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  • Can a CPU emite microwaves? And other questionsSome CPU/electrical questions for the more technical amongst us: 1. Some time back a bloke I knew, whose PC I used to repair, said that he'd read in…

    Some CPU/electrical questions for the more ... PC magazine that when a CPU reached a certain speed (I ... , does that mean that the CPU is in effect drawing more ... XBox 360 console has a CPU with three 3.2 thread ... enough to supprt a 9GHz CPU?
    ewgf ewgf January 2006 Chit chat
  • PC CPU heatsink and fans to cool down Speccy!Ah ha! I've just had an idea! taking apart some scrap PCs I decided to take the CPU heatsink and fan units off and see if I can attach them to the …

    ... I decided to take the CPU heatsink and fan units off ...
    Count Count July 2006 Hardware
  • Full throttle CPUHello, I was just wondering: do you experts know if any of the 48K games pushes the Z80 CPU to 100%? I mean, every CPU cycle is used? If so, what's t…

    Hello,
    I was just wondering: do you experts know if any of the 48K games pushes the Z80 CPU to 100%? I mean, every CPU cycle is used?
    If so, what's the game/application?

    B/R,
    Lovespider
    lovespider lovespider December 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • CPU question about various emulators for and on various machinesRight, you know how nowadays the latest CPUs seem to be dual (or more) core 2.4GHz (or whatever speed) as opposed to, say, single core 5.8GHz? Now I …

    ... or 10GHz, or 50GHz) CPU is impractical, if not impossible ... thickness limitations of the CPU's signal lines, or ... XBox itself has a 700MHz CPU. Fair enough, DOSBox ... DOSBox needs a decent CPU to emulate desirable games ... a P4-1GHz, a 2GHz CPU etc?

    ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2008 Emulators
  • CPU fanI want to buy a new CPU fan. But not sure what to buy can anyone reconmend a good cheap fan :) My cpu is Pentium 4 3.06ghz HT

    I want to buy a new CPU fan. But not sure what to buy can anyone reconmend a good cheap fan :)

    My cpu is Pentium 4 3.06ghz HT
    Countvarg Countvarg May 2008 Chit chat
  • Issue 2 Board - CPU 'Patch'I've been wondering why my issue 2 board has been kicking out this signal when powered up... [IMG]http://www.drumfu.com/ResizedDuffIssue2.jpg[/IMG] …

    ... this is symptomatic of a CPU fault.
    I've had ... evening and noticed that the 'CPU Patch' that should be present ...
    jp jp September 2008 Hardware
  • In-game music takes CPU time?If a 128k wants to have music played in-game using the AY sound chip, does that consume a lot of CPU time? What I am after is if the reason why man…

    ... that consume a lot of CPU time?

    What I ...
    Rickard Rickard October 2008 Development
  • NEC CPU - problem?I wonder if I should substitute a NEC CPU in a grey +2. Does anyone else had problems with NEC CPUs inside ZX Spectrum. Some time ago I had a Spectr…

    ... I should substitute a NEC CPU in a grey +2.
    CPU with a Zilog one the ... first try to replace the CPU (I would have to destroy ... the NEC CPU while cutting it out).
    ingo ingo February 2009 Hardware
  • How feasible is it to add a second CPU to the ZX Spectrum?Today with IDE, and USB, and TCP/IP and other wonderful technologies arriving on the ZX Spectrum, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll run out of CPU tim…

    ... we'll run out of CPU time, for handling all of ... able to write into the CPU registers AF, BC, DE, IX ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm June 2009 Hardware
  • My CPU heatsink wasn't clipped on.and my computer has been running something like 24/7 for the past something weeks., from time to time doing heavy stuff like compilation tasks and su…

    and my computer has been running something like 24/7 for the past something weeks., from time to time doing heavy stuff like compilation tasks and such.
    Can some damage have happened to my CPU? It seems to be running fine!
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm February 2010 Chit chat
  • CPU speed measure possible?Is it possible to measure the CPU speed and shows the result on a LED display? Micky

    Is it possible to measure the CPU speed and shows the result on a LED display?


    Micky
    -Micky -Micky May 2010 Hardware
  • PS3 now fully cracked and open?About a month back, a hacking group claimed that they'd discovered the PS3's 'key' algorithms, meaning that they can 'sign' any code. What this means…

    ... case, with a PC's CPU, memory, graphics card, etc), people ... they wanted without Microsoft's interferance (so that they could create ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2011 Chit chat
  • A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…

    ... />
    a 1,000 core CPU is theoretically ([B]theoretically[/B ... having a 1,000 core CPU in your PC. All that ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2011 Chit chat
  • Using a Z80 CPU in a 48K Spectrum?Will a Z80 CPU (which I have) work well enough in a 48K Spectrum to give me an indication as to whether the Z80A CPU in there is duff? Thanks for re…

    Will a Z80 CPU (which I have) work well enough in a 48K Spectrum to give me an indication as to whether the Z80A CPU in there is duff?

    Thanks for reading - weathereye.
    weathereye weathereye March 2011 Hardware
  • Is it OK for a CPU to idle at around 75??I recently found that the (nearly) fanless build I put together had an idling temperature of about 90?C! I nearly fell off my chair when I investigat…

    ... in the PSU.
    Well, CPU temperature is currently at 76 ... Gentoo Linux earlier (lots of CPU-intensive compilation) and I saw ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm August 2011 Chit chat
  • Reported CPU speedThe original 16/48K spectrum is often reported as having a CPU at 3.54MHz. While watching Micro Men this evening (see approx 00:54:50), I wondered wh…

    ... often reported as having a CPU at 3.54MHz. While watching ... slightly miss-quoting the 128K CPU speed, but I'm sure ...
    csmith csmith February 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The most powerful 8-bit machine, and CPU?Further to the discussion in: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=621787[/url] What actually is the best 8-bit ma…

    ... ] Motorola's 0.9MHz 6809E CPU, more sophisticated than the popular ... is the best 8-bit CPU, just wondering what advantages the ... is the best 8-bit CPU, both in the 80s, and ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2012 Chit chat
  • 48k+ CPU SocketThink I've bitten off more than I can chew... After the desoldering my z80 went without incident, no damaged pads, tracks etc. I expected the socket…

    ... too much fuss, replaced the CPU and hey presto... a choice ... case I destroyed the original CPU during the desoldering process, I ...
    napoleonblownaparte napoleonblownaparte June 2012 Hardware
  • Games that could be better off with a 7MHz CPUI've just reviewed Kung Fu Master for the Spectrum, as I remember it as a very poor conversion from the arcade. Then it just ocurred to me to raise t…

    ... to me to raise the CPU emulation up to 7MHz in ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix September 2012 Games
  • Video generation using a CPUWe know it is possible to generate a video signal using a CPU, and this technique was often used on low-end computers in the early 1980's (for exampl…

    ... a video signal using a CPU, and this technique was often ... is only a special-purpose CPU built with this task in ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm January 2013 Chit chat
  • Spectrum +2A/B - CPU affects loading??Hi everybody, Here's something I don't understand. A +2A came in the other day, and it was working fine, but wouldn't load some tapes. OK, thinks I…

    ...
    Tried changing the CPU with one with an iffy ...
    Tried changing the CPU with an NEC D780C as ... alignments. With the good CPU it just worked straight ...
    How can the CPU be affecting the loading this ... may just be your CPU and not your datasette ...
    Spirantho Spirantho January 2013 Hardware
  • Which type of Z80 cpu to use with ZX 48?Which type of Z80 cpu can I use with ZX 48? Only the 4 MHz cpu's or some with more MHz? Did not know if a 6 MHz cpu runs in a ZX 48 with 4 MHz. Mic…

    Which type of Z80 cpu can I use with ZX 48? Only the 4 MHz cpu's or some with more MHz? Did not know if a 6 MHz cpu runs in a ZX 48 with 4 MHz.


    Micky
    -Micky -Micky January 2013 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... new examples of this CPU type and the problem ... />
    With the new CPU and Spectranet connected, the Spectrum ... timings of some of the CPU's operations, making it ... the detection of the CPU's ROM access and ... enough. Maybe the new CPU type latches the value on ...
    Zorn Zorn June 2013 Hardware
  • Overclock the Z80 cpu to smooth out gameplay?Was thinking today of a Genesis/Megadrive mod I did a while back. It involved lifting the CLK leg on the motorola 68000 cpu (which in the MD, if I r…

    ... leg on the motorola 68000 cpu (which in the MD, if ... was handled by a Z80 cpu).

    Well, I was ...
    thomas3120 thomas3120 November 2013 Hardware
  • My attempt to restore the CPU clock signalI know Winston has already got this, but I can't see any thread with details about it. Only wanted to share my (still early) results. I'm not taking…

    ... Breakout.

    Having a CPU in-phase clock signal is ... the internal ULA and the CPU, without relying on the Y ... . The output is the restored CPU signal clock, with the same ... phase as seen by the CPU itsef, i.e, it's ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix September 2014 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... couple of switches, a z80 CPU, and a Spectrum ROM on ... the external ROM and/or CPU instead of the on-board ... really having problems with the CPU. Can anyone advice if such ...
    Graham Graham August 2015 Hardware
  • 7mhz CPU?One of the things I like about Spectaculator, is that I can zap the clock speed of the emulated CPU up. Doing so makes me wonder about why the desig…

    ... clock speed of the emulated CPU up. Doing so makes me ...
    Mysterion Mysterion November 2015 Hardware
  • Best beeper player with good trade-off between sound quality and CPU timeHi all.. I'm toying with the idea of writing a small demo/intro on the 48k Speccy. Last time I did this I cheated and used an AY add-on but this t…

    ... image renderer. I want more CPU time.. and I want better ... leave a decent whack of CPU time for me to do ...
    evilpaul evilpaul March 2016 Development
  • CPU speed controller (SLOMO) + K-MOUSE + JOYSTICK + ZX BUS EXPANSION (3x throught zx bus)Anyone is interested of this hardware ? [img]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/km2016lp3d1.jpg[/img] It's horizontal version of K-MOUSE interface(p…

    ... (ps2 mouse) with built-in cpu speed controller + joystick interface + zx ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2016 Hardware
  • Bit of fun Part Two - CPU SwapFollowing on from [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/56671/bit-of-fun-one-change-only/"]this topic[/url], I felt given the erm 'natu…

    ... and previous machines) the chosen CPU type was changed to be ... released although I suspect each CPU type (Z80 vs 6502) they ...
    spider spider February 2019 Hardware
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