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  • Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!

    ... fact that they had more ROM space to optimise their ... are crammed into a 16K ROM (and much of it ... to squish into the 8K ROM in a ZX80/81) ... with Locomotive BASIC on the Amstrad CPC for example, it has ... 16K OS and 16K BASIC ROM, is much more generous ...
    AndyC AndyC August 2010 Games
  • Our Failing Tapes - what to do with them.So, I've been testing out various tapes with a view to putting some of them on Ebay. Some of them do not load on either side and I've tried it in a f…

    ... being formatted.

    3in Amstrad discs seem pretty terrible.

    Now ROM cartridges for my old VIC ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …

    ... the Code Monkey's Spectrum/Amstrad interface after careful research to ... one of those joint Spectrum/Amstrad dev boards and that the ... Spectrum, the other for the Amstrad.

    If your gonna ...
    CDR: LG 52x32x52x CD-ROM/CD-Writer
    AGP: Original ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Broken +3I have noticed that some members on this forum prefer to repair Spectrums instead of just buying another one from ebay. I would like mine fixed at so…

    ... test:

    Remove both ROM's, taking care of which ... left ROM, ROM A, and the right ROM, ROM B.

    Take ROM B ... the socket reserved originally for ROM A.

    Short ... boots straight into the (C)Amstrad... copyright message : that means ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2010 Hardware
  • Computer junkThought i start thread about this,after reading through the capacitor's thread it is true that components will exhaust themselves overtime,so for tho…

    ... put on them? The (c) Amstrad roms cannot be legally distributed ... more or less usable GPL rom will be available.
    guesser guesser October 2010 Chit chat
  • Computer junkThought i start thread about this,after reading through the capacitor's thread it is true that components will exhaust themselves overtime,so for tho…

    ... put on them? The (c) Amstrad roms cannot be legally distributed ... problem - use RAM instead of ROM, and load any firmware there ...
    Shiru Shiru October 2010 Chit chat
  • Computer junkThought i start thread about this,after reading through the capacitor's thread it is true that components will exhaust themselves overtime,so for tho…

    bloody hell, sd license my arse
    f*ck amstrad, i will supply a FREE sinclair ROM with it, that way i did not sell it, and who cares anyway!
    Robin Robin October 2010 Chit chat
  • Computer junkThought i start thread about this,after reading through the capacitor's thread it is true that components will exhaust themselves overtime,so for tho…

    ... /> f*ck amstrad, i will supply a FREE sinclair ROM with it ... it a ZX81 clone... the rom is free open source now ...
    guesser guesser October 2010 Chit chat
  • The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …

    ... way to access RAM/ROM.

    Amstrad could have done better ... design of the Spectrum. Although Amstrad lost to Commodore and Atari ... Perhaps a merge of Sinclair/Amstrad/Commodore and Atari could have ... vs Commodore 64 (C64) vs Amstrad CPC
    Sega Master ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum 128K RS232 to PC serial cableIf you have read some of my recent posts then you will know that I am eager to link my Spectrum +3 to a PC. This will be done by wiring a standard PC…

    ... plug 'n' play shadow based ROM link with a constant full ... speed of 57600 BAUD using Amstrad 128K AUX port to PC ...
    ASM ASM November 2010 Hardware
  • Schematic ErrorThere appears to be an error in the Schematic for the 128k +2A and +3 the error is present in both the redrawn TIF version and the original drawing …

    ... that I could look how Amstrad did it in their schematics ... suggest drawing the CPU, RAM, ROM, and ULA first then fitting ...
    guesser guesser November 2010 Hardware
  • Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…

    ... they are compatible with the Amstrad models. WOS members step in ... ] has mapped in some shadow ROM for his Spectranet device to ...
    ASM ASM November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What Spectrum to choose?Hi i'm new to the Spectrum. I read 'bout it in CDA (Polish game magazine) and watched LGR review of the 48k and it REALLY interested me. What model m…

    ... screen. With a +2a/+3, Amstrad fixed that "bug" and rendered ... some enormous bugs in the ROM, and I'd not recommend ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2010 Hardware
  • What Spectrum to choose?Hi i'm new to the Spectrum. I read 'bout it in CDA (Polish game magazine) and watched LGR review of the 48k and it REALLY interested me. What model m…

    ... in the spare section of ROM.
    Kemston soon ... released their software.
    Amstrad did not recognize that ... of the +3 that Amstrad realized that all four ...
    Luckily the GW03 ROM fixes all four locations and ... ripped off the GW03 ROM tend to be clueless ...
    Geoff Geoff November 2010 Hardware
  • What Spectrum to choose?Hi i'm new to the Spectrum. I read 'bout it in CDA (Polish game magazine) and watched LGR review of the 48k and it REALLY interested me. What model m…

    ... the 128K toastrack has "buggy" ROM. The Grey +2 (and other ... fragile in comparison with the Amstrad models, IMO. Personally I rate ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 November 2010 Hardware
  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    ... 128, which Sinclair screwed up. Amstrad implemented it correctly in the ... copy of the original 48 ROM (such as the protected version ...
    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • Spectrum grey +2?Talking to a friend yesterday we got round to talking about the ZX Spectrum. He recons he has a grey +2 that has Spectrum on the screen when powering…

    ... when powering it up, not Amstrad is this possible?[/QUOTE]
    ROM that said Spectrum. Probably says Sinclair rather than Amstrad. This ...
    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • Spectrum grey +2?Talking to a friend yesterday we got round to talking about the ZX Spectrum. He recons he has a grey +2 that has Spectrum on the screen when powering…

    ... a ROM that said Spectrum. Probably says Sinclair rather than Amstrad. This ...
    Modge Modge December 2010 Hardware
  • What model next ?Hi All I already have two 48k rubber kyed 48k Spectrums and a Grey +2 What to get next. ZX Spectrum + ZX Spectrum 128 Toast Rack ZX Spectrum +3

    ... won't work on a amstrad spectrum, so I would still ... pages in it's own rom needs fixing because the +3 ...
    guesser guesser December 2010 Hardware
  • What model next ?Hi All I already have two 48k rubber kyed 48k Spectrums and a Grey +2 What to get next. ZX Spectrum + ZX Spectrum 128 Toast Rack ZX Spectrum +3

    ... 've got Guessers replacement flash rom in my +2b, the spectrum ... /> yes it may be an Amstrad machine, but it's more ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN December 2010 Hardware
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... a clone without licensing the ROM from Amstrad. Unless you have a ...
    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... the Sinclair ROM as it isn't free and Amstrad will probably ... for a profit nowadays. The Amstrad E-m@iler phone from ... have the same limitations with ROM? Sinclair's unreleased Spectrum, the ... if the size of the ROM was affected by a 64K ...
    Rebelstar Rebelstar December 2010 Hardware
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... a clone without licensing the ROM from Amstrad. Unless you have a ...
    boriel boriel December 2010 Hardware
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... made do with 64K of ROM and 128K of RAM and ... site only offers it for Amstrad CPC and MSX. Its a ... b&w high res amstrad (sorry forgot the model), to ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2010 Hardware
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... be pins to attach an amstrad tape deck if you were ... be flashed with the appropriate rom as it couldn't be ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN December 2010 Hardware
  • Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…

    ... spectrum line, keep in mind amstrad viewed the spectrum as their ... /> A slightly less modified 48K rom for compatibility.

    Personally ...
    spodula spodula January 2011 Hardware
  • USB cassette decksI've been preserving my ZX81 tapes using a combination of a portable (not walkman) cassette player, Hi-Fi amplifier, ground loop filter and iMic, whi…

    ... did both sides and an Amstrad tape of Nemesis and it ... MakeTZX. Fortunately it was a ROM loader, so it wasn't ... had it.

    The Amstrad tape was a little trickier ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker January 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…

    ... [I]"Originally Sugar thought that Amstrad might be able to come ... base of Sinclair machines. Amstrad had to ensure that the ... compatibility? After all, didn't Amstrad suss out backwards compatibility for ... for reasons ranging from illegal ROM calls to a few ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 January 2011 Hardware
  • A Rare Spectrum BookA rare Spectrum Book has been recently uploaded by JP - The Guide to the Spectrum ROM by Andrew Pennell [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infosee…

    ... /> The Guide to the Spectrum ROM by Andrew Pennell
    [/QUOTE ... be useful for the Open82 ROM effort, as it looks like ... a handly list of various ROM entry points and register usage ... having to risk looking at Amstrad's (c) code.
    ccowley ccowley January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…

    ... I had already been using Amstrad CPCs and PCWs for a ... I am not sure why Amstrad bought Sinclair. Yes it got ... "+3" QL with a fixed ROM, proper 68000 chip, more RAM ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman February 2011 Hardware
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