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Best beginners guideHi folks One of the girls in work is looking towards learning the very basics(1) of programming. She has never written any type of program or even a…
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Old Age Catching Up???Hi Guys (and Lasses) I've just dug out my old Speccy 48k from the loft and am delighted that it still works (Looks great on my flatscreen on the wal…
... dug out my old Speccy 48k from the loft and am ... lost, but I can find no reference to it anywhere on ... -
3 Days and no sign of Mile[COLOR="Black"][SIZE="4"]THEE DAYS & NO SIGN OF MILE??[/SIZE][/COLOR] Has he been fired for spending too much time on WOS? I know last thursday he …
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Plus3E RomsI saw this portuguese webpage where they have plus3E roms available for sale, but judging from the pictures they could be old. [url]http://ultratech…
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[url]http://ultratech.no.sapo.pt/spectrum/lojazx/plus3eroms ... using it mainly with the 48K and the Plus2. I'm ... -
+3 broken driveHi, I bought a +3 from E-bay, but the drive doesn't work :( I am not so familiar with Speccys, I know how to program them, but this is the first I'…
... drive belt but that made no difference.
When I ... 't come on, there is no seek sound, and the Spectrum ... ', but then I couldn't boot off it.
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Computer troubles - it just restartsMy computer is playing up, and I'm appealing to someone more techy than me to offer a few words of wisdom (or maybe condolence). I was copying a dis…
... through the POST sequence with no trouble, the the black screen ... is all that keeps happening, no matter what mode I start ... to see if I can boot to that and see the ... -
How about making a diagnostic program for 128k speccys?Hi guys, I was just chatting with DEATH today about a problem i had with my 128 heatsink spectrum and the need for a 128k speccy diagnostic program …
... courage).
I have no programing skills whatsoever, so the ... nothing about.
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Spectrum Diagnosis: Purple is not my colour!Hi, I thought the self-fault-finding amongst you might appreciate my learning experience this afternoon in fixing my home-made speccy 48K. Yesterda…
... fixing my home-made speccy 48K.
Yesterday I ... cause. I replaced every chip. No joy. Checked all the signal ... etc. All in working order. No bits of metal evident anywhere ... obvious there. ZX8401 Memory Controller... no seems fine. ULA board... again ... -
How do you run PCW games in Joyce?Seeing as Amstrad is back in the news, I may as well give it a go... My mum had a PCW and I was able to convert the disks over to the PC (before the…
... "start of day" disks that boot up into Locoscript.
boot disk and I've no idea how I ... -
Has the airport scanner killed my laptop??I am now in the USA and am writing this from my Best Western Hotel room. I am basically in the sh1t a little bit. Rather than fork out for a new la…
... the airport officies insistance that no harm will be done.:confused ... problem happens right from the boot up PSOT screen not just ... -
how is real spectrum used?I have just downloaded real spectrum for use on my win XP. I have read the info but still have got problems. 1) If I remove the 128k rom there is a…
... how can I run a 48k emulation?
2) the ... pressing the function keys but no luck)
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The Big Four Oh (Oh Oh)!Wow! I can't believe I've just reached the 4e3 point. As you all know, it's customary for me, on reaching such milestones, to ruminate, reflect on, a…
... first Speccy - a slightly faulty 48K, which means I've been ... . Also check out Blackfield and No-Man. :smile:
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What I hate about computers and/or video gamingYesterday I spent approximately four months (subjecively that is, objectively it was around two to three hours) fixing my mate's PC. I won't bore you…
... at every turn, three weeks boot up time, but my mate ... on-line. Why is there no "NO, DON'T ASK AGAIN" option ... the controls for alternate fire? No chance. Arrrgggghhhh! This applies to ... occasionally refreshes open windows for no aparent reason, meaning that if ... -
48K sound effectsAnybody knows where could I find some small M/C routines to play tiny beeper sounds I could use in the 48K version of a game? I don't want the 48K pl…
Anybody knows where could I find some small M/C routines to play tiny beeper sounds I could use in the 48K version of a game? I don't want the 48K players to get a completely silent game :)
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Stupid question time[COLOR="Red"]Or should that be 'There are no stupid questions, only stupid people'?? Hi guys, newbie here. It's been so many years since I owned a …
... should that be 'There are no stupid questions, only stupid people ... I can't remember if 48K games work on the 128K ... -
WANTED - Spectrum on/off switch for 48K rubberHi, I am looking for a ON/OFF switch for the 48k spectrum rubber, I could easily make one up myself but for tidyness I'd like a original one. I ca…
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Backup QuestionWhile I was in Malta just I had to repair my mates computer. Completely stuffed windows, hangs during boot. Only thing I can do is reinstall window…
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100meg switched network - basically no other traffic
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Recent Returnee to the spectrum fold needs hardware adviceHi all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. This is my first post to this forum after I stumbled on this site just a few weeks ago, i only reg…
... is this true? yes or no?
3) I was ... supply to power the floppy, no problem there I can extend ... . Because the +3 won't boot most stuff unless it's ... -
48k sound better than 128kI've just played Cabal 128k. The AY sound in this game is awful - beeper sound in 48k version is much better. Are there other games with two separate…
I've just played Cabal 128k. The AY sound in this game is awful - beeper sound in 48k version is much better. Are there other games with two separate (48 & 128 ) versions and the 48k one being much better in the sound department? -
ULA RAS, CAS cycles, refresh and "snow effect"Hello everyone. I have a question, does anyone observed timings of RAS and CAS generated from ULA? I think there may be answer to where the "snow ef…
... should. Why? Because there is no need to. CPU is then ... ] row.
In Zx Spectrum 48k the uncontended memory is refreshed ... that's why there are no any additional refresh cycles (or ... there is no need to be).
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Where shall I start to look ?I got hold of a faulty 48k, Issue 6. It displays a picture like shown below: [URL]http://www.gjelberg.no/miscpics/speccyfault.jpg[/URL] Some of the…
... got hold of a faulty 48k, Issue 6.
It ... :
[URL]http://www.gjelberg.no/miscpics/speccyfault.jpg[/URL]
no result.
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Composite Video output problemHi everyone, I?ve got a problem that?s really bugging me. I have one Spectrum 48K and one Spectrum +3, both with Composite Video output modification…
... modification. The modification on the 48K was done by myself and ... nice colorpicture so it?s no problem with the computers respective ... hardware and no problems with the monitor and ... Composite Video out from my 48K to my monitor.
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Problem with replacing all upper memory with 4164 chipsGuys, i have a problem with the high memory of a 4B issue. At first the board had OKI chips for high memory and one of them was faulty. Since its ea…
... *256 the result is 65535 (48K) but when i load the ... ) the machine works fine and no error is detected by the ... -
Who had copyright when ?Just noticed a little thing on my +3: At boot in 48k mode, it says: "(C) 1982 Amstrad". AFAIK, Amstrad did not have copyright for this back in 82…
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Wii hacked for native homebrew, bootable Linux DVD on the way, could FUSE port over?It appears the Wii's protection has been bypassed, allowing the promise of homebrew development for this console: [url]http://www.engadget.com/2007/…
... modchipped to allow DVDRs to boot, which mine is, so I ... out :-)
[EDIT] You no longer need a mod-chip ... -
No.1 InlayAnyone here has an original of the Bug-Byte game "No.1" ? If so - could you PLEASE scan in the inlay of it (and maybe the instructions if there were …
... of the Bug-Byte game "No.1" ? If so - could you ... -
Help with a PSP?I've just become the proud owner of an old Sony PSP, which comes with the mains lead and nothing else, and is missing the thumbstick cover (but the t…
... yet I have nothing else, no games or anything.
boot up interface is called), then ...
