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my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…
... Scart cable for your Speccy 128K. I downloaded all the relevent ... deck from the board and switch on to see if the ... -
Faulty 128KI digged out my Spectrum 128, and it wakes not up. I don't have experience, only with 48K. Maybe someone can give me some hint, clue. It looks like m…
... ROM for 48K or 128K Speccies?
Does 128K starts in 48K ... /> It works on 48K or 128K... One of the vertical bars ... from one of the upper 128K memory banks. It'll be ... if there's no upper bank. -
Missing NemesisI was reading one of the threads the other day about over rated spectrum games and came across the suggestion that Nemesis (the space shooter known a…
... fact that I could switch between 48 - 128K music!
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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 …
... ), you could compress 48K and 128K games to fit even more ... snapshot button (Auf Wiedersehen Monty 128K is the only one I ... Spectrums, as it can play 128K software, it has the best ... , and if has a reset switch that's far easier on ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
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ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... (eg) writing to a 128K RAM bank which isn't paged in ... /> As for loading into different 128k banks, that would need to ... data into a memory bank unless the bank is pages in (unless ... -
Questions from the new owner of a grey Spectrum +2I managed to pick up a grey Spectrum +2 off of ebay with cheap shipping (I'm in the US... it was $13 total and it has a Donkey Kong tape inside) and …
... additional circuit for the added bank switching that the newer ULA ... (1ffd) is aliased to the 128K RAM paging port (7ffd) so ... -
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…
... better), as was the reset switch (though it should have had ... an on/off switch too), and the sound chip ... so much space in the 128K of RAM, or he could ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... something like this. 1 ROM bank for editor and related utilities ... .
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You know how the 128K was faster than the 48K Spectrum?Regarding how the Spectrum 128K ran at 3.54 MHz rather than the 48K's 3.5MHz, was this difference enough to be an advantage? If not, then surely Sinc…
... ]These benchmarks suggest that the 128K Spectrum was 30% slower in ... 128K mode than 48K mode when ... forget that every statement in 128k mode (with the exception of ... and SPECTRUM) commands had to switch to the 48k ROM before ... -
128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... quick test for 48k and 128k Spectrums is to plug some ... ) into the ear/mic sockets, switch on and press keys. If ... -
128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... quick test for 48k and 128k Spectrums is to plug some ... ) into the ear/mic sockets, switch on and press keys. If ... that - no sound from speccy 128k :(
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Looking for one particular music demoHi. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it. There is a music demo I'm looking for. Unfortunately I don't k…
You`ll have to switch to 48K from 128K to run it... go ... -
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…
... RAM machine where you could switch out the ROMs to an ... ROMs and any of the 128k RAM.
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Programs detecting Spectrum modelsHi. I'm curious about knowing how some speccy games detect if they are runnning in a 128k or 48k model. What tricks can be used to make this in a Spe…
... . Basically, you map in a 128k page and write a byte ... switch back to the original page and check the value. On 128k ... />
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Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
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The 128's 128K of RAM is divided into ... 16k size. The "main" 64k bank (ie the configuration at power ... -
+2 ramdisk - access in machine codeHow can you access the ramdisk in machine code? I've got a +2, and it seems the ramdisk has never been properly utilised. It would be a handy little…
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Spectrum +2a Keyboard bug?If anyone has a Working +2a... I bought a +2a for Christmas 1986 with an 80 Column thermal printer from Dixons. It was bundled with a tape supposed…
[QUOTE=Phil2] sold my soul to the devil and bought a C64 instead[/QUOTE]
Poor poor phil. You wasted your youth for nothing.
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Election of the new maintainer of the TZX formatHi folks, the topic says all, let the discussion begin :) Luca
... TZX could be used under, 128k 48k etc and the emulator ... to read this block and switch mode accordingly. I don't ... and needed a 48k or 128k to run. It could have ... -
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…
... tiles sit in the DOCK bank at #0000-#3FFFF.
[/quote ... , say, so that you could switch video modes. Then you'd ... -
Looking for a Windows based Z80 compilerCan anybody recommend a windows XP based Z80 compiler that lets you export your code as a Z80 snapshot or TZX or TAP file? If not, what is the best …
... mentioned that would make me switch if I knew it existed ... being a life saver for 128K projects.
Cheers
Spectrum +2 No TV PictureHi, As a retro collector in Australia I thought it was time to check out a real Spectrum as they were never popular here. So I bought the Spectrum +…
... a sms pal/ntsc mod switch. so if I know exactly ... RGB is different to the 128k its got 12Va [LK2] on ...DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
... possibility to be able to switch between, say, four ROM pages ... limitations.
As for 128k compatibility - I can't really ... , even with divIDE paging in 128k ROM enabled, maybe it would ...DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
... Ignore support for 128K BASIC altogether although 128K BASIC users are ... program !![/QUOTE]
128K BASIC doesn't allow you ... DivIDE Plus Board to select 128K BASIC compatability (not ideal ... divIDE allows you to easily switch between +3e operation and ...ResiDOS v1.92 and +3e ROMs v1.30 releasedI've just updated ResiDOS to v1.92, and the +3e ROMs to v1.30. Full details can be found at: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/zxplus3e/"]http://…
... /> And if you want to switch between multiple tasks, then the ... 'd lose the ability to switch between cards so easily.
128K chip, which wouldn't offer ...DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
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As for 128K snapshots - I am informed by ... ).
When loading a 128K snapshot, the firmware needs to ... (x is the proper RAM bank), SP to the address of ... jump to OUT, change the bank, restore BC and return to ...Monitor/debugger that doesn't use the Speccy ROM?Was there ever a Spectrum monitor/debugger released that didn't use the ROM, for key input and character output routines? The reason I ask is that i…
... routines to switch in each of the AMSTRAD or Sinclair 128K ROMS ...basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
... look for keywords with additional switch settings. FAST would be one ... do it would require some bank switching but FAST would require ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... computer. also had a sinclair 128k later on when i upgraded ... /> i now work for Royal Bank of Scotland doing Novell application ...
