar! Fortunately, I have got Word Doc Viewer from the Win10 ...Jumbly -- God's Number?For a Rubik's Cube, God's Number (the minimum number of moves to turn any legal position into any other) is known to be 20. There's at least one onli…
... ), and how does adding the wrap option (which potentially introduces parity ...The URL Ladder Game.Ok I'll put up a web url, and then the next person to post must enter a valid url that is only one characters difference away. This could be changing…
... maneuvered the rest and the word ladder is complete. We then ... start over with a new word. That player scores a point ...New Game - Biscuits in Hell.[img]http://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/BIH_0.gif[/img][img]http://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/BIH_1.gif[/img] …
... like the derivation of the word 'biscuit', the game is also ...WoS updates sub forum topic titlesLee, would it be a good idea to rename some of these. For example, the 'Hardware' sub forum (Home/WoS updates/Hardware) gets rather a lot of posts…
... front of the existing title word(s).
[b][i ...Vintage Computer Festival Zurich - Spectrum exhibitor wanted :)Hi, Just to spread the word: there will be a Vintage Computer Festival in Switzerland again this year. Like last year, it'll be in Zurich's Rote …
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Just to spread the word: there will be a Vintage ...XP and Chrome issues Oct 2017I use various XP PC machines with the last update of Chrome (then they stopped for XP) For the last few days the forum has displayed "This site can'…
... pre-built disc image with word/chrome/excel etc to the ...Modern Spectrum Games Advent CalendarSo... it is done. The main reason for my return from the shadows earlier this year was because I knew the greatest Christmas present I ever had was c…
... ]I needed that[/i]. No word of a lie, making this ...Sinclair C5 TalkFunny, I've been thinking about the dear old C5 today. We know now that it was ahead of its time and if Elon Musk or Apple announced a new single sea…
... (if that's the right word). Sure Clive oversold the usability ...Why are most people dumb lemmingsWassup WOS, haven't made a thread of my own in a while, but here goes. I live in a city with a substantial public transport network and we have pl…
... and I simply can't wrap my head around it. It ...ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 25 December 2017Monday 25 December 2017 Happy Halloween.. Erm, no wait - I missed that. Happy Birthday, WoS... No, missed that, too ... Ah - Merry Xmas! Some elves …
... (Oi - can I have a word?! Lee).
Erk... Well, he ...Spectaculator TZX and TAP file association breakdown (the PC version of Spectaculator).Untill a few days ago I had not noticed this much since I first joined WOS .But it has recently "reared its head again" . What is this all about?Well…
... to be text based stuff , Word Processors , email and PDF software ...Can my PC read my text back to me?I have Word and Office on this HP laptop running Vista. I tried the help but got nowhere. Do PC's have the facility to speak from a text file?
I have Word and Office on this HP laptop running Vista. I tried the help but got nowhere. Do PC's have the facility to speak from a text file?Possible type ins?Just looking through some of these old (original) copied tapes and theres some which if i remember right were type ins? maybe from the basic manual o…
... ? Meteor, Intrigue, 3D word, Flag i remember 3d word and flag being ...Griffin Software for Learning possibilitiesBy possibilities I mean software that is listed in Griffin advert /promotional material that I have in my possession , and which I have not foun…
... and Pairs , Hungry Croc , Junior Word Processor , Graph Tool Kit ,Waves ...COMPUTER EXPERTS PLEASE ADVISE! Both my old computers finally died and nothing I tried will bring 'em back so its probably the hard drives in each case. So I always did like my…
... I want to do is word processing and going online to ... necessary software such as a word processor and browser or is ...
