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Which Speccy is the best to buy...I'd be using it for games really, and thats about it. I'd like a 128k but I seem to remember people saying 128k +2's had problems playing some games.…
... Spectrum SE which replaces the 128 version of the BASIC ROM ... BASIC ROM and modifies the 128 editor to work correctly with ... screwed up by the memory contention though? -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
When switching Memory Contention Model from ZX to Pentagon, ... the Pentagon Memory Contention Model, and it then says 128 is 48k ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
[QUOTE=FrankT]When switching Memory Contention Model from ZX to Pentagon, ... the Pentagon Memory Contention Model, and it then says 128 is 48k ... -
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…
... they could have lost the contention it would have been better ... 48K looked great, unlike the 128. The 48K looked unique, powerful ... and futuristic, whereas the 128 looked cheap and generic. And ... in the shiny new Spectrum 128. And since this meant either ... -
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…
... d do for the first 128. The blitter means an ... faster grade z80 required. Contention would have had a bigger ... the features of the 128 as they were and ... real upgrade appearing in the 128 would have injected some ... wasn't much a 128 game could offer besides ... -
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…
... d do for the first 128. The blitter means an ... to memory and more contention with the z80 which ... faster grade z80 required. Contention would have had a bigger ... upgrade appearing in the 128 would have injected some ... wasn't much a 128 game could offer besides ... -
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…
... 5MHz mode, with contention, rather than eliminate contention by alternating RAM ... still won't eliminate contention because there is no ... from the 48 to the 128 may have accelerated sales, ... spurred 128-specific software development, and ... -
Quick testCould I ask anyone with a real 128K or +2 to run the latest [url=http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/spectrum/fusetest.tap]Fuse test suite[/url] on it and …
On a black 128+, loaded in 128 mode via Tape Loader:
< ... ... failed (0x01)
High port contention 1... passed
High port ... it hangs on 'High port contention 2' but is otherwise the ... . In 48K mode 'High port contention 2' passes (and is otherwise ... -
Quick testCould I ask anyone with a real 128K or +2 to run the latest [url=http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/spectrum/fusetest.tap]Fuse test suite[/url] on it and …
... a grey +2, loaded in 128 mode via Tape Loader from ... failed (0x01)
High port contention 1... passed
High port ... contention 2... failed (0xff)
High port contention 1... passed
High port ... -
ULA RAS, CAS cycles, refresh and "snow effect"Hello everyone. I have a question, does anyone observed timings of RAS and CAS generated from ULA? I think there may be answer to where the "snow ef…
... ULA reads from all 128 rows several times during ... refresh, but is a contention side-effect and is not ... it switches off any contention at the rising edge of ... 0x4000 and 0x7FFF the contention will not be noticed ... will be in its 'contention off mode', but it ... -
Quick test (2)Could I ask any 128 / +2 / +2A / +3 owners to test the new version of [url=http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/spectrum/fusetest.tap]fusetest[/url] on thei…
... on my Type I (apparently...) 128+. In 128K mode:
contention 2' test. I assume this ... -
New Spectrum game - Isotopia by OctocomOctocom, the guys who made BASIC programmed games such as Pandemia or Insert Coins, released yesterday their very first compiled BASIC game: Isotopia…
... there separate versions for the 128 & +2, and the +2A ... are the memory-paging & contention timing differences, but I'm ... -
New Spectrum game - Isotopia by OctocomOctocom, the guys who made BASIC programmed games such as Pandemia or Insert Coins, released yesterday their very first compiled BASIC game: Isotopia…
... there separate versions for the 128 & +2, and the +2A ... are the memory-paging & contention timing differences, but I'm ... use different syntax. In the 128/+2 you do it with ... -
Another fusetest runWould anyone with a real machine be prepared to try the latest version of [url=http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/spectrum/fusetest.zip]fusetest[/url], my…
... a grey +2, loaded in 128 mode via Tape Loader from ...
Machine type: 128K
Contention offset: 0x09
BIT ... memory... passed
High port contention 1... passed
High port ... a black +2A, loaded in 128 mode via Tape Loader from ... -
48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…
... famous example, but Short Circuit 128 as I mentioned earlier is ... differences. The Z80 in a 128 machine is slightly quicker than ... behave.
10) The 128 ROMs changed between each of ... ) The RAM contention models are different between the 128/+2 and +3 ... -
RGB on speccy ?hi, just a question : are you aware of scene demo trying emulate rgb ? i was a bit ill last few days so laying in bad i come with a (stupid ?) idea.…
... -Cat;315263]I wonder if 128 would be able to do ... of attribute data per scanline. 128 screen paging does help in ... Contour graphics mode on a 128 - the one where each attribute ... on a real Spectrum, memory contention eats up too much time ... -
Fuse for Mac OS X beta releasesA beta version of Fuse for Mac OS X has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project: [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-for-macosx/[/u…
... (Gergely Szasz).
[*] Revert Pentagon 128 to being the "base" machine ... (but probably not perfect) TS2068 contention (Philip Kendall).
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Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
... to screen memory during the 128 T-States of the pixel ... is so delayed by the contention that it drifts further and ... -
Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
... to screen memory during the 128 T-States of the pixel ... is so delayed by the contention that it drifts further and ... -
Where's the border line between a Spectrum and something else?I mean: there are purists out there that consider that anything that is not a true Sinclair Spectrum, with a true Z80 and a true ULA, and at most, 48…
... ) the tech specs for the 128 before it was released, but ... threw at it (floating bus, contention, whatever), then, to me, that ... -
just thinking about ...compo for zx 16k ? anyone ?
... ]You could call it the Contention Competition, since all the lower ... on 48 or even on 128. but still, you have about ... -
Best Spectrum game from 2009Ok, its almost 2010, and we have to decide which was the best game this year :) Miles Mad Mission [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cg…
... clone is Pentagon which is 128 kB machine with 3,5 ... , with close timings and memory contention. Second generation (1990-1995), including ... Pentagon, has no memory contention and different timings (because it ... -
Have a real 48k Speccy? yes ? I need your help.Im looking to run this quick test on as many [COLOR="Red"](only)[/COLOR] 48k Spectrums as possible [B][COLOR="Red"]files moved[/COLOR][/B] [URL="ht…
... of tests to check the contention values I added to our ... diff test suite for the 128,+2,+2A,+3 so at ... -
X128 - moved forward.I don't know if anybody noticed but author of the X128 emulator resumed works on the program: [url]http://www.indigobanquet.adsl24.co.uk/x128wip/x12…
... based machines without adress space contention. It's problem on ZX ... several demos for regular Spectrum 128 and they use GS. But ... -
Spectrum +2 wantedLooking for a fully working Spectrum +2 Dont need any games but if you got them then they are always welcome addition. I Will need the psu and the o…
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Well, the original 128 is an unreliable piece of ... , such as the wrong port contention, and that are hard to ... -
DMA interface for ZX Spectrum[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/data-gear.htm[/url] This is internal DATA-GEAR interface for any 8-bit computer with Z80CPU. Use Direct Memory Access…
... certainly no video ula ram contention to contend with mind you ... your 800kb for the speccy 128 is about right given a ... -
The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…
... /+3 models use different memory contention, ports adressation and ram pages ... way is use ZX Spectrum 128+2 (grey) with my PROFI ... -
What model next ?Hi All I already have two 48k rubber kyed 48k Spectrums and a Grey +2 What to get next. ZX Spectrum + ZX Spectrum 128 Toast Rack ZX Spectrum +3
... the +2A has the correct 128 memory contention. There are a lot ... 3, that crash on the 128/grey +2. The compatibility issues ... +2A can be fixed. The 128/grey +2 cannot be fixed ... -
What model next ?Hi All I already have two 48k rubber kyed 48k Spectrums and a Grey +2 What to get next. ZX Spectrum + ZX Spectrum 128 Toast Rack ZX Spectrum +3
... the +2A has the correct 128 memory contention. There are a lot ... 3, that crash on the 128/grey +2. The compatibility issues ... +2A can be fixed. The 128/grey +2 cannot be fixed ... -
What model next ?Hi All I already have two 48k rubber kyed 48k Spectrums and a Grey +2 What to get next. ZX Spectrum + ZX Spectrum 128 Toast Rack ZX Spectrum +3
... the contention on this model is so much smaller than 128 or ...
