Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:48:11 +0000 http://www.raww.org/ raww.org arse-end en-gb http://www.raww.org/images/raww_dot.gif http://www.raww.org/ icabod@raww.org http://www.raww.org/3232 Below the break are the results to this years raww.orgy 2010 demoparty. I had to normalise some of the results... a three-entry tie for first place in the graphics compo!??! So those entries had the voting normalised to work out who came first. If there is any contention issue with the results... well, I'm fairly certain my maths is correct. I will post more information if it's needed (as I expect it will be). Full downloads of the compo entries are here, and the text-only version of the results is here. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:48:11 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3231 I meant to post something earlier, and I also hoped to do something special here, but with the party happening I've not had the time. So... I should at least mention that... Today raww.org turned 10 years old! Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:00:26 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3230 Ehm, not quite the results... not yet. I have counted the votes and know who came first (so to speak), but there are some... interesting results. Basically, there were 4 x 256b intro entries, with a draw for first place, and 6 x screen$ entries, with a three-way draw for first place!! Yeah, so half of the graphics entries came joint first! Wow! It's silly! So, the joint first-place in each category will still be first place... but if I get around to sorting out prizes, I will use some clever analysis to work out which entry was most popular. Otherwise it will cost me millions!!! Does that make sense. Of course not. Anyway, it's late, so I will post something proper tomorrow. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:59:31 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3229 The ZX Spectrum ULA book is progressing very well www.zxdesign.info/book/. Work has begun on marketing, establishing an account with the printers, getting an ISBN etc. Choosing a target price for the book is proving difficult. If you think that you would buy the book, register your interest at the above zxdesign link and help set the price you would like to pay by completing the price poll at the World Of Spectrum forums. There is also a general discussion on its pricing here. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:52:26 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3228 I've been asked by a few people if I will allow multi-colour images into the screen$ competition at raww.orgy 2010. The answer is... hmm, no - but I thought I'd explain why... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:15:25 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3227 What, you wanted more than 3 weeks notice? Tsk. Yes, after much delaying, raww.orgy 2010 has been announced. It's moved back to Yeovil in the UK, and is taking place from the 5th to 7th of February 2010. Click here for some kind of info.txt. This year I'm not going to promise prizes, but I will see if something can be sorted out. Why? Well, because the winners of the last couple compos are still waiting for something. Don't worry, you've not been forgotten - if you were told you won a prize, you will get something, eventually. It's all worth the wait. Really. And besides, I can probably save some money with postage when Tiboh wins the coding compo again :) Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:01:31 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3226 If somebody's interested, I'd put an article with video about my new internal Pentagon 512K interface for ZX Spectrum +2 Issue 3, made by Velesoft some time ago. It's a prototype only, so you can't buy it, but the compatibility with Pentagon is very high and amost all demos work correctly. Go here (Google translator). Original article in Czech is here. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:36:45 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3225 Possibly not everyone knows that Perspective run a games-coding competition - Your Game 2010. It's already at the 4th competition. Rules are very simple, the game should support 128kb or 48kb memories and to have TRD (TR-DOS) or TAP image. Games are accepted till April, 1st 2010. There are three entries already from Russia. I hope that guys from England and Spain will join us. At present the prize fund makes 150$ as there are special prizes from developers of hardware for ZX Spectrum groups NedoPC. Competition rules in English / Spanish. The description (in English) of games with screenshots 2002 / 2004 / 2007. Collections of games: 2002 / 2004 / 2007. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:49:37 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3224 After a long break I started work again on the site www.zxtunes.com The first thing that I've done is to completely rewrite the online flash AY player, now it's combined with a track list, so you have the possibility to listen to music in real time and leave comments on any track. As the player has been inserted on the search page, you can search a list of tracks and then either listen to them all or download them as an archive. I think it's very convenient. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:50:57 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3223 A minor bugfix release of ESXDOS is now available. It basically fixes a small bug so now people who don't want to flash their DivIDE with ESXDOS can now try it in MAPRAM mode. This means that once the flasher has run, you can reset and use ESXDOS until the next power off. When you power on again, your old firmware will start up. Easy. Get it here! Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:33:00 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3222 After many people thought it was just vapourware, Papaya Dezign have finally released a public beta of their much awaited firmware for the DivIDE interface. Go get it here! If you plan to use it, you should check the readme file in the zip. Enjoy :) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3221 Turkish Scene's only demoscene party 7Dx held at Istanbul last week. Newly formed (Turkey's first zx demo group) Ret participated the Demo Compo along with four others (for PC). Demo named "Searching for the roots" placed 3rd. You can download and try it from 7d9 party website. 7d9 Demo Compo Results Page Ret is a new group and still experimenting on Zx Spectrum to find their way and look forward for your feedback , positive or negative. You can also find the first demo of ret at pouet archive. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:17:22 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3220 First batch of JHCon 2009 photos by TDM/H-PRG is here. Photos from Factor6 are here. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:09:35 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3219 Just a quick pointer to downloads of ZX81 BASIC demo compo entries from JHCon 2009. They are on Pouet or in all-in-one zip file here. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:02:56 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3218 JHCon party is on and you can watch some ugly faces at Pardal's site, as usually :) There are plenty of Spectrums, many ZX81s and lot of fun. The competition 'Guess a game' is ready and there will be shown ZX81 1kB Basic demo compo entries today. So, that is. Speccy rulez. Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:41:15 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3217 The latest Mister Beep's release is a nice music collection with eight 8channel beeper tracks made in ZX-7 editor. Since this editor has never had a compiler, this is the first demo in history containing this kind of music routine. So plug your MIC to the HiFi and enjoy. But before, get it here first :) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:51:03 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3216 We managed to make a small compo for JHCon party in December. Everything you need is an unexpanded Sinclair ZX81 or emulator (not a Speccy!) and little ZX81 BASIC knowledge. The conditions are simple - it must be written in BASIC, must be a demo/intro-like and the file has to be max. of 1024 bytes. Send your works to yerzmyey(at)interia(d0t)pl. The compo deadline is set to the afternoon of 12.12.2009. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:41:09 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3215 Quick pointer to Forever 2010, which is taking place in Trencin from the 19th to 21st of March 2010. Good stuff. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:25:29 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3214 If you live in Britain and watch BBC Four you've perhaps noticed something about the film called Micro Men (former Syntax Era). It's about rivalry on the British home computer scene of the early 80s, a fight of Clive Sinclair (Alexander Armstrong) and his former employee Chris Curry (Martin Freeman), founder of Acorn Computers. The rivalry comes to a head when the BBC announce their Computer Literacy Project, with the stated aim of putting a micro in every school in Britain. When Acorn wins the contract, Sinclair is furious, and determines to outsell the BBC Micro with his ZX Spectrum computer. A really must for all Sinclair enthusiasts! Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:18:10 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3213 Gasman and Yerzmyey have released a perfect slideshow showing pictures in 53 colours from the IVP 2009 graphics compo. You might sit two miles away from the monitor to recognize the attribute resolution 32x24. Nice work! Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:04:03 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3212 JHCon 2009 is being held at usual place, the Vitezslav Novak Gymnasium in south-czech Jindrichuv Hradec. Starting on Friday, 11.12.2009 ~5:00pm and ending on Sunday, 13.12.2009 ~3:00pm. The entry fee is optional with the fact, that the organiser has to pay 1200CZK as the rent, so as more visitors there will come, as cheaper the entry fee will be. Traditional Zilog's Sausages in beer can be optionally reserved with the condition of paying the meal individually. If you want to attend the meeting and you're sure you'll come for 100%, please send an email with 'JHCon2009' subject (without spaces) to Logout (logout128 &t gmail d0tt com). Update: Invitation intro by MB Maniax can be downloaded here. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:35:32 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3211 If you need to convert a Speccy .scr picture to some PC gfx format and you don't have any binary tool, you can try online scr2png converter written in PHP by Dusky aka UB880D. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:46:27 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3210 Midibeep is Gasman's new converter of MIDI songs. But not for AY, as most people might assume. It converts MIDI to Sinclair Basic program, making a beeper music from it! It sounds awesome, as you can see (listen) here. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:28:28 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3209 In April I wrote a news about Sinclair Serial Interface. Its author, Pavel Urbancik, has finished development and some people got their piece of hardware, so did I. There is almost no software for it, but it can be controlled simply by AT commands, so it's easy to make a simple Basic terminal tool. At the moment I'm able to connect to an encrypted WiFi network, ping an IP adsress, load HTML code, etc. I hope someone will write an IRC/e-mail/Twitter client soon. Yesterday I received a message from Cygnus about his SIFTRD which is a tool for making TRD images directly from Speccy on Linux PC with dd command using SIF and serial cable. Which could useful for TR-DOS users. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:21:47 +0000 http://www.raww.org/3208 Lot of things happened since my last post at raww.org. Here are some of them... Sinclair Club Plzen started its activity few months ago. It's situated in Plzen, Czech Republic and they have meetings every Tuesday. Last Friday there was an open day for everyone. Another club has been set in Bratislava, Slovakia. It's called SinDiKat which means Sinclair a Didaktik - Klub Aktivych Technikov (Active Technics' Club). Photos of their last meeting are here. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:08:21 +0000