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+2B, installing joystick to internal port (via Atari adapter) kills keyboard totallyHello all. I'm once more a speccy owner, after something like 30 years xD Anyway, bought 128+2b from ebay. Works fine, except for the built-in joyst…
... controllers with it's Kempston port and they worked just fine ... -
USB Portable Hard Drive Poor Reliability is my Experience (Mechanical not SSD)Dear WOSers, I am writing this post because yesterday I had a horrible day at work. My USB portable hard drive failed on me an…
... to present some work I'd prepared the day before) It ... the USB cable, wiggled the port on the back of the ... -
Remakes PageWill the page that provides links to sites which provide PC remakes of Spectrum games return? I can remember it was starting to get a bit cluttere…
Will the page that provides links to sites which provide PC remakes of Spectrum games return?
I can remember it was starting to get a bit cluttered with broken/dead links so I hope that if it does return then it will have been cleaned up. -
1986 Best Loading Screen: from D to F.Vote, vote, vote your top five among these delightful loading screens from 1986, this round is from D to F, yes, F again because it occured to me tha…
... /pub/sinclair/screens/load/d/gif/DanDare-PilotOfTheFuture.gif ... /pub/sinclair/screens/load/d/gif/DemonFromTheDarkside.gif[/img ... /pub/sinclair/screens/load/d/gif/DraculaPart1-TheFirstNight.gif[/ ... /pub/sinclair/screens/load/d/gif/DundeesEuropeanChallenge.gif[/img]< ... -
Noob's guide to joysticksWhy on earth would I be asking this *now*, I hear you all scream? The answer... curiosity. Back in the day all I ever had was a +2 and Sinclair's …
... worked on the +2 - I'd assume it was the same ... the numbers 6-0 on port 1 and 1-5 ... attempted to program one!) I'd further assume that in BASIC ... search here shows something about "port 127". Does this mean a ... Atari joystick into the Sinclair port on a +2)?
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Mobile Broadband - need temporary RJ45:) Just after a bit of advice. OK so at the moment I use my desktop PC with an O2 mobile broadband USB dongle. It works quite well*** as I'm a low…
... . It has a usual ethernet port. This was fine when I ... to connect my desktop network port to the Youview box.
port.
Thanks for any ... -
Live and learn and be thankful for the opportunityOver at the SpecNext Facebook page there's a video from Kim - forget the last name - about the covertape wars which is yet another facet of Speccy lo…
Over at the SpecNext Facebook page there's a video from ... UK in 1984. If I'd stayed the magazines would have ... -
SCENE+ Disk Magazine : Plus D Version nearly finishedNew SCENE+ issue has been released on MB02 two months ago. However, it is easy to convert games and demos to MB02, the more difficult step is to do t…
... step is to do the +D Version. This job is now ... running on my setup with +D emulation (Fuse Emulator, I have ... no real +D)?
http://www.pouet.net ... -
Arcade DERBY port....Pleeease ! [img]http://www.ukvac.com/forum/uploads/212/derby.jpg[/img] My spectrum did a fair job at recreating my trips to the seaside arcade …
... is one thrill that a port would never be able to ... -
Emulating transfersI've been studying some games saved with transfers, and I'm surprised that almost no emulators have included those interfaces. This is my (incomplete…
... to be unavailable.
- Disciple/+D: Can't transfer to tape ... =http://hardware.speccy.org/]this page[/url] has preserved instructions, ... behaviour of some interfaces that page ROM only when NMI).
page their own ROM (they use ... -
Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... :
3, 8, E, I, D, X, K, M.
However ... is 8 on port 1 and 3 on port 2.
It ... due to the non-working D key). I found a working ... it's loose, which I'd assume it shouldn't be ... -
WoS home page errorsSome of the "Co-maintainer" and "Associate" links on the WoS home page no longer work: Andy's ZX Spectrum Pages (http://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~s…
Using a Mayflash MD USB Adapter with Spectaculator on Windows 10Using a Mayflash MD USB Adapter with Spectaculator on Windows 10 First, plug the Mayflash MD USB Adapter into a USB port and let Windows do it's t…
... USB Adapter into a USB port and let Windows do it ... 9 pin D connector joystick into the left hand port on the ...Free giveaway and great little spectrum blog and FB page.Found this great little facebook page with their own blog, its pretty good too. Edit - Apologies, that site is banned on WoS, as is anything to do…
Found this great little facebook page with their own blog, its pretty good too.
Edit - Apologies, that site is banned on WoS, as is anything to do with George Cropper. LFUnderstanding tape edgesI've never done any tape reading code. But I've read about these "edges" on multiple occasions. Trouble is I don't understand what they heck they are…
... (bit 6 reading the fffe port). It can only be one ... looked as 1 bit A/D. But it is not what ... we commonly understand as A/D.
2) So ... br />
4) Is EAR port always reading? I.e. does ... you just start reading the port?
5) How ...Tapes 85-88Hello! I am hoping this will be of interest to some of you. I've recently rescued everything I could from cassettes that have been sat in my loft …
... of our games and weíd port one of theirs as cross ... , it was to be a port of the near completed Amiga ... when they saw what we'd written they were quite staggeringly ...Multiple Simultaneous Keypresses and PC KeyboardsAn issue was brought to my attention that a short test program that detects whether the QAOP,space keys are pressed was not behaving as expected. …
... by a direct read of port $XXFE and the result ANDed ... : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWNXFCejdZaUhJZDg/view?usp=sharing
How much can you get into 48k?Todays experiment was to see how long, how much text, a PRINT statement will hold. I filled it up with * and counted them and got 689 chrs. Almost 22…
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So I thought I'd ask in case anyone knows ... a comic book sort of page?
Can you make ...New Windows Spectrum Emulator: CSpect V0.2 ZXSpectrum emulator by Mike DaillyNew Windows Spectrum Emulator: CSpect V0.2 ZXSpectrum emulator by Mike Dailly (Found on SpecNext Facebook-Page) Info and Download (=klick "CSpe…
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(Found on SpecNext Facebook-Page)
Info and ... bar down
PageUp - Page disassembly window up
... Layer 2 access
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port $123b
bit 0 = WRITE ... access goes to selected VRAM page
bit 1 = ...Thinking about my gameAnother long post, I'm afraid. Somewhere on this Forum is a short chunk of text I put up as a sample of what I'd like to turn into a text adventu…
... least that was what he'd overheard two delivery boys ... of them airyplanes, I'd swear to it. I ... obsession about flying. He'd designed and built a succession ... why mention it? Also I'd like the optional decisions to ... lame - now turn to Page 23 - sort of format.New Game: Left Behind[img]http://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/loader.png[/img][img]http://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/ingame.png[/img] …
... 's made using P.G.D though I hacked it to ... but manageable.
Info page:
http://spectrumcomputing.co.uk ...Power Play Joystick InterfacePower Play Joystick Interface for the ZX Spectrum. This is a Kempston compatible interface. Address decoding Any IO address where A5 is low... …
... A5 is low...
Note port will respond to a write ... be high.
Normally use port 1F hex = 31 dec = 00011111 ... socket is a 9 pin D plug.
[code]Pin 1 ...Terrapins - hello and thankyou!Hi everyone - this is my first post, I hope it's in the right place. I was away from the Spectrum scene for many years but 2017 is my comeback year, …
... back.
If you'd like to try Terrapins for ... me on the AGD Facebook page where I am a regular ...Need help from people with a +2A/+3Started a topic [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55141/need-help-from-people-with-a-2a-3"]here[/url] to get a broader reach, b…
... , I’m doing a simple port scan (port 4093) and see if ... correct, I’d like to simply use a different port number for ... could help me out, I’d really appreciate it.Abu Sinver Propagation - New game from ErrazkingHi all, The well known developer in the C64 scene Igor Errazking has released a new Spectrum game made with 3D Game Maker, but!! the tool has bee…
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Here is the page (in Spanish)
http ... /contenido.php?id=1704&d=¡Nuevo!-Abu-SinverPropagation-(Errazking)
Interface 1 Network socketsI was just wondering if there was any practical use for these via connection to a PC, possibly either audio (I've not looked into what the output/inp…
... net' to a PC serial port.
Any thoughts / links ... for the curious aka: Me. :DChibi Akumas - Spectrum Port Planned!I'm planning to port my CPC game, Chibi Akumas to the ZX Spectrum! I will be targeting the 128k disk based systems - as this will be the best (and mo…
I'm planning to port my CPC game, Chibi Akumas ... to be simultaneously trying to port to the game the MSX2 ...zx Spectrum repairHi, First post! My son gave me hi old none working Spectrum, so I thought I'd try to get it working, or throw it away. The RV showed the start page…
... Spectrum, so I thought I'd try to get it working ... /> The RV showed the start page, but some of the key ...Fairlight 128K's horrible music (and doing something about it?)Hopefully everyone here is familiar with the quite marvellous theme tune from the 48K version of Fairlight - borrowed from Wizardry on the Bread Bin …
... least, which is how I'd imagined Fairlight should have been ... favourite Doom II source port (GZDoom, I'd say) and run nuts2 ...Advanced Coat Getting SimulatorI thought I'd share a stupid little BASIC game I wrote back in 2001 and shared via the CSS Usenet group back in the day. It's a piss-take of the inte…
I thought I'd share a stupid little BASIC ... the bottom of the index page of my website: [url="https ...
