comp.sys.sinclair FAQ

Changes to the FAQ are reported in the summary list below. As of 1.1.1, all changes are logged, regardless of triviality level.

• Version 1.1.9 — 30th November 2005:
  
  • Congratulations to the World of Spectrum on its 10th birthday!
  • Clarified which memory ports are which on the Hardware Ports page.
  • Updated Spectrian and added PocketClive for Smartphone 2002 and FuseSP in Emulators - Portables.
  • Updated Z80Em in Emulators - Acorn / RISC OS.
  • Updated the download location for SPIN in Emulators - Microsoft Windows.
  • Added information on the Tape Data Structure to the 48K ZX Spectrum Technical Information section.
  • Tidied up the mirror list — please do get in touch if you'd like to contribute a mirror site.
  • 1.1.9a: CVS tag mixup; new tag cssfaq_1_1_9a
  
  
• Version 1.1.8 — 28th December 2004:
  
  • Updated Perl Spectrum in Emulators - Generic.
  • The Classic 8-bit Computers site has closed; the Spectrum-related documents previously hosted there are now found on World of Spectrum, so links have been updated appropriately.
  • Updated the postal address and phone number for RWAP Services on the Spares page.
  • Fixed multiple links on the Hardware and Documentation pages.
  
  
• Version 1.1.7 — 4th October 2004:
  
  • New mirror in Canada.
  
  
• Version 1.1.6 — 3rd October 2004:
  
  • Updated Perl Spectrum in Emulators - Generic.
  • Added the HDF format to File Formats - Miscellaneous.
  • Collected all the joystick information together in one place, and added information on the +2's joystick ports.
  • Tidied up the .z80 file format documentation.
  • Added pins 1 and 40 to the ULA pinouts, with thanks to Jörg Pleumann.
  • Updated Fuse in Emulators - Unix and Emulators - Macintosh.


• Version 1.1.5 — 23rd June 2004:
  
  • Further corrections of errors in the Reference section.
  • Add details of the ZX Microdrive to the Peripherals page.
  • Significantly improved the Contended Memory information, with thanks to Jonathan Needle.
  • Added Perl Spectrum emulator to the (new) Emulators - Generic section.
  • Added ZX Spectrum Emulator for Linux/i386 to Emulators - Unix.
  • Updated Glukalka in Emulators - Unix.


• Version 1.1.4 — 10th April 2004:
  
  • Resource and Reference sections updated with various corrections to errors.
  • Updated Mirrors to include updated mirrors and restore older mirrors.
  
  
• Version 1.1.3 — 25th March 2004:
  
  • New format (gzipped tarball) and location (pulled from CVS) for the offline archive of the FAQ.
  • Style (CSS) modification (body margins).
  • Added SpectrumAnywhere emulator to Emulators — Portables and Microsoft Windows.
  • Added Spectrian emulator to Emulators — Portables.
  • Added Mobile Phone category to Emulators — Portables.
  
  
• Version 1.1.2 — 21st March 2004:
  
  • Updated Emulators — Microsoft Windows with EmuZWin details.
  • Updated Spares & Accessories with corrected URL and information for RWAP Software, also tidied and confirmed phone numbers and addresses for all companies listed.
  • Slightly altered font size and faces.
  
  
• Version 1.1.1 — 25th February 2004:
  
  • Updated 128K Reference with corrected contended memory information, courtesy of Philip Kendall.
  • Updated Z80 Reference to include DAA instruction data, courtesy of Ian Greenway.
  • Updated Emulators to include recently released revisions.
  • Updated Mirrors to include updated mirrors and restore older mirrors.
  • Updated navigation bar on each page.
  
  
• Version 1.1 - May 2003:
  
  • Removed old/not updated mirrors, and added new replacements.
  • Added .pdf version of the FAQ for use offline.
  • Added Frequently Asked Questions (Multiple entries).
  • Added "Authors & Companies section, and additional sites to 'Links' page.
  • Added the ZX Spectrum Hardware Index to 'Essential Sites'.
  • Added 'Z80 Format' page with details of extensions (provided by Fredrick Meunier).
  • Added 'Disk Reference' page.
  • Updated emulator file formats page with additional information (provided by Erik Kunze, Chris Cowley, Jonathan Needle).
  • Updated 'Ports' page with additional hardware information (provided by Erik Kunze).
  • Updated 'Spares' page (Multiple entries).
  • Updated 'Documents' page (Multiple entries).
  • Updated 'Peripherals' page (Multiple entries).
  • Updated 'Newsgroups' page (Added 'Retrochat' forum).
  • Updated 'Emulators' pages to include recently released revisions.
  
  
• Version 1.0 - January 2003:
  Version v1.0 of the comp.sys.sinclair FAQ is almost completely new. Certain sections of the previous document have been carried forward to this release, with minor corrections or alterations as necessary. This process will continue with subsequent revisions as these sections are refined and incorporated with the new design.
  
  
  • Revised design.
  • Restructured site.
  • Added 'Archive' section to 'Resources'.
  • Added 'Other' section to 'Emulators' - this contains entries for MK-14, ZX80, ZX81 and QL emulators.
  • Added 'Non-English' section to 'Emulators' - this contains emulators in the Spanish and Russian languages.
  • Added 'Consoles' section to 'Emulators' - this contains entries for Sega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation 1 and 2 and Microsoft XBox.
  • Added 'Portables' section to 'Emulators' - this contains entries for Pocket PC, Palm OS and Windows CE emulators.
  • Added 'Documents' section to 'Resources'.
  • Added Hardware descriptions for commonly available or emulated peripherals and systems to the 'Reference' section.
  • Added 'BASIC Reference' section to 'Reference' - this includes coverage of the ZX81 and Timex systems.
  • Added 'ZX Spectrum SE' section - this is a reduced version of the main project page, reproduced with permission.
  • Verified every entry.

Previous versions of the FAQ are permanently archived for future reference. The most recent previous version will be made publicly available, with older versions being available on request. Previous releases are not supported.

• February 2003
  
• August 2001