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Replacing voltage regulators - need to sanity check a few things pleaseHi Everyone I'm in the process (with a lot of help from some friends at Greenford Computer Club), of giving my three Speccys some much needed prev…
... Toastrack. The +2 got a 2a Traco Power switch mode ... Mutant Caterpillar for repair and a new membrane. What we ... other than needing a new membrane as a couple of keys ... Mostly in the form of a recap, clean and to ... day and age of the DivMMC and a TZXDuino. But, I ... -
+2a PSU adviceHi all, With my +2 being a bit of a diva I am thinking about getting my +2a recapped so I can use it for the odd game the +2 does not like, there …
... own by soldering a DIN 6 plug onto a [url="https ... -zx-spectrum-2a-2b-3/a-9465/"]one made specifically ... for the +2A/+3 [/url]from Germany.
... reliable, but are quite a bit more complex than your ... I’d go with getting a new switch-mode one, ... -
+2a PSU adviceHi all, With my +2 being a bit of a diva I am thinking about getting my +2a recapped so I can use it for the odd game the +2 does not like, there …
... -sinclair-zx-spectrum-2a-2b-3/a-9465/"]one made specifically for ... the +2A/+3 [/url]from Germany.
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Can I record binaries from any emulator with Basic commands, machine code, macros or something?Hello I do not know if this is the right place to put this question Normally with ZXSpin if I want to save a binary file, I'm going to: file ->…
... /> So I'd give you 3 options:
1. The ... that emulators can collect during a BASIC or machine code.
a "big" 48k file, instead of ... some other program.)
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Ad LunamHi folks, here is my latest effort: [b]Ad Lunam,[/b] a simulation/management game created with [url="http://zxbasic.net"]ZX-Basic[/url] inspired t…
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Getting Better at TZXThere are possibly fewer "rules" in chit chat so I thought I would put this here. it is a couple of years since I attempted doing any TZX files so…
... and for that you get a lot of paperwork :-
2) A student guide with worked MATHS ... various retro micros
3) A generic flyer (the same for ... be done . It gives a worked example for the ... for me to get a complete understanding of it.( ... -
Special mono tape recorders for Micro owners of the early 1980s So what were the KEY FEATURES of these machines that separated them out from the normal mono tape recorders ? I cannot really remember- but I have …
... ? Reducing the "screech" was a useful benefit to get . And ...
But "data" mode sounds a bit more like it . And ...
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3) A knitting needle
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Funny stories from arcadesIt happened in Poland , in the city of Łódź (Lodz) , in the spring of 1986 . There was a small arcade in which I played pinballs and Invaders . This…
... would cut through a longish entry that had a couple of ... . I think eventually a bloke in a car lot that backed ... it was dolled out at £3 a day. But my pal hit ... machine, and won £3.60 which took a while to come ... it, he had a picture of a fruit machine doling out ... -
What % of WOSSERS use "old school" tape loading when playing their Speccy games.My guess is .000000001% ( but I might be slightly out on this! ) Do people still enjoy doing it "the old way"?
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1) A Sony TCM 919: without power ... power supply
3) A Sony TCM 939 without power ...
4) A Bush KCS 317. Batch code ... of these ,bought earlier had a batch code 8301)
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Sorting out a Case for a new Raspberry PiI have not got a new Pi yet so this is a bit academic. If I do get one I would want to cut out the USB input . This was done "as standard" on the Fuz…
... using my Test Rig with a composite monitor . When ... even though it worked on a normal Pi (without the ... Fuze type USB leads : 3) A plug in board for doing ... Workstation that I have has a similar thing built in ... up etc . : 4) A "Get With The Program" Project ... -
How many New Style "Speccy" PCBs are Made to Fit in an "old style" 48K Case? And what are their names? Most of them are produced in small batches so there could be quite a few small variations. Many of these are not produced…
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2) A ZX Nuvo 128
3) A Superfo "H"
4) A Just Speccy 128 ... how much chopping is needed ? A "chop free" list should come ... -
Spectrum games that are both 48k and 128k but where the 128k version is infinitely superior The only one I can think of is "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" but there must be others . So where are the games where the 128 version is great but wher…
... in a sequential way (1->2->3-> ... (next block) or level 3 (a block farther). In Shadow of ... were multiple exits for a level, and in some ... you're basically loading a bunch of unnecesary data.< ... ruin the flow of a game. Especially arcade conversions ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... Wood or Plastic
3) A slight difference in the type ... there MAY therefore have been a MK 1 PCB layout ... robeesworld.com/blog/63/repairing-a-dktronics-keyboard-and-scoping-out ... robeesworld.com/blog/63/repairing-a-dktronics-keyboard-and-scoping-out ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
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As previously mentioned ( a lot) the DK widens out ... Spectrum keyboard membrane
3) A Retroleum Smart card V2
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Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... get into it a bit and there are a few small puzzles ... ]Millionare[/b][/url]
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ZX ConfessionsThink there was a similar topic about this many moons ago. Anyway just wondering if there's any Speccy related confessions perhaps people would like …
... sales' or perhaps more likely a market stall) were far worse ... them on my stall at £3 a go"
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Dynamite Dan II - Island 6 - HELP!Hi all, can someone possibly create a snapshot of Island 6 (car park island) on Dynamite Dan II for me please? I'm trying to work out why half the…
... de,6912 ; Length
ld a,255 ; Load headerless block
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bit 2,a ; Check for key 3
jr ... c ; Island 4
bit 3,a ; Check for key 4
bit 3,a ; Check for key 7
Spectrum +2AHi. Which are the SD card options that work with the +2A? Will DivIde work? Any other options? Thanks.
... you save a BASIC program on either DivIDE or DIvMMC? What are ... ]
The DivIDE can use a real hard disk drive, CF ... other IDE device. The DIvMMC is a later development building on the ...48K Rubeer Key Spectrum Keyboard OverlaysThe use of keyboard overlays touched on by me here:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55006/recreated-spectrum-what-do-we-get-f…
... terrible "Overlay" gags it's a while new day!
a good one . It will go ... clamp
2) A Block of Wood
3) A spare ZX Speccy ...What's on your saucer?Thanks go out to frobush and zx1 for inspiring* this WoSser to create a yet another excellent WoS thread. Lunch 10 minutes ago. [IMG]http://i300.ph…
... - how is this now nearly £3 a can? I love it, mind ... .
Pork Belly - still just a slab of (mostly) fat in ... from this. Good luck getting a single oxtail for anything less ...Joe's Drink StandThis is about this German prog . The link here refers:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/57301/elusive-strategy-games-done-by-t…
... Good luck
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3) A "second opinion" is always ...Spectrum Games that "mirror" commercially available board games .I will eliminate traditional board games like chess ,draughts and backgammon from this category . But the more well known board games like Monopoly ,…
... instruction book:-
1) A numbered "FREQUENT BUYER BONUS VOUCHER ... "
2) A sort of "addendum" to the ... marketed widely in Europe.
3) A "Why Not Buy the Boardgame ...Elusive Strategy Games done by the Smaller or less Prolific Software Houses.Most ZX Sinclair Spectrum War/Strategy games were produced by CCS , PSS or Lothlorien . I am trying to get a list of all the other ones. This is what…
... houses , in other words 3 different strategy games with the ... .
2) Version 2 : a proper release with more sophisticated ... BASIC published by a quite well known early ... a "proper" cassette inlay.
3) Version 3 : A major release by a ...Make up a Lyric (Can they guess the original tune?)Starting with an easy one! Can you guess the original tune? Christmas Is The Time for VERY EXPENSIVE New Graphics cards so I thought of this :- …
Yes this is a fun style CHRISTMAS PANTO COVID ... into PIRATE MASK.
3) A"sock" to fill in eating ... .
She said just use a COVID MASK and leave the ...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 …
... iron when extracting components from a Speccy PCB .
... were:-
1) A Red handled Weller 25 WATT ... Speccy resistor.
3) A light blue handled Weller 12 ... />
4) A Yellow handled Antex with a pointed tip . The ...
