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by Alessandro
Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Custom Loaders
Replies: 34
Views: 2236

Re: Custom Loaders

There are a number of custom loaders which are not present in that video:

https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/47463/

Also, of course, check my own SetoLOAD 8-) :

https://www.alessandrogrussu.it/setoload-en.html
by Alessandro
Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:05 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC
Replies: 99
Views: 9225

Re: TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC

Please see my answer in the original thread:

https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/for ... 65#p106665
by Alessandro
Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:58 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Pasmo 0.5.5
Replies: 6
Views: 565

Re: Pasmo 0.5.5

I think you should ask Julian about that, his email address is at the bottom of the home page.
by Alessandro
Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:40 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: TR-DOS.. I have questions
Replies: 34
Views: 993

Re: TR-DOS.. I have questions

There's a way to run standard BASIC-TR-DOS-Commands from MCode. You can find an example here: https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/comment/957163/#Comment_957163 This is the way explained in the interface's original manual, and it is rather clumsy. Low-level Assembly TR-DOS management is a...
by Alessandro
Thu Dec 08, 2022 1:43 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Homebrew coin-op conversions that were never tackled commercially
Replies: 16
Views: 628

Re: Homebrew coin-op conversions that were never tackled commercially

Of the two arcade games I grew up on , Time Pilot and Sinistar, Sinistar didn't get converted at all as far as I know and Timepilot had some sort of effort towards it by a budget label, which I can't remember what it's called at the moment. Could it be Time Flight by Power House? https://www.spectr...
by Alessandro
Tue Dec 06, 2022 5:09 pm
Forum: Emulators
Topic: New release of SpecEmu
Replies: 218
Views: 45729

Re: New release of SpecEmu

Eugene C. wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 9:59 pm Joypad does not work?
I think so. I made some play tests with a simple but working PlayStation-type USB joypad, and noticed Kempston input is definitely broken in 04.12.2022 build.
by Alessandro
Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:28 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Pasmo 0.5.5
Replies: 6
Views: 565

Re: Pasmo 0.5.5

Never mind - I downloaded MinGW, set up PATH in order to invoke it from every other directory and followed a simple guide I found on the Web in order to build Pasmo from the source code. The result is here for anyone interested: https://www.alessandrogrussu.it/zx/pasmo055.zip I tested it with some c...
by Alessandro
Mon Dec 05, 2022 7:58 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Homebrew coin-op conversions that were never tackled commercially
Replies: 16
Views: 628

Re: Homebrew coin-op conversions that were never tackled commercially

Some coin-op conversions appeared on the C64 but were only announced on the Spectrum and never surfaced. Off the top of my head: Iron Horse, Congo Bongo, Up 'n' Down. Also worth mentioning are Thunder Jaws, which only came out as a promising-looking demo, and Trojan, of which just a half-finished Sp...
by Alessandro
Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:53 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Podcast about the Spectrum on Floppy Days
Replies: 6
Views: 447

Re: Podcast about the Spectrum on Floppy Days

I didn't know the early Spectrum manufacturing line at Dundee was staffed by women building the Speccies - in fact I naively thought it was a highly automated blue-lit factory like in the TV advert! There's a photo in the Spectrumpedia, Vol. 1 page 36, depicting that. Those hard-working women's han...
by Alessandro
Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:44 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: DivMMC Future compatibility?
Replies: 12
Views: 485

Re: DivMMC Future compatibility?

I bought my EnJoy some 6 years ago from Byte Delight and so far did not experience any issues, except for it being a bit loose on the +2A, so that I have to put a small booklet under it to avoid wobbling - on the 48K, 128 etc. this does not happen. Other than that, no compatibility problems whatsoev...
by Alessandro
Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:49 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Pasmo 0.5.5
Replies: 6
Views: 565

Pasmo 0.5.5

Last March Julian Albo made available the sources for the 0.5.5 version of his Pasmo assembler. https://pasmo.speccy.org He announced it on another forum, where I asked him whether a Windows executable file would habe been made available. He answered that he had to do some tests and then executables...
by Alessandro
Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:53 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: I, Ball - Kempston not working on +2a? And Locomotion issue.
Replies: 7
Views: 265

Re: I, Ball - Kempston not working on +2a? And Locomotion issue.

I, Ball: Did you try the TAP file I made a while ago? It works fine with Kempston on the +2A. http://disegnareconlaluce.altervista.org

Locomotion: Did you try the fixed file from here? Again, it works fine on the +2A. https://www.alessandrogrussu.it/plus2A-en.html
by Alessandro
Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:34 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Game art copied from elsewhere
Replies: 412
Views: 75792

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Times New Roman is my first choice for Word documents at work because it's compact and readable enough on both screen and paper, and since it comes with every Windows system, colleagues and pupils won't have any problem into visualizing/printing them correctly, since everybody uses Windows and nobod...
by Alessandro
Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC
Replies: 99
Views: 9225

Re: TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC

Several new additions: Batman (Erbe version, +2A/+3 compatible) Pole Position (Atarisoft and Datasoft editions, both fixed for +2A/+3) Fourth Protocol (from the +2A/+3 fix by jpnz) Head Over Heels (Erbe/IBSA version, with corrected IM2 vector for full +2A/+3 compatibility; according to Philip Kendal...
by Alessandro
Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:36 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Spectrumpedia second edition - it's here!
Replies: 46
Views: 2572

Re: Spectrumpedia second edition - it's here!

Another update for the English edition: Volume 1: - Some corrections and integrations in the text. Volume 2: - Some information about the Spectrum Next video modes have been revised. - Some entries in the Emulators section of Chapter 2 have been updated. - An entry about the AT Computer Systems IT/U...
by Alessandro
Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:26 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Game art copied from elsewhere
Replies: 412
Views: 75792

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/c/scr/Cyberun.scr&border=0 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/c/scr/CrystalCastles.scr&border=0 look at the crystal Cyberun was the second game released by US Gold after ac...
by Alessandro
Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:03 pm
Forum: Emulators
Topic: New release of SpecEmu
Replies: 218
Views: 45729

Re: New release of SpecEmu

Luzie wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 9:24 am @azesmbog is there a Download-Link or is this an inofficial version for Emulator-Authors?
I would also like to know about this new version, the usual link still shows the 01.10.22 one.

[Edit: typo corrected]
by Alessandro
Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:00 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: Preservation Tools - Submissions Feedback/Q/A
Replies: 70
Views: 3571

Re: Preservation Tools - Submissions Feedback/Q/A

Hi @Alessandro quick question. Has Jackson Soft (Italy) re-released a title outside the covertape of "Magazine Jackson Soft Oro Spectrum"? Because if that is the case, there is no need of having it as "re-release" on titles like Pyjamarama, since it is already mentioned as a cov...
by Alessandro
Sat Nov 05, 2022 6:55 pm
Forum: Website
Topic: ZX-Modules.de has seized to exist.
Replies: 22
Views: 5766

Re: ZX-Modules.de has seized to exist.

uglifruit wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:48 am This is great, thanks for doing this - just what I needed now I'm setting up a new PC.
Just as a heads up, the link to the FZX editor doesn't seem to be working though.
Fixed.
by Alessandro
Fri Nov 04, 2022 7:03 pm
Forum: Website
Topic: ZX-Modules.de has seized to exist.
Replies: 22
Views: 5766

Re: ZX-Modules.de has seized to exist.

I put a simple web page on my website with all the download links for Claus's programs from the ZX-Modules suite, plus other three utilities also by him. Honestly I don't know how to contact him to ask him for permission, I just hope he does not mind - should he disagrees with me hosting his program...
by Alessandro
Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:05 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: Lenslok titles
Replies: 9
Views: 248

Re: Lenslok titles

Only the original 48K release of Elite is protected; neither the Joystick Club re-release, nor the 128 later version are
by Alessandro
Thu Nov 03, 2022 5:31 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Custom Loaders
Replies: 34
Views: 2236

Re: Custom Loaders

Thanks @Stu :D