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Computer Magazine ListingsI was browsing through some really old multi format computer magazines and found some Speccy game listings. They were popular during the first half o…
... gap between commercial quality and type in quality grew too big and ... for something which looked poor in comparison.
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Computer Magazine ListingsI was browsing through some really old multi format computer magazines and found some Speccy game listings. They were popular during the first half o…
... gap between commercial quality and type in quality grew too big and ... for something which looked poor in comparison.
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What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... other 8-bit in the same period. In terms of games, it's ... at a higher price point. In terms of games, I think the ... of ZX80/81 saw the Speccy as a natural progression.
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Elite Kickstarter ProjectAs some of may know Steve Wilcox of Elite is currently close to raising ?60k via Kickstarter to begin manufacturing a USB spectrum keyboard. I have g…
... of the firmware that can be incorporated in the 1st physical proto-type ... date for productions units of the ZX Spectrum device at October ... Bluetooth keyboard in the form-factor of a 48K ZX Spectrum for ... that the production units of the ZX Spectrum device will ... -
ZX81 + 16k RAM Pack + Original PSU... What's it worth?Hey guys Got my ZX81 this morning its in excellent condition.. [IMG]http://s30.postimg.org/iwetzxku9/IMG_20140818_142443.jpg[/IMG] However, my T…
... PSU today and the diodes in the bridge rectifier circuit were ... board out the back of the case just in case I needed ... memory.
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48K Ram Check Command not workingI am trying to repair my Spectrum 48k. It is having issues loading games, sometimes they load all the way to launch and then the speccy resets. Oth…
... PEEK instead of individual letters has now resulted in the following ... RAM.
The type of RAM chips used are what ... locations. The 48k ZX Spectrum has eight of these chips. So ... 32k of RAM in your machine has failed.
Now type in:
ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... If you incorporated Skoolkit type functionality it could be ... , but rather a ZX-Spectrum and ZX-Modules depended tool. ... , etc) have thousands of assembly subroutines in them. The assemblers they ... detailled topic "ZX-Modules app report") most of the things ...1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.
... there's an arcade/adventure aspect in the gameplay, that makes ... with some devious movement patterns of the FURT-WANGLED animals, ... a nice entertainment, in spite of the gasping and wheezing ... URL="http://harrysdead.weebly.com/zx-spectrum-games.html"]here[/URL ...1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.
... /> In short, this is a maze game, with adventure elements, and lots of ... to survive longer specific perils in specific screens - which one ... a bit rough, and in spite of being a simple 2D ... [URL="http://harrysdead.weebly.com/zx-spectrum-games.html"]here[/URL].llvm-z80 statusFew months ago I read about efforts to produce llvm back-end for the Z80 (even perhaps as part of new z88dk). Any update on that? I found [URL="htt…
... I found the author at zx.pk.ru[/URL].
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of thousands of lines of z80 asm over the ... . That is a big deal in terms of performance.
...New video about S-video modification on Issue two 48K Spectrum.I just finished an s-video modification on an Issue two 48K Spectrum so I made a video about it. Most of the technical details are in the video; if y…
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In terms of best quality of picture, if the ZX Spectrum 16 ... cable is made up of four coax cables plus ... audio cable plus control wires in an overall sheath).
type cables inside the din ... has an optional 'sound in' rca socket :p : ...The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…
... year I won the best type in award (still makes me proud ... ]https://bitbucket.org/Shaun_Bebbington/game-of-life-zx[/url]
... Actually, it's more of a team ... some work in minimize and reduce the number of lines of BASIC required ...Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …
... from software (firmware is a type of software, I don't ... the exact verilog for the ZX Uno (an FPGA clone), ... a clone like the ZX Uno is like night ... like software. That you type stuff into a text editor ... .
The CPU in your desktop computer and phone ...Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …
... " type elegance that was the ZX Spectrum
In response to some of ... a little overkill in terms of hardware for the ZX, but that might ... 't belong in that imaginative world of nostelgia... Some of us ZX users work ...What is the Speccy? exUSSR edition.In exUSSR 8 years ago have been solved all these issues, and developed a General opinion. All who do not agree with this opinion, are incompetent peo…
... West, Spectrum Vs Pentagon type of debate... which would be ... necessary ROMs, then these type of debates become unfortuantely quite ... operate in the ZX manner, and likewise appreciate the diversity of ZX fans ... to repeat the same type of debates here, and go ...Ensure my interrupt handler begins at the same T-stateHi! Is there a way to ensure that an IM 2 interrupt handler starts always at the same T-state (related to the moment the ULA triggers the INT line, w…
... Alone Coder and published in one of issues of ZX Guide:
[CODE ... ; the number of tacts in the frame (actually, number of tacts divided by ... ; #11 for 48K spectrums
; #81 for "green" Scorpion
; #90 ... make it run in a fixed number of frames too, ...Shouting newbiesPersonally I always ignore them, but am I in a minority? What gives newbies the inclination to shout anyway? Perhaps they are new to the internet?
... , he accused me ages ago of being a racist (which i ... at him for writing everything in uppercase until you've ascertained ... isn't posting from a ZX-81.Flickering RGB -> SCART output.Hello all, For my toast rack I have bought a [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-128K-High-Quality-RGB-Scart-Lead-Video-Cable-TV-Le…
... .co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-128K-High-Quality ... I have the same type of cable from the same ... Do you have any other ZX Spectrums? How well do ... signals. SCART RGB is a type of component video.
in terms of quality are: highest = ...Early thoughts about creating a text adventureSo I always wanted to create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure. I tried looking at PAWs and GAC, but frankly I'm probably too stupid to use them. I…
I've used a variety of adventure writing systems (including FORTH ... to create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure.
I ... also thought about doing graphics in ZX-Paintbrush. I know it ... import graphics from ZX-Paintbrush. The graphics editors in GAC and ...Early thoughts about creating a text adventureSo I always wanted to create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure. I tried looking at PAWs and GAC, but frankly I'm probably too stupid to use them. I…
... the Quill was a conversion of a type-in in the Computer Gamer magazine ... +Program%3a+Creating+a+Database+-+Adventure+Game$"]book[/URL]. The Quill ...Testers for new z88dk clibA long (long, long, long) time ago a few people offered to help test the new clib in z88dk. Much time has passed since then and I won't hold people,…
... is a big deal in terms of a modern C implementation ... but I know most people in the zx scene are not as ... much into that sort of thing ... IRC program and some of Timmy's adventure code. The test program ... you a quick how-to in the next post.Did Sinclair pioneer 'tiny' computers?Most computers of the time were fairly large-ish The Atari 8-bit, the Apple II, The c64 looks at least twice the size of the rubber key speccy. Th…
... clearly the ZX-81 seems to be the physically smallest of them all ... , and the ZX Spectrum the most ... shallow one. The MC-10 comes in ... close, but was rather late.
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ZX-81 ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... + style 3rd opponent in some of the fights. Think ... Denshousha heno Michi/Fist of the North Star 7 ... />
Weird fighty adventure type thing based on an anime ... in about 1998, but still like the odd go of ... Only PS1 Special Edition of a Special Edition, not ...Joystick, resistor oddity.Hello all, I bought a joystick off eBay and the left direction didn't work, I opened it up and there was a 470 ohm resistor on the left wire close to…
... for the ZX Spectrum.
Most early designs of joystick interface ... a fire switch. With this type of joystick, it does not matter ... -standard circuitry in a joystick may result in the chip in the interface ...Spectrum Vega Media Reviews (Good & Bad)Good: [url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/02/zx-spectrum-vega-games-console]The Guardian[/url] [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/scien…
... , but also a wide variety of digital logic / electronics projects. ... t do a lot of things a real ZX Spectrum can. You ... 't hook up ZX Spectrum peripherals, you can't type in BASIC listings ... the shelves (especially this time of year), most destined for the ...Spectrum Vega Media Reviews (Good & Bad)Good: [url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/02/zx-spectrum-vega-games-console]The Guardian[/url] [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/scien…
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Imho the ZX Spectrum Vega is [B]not ... [/B] a ZX Spectrum, simply because it ... do a lot of things a real ZX Spectrum can. You ... hook up ZX Spectrum peripherals, you can't type in BASIC listings ... it runs virtually all ZX Spectrum software is no ...1985-2015.A topic where we can review games released on the Speccy 30 years ago, or, anyway, talk about that year.
... unlikely candidate for an official ZX Spectrum game licence.
< ... will know what to expect in terms of animation and the strange ... are used in his problem solving games, not this type of arcade chase ... br />
The essence of slapstick in a 48K game? It's ...Zorro[CENTER][IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/z/gif/Zorro.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cg…
... on the tape during my ZX times. Finally I have finished ... emu during one of my periodic plays in the toilet. I ... think it is worse than in Bruce Lee. It has ... BL but with the addition of adventure parts like using objects. I ... it has some elements of espionageSome Spectrum Adventure ReviewsHi, HeeHee... Today I found some old short reviews I did of some Spectrum Adventures for contributions to "SynTax" disk adventure magazine in the 19…
... /> Zenobi Software Text Adventure
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Another space adventure set in the far future. 'Diablo ... understand the standard adventure commands as well ...Floating Point Package Math48<br>I came across a neat little floating point package for the z80 and I'm adapting it now to work with z88dk and sdcc. There is an interesting…
... have the luxury of doing when the float type is small). ... end, including the native zx rom so that the compilers ... to tens of thousands of lines of asm and thousands of functions. To ... with more mantissa bits than in the type for extra precision. Those ...
