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Which computer is most similar to Zx Spectrum?I have wondered recently wihch other 8-bit computer is most of all similar to Zx Spectrum. I mean similar graphics, similar gameplay, similar program…
... a bit similar to a Spectrum, but the graphics capabilities of ... user-definable characters. Even the ZX81 could do better, albeit not ... very cut down version of BASIC and you can practically count ... looks similar externally to the Spectrum, you could try the [URL ... -
1K ZX ChessIt's a great surprise to discover that there were a guy who programmed a chess game for the ZX81 with only 1K! of memory. His name was David Horne. …
... is a classic for the ZX81.
I was thinking ... a Minigame for the ZX Spectrum.
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Too big for a BASIC one-liner? [img]http://i77 ... -
ZX81 tape formatIs there a description of it somewhere? The TZX format doesn't give it but can it be worked out from what it says about block 19? There is a good d…
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ZX81 Cassette File Structure
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TAP filesI'm trying to figure out how to make TAP files and am none the wiser. Tried downloading Taper, got it working but it was one of the unfathomables. I …
The BASIC+variables and CODE ... file is dependent on the Spectrum commands used, not on ... real Spectrum would save.
PS.
A BASIC program ... BASIC program area - eg. as had to be done on the ZX81 ... be EDITed or LISTed from BASIC; so it simplifies the ... -
Your views on...Fairlight[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001712]Fairlight[/url] Now, this is one game that I regret never playing. Tell a lie, I did t…
... . That's identical to the Spectrum. Where's the colour? Most ... 's just added that 64 basic screen at the end of ... to c64. There are subtle differences in the rooms ... you can ... -
25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…
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* The ZX Spectrum Technical Wiki
* BASIC:
* ColorPRINT (Timex ... ZX Spectrum SE support to FUSE and EightyOne
* Add ZX80, ZX81 ... Grant and Steve Vickers (ZX80/ZX81)
* Andrew Wright (SAM Coupe ... -
Who Are You Guys..... ???I'm curious to learn about the guys (and no doubt gals) who keep this forum alive. Were you all Spectrum-heads from the start? Did any of you come la…
... Spectrum (16K issue 2) around Christmas 1982, having sold my ZX81 ... although nothing too serious, mainly BASIC extensions, ROM tweaks, etc. ... which came free with the Spectrum. Today, I love reading ... original book during my early Spectrum days. The whole story ... -
Who Are You Guys..... ???I'm curious to learn about the guys (and no doubt gals) who keep this forum alive. Were you all Spectrum-heads from the start? Did any of you come la…
... 1995. I discovered the Spectrum in the summer of ... own games in Basic and kept using my Spectrum until 1993 ... everytime I started my Spectrum, just to make the ... a fan of the ZX81 and Timex computers, but ... forward to connect my Spectrum to the internet. Three ... -
Real 60Hz NTSC 48K ZX SpectrumNot a 3rd party mod. The joystick mod was added by the user, but the board and the computer is exactly what was sold in Chile, South America. We migh…
... /TC2048.
Unlike the ZX81 there doesn't appear to ... configuration that would allow these differences to be configured in jumpers ... if I play PAL ZX Spectrum with NTSC TV by using ... -
Spectrum +2 A/B ManualsHi, please can anyone tell me what the manual for the black +2 looked like (black/grey) and how many pages etc. also what differences there are, if s…
... load Spectrum 48 software, Introduction to BASIC, Using 128 BASIC, Using 48 BASIC. Then ... disk drive, Introducing +3 BASIC, Using 48 BASIC. Then Chapter 8 (now ... page one. There are slight differences on many pages, although often ... -
Home Computing WeeklyIssue 15 seems to have 4 extra images that are duplicates of the previous four. HomeComputingWeekly01500049.jpg HomeComputingWeekly01500050.jpg HomeC…
... ,ZX81
830419,007,16-17,listing from Exploring Spectrum BASIC ... ,Mike Lord,ZX Spectrum
830426 ... ,Hangman,Ray Elder,ZX81 & ZX Spectrum
830524, ... Knowledge,Ray Elder,ZX81 & ZX Spectrum
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Home Computing WeeklyIssue 15 seems to have 4 extra images that are duplicates of the previous four. HomeComputingWeekly01500049.jpg HomeComputingWeekly01500050.jpg HomeC…
... -33,Salvage,Ray Elder,ZX81 & ZX Spectrum
831220,042,10 ... Stranger,ZX Spectrum
840417,058,23-24,Converting BASIC (String Slicing ... ),R A Houlton,ZX Spectrum
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Games not working on Timex 2048Timex 2048 is a very good Spectrum 48k clone, over 90% of games work fine. But there are also not working games or working but not properly. Is there…
... couple of days ago describing differences between the 128K AY and ... partially decoded as on the Spectrum. One consequence of this is ... regulations for home computers. The Spectrum is a noisy design. It ... salvaged to release a 16k zx81 that would hang onto the ... -
speccy games at your school?this will probably only apply to those of us who were at school from say 82 to 92ish (guessing thats the majority of people here?). anyway did your…
... /> Although I had a ZX81 and Spectrum at home, I spent many ... mine (who also owned a Spectrum). We didn't know anyone ... some software for it in BASIC - we each had a tape ... -
Image to ZXSpec 1.0Hi, I've written a piece of software (still not finished) that outputs any kind of image onto a Spectrum having being converted on a PC. It takes a…
... on some emulators. POKE from BASIc is too slow, even after ... them in USR0 mode of Spectrum 128).
The Player is ... , the compressor stores only the differences from previous frame, so it ... -
Image to ZXSpec 1.0Hi, I've written a piece of software (still not finished) that outputs any kind of image onto a Spectrum having being converted on a PC. It takes a…
... on some emulators. POKE from BASIc is too slow, even after ... them in USR0 mode of Spectrum 128).
The Player is ... , the compressor stores only the differences from previous frame, so it ... -
Earth Shaker - just remembered! Where 2 play?For ages I have been trying to remember a game akin to boulderdash that I enjoyed way back when. The rubber beermat finally answered my Q, with an i…
... /> Does this mean there are differences in the in-game levels ... happened to the author's Spectrum version of the sequel, that ... together to write the blitz basic version and I was 80 ... -
1st Edition Spectrum BASIC ManualWasn't there someone here who was after a 1st Edition of the Spectrum BASIC Programming manual? I seem to recall someone offering me money for mine …
... uses the ZX81 system variables instead of the Spectrum ones.[/QUOTE]
basic programming book, so rather than ... -
1st Edition Spectrum BASIC ManualWasn't there someone here who was after a 1st Edition of the Spectrum BASIC Programming manual? I seem to recall someone offering me money for mine …
... introduction booklet built into the basic programming book, so rather than ... />
Mike Lord - a proficient ZX81 programmer - said that the one ... mentioned errors was the first Spectrum manual in his 1982 ... -
What's the deal with JetPac?The instant I saw it back in the day I thought to myself "Well, that's crap ... colourful but crap nonetheless" ... and I still feel that way about t…
... a ton of crap out, basic games, just some pretty poor ... still saying the zx81 had a future alongside Spectrum games, well JETPAC ... -
Question about ZX Spectrum AY interfacesI got this information from Mike, author of EigthyOne: [QUOTE]128k spectrum 1.7734 MHz Timex 1.764 MHz ZON-X 1.625 MHz Fuller 1.625 MHz QuickSilva 0…
... doesn't matter if the differences aren't very big.
Spectrum music into Amstrad CPC (the ... it appears that the differences between Spectrum and ZX81 would be just several ... -
What? ?366.00 for an Ace!Over the top price paid here, just a silly amout. [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270432107397&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:…
... was basically a ZX81 with Forth instead of Basic, and I think ... it went on the market after the Spectrum ... -
What? ?366.00 for an Ace!Over the top price paid here, just a silly amout. [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270432107397&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:…
... was basically a ZX81 with Forth instead of Basic, and I think ... it went on the market after the Spectrum ... -
48K BASIC to ZX81 BASIC conversion possible?Looking for an automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a 48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81. It's obvious that some things cannot be done o…
... BASIC program done on a
48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81 ...
be done on the ZX81 but, having that in mind ... 's not possible on the ZX81? Thanks.[/QUOTE]
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zx81 repairare they easy or very tricky to fix, just curious? getting one , that displays but no cursor.. so hopefully I can get parts to fix it. I started off…
... same as for the ZX Spectrum, and repair follows a ... components in a working ZX81 to determine if okay/bad ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81#Peripherals_and_expansions"]RAM pack wobble[/ ... do need soldering skills, and basic electronics knowledge (and tools) ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... those standard libraries and any differences or refinements.
basic computer science education, if ... around to it some basic installation instructions should be ... supplies is the standard spectrum one. This interprets the ... -
Look what the postman brought today.L@@K RaRe. [IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4430839102_908ee1fa56_m.jpg[/IMG] Behold Tis a thing of beauty. Its also knackered. Dang!.
... ago I bought a boxed Spectrum 48K, boxed +D disc drive ... edge connector extenders and a ZX81/Spectrum BASIC programming book - for ?22! This ... -
address 23760 etc.Hi all, Where could I find Spectrum 48 addresses, what's in 23760 for instance ? Thanks for advance ! -jp
On a standard ZX Spectrum (no extra hardware), 23760 will ... at the start of the BASIC listing.
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Hypothetically....If you were putting together a "Spectrum +4" what presently available hardware would you include. My criteria would be total comparability (or as ne…
... Spectrum are a RAMCSH1, RAMCSH2 and RAMCSL lines on the Bus. ZX81 ... had a RAMCS, so why Spectrum not?
RAMCSL ... without any problems, accessable from BASIC, up to 4 MB or ... .
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Hypothetically....If you were putting together a "Spectrum +4" what presently available hardware would you include. My criteria would be total comparability (or as ne…
... Spectrum are a RAMCSH1, RAMCSH2 and RAMCSL lines on the Bus. ZX81 ... had a RAMCS, so why Spectrum not?
RAMCSL ... without any problems, accessable from BASIC, up to 4 MB or ... />
And for Expansion of Spectrum: A Interface 1 style Addon ...
