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Top bestest games of all time.I know how much every body loves top ten lists, well today i received a book called the 1001 games you must play before you die. Are your all time f…
... single player game, it's also a fantastic multiplayer game ... 7k of which was shared video RAM and was by far ... graphics and sound on the 48K Spectrum, and even more amazingly ... ), Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Borderlands, Fallout ... -
I FOUND MY 48K AFTER 20 YEARS!!!!!!!I am so happy about it!!! I saved it in a nice bag ...all clean and working with three manuals (so I can try to learn programming after all), inter…
Paul Farrow's SPECTRA interface is a plug ... SCART interface for the 16/48K Spectrum. It has a whole host ... features on board and the video is complete generated from RAM ... ://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Spectrum/Spectra/SpectraInterface.htm[/url] -
I FOUND MY 48K AFTER 20 YEARS!!!!!!!I am so happy about it!!! I saved it in a nice bag ...all clean and working with three manuals (so I can try to learn programming after all), inter…
... QUOTE=BloodBaz;706930]Paul Farrow's SPECTRA interface is a plug ... SCART interface for the 16/48K Spectrum. It has a whole ... features on board and the video is complete generated from ... www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Spectrum/Spectra/SpectraInterface.htm[/url][/ ... -
DivIDE quick loading advantages for new gamesI am amazed that no one has taken advantage of any of the DivIDE and such with its speed of loading. what i mean is its now possible to make a very …
... you think about it, there's hardly any software that really ... AY and the shadow video page. There's also the point that ... first took off? Finally there's the issue of the size ... the divIDE user base. The 48K Spectrum is already a pretty niche ... -
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 …
... /2 keyboard to your ZX Spectrum!
The PC ... is compatible with the ZX Spectrum 16K, 48K, 128K and grey + ... be used.
The ZX Spectrum?s internal keyboard is disabled when ... here for the YouTube demonstration video:
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@zxuno, the TwitterHi! Now we have a Twitter account about ZX-Uno FPGA Spectrum board project. Follow at: [url]https://twitter.com/zxuno[/url] Main site: [url]http:/…
... ULA+ that fits inside a 48K Spectrum (in the ULA socket). He ... brought it to last year's RetroMadrid where I got to ... in action - I have a video lurking somewhere of it. -
@zxuno, the TwitterHi! Now we have a Twitter account about ZX-Uno FPGA Spectrum board project. Follow at: [url]https://twitter.com/zxuno[/url] Main site: [url]http:/…
... ULA+ that fits inside a 48K Spectrum (in the ULA socket). He ... brought it to last year's RetroMadrid where I got to ... in action - I have a video lurking somewhere of it.[/QUOTE ... -
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.…
... end, it is in everyone's interest.
... Microdrive products in the magazine's and thought - expensive, ... look up your YouTube video where you talk about ... about general Microdrive operation's. Also, if you ... worked for me on a 48k Spectrum+. No, I'm ... -
Totally random idea for the hardware nuts to exploreWhen it comes to multi-player games, how hard would it be to generate a second display from a single Speccy, instead of trying to link up machines, s…
... a 16k or 48k board (just leaving the video circuits, ULA and ... put it and a complete 48k Spectrum in to a suitable case ... , you could have a Spectrum with two video outputs.
The only ... done is to block CPU's reads of vram on external ... -
Totally random idea for the hardware nuts to exploreWhen it comes to multi-player games, how hard would it be to generate a second display from a single Speccy, instead of trying to link up machines, s…
... put it and a complete 48k Spectrum in to a suitable case ... , you could have a Spectrum with two video outputs.
The only ... can you drive 2 ULA's from one crystal and would ... />
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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…
Hi XvarZ,
I'll write up some instructions on how to do it. I have circuits for S-video on:
Spectrum 16K/48K/+
Spectrum 128K/+2/+3/+2A
Timex Sinclair 2068
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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…
... have circuits for S-video on:
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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…
... looking into doing composite and s-video modifications on them.
s clear the Spectrum circuit wasn't designed ... .co.uk/sinclair/videomodulator-16k-48k/a-6026/[/url]
48K I changed that circuit a ... -
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…
... (like you did in the s-video mod)?
Thanks ... /> Because the composite video signal in the 48K Spectrum is already at 1 ... 's composite input.
However, the circuit in the 48K Spectrum ... inside the computer. It's already at 1 volt peak ... -
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…
S-video eliminates dot crawl. Dot crawl ... the compromises inherent in composite video - the combining of black ... is particularly bad on the 48K Spectrum because there are two crystals ... mod simply provides standard 48K composite video at the correct brightness ... -
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…
... extent or another. It's impossible to perfectly separate the ... is particularly bad on the 48K Spectrum because there are two ... systems, such as the 128K Spectrum, have a single crystal ... mod simply provides standard 48K composite video at the correct brightness ... -
HDMI generation by cloning video ram(coming from [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=768257&posted=1#post768257[/url]). A thing I was brainstorming about.. Why …
... highly desirable in an external video card. (Other features of ULA ... page flipping even from a 48K Spectrum. This port may duplicate the ... generate two separate screens. That's also assuming all controls were ... -
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 …
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Now let's use 560 ohm for R2 ... Simply a transparant innovative digital video cloning in separate ram, with ... RGB interface[/URL] for the 48K Spectrum. ;-)
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New video about S-video modification on Issue two 48K Spectrum.I just finished an s-video modification on an Issue two 48K Spectrum so I made a video about it. Most of the technical details are in the video; if y…
... followed the schematics on your video. I have a very basic ... able to close the Spectrum. Obviously the 48k+ has more room, that ... do something similar on the 48k.
@Reinier ... take a look at Richard's video you will understand that it ... -
Burned finger temp on rubber 48k heatsink normal?Ok so i opened it up because a few keys started to act up and i noticed that after burning my hand the heatsink was that hot i could actually smell t…
... have 2 PSU for the 48k Spectrum: one is a Euro 1000 ... diode in according to Zorn's video. In spite of leaving a ... keep this PSU for a 48k with some add-ons connected ... -
Did you know.. Disciple edge connectorDid you know the edge connector used on the Disciple is actually identical to that from the Interface 1? [IMG]http://www.benophetinternet.nl/hobby/v…
... way to have my 128K Spectrum+ sit at an angle ( ... a special wooden case (my 48K Spectrum is still there! - I have ... some x 3), where the Spectrum's lower part and PCB is ... video connector, tape connectors, Plus D's printer parrallel connector, Composite-in video ... -
Issue 4S differencesI decided to buy an Issue 4S PCB after reading much about them on here. It was originally in a plus case which didn't come in the sale. I've been run…
... all that bad for a 48K. If those 2SC945 transistors cause ... wire composite mod, that's because the Spectrum video circuit already operates the ... also mean that performing the s-video mod according to your videos ... -
New video about S-video modification on Issue two 48K Spectrum.I just finished an s-video modification on an Issue two 48K Spectrum so I made a video about it. Most of the technical details are in the video; if y…
... picture, if the ZX Spectrum 16/48k machines had an RGB output ... />
The next best is s-video. Again, the better cables use ... of the signal from the Spectrum has more effect than the ... difference between a cheap composite video cable and a high quality ... -
What is the Speccy? exUSSR edition.In exUSSR 8 years ago have been solved all these issues, and developed a General opinion. All who do not agree with this opinion, are incompetent peo…
... bizarre mix of a 48k spectrum and a timex TS1500, ... the CZ Spectrum is like a 48k+ case with ... to the original ZX-Spectrum, including a reverse-engineered ... 60Hz instead of 50Hz), video output (PAL-M in ... ;801244]And then there's the Microdigital ones from ... -
ZX Spectrum+ video ? red on green problemThis is my first post on the forum, so let me introduce myself. I am retired for several years. For 30 years I have been a fan of the ZX Spectrum. I …
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[I]?S-video eliminates dot crawl. Dot crawl ... the compromises inherent in composite video - the combining of black ... is particularly bad on the 48K Spectrum because there are two crystals ... brought these two signals to S-Video input of my TV. ... -
ZX Spectrum+ video ? red on green problemThis is my first post on the forum, so let me introduce myself. I am retired for several years. For 30 years I have been a fan of the ZX Spectrum. I …
... check the quality of the video signal from the YUV-RGB ... is the result (better than S-Video):
[URL=http://www ... ) the following elements of ZX Spectrum 48K: C68, C69, C70, C71, R48 ... on the quality of the video, as well as on the ... -
I feel they could have done this.After reading the ZX Spectrum ULA, I learned about how the ULA detects if the Z80 if going to access memory in the next cycle and stops it if the ULA…
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Separating the video RAM from the main RAM ... 8K each, and since the Spectrum's takes 6.75K for a ... would be wasted.
48K systems would have required either ... day.
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Peeking the contents on screen? How?You will have to forgive me for growing up on the C64, but I know I can peek the location of a character (1024 is top left from memory) and the peek …
... for someone coming to a 48K Spectrum from a C64.
... the screen display, and the video chip (the ULA) stepping ... starts at 16384. There's 6K of pixel data ( ... ring-bound manual - it's very good) have to be ... add 1, so there's some efficiency there. You ... -
Spectrum CapacitorsLooking for some opinions here, if I may? In the 80's and 90's I used to repair Spectrums and other machines for a living so I'm reasonably famili…
... and the ones in the video circuit area.
... Now, be careful comparing 1950's and earlier electrolytic capacitors with ... 1980's electrolytic capacitors. The 1950's and earlier ... And the inside of a 48k Spectrum does get rather warm.
bmp2scrhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjTpFR0oYQ converted for the sam coupe by using bmp2scr can anyone help Leszek Daniel Chmielewski ideally it onl…
... your information, the video output of the SAM, the Spectrum, and in ... treats it as though it’s interlaced no matter what, then ... how non-compliant the SAM’s video signal is with PAL-I ... 128K Spectrum is slightly worse in one aspect than the 48K: the 48K ...
