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  • 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
  • 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 I ...
    csmith csmith February 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 bus ... or 8 USD
    - slomo speed controller = 4 USD
    - postage ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2016 Hardware
  • [NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0Hi everyone, Finally managed to finish it... enjoy! --- [NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0 Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs runnin…

    ... mode - up to 20x normal speed. Useful for replaying
    action ... br /> and use your PC game pads to play (up to ... too sensitive.
    Should be better now.

    o ...

    o Customisable Z80 CPU speed from 3.5MHz to 100MHz ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle January 2003 Emulators
  • Unreal Tournament 3Is anyone here looking forward to Unreal Tournament 3 on the PC/XBox 360/PS3? The original Unreal Tournament (1999) is probably my favourite PC game …

    ... through the endless delays the game seems to have suffered...
    better, but apart from the graphics ... do anything else much better than UT? Any game mode or feature ... will have more memory, more CPU speed and far more graphical hardware ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2007 Chit chat
  • Where you jealous of Commodore 64 owners?I most definitely WAS! A sad admission, I know. I knew they had me beaten when I went round to a mate's house and saw 'The Way of the Exploding Fist'…

    ... Kingdom Dizzy and the Arcade game.

    The Dizzy ... drawbacks. Sometimes software sprites are better in certain situations. But just ... it will still have more CPU speed available to it than the ... on the C64 with its CPU speed would be a nightmare.
    Sadako Sadako March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Impressed With SpectaculatorSpectaculator is an excellent emulator! Definitely worth buying. In the past I have used RealSpectrum to access my real Plus D disks. After the next…

    ... able to adjust the CPU speed by percentage would increase ... the game inpossible to play.
    Spectaculator can increase the CPU speed, ... make those 256 colors game even better...
    One more ... emulators with double or triple CPU speed ? It would be ...
    Arm73 Arm73 April 2004 Emulators
  • Some thoughts about emulationWhile discussing about 'real tape loaders' I just thinked about wat is total emulation (most complete, perfect). Some authors prefer for example loa…

    ... is that we need some better supporting software, probably more than ... be able to load a game.

    It can also ... realism you add, the more CPU speed you will require. The current ... through will require far more CPU time than emulating a simple ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2005 Emulators
  • MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…

    ... lean, leaving more time for game/menu code to run. Then ... the +2A and +3. The CPU speed is the main problem though ... particularly care about the running speed, or how it looks on ... the SAM hardware (slightly faster CPU, better graphics and sound). I draw ...
    obo obo May 2006 Emulators
  • MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…

    ... the +2A and +3. The CPU speed is the main problem though ... particularly care about the running speed, or how it looks on ... the SAM hardware (slightly faster CPU, better graphics and sound). I draw ... the thing to keep the game logic and rewriting the screen ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Emulators
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... a strong version of basic (better that anything offered by Commodore ... [quote]
    The TS2068 was better than any Speccy but it ... disagree :-) Video game hw is a substitute for cpu speed. It just so ... happens that the Spectrum's cpu ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • More general questionsJust some more things that I wonder when I can't sleep... 1. What's the highest score anyone's ever achived when playing snooker? I mean, yes there…

    ... the user complaining that the game runs too slow (on a ... minimum specifications but got the CPU speed confused with the RAM needed ... /> New Doctor Who is much better than old. I was worried ...
    dekh dekh March 2007 Chit chat
  • another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)

    ... could have been so much better! What a waste of a ... has clearly never written a game for either machine and so ... colour, CPU speed, memory or sound, it's about [I]the game...[/I ... , it's all about the game.

    Just my 2p ...
    csmith csmith January 2008 Games
  • what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…

    ... BBC Micro though, so CPU speed is probably more of a ... collision detection? are sprites better for this sort of ... (vertical and horizontal?) are better on the C64 including paralax ... games, the only NES game I can think of ... with it's late game Dragon and the whole ...
    Matt_B Matt_B November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZXSpin 0.7 public testingOk, now that the private testing phase is over, I need to get more people testing ZXSpin 0.7 I am not terribly interested in emulation problems, bec…

    ... do any inputs only after game-frame graphics is done, so ... ill effects. Even better, let's allow extra CPU cycles in empty ... -frames only, in this case "CPU speed" defines upper limit rather than ... actual speed and should work with any game.

    TVzombie TVzombie November 2009 Emulators
  • Games that looked better on the Spectrum than other platforms?Usually when a hit game was converted from the Spectrum it got a graphical update, or at least a splash of colour. Now does anyone remember a game t…

    ... , well down to the cpu speed / how the screen is ... I still think a newer better version could be done.. ... , powerdrift.. driving.. BUT fast game engine.

    It ... ,rather than a colourful game map , and char by ... Bill Hogue's atari game miner 2049er ;) so ...
    fog fog August 2010 Games
  • How can I play emulator on my TV via computer?I have a Sony Bravia HD TV and a reasonable ADVENT laptop (both under a year old). What is the best way for me to see my spectrum emulator on the bi…

    ... cheap netbook is far better than getting an X- ... of the performance just doing CPU emulation.[/QUOTE]

    speed (and that is fully ... the 360's increased CPU speed would make DOSBox faster?< ... you try a new game before you updated the ...
    ewgf ewgf October 2010 Chit chat
  • Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …

    ... reduce the area the actual game runs in. Most games do ... , a direct way (outside the game loop) would have you write ... , but advanced coders can use better tricks and memory saving methods ... on a system bounded by cpu speed. However to call it a ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2010 Development
  • New Game: Cray 5 from Retroworks.It was presented on RetroEncounter meeting last saturday, and now it's released, check it here: [url]http://www.retroworks.es/php/game_en.php?id=9[/…

    ... " for +3 that has different CPU speed form standard Spectrum, and to ... were sold... I mean that game could be easily done using ... version... and this kind of game could easily fit into 48000 ... are more powerful and have better posibilities.
    Ivanzx Ivanzx April 2011 Brand new software
  • New Game: Cray 5 from Retroworks.It was presented on RetroEncounter meeting last saturday, and now it's released, check it here: [url]http://www.retroworks.es/php/game_en.php?id=9[/…

    ... " for +3 that has different CPU speed form standard Spectrum, and to ... they made a great 128K game, then it's still fantastic ... to code.
    It's better to have a good 128K ... mean to re-write entire game.
    Yerzmyey Yerzmyey April 2011 Brand new software
  • New Game: Cray 5 from Retroworks.It was presented on RetroEncounter meeting last saturday, and now it's released, check it here: [url]http://www.retroworks.es/php/game_en.php?id=9[/…

    ... +3 that has different CPU speed form standard Spectrum, and to ... the context of this game (from a quick glance ... ).

    The game itself puts quite a lot ... could [b]this[/b] game have been made for 48K ... beyond that, I feel better this way than making stuff ...
    utopian utopian April 2011 Brand new software
  • ZXDS 0.9.3 beta 1Hello, Today it's exactly five years since the [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz"]ZXDS[/URL] has come to life on my DS. To celebrate this anniversary, I h…

    ... , in context of ZXDS, the CPU speed would be the only noticeable ... are not always for the better either. All this also means ... features. I play the odd game like Scrabble, Tetris but these ... the emulation at full DSi speed whilst maintaining the accuracy of ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman March 2012 Emulators
  • Has any one tried ZX Spectrum 4.net?In this week's Micromart, the Specccy emulator [I]ZX Spectrum 4.net[/I] is given a rave review, and it does sound really good. Has anyone tried it ye…

    ... search WOS and download any game (that's not denied) and ... />
    X128 allows you to speed up the emulated Z80 without ... having better frame rates and no slowdown yet without the game's ... to EMULATION > CPU SPEED, the default real Spectrum speed is 3.5MHz ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2012 Emulators
  • Fantasy Z80 instructions?This follows on from something catmeows said in another thread, and that I've been meaning to ask for a while. This may sound daft to people with mo…

    ... be a very low cost cpu and that was its main ... also tied the cpu speed to the available memory speed which was no ... that most cases there are better ways to do things.
    game boy z80 did this.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2013 Development
  • What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…

    ... points with machines equal or better than the Speccy. Oric, ... educational machine. It was a game machine with a keyboard, as ... accidentally had enough of a cpu speed to display file size ratio ... was the availability of the game software that kept the spectrum ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2014 Games
  • Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…

    ... that manifests in the game depends on the game (see Turrican - ... increased colour resolution. The cpu speed to display file size ratio ... the C64 game hw allowed games to be noticeably better to ... does not automatically make a better game machine. You need to ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …

    ... any better.. ;)
    [/quote]

    How much would the Donkey Game ... the other and get a better visual experience. A high colour ... have come up that produce better music in the right hands ... it's not increasing the cpu speed or introducing hw (until later ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2014 Games
  • ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next

    ... nothing about. I think that better conveys my thought :)
    < ... why some colouring efforts are better than others. To get ... of ula+ requires writing a game from scratch.

    ... the burden off the cpu [/quote]
    CPU speed has nothing to do ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum vs C64 faked sales figuresOn ITV's 'the Chase' 29th January 2018, there has been another speccy reference. I missed it live so have just downloaded and checked it. The ques…

    ... the US and had much better retail presence, in the early ... machines were designed as home game systems primarily and they filled ... video game hw at all but had a sweet spot between cpu speed ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2018 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…

    ... s UI suggestions.
    Added CPU speed options - Anyone for a 100mhz ... Not perfect, but a lot better.
    Added and option to ... synchronise the
    emulation speed, rather than relying on DirectSound ... might fix some people's speed problems.
    Added Disk ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2002 Emulators
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