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Anyone else have a fanboy problem?Over the past 18 months or so, there's been one individual (don't worry, I don't think he posts here, he has a very *ahem* "distinctive" writing styl…
... advertised 8mbps connection which is in fact barely ambps wehich cant ... allow people to continue surfing in another browser and you expect ... an ay8912 can create ay8912 audio capabilites of the 128? or ... a kind of turbo sound mod included in the €cu399.00 price ... -
+2 Tape RecorderI was given a +2 for Christmas in 1991, it packed up in 1995 but in the 3 or so but it got some quite intensive use in that time. One issue I rememb…
... relative but I bought a +2A from ebay last month. I ... do the same mod so that I can load in data from ... -
LCD monitors with aerial input and other expensive+simple options for running on flatHi, What great forums! Just fired up a 48k for the first time in probably 20 years for a burst of lovely nostalgia :D Due to space constraints I w…
... Sinclair-Spectrum-Composite-Video-Mod-Kit-Scart-To-TV_W0QQitemZ250561201522QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageComputing_RL ... kinds of the composite mod, but the results are ... inch Nordmende LCD (made in China, 50 quid) is ... RGB from a toastrack or +2A.
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Earliest ULA datecode ??I'm on a mission to find the earliest ULA datecode. Ie, when the first batch of ULA's were manufactured. The earliest picture of the Spectrum circu…
... caused the initial delays in the first Spectrums being ... by DeusX 270809,mod 8211,grey keys,made in UK
Mod 8226,NEC memory chips ... 290409 ?90 (2x48,1x+2A,1xMicrodrive),resale 170509 ?26. ... 8219 240110 ?8.50 (mod 8233,IC14 8218,others ... -
Modding / repairing a +3I've got a +3 and I'm repairing and enhacing the computer. The enhacements I've done so far: - A slightly buggy video composite output. - Repairing …
... =Zup;434184]How about the IN #FF mod? Would you build that ... mod (put a 470 ohm resistor ... alone and go for the +2A / +3 versions of failing games ... wouldn't. If after the mod, the machine doesn't boot ... -
Favorite models! :)Hello everyone. This topic has probably been covered before, but I cant be bothered to look back through the archive to check! What is everyones fav…
I always preferred the +2a/+3. Even going so far ... convert a grey +2 to +2a
This is mainly because ... the ramdisk quite a bit in my basic programming)
And ... to chuck a hard drive in the +2, It means i ... 't bothered with the sound mod on my +3 -
comp video zx spectrum +2AI did this comp video mod on my zx spectrum 48K a while back and it worked great. [url]http://womblesretrorepairshack.blogspot.com/2008/11/zx-spectru…
... /11/zx-spectrum-composite-video-mod.html[/url]
... tried it now on my +2A, and it doesn't work ... /> is there a different mod for this model?[/QUOTE]
in fact Composite Video. Maybe that ... not the case on a +2A. Why don't you ... -
+3 FaultsI have some Spectrum +3s for testing - looks like they all need drive belts. One will not start up and shows a screen of yellowy green, then one of …
... up.
Both +2A and +3 (and I guess ... the "1987" screen (video/audio test). In that screen, you may ... with a good known +2A keyboard (if you have ... it also fails with the +2A keyboard, the ULA (or ... ASIC or whatever its called in Amstrad computers) may be ... -
TV tuning problemI've just discovered that I can't tune in any of my Spectrums on my new TV. (Well, "new" in the sense that it's an old one I was given to replace an …
... my new TV. (Well, "new" in the sense that it's ... all have the same problem, in that I can find the ... ? - then I could use them in a different room from the ... other end, plugged into the audio socket on your TV.
Mod, If not PM me, and ... -
Yeeeees finally got one!If anyone wants to make me an offer for the ultimate games pm me. I'm not that bothered by them tbh. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVgYKMTqL…
... one for me on eBay in the UK and then bring ... on it with the composite mod...I've done several and ... similar monitor with the composite mod.
Power is not ... at all..any old 9v 2a power supply will work with ... -
Yeeeees finally got one!If anyone wants to make me an offer for the ultimate games pm me. I'm not that bothered by them tbh. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVgYKMTqL…
... on it with the composite mod...I've done several ... similar monitor with the composite mod.
Power is ... at all..any old 9v 2a power supply will work ... -video inputs. Would the mod work for these kind of ... getting to the plugging it in to the TV stage. ... -
Do you still have the same speccie as when you were young!If so - how old is it now - and is it still working? And does it have rubber keys!?
... family when we got the +2A, but we never got it ... /> I still keep my old +2A, but the cassette deck was ... , so I made the little mod to load from the audio output... -
ZX + 2: Why Audio from RGB Connector ?Does anyone know what is the difference between the standard "tape/sound" output and the audio output inside of the RGB DIN connector? Does the RGB c…
... shows the differences in the sound circuit (and a mod to make ... +3 sound stereo).
In the original ... directly to ground, while in later +3 (and +2A, I guess) TR200 ... output fixed; also all the +2A/B are unaffected. -
How to fix dc voltage on a 48+ psuAfter dinner, after a womble video out mod on a "new" purchased 48+ , just in the remaining time I tested the voltage of its psu and, surprise surpr…
... video out mod on a "new" purchased 48+ , just in the remaining ... this is the right word in English) on pcb for trimming ... .
(except on the +2a and +3, but these have ... -
audio output on ZX +2Is it possible to split the audio from the port on the ZX+2 left and right so i can use my mp3 player to load games? or do you need to open her up?
If your +2 is in fact, a +3 PCB with ... here)
After this mod, the 3,5'' jack performs ... way it's already explained in the link above.
audio into your Spectrum. -
problems tuning in a new +2Got a new +2 today from eBay, as the last one I 'won' turned out to be a 48k+ that didn't work. Anyway, I've connected it up to 2 TVs, by the Aerial…
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In the near future however, I ... best way to connect the audio? Via the DIN pin3 ... DIN plug - only the black +2A/B does. (However, it * ... +2A/B doesn't.)
Arguably, the best audio output ... need the beeper mixed in as well. -
Spectrum +2 wantedLooking for a fully working Spectrum +2 Dont need any games but if you got them then they are always welcome addition. I Will need the psu and the o…
... is pretty steep for a +2A. For that price I'd ... stereo ACB sound, done the audio mod to enable use of an ... -
Romsif I wanted to replace the roms on a speccy, what equipment would I need and what chips, for example let's say I wanted to replace my +2a roms with t…
[QUOTE=guesser;466328]the roms in the +2a are already socketed[/QUOTE]
I am curious if ROM exchange on the +2A needs some extra mod on board. -
Romsif I wanted to replace the roms on a speccy, what equipment would I need and what chips, for example let's say I wanted to replace my +2a roms with t…
[QUOTE=xc8;466345]I am curious if ROM exchange on the +2A needs some extra mod on board.[/QUOTE]
the roms can be replaced with a pair of normal 27C256 eproms, you just put them in the sockets. -
External Tape / Audio Input on Spectrum +2AEvening all, I've just picked up a Spectrum +2A and have been trying to load TZX files from my Mac into the Spectrum. I know the leads and methods …
... night trying to get audio into the +2a through that port. Seems ... that it's not possible in its ... -
Spectrum +2a / +3 SCART LeadsEvening all, Over the past week or so I've tried two different Spectrum RGB SCART leads from two different Ebay sellers, on a Spectrum+2A and a Spec…
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Ah, found something in [url]http://mts.speccy.cz ... designed for the Spectrum +2A or +3 is not ... When Amstrad released the Spectrum +2A and +3 they kept the ... by each pin. The +2A/+3 socket now outputs RGB ... BRIGHT is now used for Audio out, which has the ... -
updated Fatware - keyboard patchHi! I work with Fatware code and already prepare keyboard patch for original version 0.12. Now it's possible to operate disk browser with keys: 1) c…
... some P_P and P_S files in the root directory.[/QUOTE]
; and: mod/wav/raw files (only with GS!)
; also: Audio CD ... files in directory by first char
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Spectrum +2 wantedLooking for a fully working Spectrum +2 Dont need any games but if you got them then they are always welcome addition. I Will need the psu and the o…
... that much work on a +2A that suggests to me that ... internal re-wiring), for the +2A I had the composite video ... Scart option for me here in the U.S.) and an ... t have any +2 or +2A or +2B that went through ... where people explain how to mod a specific Spectrum to make ... -
+2a CompositeWhile faffing around with my +2a I did a down and dirty mod from pin 6 of the tea2000 straight to the modulator output bit like the womble hack for t…
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I tried the IN #FF port with the 470 ... it didn't like the mod (I'm having a go ... rgb of the +3 and +2a/b's but the toastrack ... -
128kefrom the scratchpad for the 128ke "Finally, reading from a non-existing port (eg 0xff) will give the screen/attribute bytes as it does on the 48K/12…
... black) on a +2a/b/3 even in 48k mode, or with ... doesn't like the mod (I disconnected the mod and the DivIDE ... -
128kefrom the scratchpad for the 128ke "Finally, reading from a non-existing port (eg 0xff) will give the screen/attribute bytes as it does on the 48K/12…
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under emulation in spin If I set it ... neither will run on the +2a
if ... set the hardware to +2a and use Andrew's ... bug was sorted out in the Hit Pak release ... to see if the IN #FF mod is worth doing ... do I do the mod and built an internal ... -
+2a CompositeWhile faffing around with my +2a I did a down and dirty mod from pin 6 of the tea2000 straight to the modulator output bit like the womble hack for t…
I also had Christian Secara's mod done to my +2A and +2B and have mentioned it here many times. ;) It was the best way for me to use them here in the U.S. No Scart option over here. -
Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
... I think it may come in handy for composing Spectrum music ...
I'm actually an audio progammer but that doesn't ... back in the old days... he has developed tracker/mod/music ... s how I met him in the first place) I ... PC version of the game in question, I can't ... -
DMA interface for ZX Spectrum[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/data-gear.htm[/url] This is internal DATA-GEAR interface for any 8-bit computer with Z80CPU. Use Direct Memory Access…
... ay8912 - can it play rtype audio from atari st was arcade ... area to ram or for +2a rom area? could use external ... scren$ the dma would come in very handy even for ntsc ... 16 colour paletes for use in mode 4 screens!
dma ...
