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Bit of fun - one change onlyI also posted this on another marque's forum (for their products) to see. Its just a bit of fun really. OK, if you could of made one change to a S…
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ZXBaremulator v3.1 releasedHi, A new version of my ZX Spectrum bare-metal emulator has been released with new features. You can download from [url=http://zxmini.speccy.or…
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Toastrack memory replacementHi! Can the ram chips in 128k toastrack be replaced with tms4532-15nl3 chips from 48k speccy? I get white border with corrupted screen when boo…
... chips are 64k x 1 bit DRAM chips, but with only ... classed as 32k x 1 bit DRAM chips.
I ... fully working 64k x 1 bit DRAM chips.
I ... (what it will see as) faulty DRAM chips.
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Nintendo SwitchSo, £280 with no game. Ouch! That might have just killed any chance it had to succeed. Still the new Zelda game looks good and the new Mario ga…
... , as Nintendo customer support for faulty kit is usually exceptional. My ... DS touch screen went a bit wonky and they sent me ... -
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…
... debatable ! I might be a bit weak on point no 5 ... of my Recreateds may be faulty . This may explain the variable ... -
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…
... never knew existed like a faulty LOAD socket)
Clearly ... )
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48K Issue 2 RAM issuesI have 48K issue 2 board (I've checked, the upper memory is present!). It's not very well. I've not attempted to diagnose one before, so please bear …
... each binary digit (or bit). So if one bit is wrong, then ... to be storing that bit as being faulty.
If BASIC ... -
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"?
... Greenweld (it may of been faulty) but it was not that ... . :( Somewhere I do have a bit of text with who sold ... the mech is bent a bit) it looks really nice with ... market purchase so likely a bit broken to begin with! :D -
48K Issue 2 RAM issuesI have 48K issue 2 board (I've checked, the upper memory is present!). It's not very well. I've not attempted to diagnose one before, so please bear …
... = 85
01110101 = 117 so bit 5 different
10101010 ... = 170
10101110 = 174 so bit 2 different
It ... bits 2 and 5 are faulty.
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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"?
... to check and research... Bit of a long post and ... Electron unit (looks a bit like the C64 tape unit ... the 'used' market one was faulty the other one was reasonable ... mounting seems to bend a bit resulting in the keys ... more and 2mm is a bit too much I think , ... -
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…
... mods done along with a bit of knowledge of electronics. If ... have to read up a bit more on electronics, but did ... sometimes ram chips can be faulty, or the ULA. Anyway not ... -
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…
... booted if the Spectrum has faulty ram IC's. The diagnostic ... will identify which IC is faulty making fault finding a breeze ... ]
And regarding the faulty eBay Spectrum. If the seller ... a bit more fault finding, my first guess though being a faulty ... -
The Different Approaches To Upgrading the ZX Spectrum from 16K to 48K This is probably something that has been covered before . I will take a look to see if I can find anything on WOS
... got at, but with a bit of work I got it ... fitted faulty ram, then you have to do a fair bit of ... -
The Different Approaches To Upgrading the ZX Spectrum from 16K to 48K This is probably something that has been covered before . I will take a look to see if I can find anything on WOS
... willing to do. Using 1 bit wide DRAM chips is the ... also possible to use 4 bit wide DRAM chips.
[*] ... chips (fit in place of faulty chips, or fit in the ... to do. Using 1 bit wide DRAM chips is the ... also possible to use 4 bit wide DRAM chips.
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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…
... had "proved" it was a faulty tape the "hard way" I ... compilation tapes were faulty and probably had the end bit chopped off ... -
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 …
... just purchased one (with a faulty key) and returned to the ... people who can do a bit of soldering ( if hey can ... -
"Self Isolation" and Speccy PCB repair"These Days" of "home self-isolation" , particularly on rainy days , I reckon I will have more time to hone my Speccy PCB repair skills which are s…
... to Mark for getting that bit wrong!) .
So I ... connector) .I think it was faulty as it crashed the screen ... screen display cleared up a bit - no more horizontal screen drizzle ... -
Additional Information , Notes , and Details , re.the Main Windows Edition of Spectaculator There is no lenghy instruction to go with Spectaculator . Mark did a great job adding extra info. with this thread:- [url="https://worldofspectr…
... the flash drives that were faulty ( I was reluctant to ... any sectors that are faulty in order to set ... generally , it seems that faulty sectors are an inherent part ... prove it was faulty with 64 bit Windows in order ... original one on a 32 bit Windows system . So ... -
Best Game for the 16K ZX SpectrumMaybe this has been covered before, but I thought I would ask for some "best game" ideas for the 16k Speccy
... and Trans-Am a fair bit 'back then' only Pssst really ... was able to enjoy a bit.
[quote="harriusherbartio;970757 ... "we'll replace it if faulty but only for the same ... of it though, perhaps a bit early.
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If you had four roms...Just wondering if you were designing a Spectrum from scratch, and you used a 27512 EPROM, which would hold about 4 spectrum roms, what you would inst…
... have 2 Plus's, A faulty rubber key model I'm ... the lower 16K memory is faulty and the ULA missing... And ... entire project has become a bit like Frankenstein's monster. I ... -
Keeping up to date with PC builds.I only do PC builds infrequently and I have stopped reading Micro-Mart so my abilities in the area can languish pretty quickly. But if it is new i…
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Keeping up to date with PC builds.I only do PC builds infrequently and I have stopped reading Micro-Mart so my abilities in the area can languish pretty quickly. But if it is new i…
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I never understood that bit. Why would that even matter ... because you know they're faulty?[/quote]
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Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... it to warm up a bit and jeopardize its chemistry? Unlikely ... an 'oops!' such as a faulty refrigeration unit? Easily overlooked and ... -
Windows 11 - It's commingJust when you thought that there was going to be no more new versions of Windows, a recent leak reveals Microsoft are due to announce Windows 11 soon…
... previous owner as it had faulty graphics card. Brought a replacement ... of Linux. Could get a bit more life out of it ... . It's screen resolution is bit of an annoyance at 1200 ... -
Windows 11 - It's commingJust when you thought that there was going to be no more new versions of Windows, a recent leak reveals Microsoft are due to announce Windows 11 soon…
... previous owner as it had faulty graphics card. Brought a replacement ... of Linux. Could get a bit more life out of it ... . It's screen resolution is bit of an annoyance at 1200 ... -
Best "Quick and Easy " Games for JoystickYes I know , the immediate reaction to this is that it must have been covered here loads of times before . And yes , of course , there are loads of …
... , and the ones that had faulty tzx files , I found that ... , my preferences have shifted a bit over the years . There is ... -
Best "Quick and Easy " Games for JoystickYes I know , the immediate reaction to this is that it must have been covered here loads of times before . And yes , of course , there are loads of …
... controller USB adapter is a bit different in that with Windows ... alrenative "Pobbit" boxes on the "faulty" PC but they failed to ... -
Fruitcake Ram Tester - What does CORRUPTS mean?Hi All, Getting the message "Corrupts" as in "Corrupts 1" showing up on my test... What does this actually mean? The documentation on the site doe…
... faults just by tapping the faulty RAM chips... Just a tap ... how I found the final faulty chip in the end... One ... near it that got a bit of overspray.
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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 …
... one of the white (presumed faulty) microswitches to see if I ... just wears out on the bit bit that is pressed down.Either ... -
More "What could have been"... The Z280.So in chasing up the Loki specs, I happened upon some parallel developments... And had Sinclair gotten to make the Loki, there could have been some i…
... tight enough that they bought faulty z80s and drams for their ... keep an eye on 16-bit competition and be price competitive ...