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  • Plea for new hardwareI'm posting this as a poll as I want to judge if I'm a solo loon going on about this, or if people really are interested in either of the following S…

    ... any member of a retro computing forum actually had three friends ... inviting them round for Speccy joystick waggling session.
    :p[/QUOTE ...
    polomint polomint April 2014 Hardware
  • What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…

    ... enthusiast's hit for DIY computing, the 81 even more so ... had one of the Enterprise programmable calculators and I thought it ...
    Matt_B Matt_B July 2014 Games
  • +2/b +3 edge connector questionI am aware of the device incompatibility introduced with the +2a/b +3 machines but does this also include joystick interfaces?

    ... all keypress-substituting joysticks, so programmable ones like COMCON won't ... you can add a fourth joystick port, but it's not ...
    joefish joefish July 2014 Hardware
  • Interfaces & ROMsHi everyone, I'm currently looking into the various modern interfaces for the Spectrum to allow me to run all my games from an SD card. I have a few…

    ... an Interface II or equivalent joystick interface with a ROM slot ... one of Paul Farrow's programmable IF2 carts.

    [quote ...
    chev chev September 2014 Hardware
  • πBacteria, Bare Metal emulador for Raspberry PiSorry, Google traslated text below ---- What is an emulator Bare Metal? It is an emulator that runs directly on the machine, no operating system beh…

    ... wire an Atari (or SJS) joystick into the five columns and ... it works as Interface II joystick.

    [QUOTE=joefish;798558 ... could add one or two programmable IN xx pins (e.g ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena October 2014 Emulators
  • Commodore 64 Vs ZX Spectrum - The DebateFilmed at Play Manchester 2014, Paul Drury from Retro Gamer magazine hosted a live debate asking 4 industry veterans (John Gibson, Ste Pickford, Andy…

    ... ? hehe

    speccy made computing far more accessible due to ... a cassette recorder.

    joystick ports built in obviously.
    fog fog October 2014 Announcements
  • Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …

    ... Spectrum. But when using a joystick to play games, it feels ... with the hardware side of computing and have been since 1983 ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK October 2014 Hardware
  • Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …

    ... /> [QUOTE=joefish;799852]It's programmable and you program it with ... about GAL chips? Both are programmable logic?
    CPLD are just ... a lot of things in computing, there are grey lines, not ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK October 2014 Hardware
  • Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …

    [QUOTE=joefish;799852]It's programmable and you program it with ... & 0xFF)==0x1F) /* read Kempston joystick */
    data_bus = (joy_fire
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix November 2014 Hardware
  • Multi Multiface: the projectI posted some updates on Facebook yesterday about the development of the Multi Multiface, but here is the right place to share all technical findings…

    ... ). PCB contain also two programmable buttons and joystick port. PCB is designed ... components and can work as joystick interface, rom interface, universal rom ...
    velesoft velesoft November 2014 Hardware
  • Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …

    ... . It became the face of computing in Britain and spawned an ... C64 (apart from the c64 joystick)
    paranoid marvin paranoid marvin December 2014 Games
  • Happy Birthday BloodBaz!Have a good one! :)

    Thanks guys!

    I had a very fruitful birthday... took myself and the family out to the [i]Centre of Computing History[/i] in Cambridge. We all had a great day! :-)

    Much quality beer was quaffed too.
    BloodBaz BloodBaz February 2015 Chit chat
  • Stonechip Electronics Programmable joystick interface setupHi all my first post and its a request for help. I have the above joystick interface I've just picked up from a boot sale for 50p. I got the interfac…

    ... it's anything like the programmable interface I had (can't ... "program" then you hold the joystick in each direction while pressing ... it to simulate for that joystick movement (or maybe key first ... 't remember)
    ie hold joystick in up position while pressing ...
    i love the z80s i love the z80s February 2015 Hardware
  • +2A/Kempston interface incompatibility?Hello forum,<br><br>So, I used to be active here about eighteen months ago.&nbsp; I liked messing about with turboloaders.&nbsp; Then I disappeared b…

    ... don't work (Sinclair or programmable types). Though in those flat ... interfaces the pins connecting the joystick socket to the circuit board ...
    joefish joefish May 2015 Hardware
  • +2A/Kempston interface incompatibility?Hello forum,<br><br>So, I used to be active here about eighteen months ago.&nbsp; I liked messing about with turboloaders.&nbsp; Then I disappeared b…

    1980's joystick interfaces are often simple to fix (unless they are the later multi standard type which use a programmable chip), so don't throw it away.

    Mark
    1024MAK 1024MAK May 2015 Hardware
  • Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…

    ... any actual joystick interface.
    The various interfaces with “programmable” mappings (such ...
    zub zub June 2015 Emulators
  • Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…

    ... expansion port and that any programmable interfaces that try and read ... shame it took a single joystick only (especially as I ... you’d already own another joystick interface and a bus ... left floating by the various joystick interfaces and compatible clones that ...
    zub zub June 2015 Emulators
  • Floating Point Package Math48<br>I came across a neat little floating point package for the z80 and I'm adapting it now to work with z88dk and sdcc.&nbsp; There is an interesting…

    ... that since it’s all programmable, all mistakes can be corrected ... it demanded a lot of computing power to do in the ...
    zub zub July 2015 Development
  • Preservation prioritiesHi all! Firstly, thanks to the WoS staff for setting this category up. Secondly, thanks to you for all for backing the idea, and in anticipation o…

    ... Specchums around not far from Cambridge, so I’m hoping I ... ]
    It seems like in Cambridge of all places there must ... folk from the centre for computing history frequent WoS. The guy ...
    guesser guesser September 2015 Hardware Preservation
  • Preservation prioritiesHi all! Firstly, thanks to the WoS staff for setting this category up. Secondly, thanks to you for all for backing the idea, and in anticipation o…

    ... ;834976"]It seems like in Cambridge of all places there must ... folk from the centre for computing history frequent WoS. The guy ...
    zub zub September 2015 Hardware Preservation
  • Understanding the Kempston joystick circuitHere is the schematics: http://www.retroisle.com/sinclair/zxspectrum/Technical/Hardware/KempstonJoystickInterface-Schematics.php Ok, the 74LS138N …

    ... .

    Even the best joystick interfaces actually made by the ... to build would be some "programmable" interface, which mimics the keyboard ...
    zPasi zPasi October 2015 Hardware
  • Datel Turbo Ace - Manual ?I have acquired a [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000100"]Datel Turbo Ace[/url] Joystick interface, but have no detailed info…

    ... buffer chips (to interface the joystick to the data bus) and ... possibility of this being a programmable interface - there is no memory ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK October 2015 Hardware
  • Datel Turbo Ace - Manual ?I have acquired a [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000100"]Datel Turbo Ace[/url] Joystick interface, but have no detailed info…

    ... buffer chips (to interface the joystick to the data bus) and ... possibility of this being a programmable interface - there is no memory ... has printing on it stating "programmable", whatever that means in this ...
    RMartins RMartins October 2015 Hardware
  • Kempston ConfusionSomehow, I just can't get this straight on my mind :-O I guess my neurons are playing tricks on me. ~X( Kemspton interfaces allow joysticks …

    Thanks!

    I see clearer now.

    However, if I look at the ComCon programmable interface I see a 'Fire 1' and 'Fire 2' wiring possibility.

    Which joystick would work accordingly with that?
    Renegade Renegade November 2015 Hardware
  • Kempston ConfusionSomehow, I just can't get this straight on my mind :-O I guess my neurons are playing tricks on me. ~X( Kemspton interfaces allow joysticks …

    ... I look at the ComCon programmable interface I see a 'Fire ... ' wiring possibility.

    Which joystick would work accordingly with that ...
    GReW GReW November 2015 Hardware
  • Kempston ConfusionSomehow, I just can't get this straight on my mind :-O I guess my neurons are playing tricks on me. ~X( Kemspton interfaces allow joysticks …

    ... is if you plug a joystick that supports two fire buttons ... . In MSX it is a programmable I/O pin. It defaults ...
    zPasi zPasi November 2015 Hardware
  • JOYSTICKS... All buttons are 'fire'WHY ??? When consoles arrived in full force - there were at least two buttons - one for jump, one for fire... yet no matter how many buttons an old …

    The COMCON programmable interface operates keyboard keys and ... it into a second (Sinclair) joystick port, and redefined the keys ... ) and FIRE on the main joystick; another five operate all the ... other joystick's controls such that they ...
    joefish joefish January 2016 Hardware
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... in the Museum for Computing History in Cambridge. Except they don't ... /> I also have a Sinclair Cambridge calculator (black body with black ...
    SimonSideburns SimonSideburns February 2016 Chit chat
  • ZX Spectrum games set in EnglandIs it possible that there's at least one ZX Spectrum game set in each English county I wonder? [b]NORTH EAST[/b] * [b]Northumberland[/b] * [b]…

    ... ] (Yaxley; Ranson Moor; Huntingdon; Chatteris; Cambridge; Swaston), Argus Press; [url=http ... Ben Strikes Again[/url], Artic Computing; [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org ...
    peteprodge peteprodge March 2016 Games
  • Sinclair's Cancelled ProjectsDoes anybody have anymore info on any of these projects or are there any old Sinclair engineers on the Spectrum scene that could shed a little more l…

    ... at the Spectrum30 event in Cambridge, and he had the original ... exist. The Center for Computing History in Cambridge has the following exhibit ...
    Rorschak Rorschak March 2016 Development
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