Spectrum Computing

bob_fossil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:36 pm I don't appear to have a PM off you. My mailbox isn't full so I'm not sure what is going on.

Me neither.
Check your inbox, I guess it's ok now.

I investigated this issue further and here is what I noticed. My sd card is formatted with slightly different parameters (cluster size 4096, starting sector 64), probably that the DOS system files would work correctly on the FAT32 partition. When I formatted card with the default values ​​(cluster s...

My biggest surprise is that Green Beret got so many votes, more than Cobra and FireFly.
I never really liked this game on any platform, too stressful and frustrating, in many ways...

No, it's probably a bug in the C code I rewrote in assembly. If you can zip up the disk image and make it available for download somewhere I can try and investigate further. Thanks Bob, I sent you the image link in a PM. On this sd card, I have a lot of special files for other cores, including the ...

Maybe it's the cause of the problem, because I'm not using the whole 16Gb sd card, just a first 5 Gb FAT32 partition on it, for easier backup.
The rest is unallocated space.

New test version available here . Final bit of size reduction in the FAT handling code as it's now all written in assembly. Seems to work on my FAT32 setup under emulation in Fuse and in FAT16 on my +2 - but there may be issues. Typically this would manifest itself as corrupted or empty directory l...

1. Myth
2. Last Ninja 2
3. IK+

Very nice.
Is there a digital purchase ?

PeterJ wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 1:44 pm

I use Chromium based browser, as before, other pages look fine.
Now I reinstalled the latest browser version, cleared the cache and it worked.
I also tried with firefox, it works fine too.
btw, this is what it looked like with the error.

It seems that SSL is somehow broken, after the last update.
I keep getting a "not secure connection" warning with red triangle icon.

1. Mikie
2. Terra Cresta
3. Pud Pud

Another interesting fpga, a good competitor for mid-range devices.
For now, it has the Amiga and Spectrum core.
As far as I can see its not available as a commercial product, but as a DIY project.

https://www.elektroda.com/rtvforum/topic3891155.html

Like this game, I think it deserves positive comments.
Some screens have that "Cauldron" charm and there are also nice big animated sprites.
Nice work.

Wonderful, can't wait for the Spectrum version.

Looks like it's back in stock, currently one piece left:
https://antoniovillena.es/store/product/zxtres/

The result is that I see the "bolt" icon in upper right corner indicating missing power and the ZX Recreated keyboard just doesn't work. The most important observation is that I just plug the recreated spectrum keyboard, no other devices, and I have a message that says " you need a G...

Happy tenth anniversary!
I've had my ups and downs with ZesaruX, but I still think it's very special and I like the direction it's going.
One of the few emulators, which supports Sinclair QL.
Keep up with the good job.

If we exclude the old days, my next encounter with the Spectrum and other retro computers began in 1995, on a PC 386SX 25Mhz and the famous Lunter's Z80 emulator. I remember the excitement when I started Elite at full speed and realized, that I didn't need the SAVE option from the game, because I co...

This. The moment when my favourite forum became a neglected mess dominated by a clan of self-absorbed, ban hammer wielding jerks. I didn't follow the Speccy scene for years afterwards until I discovered this place. Actually you didn't miss too much. The culmination of all those events at wos happen...

Alcoholics Anonymous You don't have to remind me, that the SpecNext propaganda machine is very strong. As an individual, if you try to go up against it, you'll be crushed. Since you know the project, ask Victor if he took Miguel's code from ZX Uno and used it in ZX Next ? When Miguel realized, that...

The comments on the last update are definitely the height of idolatry.
Every new delay is followed by messages of endless adoration of the "great leader(s)".
Orwell would be truly proud...

Magicland Dizzy ?

This is interesting project, I'd like to see it in action:
https://8bithardware.wixsite.com/websit ... ge/zx-tsid

For me... As far as I know, the first C64 turbo tapes date back to 1984 and have been used in the original titles and backups, since then. Later, the loaders became very advanced, like the famous Ocean loader 4 and 5, which I remember the most, because they had music, scrolling text, border stripes...

Nick wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:51 pm *cough* Chaos *cough*

Chaos is in 7th place, what's wrong with that?
I would definitely order some games differently, but the selection is very good.
I even discovered a two games, which I haven't played before like Keyleth and Vulcan.