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Good 128k games?As I only got my +2 in the twilight years of the spectrum and then discovered cider and Doctor and the Crippens (punk band), I never really had many …
... effects were played trough the AY chip instead of the CPU ... also loads in one shot.Therefore a much better port.
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New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…
... have enabled AY sound and DirectX output in the Sound ... on internal PC-speaker (in 9x only). If there ... DirecX.log file is appear in the directory.
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I would love it if they remanufactured the spectrum I am quite happy to correspond with anyone who has a serious interest in remarketing the ZX Spectrum (Rubber Key) 48 and 16K! In authentic fashion a…
... not throw in also 128K memory and support for AY music plus ... monitor and joystick port from the ... would be defenetly a must, in order to keep all your ... -
IN Port FE bit 6 confusionI know I've got this wrong. Tapes load fine but it all feels messy. Currently my emulator does this: Sets bit 6 of the result to 0. If (and only if…
... /> You are treating all port reads with bit 0 as ... if they're reading from port FE?
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IN Port FE bit 6 confusionI know I've got this wrong. Tapes load fine but it all feels messy. Currently my emulator does this: Sets bit 6 of the result to 0. If (and only if…
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No bits in the high byte of the ... provides the result for all port reads with bit 0 of ... bit 6 of all ULA port reads. With no tape input ... -
TZX formatQuick question: What is the current pulse level at the start of a TZX file? Difficult question: Why does the format say that the final pulse shoul…
... 1 memory contentions occurring in the ROM code between ... applies to tape timings in general: we usually desume ... machine code routines, but in fact these values float ... writing to the MIC port but we don't ... impulse response of the EAR circuitry which can be ... -
How to detect 48k modeHow can you detect if a 128k machine is in 48k mode (from an emulation point of view, not via BASIC or machine code)? Checking the current rom? But …
... treated as a non existant port (like FF) and so ... in a plain 48K machine, without any extra hardware attached, port ... know what's happening in your case, but it ... disabled, eg if loaded in 48 BASIC or after ... s just the AY-3-8912A soundchip used in 128K Spectrums, ... -
Samples on ZXWhat is the easiest way to make a sound sample (e.g. sampled speech)on Spectrum using pc samples? Suppose a have a PC .wav file and I want to transf…
... -bit samples using that technique in which you play various patterns ... is really 2 bit - the ear and mic bits drive at ... most conveniently done on an AY. In both cases the most accurate ... outputted by a Spectrum - the AY has an exponential curve output ... -
Investronica Inves Spectrum +Hi, Has anyone here ever heard of the Investronica Inves Spectrum +? This site [url="http://www.silicium.org/uk/sinclair/inves.htm"]http://www.sili…
... . The components were disposed in a different way, nothing ... with the original PCBs used in Sinclair Spectrum + computers. ... Between the EAR/MIC connectors and the expansion port there's ... the only difference consisting in having the messages in Spanish.
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Investronica Inves Spectrum +Hi, Has anyone here ever heard of the Investronica Inves Spectrum +? This site [url="http://www.silicium.org/uk/sinclair/inves.htm"]http://www.sili…
There's some more info (in spanish) in the news:
[url ... /> Addresses ending in #FE form a mask applied to ULA port #FE ... , so if you write a 0 in those ... to the port. The ULA may also mix both EAR and MIC ... -
What is your favourite game tune/music on a Spectrum game?In the 128k version of Renegade 3: The Final Chapter, remember the music that played on level 2 (the Egyptian Zone)? That was such a class tune that …
... /> I thought it was beeper/ay mixed the drums are samples ... of sounds through the ear socket. Was probably in Your Sinclair or ... -
What do you prefer?Heres a question for debate. What spectrum do you prefer? The rubber keyed speccy of old or the later Amstrad offerings? I prefer the +2 cause it ha…
... the first Spectrum with the AY chip, giving 4-channel sound ... though, with the mic and ear sockets present keeping the do ... you expect though with Sugar in charge? I refuse to take ... -
Emulating the SamRAM on the ZX Spectrum SEGerton Lunter gave me permission to reuse the code, but so far I have not been able to get the software to work in paged RAM banks.
... the software written for it in ex-USSR.
AY chip that works using ... I'd be more interested in pentagon timings for instance. ... some out)
- built-in DivIDE
- PS/2 ... /2 mouse to Kempston mouse port
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Difference between +2 , +2a and +2bWhats the difference between these models Also if I was going to buy a 128k machine, whats the best one for games compatibility (from all 128k model…
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The main differences in the +2's comes with ... the floppy disk controller lives in a +3. The + ... few bugs in the software and some in the hardware ... produced from the computers AY chip comes out all ... with the same (seperate) printer port as the +3.
...Emulation Feedback** Extended RTM sessions could over-tax the CPU.
... from IN $FE, that variable is used to build the EAR ... the state of the line in on your soundcard every ... the signal coming in to the EAR bit of port $FE.
... far each from other even in Spin.
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... it wrong. You're in no position to tell me ...Speccy + issues?There was a topic somewhere regarding the different issues of the Spectrum keyboard and how it had some subtle effects on programs. Just wondering …
... in version of ULA chip and some voltage levels by detecting EAR ... input - it is on same 8-bit port as ... it expects some values on port 254, and it came not ...Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... are pretty useless in BASIC except for the aforemeantioned ... /> You can't achieve much in the way of sound use ... with the AY. One might find use using ... connecting them via the RS232 port and hence use streams instead ...BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…
... PLAY command is still bugged in the +2 ROM. Think I ... any 128 hardware besides the AY and the extra RAM emulated ... how to map the MIDI port commands to the windows MIDI ...speccy midi control?Is there any software that will allow me to conrtol the speccy sound chip over midi? There are several synth programs but i want to control them via …
mmm... midi to ay sounds interesting. I?m not ... speccy expert. What exactly is "AY" and does the software for ... interfaces available with a midi in port. Has anyone had any joy ...Using a 128k as a midi synth?Yo guys how do you do it? I just noticed my old 128k has a midi port at the back! Of course I wondered whether or not it could be controlled as a mid…
... AY can steer 3 more lower octave's in MIDI than in normal ... the 6 pinned 'rs-232' port(midi?) as for the 'Keypath ... ' port
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... its lead for the Midi port. So I thought maybe if ...How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
... by far the most time in a loader is spent waiting ... to appear on the EAR bit of port $FE. In the main, loaders ... . When the status of the EAR bit changes, the size of ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... s output state into an AY data structure rather than ... compression. Pucrunch was successfully used in Phantomas Infinity.
... using this to play compressed ay music, for example.
... two versions: first a spectrum port that will offer almost 100 ...new spectrumI have notices all sorts of advances on the C64 sceene such as 20mhz cpus, gui`s, and IDE interfaces. are they any kind of advances in development fo…
... interest in FPGA is that there is an AY core ... ) screen modes, Kempston joystick port, AY sound chip (on 128 and ... CPU interfacing is simple enough in principle, but can be ... to build a prototype in order to develop the ... to do most of it in VHDL.
...AgentX2 RemixingI`ve started to remix AgentX2 and need some help with the drums. Anyone care to add the drum track to [url=http://www.franksmusic.homecall.co.uk/spe…
... scathing about his beeper work in the past, giving the impression ... numerically and tweaked it by ear to make it sound right ... ? :)[/QUOTE]
I'm currently in the process of documenting disassembled ... routines for my site (Project AY). I had no idea Follin ...Plug in the TV Joystick Games Thingys (Spectrum one??)I brought a from a car boot one of those plug in the TV joystick games thingys for a pound. This one happened to be full with 20 or so Commodore 64…
... hacked to add a cartridge port; portable console nutter Ben Heckendorn ... game can have a cartridge port connected so you can play ... your own 2600 games. In fact, the designer has put ... add joystick ports, keyboard input, ear/mic sockets etc.The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... sold by mail order in North America in kit or pre-assembled ... market Sinclair's machines itself in North America.
... -joe consumers started buying them in large numbers -- they had ... built-in joystick ports the AY chip for sound, a cartridge port, and ...What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... be fairly close to the AY chip. I'd think ... and tempo. This should port easily across all formats with ... unsupported features when you port down to a specific ... effects that may result in very poor music for ... composed on other tools in which could be quite ...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…
... atari compatible joystick connectors, the AY chip was ok too, nicer ...
* An IF1 compatible network port but again driven by hardware ... the AY chip and attach streams for the RS232s and network port ... . I would have wanted to do these in IM1 ...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…
... compatible joystick connectors, the AY chip was ok too, ... the 128 had the AY? Or am I just ... $5 per port due to increase in board size, ... ]* An IF1 compatible network port but again driven by hardware ... AY chip and attach streams for the RS232s and network port ...
