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Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…
... needed to fit them in 128k RAM.... and you call Amstrad a ... struggle to put JSW into 128k (?!!!) of RAM???[/quote]
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Faulty +2 advice please :)Hi all , I have a faulty +2 which when powered up gives a black border and 6 black and White stripes , I'm thinking faulty ram ??? Any one have any b…
... ]Hi all , I have a faulty +2 which when powered up ... White stripes , I'm thinking faulty ram ??? Any one have any better ... -
Pac-man emulator machine typeSince this game works in +2A models, wouldnt it be better to list it as 128k and not 128 + 3? Cheers!
... think that in the archive, 128k indicates that the game work ... , whatever it is (+2, +2A, 128K...) and 128 +3 indicates that ... the game works in a 128k model, the +2A, I think ... isn't a 128k model. It has 128k of RAM, sure, but that ... -
Faulty +2 advice please :)Hi all , I have a faulty +2 which when powered up gives a black border and 6 black and White stripes , I'm thinking faulty ram ??? Any one have any b…
... ]Hi all , I have a faulty +2 which when powered up ... White stripes , I'm thinking faulty ram ??? Any one have any better ... reads to me
Faulty +2 Advice - so I want ... )
there.... thats some faulty advice =)
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4116 Ram chip replacements?Hello. I am in the work of gathering replacement parts for my speccy 48k. And I would like to know what chips is good replacement for the 4116 ram ch…
I dont have a faulty ram yet (to my knowledge), but I want to find circuits for when I need them. The circuits for repairing the ZX Spectrum is getting hard to find. -
4116 Ram chip replacements?Hello. I am in the work of gathering replacement parts for my speccy 48k. And I would like to know what chips is good replacement for the 4116 ram ch…
... ;619781]I dont have a faulty ram yet (to my knowledge), but ... -
Repairing another Issue 2 48K Spectrum.I said at the start of the other thread that I've got another one of these and I've started investigating it. The board is more-or-less exactly the …
... on the first byte of RAM. Usefully, this is the ... and suspecting that an upper RAM IC would be the ... PEEK in upper RAM suggested more than one faulty RAM IC. So, ... I de-soldered all the upper RAM ... 4 of the 8 were faulty. It now seems to ... -
The most powerful 8-bit machine, and CPU?Further to the discussion in: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=621787[/url] What actually is the best 8-bit ma…
... from a palette of 64), 128K minimum RAM.
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TR4 continues blowing up!The TR4 of my Speccy Issue 3 continues burning even after I changed all electrolytic capacitors and the BA157 diode. If these things serve only to h…
... to fix it.
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What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... obviously machines with less than 128K of RAM are out in the ... -
What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... obviously machines with less than 128K of RAM are out in the ... BASin does not support +3 RAM disk syntax. ;)
Data ... and code). Actually accessing the RAM disk does not seem to ... -
GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…
... the original Mac only had 128K of RAM to play with, so ... -
GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…
... the original Mac only had 128K of RAM to play with, so ... saved the original screen to RAM disk and then restore it ... -
48K/128K classificationI'm sorry if I've looked in the wrong places and not found it, but what are the rules regarding a game being listed as either: ZX Spectrum 48K ZX Sp…
... software)
* requires 48K of RAM (most software)
* requires 48 ... Ultimate releases)
* requires 128K of RAM (most 128 software).
* requires ... (things that use the original RAM disc syntax)
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80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
... you can connect 64K of RAM. The TC2048 which has neither ... possible to connect an additional 128K of RAM.
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80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
... you can connect 64K of RAM. The TC2048 which has neither ... possible to connect an additional 128K of RAM.[/QUOTE]
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80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
... expand it to 144K with 128K compatibility :P
[url]http ... (only it also has 128K of RAM in the Ex and Dock ... -
The Top 25 Modern PC GamesIn the thread [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40451[/url] , Ivanzx asks do you prefer modern or 'classic' era Spectrum g…
... , but allows time for the RAM or motherboard connections to heat ... case that's the problem). Faulty RAM does occur from time to ... see if only one is faulty.
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16k Issue 2 board and DivIDE load errorsI today got an Issue 2 16k board (thank you PMSR) that i added the logic and ram on to get a 48k machine. However, I am unable to load software from …
Have you tried loading a 16K .tap file - if the .z80 causes an unresponsive keyboard, I wonder if it might be a faulty ram chip somewhere.... -
Issue 2 headache!Ive got an issue 2 here that firstly had a blown regulator (fixed), now its reading as a 16k machine (its fully populated), ive replaced and socketed…
... if the Spectrum was using faulty RAM for its calculator stack or ... -
Issue 2 headache!Ive got an issue 2 here that firstly had a blown regulator (fixed), now its reading as a 16k machine (its fully populated), ive replaced and socketed…
... original problem was, as suspected, faulty upper RAM.
Note that ... working address found by the RAM test routine. So, for what ... to try to identify the faulty RAM IC. -
Replacing ZTX650 with BD139Today I blew up one of the GALs on one of my DivIDEs while testing on my Toastrack. Shorted M1 with 12V and the 12V circuit broke. I had to replace T…
... ) interface and a 128K static RAM.
The 128K was divided into 4 ... banks of 32K (higher RAM ... /> But you made a "real" 128K ? -
Spectranet updateHi all It's been a busy summer, and in any case I've wanted a little bit of a break from doing Speccy stuff to avoid it getting old (pun intended). …
... of the Spectrum ULA, 128K flash, 128K static RAM, ethernet MAC/PHY, magjack ... same board works for 48K, 128K, +2 (inc A/B) and ... -
Query about memorySo I know this has been asked a lot and I beg your brief indulgence. I have scanned through a lot of old threads already but I'm trying to improve m…
... test to determine how much RAM is in the Spectrum. The ... the highest functioning byte of RAM found. To view this value ... values are also possible when faulty RAM is encountered.
If ... or more of the upper RAM ICs (IC15-IC22), or possibly ... -
Query about memorySo I know this has been asked a lot and I beg your brief indulgence. I have scanned through a lot of old threads already but I'm trying to improve m…
... to determine how much RAM is in the Spectrum. ... the highest functioning byte of RAM found. To view this ... values are also possible when faulty RAM is encountered.
RAM ICs (IC15-IC22), ... (as well as a faulty 48K machine). A value ... -
Diagnosing a strange software fault in a 48kHi, A friend gave me a 48k, which I am very keen to restore. The spectrum 48k was my first computer over 20 years ago and I owe my ability to code t…
... number of Spectrums that had faulty RAM that I couldn't reveal ... -
48k faultyHi guys! I have a 48k that, currently, presents 2 problems: 1 - Can?t sync to TV correctly. I get a lot of noise and the characters appear to be inc…
... this, you might have a faulty RAM and no games will load ... . That doesn't look like RAM issues I've had ran ... the BASIC listings which perform RAM tests. This might be one ... -
Some stupid 16K questions...Starting with... 1. Should a 16K Spectrum that's been upgraded to 48K behave [I]exactly[/I] like a 48K Spectrum? i.e. should the machine test/clear…
... 48K machine. Sounds like faulty RAM (likely), or faulty logic (very unlikely). Those ... straps to select the correct RAM type. Check these also. The ... -
ZX Spectrum 48K help and Hello :)Hello out there I am a long time admirer of the ZX Spectrum range of computers my first go at one was in the early 1980s with my dads ZX 80 now its …
... other patterns present caused by faulty RAM, though it is certainly possible ... where the RAM was fine, but the CPU was faulty.
Samantha Fox Strip Poker 128k - no record on WoS?Going through some boxes of games, I came across Samantha Fox Strip Poker 128k. Looking on WoS, there is the 48k version, but no record or mention o…
... more pictures using the extra 128k's RAM ?
Perhaps the React ...
