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Spectrum Dead On Arrival StatsDr. Rupe, who worked at Sinclair Research at the time, sees parallels with Microsoft and the XBox saga [url]http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000…
... by thermal issues (the drive apparently is just getting cooked ... years old and the DVD drive in it is 8 years ... fine). The floppy disc drive on my BBC Micro still ... 15 year old hard discs in my VAX still run ... it's an IBM DeathStar drive (now Hitachi - and they ... -
Tomahawk - Digital Integration - 2 versions ?Hi Is there two versions from DI ? Seen a listing for tomahawk on ebay, on the cassete is printed 48K/128K [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ZX-Spectrum-…
Yes, the original release was 48k only and used Lenslok. ... , on the cassete is printed 48K/128K
[url ... one I own, only says 48K, and will only work ... my +2 and 128+, even in 48k mode.
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Tomahawk - Digital Integration - 2 versions ?Hi Is there two versions from DI ? Seen a listing for tomahawk on ebay, on the cassete is printed 48K/128K [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ZX-Spectrum-…
[QUOTE=Philip Kendall;242181]Because the hardware's different in various ways.[/QUOTE]
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Love-em-upsGames with Hearts - Well It is Valentines Day. [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017503"]Lover[/URL] [URL="http://www.worldof…
... Lagoon[/I], themed around '50s drive-in movies and the horror flicks ... of that time. In this game, a kiss leads ... 've heard it often does in real life. ;) :D -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... - this will put you into 48k Basic but with 128k paging ... the machine boots it goes in 48K mode by itself (1982 Sinclair ... way, are you sure that in a DivIDE+ it should be ... -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... the machine boots it goes in 48K mode by itself (1982 Sinclair ... way, are you sure that in a DivIDE+ it should be ... -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... switch the DivIDE Plus between 48K and 128K mode on start ... DivIDE+ on, it should go in 48k mode by itself (not the ... -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... DivIDE+ on, it should go in 48k mode by itself (not the ... Spectrum will only go into 48K mode (if you selected 128K ... crash unless the DivIDE is in 128K mode. Most games should ... -
3D Deathchase - Please tell me whyHowdy, I know I'm wrong already, because everyone else is clearly right, but I don't see the fun in 3D Deathchase. OK so there's some scaling sprites…
... aim for them, just steer in their general direction whilst constantly ... did have games that came in 48K and 128K varieties listed, so ... TE has been totally eclisped in every way by innumerable games ... they've never been surpassed (in my experience) and they still ... -
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
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ResiDOS doesn't operate in conjunction with 128K BASIC as ... 128K Spectrum, it will operate in "128K mode" which is effectively ... /compactflash. They're also available in 48K mode; no need to actually ... -
Blue Ray vs. HD DVDBlue Ray vs. HD DVD Which is better, and why? And which will survive the other? Personally, I don't much care at the moment, as my TV is not high…
... Blu-Ray/HD-DVD combi drive in an external (eSATA/USB2) case ... but plan to shove it in a media PC eventually which ... -
Of soldering and whatnot.So. It looks like if I'm going to have any sort of active retrogaming habit in the future, I need to learn a bit more about the nuts and bolts. Emula…
Iron still far too hot, learning to solder with a cheapy iron is like trying to learn to drive in a car with no 1st gear - far far harder than it needs to be. -
Hello and Help!Hi this is my first post here. I have been a lurker for a while now but have decided to sign up and post out of frustration more than anything. Sorr…
... as far as it goes in terms of quality games (I ... /> Have you tried loading Bounder in 48K mode? I've got a ... -
A dual tuner PVR for ?15.00 not inc HDI have just recieved an email from Bigpockets saying they have dual tuner PVR's for sale at £8.99 but with postage its £15.00, u basically…
Well they have some more in stock but with a twist ... , i have put a hard drive in and recorded a programme fine ... if thats ok. I have in fact ordered another one because ... -
A dual tuner PVR for ?15.00 not inc HDI have just recieved an email from Bigpockets saying they have dual tuner PVR's for sale at £8.99 but with postage its £15.00, u basically…
... ]Well they have some more in stock but with a twist ... , i have put a hard drive in and recorded a programme fine ... if thats ok. I have in fact ordered another one because ... -
Dangerous Z80 Assembly CommandHave been reading Toni Bakers' "Mastering MC On Ya Speccy" book and came across the list of Z80 commands in the dictionary section. Page 102 "[b]IM…
... 128 Basic editor always pages in Bank 7 back into $C000 ... the exact same code crashes in 128K basic when located anywhere ... editor. Interrupt handlers in this range would never crash in 48K mode (again ... editor, is bank 7 paged in! This explained why the speccy ... -
Probing the variables in 128K modeHello again! Briefly, I'm writing an m/c routine to read some BASIC variables. So, before I start, I try to get an idea for the structure of how var…
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What's happening is, in 48K mode the variable names are ... printed as intended.
In 128K mode, the routine instead ... VARS area works in a slightly different way in 128K mode. Maybe ... /> I would prefer to work in 48K mode really, but my current ... -
+3 Soundok we all know that the +3 is messed up as its said in other posts but what i wanted to know is if i paid postage both ways and paid the person to do…
it just might although have you tried loading the game in 48K mode ? -
+3 Soundok we all know that the +3 is messed up as its said in other posts but what i wanted to know is if i paid postage both ways and paid the person to do…
... you tried loading the game in 48K mode ?[/QUOTE]
Yes ... a known not working game in +2A and +3 machines.
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Brand new 3.5 inch floppy drive with a Disciple InterfaceHi folks, I just acquired a disciple interface and have bought some brand new "pc" floppy drives to use with/on it but cant get them to work. I found…
... covering the hole in the disks with the drive in my pc ... and this just makes the drive unable ... be able to be read in DD mode, is this ... arent simply working as the drive just spins forever when ... pad soldered when the drive is in my pc and the ... -
fao Winston, Flash romssince you are an expert on flash roms :) do you know how a spectrum +3 can be modified to use flash chips from old motherboard bios chips etc? the r…
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I did it in 48K long time ago:
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fao Winston, Flash romssince you are an expert on flash roms :) do you know how a spectrum +3 can be modified to use flash chips from old motherboard bios chips etc? the r…
... =piters;255610]I did it in 48K long time ago:
in circuit (Speccy).[/quote]
in the spectrum
I ... -
Games that used Fuller Box soundThe Fuller Box was an Interface with AY chip sound from 1983. Invasion of the Body Snatchas uses it - to great effect - but does anyone know any othe…
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Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... we don't have it in the archive.
Still ... . I just tried loading averything in 48k and 128k, I left all ... -
Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... . I just tried loading averything in 48k and 128k, I left all ... get a lot like this in these lists!
The ... -
Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
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BASIC Keyword ReferenceHi. I do most of my ZX work on a grey-case +2 which, as we all know, is devoid of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD and stuff, but not much…
... storage
devices, 48k BASIC has generally become the ... to aid entering of commands in 48k BASIC. The
keywords ... The following abbreviations are used in this reference guide:
... /> IF : K : U
IN : E : SYM + I
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XBox - need some pointersFelt the need to cheer myself up further (plus got permission from the missus, which was more important), and in the usual tradition of being at leas…
... had to replace the hard-drive in one, as it died about ... it! Entirely unrelated, since the drive in the other is still going ... -
XBox - need some pointersFelt the need to cheer myself up further (plus got permission from the missus, which was more important), and in the usual tradition of being at leas…
... several manufacturrers for the DVD drive).
Once ... need a large hard drive, but most internal IDEs ... replacing the DVD drive or the hard drive, or just about ... and a 300GB hard drive in my brother's XBox ... for ?80. The hard drive later died (the only ...
