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by stevenmcdonald
Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:05 am
Forum: Emulators
Topic: New release of EightyOne available
Replies: 342
Views: 335148

Re: New release of EightyOne available

Hi.This is a strange one.. Could it be perhaps the file has not totally synced over fully?
by stevenmcdonald
Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:43 pm
Forum: GAMES
Topic: Hangman game
Replies: 9
Views: 7145

Re: Hangman game

Hi thanks for the info there . Very novel.
It just needs static ram in the 8-16k region so that it can be access during refresh time .
A unique way of doing it for sure.

Cheers

Steve
by stevenmcdonald
Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:13 am
Forum: GAMES
Topic: Hangman game
Replies: 9
Views: 7145

Re: Hangman game

Hi there! A very interesting post - will check it out shortly when I get real machine access… ARX mode - is anyone able to share technical details on this mode - I haven’t heard of it before until tonight.. Is it pseudo high res or real? A trick real or real real hires like WRX is real? Anybody have...
by stevenmcdonald
Sat Jun 11, 2022 4:40 pm
Forum: Emulators
Topic: New release of EightyOne available
Replies: 342
Views: 335148

Re: New release of EightyOne available

I second that !

This is a major update and a milestone release!

Great work and much appreciated !!

Steven McDonald
by stevenmcdonald
Sun Mar 27, 2022 6:42 pm
Forum: GAMES
Topic: New ZX81 Game: Against The Elements
Replies: 52
Views: 65901

Re: New ZX81 Game: Against The Elements

A great update Paul!

I know Free space was very tight on the original release so that’s great work cramming in these updates !

I’ve just played it and love the added colour and new key support!

Steve.
by stevenmcdonald
Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:43 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Fastload by International Publishing & Software - Instructions?
Replies: 7
Views: 1850

Re: Fastload by International Publishing & Software - Instructions?

Hi there, Regarding Fastload - my reply is partly related - it may support it soon... Last year when I had COVID, I decided to write an internal Tape Mastering Utility. It's purpose was for my (still) upcoming real TAPE release of the follow up to Rock Crush - Rock Crush 2 - 'The Power Of Dan'. The ...
by stevenmcdonald
Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:23 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Block save / load
Replies: 19
Views: 8888

Re: Block save / load

Great program and great job Mr Fruitcake in typing that up and the Assembler file.. It's also good to see another ZX81 programmer reunited with his code and back on the machine!!

Regards

Steve.
by stevenmcdonald
Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:11 am
Forum: Emulators
Topic: EightyOne Test Build
Replies: 18
Views: 6399

Re: EightyOne Test Build

Hi there! Well then.... not sure what initially went wrong but I have now managed to get the test version of EO. WOW the sound is sooo much better now! Amazing actually - putting up with the bad sound emulation on EO for Years now kind of got me used to it. I actually had to use a MAC emulator for t...
by stevenmcdonald
Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:30 am
Forum: Emulators
Topic: EightyOne Test Build
Replies: 18
Views: 6399

Re: EightyOne Test Build

Hi there. Nice to see you back working on EO again. I am developing a game using EO for testing and it features AY sound, The one weakness in EO has always been the sound emulation accuracy so I am extremely excited to read this post! I tried to download the test version but it now says in the users...
by stevenmcdonald
Sun May 30, 2021 2:17 pm
Forum: SALES
Topic: SVI-CAS Digital Tape Alternative for Sinclair Machines
Replies: 6
Views: 17784

Re: SVI-CAS Digital Tape Alternative for Sinclair Machines

Wow that unit looks great plus it has RECORD!!

Very nice !


I’ll have a look at the user manual now thanks

Steve