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Change a Spectrum games description gameTake a ZX Spectrum title but re-write the description in the cassette inlay based on the title. Jet Set Willy - You play Big Rod flying the world tr…
I haven't laughed so much in days! :lol: :-D
Some of these games would be sooo good! Brilliant ideas!
(Personal faves so far: Jet Set Willy, Molecule Man, ZX Defender, Back To Skool.) Oh, please, somebody make these! 8-) -
RrcaI'm having trouble finding an exact explanation to how all the z80 instructions work, but I get by ok on most of them. I'm sure I've been given link…
... the bits in the accumulator to the right (so, er, bit ... rotation too: bit 0 moves to the carry flag, and the ... Machine Code On Your ZX Spectrum) refers to the mnemonic as "Rotate ... chapter in the middle devoted to explaining each instruction individually - could ... -
A Christmas Adventure and Christmas Eve not listed in archiveSorry to continue with Xmas stuff so early in the year, but a search for "christmas" gives two games from Spex which aren't listed in the main archiv…
... right now (which would lead to false MIAs if I added ... C&VGs to do; then I plan to review the first ... there's Crash and ZX Computing left to do, so it looks ... -
A Christmas Adventure and Christmas Eve not listed in archiveSorry to continue with Xmas stuff so early in the year, but a search for "christmas" gives two games from Spex which aren't listed in the main archiv…
... C&VGs to do; then I plan to review the first ... there's Crash and ZX Computing left to do, so it looks ... -
50Hz on PC?Hi, do you know of any emulator for PC that can switch monitor refresh rate to 50Hz or closest possible and sync ZX interrupt with monitor refresh?…
... the TV signal tells it to do that via the pull ... pretty jerky.
ZX is synced to 50 Hz interrupt and ... the interrupt is synced to 50 Hz monitor refresh, correct ... -
Changing the colour of the loading 'stripes'I was wondering if it were possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of some descri…
... comes with your Spectrum Emulator to use different colours by default ... /> This subroutine is called to LOAD the header information (from ... can use a binary/hex editor program to edit the ROM.
To summarise:
POKE 1384 ... -
Build your own Pentagon 1024SLAlexey aka KingOfEvil was so kind to give me an english manual for the Pentagon with most (except for the floppy controller) chips adapted to "wester…
... adapt the Fuller FDS case to hold all components or design ... I definitely want 2 ZX-Bus connectors to be reachable from the ... 2 keyboard connectors from a ZX Spectrum board
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another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
... attributes). Visible window is tuned to match optimal frame rate. ... silly transfer from memory buffer to screen must be done ... nice headache to most ZX programmers. On ZX, programmers needs to unroll some ... CPU tricks - in order to match smoothness of arcade or ... -
Connecting a ZX Spectrum +2 to a Commodore 1080 monitorI'm have a tough time hooking up my ZX Spectrum +2 to the 1080 monitor. I really would like some help on this as I have no other way to get a pictur…
... time hooking up my ZX Spectrum +2 to the 1080 monitor.
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Development IDE collaborationI was wondering if other people making development IDE's (MetalBrain, LCD , Claus Jahn and Carlinski as far as I know) would be interested in combini…
... /> What I would like to see is some information / ... added some simple workflows to the doc.
Will upload ... br />
I planned to use VS2008 express - the free ... development tool is available to everyone.
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Game EditorsWell as the title says, this is a query about game editors, specifically the ones for Gremlin games... Many moons ago, Your Sinclair published (I th…
... it was found that the editor was overwriting these graphics by ... a reasonable assumption that the editor worked perfectly on one particular ... shift the graphics or the editor? I opted for the ... through over 2.5k of editor code to manually drop every unrelative ... -
Game EditorsWell as the title says, this is a query about game editors, specifically the ones for Gremlin games... Many moons ago, Your Sinclair published (I th…
... it was found that the editor was overwriting these graphics by ... a reasonable assumption that the editor worked perfectly on one particular ... shift the graphics or the editor? I opted for the ... through over 2.5k of editor code to manually drop every unrelative ... -
Calculating how many pixels each mapper has created - for Skarpo especially :)Pavel Plíva : 2992717027 pixels Ladderman : 2058908818 pixels Sherwin Robb : 411890200 pixels Viktor Drozd : 266748605 pixels Victor Daulichen :…
... (wrote two command line programs to read map data from the ... file, followed by another "editor" program to layout the map and populate ... -
I Love Youhas anyone got anything special planned for valentines day?
... be)...so shes going to the doc today to get a proper test ... it is not the words to describe how I feel....I ... 40 I guess I need to shit or get off the ... -
start up issuesive got a new laptop, a toshiba tecra m1, and i need to format the hard drive. but on start up it doens't give me an option to press F2 or what ever.…
Often on laptops, you can only get in to the BIOS from a cold boot, a warm reset bypasses the part of the boot up that includes the "press to enter the BIOS". And yes, the message can be too quick to word, or maybe even non-existent. -
Dangerous Z80 Assembly CommandHave been reading Toni Bakers' "Mastering MC On Ya Speccy" book and came across the list of Z80 commands in the dictionary section. Page 102 "[b]IM…
... interrupt). They're perfectly safe to use, providing you know ... how to use them. Most games ... demos use IM 2 to set up their own ... interrupt routine (to play music or whatever). ... second, which the ZX ROM uses to do it's stuff ... -
Issue 3Is now available to download [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/ZXShed/ZXShedIssue03.pdf"]here[/URL] As always, comments wel…
You need the editor/producer to also do most of the writing as well as have semi-solid deadlines, IMHO. -
BASIC Keyword ReferenceHi. I do most of my ZX work on a grey-case +2 which, as we all know, is devoid of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD and stuff, but not much…
... residence... is there any plan to move it elsewhere? I actually ... set up for zx.democode.org (the plan being to detail how ... various demo effects are done on the ZX ... ), but due to time restrictions I've ... -
Interface 1 emulation issuesFor Virtual Spectrum v3.0 I am implementing virtual Interface 1 and Interface 2 options! The I/F2 ROM option works already, and I have got the I/F1 s…
So, care to shed some more details on ... /> I typically develop with Spin, export to binary, then import/test with ... -
A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …
Is it extensible? The reason why I ask is I'm building this piece of hardware which I want to add ZX BASIC extensions to. It would be nice to do the same for your compiled BASIC. -
A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …
... which I want to add ZX BASIC extensions to. It would ... be nice to do ... LEX/Yacc compiler tool to generate the parser). This ... it will require you to know the compiler internals.< ... There is a lot to document on (parameter passing, ... -
Spectrum tops "first home computer" poll someplaceOn a whim, I Googled for "zx spectrum news" to see what came up. Below the recent BBC coverage, the raww.org site and an abandoned fansite: [url]htt…
... I Googled for "zx spectrum news" to see what came up ... people who had a ZX Spectrum of some description. ... had an Archimedes. The ZX was certainly the most ... great when it came to swapping games, and talking ... a Somerset thing. "The ZX Spectrum - usable by inbreds ... -
Announce: BASin r14b availableHere's the fix mentioned earlier for those of you that either are too lazy to update your OS (XP SP2 has been out aaaaages, Arjun!) or even junk that…
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-Allow all windows to be maximized and/or resized ... using the screen editor:
-Option to use Freehand in over ... it requires the right-button to delete the pixel.
- ... Add shortcut keys to the zoom function. The mouse ... -
How to load tzx files into REAL spectrumI have 2 zx spectrum computers, and have been trying to load tzx files into them. I have used several programs to convert them to wav files and them …
I simply connect my PC sound card to the audio input of my commodore 1084 monitor. And i connect the ZX EAR input to the monitor headphone jack...
Some volume ajustements and this works 100%. -
Announce: BASin r14b availableHere's the fix mentioned earlier for those of you that either are too lazy to update your OS (XP SP2 has been out aaaaages, Arjun!) or even junk that…
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-Allow all windows to be maximized and/or resized ... using the screen editor:
-Option to use Freehand in ... was misbehaving. BASin responds to a windows mouse wheel message ... options. BASin was attempting to time the distance between these ... -
Announce: BASin r14b availableHere's the fix mentioned earlier for those of you that either are too lazy to update your OS (XP SP2 has been out aaaaages, Arjun!) or even junk that…
... fails miserably when it comes to program listings from books and ... . Such tool would know what to look for. Current OCR software ... little spaces between dots, tries to detect words using a dictionary ... does, but the OCR will export to BASin or convert the Source ... -
Scan FormatHi, I'm scanning some instructions (Lerm, Kobrahsoft, etc...). I currently use the LizardTech DJVU Solo, which is very popular for scanning Books, Ma…
... with Omnipage 16 direct to word documents with excellent results. ... s trivial to convert most image scans to text ... if it includes required diagrams to a WP format.
to an image format ... when I get round to refining the method.
The amazing Miles Mad Mission thread!Following on from the "Thuderstorms" thread! The JSW I mocked up for a laugh then decided to actually do is under construction. As promised I said …
... moment, then Ill get the editor and spin installed in it ... /> EDIT:Typical, now the editor seems to install under vista,,, grrr8-)
to finish installing xp in a ...Interface III...Cannot load saved file. Any ideas ?I got hold of an Interface III (see [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/hardware-pics/InterfaceIII.jpg"]THIS[/URL] pic). This box makes …
... worked just fine :-) You have to remember that Interface III is ... , and certainly not as easy to use.
The ... them in standard ZX loader format to tape (or to microdrive).
< ... LOAD autotrans then switch tapes to insert your earlier recording (the ...Problem with Discovery OpusI've just got a Discovery Opus, but it seems to be faulty. When I connect the Speccy and switch it on, it displays the "C 1982 Sinclair Research", …
... /> Do you have another Spectrum to test the interface on? If ... off!!) do the keys start to work on the Spectrum? (Make ... similar interface (such as ZX Interface 1) to test on your Spectrum ...
