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Mike Singleton's early 'arcade' games... thoughts? I've played all 4 of Mike's early games (on my DS) and wondered what others think of them? They are quite simple - though well programmed - and al…
... same (stolen?) idea. Pick up dots - pacman style - avoiding letting the ... -
Spectrum +2 (grey): Mod- and operation- related advices needed.Dear Sirs and Ladies, Please welcome a newbie to the “World of Spectrum” (both to the forum and, well, metaphorically). I’ve recently purchased a…
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Faulty DRAM chips wanted!If you have any suspect or known faulty DRAM chips, I'm after some so I can conduct some testing. I only want chips that are DIL type, either 16 p…
... know about why/what the fault is/was.
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Clamping Speccy InterfacesThere are a huge number of broken Speccy interfaces available . I came across one on Ebay recently said to be "partly working" or similar .Why are th…
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BBC new identsSo BBC have changed their idents after all these years. The new ones are quite fun but not a stylish as the old ones. I thought maybe they were just …
Kempston option spazzing outHi again I have a speccy 48k issue 6a. With it I have a Datel Kepston interface and a konix speedking joystick, all of them in my posession since…
I have been banned from a forum........ after 0 posts and less than one day! OK Wossers, explain this. Yesterday I was looking for information about a particular Xbox Arcade Stick …
... seems to have a peculiar fault. So I found a forum ...Pac(wo)Man any version invisibility pokeHi to all Just had an idea to get baby / toddler interested in spectrum games in the future (because it's cheaper than buying new stuff) Is there…
... of the pacman with the dots function, but that turns off ... /toddler) to wonder around eating dots and never dying, having fun ...How to improve my program using oversized numbersI'd like my dice program to print out the number four times bigger than normal if possible. Anyone know how to do this? Or I could write a sub rou…
... a square and put the dots in like a dice and ...Trying to repair a Speccy 48k - No PulsingI've had this machine for ages. I'd I've been putting off fixing it for some time now. So a couple of days ago I pulled it apart and started prob…
... some kind of internal short/fault.
So before I ...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…
... suspect there is a RAM fault but how can I identify ...ZX Spectrum VegaI just got myself a Vega. Was quite annoyed when I unboxed it, to find that it only had RCA output; well, I wasn't annoyed immediately, but I was whe…
... the adapter, or a known fault of the Vega? What is ...Just a grump about the lack of informative documentariesI watch a lot of these always hoping to learn a bit about how things work even when I'm already fairly up on the topic. What gets me is how anyone ca…
Recreated Spectrum .What do we get for the "now" (Aug 2017) best retail price of around £35?Well best/ cheapest retail prices can vary a bit so I thought it best to be specific. At this £35 price ,is it a good deal and what do we get ? A…
... one back because of a fault . Slow response keys seems to ...Strange Fault on 128 +2 GreyHi I've got 2 128 +2 Grey Spectrums and I thought they were both in good working order but it seems not but I have no idea what is wrong with one …
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I've got 2 128 +2 Grey Spectrums and I thought they were both in good working order but it seems not but I have no idea what is wrong with one of them.
They problematic one boots fine and plays most games but there were a ...+3 PSU fault, can it be repaired?First, i'm no electrical genius/engineer but can solder/de-solder when needed! Powered on my +3 today and the monitor was just flickering/breaking…
First, i'm no electrical genius/engineer but can solder/de-solder when needed!
Powered on my +3 today and the monitor was just flickering/breaking up with jagged horizontal lines and the +3's drive motor just spins but no light on it! ...SpecEmu shows second Harddisk (IDE Unit1) when only one (IDE Unit0) is attached (esxDOS)When I start SpecEmu (Version 3.1.b011017 from 2017-10-11)) and have attached only one Harddisk-Image als IDE Unit 0 = hd0: than esxDOS reports the s…
... /> I think this is a fault within SpecEmu and not from ...Help with a TIMEX TC2048 and memory problemBought a 2nd hand Timex TC2048 but unfortunately I detected a problem with the machine which is preventing it from working properly. I believe it …
... loss as to where the fault may be.
The ... an inidcation there was a fault with the upper memory (chips ...ZX Spectrum Issue 4S composite video fuzzy (horizontal blur)Dear people of WoS, Thank you very much for taking the time to read. I have an Issue 4S I recently acquired and planned to fix up as a gift for a…
... voltages show on the WOS fault finding page i.e. 5v ...Nasty vertical pattern on a 128K Toast Rack via RGBI managed to fix the busted membrane on my [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55755/got-myself-a-128k-toast-rack-plus-a-simple-a…
... be willing to suspect a fault with the ULA (or some ...+2B DatacorderHello all, I am looking for some advice/guidance as to what could potentially be at fault with my speccy +2B. The datacorder works in terms of all it…
... what could potentially be at fault with my speccy +2B. The ...Learning about MOD's and TrackersThanks to Messrs. Clowder, Colonel, Bedazzle and Prophet for bringing me into the 21st century on the previous thread about 'Awesome/Cool/Beautiful *…
... . My memory must be at fault because I remembered SoundFX (on ...+2 crashes upon pressing some keysYears ago I purchased off ebay a mint condition, Dixons special offer boxed UK-made issue 1 +2. I did not use it so much until recently however, focu…
... than me in finding the fault. I don't know how ...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…
... test reported IC13 as suspected fault. So removed IC13, soldered in ...Spectrum+2 faultHello all, I recently bought a Spectrum +2 that I saw was all lonely and looking sad in a local charity shop, I have been working on refurbishing it…
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I recently bought a Spectrum +2 that I saw was all lonely and looking sad in a local charity shop, I have been working on refurbishing it as a pet project but I have a problem now. The keyboard has failed and from what I can gather the ...Sony Xperia L1 phoneMy old mobile is dying off so i decided to get a new one, i picked a PAYG Sony Xperia L1 (after doing some research online) and bought it from Argos …
... as apparently this a common fault (that i knew nothing about ...PGD Based GamesAs I've had this a couple of months now (I do have SEUD too but could not really do what I wanted with it, but that's likely my fault) , I was wonder…
... , but that's likely my fault) , I was wondering if there ...