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Has anyone tried to upgrade a Fuller Box to a Fuller Master Unit?I've had a look inside my Fuller Box and there is a 28-pin socket inside, just the right size for a SP0256-AL2 speech chip. But there is another set…
... Fuller Box and there is a 28-pin socket inside, just ... the right size for a SP0256-AL2 speech chip.
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BBC Micro from 2012 (almost)I just replaced the Raspberry Pi (the original one I had was stolen...grrr) with one of the new v2 boards. RiscOS has just been made available for th…
... br /> * Can be connected straight to a standard TV set.
* Has ... video to a standard TV set (mainly because I don't have a monitor ... indeed you can hit F12 to get a full screen Task window ... furrin' lanugage - I posted this to zonadepruebas.com first)
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Grey +2 Composite mod questionI did a composite mod, taking the composite from the RGB connector and connecting it to a phono out on a seperate pcb I knocked up. Picture is good i…
... a composite mod, taking the composite from the RGB connector and connecting ... it to a phono out on a seperate pcb I ... capacitor do I need to remove to decouple the sound carrier? ... Can't seem to find any info when I ... -
Zero 0.5 ReleasedAfter a bit of a hiatus, the next update of Zero is now available [URL="www.ramtop.wordpress.com"]here[/URL]. Feedback and bug-reports appreciated! …
... SZX.
+ Monitor now supports Go To address. Clicking on the ... a GO TO that address.(CCowley, Obo and others)
+ Monitor ... Reset option, which is equivalent to a hard reset.
* ... breakpoint window in Monitor. Added options to break on interrupt ... -
Spectrum +3 to Joytech PS2 8" LcdHi, I?m making some cables so I can connect my old computers to a Joytech PS2 8" Lcd. Starting with my Spectrum +3 I made a RGB and a composite cab…
... can connect my old computers to a Joytech PS2 8" Lcd. ... Spectrum +3 I made a RGB and a composite cables.
I connected a Spectrum 48K by composite signal ...
Also connected a malfunction +2 by Rgb made ... could cause and how to clear the garbage lines ... -
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…
... for an RF connection to the TV/monitor?[/QUOTE]
Also ... , this question has probably been asked a ... spectrum (+3 in my case) to a modern flat-screen TV via ... . I have tried it on a modern CRT TV, and the ... -
couriers that damage stuff then don't pay outjust had a "fun" week with parcel2go.. and them waiting for to pay out for a monitor (cpc+ ) that they dropped.. it's apparently a prohibited item.. …
... and them waiting for to pay out for a monitor (cpc+ ) that ... they dropped.. it's apparently a prohibited ... need powering from a monitor (unless you get a new kit+scart ... />
I bought a monitor off a WOSser a day earlier and it ... -
maximum addressable RAM for a Z80 using bank switching?What is the maximum addressable RAM for a Z80 using bank switching? The Enterprise64 home computer could address up to 4MB, is this the limit for a …
... up to 4MB, is this the limit for a Z80?< ... scheme allows the memory to be expanded to a maximum of 4 ... address space can be mapped to any of these sections. ... pages (2 to 5) are reserved for a ROM cartridge ( ... is mapped on pages 248 to 251. The remaining memory ... -
Killing a Speccy with sound. :(Is it possible to do damage to a Speccy by Loading in a game too loud? I only ask as... that's what I appear to have done, on two different Speccys…
Is it possible to do damage to a Speccy by Loading in a game too loud?
I only ask as... that's what I appear to have done, on two different Speccys. After a while they seem to recover though. :S -
"Attribute embosing" on Pentagon 128I'm still in the progress of build my 2 Pentagon 128 machines and everything seems to be sorted out by now :) Except for 1 more or less minor issue. …
... 128 machines and everything seems to be sorted out by ... line being darker) ... this seems to apply ordinary character based graphics ... pattern it happens on seems to be random (no obvious ... cause this?
Connecting the pins right to a scart plug as well ... -
Importing binary data to paged memoryI really could use some hint :) Many emulator have a feature - open/ import binary. I select the file, give starting adress and voila ! But most of…
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Many emulator have a feature - open/ import binary. I ... and I need to write my file to a page which is ... emulators and only Spin seemed to have something similar:
... be a bug?
Any advice - how to do ... other emulator capable to do it? -
Circumspect - A Spectrum Emulator for learningThis is a project that I have been playing around with for a while. It must be said, I tend to have problems getting things finished where hobbies a…
... or the inclination to do so. Whilst chatting to a colleague about it ... he suggested that it was more to ... would actually work, I decided to have a go. (This is how ... working, moving on to the z80, writing a debugger and test suite ... -
Raising to the powerA curiosity of ZX Basic I found yesterday is that you can't do this: [code] 10 LET x=-3 20 LET y=x^2 [/code] While you can for example do LET y=-3^…
... saw an explanation as to why BASIC is ... you're raising to as a floating point number ... real solution to a negative number raised to a non integer ... power. But no explanation on the best way to ... power will always have a positive result. However ... -
Spectranet: Basic extension to get directory listingThis is a short basic extension for the spectranet to assign a directory listing to a basic variable. No more screen scrapping required! It could be…
... extension for the spectranet to assign a directory listing to a basic variable. No ... It will also set handle to a new value if there is ... could enlighten me as to how to return a value from these ... created so you could assign to a variable of your choice, please ... -
Getting a few errors in CPCDiskXPHello, I found some pretty cool compilations someone did (13 or so). They added about 14 games in one .DSK file per compilation. I gues I'll start o…
... way is the best to convert a .DSK file to a .scr, .bas, ... With CPCDiskXP, with a floppy hooked up to my computer I can ... I can also format to 720k or 800k using the ... utility.
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Issue 3 board... How to resurrect?Dear Everyone, Now I have a working 48k Issue 3, a sort of working Speccy+ (still having problems with the keyboard, more of that in another post) a…
... I've started turning to getting my expanding collection ... of non-runners back to life. This has started ... key, but was upgraded to a 48k+ in 1984, and ... When the spectrum is connected to a TV, I get colour ... am reasonably happy to give most things a try...
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Any Games Require a Joystick?Noob question time: Are there any Speccy games that require a joystick? I looked through the archive but couldn't find any filters alluding to a re…
... any Speccy games that require a joystick? I looked through the ... 't find any filters alluding to a relevant search. Does that mean ... -
Desert Island Tapes.Don't know if this has been done before but here goes anyway. *Edit* Oh yes it has, but really that thread should be renamed Desert Island Tape.*/Edi…
... you were to be sent to a desert island with a 128K +, monitor, kempston interface ... , Joystick a tape deck ... -
New CPU and Spectranet oddity.I have no reason to suspect this problem is due to a fault/poor design of the Spectranet, but understanding what it does at system initialisation may…
... this problem is due to a fault/poor design of ... Sometimes the Spectranet will begin to initialise; the screen goes ... will almost always begin to initialise and sometimes complete ... create this situation by temporarily connecting a 20pF or so capacitor ... -
Shifting the UDG pointer from a MC loop...I have got myself in a bit of a mess again, I am trying to write a machine code subroutine that shifts the udg pointer (23675) up 64 places then shif…
... a bit of a mess again, I am trying to write a ... loop of the game, basically to create an animation.
... but I want to be able to adapt the routine so ... change the udg pointer to a higher address later in ... I need the udg pointer to point towards 50000, 50128, ... -
Advice please. New tablet or a netbook/laptop.Right, most of you know I have to have dialysis 3 times a week at my local hospital. Since my unit got a wi-fi connection, I've bee bringing in an An…
... know I have to have dialysis 3 times a week at my ... I bought on eBay thanks to a recomendation on here. 55 quid ... as to buying a more reliable tablet (it'll need to be a 7 ... " in order to fit my keyboard ... -
Video OutputHi, I've just got back into the Speccy via emulators and now a Spectrum+ I've converted mine to composite output and am now wondering if anyone has …
... Speccy via emulators and now a Spectrum+
I've ... converted mine to composite output and am now ... tried one of the composite to VGA adapters on Amazon.
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The most convincing humans in gamesI'm currently replaying Dishonoured again, and good though it is, I'm still annoyed by how it fails to live up to the promises. One thing in particul…
... by how it fails to live up to the promises. One ... they don't deliberately walk to a destination building, go in, come ... not expect current machines to be able to simulate convincing lives for ... every sixty seconds at the connecting end of their respective patrol ... -
probably a stupid question...I know very litle of jpg resolutions, but I found a picture online that I want to print in to a poster, but I have no idea if the resolution will all…
... online that I want to print in to a poster, but I have ... size I can convert it to...
so, the size ... think I'll be able to print a good A4 size with ... -
About putting some great sound to a great game?Like R-type....I really think it misses a lot without proper sound and fx...
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UK proposals to block porn sitesEdited I just listened to a guy online talk about the ramifications of this...I mean breaking down some of the concerns there are several things of …
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I just listened to a guy online talk about the ... ?...inconvenience of making a mistake and forgeting to uncheck the "default ... blocking" seems more less a concern ... , but is it not simpler to have ... -
Converting my old programs from tape to TZX or the likeApologies up front for this noob question which I'm sure will have been answered many times before. I have lots of BASIC programs I wrote as a kid …
... still lhey load from a tape recorder to a real Spectrum, but I ... would now like to get those ... net on converting TZX to wavs for loading to a real Spectrum, but ... capturing from tape and converting to TZX.
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PowerSlave's Sinclair/Timex collectionNow that I cataloged all the items I have, it's time to show them :) Between bought and offered, my collection items are: - Sinclair Spectrum 128k…
... a green monitor and the store modded the spectrum to allow the connection to ... the monitor. Don't ... to take the motherboard to check what I think its a ... /> Observations: sometimes boot to the copyright message and allows ... -
Tape handling on a +3I'm seeing some strange behaviour when loading a basic program from the Loader option of a +3. I'm currently using the fuse emulator (I don't have an…
... strange behaviour when loading a basic program from the ... don't have anything else to hand, and my +3 ... />
then save it to a .tap file using:
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Popular Computing Weekly magazines from 1987, free to a good archivistI have some old issues of Popular Computing Weekly from 1987, including the following issues which aren't in [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/…
... have the time or hardware to scan them in, but I ... 'd happily send them to anyone who does. Any takers ...
