Grab newest application for your Epoc32 device. It's a scripting language similar to msdos BATch files, but much improved. Writting editing and debugging directly on your machine. Comprehensive help, example scripts, plugins and many more. Read short article here.

I got three Psion Revo's from JSH. All three were broken, missing springs, shafts, missing top sheet... It was sad and poor look on it. I managed to fix them all, and I am very happy to have one Revo in my pocket now. I am still astonished how versatile Psion is. And of course, it runs ZX Spectrum emulator!

Another small application for BS-DOS. This time offline disk database recorder. I made it because I have complete mess on my CF card. 4800 files and the CF card is still nearly empty. I lost track what sources are where and due to that I decided to make this off-line database suited for my beloved Psion (or PC if you want).

Enjoy. BS-DOS: REC - offline disk database recorder

Download new patch for MB02 / BSROM that enables you to LOAD and SAVE files directly from and to PC via 128k's built in RS232. This patch emulates TAP file format. It's very handy to develop on PC, compile and upload it to ZX. LOADing on ZX side is just @0: LOAD. Check it out, there is also full set of tools including copy programs.

ZX Spectrum: RSP - RS232 Patch

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I remember that I saw it on some title screen of an old ZX game, can't remember where it was... Nevertheless, it's another not emulated (yet) ZX feature. This effect generates blinking thin lines, color of the line is defined by next non-flashing ink color. See below:

And result:

Notice that width is much smaller than standard pixel and it's blinking. You can play with color too, simply change INK at line 45.    

This effect was unveiled in MQM5 by famous NOP team (greets to Bottle bros). How it's done you can see on following images. Why is it like it? ULA knows :-)

Program first:

Connection:

And result:

That's not any trick, it's static image and the bars has different brightness level.

Lucky day for all Psioners! Thanks to my additional 1hour per day that I gained by travelling by train ;-) I could be able to do another tiny Epoc application. Get it! ClipSwap

Another article about QL dithvide, sources, images... Read more Sinclair QL dithvide #2.

DiskList macro is very useful, once you define CTRL+Q shortcut in Macro5 to this macro, Shell will not cycle through available disks, but will display window with list of all available disks. Very handy for those with many disks, partitions or virtual disks.

See more about it Psion: DiskList macro

Finally, PCBs for Sinclair QL QubIDE arrived. All other ICs shall arrive soon too. I am hoping to build first prototypes till Shucon party.