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- Wed May 09, 2018 1:28 pm
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
- Replies: 296
- Views: 57041
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...
- 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: 29604
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.
- Wed May 09, 2018 2:31 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Super Nudge 2000
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1835
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...
- Tue May 08, 2018 1:45 pm
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
- Replies: 296
- Views: 57041
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 ...
- Tue May 08, 2018 2:33 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with K: discussion
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6095
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 ...
- Mon May 07, 2018 9:37 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: What was the SLL instruction supposed to do?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4788
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?
- Mon May 07, 2018 2:32 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Fuse 1.5.3 released
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9298
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...
- Sun May 06, 2018 8:03 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Capital Cities Tester
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10677
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...
- Sun May 06, 2018 7:18 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Improved Download Section
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4705
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...
- Sun May 06, 2018 11:03 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: BBC micro differences and similarities
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8980
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 ...
- Sat May 05, 2018 9:28 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with J: vote
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10266
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...
- Fri May 04, 2018 2:06 am
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
- Replies: 296
- Views: 57041
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...
- Fri May 04, 2018 1:48 am
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Database correction: Russian progammer Destr
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2269
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...
- Thu May 03, 2018 2:47 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: The hobbit: developing the parser
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10466
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/
https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/01/06/plotto/
- Thu May 03, 2018 2:44 pm
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: BBC micro differences and similarities
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8980
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 ...
- Thu May 03, 2018 9:22 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: BBC micro differences and similarities
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8980
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...
- Thu May 03, 2018 7:37 am
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
- Replies: 296
- Views: 57041
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...
- Thu May 03, 2018 2:39 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: BBC micro differences and similarities
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8980
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...
- Thu May 03, 2018 12:20 am
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
- Replies: 296
- Views: 57041
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 ...
- Wed May 02, 2018 4:09 pm
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
- Replies: 296
- Views: 57041
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...
- Wed May 02, 2018 2:11 pm
- Forum: Showcase your work!
- Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
- Replies: 296
- Views: 57041
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...
- Tue May 01, 2018 6:02 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3533
Re: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sXQoGcMN1U[/media]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.
That is so random...
- Tue May 01, 2018 4:23 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3533
Re: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.
Obrigado, muito agradável.
- Tue May 01, 2018 2:06 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3533
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/
- Tue May 01, 2018 1:29 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Custom Fonts and the programmers that love them.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3533
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...