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JOYSTICKS... All buttons are 'fire'WHY ??? When consoles arrived in full force - there were at least two buttons - one for jump, one for fire... yet no matter how many buttons an old …
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Bizarre ZX Spectrum faults (also possibly relevant to Spectranet compatibility problems).I'm attempting to repair an issue 4A 48K ZX Spectrum and am encountering some very strange problems. For my own records I've given this computer the …
... the same instant as pressing CAPS SHIFT + 1 (EDIT) to bring ... -
Good or Horrible: Denton DesignsGift from the Gods (1984) - meh Bounces (1985) - meh Cosmic Wartoad (1985) - gash Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1985) - awesome, ow ow ow!…
... (1985) - confusing gash
Enigma Force (1985) - fool me once: gash ... -
Silent Service - practical questions...first - is there a "Save/Load" option in game? I know... thanks to emulator, you can do with game whatever you want... but was there "built-in" Sav…
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New Spectrum+ membane problemsHi all! I have installed a [b]brand new[/b] mebrane in one [b]Spectrum+[/b] of mine and I have the following keys not working [b] INV VIDEO T…
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LED STORM - problem with infy energy poke (128k version)Hi guys, I'm having a little trouble with this infinite energy multiface poke found on Tipshop (POKE 37422,182) for the 128k version of Led Storm, it…
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12V ripple with lower ram installedI repaired a speccy this week. Before doing anything I replaced all caps and measured the transistors in the power section. When doing this I found t…
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Publishers logos and biosAs we are getting more development done, we are looking at extra details not currently available, so will be creating new categories asking for submi…
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Krypton Force
[b]14/04 ...
Virgin Games Ltd - Action Force - 400x400
Virgin Games Ltd ... - Action Force Tape - 400x400
Virgin Games ... -
Help with a faulty +2AHi everyone. A friend of mine has his beloved Spectrum +2A malfunctioning. Unfortunately we are half-country apart and I haven't been able to tak…
... machine that has never had caps replaced and that possibly worked ... -
star wars filmsok we've just had the force awakens (which i still havent watched yet lol) and now the next one (theyre doing one every single year apparently :( …
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ANN: Tipshop updated Friday, 29 April 2016Friday 29 April 2016 I missed the March update due to Real Life things, so here's a double dunt * Eq provided some corrections to the solution f…
... `s Dummy Run, Jetpac, Light Force, Mercenary,
Operation Wolf, Pyramid ... -
ZX Spectrum CartridgesI have been thinking of "cloning" ZX Cartridges for a while (case, board and silicon skirt), to be able to make new releases or replace damaged cartr…
... round poles, to align and lock the electronics board and also ... provide some kind of lock mechanism.
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blargg NTSC filter patch for Fuse 1.2.1Hi specchums, I've created a patch for Fuse 1.2.1 which adds a scaler which simulates shimmering/composite/RF artifacts like a real speccy outputting…
... -snes-ntsc.patch
autoreconf --force --install
automake
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48K Issue 6a wobbly and flickering TV outputHi folks, Found an untested issue 6A Spec whilst tidying up and it had a warranty sticker on it from a past repair which seemed to be a socketed L…
... , TR1/TR2, the left-hand caps, swapped ULAs and just because ... -
Escort mission gamesGames where you can influence the action, but the real purpose is to allow another character to get from one side of the map to another which you don…
... think of :
Action Force II
Highway Enounter (And ... -
128k toastrack board changesI was working on my spectrums this weekend and opened up my toast rack to look at the possibility of changing out the Electrolytic caps. I was awar…
... of changing out the Electrolytic caps.
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Speccy 128k Toastrack capacitorsDoes anyone have a list of all the electrolytic capacitor values in a speccy 128k toastrack they could post...I've looked around and see plenty for …
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Help a new user pleaseI love old school games and never had a Sinclair as a kid so thought I would rectify that via eBay! I have a 48k+ Model that was sold as working, …
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sdcc inline assembly wtf..So, I'm trying to get division to work. By googling I've found one division algorithm that's quoted in several places, but can't seem to get it to wo…
... odd is that my brute force version DOES work:
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Download not possibleThere must be something VERY VERY wrong with the web-page. I can lock-in with no problems here - but if I try to download from BOOKS (to download) I…
... web-page.
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Less MIA for SPA2 again - Rainbow Islands (1990)(Erbe Software)[+3 disk][re-release]Hi all :) dsk image: [url="http://forest.no-ip.org/wos/rie/Rainbow%20Islands%20(1990)(Erbe%20Software)(Side%20A)%5Bre-release%5D.dsk"]forest.no-ip.…
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A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…
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Xmas present from Hood:))Dear MB-02+ users, on my site[url="http://hood.speccy.cz"] http://hood.speccy.cz[/url] I have made quite significant update in download section. B…
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Live and learn and be thankful for the opportunityOver at the SpecNext Facebook page there's a video from Kim - forget the last name - about the covertape wars which is yet another facet of Speccy lo…
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Games That Will Be 10 in 2017The yearly list of some games that are turning ten, just to make you realise how ancient you're getting.... ;) Lost Planet : Extreme Condition …
... Core 4
Earth Defense Force 2017
Virtua Tennis 3 ... -
Which capacitors are electrolytic?Hi! I'm refurbishing my 48k issue 6a, and as recommended by many (and not recommended by some) I'm going to replace the electrolytic capacitors. Mind…
... -Layout.gif) and followed the caps list (http://www.1000bit.it ... #issue6a). However there are some caps listed as "ceramic" in the ... have a list of which caps should be replaced and which ... -
Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... VIDEO keys which are all Caps Shift plus a non-working ...
