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I load a snapshot file (for example, Dizzy-8), but the sprite jumps up and down non-stop, and the keyboard don work. Why?

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I load a snapshot file (for example, Dizzy-8), but the sprite jumps up and down non-stop, and the keyboard don work. Why?

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Such snapshots are saved with Kempston joystick active. In such cases, run the emulator with /JK switch (or switch on the option ‘Kempston joystick by cursor keys’ in the environment). Q: I have problems with the keyboard in some programs (some keys does not work). A: Again, the problem is in the joystick settings. Try changing the joystick settings in the environment, and everything should be OK. Q: I have problems with conversion the “World of Spectrum” SGD database in the Warajevo format. A: Oh, we know it. First, there was a bug which cause “Object not initialized” error if the SGD.INI file is not present. This is fixed now. Second, and more serious, the amount of the records in the Warajevo data base is limited. Simply, we stored sorting indexes and some other data in the RAM to speed up working with the database. But, the amount of the RAM under DOS is limited (does anybody remember stupid Microsoft sentence: “640 KB will be enough for everything”?). When we developed Warajevo, w

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