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  • worth buying a zx spectrumAs i have been watching Micro Men i have been really thinking about buying another Spectrum. Now as i grew up in the 80's and was a massive speccy fa…

    ... ]

    This one adds floating bus support:

    [url]http ... #inFFport[/url]

    To fix the expansion port you just ... the Z80.

    To fix the joystick ports you just ... Atari standard.

    To fix the ROMs you install the ...
    chev chev October 2009 Hardware
  • What Spectrum to choose?Hi i'm new to the Spectrum. I read 'bout it in CDA (Polish game magazine) and watched LGR review of the 48k and it REALLY interested me. What model m…

    ... games, cause if *fixes* the floating bus, which is only there because ... />
    is this the hardware fix for the +2a/b/+3 ... read from the video data bus, by means of three-state ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN November 2010 Hardware
  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    ... +3 has been modified to fix the floating bus bug (not by me ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 December 2010 Hardware
  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    ... +2B sound mod, the floating bus mod, the joystick port mod ... , and the expansion bus mod.

    ... DivIDE+ (possibly because the floating bus mod has been done) ... ? What's the expansion bus mod? Also, are there ... for the +3 AY fix? I would like to ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 December 2010 Hardware
  • The Ultimate Spectrum, made from old spectrumsGiven that all types of the Spectrum are less than ideal in one respect or another, I wondered what the ulimate refinement would be, but just using o…

    ... a DivIDE+ (possibly because the floating bus mod has been done) would ... +3 edge connector. The expansion bus mod restores the ROMCS line ... instructions for the +3 AY fix?[/quote]

    I believe ...
    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • What model next ?Hi All I already have two 48k rubber kyed 48k Spectrums and a Grey +2 What to get next. ZX Spectrum + ZX Spectrum 128 Toast Rack ZX Spectrum +3

    ... the details, they don't fix the page contention issue. They ... with games that read the floating bus, and hardware that requires ROMCS ... on the expansion bus. Using a pair of Spectrum ...
    chev chev December 2010 Hardware
  • What model next ?Hi All I already have two 48k rubber kyed 48k Spectrums and a Grey +2 What to get next. ZX Spectrum + ZX Spectrum 128 Toast Rack ZX Spectrum +3

    ... (ZX ignore reading and return floating bus). Ports acceleration can be also ... info about new GAL16V8 for fix ZX128/+2 memory layout (as ...
    velesoft velesoft December 2010 Hardware
  • What model next ?Hi All I already have two 48k rubber kyed 48k Spectrums and a Grey +2 What to get next. ZX Spectrum + ZX Spectrum 128 Toast Rack ZX Spectrum +3

    ... (ZX ignore reading and return floating bus). Ports acceleration can be also ... info about new GAL16V8 for fix ZX128/+2 memory layout (as ...
    velesoft velesoft December 2010 Hardware
  • general beginner queriesHi, I bought myself recently a +3 and a devide extension. I was not in touch before with the speccy, but I am really surprised and delighted about th…

    ... further advantage is that it fix the "floating bus"-issue which can crash ...
    LCD LCD July 2011 Hardware
  • general beginner queriesHi, I bought myself recently a +3 and a devide extension. I was not in touch before with the speccy, but I am really surprised and delighted about th…

    ... further advantage is that it fix the "floating bus"-issue which can crash ... buttons + autofire)
    - fix stability of data bus with IM2 vector
    velesoft velesoft July 2011 Hardware
  • general beginner queriesHi, I bought myself recently a +3 and a devide extension. I was not in touch before with the speccy, but I am really surprised and delighted about th…

    ... further advantage is that it fix the "floating bus"-issue which can crash ...
    Dinorast Dinorast July 2011 Hardware
  • writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…

    ... less wrong than assuming the floating bus supplies $ff all the time ... of nonsense I have to fix ten years later at work ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2011 Emulators
  • Spectrum +3, Issue 2...I have just had plonked on my desk a nice issue 2 Spectrum +3. I'm not sure if its 100% working yet, as I have not plumbed it into a telly. So, assu…

    ... this need the AY sound fix applying, or has it been ... to apply the IN #FF fix to increase compatibility (for the ... the games that need the floating bus on your +3 then yes ...
    guesser guesser December 2011 Hardware
  • +2A 128k Loading issuesJust recieved a +2A and tried to play a few games. All the games loaded fine in 48k mode, but in 128k they just reset the machine. Tried: Terramex,…

    ... />
    These roms won't fix 'floating bus' issues (as far as I ... even that is easy to fix.) But everything else will work ...
    thingley thingley April 2012 Hardware
  • +2A 128k Loading issuesJust recieved a +2A and tried to play a few games. All the games loaded fine in 48k mode, but in 128k they just reset the machine. Tried: Terramex,…

    ... />
    These roms won't fix 'floating bus' issues (as far as I ... even that is easy to fix.) But everything else will work ...
    TechnicianSi TechnicianSi April 2012 Hardware
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... so it'd fix some things. Others rely on floating bus, so the ... D7 resistor mod for +2A/+3 could fix ...
    JeffB JeffB May 2012 Games
  • JSpeccy v0.90Hi4all, A new JSpeccy version has been released at my project webpage. This new release have many corrections, some optimizations and a few new feat…

    ... has to do with the floating bus. None of our old ... s on the floating bus.

    Anyways, the fix was really ... /> call SetRAMBank

    ; ** fix **
    ld a, $FD
    ld i, a
    ; ** fix **
    #endasm
    }
    ...
    na_th_an na_th_an May 2012 Emulators
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... 2012 fails due to a floating bus wait routine. It can be ... my fix for Sidewize. Surely it's caused by the floating bus as ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu November 2012 Games
  • ZX Spectrum clock signals comparedI haven't searched for this on WoS; it might have been posted before. But I think it's important info, and can't do any harm to repeat or show from a…

    ... fixable. You can fake the floating bus by adding a resistor and ... paging which Amstrad did not fix quite well
    That will ... do the hardware mods to fix the worst hardware bugs.
    chev chev September 2013 Hardware
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... was a floating bus on Pentagon ("port #FF" was a common fix for ...
    introspec introspec March 2014 Emulators
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... was a floating bus on Pentagon ("port #FF" was a common fix for ... />
    Indeed, there is no floating bus behavior in the sense of ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak March 2014 Emulators
  • Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…

    ... /Interface/Interface2_Circuitry.htm[/url]
    Floating bus support: [url]http://www.secarica ... /SinclairUser05600103.jpg[/url]
    Sound fix (not required on +2B): [url ...
    chev chev June 2014 Hardware
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... another game that uses the floating bus to synchronise the screen, ... also does not exhibit floating bus behaviour, so this fix would be relevant ... possible.

    My fix involves adding a fixed delay ... . It checks for the floating bus and if it does not ...
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae December 2015 Games
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... /forums/discussion/51886/spectrum-2a-floating-bus-port#latest]this[/url]? I ... if there's a better fix for these games by simply ...
    Hikaru Hikaru March 2016 Games
  • Modern Spectrum Games Advent CalendarSo... it is done. The main reason for my return from the shadows earlier this year was because I knew the greatest Christmas present I ever had was c…

    ... ;930186"]since it uses the floating bus to synchronize[/quote]
    I ... is too short to fix in situ. The floating bus synchronization for the ... handle both types of the floating bus. There’s plenty of time ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore December 2017 Games
  • I introduce myself and my emulator.Hi! My name is Marta, and I've been a Speccy user for 30+ years now. During the past year I decided to write my own emulator, just to see if I cou…

    ... . I just noticed that my "fix" produces artifacts just next to ... wish I’d discovered the floating bus on the +2A/+3 back ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore March 2018 Emulators
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... game. I just made a fix, but I’m not sure ... br /> If you mean the floating bus trick, then no. [i]Sidewize ... it. I have a separate fix for that, too, but the ... before and made a similar fix (see, for example, [i] ... to come up with a fix so quickly.

    [ ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore July 2018 Games
  • Which to buy? +2/+2a/+3?Sorry - I did a quick bit of lunchtime googling, it sounds like the grey +2 is the best machine, as it has the board without the reduced chipset. I …

    ... or +3 to fix the [s]floating point[/s] "floating bus" issue, but I ...
    spider spider September 2018 Hardware
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... probably the 'right' way to fix it for the +2A/+3 ... -1986.html]my fix[/url] that removes the floating bus dependence altogether. Both ...
    Hikaru Hikaru August 2019 Games
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... -1986.html]my fix[/url] that removes the floating bus dependence altogether. Both ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu August 2019 Games
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