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  • Dead Spectrum diagnosis and desolderingI have two dead Spectrums - one I'm pretty sure is caused by bad memory, and the other - well, perhaps a bad ROM, perhaps a bad CPU (it gets halfway …

    ... other - well, perhaps a bad ROM, perhaps a bad CPU (it gets halfway ...
    Winston Winston November 2006 Hardware
  • ZX Spin v0.501 out nowStill a test version folks, but this is pretty good stability wise, if I may say. Though I suspect that you're all going to prove me wrong :-) An…

    ... side effect of me throwing bad ROM names at it, fix Fraser ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2004 Emulators
  • Blowtorch method of Speccy repairsI just did my first Spectrum repair (and successful at that). It was the Issue 2 spectrum I wrote about a while ago, I just hadn't got around to doin…

    ... , sound, ULA, RAM chips, and ROM mostly.
    Only if it ... . Had multiple problems, power cirquit, bad rom (booted but didn't recognise ... commands, weird huh?), one bad upper RAM chip and finally ... one (the 5 pined) bad membrane connector.
    gtsamour gtsamour January 2007 Hardware
  • TV Modulator. Can it be repaired?Is it possible, to repair tha TV modulator (after removing it) if it gives wavy picture? I replaced both transistors (tr1/2) and both electrolytic ca…

    ... 's as if there is bad lower RAM or TR3, ZTX313 ... out at 32768. When the ROM does the initialisation, it writes ... . It's not bad RAM, it's not bad ROM, it's not ... a bad Z80 and it ... 's not bad logic (74LS32 ...
    DEATH DEATH March 2007 Hardware
  • TV Modulator. Can it be repaired?Is it possible, to repair tha TV modulator (after removing it) if it gives wavy picture? I replaced both transistors (tr1/2) and both electrolytic ca…

    ... at 32768. When the ROM does the initialisation, it ... It's not bad RAM, it's not bad ROM, it's not ... a bad Z80 and it ... odd ways that indicated bad disks or bad RAM, but turned ... fail with BASIC, but the ROM cannot initialize it properly, ...
    Marcelo Marcelo March 2007 Hardware
  • Spectrum 48k SeettingGot an issue 2 speccy on the bench that had a poorly ula, changed that, also changed tr4 and tr5 (had no oscillator) now it just resets over and over…

    My first guess would be dodgy RAM, causing the call stack to get corrupted such that a return from a CALL is just going back to something pretty close to address 0. Either that or a bad ROM, but RAM seems fifty times more likely.
    Winston Winston April 2007 Hardware
  • Problem with the video hardware?Hi there. I'm an 8-bits collector and I've just bought a Spectrum 48K. I'm not sure if it's working, I don't get a proper image on channel 36 on tell…

    ... could be one of bad RAM, bad ROM, bad CPU, bad internal power supply). Quite ... often lower RAM has gone bad.
    Winston Winston May 2008 Hardware
  • I blew up my +3I'm still not sure of what happened (most probably a wrongly inserted interface) but I blew up my +3. What happens when I turn on the power or press …

    ... , it can be Bad ram, bad voltage regulator, bad rom, bad cpu, bad ula, bad capacitor... to ...
    Arda Arda November 2008 Hardware
  • Error Message on memory testI have just tried PRINT PEEK 23732 + PEEK 23733 * 256 on what I think is a 48K rubber key machine and instead of getting either (a) for a 48k unit…

    I had a similar case in which i was getting strange behaviour by the speccy to some commands and some crashes, it turned out to be bad ROM chip.
    gtsamour gtsamour November 2008 Hardware
  • Keys don't work even with new membrane, HELP!Hi folks. I have a 1983 48k Zx Spectrum. It powers up fine, but none of the keys respond. I have tried fitting a new keyboard membrane from rwap, but…

    ... of things: Bad ULA, bad RAM, bad ROM, stuck interrupt lines, bad chip selects etc ...
    bladerunner bladerunner February 2009 Hardware
  • causes of spectrum buzzing when starting?Hello Do you know if might be a problem that a buzzing sounds sometimes when a spectrum is starting on? thanks

    ... is probably about to die (bad ROM or lower 16K of RAM ...
    Winston Winston February 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • EPROM servicesAnyone ever heard of these people?. I bought a Spectrum add-on from ebay recently. There is an edge connector splitter, i.e. enables you to plug tw…

    ... sort of interfacing project. The ROM being soldered in is not ... case another machine has a bad ROM. (Hot air desoldering is *the ...
    Winston Winston May 2010 Hardware
  • EPROM servicesAnyone ever heard of these people?. I bought a Spectrum add-on from ebay recently. There is an edge connector splitter, i.e. enables you to plug tw…

    ... case another machine has a bad ROM. (Hot air desoldering is *the ...
    -Micky -Micky May 2010 Hardware
  • EPROM servicesAnyone ever heard of these people?. I bought a Spectrum add-on from ebay recently. There is an edge connector splitter, i.e. enables you to plug tw…

    ... case another machine has a bad ROM. (Hot air desoldering is *the ... /> Use the machine with the bad ROM.:)
    alien8r33d alien8r33d May 2010 Hardware
  • Anyone here have the UIEC for the C64....and if so what do you think about it? Guy selling them on Ebay for $55 and I'm tempted to get one, a brief look seems to suggest there is lots of…

    ... fixing my C64 last night (bad rom chip) I took a couple ...
    beanz beanz January 2011 Chit chat
  • Another cause for DivIDE problems on 48K'sThe last months some topics were opened to discuss problems with 48K ZX Spectrums and DivIDE. Sofar we found: - Bad Z80's because of poor fanout (si…

    Just tried to read the ROM contents with my universal programmer, ... any of the original Spectrum ROM's (tried about 8 ... FUSE as comparison, with a bad ROM (non completely functioning DivIDE) and ... process and disabling the internal ROM (setting /CSROM high if ...
    bverstee bverstee July 2012 Hardware
  • Messenger interfaceHave anyone photos, schematic, rom images, documentation, or software for Messenger interface ? [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?i…

    ... see disassembly of messenger rom and code is bad. Rom in messenger is ... not designed for use with 128 rom ... adress #50 with connect ZX128 rom(rom 0) with this incorrect code ... adress #52 with connect ZX128 rom(rom 0) with this incorrect ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2012 Hardware
  • New Spectrum +2 owner, got problems!Hi everyone, I'm new to the Spectrum scene having grown up a C64 user, I was offered a Spectrum +2a for ?20 with no software. I decided since the div…

    ... the DivIDE, such as a bad ROM (resulting in tape trap code ...
    Winston Winston September 2012 Hardware
  • Issue 2 weirdness[youtube]2vLT_jz4Qqc[/youtube] This usually resets it but this time it did that. With the 128k ram tester I get this; [url=http://postimage.org/imag…

    Once in the past I had a machine reset or freeze on me when I gave it commands.... It had a bad ROM.
    Why don't you load the tester program for 48K that also tests the rom.... (unless you cant load)...
    gtsamour gtsamour February 2013 Hardware
  • Microdrive-Microdrive incompatibility?Hi All! Finally I could get enough Microdrives and connecting blocks (or cable replacement) to make the largest storage configuration of the classic…

    ... to test a modified IF1 ROM.
    [url="http://www. ... an IF1 without the bad ROM chip, the ROM came from ZXC3 cartridge ... in IF2 ROM socket.

    That IF1 ... still have socketed ROM... I have 10 working drives ...
    jimre jimre July 2015 Hardware
  • 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 …

    ... can also avoid distributing bad ROM images on the net.< ... guarantee that the existing ROM images we have on ... provenance on any of our ROM images. Copyright does make ... we’ve found a ROM in (if we just ... are. The recent Multiface ROM project is a good example ...
    zub zub October 2015 Hardware
  • Swedish SPectrum ROM foundFrom a contributor to my inbox: [quote] Went to a flea market today to look for old computers and found a rubber-key Speccy. Didn't really look at i…

    ...
    The good news: the ROM (or rather, an EPROM from ... The bad news: I don't know which kind of ROM is ... make an image of the ROM. Provided the EPROM can ... handle the type of ROM, of course.
    [/quote ... any definitive answers on the ROM type and we'll ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall April 2005 Development
  • ISO ROM 128 with TR-DOS 5.05(cz)This is new correct version of ISO ROM for ZX + BETADISK. Some extra basic command is designed specially for use in conmination with TR-DOS 5.05(cz).…

    ... new correct version of ISO ROM for ZX + BETADISK. ... )

    ISO ROM 128(version 2010) + TR- ... debugger "Devastace" from tr-dos rom)
    ! (start DOS ... .

    ISO ROM after reset no erase memory ... (if basic variables is bad then use reset)
    ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Rom Routines list ?Exist some document that show detailled the routines on the spectrum ROM ? Ad for the Spectrum +3 ? are they the same or exist more ? Example i was …

    ... the routines on the spectrum ROM ?
    Ad for the Spectrum ... /> Example i was watching the Rom routine called [B]PLOT-SUB ... resets. Why ? What i did bad ? I expected to see the ... routines that are on the Rom just to use them.
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Weird Nero burning rom problemA few months back, I suffered a bad sector on my harddisk. It wasn't a big deal at the time as it was fixed after a reboot and disk scan. However, …

    ... months back, I suffered a bad sector on my harddisk. It ... . However, the bad sector trashed my Nero Burning Rom folder. I couldn ...
    FrankT FrankT November 2011 Chit chat
  • ZXC3 "ROM erasing failed"This has happened to me before but I managed to figure out a way to write a compilation back, cant for the life of me remember how now, basically, th…

    ... , the ZXC3 ROM cart got corrupted in a bad machine, I want ...
    Macc Macc February 2012 Hardware
  • New project: CargandoLeches. Ultraloads with ROMHi This project has started months ago, between decicoder, macleod and me. Uses the best modulation of k7zx (throwing shavings). But this ultraloa…

    ... />
    You need a modified ROM. But if you have a ... can try it without modified ROM: these models has special paging ... it works by emulating the ROM code with RAM).

    bad English of course). If someone ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena February 2012 Development
  • TESTROM3 - utility/rom for test your ZXHere is TESTROM3 utility as 16kB ROM file + flasher for install this rom to divide eeprom (or mapram mode). Work also on ZX Spectrum without ROM and …

    ... TESTROM3 utility as 16kB ROM file + flasher for install ... also on ZX Spectrum without ROM and RAM - use ... for ZX Spectrum as 16kB rom image.

    ... work as full transparent rom in divide and user ... test again.
    If bad memory tested then show multicolor ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spanish +2 romI spent two days getting my Windows PC back up and running after it crashed due to unstable DDR3 memory which was caused by too high voltage AND bad …

    ... by too high voltage AND bad contacts with my motherboard...
    rom:

    [IMG]http://benophetinternet ...
    bverstee bverstee June 2013 Hardware
  • Hooky - hook ZX ROM and rewire RST and NMI to RAM - rantThis is a rather long rant. Not for short tempered. :) The objective is to hook into RST "vectors" and NMI on a Spectrum without affecting the normal…

    ... br /> Possible applicatons for such ROM:
    - debugger with sw ... rewiring RST 0x00 /,
    - ROM extensions,
    - IM1 routines. ... br />
    QUESTION: disclaimer ... ROM overwrites address FFFD thus ...what ... JR Z,test)_2 ; bad value (zero value)
    ...
    tstih tstih July 2014 Development
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