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Speccy FixersJust in case something ever happened to my speccys. It would be nice if there was a list of Speccy Fixers, people who would for a price, fix and rep…
... definitely help repair boards on a case-by-case basis - I ... etc.
128's/+2/+3 are a bit more alien to ... -
Correction of +2 hardware errorsThis is a collection of various pieces of information picked up from various places, including a lot from this forum. I have edited it and reworded i…
... here but I have a +2 grey with a very audible buzz. Most ... start up menu (tape loader, 128, 48 basic etc). Also when ... during the keypress. There's a thread on this issue over ... -
Why are multicolour engines only able to be made now?Now I'm no programmer, but, how come multicolour engines are only being created/designed now? I know there were Rainbow Graphics used in games in the…
... if the spectrum +2 came with a timex graphics mode[/QUOTE ... graphics mods. The Commodore 128 apparently had lots of ... C64, but the Speccy 128 only had the extra ... fantastic, as well as a four colour, no colour ... felt (to me) like a lazy upgrade, with no ... -
Land of Mire Mare[Quote]This game has to be considered as a tribute. It's inspired by the unreleased Mire Mare game & characters created by Ultimate Play The Game in …
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Being a bit of a purist I was happy ... graphics, especially sprites take up a lot of memory.
... of that single frame at 128 bytes. Now if you ... so they didn't appear inside a block.
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Land of Mire Mare[Quote]This game has to be considered as a tribute. It's inspired by the unreleased Mire Mare game & characters created by Ultimate Play The Game in …
... that discussion he implemented a screen compression routine along ... moves his sprites 2 pixels at a time, I later ... right by 2 pixels, it now takes up 128 bytes (+2). So ... if you end up with a 4 ... framed sprite it's now 512 bytes (+2) ... -
+2 Grey video issueSo far ive replaced TR4, TR5 (and correctly orientated them) and seperated the audio from the video, still I have this; [youtube]mZZWOXRs_Zk[/youtube…
... two versions of the Grey +2 motherboard:
Z70500 Iss 3 ... :
[LIST]
[*]For a 70500 board, install BC547's ... ]
The list could use a small clean up, maybe the ... , now corrected, shouldn't make a difference though) -
New Game: DreamWalker (Alter Ego 2)[B][I]"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?" [/I][/B] [I]I will tell you a tale about a little boy. A little boy which was not like the othe…
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Fine, gonna try a different emul for that. And ... Spectrum48 folder.
For 128, +2,+3 use Spectrum 128 folder.
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In what ways your AGD, CGD or La Churrera game was innovative?Well I think it would be very interesting for people using AGD, CGD or La Churrera if anyone that has been using these software would highliht those …
... that have been aorund for a while. Technically it also ... that when killing enemies "counter 2" would go down 1 ... unit (at counter 2=0 you would win the ... it was carring (a bucket, a hammer or a bone). Or being ... to put and animating a gorilla inside a 16x16 grid) -
PSU Overvoltage?Going through a pile of 48k PSU's today, rewiring and fitting new plugs, testing each one as I go I came across one that outputs 14.85v, usually im g…
Like Pierre says, what you read has a relation with the waveform, which here is the AC ripple left on the DC after rectifying and smoothening.
So this would be an interesting case for exchanging the capacitor (or set of 2 caps) inside the adaptor. -
writing incrementally to tape without leadersI want to be able to write intermittently & incrementally to some sequential medium which is supported on any Spectrum (emulator, ie. tape); eg. [cod…
... contents is low(DE+2), high(DE+2), A, then the data ... it. Every 128 bytes it writes a 128 byte data block ... br /> LD DE,128
LD A,255
CALL ... RESET
XOR A
LD (OFFSET),A ; Zero buffer
BUFFER DEFS 128[/code]
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dumping protected BASIC loadersI wrote this a few weeks ago but forgot to post it. It will load & list from tape/TAP/TZX any BASIC program which has been saved with SAVE, including…
... ;759291]I've seen a counterpart from an english magazine ... with my routine and add a hex dump of the ... with the 5 bytes named a,e,d,c,b from ... /> [code]
2030 IF NOT a THEN
LET number=256 ... 2130
2070 LET exponent=a-128
2080 LET sign=-1 ... -
SAMPLE-TRACKER vast INSTRUCTION with screensHi, I wrote it mainly for CrashNicker and other 1-bit / Beeper users, but I suppose it could be also useful for every lo-fi musician (YM/AY chip, Co…
... ... I grew up with a 128+2, so never owned a 48k... So I ... - that does NOT sound like a spectrum AT ALL?!?!?"... Ever since ... pieces... Iv been gradually building a collection on my hard drive ... /> Concerning demos - I never knew a demo scene even existed during ... -
128+2 Help!Today the postie brought me an early Spectrum 128+2, it's a Z70700 Issue 1. Everything seems to be working ok, i.e it boots up and the keyboard work…
... issue 1 is a later version of the +2 motherboard - primarily evidenced by ... -
Learning Machine Code the +2a wayHello again all, I thought I'd ask in this forum as the other categories seem less relevant. I keep re-reading the thread below with the advice given…
... somewhere worried me going from +2 to +2a) and then call ... it via a Play command in +3 Basic ... to better documentation from the 128?? if there was any there ... should spend more time with a 128 or a 48 for the mc ... -
C64 for the PiSomeone is writing the C64 natively for the Rasberry Pi and it looks amazing. I hope this will make someone do a ZX Spectrum too. Take a look its a…
... games too. But a Frankenstein, like a homemade standalone arcade cabinet ... iTunes, or whatever), or a PC inside a console's case, is something ... v0.800
ZX81 sz81-2.1.7
Spectrum Fuse ... 1.1
C64 Vice 2.3.21
SNES PiSnes ... -
games club - easter special 2014egg puns jesus puns random games with little or no connection to easter you know what to do
... /> It's quite difficult - level 2 took me forever, and now ... ]
I gave it a try, simple & bloody addictive ... [I]Light Cycle[/I], but inside a maze. -
Odd versions of the Multiface One.I've been looking through the adverts for the Multiface One and it's clear that there were a number of versions available. Note the earliest advert …
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It had a 128 byte header attached to it ... the normal disk interfaces support inside it.[/QUOTE]
< ... at least the Multiface 128 should also work ... usable, but the Multiface 128 NMI does not work ... DivMMC EnJOY!, has a rather different circuitry compared ... -
ESXDOS 0.8.5 and .Z80 on +2B or +3Last week I received some .Z80 snapshot files from a DivMMC EnJOY! user to test. These files didn't work on his ZX Spectrum +2B. [URL="http://benophe…
... emulator)
All the 2 x 3 "working" snapshots were ... />
Snapshots made on the 128 will generally work on the ... the interrupt routine on the 128 doesn't call any disk ... when trying to load on a 128. -
TEA2000 mod for better CVBS quality?Has anyone tried this before? :confused: [URL=http://s1063.photobucket.com/user/JRT480/media/Evenmoreperfect_zpse2505ab9.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1063…
Had a go for the trimmer capacitor ... , and tried this on another +2 motherboard I have:
[URL ... [/IMG][/URL]
After a careful tweak this is the ... -
FREL Comcon Programmable Joystick Interface not working on 128k but on 48kAnother day, another problem :-) My FREL Comcon Programmable Joystick Interface [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000070[/url]…
... interface doesn't work with a 128k toastrack (as I found ... out the hard way a few years ago)
128 and the plus 2: [url]http://www ... /> And I've never seen a Comcon twin either, I was ... did (luckily, as I had a 128 ) -
Video on single transistor composite video modification for 48K SpectrumsI made a video on the single transistor composite video mod, using an Issue two Spectrum although it applies to all issues. Much better than the sing…
... crawl, buy a 128k/+2/+3 machine and use a RGB connection :D ... [/QUOTE]
And a ... 1k resistor put inside a +2A/3 in parallel ... 16k and 48k machines, buy a SPECTRA RGB interface :D[/QUOTE ... -
USB Keyboard Interface interest?Hi, I was wondering if anyone else out there is interested in a USB interface for the ZX Spectrum (particularly the rubber key models, though it sho…
... the roughly ?1-2 PIC and a few pennies worth ... probably look at doing a completely internal version as ... things like installing a Raspberry Pi inside the case. It ... circuit and software, just a little cheaper and easier ... the case and having a tidy little box for ... -
Sinclair 128k available?Hello there, Spectrum fans! Let me introduce myself. I am from Russia, my name is Dimitri. In the 90-s I was working for a firm producing ZX Spectru…
... and skills you'll be a useful source of help for ... who recommend a +2 over the original 128 machine, as the +2 has a much ... -
Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…
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Spectrum SE (v1 ... real work on. What a pity the 128 doesn't have keys ... to swap the keys on a 128 with the QL keys. OK ... whether it could transform the +128 keyboard feel...[/QUOTE]
Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…
... signal lines the grey +2 has the same as 48k ... Grey +2 was a contracted out re-engineering of the 128 done ... what we need now is a 128K version of the ... can mount the board in a Spectrum+ case. Replace the ... the ones from a black +2. And glue a gun-metal strip ...Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…
... Grey +2 was a contracted out re-engineering of the 128 done before ... can mount the board in a Spectrum+ case. Replace the keyboard ... with the ones from a black +2. And glue a gun-metal strip ... case though (personally). Also, add a Microdrive on the end. :-)
Mr Heli - my new mod (w.i.p.)I really liked modding Spectrum games and would like to share my new project with you :) I took arcade port Mr Heli. It is actually a good game with…
... graphics looks great. And for a twitch game, you need ... suspect you made it a bit easier as I progress ... to level 2 without losing a life in your ... , I enjoyed new graphics a lot. Thank you Ralf.< ... they limit this mode to 128 pixels?
[img]http ...Composite video mod on +2 grey: same as 48k?Hello all, Sorry for the n00b question but I couldn't find an answer yet... I did a composite video mod for the 48k in the past. Now I got a 128k +…
... the motherboard/modulator (avoiding the monitor output) to a composite ... br /> Is that possible on a +2 grey issue 3?
... port then re-wire a monitor plug to composite ... like to get my +2 fixed... thank you for ... ve got the +2 connected to a video recorder then ...Why are rotozoomers on C=64 so fast ?Hi, I noticed rotozoomers on C64 are really fast. I'm not the best coder on Speccy but I know my pet I never succeed to do rotozoomer (or rotating ch…
... ve heard, the Commodore 128 was much more advanced ... CPC in mode 2 but with a Spectrum-style attribute ... stuff data a byte at a time through a couple of ... on a stock C64 a few years back!) but a few ... has exploited it properly for a game... yet. =-)
AAAARRRRR DIV-MMC ENJOY againIve recently been posting trying to get to the bottom of problems with my +48 not working with this rechid addon.Now ive finaly worked out theres not…
thanks guys i do feel a little better now,i just ... i probably should have recognised a possible fault with the inconsistency ... />
Does any one have a +128 motherboard picture that they can mark ...
