Spectrum Computing

Depends on the file you’re using. If it’s a TZX, the data could be encrypted. Also depends on the selection width, due to alignment. Best to use a RAM dump, rather than a tape file (but some date could very well be compressed as well).

This will probably make it too easy, but I’ve tested your patience long enough.

Hmm. A tough nut to crack, eh?
Well, here’s the opening screen:

Well, I see this one’s proving to be too tough. Here’s another clue, then. The game starts with a fake system tests (including RAM, ROM, character, and sound tests). The “test” takes an annoyingly long time to “complete.” But, if you hit BREAK, the “test” will exit and take you to that 1882 message....

I’m afraid it’s not.

Nope.

Oh, sorry. Got tied up at work.

Here’s a bigger pic:



And a clue: This screen appears when you press the BREAK key.

Nope.

Nope.

A bit more from the same screen:

MatGubbins wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:58 pm Brian Bloodaxe

Oh, so “close,” but no.

(I can see where the confusion would be coming from, though.)

Okay, my turn.

Slightly Magic?

Oh, yeah, there’s plenty of ghosting.

Maybe on some small subset of screens, but I did refer to a "typical 1980 TV set", TBF - and generally talk about the kind of screen used with the world's most cheap-ass computer. This is an early 90s set. Pretty sure it’s a Sony (took it several years ago). I agree, it’s not your typical...

Some add . . . the horizontal "scanlines" that just weren't there. Actually, they were. Mostly on larger sets, and definitely on Trinitron tubes. Perhaps, not as pronounced as some emulators approximate them, but they were there. My current 14-inch CRT, however, doesn’t have any scanlines...

XTM wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:37 pm Is there a technical term for this kind of upscaling, by the way? I wasn't sure what to call it.

Aliasing.

This is how I do it in Yankee : halt ;ensure the floating bus returns 255 if no KJ IF connected xor a ;test port 0x1f, not 0xFF1F in a,(31) ;read Kempston joystick port inc a ;if all bits are high, then no Kempston joystick is present ld (kji+1),a ;set KJI flag (0 if no KJ found; anything else other...

Continental Circus?

It is absolutely worth keeping, Peter!

andydansby wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:59 pm now working with an even newer beta version from the Telegram group (2.6 dev 22). Still being actively developed.

Oh, wow! Any way of obtaining it other than through Telegram?

EDIT: Never mind. Found it. Thanks!

There’s an “unofficial” but greatly enhanced v2.5 here. Give it a go.

ZjoyKiLer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 7:57 pm
And mine, YUME:

So rare to find a new Spectrum emulator for macOS these days. Is it publicly available? Could I have a copy?

A tip for cleaning the vias quickly: dip a toothpick in melted rosin; then heat the via with a soldering iron and stick the toothpick in it. This will clean up the hole in no time with no damage to the board.

Happy New Year, fellow 8-bitters!

I don’t know if I’m going to be by the computer tonight (but I’ll be checking the forum from the phone), so I’m leaving this here:

I only ever remember playing Academy and this rings true from my memory of that game, so I assume it's the same for its prequel... I remember creeping forward and actually manage to survive for quite a long time, skimming around the planet. There’s a mission in Academy called “Softly Softly.” You r...