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by Nomad
Wed May 09, 2018 1:28 pm
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
Replies: 296
Views: 55112

Re: Crap 0.1 first assembly project

Feasibility study: I need an application to store my workout data, also it needs to track my progress and make predictions on future performance. Requirements: It needs to: store workout data on disk retrieve data from the disk use text to show information have sound prompts for input take input fro...
by Nomad
Wed May 09, 2018 12:20 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
Replies: 158
Views: 29129

Re: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)

Figure that a game getting a patch decades after is something to be celebrated - especially as it fixes some major issues. Makes you wonder what other titles in the archive could use similar love.
by Nomad
Wed May 09, 2018 2:31 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Super Nudge 2000
Replies: 4
Views: 1809

Re: Super Nudge 2000

To be real though, how orignal was a fruit machine simulator by 1989 anyway in the first place? If its a Basic listing, then there were listings available years before this in both magazines and books. You could do refinements to that sure, and add graphics - even convert the logic to assembly langu...
by Nomad
Tue May 08, 2018 1:45 pm
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
Replies: 296
Views: 55112

Re: Crap 0.1 first assembly project

Guess an update is in order! Been continuing my work on getting a 'trade secrets we deserve' ready. :lol: Can't say its the most thrill filled experience ever but there is some satisfaction to seeing things come together. I question the use of such a thing due to emulators being used and almost all ...
by Nomad
Tue May 08, 2018 2:33 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with K: discussion
Replies: 27
Views: 6052

Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with K: discussion

Komando 2 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=2734 Its poster certainly depicts some of the harshest realities of war. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/pub/sinclair/games-extras/Komando2_Poster.jpg Kinda looks to me like the aftermath of a pride rally ... "Not even spit for ...
by Nomad
Mon May 07, 2018 9:37 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: What was the SLL instruction supposed to do?
Replies: 20
Views: 4670

Re: What was the SLL instruction supposed to do?

Just a wild shot in the dark, but could it have something to do with the 8080 compatibility?
by Nomad
Mon May 07, 2018 2:32 am
Forum: Emulators
Topic: Fuse 1.5.3 released
Replies: 28
Views: 8751

Re: Fuse 1.5.3 released

did it add support for QL emulation? zx80,81 and compatibles? what about the clones? QL was a Motorola 68008, I wouldn't expect that to be emulated by fuse any time soon. There is another question - if you add support for these new systems like z80, z81. Who is going to continue the development aft...
by Nomad
Sun May 06, 2018 8:03 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Capital Cities Tester
Replies: 27
Views: 10585

Re: Capital Cities Tester

How about historical states? But then that is a whole new can of worms. Like what do you do when a government is in a state of collapse like say Italy at the end of the second world war.. Or Manchukuo, that changed its capital twice and now is a non-existent state... :lol:
by Nomad
Sun May 06, 2018 7:18 pm
Forum: Website
Topic: Improved Download Section
Replies: 19
Views: 4564

Re: Improved Download Section

EDIT #2: Cleared some browser caches is all is working now. :shock: I should’ve never upgraded to this fancy new “personal” computer. The Spectrum has always worked fine for me. No cookies, no incriminating browser history, no caches . . . *dons tin foil hat * Call me paranoid but I always suspecte...
by Nomad
Sun May 06, 2018 11:03 am
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: BBC micro differences and similarities
Replies: 33
Views: 8801

Re: BBC micro differences and similarities

Here is an interesting overview of the Electron. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpE-E_7lNJI[/media] It's probably the closest thing you are going to get to a BBC Micro on original hardware in the US at a reasonable price (shipped). Assuming you have a PAL -> NTSC converter lying around your ...
by Nomad
Sat May 05, 2018 9:28 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with J: vote
Replies: 47
Views: 10104

Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with J: vote

I think it is unfair to compare the commercial classic titles to the stuff that came after because the intent and development cycle/constraints are so different. The main thing that strikes me and causing the nostalgia rose tinted glasses to crack was seeing just how little commercial coders cared a...
by Nomad
Fri May 04, 2018 2:06 am
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
Replies: 296
Views: 55112

Re: Crap 0.1 first assembly project

I was hoping that at some time in the future the 'phantom typist' of fuse would be made script able. This would be a great application for the Phantom typist. look at the progress list, open the file. poke a bunch of memory locations, is it different than the stock memory map? if so name a file acco...
by Nomad
Fri May 04, 2018 1:48 am
Forum: Preservation
Topic: Database correction: Russian progammer Destr
Replies: 7
Views: 2190

Re: Database correction: Russian progammer Destr

One thing that is interesting is where the majority of a countries published spectrum output being in Latin alphabet when they themselves used Cyrillic. Serbia From what I understand there was an active user base, therefore there must be more titles from Serbia that are as of now not documented on w...
by Nomad
Thu May 03, 2018 2:47 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: The hobbit: developing the parser
Replies: 39
Views: 10034

Re: The hobbit: developing the parser

I figure this was the only way you could practically do a Plotto style interactive fiction game/RPG on the spectrum.

https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/01/06/plotto/
by Nomad
Thu May 03, 2018 2:44 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: BBC micro differences and similarities
Replies: 33
Views: 8801

Re: BBC micro differences and similarities

It was weird how most of the educational machines ended up in a landfill. I think its something to do with the way that schools/colleges wrote off old stock. You rarely saw that stuff going to boot sales or charity shops. It's a shame when you think how much all that stuff cost originally even with ...
by Nomad
Thu May 03, 2018 9:22 am
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: BBC micro differences and similarities
Replies: 33
Views: 8801

Re: BBC micro differences and similarities

We used to use the BBC in school, all the way through infants & primary school we had them. Even when I was in secondary school you would still see them around with a mix of 186/286 PCs during the 90s :lol: I thought the keyboard was good - it was a solid bit of kit. But then you would expect th...
by Nomad
Thu May 03, 2018 7:37 am
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
Replies: 296
Views: 55112

Re: Crap 0.1 first assembly project

a lot of patients and time on their hands For the confused I am not talking about an under-employed doctor/dentist lol patience... please forgive my spelling mistake. :lol: :lol: In other news, I wanted to model the effect of concealment of information within systems by interested actors. That is a...
by Nomad
Thu May 03, 2018 2:39 am
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: BBC micro differences and similarities
Replies: 33
Views: 8801

Re: BBC micro differences and similarities

The answer to your question... http://bfy.tw/Hwvu For googlephobic Keyboard Mappings ----------------- There are two main keyboard mappings available on the Options menu, default mapping and logical mapping. For default mapping most of the keys are the same on the Beeb and PC but these are not: PC B...
by Nomad
Thu May 03, 2018 12:20 am
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
Replies: 296
Views: 55112

Re: Crap 0.1 first assembly project

That is the thing, while the end result of having a huge collection of fonts would be fabulous, the work required to get to that point would be a brutal slog. I figure it would take someone with a lot of patients and time on their hands (that is why I figured a retiree would be in the best position ...
by Nomad
Wed May 02, 2018 4:09 pm
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
Replies: 296
Views: 55112

Re: Crap 0.1 first assembly project

Looking at the archive I was curious a.) how often custom fonts were used b.) did the same group of fonts get used across many different games or was it a case of many individual fonts getting designed? Because its a continuous block of memory, of a known length. I think it could be extracted automa...
by Nomad
Wed May 02, 2018 2:11 pm
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
Replies: 296
Views: 55112

Re: Crap 0.1 first assembly project

Today's project time was spent looking at custom fonts. Here is an open major project for an interested person - a great retirement project actually. Go through the archive, and rip every instance of a custom font. Found an unintentional great source for inspiration on the youtubes - I was just watc...
by Nomad
Tue May 01, 2018 6:02 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.
Replies: 13
Views: 3483

Re: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.

PeteProdge wrote: Tue May 01, 2018 5:41 pm What really surprised me is the 16-bits using the Sinclair ROM font!

Strangely, the Spectrum version uses a custom font.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sXQoGcMN1U[/media]

That is so random... :lol:
by Nomad
Tue May 01, 2018 4:23 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.
Replies: 13
Views: 3483

Re: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.

Obrigado, muito agradável.
by Nomad
Tue May 01, 2018 2:06 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.
Replies: 13
Views: 3483

Re: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.

Thanks Alessandro, much appreciated. I should have dug harder and actually googled this. :lol: 10 year old blog post: http://szeligaski.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/redefining-zx-spectrum-character-set.html 3 months ago: https://markhardisty.wordpress.com/2018/01/23/how-to-rip-a-zx-spectrum-games-font/
by Nomad
Tue May 01, 2018 1:29 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.
Replies: 13
Views: 3483

Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.

So looking through OUTLET and the rather excellent work of djnzx48 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=425&hilit=font#p5596 got my noggin' jogging - is there an easy way to load a font to use in a.) a BASIC program b.) an Assembly program. Being a simple potato while I...