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Spectrum on an American TVHello all, Does anybody know if it is possible to run a UK Speccy on an American TV? I think I know the answer and it is "no". Thought I would che…
... 't know is it much better currently.
Other problem may ... or location settings. But some better drivers allow manual change of ... instead.
Plug for 128 is Din, video, 8 pin ... you may go on Spectrum 48 too, with color. But no ... -
Games that crash because of contended memory.I find these are really annoying. You load up a game like Astro Marine Corps, Fantasy World Dizzy, Dizzy: Prince Of The Yolkfolk and so on (the init…
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This game always has the I register pointing ... = 3! In the 48/128/+2 BASIC ROM, 0x03FF always contains 0x986C, which ... -
Unpublished spectrum gameHi there I have a Spectrum PDS development environment and before I get rid of my old PC which has an ISA slot I thought I should ask this question i…
... RAM, I suppose that this 48 KB file will overwrite everything ... executing address. However, you can always split that binary in the ... />
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Spectrum Game CompatibilityHi, At the moment I have a spectrum 48k. I am planning to get a 128k +2, but I have a problem. Will my 48k games work on 128k +2? Because some of the…
... hacked game will almost always work, as most ... the 128K version is better, as it has extra ... handy anyway. The original 128 Spectrum (the black, Sinclair ... has a better keyboard (although the 128 is the only ... There may well be better drive interfaces available now ... -
ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
... - Block 3 bank select (48-64k)
Port #12BF ... system, smaller is much better. I would even feel ... 8k page sizes is a better choice. With an 8k ... terribly difficult to accommodate both 128 and Timex paging -- if ... it's a 128 register that was written to ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... 128 to 48 mode but also stops the program).
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What should I get??I want to add a Spectrum to my collection but having come from the Atari/Commodore/TI/Apple world, I am a little unsure what to get? Something that …
I've owned a 48, +,128, +2 and +3, and whilst ... a +2 with a Multiface 128 and a +D disc drive ... . Unless there has been something better released in the last fifteen ... on the finger than the 128's. True, it has the ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
The Spectrum 128 was designed to be as ... being an improvement over the 48, and apparently Sir Clive wanted ... the computer like on the 48+. They couldn't do it ... practical. Still, it was far better than the plus 2, which ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... =Spector]Still, it was far better than the plus 2, which ... the deficiencies of the original 128 and they needed to recoup ... should have happened with the 48+) and had the sense to ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... should have happened with the 48+) and had the sense to ... the reason I got a 128 in 1986. It had a ... sense. The keyboard however, was better for typing than the 128's. -
Pixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…
... zero yet. But it would always save you time if you ... m, outrange ; if difference >= 128, x coord went off screen ... for the erase would look better. Particularly in the snippet above ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
I had a 128, and also bought a +2 ... 2's keyboard to the 128's, except that there were ... symbols were, but there were always some that evaded me.
128's dug into your finger ... player, which made things much better.
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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... thought the +2 was a better machine than the 128K. The ... Spectrum games. Still, that was always going to sell them regardless ... BBC Master 128 or the Commodore 128?) would have done any better in ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... would have been a much better choice.[/quote]
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we had 48/128+ without tape, +3's with ... 'm sure zx could do better. -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... brothers had a rubber key 48 (it died) and a ... standard 48+ machine, but my first ... borrow" it to enjoy the better capabilities... not having to muck ... ive never seen an original 128, but given how annoying sorting ... a tape-deck on a 48+ is, i cant say ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
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The 128 should have included a microdrive ... done anything with since the 128 presented an opportunity to add ... specific scan line rather than always at the top of the ... mags) and, time permitting, a better full text editor with the ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... specific scan line rather than always at the top of the ... version the 128 got was pants.[/quote]
I've always wanted ... on their own buss they always steal clocks when the screen ... interface with the 128 would have established the drive better with the ... -
2 Hot 2 Handle TZX'sRight, here's a question for you preservation guys. Downloaded and tried to play the 2 Hot To Handle compilation. Shadow Warriors won't load on Spe…
... fails to load on my 128 but is fine in an ... that makes one emulator work better than others.
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Xenon TriOxide (Xeo3)I just wanted you all to know that a new cross platform game has started development (well the +4 version has been around a while, but my colleague f…
... enemies. RL(HL) is probably better for a shooter where is ... .
are you planning 128 or 48 version ?
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Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... games. Maybe it?s better to me not wastin much ... TS2068 would work on Spectrum 128 AND vice versa or ... be nice to work on better resolution. It would make things ... on BASIC64 and save it, always I?ll load it, ... colour mode but I've always been busy with other ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... in games. Maybe it´s better to me not wastin much ... TS2068 would work on Spectrum 128 AND vice versa or just ... be nice to work on better resolution. It would make things ... on BASIC64 and save it, always I´ll load it, BASIC64 ... -
128 won't loadI been trying to load a 128k speccy programme ( the fantasy one that came with the speccy 128 ) into a 128k heatsink speccy but it gets so far and th…
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I think that the 128's AY rendition of the ... much less annoying than the 48's beeper (not that I ... -
Speccy vs C64 vs Amstrad - Make your vote count![url]http://www.retrofusiononline.com/fusion/[/url] You know it makes sense. We're winning at the moment, too... D.
... chip was released on the 128's.
The biggest ... the hardware, it's always dependent on which programmers get ... Speccy games played and looked better (even in monochrome) - hell ... some even sounded better than their C64 counterparts - whether ... -
Help make Retro Gamer greatI'm more than happy with the articles that are now appearing in Retro Gamer, but I want it to become far more of a hub for the retro community than i…
... huge huge scene though its always going to be difficult to ... you want it to be better then not buying it isnt ... could never forgive the Commodore 128 article as it seemed to ... absolutely nothing about the Commodore 128. Still, these things happen.
Dead Spectrum +Hi all, I've recently dug out my old Spectrum + with the idea of repairing it. When I last looked at it, when I was much younger, I was soldering a …
... the membrane in a 48+ or a 128 toast rack is a ... almost 20 quid for the 128 version is just too much ... when my own toast rack 128 needs a membrane and I ... lasting too, made from a better plastic.
As ... and you should have known better than to trust some ...Speccy 128Im looking to buy a speccy 128 (pref the original sinclair model (even better with the additional keypad)) to replace my broken 48+. I dont have a jo…
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48+'s are always on ebay, its the 128 toasters that ...best/worst arkanoid clones...?personally I always liked [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002768"]Krakout[/URL] better than Arkanoid itself. really addictive…
... a better chance of seeing the higher levels is to always go ... right for the "-" powerup, and always avoid the "+" powerups, trying to ... I once had a spectrum 48 with faulty RAM, and ricochet ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... 've since found a much better way to do things. So ... />
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DEFB 255, 0 ... the next sp1_AddColSpr() is located 48 bytes away from the beginning ...New Spectrum HardwareHi all. Well its Friday so it seems as good a time as any (business is a bit slack at the moment) to start up a thread about creating new Spectrum ha…
... placed instead of old BASIC-128 and it could even stay ... reserved page to flash BASIC-48 into it to provide compatibility ... legs" is wrong. A much better comparison is an old-fashioned ...
