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3 EGBBGEEEBBB 2 J7:A?>A??>>BC 1 tica - The GeneticsLab -Los Barbudos Mutantes Asesinos - TheKiller Mutants Bearded Men -La Mquina de Tostar Mineros - The MinersToasting Machine -El Altimo Dolor de Cabeza - The LastHeadache Thanks to: -Mathew Smith, for the original andunvaluable Manic Miner. -Rick Swann, for the levels & spriteseditors, and for his artickle 'How tohack' (available at 1 no of parts+1 (ie: 1-38+pt 0=39) 1 nico-Suegril -Telephonic-Motherinlawly Conversation -La Venganza de Minos - Mino's Revenge -La Mare del Topo I'm NOT going totranslate this one. -C 1 n()+-/024579;<>@ACEQ 1 n$m$n$m$n$m$n$m$n$m$ 1 n Telef 1 mwCCCCBBAAaMH 1 mw>CFECFCEC?A> 1 mw>>CCFFEECCFFCCEECC>>==<<apHJKJKJ 1 mw<<??==>>apJKJNJQ 1 mo Coger un Ordenata en el CdC - How toGet a Computer at the CdC CdC =mega-massified computers room at thecomputer sciences and statistics campus ofthe Seville University -En los Dominios del Makinavaja - At theMakinavaja's Domains, The most famous ofall spanish comic bank robberers. -La Charca de los Ranobatracios - TheFrogobatrachian's Pond -El Laboratorio de Gen 1 mCCEECCAAA?>>aMOMOMK 1 m>>AA>><<apKJKJHJ 1 m$n$m$n$m$n$m$n$m$n$m$n$m$n$m$n$ 1 i$="AN28": 1 guez Salas, for anothergreat emulator, the SINCLAIR (you candownload it from http://www.ugr.es/~pedrom/sinclair.htm). It's emulated memory editing facilitieshelped me a lot when hacking the code. -And to my brother Pablo, for histraduction into English of this file, who,poor little thing, begs for pardon. He didall his best. Ignacio Perez Gil ([email protected]) 4-16-1998, Seville, Spain. 1 f&&o//i+o+i)o)(( 1 dq+&+&+&+&+&+&+&r+ 1 dq&+&+&+&+&+&+&+r& 1 bEQFRHTJVCOEQFRHT@LAMCOEQAM@L=I>J 1 bCCCCBBAAMH 1 b@L>J@LAMCOEQCOAM@L>J@LAMCOEQCOAM 1 b++++00002222&&&&((++--**++++7777 1 VDU 1,52,33,38,34,34 VDU 1,52,33,34,33,34 VDU 1,52,33,40,33,33 User Defined Characters The Z88 has the ability to have up to 64user defined characters. Characters can bedefined from CHR$(64), the @ symbol, toCHR$(127), ESC. They are defined in thefollowing format: VDU 1,138,ASC"=",ASC"char",n0,n1,n2,n3,n4,n5,n where char is the ASCII character thatthis new character is assigned to. n0through n7 are the decimal equivalents tothe binary code defining the character. The characters are defined in a 6 columnby 8 row matrix. The rows are defined bythe numbers n1 to n7 in downward sequence(n7 is the bottom row) and the columns aredefined by th 1 SONG BY ST COMPILEJ 1 SONG BY ST COMPILE 1 On the Z88, select R for Receive Xmodem.Enter the file to receive, but do not hitreturn. On the QL, hit F3 to get intocommand mode. Enter XS for XMODEM Send,enter a file name, but do not hit return.On the Z88 hit return and then hit returnon the QL. As each block is sent, you will see theprogress on both computers. Once thetransfer is complete, QLterm will go backto Terminal mode, and the Z88 will switchto VT52 Terminal. On the Z88, hit theIndex key and select Z88COMM and you areback where you started. From a QL: On the QL, hit F3 to enter command mode.Enter XR for XMODEM Receive, enter a filename and do not hit return. On the Z88,hit S for send XMODEM. Enter a file name,but do not hit return. Hit return on theQL and then hit return on the Z88. As eachblock is sent 1 Memory Page #'s What Max Used------------------------------------------00 - 1F Internal ROM 512K 128K 20 - 3F Internal RAM 512K 32K 40 - 7F Slot 1 1024K 80 - BF Slot 2 1024K C0 - FF Slot 3 1024K When a Z88 has 128K or more RAM it becomesan expanded machine. Below are thedifferences between an expanded andunexpanded machine. Property Expanded Unexpanded------------------------------------------Size of BASIC 40K 8K Max Map Width 256pixels 80 pixels User Chars 64 16 Value ofEOF -1 0 Putting RAM in Slot 2 or 3 does not expandthe machine (only 8K for BASIC) but doesincrease memory size. The unexpandedmachine can use 64 user characters, but ifan 80 pixel map is used the last 48 ofthese will 1 COPYRIGHTED - NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN! 1 CCEECCAAA?>>MOMOMK 1 CC77AA>>@@<<>>>>CCCCOOOOHHHHHHHH 1 AN28.D 1 AN28.C 1 AN28.9 Y 1 AN28.8 1 AN28.7 1 AN28.6 = 1 AN28.5 1 AN28.4 1$ 1 AN28.39 * 1 AN28.38 #( 1 AN28.37 1 AN28.36 1 AN28.35 1 AN28.34 1$ 1 AN28.33 1 AN28.32 m+ 1 AN28.31 =9 1 AN28.30 -= 1 AN28.3 1 AN28.29 E7 1 AN28.28 1 AN28.27 }> 1 AN28.26 M5 1 AN28.25 9 1 AN28.24 1 AN28.23 m 1 AN28.22 E 1 AN28.21 1 AN28.20 1 AN28.2 1 AN28.19 1 AN28.18 1 AN28.17 1 AN28.16 1 AN28.15 1 AN28.14 1 AN28.13 1 AN28.12 1 AN28.11 m+ 1 AN28.10 1 AN28.1 1$ 1 AN28.0 E* 1 ALCHNEWS28/ 1 >>AA>><<KJKJHJ 1 <<??==>>JKJNJQ 1 <<>>@@77<<>>@@77AA@@AACC<<0077++ 1 <<77CC>><>@ACC77EECCAA>>@@>><<00 1 ;"LOADING INDEX": 1 ;" LOADING PART ";CNT;" " 1 20 a fewmonths ago. Ed> Well that about wraps it up for ourjourney back in time for this issue. Ihope that I have managed to identify thedifferent Multifaces for you. Ok, I knowthere were other interfaces like thekempston for the disc drive only, I haveseen one but not used one so I can'tcomment on this. Also there was a Kempston'E' Interface around, I have used it but Ihave yet to find any interface better thanthe Disciple or the Plus-D, but of the twoI prefer the disciple. Well until the next issue...bye now. 1 1998 A.Davis & Alch. Research 1 00000000`00 1 -.+-.02-+)&() 1 ) The commands available with this macrofile are as follows ([] means press thesquare key): Firstly, commands to start new copies ofapplications without having to scrollthrough the Index (using []B and []P justre-enters a current version): []KB Start a new copy of BASIC []KP Starta new copy of PipeDream Commands to cut and paste blocks betweendifferent copies of PipeDream: []KC Copy marked block to clipboard []KXCut marked block to clipboard []KV Pasteclipboard contents at c urrent slot Finally, commands to save and load plaintext files in PipeDream: []KL Load plain text file 1 &&o&+i+((& 1 &&--+)(&$&()+ 1 "Enter Part:";cnt: 1 | |-------- 20 Z88 PC DB9 --- ------ 2 ---------------- 2 3 ---------------- 3 4 -| |- 7 5 -| |- 8 7 ---------------- 5 8 ---------------- 4 9 ---------------- 6 Another way to do it is to use the DB25cable and a 25 pin to 9 pin adapter (onthe PC end). These adapters are easy tofind at most computer stores. Z88 Modem --- ----- 2 ---------------- 2 3 ------------- 1 mentwas correct the ball disappears, down thehole and the player raises his arm in triumph!. _ Throughout play the score is displayedeither in a window on the right of thescreen (or on the bottom line whilstputting). All the scoring and adding up,and how many shots under or over par andhow-many-yards-to-the-hole are allautomatically calculated and constantlyupdated- as you would expect where thereis a computer involved. The game can be played by either one ortwo players (no foursomes, unfortunately).It is easy for the wrong player to play ashot - a small number is all thatindicates who is to play next. As in"real" golf, after teeing off It is theplayer who is furthest from the hole whoplays the next shot and so the gamebecomes more and more like musical chairs. 1 est concentration. You must selectthe correct power of putt to propel theball Into the hole. A power indicator onthe left of the green oscillates up anddown and pressing the ENTER key halts it.A nice animated sequence shows the playerputt the ball, which trundles across thescreen toward the hole. if your Judg 1 Solder the DC power plugto the wire the same as above. Then solderthe micro alligator clips to the wire. Besure to mark which wire is positive andnegative. You can buy color codedalligator clamps, but I prefer to markeach wire with some tape and the + and -symbol. This way I don't have to rememberthat the red lead is positive (or is thatnegative?). Now just hook the clamps tothe battery and plug into the Z88. I haveno idea of how many hours you will get outof either battery (I'm guessing itslot's). If you can't find these batteries,try a local camping/outdoor store. Theyshould have them. X 1 SETUP PARAMS 1 LOAD PART 1 LOAD INDEX 1 CHOOSE PART 1 eously, like achess grand-master. The graphics can become corrupted if youtry this, because the program re-definessome of the graphic characters fordifferent stages of the game, but it isstill great fun. As the Club's Chief Program DestroyingExpert I am pleased to announce that thisprogram is very hard to de-rail. becauseit only responds to the cursor keys, plusENTER. ESCAPE, SPACE "1" and "2", it isnot possible to crash it with InvalidInput (it ignores all the other keys). Details of the various courses are held inappropriately named files. If one ismissing the program reports that it cannotfind that file. while the program isrunning the files are marked "in Use" andcan not be deleted Z88 Golf can be suspended at any time, 1 *DELETE - DeleteFiles. 10 *DELETE pd/file - Deletes filein the pd subdirectory. *ERASE - Same as *DELETE. *REANME - Renames a file. Execute it justlike *DELETE. *NAME - Assigns a name to a BASIC program. The VDU Command A number of less documented features ofBBC Basic are accessed via the VDUcommand. The VDU command is almostequivalent to the CHR$ command. VDU X =CHR$(X). Using the command VDU 65 willprint out the A character ( A = ASCII 65).The ASCII codes from 0-31 and 127 willperform special tasks with the VDUcommand. Not all of these VDU commands aredocumented. 1 SEPT 1998 1 Z88 Printer --- ------- 2 ---------------- 3 3 ---------------- 2 4 ---------------- 5 5 ---------------- 20 7 ---------------- 7 8 ---------------- 20 9 ---------------- 6,8 Z88 Amstrad CPC6128 --- --------------- 2 ---------------- 3 3 ---------------- 2 4 ---------------- 5 7 ---------------- 7 5 ---------------- 20 : 8-----| The Spectrum - Z88 pinout below assumesthe Spectrum h 1 Example Z-Macro File by Garry Lancaster The listing below is the file I use withZ-Macro. It should be typed exactly aslisted and saved as plain text to a filecalled :RAM.0/ZMACRO.MAC. The unusual symbols most commonly usedwithin the listing are: | vertical bar (next to DEL key) ~ tilde (on same key as 1 CARE OF THE Z88 Cleaning After having the Z88 a short time, youwill probably notice that the keyboardseems to attract dust like a magnet. It'snot easy to keep clean. I've heard somediscussions on how best to clean it. Some have suggested using a Q-tip andplain water. I like to use a Q-tip andrubbing alcohol. Others have suggestedusing a vinyl protectorant likeSon-Of-A-Gun or Armor All. I don't knowhow these will affect the keyboard, so useat your own risk. Just don't plan on keeping the keyboardclean always. Just a few days after Icleaned mine, it looked like I had nevercleaned it. As for the 1 The Solution to "Bored of the Rings" by Delta 4 Software Solution by Oaf ([email protected]) Part 1. wait, w, w, w, wait, e, e, s, s, hide, n,n, n, e, e, e, e, s, d, e, e, e, s, e, w,w, s, n, e, wait, e, shout help, e, e, e,w, s, e, wait, n, w, n, e, in, in, out,out, e, n, e, e, n, u, get pepper, d, s,e, e, e, e, e, in, e, s, e, e, n, e, droppepper. The passowrd to part 2 is "WOP" Part 2. e, e, get battery, w, insert battery, getcoin, s, lift mat, get key, open door, w,get gun, d, get treasure, u, e, give coin,get map, e, e, 1 Profacekey AT Interface from Sintech Reviewed by Garry Lancaster In the early days of the old rubber-keyedSpeccy, there was a multitude ofreplacement keyboards available that triedto overcome the machine's worst failing.Nowadays, such things are almostimpossible to come by, so for a long timewe have been forced to make do with theoriginal Sinclair keyboards (or "upgrade"to a different machine). All that is now in the past, thanks to anew interface from Sintech which allowsyou to connect any standard PC keyboard toyour Spectrum. The interface is available in two forms:an internal kit which must be solderedonto your Spectrum's circuitboard, and anexternal cased interface. Being of anervous disposition, I decided upon theexternal box. 1 The 4th NSSS & 8 Bit Computer Show Review by Garry Lancaster Early on a frosty Saturday morning late inFebruary, I left my home and cycled thecouple of miles to Bristol Temple Meadsstation to catch the train to York, for myfirst visit to the NSSS. After folding upmy bike and stowing it in the luggage rack(to the usual curious looks from fellowpassengers) I settled into my seat withnothing but my trusty Z88 for company. I spent the few hours of the journeycompleting the first version of my Z88utility "RomCombiner" and preparing thedocumentation, as well as wondering howthe show would compare to the Gloucesterone (much closer to me, but with virtuallyno Spectrum or Z88 content on myone-and-only visit). Arriving in Yo 1 MANIC MINER 5: Los peligros del LSD (The perils of LSD) This time, Willy had planned everythingwith much more care. as he wanted thismammoth party to be the greater inhystory, but without the 'slight problem'of the last time, everithing had beenorganized with the greater discretionpossible, avoiding then that Maria wouldnotice anything at all. Maria, hisdominant housekeeper. The best part of hisscheme, what would grant Willy's tranquilsleep without any bothering housekeeperblocking the entry of his bedroom, hadbeen to give her the surprise of a fullfree week. It is true that he had a lot to achive hisgoal: her leaving through a whole week,time she would spend visiting her sister,until finaly she left grumbling because ofher suspicions, but hwo cares! In a weekhe would have 1 AUTO Deletion of Temporary Files by Conrad gempf Some of the functions recommended in theZ88 user manual can cause the creation oftemporary files - files used to hold datathat the little black box only needs forthe time being. An example of this is thefile called :RAM.-/S .sgn that is createdwhen you edit a BASIC program in PipeDreamusing the method described on page 182 ofthe manual. In fact this file and itssister file :RAM.-/K.sqn are special filesthat can be used for a number of purp0ses,whenever it is desirable to redirectkeyb0ard input or screen output. Thedevice name :RAM.- means essentially"whatever RAM is available"" . See pages181-3 and 186 of the manual for creatingand using these files. I am concerned herewith erasing them once they have servedtheir purpose, something which y0u willnotice that the manual tells you always todo. 1 Spectrum +2, +D, and RS232.... at the same time After my recent triumphant outburst over aworking RS232 link between a PC andSpectrum +2 with attached +D, I havereceived a couple of enquiries from peoplewho would like to do the same thing.Therefore I have collected the stuff andmethods I know till now, to present it inC.S.S. Many thanks to Miles Kinloch whohas provided me with invaluableinformation concerning how to access theRS232 routines in the 128K ROM. Pleasenote that I have not tried out everythingdue to severe time limitations. What I cando by now is to communicate with a PCterminal programme, using Spectrum Basic,and to download data and (with an IF1attached) .SNA files from the PC usingHenk de Groot's SPEC232 software andStaffan Kjerrstrom's MOY. (Brilliantpieces of soft 1 Back in time with Arnold Yates. For our stroll back in time this issue, Ithought I would shed some light on thevarious ways to copying cassettes. Let'sstart first and foremost with the obvious,tape to tape I found that if I had twotape recorders of the same make, and theywere of the older type, i.e. no fancystereo, as the spectrum does not likestereo at all. Well then, to copy onecassette to another was simply a matter ofconnecting the ear socket of one recorderto the microphone socket on the other, andif the sound was matched from one recorderto the other then most times This worked quite well, but after a timethis became harder and harder to do as thepeople who produced the cassettes startedto add some code to the program, whichresulted in when you loaded up your copyit crashed, hence goodbye to tape to tape. 1 All the Official and Unofficial Sequels of Jet Set Willy. This is a part of the JSW Ultimate FanPage - The most comprehensive one on theWeb. OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL SEQUELS Jet Set Willy had one official and sixunofficial sequels written by differentauthors. Although they never gained theabsolute success of the original one, theyare still very popular among orthodoxjetseters all over the world. Here you can find all the available dataabout them, various articles, pokes,questions and answers... And if YOU havesomething interesting about Jet Set Willy,just mail me and share it with the others! Name :JSW 1 Zoctor Vhiplashs Vorld of Sex ============================= er, no wrong column.. ahem.. Roys Rantings ///////////// ******************************************* Introducing ALCHEMIST SEX - Your Guide ** to 'educational' material on the ** Internet. ** ** http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell ** /communion/5/rbenson.html ******************************************* Well what would you know, no sooner had Isaid that there were no more emulatorsleft to review, then up pops this one... ZX32 //// 1 Z88 TO SPECTRUM +2 AND BACK Peter Wheeler I've often thought it would be a good ideaif there was a portable SPECTRUM, and fromtime to time have tried to producesomething that could be used away from amains supply. At best the result was only"transportable". So when ALCHNEWS 24 cameout in praise of the Z88, I was hooked. Off went my order to Bill Richardson,specifying a transfer lead suitable forthe SPECTRUM +2. A few days later thetelephone rang:- Bill :"They never made alead for the SPECTRUM, only the QL." Me :"Does it have a 9-pin plug to fit theZ88, and a plug at the other end thatlooks like a modern telephone plug?" Bill :"Yes" Me : "Right se 1 The SAMS 98 Show - Stafford The second of this years shows AlchemistResearch was visiting was the SAMS 98Computer and Electronics Show at BingleyHall, Staffordshire Showground, Stafford.My (un)trusty colleagues travelling withme were my girlfriend Sian, my assistanteditor Mick, and our pal Ian.We left at7.45am from Mick's place. The look onIan's face was something of impendingterror. Mick had told him lots of scarestories about my driving. The fact I drivean imported left hand drive car made himfeel no easier. But, he needn't haveworried. With a car full of junk, erm Imean, quality Sinclair hardware, I'd takeit slowly. Plus, I'd overcompensated thejourney time so needed to take it alitttle slowly. We arrived at 9.30, just in time beforethey stopped allowing exhibitors in! Wedrove the car 1 TF SERVICES - Z88 UPGRADES If you want to upgrade your Z88 to areally powerful machine and don't mindundertaking the modifications yourself,then get in touch with TF Services,operated by Tony Firshman: OZ4 on EPROM: `6 512k low power static RAM: `23 OZ4 and 512k upgrade: `50 All of the above include UK post andpackaging. TF SERVICES 29 Longfield Road TRING Herts 1 Why Classix had to go.... by Alex Waddington So I finally did it. After months ofkidding myself that I would get round toproducing issue 7, I decided to call it aday. For about a year I've done odd bitsand pieces in spare moments but it justwasn't fun anymore. Perhaps it's megetting old(er), developing new interestsand looking for new goals. In case you are wondering what I'msentimentally droning on about, let meexplain. For about two years I edited aretro fanzine called Classix. It wasdedicated to the good old days of Spectrumcomputing and started just before thewhole 'retro' thing became trendy. Issue 0appeared in January 1997 and was littlemore than a glorified catalogue, offeringsecond hand software for dirt cheapprices. The next issue included a coupleof reprinted a 1 8 BIT MAGAZINE TO CLOSE I'm on the verge of cancelling mycross-format magazine (so this is not anadvert) called 8BIT and refunding all theunused subscriptions after the currentissue, which was due out Jan 1st 1998, andthe next one (a grand final round-up) aredone. So if you're still waiting for themag, that's the latest. With 850+ subscribers I must have beendoing something right, and it's alwaysbeen on the right side of profitable, butpressures of a new business mean I *haveto* give the thing that feeds the familypriority in terms of time allocation.Perhaps these other guys have the same, ora similar, problem? I'm still staying involved with the other8-bit things I do, just not tying myselfto the millstone (which it what it hasbecome) of a p 1 The Community Future By The Editor With the closure of The ZX Files magazine,it always leads to speculation as to whois going to go next, and how much life theSpectrum scene still has left in it. It iswith this in mind that inspired me towrite this article. PROS AND NO CONS The good thing about being a Sinclairowner is that once you have your set-up,that's it. No need to buy more hardware(unless you need to). No expensiveupgrades like PC users have to endure. Noworry about software - there's abackcatalogue of almost twenty years ofprograms, books and data out there. THE MARKET 1 THE VOICE CONTROLLER Kevin Gurd Wouldn't it be great if you could talk toyour Spectrum? That's exactly what thisproject promises. It is simple to buildand operate and above all else its cheap! There are a couple of drawbacks however.Its vocabulary is limited and to get thebest out of it, a M/C program should bewritten. (A challenge to all those codersout there?) I've left most of theconstruction details out as the circuitdiagram and notes should suffice. The most crucial aspect of this project isthe 100k VR which should be mounted foreasy access. When connected to theSpectrum for the first time the usualopening screen should be seen.Then the VRwill need to be adjusted so that the LEDis on with the slightest sound making itflicker. When 1 Classix Press Release From the Classix fanzine editor: J A Waddington After a long period of silence andnon-activity on the Spectrum scene, adecision has been taken by me to stop theproduction of Classix. Classix fanzine would like to take thisopportunity to apologise to all those whohave been waiting for the last year forissue 7 to appear. This was entirely dueto my University commitments and it isacknowledged that no-one has been keptproperly informed. It was envisaged that Classix productionwould be able to continue despite myworkload but it has now become obviousthat this was a false hope. This last year 1 THE Z88 SOURCE BOOK INTRODUCTION The Z88 Source Book is designed to be agood reference on the Z88, how tointerface it with the world, how to dothings with it, what products are/wereavailable, and what dealers carry them. Itis not designed to be a replacement forthe Z88 User Guide, but as a supplement toit, filling in areas not covered by theUser Guide. This Source Book also comes with a numberof utilities and files for the Z88 on QLor MS-DOS disks. Although the Z88 caninterface with any computer with a serialport, these are two that I have chosen tofocus on. Those who have interfaced theZ88 with other computers can submit thedetails so that they may be added to thisbook. All utilities that come with thisbook are eithe 1 LORD OF THE RINGS Solution PART 1 Open the drawer, chest, cupboard and door,take one of the canvas backpacks and putthe matchbox, bottle and food into it. Goeast, then south to the main highway, thewest until you reach the turn-off for thetown hall. Go north and then east to meetthe Mayor. Now go west, south, west andwest to enter the Mathom House (if theguard refuses you entrance, just WEAR RINGand go west). In here take the book andthe candle. Then go west until you areback at the highway outside your cottage,then go east, north-east, north-east,south-east, south and east (through theyellow door) to find Merry. EAT MEAL untilit's finished and go west and north. Ifthere are no riders about go east and thensouth-east int 1 Jet Set Willy z88 Dominic Morris As those of you who have a z88 will havenoticed there has been quite a littleflurry of new software for this greatmachine of late, and I'm proud to say thatI have been part of the industrious crowdwhich has been responsible for this. My own contributions have been quitesmall, and I'm sure that they would befrowned upon by Cambridge Computers (thecreators of the z88), for the erstwhilebusiness machine(!) has been turned into agames machine! The first game was a conversion of mySpectrum sokoban game, retaining all ofthe graphics (though sadly not thecolours) of the original and with thefirst sound effects ever heard on the z88.However, this 1 ANDRE'S NIGHT OFF Andres Night off is a Basic programwritten by Matthew Smith which appeared inthe June 1984 issue of Computer and VideoGames. Here's the blurb which went withthe listing (fantastic bit of writing,this) : "By now, most of you will have played orseen Matthew Smith's latest weird andwonderful Miner Willy epic from SoftwareProjects, called Jet Set Willy. But didyou know that Matthew had an idea whichdidn't quite make it into the finalversion of that number one hit game forthe Spectrum? We bet you didn't! Well, Computer andVideo games persuaded our Golden JoystickAward winner, Matthew, to give us anexclusive listing of the missing screen.And now we're 1 Z88 Forever ROM Compiled by Garry Lancaster I originally decided to produce the Z88Forever ROM because of the many veryuseful public domain applications andpopdowns available for the Z88 which I(and many other people) were simply notusing, because of the need to have aseparate 32K ROM for each one. As most ofthe programs took nowhere near 32K, itseemed a good idea to try and combineseveral of them into a single ROM. After contacting the authors of some ofthe applications for sources, anddisassembling the others, I compiled thefirst version of the Z88 Forever ROM earlythis year. Since then, some of theprograms have been improved and fivecompletely new ones have been added. The latest ver 1 SPECTRUM PAGING About a year ago there was some talk hereabout a bankswitched memory project forthe Spectrum/ts2068. I have been quietlyworking on it off and on over the pastyear and managed to finish something withmost of the features I wanted that usedaround 20-25 TTL ICs. Needless to say, Iran into bus loading problems and powersupply problems so I could only test thecircuit in pieces. Since then, the FPGA people have beenselling fully featured design software atfire sale prices (<US$100). Over the pastmonth, I have been transferring the designto a single XC4003E 84 pin FPGA. Datasheet from Xilinx at: http://www.xilinx.com/partinfo/databook.ht I chose this p 1 M e g a C o d e E X T R E M E -> P O W E R U P<- revision 2.00 In this version removed some bugs andaccelerated six parts with new variationof effects. This demo was written specially forEnlight'97 ZX demo competition. We hopeyou are fully satisfied by our work. Democonsists 2 main parts, 3 sound tracks, 9hand drawing pictures, 21 effects, 172frames (528384 bytes) of realtime loadinganims created in Amiga's CINEMA 4D. RequirementZ: 1 TRADING POST ************** Please enclose a SAE with your enquiry toall services. If purchasing from a privateindividual, make confirmation the articleis still for sale and try not to send cashunless a premium delivery service is used. If your group isn't listed, please get intouch and we'll add your details. * * * * * ADVENTURE WORKSHOP 36 Grasmere Road OLDHAM OL2 6SR (Adventure software distributor) ALBHAR 4 Bethune Close Farley Hill LUTON LU1 5LX 1 THE ZX81 FAQ Hello ZX81 fans, Carlo Delhez gave me some corrections tobe made for the ZX81 FAQ (thank you Carlo)so I updated the FAQ, please use this copyfor distribution or cross mailings becauseit's more up to date and correct, the partthat is changed (you guessed it :-) is theXtender part, and also the URL for theZX81 magazine is given. Here is the new ZX81 FAQ, if any changesneed to be made or things to be addedplease let me know. ([email protected]) The ZX81 Information letter Rev 1 1942 MISSION SOLUTION Start in the Briefing Room. Get Boots, Wear Boots, N, Get Knife, GetPolish, Get Trowel, E, Get Photo, ExaminePhoto (your passport photo), S, E, S, S,Remove Boots, Drop Boots, Get Shoes, WearShoes, N, W, Get Parachute, WearParachute, Blacken Face (with polish), W,S(you are now inside the aircraft, whichtakes off, and soon you circle thedropping zone - note the message `SEE SSAgent !'), Get Torch, D (you now parachuteinto the German camp), Dig Hole (withtrowel), Drop Trowel, Remove Parachute,Bury Parachute (now remember the previousmessage !), S, E, E, S, S, Say Scotch (theGerman guard gives you a pass), D, N, E,Get Biscuits, W, D, W, Close Door, GetBook, Open Book (the safe is in a cellarunder the Stud 1 SQ TRACKER A review by Ray Smith Having recently finally come to grips withSoundTracker and producing a couple ofrecognizable tunes with it, Andy sent me acopy of SQ tracker from SINTECH softwarerun by Tomas Eberle. This is a utility that like ST aims tomake writing music for the AY chip as EASYas possible. I use the term easy in theloosest sense of the word ! SQT is from a company called Proxima andwritten by George K. The following is theopening blurb from the manual. " Every Speccy 128 or AY - based interfaceusers must have alreadu asked himself howdid the author composed the music. Themore skilled of us know polish programSoundTracker that was until rcently theone and only ( 1 Z88 GOLF Michael W. Hey When I was a lad at school the nadir of myweek was the miserable two hours spent onthe football pitch. Without my spectaclesI could not even find the goal. never mindlocate and kick a moving ball. Anyopportunity to escape from the field waswelcome. When I reached the fourth year Iwas introduced to golf This was much morecivilised: you could play properly clothedfor a start. instead of rushing rounddressed ridiculously In shorts. Nowreluctant sportsmen like me do not evenneed to go out of doors, because someoneat Wordmongers has written a golf programfor the Z88! To start the game you execute a CLI called"golf" supplied on the EPROM. This fetchesall the other files from the EPROMautomatically 1 INDEX (1) AN28.0 : This file AN28.1 : NEWS. Larger than normal thisAN28.2 : issue. AN28.3 : CLASSIX CLOSEDOWN. The official press release AN28.4 : CLASSIX CLOSEDOWN. James's personal account of the closure. AN28.5 : 8 BIT CLOSEDOWN. Further details. AN28.6 : THE COMMUNITY FUTURE. OK, enough of the sadness, let's try and strengthen what we have. AN28.7 : THE NSS REVIEW. Garry Lancaster's account of the last Wetherby Show. 1 NEWS UPGRADE YOUR DISCDOS For any registered users of DISCDOS, nowis the time to upgrade. The latest versionfeatures many improvements and bug fixesand, like before, a disk full of theauthor's other programs. Registered users should send blank 3.5"disk (formatted with BFORMAT if possible)and stamped addressed envelope to: ALCHEMIST TAPE SERVICES 64 Stanhope Road SHEFFIELD S12 2ER QUANTA USER GROUP It may come as 1 Z88 PC DB25 --- ------- 2 ---------------- 3 3 ---------------- 2 |-4 4-| |-5 5-| 6 6-| 7 ---------------- 7 | 8 -------| 8-|