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128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... tune your TV to the 128, yes? You're not just ... assuming that the TV output of the 128 is the same frequency ... -
128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... tune your TV to the 128, yes? You're not just ... assuming that the TV output of the 128 is the same frequency ... -12V line gives this kind of symptoms on speccy 128k? I ... -
Case for Pentagon 1024SLSee topic ... since using an ATX case for a spectrum would be boring in my opinion I'm looking for one of the below cases (or something in the same s…
Hi i have a couple of saga keyboards, could u post some pics of the 128 enterprise -
Oh so BRIGHT!What is the SLOWEST way to change the attribute area to BRIGHT? It has to be legit! No meaningless instructions or doing stuff for the sake of it. …
... intentional error there...!
Of course, the tests at lines ... have the disastrous side effect of speeding up the code.
change contents of memory would be to ... to a massive array - then change the required element - then copy ... -
Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... ]I've got the idea of saving SCREEN$ in ramdisk, ... />
Wow that sucks. The 128's ramdisk could have been ... then copy it to the 128's extra memory (you ... RAM, as spanning the 80k of the 128's extra RAM. It ... the paging in and out of memory banks required for ... -
Best-illustrated adventure game?Which Speccy text adventure had the best illustrations? It doesn't matter if they took ages to load, just as long as they were pretty.
The Colour Of Magic by Delta 4 Software have a nice pictures. But I've never played it too long to get really deep into the game. -
Alittle pic of the two different rubber key mats Grey and BlueAnd they are naked too :o Can someone please post a pic of one of the supposed faun coloured speccys i am desperate to see one :) [url]http://www.s…
... motherboard Spectrum too, like the colour of caramac. Didn't come in ... /> Don't forget a lot of 48K machines were returned for ... as new machines. A mate of mine had a repaired issue ... -
Alittle pic of the two different rubber key mats Grey and BlueAnd they are naked too :o Can someone please post a pic of one of the supposed faun coloured speccys i am desperate to see one :) [url]http://www.s…
... motherboard Spectrum too, like the colour of caramac. Didn't come in ... ]Don't forget a lot of 48K machines were returned for ... as new machines. A mate of mine had a repaired issue ... -
Election of the new maintainer of the TZX formatHi folks, the topic says all, let the discussion begin :) Luca
... was referring to the method of electing a pope.
Were ... you need more than one colour of smoke, but the c64 can ... -
PC ProbsJust been given a PC to fix. Everything is now fine except the damn thing won't re-boot. It'll start up on a cold boot no probs, but it will not, e…
Take a close look at the capacitors on the mobo are any of them bulging??
Even if not some of them could be shot.... If this mother board cannot be replaced cheaply then change all of the major ones and see if that makes a difference. -
TommyGun 0.9.x updates** Should be available via the utilities page soon! Please be patient :-) ** I'll be posting all future updates in this thread, instead of creating …
... left corner of the tile is taken as the transparent colour. Its ... solution has to work for colour tiles as well.
[/ ... wrong!
Its the first colour of the active palette.
So ... monochrome palette its the black colour.
Would be different for ... -
ZXSpin 0.61 Available nowHi all! Well, after a lengthy few testing cycles, I'm taking the plunge and uploading the latest version of ZXSpin, to replace the rather aged old 0…
... have been using V1.11 of the Spectrum +3e ROMs.
change some of the settings (ie tape ... . Leave it in for those of us who do find it ... -
Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... no idea of it even at the time of the 128 launch ( ... would have had the advantages of not requiring redundancies - rumoured ... the fundamental problem of the a sort of company Sinclair was ... the original ethos of Sinclair Research - that of the inventive laboratory ... -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
The speccy may have to draw with software but isn't the C64 incredibly limited with what you can do, size and colour of hardware sprites?
Does the C64 have planar graphics like the old OCS/ECS/AGA graphics of the Amiga? -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... you can do, size and colour of hardware sprites?[/QUOTE]
of the 8-bits. There are ... -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... you can do, size and colour of hardware sprites?[/quote]
As ... don't know about number of colors but after looking at ... sprites and are the height of the screen. Left and right ... old OCS/ECS/AGA graphics of the Amiga?[/QUOTE]
I ... -
I'm a dad again!!!Hi Everyone - Last night I became the proud dad of another baby girl! Amy was born at 8.31 and weighed 8 pound 5 ounces. Both mom and daughter are…
... I was roped in to change her just as visiting time ... so quick and easy, to change a new born is challenging ... />
I wouldn't change any of it for the world though ... wireless network (there are plenty of unsecured ones around the hospital ... -
I'm a dad again!!!Hi Everyone - Last night I became the proud dad of another baby girl! Amy was born at 8.31 and weighed 8 pound 5 ounces. Both mom and daughter are…
... /> No, I wouldn't change any of it for the world either ... always did and nothing would change that.
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Why?Why did [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150097013013&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005"]this[/URL] go for ?155?
... ]It may be that the 128 just wasn't around for ... /> Can anyone confirm the numbers of 128's our there? which ever ... very high. as a owner of a 128 with its box, manual ... -
Elite LenslockHey Hey, I have just purchased "Elite" for my trusty ZX spectrum, unfortuantly it does not have the "lenslock" thingy with it! arggggggggggghhhhhhhh…
... do is download the TZX of Elite 128 (I KNOW for a ... -
ZX Spectrum+ / Spectrum 128 Keyboard MembranesJust to inform those who have been patiently waiting, that the Spectrum+ / Spectrum 128 Keyboard Membranes are now back in stock at your ever friendl…
I got one of the 128 membranes in the last batch. Fantastic.
Cash in a small brown envelope please Rich. :roll:
This should be in adverts shouldn't it? -
Questions about the Emulator Cartridge...First of all, which models of the Timex Spectrum does it work on? Secondly, does it contain game files, or does it just enable you to play PAL Spect…
... AY chip but as the 128's AY chip is ... t be able to hear 128 music and sound effects ... can make the 2068 capable of playing 128 games.
[ ... software (quite a bit of it works without the cart ... . Sorry :-)
Edit: of course, now that I think ... -
Help! Need to prove the Speccy's worthA friend of mine who used to own a C64 (well, alright, not a friend, an aquaintance ;) ) was saying how good Dropzone was, and how it proves that the…
... that the C64 was capable of it and I guess ... not up to the task of coding Knightlore or Alien ... that Ritman had to change some of the rooms on the ... C64 version of Head Over Heels because ... pretty much the pinnacle of isometric 3D gaming, regardless ... -
And It's Arrived...The ZX Spectrum is now 25 years old. Yay!!! Happy Birthday. Necros.
... :D), I've changed the colour of the sky in the "?" screen ... -
Help! Need to prove the Speccy's worthA friend of mine who used to own a C64 (well, alright, not a friend, an aquaintance ;) ) was saying how good Dropzone was, and how it proves that the…
... that Ritman had to change some of the rooms on the ... C64 version of Head Over Heels because ... the pinnacle of isometric 3D gaming, regardless of platform.[/QUOTE]< ... br /> I had a shot of the C64 version and it ... more than a couple of sprites on screen. That ... -
Reason for FLASH attribute?Is it known why Sinclair choose to implement the flash bit in hardware? Since flashing could be easily done with code when needed it seems quite un…
... small thing could dramatically change performance of Sinclair QL in 3D. In ... -
Every pixel different color on spectrum is it possible?I remember reading somewhere about a hardware modification that could make spectrums have 1 different color per pixel.This would make the color clash…
... . It's a handmade mod of Pentagon-128. Also such a mode ... /> Yes color clash disappears of course. However of course this mode is ... than traditional one because amount of data increases. Turbo mode is ... -
Spectrum development images from Rick DickinsonHi World of Spectrum. I've just started the long process of recording and uploading the tons of stuff I have on all the Sinclair computers from ZX80 …
It was good to see a picture of the 128 keypad, I've only ever seen the Spanish version. And that white + is something else! -
If you ever wanted to ask Sir Clive one question...Saturday, 28th July is your time. Sir Clive will be attending the first A-Bikers' meeting in London. As a proud owner of an A-Bike, I would have lov…
... let you address each pixels colour.
Attribute clashes would ... pixel colour it gained on precision. Compare the pixel density of the ... pixel density and addressed the colour of each pixel emagine the demos ... -
Z80 Developer ConsoleHi, This is a project I have meaning to do for ages, recently had a kid, had some time off work (as a software developer) and surprisingly had a bit…
... making a completely different style of editor here.
Using a ... s editor could be more automated given the specific nature of its ... /> It would also mean the editor would show you all possible ... some of my points that I think make a asm editor different ...
