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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…
... back end, including the native zx rom so that the compilers ... to tens of thousands of lines of asm and thousands of functions. To ... more mantissa bits than in the type for extra precision. Those ... was a bad type for handling money in units of GBP when learning ... -
Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
... a fan of "converted from original source to the ZX Spectrum" type graphics ... eye-watering bad and some of the graphics just don't ... they're actually being used in-game. I'd say that ... -
MemoPak 16KHere is a reference photo of the hardware in question. [img]https://dl-web.meocloud.pt/dlweb/download/WOS/postdata/MemoPak_16k.jpg[/img] The only…
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64k speccydoes anyone have instructions on how to use the extra 16k found in some spectrums?
... make a byte. The type of DRAM chips used are ... bit chips. However, in some of these chips, it is ... fitted, the hardware of the standard ZX Spectrum 48k does ... done in the past, to create a 80k ZX Spectrum. ... been previously discussed in this forum in the past. Good ... -
64k speccydoes anyone have instructions on how to use the extra 16k found in some spectrums?
... assuming you fit 4164's in place of what's already there ... switch the extra bank in, in place of the 32K already there ... RAM'.
Wiring the DRAM type selector for 'OKI', replacing ... /> respectively 15A, for 'Two ROMs' ZX Spectrum models
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IN and OUT in hardware terms... what are 'ports'?Hi all, I understand PEEK and POKE, but have never managed to get my head around IN and OUT. The books all go on about how they read from and wri…
... I/O handling badly wrong in the original Spectrum, necessitating ... meaning.
The ZX printer, if attached, responds to ... interfaces to work together, each type of interface would therefore tend to ... ULA and the ZX printer, you run out of them really ... -
Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…
... them, you know, those graphic adventure games that take a little ... somebody already said, leadership - nobody in their right mind wants to ... be useful for the purposes of ZX data conversion... I realise that ... suited for the humble ZX... But in case Im wrong (and ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... ,even likely that the type and no of capacitors may vary : ... /> Opus Discovery variants generally and in relation to these 3 ongoing ... no 2 Opus with different type of caps and with onboard heatsink3 ... project idea :- cut down ZX Spectrum+2 128 combo idea ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... assistance whatsoever to me in trying to put forward ... what the proper set of priorities should be here ... process of extracting (reading) all the data stored in ... details depend on the type and make of the programmer.
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I had a go.I haven't written anything in ZX Basic since the 80s, so I thought I'd have a go. Now just to put you in the picture, I am a developer and know sever…
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And although I do type in some programs, they are not ... ('bout time the correct insertion of emoticons was sorted, damn annoying ... And not just "ZX" BASIC.
Yes, of course it is ... an practical example of a working BASIC program in real life, ... -
has anyone ever?has anyone ever converted a 48k spectrum game to a zx 81? I mean it could handle monochrome bitmap graphics and 48k ram. so why not?
... 48k spectrum game to a zx 81?[/quote]
And it was ... time used on beeper music in the original can be saved ... help compensate for the slowdown of creating the high-res display ... -
Full-screen 32 columns bicolor engine NIRVANA+I'm glad to announce the release of [b]NIRVANA+ ENGINE[/b], providing support for bicolor graphics (multicolor 8x2) in 32 columns for all standard Sp…
... using "startup=31" instead of "startup=1" in the compile line. With ... z88dk/include/_DEVELOPMENT/proto/games/zx/nirvana%2B.h?view= ... z88dk/include/_DEVELOPMENT/sccz80/games/zx/nirvana%2B.h?view= ... two parameters being the return type (second param is optional *), ... -
Old software shops that have come and gone.One that i remember fondly was Software Plus in Great Yarmouth, i bought my copy of Streetfighter II C64 there, and also a little gamestore in the Ma…
... pub (on the Bell corner) in Walthamstow, which had a small ... that had computer bits in it. This was ZX-81 era I think ... books with a small amount of software, but it was one ... of the few places I think ... -
Vote for your favourite games in Gamefaqs' best games competitionGamefaqs (which is a very good site with an individual forum for almost every commercial game made in the past twenty-plus years) is holding a Best G…
... it in their systems usually, and you have to pretty much type in ... the name of a Speccy game to find any of their "ZX ... -
Minor updateWhilst there is nothing major to announce, be assured that a lot of work is being carried out 'behind the scenes'. We now have 3 developers workin…
... net/pub/sinclair/magazines/' in front of it so you get:
ZX Spectrum Reviews[/url]
[ ... co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/typehome.htm"]The Type Fantastic[/url]
ZX Spectrum Wiki[/url]
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What hapenned to Harry Price?I wonder what happened to the guy that programmed many debatable 'games' for the Spectrum? It seems he copied many well known titles such as Odd Job…
... again) to the likes of Harry Price, were there ... instances where a type-in was printed in a magazine ... got a vivid picture of game in my mind, must ... Shot, a reworking of Jason Charlesworth's Maggot ... of Gavin Smyth's Galactoids from the April/May 1984 edition of ZX ... -
z88dk v1.99A Release Candidate[b]Z88DK VERSION 1.99A RELEASE CANDIDATE[/b] Download from: http://nightly.z88dk.org/Releases/ The release candidate will be available for te…
... ] Unique stdio implementation allows removal of high level buffers without affecting ... targets: embedded (generic z80), cpm, zx (zx spectrum). Specialized crts allow immediate ... binaries. sdcc's longlong type is not supported in this release.
Spectrum USB KeyboardI know you can buy these but how do you make one . What I am thinking of be similar to the type described in Issue 1352 of Micro Mart at page 45 .The…
... !When using the the ZX Spectrum Dktronics USB kit
of this keyboard and kit . In fact a ... This kit , having no plastic type membrane , is cheaper and faster ... big improvement in terms of keyboard responsiveness over the membrane type . And, ...Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …
... was a 1K ZX-81, I was 9, a friend of the family ... the only one really interested in it, and the following ... code!), and first started coding in Z80 (writing code on paper ... but I'd read it in a magazine on how to ... C64 either wasn't available in any shops that we ...Can anyone show a slight diagram of how pokes work in a jet set willy game for example?I know its kind of something to do with machine code and Memory addresses etc but would be nice to see a youtube video or some drawings etc ? .Many t…
... ZX Spin easiest to learn on.
Open Spin and type in ... above BASIC line you'd type:
... you don't need to type it in again.
of assembly code, e.g ... "Assemble..." and click OK in the window that appears.
The 20th comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition thread!Hi all, [SIZE="7"][B][CENTER]ANNOUNCEMENT![/CENTER][/B][/SIZE] The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2015 is now well and truly OPEN! [url]…
... bit more competition in the text adventure category, but ... to see such kind of titles around, let ... use 3D Construction Kit in 2015, so congrats ... some PAW/Quill type efforts in answer to Allesandro ... 's call?
The "Best use of ...ZX spectrum and LCD gamesJust recently I discovered this little spanish game named "El almacén", which translates to "The warehouse". [URL=http://s1063.photobucket.com/use…
... LCD game is a kind of simple state machine, that flips ... time, very doable on the ZX Spectrum.
Once I ... ]Any download links for that type-in above? (El Almacen)[/s] Nevermind ...Help! I'm learning Machine Code...Having decided to take the plunge and learn to machine code a while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended 'Mastering Machine Code…
... know though that the order of bytes for memory locations are ... how the Spectrum stores data in terms of bytes, address locations, and ... /> Toni does include a BASIC type-in called Hex Loader which I ... , a rubber-key ZX ain't the greatest of dev platforms ;-) )
Bizarre ZX Spectrum faults (also possibly relevant to Spectranet compatibility problems).I'm attempting to repair an issue 4A 48K ZX Spectrum and am encountering some very strange problems. For my own records I've given this computer the …
... tested a total of five different 48K ZX Spectrums (various ... issues) and the display disruption fault occurs in all of ... ve tried several examples of the same type of new membrane, all ... placed the membrane in the top half of a Spectrum ...Magazine scansOne of the final parts of the new WoS will be magazines. In preparation for that, I have a question. Is the current scan size good enough, or could…
Many of the Type In pages on the Spot website ... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/typehome.htm"]users.globalnet ... .co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/typehome.htm[/url]
ZX Computing and Sinclair User in text format at the bottom of ...Beginners Basic Programming BookHi All, My son is interested in learing programming and I got him started on a spectrum emulator on my laptop. I've bought him a +2 (grey) 128 of Eb…
... him a +2 (grey) 128 of Ebay. Apart from the basic ... with simple short programs to type in (although the font can be ... "]Gateway to Computing with the ZX Spectrum[/url]
[url ... ?regexp=^Easy+Programming+for+the+ZX+Spectrum$&pub=^Shiva+Publishing ...APII am currently writing the API for publishers. I have set the API to return the following formats:- PHP (a multi-dimensional array) JSON JSONP …
... Here's an extract of the Licence To Kill API ... Kill)",
"machinetype": "ZX Spectrum 48K/128K",
" ... br /> "size": 6112,
"type": "In-game screen"
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...are there any assembly games listings with mnemonics?hi, i would like to get hold of some assembly games listings (that i dont have to type in (copy/paste,etc)) with mnemonics (i think thats what u cal…
... series of extracts from Toni Baker's machine code book in ... Code" series. Some of the listings in that were heavily commented ... Screen Designer program from ZX Computing was also massively ... /~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp/zx_names.htm
One of the ...The best emulator for the ZX81?Hi everyone, could you please recommend me an emulator for the ZX81 which is good and easy? Thanks!
... I also tried the ZX tracker and that screwed ... Zonx frequency for the 81 is incorrect and whilst that ... an accurate emulator in the case of the ZX81 at ... views are no less valid in spite of that.
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As we say in my part of the world "you go ...Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... (No 2 48k power supply in my survey!)
I ... one in pieces well above) ; 3) One of them as per in the ... pic above (No 2) gave a multi meter reading of ... side of the PCB and I also put a "proper" ZX Spectrum type ...
