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  • Suggested Spectrum model for retro hobbyist?I'm planning on getting myself a Spectrum of some sorts to add one of the most famous 8-bit computers to my retro collection (already have C64, A1200…

    ... br /> [/QUOTE]Spectrum +2 (dark grey colour), Spectrum +2A / Spectrum +2B ... are common (cheap) but have only 48k RAM, no RGB video, no ... connector).

    Spectrum 48k - same as Spectrum+ (except no ... +3 are wide, but may only have a DivIDE plugged in ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK November 2012 Hardware
  • TRUE VIDEO, INV VIDEO!Am I the only one who thinks the two keys "TRUE VIDEO" and "INV VIDEO" on the 128/+2/+3 keyboards are pretty much useless, since embedding control co…

    ... keyboard maintains consistency with the 48k keyboard, in that there's ... white-letter functions on the 48k. IMO it would have been ... - and they're handy in 48k mode anyway. Cut/Copy/Paste ... the different modes were only in shades of grey so they weren ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Upgrading from 48k to 128kApart from natural progression. What game(s) sold it to you that you HAD to upgrade and nag at your parents countless times after that point to get …

    My only upgrade was from 16k to 48k shortly after I got my ... I ended up with another grey +2 and a +3 with ...
    Grunaki Grunaki January 2013 Games
  • The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…

    ... whether this would adversely affect 48K emulation (or even emulation of ... or rely upon M1 cycles only occurring for a specific ROM ... /> I've looked at the grey +2 schematics (the toastrack schematics ... different for ROMCS than the 48K did. Perhaps there could be ...
    zub zub February 2013 Hardware
  • ZX8401 / PCF1306P / Amstrad 40058 for 48K and 128KZX8401 = PCF1306P = Amstrad 40058, let's get started with that. These chips are used as surrogates. Most of us might think those chips were only use…

    ... are used in 48K (issue 6 only), toastrack and grey +2, but...< ... differences or whatsoever between the 48K and 128K models!
    ... technical-docs/ZXSpectrumIssue6a-Schematics.gif"]48K issue 6[/URL] and ... could buy cheap ones that only worked for half.
    ...
    bverstee bverstee March 2013 Hardware
  • Fully-addressed devices initiative (FADI)I would like to introduce an initiative for those who create new pieces of hardware containing legacy devices with well-known addresses. It says that…

    [QUOTE=Black_Cat;688474][URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41646[/URL][/QUOTE]

    Anything that uses IORQGE is of reduced usefulness because that restricts the hardware to only working with the 16/48k and Grey +2.
    guesser guesser March 2013 Hardware
  • Fully-addressed devices initiative (FADI)I would like to introduce an initiative for those who create new pieces of hardware containing legacy devices with well-known addresses. It says that…

    ... the hardware to only working with the 16/48k and Grey +2.[/QUOTE ...
    Black_Cat Black_Cat March 2013 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum +2 Keyboard not workingI've just plugged in my +2 after quite a while of not using it and found that my keyboard isn't functioning. I've found that only the Loader is worki…

    ... functioning. I've found that only the Loader is working, as ... check the +3 BASIC or 48k mode.

    Any advice ... ?[/QUOTE]

    You have grey model of ZX128+2 ? Here ...
    velesoft velesoft March 2013 Hardware
  • New game: Funky FungusHappy Easter folks! What's better to do during these Spring holidays than playing some new game on our Spectrums? ;-) And lo, here is... [center] [y…

    ... thinking about how a black-grey-white game (like the "Greek ... and in the manual, 128K-only. It uses the 128K and ... it would not fit into 48K.
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu March 2013 Brand new software
  • SpectranetHi all, I just bought a spectranet card and have a couple of questions I hope someone can answer for me. I have played around with it on both a +3 …

    ... />
    No, the jumper is only needed for the Black +2 ... 128k and Grey +2 so nothing happens. On the 16k/48k that ...
    guesser guesser April 2013 Hardware
  • 2013 projects: new PlusD, DivIDE and MultifaceI have written about this before, but as I want to let these project be influenced by your opinions, I thought to create a separate topic about it. …

    ... good idea: most ZX Spectrums (48K and toastrack) do not have ... , and I'm not the only one to mention this in ... more expensive. I have a grey +2 but there are those ...
    bverstee bverstee April 2013 Hardware
  • Price of nice condition issue 1 48K Speccy?I recently came across a 'really great example' issue 1 48K Spectrum on the Internet for ?250 with RF Cable, Mic ear Cable, PSU, Manuals and the Hori…

    ... all my other 16/48k Spectrums. The only difference is a hole ... on the list that had grey keys, so I'm wondering ...
    Jakeyw Jakeyw May 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New game: Funky FungusHappy Easter folks! What's better to do during these Spring holidays than playing some new game on our Spectrums? ;-) And lo, here is... [center] [y…

    ... and french).
    Procedure :
    - Grey +2 (english ROM) and DivIDE ... screen, and return to basic 48k as soon as I press ... english+2 (freezes the speccy), only french version do (spanish untested ...
    bugpat bugpat May 2013 Brand new software
  • Project #1 : Speccy 128k+2 with diVide inside...Hi guys, I just have finished my Super Spectrum #1 The idea (I was thinking of that since 2007) was to fit an english grey +2 motherboard in a +2A…

    ... =bugpat;700147]I connected a grey membrane with shorter ribbon connectors ... extra pins for if connecting only the old-style 8 & ... compatibility with the old-style 48K keyboard connectors, whereas with the ... the connectors on the original 48K PCB. [B]Just a ...
    memrah memrah May 2013 Hardware
  • Project #1 : Speccy 128k+2 with diVide inside...Hi guys, I just have finished my Super Spectrum #1 The idea (I was thinking of that since 2007) was to fit an english grey +2 motherboard in a +2A…

    ... extra pins for if connecting only the old-style 8 & ... compatibility with the old-style 48K keyboard connectors, whereas with the ... the connectors on the original 48K PCB. [B]Just a guess ... " - hard to follow ? :-D ) the grey heatsink fits perfectly, but I ...
    bugpat bugpat May 2013 Hardware
  • Testing a +2I recently picked up a non functioning Spectrum +2 Grey (Issue 3 board?), and am just beginning to go through and see what needs to be done to it. I …

    ... a non functioning Spectrum +2 Grey (Issue 3 board?), and am ... /> I only know the video with multimeter test data of 48K ZX ... , and especially important for the 48K as a power failure can ...
    bverstee bverstee June 2013 Hardware
  • Kiss Kill - a Spectrum music video from Candy Says and GasmanYou may remember [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43068]the preview[/url] of this from back in March - here's the final re…

    ... embedded ZX81
    - ZX Spectrum 48K with Opus Discovery
    - ZX ... keypad
    - ZX Spectrum +2 grey
    - ZX Spectrum +3

    Only thing is missing are some ...
    bverstee bverstee July 2013 Announcements
  • Games/Programs making use of DivIDE featuresHello :) I have a question: I may be wrong, but it looks like the DivIDE and similar interfaces for the ZX Spectrum are almost exclusively used for …

    ... -DOS version, but it will only be of interest to people ... memory. This rules out the 48K machine. To keep everything running ... out the toaster and the grey +2. At that point it ...
    chev chev July 2013 Development
  • Border art viewerRecently, we were working with diver/4d on border art. The idea was to push the techniques of drawing on the border to the limit and to see, how much…

    ... : does it work with 48K ZX Spectrum only?[/quote]
    ULAplus is ... the same timmings as the 48K ULA, which is the implementation ... Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus. Implementations for the 128K/+2 grey are on ... of the exercise was about 48K computers.[/quote]
    That' ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2013 Development
  • ZX Spectrum clock signals comparedI haven't searched for this on WoS; it might have been posted before. But I think it's important info, and can't do any harm to repeat or show from a…

    ... either.

    * That the grey +2 becomes more orange and ... make them more compatible with 48K games than the earlier ULA ... with all hardware
    The only issue I can think of ...
    chev chev September 2013 Hardware
  • ZX Printer not workingHi All Been meaning to post about this for a while - I have a ZX Printer which doesn't work. Tried on 48K +, +2 and +3 same result LLIST / LPRINT …

    Yup, tried it in 48K mode on both. I have a grey 128 + 2 so all good there.

    Looks dead to me - only part that works as I said was the feed button.

    commands make no difference to the printer, doesn't move, doesn't make noise.
    actualreality actualreality September 2013 Hardware
  • 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]…

    ... for Interface II as well. Only Kempston will work.[/QUOTE]
    48k model.

    And when ... a 128k Toastrack or a grey 128k +2 Speccie to verify ...
    Luzie Luzie October 2013 Hardware
  • What would you do with four joysticks?Anyone got some inspiring ideas for four-player games, or twin-stick two-player games..? I can think of, for four players: [I]Warlords[/I] (Atari) […

    ... .

    On a 48K, 128K and Grey+2 you can combine ... , +2B and +3 you can only get built-in Sinclair and ... #FE into #EF, then not only would it convert a Sinclair ...
    joefish joefish November 2013 New game ideas
  • Interface1Bis CompatibilityI picked up a couple of 'faulty' Spectrum 128 +2/2A to use with my Interface1bis. Luckily both were very fixable, only needing new drive belts and on…

    ... one running on a grey +2, (in 48k mode) but this was ... software mine has only worked on a 48k or 48k+.

    I ...
    Simon_Carr Simon_Carr December 2013 Hardware
  • Interface1Bis CompatibilityI picked up a couple of 'faulty' Spectrum 128 +2/2A to use with my Interface1bis. Luckily both were very fixable, only needing new drive belts and on…

    ... one running on a grey +2, (in 48k mode) but this was ... software mine has only worked on a 48k or 48k+.

    I ... interface to run briefly in 48K mode - identified by the different ...
    rune rune December 2013 Hardware
  • PC Keyboard Interface v2014.1A new version of the PC keyboard interface is coming up, with a few improvements: - 'Reset-bug' removed - Smaller, just one inch high, hence cheaper …

    ... the ZX Spectrum 16K, 48K, 128K and grey +2.
    But NOT ... ].

    Available now! For only ?25 / ?29.
    Shipment is ... only ?2 / ?2.50 as the ...
    bverstee bverstee February 2014 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... more recognizable than the drab, grey blockiness of the C64 background ... with emulators (I assume you only test games on emulators) we ... case, particularly as I will only be likely to play it ... reasons, but mostly because my 48k Spectrum broke down twice, and ...
    Skaepoy Skaepoy February 2014 Announcements
  • AGDGood morning :) Im not sure if i have posted this in the right section of the forum, so please move it if required. Is arcade game designer availab…

    ... of AGD only work on the 128K and lighter grey +2 machines ... the to-do list, probably 48K with some extra beeper functionality ...
    jonathan jonathan March 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... get from that mod with only the transistor?

    < ... look at the 128K and grey +2 composite video outputs. ... television input. Compared with the 48K video circuit, the 128K circuit ... only, which limits the short circuit current.

    In the 48K ...
    rga24 rga24 April 2014 Hardware
  • eBay 128K Spectrum RGB cables overheat the Spectrum!?Hi everybody, For a long time I've wondered why Spectrum 128K Toastracks were overheating when using my Retro Computer Shack RGB SCART cable. Today …

    ... 818V.

    R3 can only ever act to decrease the ... :confused: ) ?[/QUOTE]

    The grey +2 already includes circuitry to ... in the ZX Spectrum (so only sensing the adress and datalines ... RGB interface[/URL] for the 48K Spectrum. ;-)

    The ...
    Fruitcake Fruitcake May 2014 Hardware
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