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Regarding AY sound on a +2Well, it is my turn to pop up a question regarding some strange behavior of a +2. Although it outputs the sound of keyboard clicking (1 channel, 5 o…
I can't think of anything that would kill the AY. Could be a loose connection somewhere. You could always connect a wire directly to one of the three channel output pins on the chip and run it to a speaker. That would tell you if the AY is working or not. -
?8912 or 8912A?Hi! I've just changed a defective AY-3-8912A in a +3. Tried a spare 8912 from my "Vectrex spare box", and seemed to work ok: from +3 BASIC I played a…
... electrical' one but a programmers manual. The 'not-A' type is not ... I have is for AY-3-8910 / 12 / 13: I ... AY-3-8912. It's not a good idea to have a chip ... working so close to max ... I never see a computer with a clock up to 3.6 MHz)< ... -
Woo! Yeah!You all know the sample I am referring to, used to death in many dance tracks of the 80s. The repeated "Woo! Yeah!" done in time to the music. But wh…
... recording "Think (About It)", a song written and produced by ... modern sampling techniques, used a tape loop to repeat Brown's exclamation ... during a break section. In the ... indeed, [b]it lays a strong claim to being the most sampled ... -
Pc to speccy?Not been on here for a while, but after watching some of BBC4's electric dreams programmes it has given me the urge to get my old speccy out. So ye…
... would like to do now is find a way of ... loading files off my pc via the soundcard to ... K7zx4.2 under XP to SAVE/LOAD with my ... I needed to connect a stereo jack to a mono cable, had to experiment with ... the 'volume' program, tried it on a ... -
Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …
... it also allows Spectrum +3 user's to print in 128k mode ... the edge connector when compared to the 128k and +2 models ... it was possible to plug the printer in to a +3 machine without blowing ... sure if connecting a ZX Printer to +3 is likely to damage the machine ... -
Are Pokes or snapshots 'cheating'?I've seen a few threads about easy/difficult games, but I've been wanting to ask this for a while now and haven't seen anything specific yet. Most m…
... annoying.
Back to the topic, pokes are undoubtedly ... original game itself allows the player to save and load his position ... , or gives codes to avoid getting through the same ... times it is hard for a foreign player to cope with the subtle ... -
Are Pokes or snapshots 'cheating'?I've seen a few threads about easy/difficult games, but I've been wanting to ask this for a while now and haven't seen anything specific yet. Most m…
... it is hard for a foreign player to cope with the subtle convolutions ... -
Are Pokes or snapshots 'cheating'?I've seen a few threads about easy/difficult games, but I've been wanting to ask this for a while now and haven't seen anything specific yet. Most m…
... it is hard for a foreign player to cope with the subtle convolutions ... really loudly and smashing things to bits helps people cope with ... slope on back to Chit Chat and have a fight with someone ... -
Help on 80s Horror TV ProgHello all, I could we some of WOS's sage like knowledge. In the early 80s my dad recorded a US 1 hour horror program. You know, the usual format, i…
... hide this (he's due to visit so things will tend ... 've already rigged up a VHS player to chew tapes and stuck it ... -
Alice in Wonderland (FULL VERSION!) on ZX SpectrumNot really a game but a film and I'm uncertain which forum to put this in so (Moved it to Misc - Mod).... I've uploaded two tap video copies of [B]A…
I have finally got around to trying this with my DivIDE ... , all I got was: R: Tape loading error.
... to do that as well, the sort of length of time a tape ... takes to load in fact. I ... would love to see this work on my ... -
Alice in Wonderland (FULL VERSION!) on ZX SpectrumNot really a game but a film and I'm uncertain which forum to put this in so (Moved it to Misc - Mod).... I've uploaded two tap video copies of [B]A…
... , all I got was: R: Tape loading error.
... to do that as well, the sort of length of time a tape ... takes to load in fact. I ... can't get page switching to work properly every time. ... I can get stuff to go to page 7, sometimes I ... -
CPU speed measure possible?Is it possible to measure the CPU speed and shows the result on a LED display? Micky
... 440838]Easier: hook up Speccy to a [I]real[/I] frequency counter ... no need to. You could just connect a counter chip to the clock ... signal, and read the output after a ... , nor do we want to measure whether z80 instuctions use ... -
TRD to TAP extractionHi, I've got a batch of .TRD disk images, for which I'd like an automated process to extract the files on the disk to a .TAP file. I've tried the D…
... any simple way to do this - A TAP loader has to be made ... anyway - I like TC's idea of setting a ... containing the TRDOS rom to copy a tape saver to just below the stack ... change the TRDOS load calls to ROM tape load calls... -
Challenging the orthodoxy - Composite modWell, what's brought this on is two things: firstly I composite-modded an Issue 4S board this weekend in preparation for the Vintage Computing Festiv…
... ) and to my suprise this was completely right. A sufficient emittor ... signal is low enough to feed a monitor over a (low loss) shielded ... I say. Should we connect a load parallel to R53 (390 Ohm) via ... a large capacitor, then such ... -
shot out some good mame games.Anyone got some good sugestions for old arcade games im trying to compile a shortish list of the best ones.
... ninja turtle, but you need a four player to properly enjoy it, and ... the turtles work better in a team ... .
a wrestling one, it had ... british buldog in it.
a simpsons one, but again that ... -
Joffa - my brother...I really don't know how to thank you all for the love and support you have given the family during this dreadful time. Jonathan's last days were so t…
... time.
Also, thanks to the people who wrote the ... />
I'm mainly just a lurker on these forums but ... like me who's basically a games player to find out that proper ... />
All the best anyways to all of ya, Garry.
Maketzx...Whats the state of play?Been out of the whole emulation bit for...a while :) But, back in the saddle, ready to transfer some more tapes.....except...maketzx doesnt seem to w…
... is a simple to implement format that can represent all the same tape ... the preservation team to have tools and a tape format to allow for validating ... the data in tape images ...Maketzx...Whats the state of play?Been out of the whole emulation bit for...a while :) But, back in the saddle, ready to transfer some more tapes.....except...maketzx doesnt seem to w…
... is a simple to implement format that can represent all the same tape ... the preservation team to have tools and a tape format to allow for validating ... the data in tape images ...Help plea to HI-FI'istsI'm thinking of getting this mixer for karaoke use: [url]http://www.madboy-audio.com/en/products/mixers/blender-422[/url] Problem is this mixer has …
... m in the future is to get better mics?
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So, according to the below i must either ... the best way to connect a balanced source to an unbalanced input ...
You'll need to check your equipment manual for ... some cases you need to link the cold and ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... Unlimited 2 yet to try it out, ... have a go tonight, still trying to get ahead ... in Dead Rising 2, looking for a serious player to ... go right to the end ... but too many wee dicks playing a ...Now even Sega have been hacked[COLOR="Blue"][B][SIZE="5"]"Sega says hackers stole data of 1.29 million users[/SIZE][/B] Sega has confirmed that the personal data of 1.29 million …
... I ran a business, I might be willing to hire a hacker who ... when you email a company or even speak to the managing director ... changed the price of a bathroom suite to ?3, ordered it and received ...BORDER colours...Hi Folks, As a matter of interest, why can't the Spectrum make the BORDER colour BRIGHT? Is this just a BASIC limitation of is there are hardware r…
... , and feed it to a CGA monitor, you ... br /> To succeed, you will have to arrange a way to separate the ... a RGBTTL-to-Scart cable, the ones that are used to connect a ZX128/QL to a ... television, so that the bright component is added to ...BORDER colours...Hi Folks, As a matter of interest, why can't the Spectrum make the BORDER colour BRIGHT? Is this just a BASIC limitation of is there are hardware r…
... , and feed it to a CGA monitor, you ... br /> To succeed, you will have to arrange a way to separate the ... a RGBTTL-to-Scart cable, the ones that are used to connect a ZX128/QL to a ... television, so that the bright component is added to ...Elite Editor - attachedHi people, Ages ago I found the Elite Editor on tape. I then meant to get it dumped.. and forgot about it. Now I've made a TZX here, though.... [url…
... 's often worth TZXing a tape just to compare it against the current ... ).
If possible, create a WAV or TZX of it ...Oceans 'Melbourne Draw+' utility and MOREWas this preserved? I thought I had all my microdrives from Ocean salvaged but I don't seem to remember this being put on WOS? It's Melbourne Draw bu…
Sounds good.
Fog - thanks for the suggestion about using a CD player to dub tapes onto real tapes.Oceans 'Melbourne Draw+' utility and MOREWas this preserved? I thought I had all my microdrives from Ocean salvaged but I don't seem to remember this being put on WOS? It's Melbourne Draw bu…
... for the suggestion about using a CD player to dub tapes onto real ... /> but the deck your using to record (normally an all in ... 1) has to keep PERFECT level.. e.g ...SuperTape Version 1.2 Scheme ?Hi folks, As mentioned in another thread, I came across a tape (on-line most likely) called SuperTape Version 1.2. I think it might be a multi-plat…
... , for information, if you saved a tape out to DRB, CSW, PZX, would ... a master tape with an alkatraz or speedlock loader and wanted to save to a ... had a Tape Studio until that could process samples and allow to analyse ...RGB cableI constructed an RGB cable to my +3 as per schematic on page 14 of this document here: [URL="http://mts.speccy.cz/doc/128_rgb.pdf"]http://mts.speccy.…
Uhm... I'm not a technician and probably my question is quite silly...
...it's possible to connect a rubber Speccy to a SCART and enjoy it on the AV?
Thanks for help!RGB cableI constructed an RGB cable to my +3 as per schematic on page 14 of this document here: [URL="http://mts.speccy.cz/doc/128_rgb.pdf"]http://mts.speccy.…
... ;572829]Uhm... I'm not a technician and probably my question ... />
...it's possible to connect a rubber Speccy to a SCART and enjoy it ...FeedbackI've noticed a lack of a thread to share feedback regarding purchases or trades.. Macc - I brought four games and some parts from him to help with m…
bought a tape player off macc - just as described, friendly communication and gave a freebie!
Maybe we should have a listings section as other forums have - almost a mini evilbay - with feedback and ratings.
