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128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... is obviously warming up the heatsink), make sure that +5V is ... -
128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... is obviously warming up the heatsink), make sure that +5V is ... -
Multiface 128Does anyone know how the multiface 128 formats microdrive cartridges to more than 100K - when the format command gives around 85K? Is data stored on…
... (I am tempted by 128K HeatSink version though).
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... problems because off too small heatsink . Now you will say that ... load/save. I did put heatsink on ULA chip, because I ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... problems because off too small heatsink . Now you will say that ... load/save. I did put heatsink on ULA chip, because I ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... , i really wanted a 128k heatsink model but my parents couldn ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... , and looked cool with that heatsink on the side, and it ... -
Your Speccy Games CollectionJust updated my Spectrum games list today after having a load of tapes lying around for months, managed to sort them out and I now have 1441 original…
... I hadn't notice the heatsink sticking out of a Netto ... -
state of education.what does everyone think about the state of education today. (please no posts about how short girls skirts are getting.)
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Speccy, a new Spectrum emulator for Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphonesThose of you with Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphones may have been suffering from the lack of a Spectrum emulator. All the existing emus were writte…
... the Speccy screen by 90 degrees to better fit the 11 ... -
Speccy, a new Spectrum emulator for Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphonesThose of you with Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphones may have been suffering from the lack of a Spectrum emulator. All the existing emus were writte…
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Music on game cassettes?I was rather amazed at how professional the music included with Everyone's A Wally sounded: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNoqq9Vfc0g[/url] I…
IIRC it was only the more eccentric titles which did those, although there was the arcade soundtrack phase with 720 Degrees and OutRun.
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Flight SimAhoy hoy all I am currently having a ball playing Microsoft Flight Sim X, and it seems that the more realistic they get the more I enjoy playing the…
... it had a proper 6 degrees of freedom flight model, and ... -
Shurley shome mishtake? BBC weather online[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/24hr.shtml?id=2693[/url] It's showing Bedford at 14 degrees celsisu at 03:00 tomorrow.
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Dead Spectrum diagnosis and desolderingI have two dead Spectrums - one I'm pretty sure is caused by bad memory, and the other - well, perhaps a bad ROM, perhaps a bad CPU (it gets halfway …
... . Low was something about 200 degrees in Celsius and High was ... -
How to determine the revision ?Is there any way to check the revision of a Spectrum without disassembling it ?
... /> If you can see a heatsink through the expansion port, it ... /> If you cannot see a heatsink and you have normal green ... -
48k one dead, one dodgyhello everyone. I have 2 48k spectrum +'s (the one with the QL case). Both boards have issue 3B on them near the speaker. The first will power up …
... scanner, can you remove the heatsink and send me a scan ... -
Music you associate with games?The other day a song came on the radio and it got me thinking about what I was doing when I first heard it. Funnily enough I was playing a game on th…
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Mayhem Accelerator - Prototype Complete [Sam CoupI am now pleased to announce that on the 8th June the prototype of the Mayhem Accelerator was finally completed. With work on the accelerator start…
... edges), and another clock 90 degrees out of phase (giving two ... -
TommyGun 0.9.x updates** Should be available via the utilities page soon! Please be patient :-) ** I'll be posting all future updates in this thread, instead of creating …
... ie. snap to 10 every degrees.
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Another new toolSo you downloaded one or more files off the WoS archive, and for the life of you, you can't remember what it is or what it goes with? [URL="http://w…
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Another new toolSo you downloaded one or more files off the WoS archive, and for the life of you, you can't remember what it is or what it goes with? [URL="http://w…
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Best replacement for ZTX650?What is the best replacement transistor for the obsolete ZTX650? I've read that TIP31 will do the trick. Is there a decent equivalent from the BC or …
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Now this guy really is optimisticJust havin a mooch about on ebay when I spotted this [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ZX-SPECTRUM-COMPUTER-48K_W0QQitemZ130063963289QQihZ003QQcategoryZ419…
He could have claimed it was an especially R@RE 128K, one of the first batch which didn't have a heatsink attached. :)
If I remember correctly, someone did that some time ago...
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Video capture of Spectrum games?I wasn't sure where to post this, but what are the options if you want to capture a video of a Spectrum game running? Is it possible to do it from a…
... mud. Other colours have varying degrees of distortion.
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The Big Issue!!!How can I determine whether my 48K is an issue 2 or 3? Necros.
And it may be stated looking inside via edge connector's hole. Heatsink is different sized and positioned. -
The Big Issue!!!How can I determine whether my 48K is an issue 2 or 3? Necros.
[quote=piters;166791]And it may be stated looking inside via edge connector's hole. Heatsink is different sized and positioned.[/quote]
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What is the rarest sinclair item u have ?For me, its a Sinclair PC200 boxed working and complete, has anyone any idea what its worth ? I am going to be selling it along with the rest of my …
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Speccy 128+ (heatsink) - bought at a bootsale only ... -
Spectrum +2 questionThis is probably a very dumb question, but I'd thought I'd ask anyway. I understand that there are 3 model +2 spectrums (+2, +2A and +2B). How can I…
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+2 / +2a : What's the difference ?+2 / +2a : What's the difference ? I still haven't managed to find out this yet. Yes, I know I'm an idiot.
... more like the 128K+ (with heatsink).
There are other ...