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  • Max RAM for ZX Spectrum gamesHow much RAM can be used for single level/whole game? On tape writing.

    How much RAM can be used for single level/whole game?
    On tape writing.
    Tymo6666 Tymo6666 October 2022 Development
  • PAW questionThis may not be the right place but anyways there it goes: I've been trying to figure out how to import graphic files in .SCR format in the PAW parse…

    ... ; point to start of 16k RAM
    LD B,A ; we ... /3 screens contained in the upper block of memory and then ...
    cyborg cyborg November 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WANTED: tape replacement for +2?Any tape replacement possible for a +2? My +2 works wonderfully but the incorporated datacorder is simply worn out and won't load ANYTHING. Dirty sig…

    ... 16K of RAM, and the processor with the upper 32K RAM and 16K ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP November 2001 Sales
  • TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…

    ... stack or UDGs are in upper memory, or assumes BASIC ... and the "OS RAM Routines" in lower RAM below the BASIC ... started much later in RAM, and why the maximum ... of free RAM was 38652 bytes, much ... less than Spectrum's free RAM.

    Finding ...
    Sparky Sparky December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Programing ROM CART from PCHave anybody tried to make a piece of hardware that would be able to program (burn) SINCLAIR cartridge from PC? In the sense, you take TAP or TZX and…

    ... cart into the spectrum's ram before starting the snap. Even ... that into the upper 48K of the spectrum's ram. This just ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • helpHi, I am new to this forum. I have purchased a Speccy from ebay but I am having trouble getting any games to load. I dont really have much technical…

    ... has a fault in the upper 32k RAM, it will (95% of ...
    GP GP April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum problemHi I've just been trying to resurrect my 48k spectrum. I'm having some problems loading some of my games, but if it does completely load, it crashe…

    ... 16k of RAM. Which would leave us with the usual upper memory ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Broken ZX Spectrum + (48k)Hi! I just got a ZX Spectrum + from a friend. He said it was working around 8 years ago when he put it into the cellar. It was in great condition - …

    ... something else.

    upper/lower RAM faults are far more common ... often occur together (well, lower RAM & -5v anyway, for ... )

    the lower ram can often *almost* work with ... an 'almost boot' - genuine lower RAM faults generally give rise to ...
    GP GP December 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sparky eZX-BASIC Project in need of FPGA ExpertYou probably are not familiar with this project, but it is a computer system based on Zilog's new eZ80 chip and the OS is a superset of ZX BASIC. Ju…

    ... to the display. The display RAM could be shared on the ... , or to actually ignore the upper bits of the address bus ... even built in buffered display RAM interfaces for easy CPU implementation ...
    Sparky Sparky October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    This is what I've compiled so far:

    [quote]Resources
    =========

    * Make all caps
    ---------------

    You can turn CAPS LOCK on or off using a simple poke to 23658:

    POKE 23658,8: REM CAPS ON
    ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • List of RANDOMIZE USR code effects?Hi chaps, Does anyone have one of these please? Thanks.

    ... machine code program in RAM - somewhere in the upper 49152 bytes of ...
    monty.mole monty.mole May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …

    ... Z80 or dead lower 16K RAM.
    If you mean just ... 's basically working, though the upper 32K may still be duff.
    Spirantho Spirantho June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 48k spectrum, video problems help neededHi All, I have been browsing this site for a long time and today i have finally registered and am after some help!! I have a 48k speccy and the vid…

    ... certainly.... It _might_ be your upper 32K RAM, but it's probably ...
    Spirantho Spirantho September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • is my ZX Spectrum + finished :(When i turn it on the screen i get the usual gray border all around but in the screen area i get yellow and some orange lines with a black background…

    ... ICs 15-22 are the upper 32K which - even if they ... see if any of the RAM chips at all get warm ...
    Spirantho Spirantho September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …

    ... rare here) that has IC22 ram chip busted. Need to replace ... is 48k to salvage the upper memory chips from (and unforunetly ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …

    ... simply mix OKI and 4164 RAM then?

    I don ... have a spectrum with bad upper OKI RAM, can you simply replace ... 4164 in place of OKI RAM now knows why it ain ...
    Lloyd Lloyd October 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • broken ZX SpectrumHi there I was given a dead ZX Spectrum years ago, and being bored today thought I'd try it again. Its a Sinclair ZX Spectrum with lovely rubbery key…

    ... Spectrum's death: The upper 32K RAM bank had the D7 chip ... there.

    My dead RAM chip drained so much power ...
    Marcelo Marcelo January 2006 Hardware
  • What happens during a reset?I always used to wonder about this, but only thought a bit more about it last night when noticing after all these years what actually happens. Obvio…

    ... chips ARE 16BITS ,but the 'upper' part is not good.
    upper 32k of RAM in a 48k speccy ... you want to use the upper or lower 32k of the ...
    MikeW MikeW February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why so many disk systems?Why did the Speccy have so many floppy disk systems like wafadrive, tr-dos, +3disk, and many more? As far as I can see, this did nothing but create …

    ... board was fully populated with RAM or not.[/QUOTE]

    upper block was added as an ...
    DEATH DEATH June 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... ago something similar, ROM for RAM testing. At this moment I ... in 48K mode in some RAM error cases?

    I ... in mood to desolder 16 RAM chip without beeing sure... :D ... ) is from one of the upper 128K memory banks. It'll ... black if there's no upper bank.
    Spirantho Spirantho June 2006 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... arithmetic when accessing the video ram for vertical scroll, with a ... it requires a faster ULA, RAM and CPU. Contention wouldn't ... than eliminate contention by alternating RAM access. For double speed, ... in my 1983 ts2068 were 150ns DRAMs; two years later they ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Spectrum 16k by IskraHi everyone. I have posted the pics in some other thread... but it is HW related. Anyway, I have got a ZX 16k manufactured by ISKRA. It is in a box …

    ... it (atleast not on the upper side - I haven't screwed ... empty sockets for the 32k ram and control chips.

    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat November 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum RAM Paks...This jogged my memory (excuse the pun!!) : [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CURRAH-32K-RAM-PACK-BOXED-SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM_W0QQitemZ150057889352QQihZ005QQ…

    ... put one of these 32K Ram packs on a 48K Spectrum ... /> both the internal upper 32k and the RAM pack will be mapped ... edge connector to disable internal RAM (unlike the ZX81), they'll ...
    MikeW MikeW November 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 48k one dead, one dodgyhello everyone. I have 2 48k spectrum +'s (the one with the QL case). Both boards have issue 3B on them near the speaker. The first will power up …

    ... a row. These are 4116 RAM chips. What numbers etc are ... chips and make up your upper 32K block. They probaby won ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum Issue two problemI managed to bring back to life a issue two spectrum (at least the power supply cirquit). The screen is now crystal clear (after replacing all the el…

    ... a couple more things than RAM, but if the machine ... makes the CPU fill all RAM with 02 hex, then ... , then you have bad lower RAM.

    I had ... Spectrum that had a fried upper-bank chip drawing so much ... replaced the lower eight 16Kx1 RAM chips with a single ...
    Marcelo Marcelo January 2007 Hardware
  • problem with sinclair zx 48 issue 6aHi all, I have the following problem when I turn on my sinclair without rom inserted. [url]http://217.79.64.145/sinclair/5.jpg[/url] when I turn o…

    ... a dead 32Kbit OKI Ram Chip in the upper bank. I replaced ...
    Marcelo Marcelo January 2007 Hardware
  • problem with sinclair zx 48 issue 6aHi all, I have the following problem when I turn on my sinclair without rom inserted. [url]http://217.79.64.145/sinclair/5.jpg[/url] when I turn o…

    ... scope
    I removed all upper chips
    [url]http://217 ... too and place sockets for ram and try use new ramchips ...
    gorski gorski January 2007 Hardware
  • Problem with SPIN assemblerCan anybody tell me why the following machine code program doesn't assemble in the SPIN assembler? ; my first machine code program ld bc, 5 ret Any…

    ... directive followed by a valid ram location so that Spin knows ... your code starting in the upper 32K.

    Cheers
    TrueVideo TrueVideo January 2007 Development
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