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MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…
... one other thing about loading Spectrum games that no one ... and that is that the spectrum does not like dynamic range ... PC headphone sound connected directly to Spectrum (using Taper, Winamp, etc. ) ... I tried with cheapo MP3 to Casette adapter through my crappy ... -
Which arcade game do you wish...... had been converted to the spectrum? There`s a lot of people who seem to not like arcade convo`s but personally I loved most of them, I know they…
[QUOTE=CKay]... had been converted to the spectrum?
There`s ... a lot of people who seem to ... a pay-off with the Spectrum between avoiding two-colour ... that could have been converted to Spectrum far, far better. Someone ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
Piters you're quite mad if you think I'm coding in BASIC to earn money or make a killer app. No, that's why it's a H-O-B-B-Y! I use c++ for professional needs, thank you. -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... think I'm coding in BASIC to earn money or make a ... then. It wasn't going to fit in 48k anyway. I ... was going to plug 8 microdrives in. -
How to get Spectrum games as WAV files?Hopefully I can ask this here, I guess I can. I would like to burn some downloaded favourite spectrum games to cd, to load them on my Spectrum, so I…
... Also I would like to burn some Spectrum music demos which ... such enormous difference playing spectrum beeper tunes thru pc ... and playing same tune thru Spectrum! Difference was unbelievable when ... Brand New TERRA CRESTA cassette to Spectrum (lucky me, there are ... -
SjASMPlus cross compiler of Z80 assembly languageHi! I want to present you cross-compiler of Z80 assembly language: [B]SjASMPlus[/B]. [SIZE="4"]Features:[/SIZE] [LIST] [*]Z80/R800 documented and un…
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and load it to emulator, the emulator says that ... that it is similar model to Spectrum 128, but is not the ... wrote myself a small program to convert raw binary files into ... -
MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…
... but I cannot get it to load
In the first ... what did u use to load wav,mp3 to spectrum?
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Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... What I would like to use the graphics for is ... then UDGs are the way to go. There is a ... address into the system variable to select another bank of ... way you have access to more than 26 characters in ... the more common way in Basic to detect collisions and this ... -
Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... into the system variable to select another bank of ... way you have access to more than 26 characters ... more common way in Basic to detect collisions and this ... obtain information on how to do this??? and... ... is it easy to restore the original character set ... -
Writing TR-Dos discs on a PCProlly not a best first post ... but then again who has? Anyways, great forums you guys have here! Short question ... maybe a short answer. I'm plan…
... . I didn't originally plan to release it, but it wasn ... 't much work to tidy it up and add ... be happy for it to be added to WoS, though the existing ... 'd be more than happy to add a gui for you ... /C++ knowledge is way too basic to design a gui :/ -
*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... don't give glowing reviews to Spectrum releases simply because I post ... , because when you get down to just one monster chasing you ... demonic speed, and you have to run like hell. If the ... that can occur when trying to turn corners, but we are ... -
*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... don't give glowing reviews to Spectrum releases simply because I post ... call a glowing review! Hope to see that quote on the ... -
Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
... cell flash, just need to use custom UGDs right? ... the screen resolution availiable in BASIC to 10, both ways, in ... fond however of trying to resize the grid so ... code that can be applied to this problem?
to check it out), where ... -
Death of Imagine television documentary on Google VideoI'd read about the Imagine documentary in a Crash article about the company's collapse, but never actually seen it. Now it's on Google Video: [url]h…
... the distant future, my contribution to Spectrum history will be considered notable ... it's already happened. (memo to self: check house for hidden ... -
Death of Imagine television documentary on Google VideoI'd read about the Imagine documentary in a Crash article about the company's collapse, but never actually seen it. Now it's on Google Video: [url]h…
[QUOTE=gasman]One day, in the distant future, my contribution to Spectrum history will be considered notable enough that Geoff will start tracking my every move. [/QUOTE]
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Death of Imagine television documentary on Google VideoI'd read about the Imagine documentary in a Crash article about the company's collapse, but never actually seen it. Now it's on Google Video: [url]h…
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Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... Well, if you want to count those then we should ... of the Amstrad em@ilers to Spectrum sales.
... =JamesD]I just want to point out that Europe's ... work in favour of Spectrum sales accross the whole ... other peoples estimates of Spectrum sales? I hope this ... -
Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... the Amstrad em@ilers to Spectrum sales.[/quote]
... purpose. It was designed to be hackable for that ... work in favour of Spectrum sales accross the whole ... other peoples estimates of Spectrum sales? I hope this ... traded company that had to report that info by ... -
reccomendations pleaseI'm on holiday from work this week and I'm after something I can sink my teeth into, something I can invest some time in.
... using an small hollyday time to finish MetalGearSolid3,.. Im finding it ... I suppose you are referring to spectrum stuff,.. so why dont Soldier ... something a bit more complex to do.. ( in NavySEALS you need ... -
If you could choose one extra colour for the ZX Spectrum??The post "Im not trying to start a flame war......" by Ewgf got me thinking. The ZX spectrum had 8 colours. 15 if you count the bright as separate …
... any diference. I tryed with BASIC to place them each by side ... -
Oh so BRIGHT!What is the SLOWEST way to change the attribute area to BRIGHT? It has to be legit! No meaningless instructions or doing stuff for the sake of it. …
... never even thought of using BASIC to do this!
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Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... alter woody's code to draw everything in upper ... br />
Basic will always draw to the main display at ... you can use with the Basic ROM is this:
... $7ffd,...)
2. Use Basic to draw into hidden main display ... a fast m/c program to copy dfile #1 at ... -
Spectrum ScreenshotCould anybody give me instructions to create a screenshot on the Spectaculator? Many Thanks
Load your game, and then choose 'Save As' from the File menu. Change the 'File Type' drop down selector to 'Spectrum Screenshot', give it a name and hey presto!
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Emulating Spectrum digitizer?Hello everyone, Not sure if this is the right forum part to ask this question...basically, I'm making a video for my brother's band (the song is cal…
Mac2Spec is the program you need to convert to Spectrum screen formats on the Mac, and it comes with examples of videos converted to Spectrum like formats... -
TransformersHi there :) After being presented with the news that the Transformers movie is months away from hitting the cinemas, and with AWESOME effects, I wen…
[QUOTE=psj3809]I really wanted to like this game back in ... day, was practically forcing myself to like it by playing it ... only good "manly" cartoon turned to spectrum is thundercats)
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Looking for 'Your Computer' gravity simulation type inHi, In one of the old Your Computer mags, in the type in progs section near the back, there was a Speccy program which simulated interaction between…
... . Some of the bodies seems to push themselves instead of pulling ... 'll test it on visual basic to see it on a larger ... -
Looking for 'Your Computer' gravity simulation type inHi, In one of the old Your Computer mags, in the type in progs section near the back, there was a Speccy program which simulated interaction between…
... Some of the bodies seems to push themselves instead of pulling ... ll test it on visual basic to see it on a larger ... /> Er... if gravity is appearing to push rather than pull it ... LET phi12=PI/2: GO TO 122
121 LET phi12 ... LET phi13=PI/2: GO TO 124
123 LET ... -
ZX OS'es: really useful? eg. ZX Spectrum OS, "Doors" by Aqua[url]http://www.snakeoillabs.com/2005/10/30/8-bit-guis-eye-candys-not-just-for-the-32-bit/[/url] I know bunch of OSes around like those, are those O…
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as DivIde gaining ground to be "the interface" for mass ... is it possible to write an OS to reside in DivIde's ... Eprom, thus leaving more memory to spectrum programs?
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ZX OS'es: really useful? eg. ZX Spectrum OS, "Doors" by Aqua[url]http://www.snakeoillabs.com/2005/10/30/8-bit-guis-eye-candys-not-just-for-the-32-bit/[/url] I know bunch of OSes around like those, are those O…
... Eprom, thus leaving more memory to spectrum programs?[/quote]
It ... ought to be, yes - you've got ... , though - you'd probably have to rewrite the code at the ... of loading it, to remap all addresses to the right place, and ... -
disks for preservationI have gone through my lists and because i havent the hardware to do +3 disk preserving so its not much point in me keeping hold of them so i am offe…
... preserving the history of the spectrum, that is why Martyn ... destroys a life. the Spectrum was made history because of ... greatest champion of the spectrum cause became its biggest enemy ... biggest non contributor to spectrum preservation is willing to nudge his ego ...
