General Discussion

[Yaster]

Posted this in the retro corner thread but as we're having a bit of Speccy chat here too I thought I'd put it in here as well.

[xx_Tooms109_xx]

I remember getting a 16k spectrum by mistake by the shop.Nothing would load.

Took it back - And they were all stumped as to why this was.Then some clever soul came and typed something into the spectrum ....He told my mom & dad we'd been given the wrong machine by mistake!

Does anyone know what this fella would have typed to tell the difference between 16k & 48K?

[InfiniteStates]

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xx_Tooms109_xx wrote:

Does anyone know what this fella would have typed to tell the difference between 16k & 48K?

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POKE 16384,255...?

[xx_Tooms109_xx]

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InfiniteStates wrote:

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xx_Tooms109_xx wrote:

Does anyone know what this fella would have typed to tell the difference between 16k & 48K?

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POKE 16384,255...?

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Just tried it in spectaculator. (48k mode)

This came back back -  0  OK , 0:1

I'm still non the wiser ...lol.

[Wretched_Hawk]

Frankie says relax!

[xElfenLied_US]

I wish my parents were gamers so they would've got to keep stuff like this. I'd love to play really old machines like this. I'm a 90's kid ><

[Wretched_Hawk]

You can still pick them up here and there and there are tonnes of games to be found for mere pennies.

I have a broken one back home somewhere *sob*

[xElfenLied_US]

I wouldn't know the first place to look D:

[InfiniteStates]

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xx_Tooms109_xx wrote:

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InfiniteStates wrote:

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xx_Tooms109_xx wrote:

Does anyone know what this fella would have typed to tell the difference between 16k & 48K?

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POKE 16384,255...?

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Just tried it in spectaculator. (48k mode)

This came back back -  0  OK , 0:1

I'm still non the wiser ...lol.

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Try it in 16k mode as well - it should....fail.

16384 is the first byte beyond 16k.

In 48k mode all you did was set a byte 1/4 of the way through memory to 255.

Or maybe try POKE 49152, 255 in 48k mode...

I still use peek and poke to this day as variable names thanks to my good old Speccy

[BettySwollocks92]

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InfiniteStates wrote:

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xx_Tooms109_xx wrote:

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InfiniteStates wrote:

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xx_Tooms109_xx wrote:

Does anyone know what this fella would have typed to tell the difference between 16k & 48K?

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POKE 16384,255...?

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Just tried it in spectaculator. (48k mode)

This came back back -  0  OK , 0:1

I'm still non the wiser ...lol.

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Try it in 16k mode as well - it should....fail.

16384 is the first byte beyond 16k.

In 48k mode all you did was set a byte 1/4 of the way through memory to 255.

Or maybe try POKE 49152, 255 in 48k mode...

I still use peek and poke to this day as variable names thanks to my good old Speccy

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you can't beat a good poke I always say

you seem like my kind of guy do you have wide shoulders and deep eyes?

I like the zip on google today but I was hoping for something a little better behind it