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A 30th Anniversary ProjectHappy new year (belatedly...) So with the 30th anniversary approaching, I've decided to do a hardware project to celebrate it. Something hands-on (o…
... approaching, I've decided to do a hardware project to celebrate it. Something ... is run through a low pass filter to create a voltage, which ... then passes through a low pass filter to make a voltage. The ... small, so they are amplified to a useful range by an op ... -
Grey +2 video output and oddities.I've been experimenting with one of the above that I acquired years ago, but had just been buried at the back of a cupboard. I've connected it up to…
... 've connected it up to a Commodore 1084S monitor. As an aside, ... the monitor to analogue RGB mode and the result was a picture ... creates a tri-level RGB output and seems to cause my monitor to ... s up to the monitor to decide how to display the colours for a TTL ... -
Remember when all we had was a Speccy?Just a quick rant. I'm now 37. Back in the day, when "all we had" was a speccy with 48KB, tape loading, Lego, waiting a whole week to watch A-Team/A…
... loading, Lego, waiting a whole week to watch A-Team/Airwolf/Magnum P ... to rewind a tape before being able to listen to a song and spending forever to ... forward some bit more to find a song on a tape.
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ISR's in lower ram, a.k.a. the snow effect - did any game or demo ever use this?Hi all I've been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real life for a while now so today I wrote a quick IM 2 ISR in lower ram to wi…
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I've been curious to see what the 'snow effect ... 2 ISR in lower ram to witness it firsthand. Pretty ... of it before then to see the corruption dancing ... s a couple of pics and a link to a vid I made to ... apologies for any references to the The Matrix but it ... -
How faithful are you to Sinclair computers?Are you 100% faithful to Sinclair computers or do you divide your attention across multiple retro computers and consoles? I never had anything besid…
... you 100% faithful to Sinclair computers or ... computers and consoles decided to become retro fans of ... if they're dedicated to all their old computers ... consoles equally, or dedicated to everything retro even if ... attached to those machines as they do to a Spectrum.< ... -
A question for web-designers/codersRight. This began as a wee joke, and has slowly escalated into me plumbing the depths of the internet. I wanted to implement the "Konami code" somew…
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I wanted to implement the "Konami code" somewhere ... , would lead the typer to a web-page. I thought ... it was for, link it to a form, and...ah. Yes ... Searching for "passwords" tends to lead to website protection code, way ... -
2x Spectrums + Games need a good home!Hi, many happy hours of my childhood spent (wasted!) playing these games and typing in code from 'Sinclair User' magazine (great days!). Would love t…
... ' magazine (great days!). Would love to keep these but no time ... so better that they go to a good home!
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The smell of a brand new ZX SpectrumThis may be the weirdest question I've asked here... Most of you probably remember the day you opened the polyestirene case to reveal your brand new…
... opened the polyestirene case to reveal your brand ... these memories are related to a particular smell. That's ... I was opening a ZX81, and to do that, I ... removed the rubber feet to remove the screws underneath. ... Sinclair used to glue the face plate to the keyboard, ... -
Transition from porridge to muesli..All this talk of stew etc makes me think of the morning ritual ([I]no not that one[/I]). What day of the year does everyone go from a hot to a cold …
All this talk of stew etc makes me think of the morning ritual ([I]no not that one[/I]).
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Preferred method for transferring .TZX files to Sinclair SpectrumHi, I just purchased a Spectrum +3 from Ebay and thought I would look at the utilities for transferring from .TZX files to a real Spectrum. Many of…
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I just purchased a Spectrum +3 from Ebay and ... for transferring from .TZX files to a real Spectrum. Many of the ... how do I transfer a .TZX file to the CF2 3" Disks ... -
How do you open a port for a game?Hello all I am trying to get a game running via multiplayer.It doesn't want to let me do this and the customer support has told me to open your port…
... br /> I am trying to get a game running via multiplayer.It ... doesn't want to ... support has told me to open your ports for ... following ports will need to be open in your ... settings but i have come to a shuddering halt!.
Pud Pud loader. a Joffa homage/memoriamcoming up on 2 years now since his death. I was inspired by something I read on this forum to do this screen as an homage/in memoriam to a guy you a…
... as an homage/in memoriam to a guy you all respected.
to redress the balance.
Overflow Detection while Scanning a Number from a StringI've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit long. It's C's strtol if it helps to…
... that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit ... zeroes. So adding a number from 0 to 2^n-1 cannot ... my brain seems a bit soft so over to you.
Edit: It amounts to proving this:
Let ...PSU UK 1400 to EU 2-pinI just received a UK 1400 power supply for the ZX Spectrum+ model. It comes without the 3-pin wall plug, just the lead. I expected to find three wire…
I just received a UK 1400 power supply for ... , just the lead. I expected to find three wires inside the ... are only two wires - a blue and a brown. I'm in ... Finland where we use a 2-pin plug so I ... it's safe to connect those two wires to a 2-pin European ...Open and read a file using +3DOS in MCForgive me if this has been asked and answered before, I've spent a fair few hours searching the forums and looking for books on the subject, all wit…
... someone ends up linking to a Your Spectrum article where ... they tell you how to do it, I'll ... trying to write the minimal code to open and read a ...
Has anyone managed to do this successfully? I've ... case insensitive) by putting a breakpoint at DOS OPEN and ...Repairing a Disciple disk interface - info for othersJust posted this [URL="www.benophetinternet.nl/hobby"]on my weblog[/URL], but I think it's also interesting to put here. This week I did some work o…
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I immediately suspected a PAL chip to be the problem.
a GAL to PAL translator.
This ... line utility will convert a PAL jedec file to a GAL jedec file ... PAL20L8 files, and tried to program a GAL20V8 chip with the new ...Korea to ban virtual (i.e. in game) item trading"[COLOR="SeaGreen"]Starting next month, South Korea will ban in-game item trades in videogames, according to a recent article on the Korean Times. …
... item trades in videogames, according to a recent article on the Korean ... . The ban is meant to target the use of bots ... COLOR]"
Imagine going to prison for something like that ... have any criminals more important to pursue than virtual 'gold miners ...A small thoughtexperiment.Hi. Let's say that i have a 48K Issue 3b spectrum, and i want to be able to disable the top 32K ram from an external interface. This interface would…
... a 48K Issue 3b spectrum, and i want to be able to ... using a couple of diodes at each pin to make some ...
The plan is to "cut" CAS and WRITE and ... the spectrum should revert to a normal 48K when the ...
Link to Issue 3b schematics... [url]ftp ...What is the best way to detect CAPS LOCK?Hi Folks, Not sure what the correct behaviour is here as I do not have access to a real Spectrum. Under BASin, when you press CAPS LOCK on the PC k…
... I do not have access to a real Spectrum.
Under ... PRINT AT 0,0; a,,
120 GO TO 100[/CODE]
a second press does not seem to register anything. If ... I then press a third time ...Found a bunch of Danish MIA tapesI recently got a lot of Danish ZX Spectrum tapes, most of them are MIA. I have tried for a couple of hours to create a TZX file from one of them. Wit…
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Here is a link to the VOC file (One of ... I'm a complete noob with respect to TZX'ing any ... />
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Here is a link to a picture of most of the ...Interview with Steve Wetherill (Odin)Hi you all!!! Here is the interview done to STEVE WETHERILL (Nodes of Yesod, Robin of The Wood, Arc of Yesod, Heartland... ?Odin!) and published at […
... time. It?s a pleasure to have the opportunity to interview you.
to a friend of mine. He had ... we used a nifty little monitor/disassembler that Derrick had written to reverse ...WAV to TZX conversion.I didn?t shut the lid on my cassette player properly and it?s mangled my UnderWurlde up :oops: Thankfully, I had created a WAV of it and by chance t…
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Thankfully, I had created a WAV of it and by ...
The WAV is a stereo 44100 HZ, 1411 kbps ... />
I?d love to convert this to a TZX, (I?m on ... I can convert this WAV to a TZX?Asking a friend for a jobI just send a e-mail to an old friend (I used to work with him, but we haven't kept in touch much over the past 6 years) asking for a job. Second ti…
... send a e-mail to an old friend (I used to work with ... past 6 years) asking for a job.
Second time ... "having to give a job to a friend". also it was strange to send a less ... guys ever asked for jobs to friends & relatives? any changes ...Some more PC questions1. Since we ended up discussing Linux in another thread, it made me wonder is Linux really, objectively faster than Windows? I mean, can you run, say…
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3. Accoriding to a post about the game Cryostasis ... , it says that a good way to achieve AA without using ... your monitor supports it, else resort to 1280x800. If you set a ... resolution other than your monitor' ...Spectrum 128K (toast Rack) displaying white as yellow issueHi, I have a chance to buy a Spectrum 128 (toast rack) model which the owner says is working fine except that when it is hooked up to a Amstrad Moni…
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I have a chance to buy a Spectrum 128 (toast rack ... when it is hooked up to a Amstrad Monitor that comes with it ... /> Is it likely to be a problem with the monitor or the Spectrums ... as he doesn't own a CRT TV anymore he can ...Apple suing a grocery store..."[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"]Tech Giant and a Small Online Grocery Store[/SIZE] Don?t worry. You read that title right. According to Polish website Tel…
... read that title right. According to Polish website Telepolis, Apple is ... away from the search results to apple.com. Really Apple? ... ]"
I want to add a comment of my own here ... . We really are moving to a time when a few really enormous businesses ...Ever have one of those nights...or days everything seems to be against you, even physics. I go home late after having a extremely busy, but somewhat less productive than usual day …
... productive than usual day with a plan to work from home.
to work on (yes a specific one that has ... missing the thunderbolt cable to connect it to my monitor, the one that ... . Eventually found a screw driver, so use a screw driver to help remove ...A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…
... goes on for a bit; you might want to get a cup of ... tea and a biscuit first.)< ... used in the last reference to a function remain available for reference ... storing mazes (Feb)
* Poking a string to memory... (Mar)
* Keyboard ...Spectrum 128K & Philips CM8833Hello to everybody, My Philips CM8833 is one of my favourite monitors of all time, as it accepts connections from anything I can think of with the e…
... connection with the monitor returns the Vsync amplitude to 5V. This, at ... combined and brought through a 10 uF capacitor to a NPN base, so ... it does not seem that a 2 ... , don't tell me to build a Fruitcake SCART cable, the tried ...Migration to NemoBus ideology[B][U]Migration to NemoBus ideology.[/U][/B] Unfortunately all modern western hardware design is based on an outdated ideology bus, which was establ…
... ideology substantially limits the freedom to choose the address input- ... these problems. Solution is to use the ideology of bus ... design. These circuit solutions allow to a large extent solve the problem ... the I/O ports. Thus, to a large extent will be removed ...
