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2 blown PSUs in one dayI got a SAM Coupe today, and the PSU started to smoke as soon as I turned it on. Since the Spectrum +3 PSU looked up to powering the SAM, I wired to…
Sorry to resurrect a dead topic, but it should ... ]never[/b][/i] connect a SAM up to a TV with a standard SCART cable ... brimstone will ensue. Just wanted to highlight that for people's ... -
new game ......[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFaUth_DKoQ&feature=channel&list=UL[/url]
... and also the PC as a external player to feed my spectrums. The ... .tzx format, then transforming it to wav (it would be crazy ... to distribute wav files, and they' ... -
Tapes and SimcoupeNo idea where to post this. :-? , as it is and it isn't, well sort of. :oops: Can't seem to get tapes to load into SimCoupe, despite my best efforts…
... talking about physical tapes? Or a certain .tap file?
tape), I also have never used ... in the options screen to allow a tape image to be provided. :-) Feature request ... /blog/2007/01/11/simcoupe-tape-support/[/url] -
Happy Birthday Commodore 64.Happy birthday to the slightly younger, tubby kid from America. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19055707[/url]
I only knew one person with a C64 and he had a tape player..
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Donkey Kong ReloadedHi peeps On Youtube someone has just made a video response to my best homebrew of 2011 vid,it is a game called Donkey Kong reloaded that they are pro…
... to anyone willing to assemble it as a tape:]
or to anyone willing to ... as it is... (you have to open it from AGD...well ... -
Using FOR/NEXT like 'while'I don't know if this has already been discussed (I did search, but the search engine didn't like the word 'while'), but here's a way of using a FOR/N…
... LET a$=CHR$ 22+CHR$ 0+CHR$ 0+"1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm"
3 PRINT a$( TO ... 35): LET a$(4 TO )=a$(5 TO )+a$(4):
GO TO 3+(INKEY ... $="f" OR INKEY$="F")
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SPECTRA - RGB SCART Interface for 48K SpectrumSince the launch of the SPECTRA interface back in June 2012, some discussion of it has appeared in the forums in the past (mainly [URL="http://www.wo…
... about comparing a plotter to a 3D printer (having used a plotter a long long ... time ago) but not seen a 3D ... being able in a few years connect a 3D printer to my speccy and ... -
Which game did you like the loading noise the most?I always like skool daze's loader, it seemed to come over in regular waves.
... * Once, when we got a *cough* c90 tape from one of my ... just playing it in a tape recorder to make sure it wasn ... when we fed the tape into the Speccy and ... severe noise on the tape, even though it was ... had to do their duplication by connecting two tape decks ... -
Your latest retrogaming purchaseAs there is another thread about gaming purchases, It would be nice to know your latest retrogame adquired, preferably Spectrum, but of course other …
Manic Miner (The Mastertronic release) :)
Bruce Lee, I need to check this as its "slightly" different release apparently but not possible at the moment, no tape player to hand. -
BBC SciFi article...The article amused me so thought I'd share.. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24518305[/url] [QUOTE]Despite claims to the contrary, Red Plan…
... just "imagine" being able to connect a ZX Spectrum to a PC :)
Clearly ... Sinclair Interface 1 and a serial cable is a figment of my ... -
Modern printer with the ZX SpectrumJust curious: If for some reason I wanted to use a printer with my Spectrum, are there any modern printers that would work with it?
When I first saw your message I thought you had managed to connect a ZX Printer to the PC. :D
[QUOTE=guesser;731328]Ok, it's off-topic but I've just done the opposite :lol:
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Modern printer with the ZX SpectrumJust curious: If for some reason I wanted to use a printer with my Spectrum, are there any modern printers that would work with it?
... thought you had managed to connect a ZX Printer to the PC. :D ... now have a cups driver that lets me print to my ... article on wikipedia) and a page printed from [I] ... />
It's all a bit rough around the edges ... ... it might be time to get the real 48k out ... -
Converting an integer arbitrary large binary number into a printable decimal formThis was asked a long ago at the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup. At that time, I came up with a solution by extrapolating the classic algorithm of suces…
... although not enough to make any difference to the FRAMES timing, ... that made no difference to the measured time either. ... 39
rst $10 ;A =????
inc bc ;count ... binary integer as a decimal down to 3.9 seconds in ... -
Calculating screen address to alternative ATTR area?I'm using this small snippet of code to convert a screen address to an attribute cell address... [CODE]AttrDE: ld a, d ; get the hig…
... attribute table needs to be at a multiple of 4 ... high byte, i.e. a multiple of 1024 in total ... it only needs to start at a multiple of 256 so ... />
P.S. 'AND 3' doesn't preserve three bits ... respectively), which can represent a number up to 3 (0, 1, 2, ... -
Calculating screen address to alternative ATTR area?I'm using this small snippet of code to convert a screen address to an attribute cell address... [CODE]AttrDE: ld a, d ; get the hig…
... ), which can represent a number up to 3 (0, 1, 2 ... , or 1+2=3). [/QUOTE]
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Of course. I always have to ... code was correct and 3 bits needed to preserved.
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Born again Speccy user with problemsHello all, Firstly I'd like to say a big hello - this is my first post! When I was 8 or 9 or so my dad bought a ZX Spectrum 48K and a whole bunch o…
... my stereo-to-mono cable into a mono-mono ... however play a 16K Pool game prior to this which ... br />
Thanks to all of you who helped ... bought a cassette player to begin with!
Now to do ... Zorn's new memory modules to arrive!
OPUS Discocery DriveHi, since I am new here pls. excuse my bad English. I have a problem with 2 OPUS DISK Drive. One of them is working fine the other not. So I decided…
... instructions on how to connect a 40 track to a PC or should ... I look for 80 track drives, to ... needed to read disks, that were written on a PC ... Which parameters do I have to use with Samdisk?
... doesn?t seem to work. I have a feeling that ...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…
I know how to connect the port #FFFE to +3, it is very simple. With edge connectors you need to get an address, and the input Sinclair Joystick to submit data.+2 Force Loading from external tapeHi all My tape player is shot and now thanks to my frustration not functioning what so ever i see there is a Tape/Audio port on the back of the spec…
Not unless you've modified the +2 to add a tape input to that port.ZX81 + 16k RAM Pack + Original PSU... What's it worth?Hey guys Got my ZX81 this morning its in excellent condition.. [IMG]http://s30.postimg.org/iwetzxku9/IMG_20140818_142443.jpg[/IMG] However, my T…
... get keywords/letters to display using a piece of wire to bridge the ... keyboard molexs.
Tomorrow I'll add a ... ZX module to this board and see what happens ... . It will be interesting to ...Found MIA:- TriadFound a copy of this:- [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012195&loadpics=3[/url] Inlay:- [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4qej…
... decided it would be a good time to do so! I ... usually use a CD recorder ...
Thanks for the offer to look at my problem samples ... all the data off a tape, mainly to compare either side, but ... there's usually a limit to how much time and ...'Input' MagazineJust wondering if anyone else remembers this magazine from the 80s.. And the cheesy TV ads..<br><br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usiyCD2ptBQ…
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I started with a Tandy CoCo 2 that had ... didn't even have a tape deck to begin with, so those ... early listings were typed in a ... got a Spectrum 48K+ and I was able to go back to ... It's nice being able to print text and draw graphics ...What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?Just stumbled upon this Indiegogo page following a tweet from SpeccyNews [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega[/url] it…
... , there are some key combinations to enter single letters, one by ... unable to try the Vega ourselves due to unspecified "orders" given to the ... he asked one of them to let me try the console ... let users connect a PC keyboard to the machine; I seem to recall there ...TV Pal, odd and even framesI have been researching, but haven't found any real interesting information on this subject, so far. What I mean is, since TV PAL signal is interl…
Actually, my last resort will probably be, to connect a logic analyzer to the ZX bus and try and find something that will allow me to know this info.ZX Spectrum +2 broken datacorder? Hi folks, I received two ZX Spectrum128 +2, grey model. One is in excellent condition, powers up, etc. but when you press the datacorder nothing…
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Put in a tape, tried to load it, loaded up fine ... belt foes around are mow a bit stiff, not spining as ...Have I Got News for You!! Funny News Stories and Your Funny CaptionsWhilst news is mostly depressing, so depressing infarct that many of us avoid it, I thought it would life our spirits a little to look news from a li…
This isn't [i]Have I Got News for You[/i] - this is someone seriously affected by the loss of [i]The Two Ronnies[/i].
What's next, 'Answering the thread before last'?
Or "A dick, a dick, a dick, a dick, Addicted to this board I'm not..."External Z80 CPUHi Looking for some advice if possible. Many years ago I had a plug-in board for a Spectrum 48k which had a couple of switches, a z80 CPU, and a S…
... got the boards back - and a complete failure!
My ... in a few weeks. I've also added a few LEDs to the board ... while redesigning to give a quick indication ...Spectrum +2 various problemsHey there, I just recently acquired a Spectrum +2 and it's got various problems with it. First off, I get a rolling picture through both RGB and comp…
It's a gray +2, issue 3 board. I also reversed the transistors that were incorrectly installed at the factory so that's not an issue.THE LIGHTBULB EFFECT You know what that is? Like how cartoonists depict a bright idea by drawing a lightbulb over the head? When I was trying to work out the lengt…
... join them on one end to make a right angle bracket. Now ... you can cut a third piece of wood to the correct size ... a right angle in your triangle.[/quote]
No, you use a tape ... measure to find that. Measure twice, cut ...
