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RF TuningWhat is the actual RF frequency that the Spectrum +3 uses? Thanks
The composite mod for the +3 isn ... .
If you want to empty the modulator can and ... s not really essential. You can just build the circuit freeform ... (Or you could wait for me to produce a plug in composite/s ... away yet... I have to finish the issue 2 flash ... -
RF TuningWhat is the actual RF frequency that the Spectrum +3 uses? Thanks
... modded several 16/48k's to put out composite video, but that's a ... someone explain / point to docs / whatever why the composite mod for the +2 ... planning on (just for my own education) taking the composite output from ... that won't work for just the video image? -
Edge connector breakout board/level translator boardFor a new project I'm thinking of working on (gah, too many projects...) I'm going to be making a new edge connector breakout board. Basically what …
... evening. I've tried to group the signals better ... all the data lines go to the same function block, ... lesser-used control signals to allow for more GPIO ... needed, you can just put a wire from the ZX bus breakout to the ... br />
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What Spectrum projects (Software/Games/Utility)(Hardware)(Others) are you working on?So, basically that :) You dont have to give names or more clues if you dont want to ;) Also, if you are working on more than one, you can tell all of…
... going to sell Spectrums?????[/QUOTE]
just refurbished ones, usual - cleaned, composite mod ... would be a good idea to sell them with an original ... game available nowhere else, Macc put a thread a while back ... -
Tape loading from PCSo, I found that I had been using the wrong audio jack socket on my 48k for tape loading (my spectrum is in a third party case, so there are not labe…
... hence uses different leads. If you happen to have an original +3 ... of) that to load into your 48k.
Just plug the ... ones. Again connect the signal wire to the tip and the braid ... to get the audio out from the AY etc to use with a composite ... -
48K+ losing horizontal syncHello! I've got this 48K plus in perfect cosmetic condition and it works well except for when it gets a tad bit warmer the image rolls around. That w…
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Just to recap and add a few ... .
I did the composite mod and the sync looks stable ... problem might be in the RF box. Once that circuitry is ... in the future if I just let it as it is ... -
Is the 128K heatsink's TV out modulator kit repairable?I have a 128K+ Spectrum that is working absolutely fine and is giving out the perfect picture from its RGB out socket (with the right cable ofcourse)…
... the composite video and +5V input wires, use some wire to link them to ... is defective anyway, what have you got to loose?
Having ... , composite video, or one day I will try the S-Video mod ... -
Issue 2 video problemHello all, Need some help with an issue 2 board that I 'm trying to restore. I've replaced all the electrolytic capacitors, changed the voltage regu…
... , I've just removed the entire modulator unit to make some space ... that the video image went to normal issue 2 standard quality ... power to modulator was cut when I did the composite mod so I ... was shorted when you cut it? I happened to me once, but ... -
Which first (if either)?As can be seen by my recent posts, I'm kind of enthusiastic about my new +3 :) I'll set up a sig in due course, but at present here's what I've got …
... DivIDE arrives, make sure you read the comments about ... /> Lucky you, I have to say. Never managed to get Multiface 3 ... idea of running a wire to supply power on the ... can source some suitable wire, and will try ... to just plug a SCART in if I'm not going to mod ... -
Newbie needs help ^^Hey Guys! I'm new here to the forums and I joined because of my growing interest in the ZX Spectrum computers. I'm from Germany and I was growing …
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... (you will need cassette recorder) or just connecting Speccy to AUDIO OUT ... -
Speccy 48K grey screenGot a issue 2 48K speccy as part of a job lot on ebay, tested it and apart from a duff membrane it appears to be working. However the screen is a gre…
Thanks guys. Gonna give the composite mod a go when i next get chance. Got a mlion and one things to do first. Grrrr dont you just hate it when real life gets in the way of some speccy fun hee hee -
Speccy 48K grey screenGot a issue 2 48K speccy as part of a job lot on ebay, tested it and apart from a duff membrane it appears to be working. However the screen is a gre…
... the service manuals, on how to make that adjustment, or in ... position before you start.
I'd do the composite mod first ... as it may just be the modulator ... , and composite should imrove video ... -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... up of several takes, and put together in shoddy fashion. ... Also, you can hear how Jimi's guitar breaks out of the ... cant hear the difference even when i went to the part mentioned to ... listen
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The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... be interested in finding out a bit more about ... the 128 and It just froze when asking the typical ... +, I use an "interface wire" to keep the disciple a bit ... [/I] easy for me to put together a fix, though.< ... how many channels would you need in the logic analyzer ... -
Surely not Buzzsaw+ Already..?But this game has had such a short development time, how can this be? Free version of [I]Buzzsaw+ (Foxton Locks Mix)[/I] available here: [url]http:…
... later. There's one OUT at the end of each ... nature every frame, but you can generate a range of ... I could maybe pick on just one saw sound pattern from ... do put the sound through the TV (by EAR our to ... on my composite modded Speccy) and they sound OK to me. What ... -
Video output questions...Two questions... [QUOTE]1. The yellow and blue colours seem out of phase on the display. Is this normal for an RF connection to the TV/monitor?[/QUO…
... TV to use the RGB data. If I just supply a composite signal ... (from a modified 48K) I switch to ... you see the funky 'black shadow' screen, that is what composite looks ... . So I've added a composite mod to my +3/+2B instead, this ... -
Composite video for 48k Capacitor orientationHello, My multisystem TV is acting up and I'm unable to navigate the menu to tune in the RF signal for my speccys. However the A/V input still works.…
... ]perhaps it may be better to concentrate on discovering how the ... noise from logic switching pours out onto the supply rails which ... what you can do about it, if you are doing a composite mod on ... for the FM modulator. I just removed the MC1376 completely on ... -
A quick ZX Spectrum + restorationI bought a ZX Spectrum + the other day it was untested and in a state didnt cost me much and i had it today only to find the real state. Key 3 was al…
Did you replace the capacitors? I posted ... and doing a composite mod. The fault was down to a dry up ... all with modern radial ones just replacing a few at a ... -
A quick ZX Spectrum + restorationI bought a ZX Spectrum + the other day it was untested and in a state didnt cost me much and i had it today only to find the real state. Key 3 was al…
... =Your Spec-chum;711443]Did you replace the capacitors? I posted ... and doing a composite mod. The fault was down to a dry up ... all with modern radial ones just replacing a few at a ... -
Spectaculator 8 vs REAL diskDoes Spectaculator 8 support real floppy drives? I want to use an external USB floppy drive to read/write +D and +3 floppy disks. I have Windows 7…
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If you install internal floppy in your ... .
For example, you can put real +3 diskette (or ... and they will work, just like the real spectrum ... way.
I only cant tested this real disk feature ... is just for win XP and you are limited only to +D ... -
What models are repairable these days?I've followed a few threads which are trying to repair the mainboard components of the older 48K models, but it got me wondering - is it possible to …
... you'd (just like me and many others do) put a tape input to ... to the socket so you either add a socket or mod the board to ... restore the +2A/+3 pinout, but you shouldn ... if you short this out, or accidentally connect a signal to it you risk ... -
Commodore 1702 NTSC to PAL modIs it possible to mod a Commodore 1702 monitor to accept PAL colors? I can get it to sync with the 50hz signal in black & white by adjusting V-Hold. …
... it's just a crystal that could be changed out? Has anyone ... composite mod. I've wasted a lot of money on terrible PAL to ... ]
If you are using a 128k you can get one ... regularly speccy 48k with the composite mod fine without anything doing to it. -
Elite Systems and our Ultimate apps.As many of you know we are publishing the Ultimate games on Windows Phone and Windows 8 but last Friday an Ultimate app not done by us magically appe…
... their hard work, you're more likely to want to pay for the ... working pirate copy) for years, just to assuage their conscience (and on ... brilliant? No DRM so you can put the games on any PC ... ;713141]Since going touchscreen, I cant see the point in games ... -
Reset button on a 48k rubberI managed it once but it wasnt pretty, had a + reset switch sticking out the side by the power in, anchored by the screw post and dremelled out a gap…
If you have converted to composite video, but have left ... intact, I would suggest you carefully remove the electronics from ... You already have a 0V connection (the modulator case) so just have to ... run a wire to the same place on ... -
Grand Theft Auto V announced!Ok, time for another mega-game thread :smile: [url]http://www.rockstargames.com/[/url] Trailer next week!
... this forum praising a new mod for Doom which makes it ... the characters I 'kill' are just pixels whose only life/death ... you either had to leave the women to their fate, or kill them to put ... them out of their ... -
Anyone using an RGB SCART cable with a +2A/+3 and LCD TV?In [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44697"]a recent thread[/URL], I mused: [quote]Can +2As be composite modded? If so, I…
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So if you put the correct voltage levels in ... the RGB input pins and put composite sync signals (of the correct ... systems though. I was just pointing out the reason SCART has no ... in the menus, you may not need to supply the correct voltages ... -
What's on your saucer?Thanks go out to frobush and zx1 for inspiring* this WoSser to create a yet another excellent WoS thread. Lunch 10 minutes ago. [IMG]http://i300.ph…
... 't go to some specialist company, i just bought them ... the chilli. and then put that finger in my ... my first thought was this cant be real, then i ... like they were going to fall out, and my lips ... after everymouth full you really needed to clean your pallet with ... -
ZX Spectrum problem, intermittent picture lossHi I'm trying to resurrect An issue two board spectrum, I did the composite bypass and managed to get the picture constant and steady after playing a…
... picture go? Or just part?
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Have you tried another TV?
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New multi-interface for ZXI have in development new interface for ZX Spectrum. PCB size is similar as K-MOUSE interface and on board is CPLD (programmable logic), up to 1MB st…
... current approaches are to rig Kempston interfaces to swap the behaviour of ... use. Again, it's just moving one wire inside an Interface II ... be applied to any part of the keyboard, not just the Sinclair ... a 48K Speccy) you could do the mod on the through-port ... -
First time capacitor replacementHi, I have an Issue 2 board, that i wish to start with recapping as advised on here, as they look to be all original. (Same with V3 board, but going…
... unfortunate results having completed the composite mod :(. Time to do some testing I ... did notice that the +12v to the lower chips is only ... where ad the rest check out at 0, +5 and -5 ... inoperative and you just measure the +9V supply (which appears to be a ...
