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- Sat May 11, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: QAOP bust again?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 155
Re: QAOP bust again?
Weird, I had the same problem months ago with opqa (a message sayind "not fetched" or something so) but now all works fine. No idea why.
- Thu May 09, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 888
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
Agree. Some 3D labyrinths with foes qualify as proto-FPS.bluespikey wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 2:15 pm Theres no shooting in 3D Monster Maze, but what about Zigzag from 1984? Plus it had a great death animation when you catch up with the baddies.
- Thu May 09, 2024 1:24 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 888
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
On the ZX, I guess Castle Master could qualify as a proto-fps, with insistence on "proto" (I'm not sure if other Freescape games have some shooting?). Almost all have the "shooting" function ( if not all, not sure). I played a lot BITD Driller and to me it's a proto-FPS all the ...
- Thu May 09, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: How do I convert Sinclair BASIC into Boriel BASIC?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 172
Re: How do I convert Sinclair BASIC into Boriel BASIC?
I read somewhere that it also take cues from FreeBASIC; Well, FreeBASIC is too based in QBASIC (like QB64) so at the end is the same. Structured BASIC vs. Unstructured BASIC. I'm not user of Boriel, although I see it as very interesting and have tested it a bit, but others will give you better advi...
- Thu May 09, 2024 11:51 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: How do I convert Sinclair BASIC into Boriel BASIC?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 172
Re: How do I convert Sinclair BASIC into Boriel BASIC?
Boriel is more like Qbasic, it's not very difficult to port from the Spectrum BASIC, but you need to understand a bit how each work. I'm not aware of an official IDE, but you can use a standard text editor (programmers oriented) like Programmers Notepad and similar. PS: maybe you can test first the ...
- Thu May 09, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 888
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:42 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 767
Re: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!
I've corrected some of the MicroHobby ones (not all, only a few), between 1988 and 1991 (see https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/ad ... ishers.php for details).
- Sat May 04, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: Graphics
- Topic: gigaviewer
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1296
Re: gigaviewer
Yes, a lot of LCD screens will, entirely as a side effect of their image processing, hide the flickering you'd normally see. The distinction is more obvious on an old school CRT. Side note: this information maybe should be added at https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?group_id=1060 When I think in ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Cult Games: vote
- Replies: 14
- Views: 481
Re: The best Speccy game by Cult Games: vote
Best type-ins by magazine?
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:14 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: USR0
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1411
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:52 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Poll: Spectrum Users and their Zodiac Signs
- Replies: 8
- Views: 434
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Goodbye,Z80
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2031
Re: Goodbye,Z80
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/end-of-life-for-z80-cpu-and-peripherals-announced/ "What this effectively means is that after just under 48 years since its launch in 1976, the Zilog Z80 will no longer be available for sale as discrete components, which is likely to primarily impact hobbyists a...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Goodbye,Z80
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2031
Re: Goodbye,Z80
Sad. Somehow, I feel the calendar is running out of pages.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:14 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Timex Sinclair 2040 printer question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 226
Re: Timex Sinclair 2040 printer question
Hi, I think it might be , 24 volts, I asked on another website. Here: https://k1.spdns.de/Vintage/Sinclair/82/Timex%20Peripherals/TS2040%20Printer/ "The printer required and came with an own power supply. Therefore it could still be used with the ZX Spectrum+3 and +2A/B. (to be verified) The P...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Timex Sinclair 2040 printer question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 226
Re: Timex Sinclair 2040 printer question
I've found this photo:
I assume the thing at the right is a power supply.
I assume the thing at the right is a power supply.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Article about Dinamic in the Spanish press
- Replies: 4
- Views: 434
Article about Dinamic in the Spanish press
I was reading the press, periodically appears some 8 bits nostalgia related readings: https://elpais.com/icon/2024-04-16/un-reto-brutal-como-cuatro-adolescentes-espanoles-revolucionaron-el-mundo-del-videojuego-deportivo.html (in Spanish, curiously they name the ZX Spectrum as "the Spectrum ZX&q...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:14 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: First tape/games you got with your ZX Spectrum
- Replies: 37
- Views: 879
Re: First tape/games you got with your ZX Spectrum
Mine was a very late +2A, with Robocop 2 and Chase HQ 2.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: SAM Coupé
- Topic: Popular SAM Coupé Misconceptions
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1536
Re: Popular SAM Coupé Misconceptions
Haha, no idea why but for long time I was sure SAM stood for SpectrumAdvancedMachine. Error.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:54 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
- Replies: 29
- Views: 810
Re: games where protagonist transforms / changes in time
Capitan Trueno (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/802/ZX-Spectrum/Capitan_Trueno), you can change between 3 characters/sprites with particular skills. Edit: Ops, someone said it in a previous post. Then Comando Quatro (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1022/ZX-Spectrum/Comando_Quatro), you c...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Little bugs in the database 6
- Replies: 148
- Views: 7920
Re: STM32 Bot
To me the most interesting thing is that the post received some likes and sincere answers. Passed the Turing test. For some time the cheap works where condemned as "it can be made by machines" and everyone focused in arts and blablabla. It's done. La Mettrie was right. PS: Gómez Pereira an...
Re: STM32 Bot
It's clear, we will need the Voight-Kampff test as captcha.SteveSmith wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:13 pm And it does ask the question, how long before this and other web forums are populated by intelligent bots?
Re: STM32 Bot
Not totally sure but iirc was a post askink if the Spectrum community could be interested in a demake of a game called "Mechathroids" or something similar.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: The Elves of Maroland
- Replies: 10
- Views: 818
Re: The Elves of Maroland
We have https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6 ... e_Maroland and https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4 ... oland_2023 but I suppose this should have its own entry?
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Fake history
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1174
Re: Fake history
If tomorrow someone "discovers" in a forgotten tape the remains of The Gianna Sisters or Toki and it's amazing, I will suspect. If it's crap, not so much.