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Sudden death of ZX Spectrum 48KHello A friend gave me a 48K rubber keyed Spectrum. I brought it home, hooked it up to my little TV and powered it up. I was very happy to see t…
... Paul Farrow or a SMART Card from Phil.
Alternatively, the SMART Card from Phil can also be ... card-for-zx-spectrum/
Balford has further developed a diagnostic ... turbo), the SMART Card and the diagnostic board (currently not ... -
SD Card Interfaces for the ZX Spectrum : the complete list OK I admit it : this thread will start life as the incomplete list of SD card interfaces but the aim is to list the lot
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Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... try out my Retroleum Smart card on the recapped Speccy . This ... tried out this SMART card in a Diagnostic way . All my work ... no 3 on the Smart Card (for diagnosis mode) so it ... hey what a great test card for very reasonable money . I ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... teast with the Smart Card on a Issue 4B ... , Caps first or Smart Card Test first? Should one Smart ... Card test first or put ... impressed with the Smart Card in diagnostic mode on my earlier ... and plugged in the Smart Card and then powered up . ... -
Troubleshooting RAM IC's on Spectrum +2 Grey?Got myself a grey +2 but at startup it shows something very similar to this: [img]https://preview.ibb.co/mmai5F/2_Ram_Fault.png[/img] I also su…
... version on the Retroleum SMART card interface.
... use a purpose designed diagnostic board when testing mine:< ... .org/forums/discussion/45391/diagnostic-board-winston-designed-pcb- ... redesigned version of Winston's diagnostic board[/b]
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help with issue 3 48k speccy after recap and new tr4 and tr5I have a 48K speccy that was not working. After recapping and replacing TR4 and TR5 it came back to life However after a short while running weird …
SMART Card interface from Retroleum has a built in diagnostic rom. You can ... also doubles as a SD-card game loader with built in ... -
Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... tests. Switched on without SMART Card plugged in, and I still ... . Tried again with the SMART Card diagnostic test and it reports IC11 ... some games from the SMART Card. Manic Miner played but with ... -
How can I fix a problematic Retroleum Smart Card. I did not do anything "WRONG " with it but I did but it on a flexible cable and this seems to have "upset" it .Since then It does not perform the …
... it a quick try in Diagnostic mode . It is very easy ... an liberties with my Smart Card - last time I used it ... -
Another Spectrum is brought back to life.Hi Spec-chums. I have been having bit of busy afternoon with repairs today. I've brought back to life a Panasonic Super-VHS recorder, and more intere…
... faulty ram IC's. The diagnostic rom will identify which IC ... up .tap images from SD card, and has a joystick port ... -
The Diagnostic PCBIt arrived in the post today so this is my first go with the Diagnostic PCB. (bought on Ebay) This item , I think , does the same job as Retroleu…
... it is called the Spectrum Diagnostic Cartridge . It did not ... cheaper than the Retroleum Smart Card . I wonder what has ... gjmccarthy.co.uk/zx-spectrum-diagnostic-board/"]https://blog.gjmccarthy. ... co.uk/zx-spectrum-diagnostic-board/[/url]
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The Diagnostic PCBIt arrived in the post today so this is my first go with the Diagnostic PCB. (bought on Ebay) This item , I think , does the same job as Retroleu…
... you have to reconfigure the card to ‘boot’ the normal ... indicates the progress of the diagnostic program, and with some ... improved and expanded the diagnostic program to run on ... maintaining compatibility with the original diagnostic hardware.
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12V missing on an issue 3I’ve been working on an issue 3 Spectrum +. It shows thin distorted vertical stripes on bootup. +5 and -5V are all right but the 12V line measures ro…
... able to run the Smart Card diagnostic or boot into the Smart ... Card menu. I tested the lower ... -
Key Materials ,Concepts , and Ideas for DIY Cases For ZX Spectrum Interfaces.In the 1980's ZX Spectrum Interfaces were largely supplied "cased up" or encased . Nowadays often they are not as they are usually sold as bare PCBs.…
... "holed" . Firstly the Retroleum Smart Card V2 - no space there on ... looked at the "The Spectrum Diagnostic Cartridge" ( software used on it ... the software on the Smart Card V2 to be easier to ... a pity that this Smart Card v2 has no potential for ... -
Key Materials ,Concepts , and Ideas for DIY Cases For ZX Spectrum Interfaces.In the 1980's ZX Spectrum Interfaces were largely supplied "cased up" or encased . Nowadays often they are not as they are usually sold as bare PCBs.…
... as it went through the diagnostic test . With this PCB , with ... do will be the Smart Card v2 . I still have no ... -
Interface for PC ZXSee last entry of former TOPIC. I'm working on the interface. Info about it on MISCELLANEOUS Author: Arjun (---.bng.vsnl.net.in) Date: 08-13-01 …
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Match PointHi ! Does anybody have the original inlay card of MATCH POINT ? I played very much and I could win the final cup, but I used simply the five keys to…
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loading programs using taper on a spectrumHello, I have the taper program and a bunch of games in a tzx and tap file format. I'm trying to load them to my spectrum/or make copies on new caset…
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Connect a Discman o soundcard into a ZX to play games without TapesDavid Madrid / Spain Hi: I like to use more my ZX machines but the load times drives my crazy and I dont like to damage the zx cassete player and t…
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NTSC MONITORLast year I bought a +2 at eBay. I live in New York, USA. I had a +2 when I was in Portugal (6 years ago). I posted a topic here and 2 persons told m…
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Spectaculator 2.0 availableHi, I've just released a new version of Spectaculator. It should be on WOS in a few days. Here's a cut 'n' paste from comp.sys.sinclair: Spectacula…
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Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
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RealspectrumCan anyone tell me why sometimes when I launch realspectrum it locks up on the welcome screen? I am running it in a DOS shell within windows 98. I'm …
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Z80 Stealth Emulator probsI have problems with my soundcard. I have an ESS1868 sound card and on most DOS programs I can use Adlib compatibility to get sound. Sometimes Soundb…
... . I have an ESS1868 sound card and on most DOS programs ... help me out here? My card is using Address 220. IRQ ... -
ZX Spectrum Community ContributionThere is a new interface named MB03 under development(IDE,Flashcard reader,2MB RAM,etc).You can see it on Sintech website. The price of this interfa…
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the happiest days of your life-pt2hello,again i have come up with 2 solutions to the problem of solving this game:- 1.the more people that try to solve this game (by combining diffe…
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stamped envelope=gets rail card(in post office)
train ... card+pound note=gets train ticket< ... ,to look at the inlay card for the game(i think ... -
Woo hoo! Free Speccy!No, it's not an offer... A guy at work visited his folks' house yesterday and found an old 48 in perfect working order. In order to "hold onto his li…
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ZXSpinGL first test upHi all, There's a test of ZXSpin using OpenGL to render the spectrum graphics (smooth scaling and scanlines mostly) up at my site: [url="http://hom…
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Transferring From Emulator Back To SpectrumI have windows xp and a soundblaster live card... what is the best way to transfer from an emulator file to cassette because everytime i've tried it …
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Spin 0.3 bug.Stop me if you've heard this one before, but pressing the tape start/stop button in Spin causes it to lock up on my system. I dont know if you've alr…
... is related to the sound card in any significant way. Anyone ...
