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Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... -quickdos (v2.31) incompatible with 128+ or +2 grey? really?
I have no knowledge about compatibility with the ... Spectrums. Quickdos works with the toastrack.
Quickdos was a ... 'interleave' factor. Quickdos does no buffering, is 2x faster, ... -
128k into monitor VGA ?Apologies if this has been asked before but I can't find a simple yes or no.... I have my 128k toastrack working on an LCD TV no probs with an onlin…
... no....
I have my 128k toastrack working on an LCD TV no ... -RGB-To-VGA-Arcade-Game-Video-Converter-Latest-/371083871583?hash=item566652855f ... of these, one for the toastrack, one for my amiga 1200 ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... .alessandrogrussu.it/zxfix/Fairlight-128.zip"]Fix[/URL] by ... www.alessandrogrussu.it/zxfix/Fairlight2-128.zip"]Fix[/URL] by ... loading. [URL="http://nugget.no-ip.biz/spectrum/Locomotion. ... (TZX).
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What do I need to know about SSD HDDs?I've not been paying too much attention to the complexities of building a PC for about 10 years so I've got no idea what the standards are now. I'…
... a smaller SSD (like 64 / 128 / 250 GB) as boot drive ... , and keep data (music / photos / video etc) on a 2nd, larger ... the SSD one. I see no need to increase the Win ... -
ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…
... looks in a 48k. No, no 128k games on a 48k ... 48k
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What to buy +2, +2A, +2B, +3??Hi all I've always wanted to buy a 128k Spectrum and I've seen some lately in eBay going for cheap. The 128K+ is expensive I understand because of…
... closest internally to the 128k toastrack. It is more compatible with ... transistor which affects sound a video which can be fixed though ... I acquired mine. I paid no more than £40 for each ... -
WoS hits 500 permission statementsIt's been a while since I asked, but since we reached our 500th permission statement from individuals today, I thought I'd remind you all again: If …
... complicated than Chess, but no-one I knew had heard ... learnt that the reason no good version existed on ... . It would have had no loading screen (just a ... a +2 and the Spectrum video digitiser (what was that ... the VIDI-ZX, the Multiface 128 and SLOMO.
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Screen resolutions and the Speccy's limits?What list of screen resolutions/palettes could the ZX Spectrum feasibly produce on a standard PAL TV if RAM, ULA or other space constraints is not a …
... really do 256x192 (though some 128 demos kinda do a 256x384 ... mode giving 16 colours and no colour clash, a linearly addressed ... up the full 32K of video memory on Prism. -
ZX 128+ RGB Scart - ghosting,patterns,flickeringHi all, I have a ZX Spectrum 128+ with RGB Scart (from TheSinclairShop bought ages ago) hooked on a 40' Samsung Smart TV. Awful ghosting, silly p…
... (DIN pin 4).......................................620R...........Video In (SCART pin 20 ... my 2 toastracks (so no RGB switching problems for ... I connected my problematic toastrack with a simple composite ... RF) connection my 3rd toastrack although don't have ... -
Purchasing Advice for an ignorant AmericanHello, I am a retro computer enthusiast who lives in the United States. I am currently looking into importing a model from the UK, and would like whi…
... Amstrad):
1. Original "toastrack" 128K (my favourite). Known as ... a toastrack because of the groovy heatsink ... in tape deck which has no volume/treble/bass/balance ... and +3 over the original 128 because they're more like ... -
Spectrum Cables : How many individual types of these are there "out there" both past and now?So this is all about giving the SPECTRUM cables their correct cable titles to aid IDENTIFICATION OF CABLE TYPE and FUNCTION across the world.. An e…
The Spectrum 128 (code name Derby) and now known as the "Toastrack"
no internal speaker and sound was ... replaced pretty quickly by the 128+2 there are not too ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... although as the above video shows it also sits ... Speccy 128 has been sold in cased (see You Tube Video ... up and it was no longer feasible to sell ... unreleased ideas together as option no 3 . If any of ... />
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128K Toastrack (Noisy video output)Hello there guys! Need all of yours guides and advices. Some time ago I bought a nice looking 128K from eBay (motherboard v6K) and put it aside for…
... to supplies or the video output of TEA2000/MC1377. ... refusing to work on a 128+. The machine was refusing ... -DWvP39Ny3xj15jC3R9Y02xUqct-mJctMtTkmw=w868-h631-no[/img]
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ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
... do. Jim posted a youtube video showing the hardware sprites controlled ... have been extended from the 128 compatibility. I am hoping they ... contemporary machine since there's no need to cripple the banking ... thing - they apparently have no actual use for it yet ... -
ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
... architecture of the ZX Spectrum 128 in conjunction with some ... of RAM.
[b]Video: Hardware sprites:[/b] The only ... sprite engine will have absolutely no relation to the development ... this sprite engine would have no relation to the Spectrum, ... -
Minidisc and tap/tzx playerHi I have 2 questions: Is there a player for Windows that can play tap/tzx files (The old links for winamp are no good) I have tried to save to min…
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Techmoan's video on MiniDisc explains everything you ... the mid-1960s, had no such sophisticated compression technology because ... no such thing existed, so ... used to) I opted for 128 kb/s, as I ... -
ZX Nuvo 128..Hi There, I have built the ZX Nuvo 128 by Superfo, but it has a problem. The machine is working, but the video signal is completely bonkers. I've …
My Nuvo 128 is now working, I have ... 74HC04 on the board. Video signal is good, no issues. I have ... -
Most accurate display on emulatorWhich Windows emulator has the most accurate display. I am making a game and one of the tiles is not showing correctly on an real spectrum +2 machin…
... be done to produce composite video in a +2 or a ... +2 already has a composite video output on pin 1 of ... true for the original 128K “Toastrack” machine). It’s a PAL ... /+2 machines. Sorry, there’s no way around it. -
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Unfinished, using only ... ( max 31 us/byte, no DMA ). All routines fill ... my last project: Speccy 128 clone with maximum 25 ... , ROM.
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ZXBaremulator v3.0Hi all, I've released a new version for my bare-metal emulator ZXBaremulator. The enhancement list and binaries can be found on my project web pag…
... menu this time round, causing video colour distortions too once the ... result, much more straight forward - no problems there at all - it ... and the help menu was no problem in accessing... My wireless ... the 3 different emulators (48/128/+3), and really look forward ... -
Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…
... 48,128, Timex, ULAplus etc software) - but due to having no memory ... contention and different video timing, games which ... -
Better keyboard = better sales ?Just a random thought. I want to start this by saying although I did not have a + model new, I was never really a fan of this keyboard as it was n…
... equivalent? Is the Plus and Toastrack keyboards the same?
no need for any space for ... ZX Spectrum+ and ZX Spectrum 128 keyboards (yes, they are the ... -
Replacing voltage regulators - need to sanity check a few things pleaseHi Everyone I'm in the process (with a lot of help from some friends at Greenford Computer Club), of giving my three Speccys some much needed prev…
... trying to determine whether the Toastrack should also get a Traco ... 128K toastrack and the +2 (grey) already have composite video outputs on ... for the 48K and the Toastrack:
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Replacing voltage regulators - need to sanity check a few things pleaseHi Everyone I'm in the process (with a lot of help from some friends at Greenford Computer Club), of giving my three Speccys some much needed prev…
... the voltage regulators in toastrack. Meanwhile what I found ... done is to use the toastrack via RGB / Scart ... want to perform the video mod "the more complex ...
I use the Toastrack and the +2 exclusively via ... mod as I have no intention of trying to ... -
Raster effects - quick questionHi Guys Just a quick question regards what the ULA is doing as its drawing each scan line. Assuming the beam has finished drawing the border, am I…
... per line (228T on a 128), but the ULA interference slows ... is no memory interference whatsoever, and the CPU can write to video ... aim the stack pointer into video RAM.
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Any other ROM cartridge / Interface two software produced for the SpectrumI just recall from the ZX Spectrum catalogue a few games were also produced on ROM cartridge, but was there any other stuff - utilities, languages or…
... a connector (as specified, no extra circuitry is needed).
video output on the ZX ... the cost of composite video output would have low ... too
2. Comp video out socket, as they forgot ... won't behave on a 128 machine at all. Given ... -
Need some help building a cable for Spectrum 128k +2 to US Commodore 1084S-PHello WoS users! Does anyone have a diagram detailing how to build a cable to go from the Spectrum 128k +2 (grey) to a Commodore 1084S-P (US version…
... orange. This will be no problem though. It looks ... offscreen but there is no external adjustment for horizontal ... years with a Commodore 128 without seeing that effect ... bars show - and indeed no tapes load. Now, I ... the audio from the video circuit. I didn't ... -
Test of screen switching timings.I modified the btime.tap test by Jan Bobrowski to explore the timing of screen switching. The new test, ptime-128, produces different results on diff…
... (3 T-states for the toastrack) before screen switching takes place ... -help-from-people-with-real-128-black-2-and-grey-2a ... OUT cycle. And I have no clue why) -
Test of screen switching timings.I modified the btime.tap test by Jan Bobrowski to explore the timing of screen switching. The new test, ptime-128, produces different results on diff…
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