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IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... with what Amplitude describes. After a thorough (but 'standard') cleaning ... the yellow border and the 'no drive' lock-ups.
What ... never had experienced such a firm-as-a-rock stability.
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IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... the yellow border and the 'no drive' lock-ups.
What remained ... Simon Carr found himself in a similar 'stage' but I do ... agree with Roko, up to a point here. The experiences that ... I have frequently said, is a real shame, as I really ... -
Questions about SEUDI recently purchased SEUD (Shoot-em-up Designer, for those who do not know it) from Cronosoft and tried to familiarize with it, also by peering into …
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ZX48 svideo modI have modded a ZX48 to have svideo output. The end of C65 that goes to TR2 (its an Issue 2 zx 48 ) has been lifted to get Chroma. Luma is taken fro…
... dropped. It did display a good composite picture, but ... wasn't designed to drive a 75 ohm load. The ... .uk/sinclair/videomodulator-16k-48k/a-6026/[/url]
a BC237B transistor, a 1K pull down ... works, but I have no way to find out the ...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…
... Are you sure there is no need whatsoever for those ...
Hi Renegade,
No need for those components. The ... to peak, there is no need to drop half ... so that it can drive a 75 ohm input without ... 48K circuit, there is no spare voltage in the ...Timex contended memory timings, the TS2068 kludge board and EXROM at $4000 - $7FFFI haven't seen this documented anywhere yet so I thought I'd share my findings. I've been investigating contended memory timings on the Timex Sinclai…
... pulses in succession, then a period with no pulses (TS# low) ... on the screen, then no pulses at all for the ... the video memory won't drive a specific value onto the ... diode/resistor logic on a mini printed circuit board ... TS# is used to drive U5 on the mini PCB ...Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
[QUOTE=Skaepoy;772702]No worries slenkar, you' ... interest to you lot - a comparison of Durell's [ ... experience wasn't exactly a very smooth one... but ... verdict shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. : ... young to drive a real car, this was a fantastic alternative, ...Retro Gamer's top twenty-five N64 games pollRetro Gamer has this month published a top twenty-five list of N64 games, as voted for by the readers (I didn't know they were doing it, or I'd have …
... s like trying to drive a toy car over a bouncy castle. It ... inshore water behaves, or how a jet-ski handles. If ... really want to feel how a fast watercraft behaves, try ... at first but just became a complete ball ache but ... N64 games at most so no top 25 for me ...Frontend for the +3e projectHi, I have recently finished building the 8-bit simple interface and installed the +3e ROMs into my spectrum +2A (Back model) and it is working fine …
... $[/CODE]where f$ is a valid +3DOS filename string ...
To have a basic program boot from the ... filename "DISK" and a line number to run ... +3e to mount a partition and make it the default drive ... etc.
To use +3e features ...HDF files on fuse or zx spinI wanted to emulate a DivIDE but i need to inject files into the .HDF so i can load stuff up through the emulated DivIDE. How do I do this ? I am us…
... ZX Spin and have a pre-made configuration, ... br />
My configuration (+3e using divide):
... ; Hardware > Spectrum Model: +3e.
- Options > Hardware ... gt; ROM Image: Put a check mark con Writable ... to use it as +3e (as drive C: and D:, ...What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... Amiga games not because of a superficial desire for colourful graphics ... only at being able to drive a red Ferrari F40 but the ... games. Maybe I matured as a gamer quicker than my demographic ... 16bit machine were in actuality no better than 8bit. Broadly speaking ...What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... Amiga games not because of a superficial desire for colourful graphics ... only at being able to drive a red Ferrari F40 but the ... games. Maybe I matured as a gamer quicker than my demographic ... 16bit machine were in actuality no better than 8bit. Broadly speaking ...Help getting SAMdisk running on WinXP please.Hello speccy-chums. I was wondering if you clever folks out there could help me with my poor PC skills:lol:. Basically I want to run SAMdisk but it n…
... suggestions, but I hit a brick wall when it came ... the SAMdisk site onto a USB pen drive, with the disk ... typed samdisk "Buggy Boy.dsk" A: (The samdisk part must ... This maybe why CPCDiskXP was a bit hit & miss for ... 3'5" 1.44M or no drive at all. I've got ...Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …
... it with a program. It's no less a program than ... holes on a punched card or spurs on a ... you can emulate a floppy disk / tape / microdrive / Winchester drive / CD?< ... br />
And then think about how a CPU ...Favourite Speccy PheripheralsWhich are your favourite Speccy pheripherals that you have owned/used? Mine were: 1) Quickshot II Turbo (with Kempston interface) Q, A, O, P and SP…
In no particular order:
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3. A General I/O interface of ... of fun using it to drive a FischerTechnik robotic arm from BASIC ... to make it pick up a biro and crush it :smile ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... attribute display was terrible. A ingenious engineering fix to slash ... /> Unlike the C64 there was no intention of adding hardware features ... so increasing cost, that was a different market (at the ... having the hardware grunt to drive a full bitmap display in the ...Soldering Iron recomendation...About two months ago I asked a colleague to borrow his soldering iron for a couple of days to do a "quick repair" to a Spectrum, unfortunately for hi…
... a temp controlled iron is like learning to drive ... drive a manual.[/QUOTE]
That's a terrible analogy, and makes no ... won't actually need a temp controlled iron ... open heart surgery with a penknife and you ... actually need to use a proper scalpel for 99 ...I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
Mulholland Drive, a David Lynch film which makes no sense. So far there's been a good lesbian sex scene! :DThe 'Vulcan' and 'Desert Rats' Massive expansion pack is here.There is a MASSIVE update for the classic game 'Vulcan.' It is 100% historical, NOT a 'strange' hacked version. Everything has been tested for rea…
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxhNrn ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... drive 2 (RHS drive). Then I tried to get the drive 1 (LHS drive ... it does make a drive "on" sound/noise but no drive red light on ... the drive itself. I know ... does work OK on this drive as it works OK as ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... drive motor comes on . But why no drive light on drive 1? Is this a ... hardware or software issue?
No ... accessibility . The cables need a safe accessible area here and ... new "good uns" and build a special alloy "high rise" ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... /> On fitting a non standard Canon Drive
A contributor writes :- ... the socket of the standard drive. If the connector is ... it was for the standard drive , the motor would run ... (RS Component no 468-709)
A contributor writes:" ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... on this sooner with Opus No 2 . But ,at that ... new lightness of the No 1 pod which is the ... in pod 2 a PC type power supply with a drive rack . ... solved.So 128k no longer a problem.
3) A reasonable level ... with the Opus logo are no longer needed but it ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... cope with any kind of drive . The Yesico has 3 of ... shelf, and the drive set up on the drive plate can also ... out this basic advantage . . No longer a "Discovery 1" or "Discover 2 ... rigid and pre-determined drive set up bit a more"flexible" Discovery ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... with normal connectors and no drive light appeared when I ... to conclude I made a mistake probably by putting ... it was a "badun"
So a rethink is necessary ... Shughart and PC on a 2 drive system Of course ... It is annoying me a bit as a guy at the ...Spectrum games that could be made, for modern times.[b]Ken Bruce's Popmaster.[/b] I could see Domark putting this out. And I'd play it like mad, before discarding it four hours in because the questions…
... President Trumps[/i] - in a spin-off from [i] ... death as there's no longer any ice between ... around trying to cross a busy road and crocodile- ... game gets slower as a foreign fungus introduced into the ...
[i]Tans-Man[/i] - drive a car around the USA trying ...Cars you used to love when you were a kid, but not so much nowadays.When I was a kid there was an old Porshe 916 in the garage where my parents used to park their car (a Fiat?). The car had been abandoned by the owne…
I drive a 24 year old Peugeot, so I'm in no position to criticise anyone's opinion but I think they all look fine. They all look different and like a designer was involved rather than a rounded silver blob with round plastic blobs on the front and back.Cars you used to love when you were a kid, but not so much nowadays.When I was a kid there was an old Porshe 916 in the garage where my parents used to park their car (a Fiat?). The car had been abandoned by the owne…
... I drive a 24 year old Peugeot, so I'm in no ... all look different and like a designer was involved rather ... in the UK was a favorite of aggressive and ... However, the BX was quite a nice car (from some angles ... . I remember it being a teacher's favorite, especially ...Modifying Commodore datacorder's for Speccy use. Is it possible?Just wondering if it's possible to modify a Commodore datacorder for use with the Speccy, or if anyone has. My assumption is the output and input on …
... ground inside the tape drive (there are different schematics ... net for that tape drive). Therefore to start the ... key of the tape drive a pnp transistor is needed. ... />
There is no need to change the LM358 ... the amplifiers should be no problem as the tape ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... today's tests:-
Drive A
On the "Flying Opus ... to one to the left : no drive light at all .
On ... could merely indicate a bad disk rather than a disc drive problem.
Drive A that worked OK last time ...
