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Spectrum 48+ 4S - Upper RAM issue, and now a self-created problem!I recently picked up a known-flaky spectrum off eBay, to have a bit of fun fixing it and reliving youth. It was labelled as 'keyboard duff, shows…
... errors sometimes' on a sticky label on the back. A new membrane fixed ... most commonly), but varying somewhat on each reboot.
on the screen.
on this version?
Composing AY music on a macAny recommendations for OS X tracker software that can be used for cross-platform AY-3-8910 music composing? One that can playback the music realisti…
... can export in a format compatible with a Spectrum AY playback routine ... option.
I have a little familiarity with Cubase and ... world of trackers or used a mac much, so I'm ...Spectrum 128k+2 on tvHi, I want to buy a 128+2, did have one years ago, can i let it work on a flat tv screen, if so what do i need to do this.
Hi, I want to buy a 128+2, did have one years ago, can i let it work on a flat tv screen, if so what do i need to do this.Adding PC files to a DSK imageHi everyone, I expected this question to have been asked before, but couldn't find anything with a quick search of the Forum. I have a bunch o…
... have a bunch of CP/M files on my PC ... , which I'd like to add to a ... M Plus, running on an emulator such as ... am trying to run on a Windows 8 laptop. ... /> Has anyone successfully created a DSK image with P3Explorer, ... get files from a PC into a DSK image?
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 …
... them will want to "hang on" to them and may also ... the rapidly changing Spectrum variations . A separate thread has already dealt ... more common add-on on "after market" keyboard types .On a DK keyboard recently ...How to write files from PC into a +3 disk image?I'm thinking about creating a utility that converts 48k snapshots into tap and dsk files. To do so, I've found that libspectrum allows me to read sna…
... 'm thinking about creating a utility that converts 48k ... snapshots and copy/create blocks on tape, but I haven ... me to create files into a dsk file.
... the disk images (but on a worst-case scenary, I ... can create a "special" disk image with ...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…
... 23) and how pressing keys on a particular half-row of five ... drive (though it whirrs on startup in a way that suggests it ... to use - a standard stereo 3.5mm jack on one end for ... than a +3 with a tape deck, the TAPE/SOUND socket on that ...600 dpi Sinclair user test up on Internet ArchiveHi guys done a test of 600dpi Sincair User on the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/SinclairUser082 looks great on a tablet, just …
Hi guys done a test of 600dpi Sincair User on the Internet Archive ... /SinclairUser082
looks great on a tablet, just need about 30 ...How do I dev for the speccy on .a mac?Hiya :) Any hints and tips for what the best approach would be for doing dev for a speccy 128 using a mac and / or linux? I'd ideally like some…
... for doing dev for a speccy 128 using a mac and / or ... to draw / convert gfx into a format I need but would ... some AY music. Is there a good tracker for that?
Auto-fire circuit based on IC 555Greetings! Spanish magazine Microhobby once wrote an article explaining how the auto-fire circuit worked on a joystick and the interface requireme…
... the auto-fire circuit worked on a joystick and the interface requirements ... am willing to give this a shot :)) but I am unsure ... below 10K resistor ?) would be a crystal oscillator of 1Mhz?Lode Runner 48K on a ZX Spectrum +2 (grey). Compatible ?As the title says. Can't load it on my ZX Spectrum +2 (grey). Is it known to be incompatable or is it my tape ? Any fix ? Thanks. Xavier.
As the title says.
Can't load it on my ZX Spectrum +2 (grey).
Is it known to be incompatable or is it my tape ?
Any fix ?
Thanks.
Xavier.Query failed on header of some pagesI've noticed that on the header of some pages I get the following error: [code]Query failed: connection to localhost:9312 failed (errno=111, msg=Con…
I've noticed that on the header of some pages ... example[/url].
It happens on Firefox 54.0.1 32 ... do that stuff...), both running on a Windows 7 64 bit machine ...greedy bastards or time for a dose of reality?zx1's disappearing pictures hosted from photobucket brought this topic to mind, that and my previous remark about refusing Chrome because of the like…
... few years.
Then on the other hand, you'd ... How many still rely on it for a quick answer? How many ... which used to be free on the land lines. Where ... BBS's used Wildcat, running on a decent PC and paid to ... I was hard at work on BBS software trying to ...Crash Annual 2018 now on Kickstarter!The new Crash Annual 2018 is now up on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/47744432/crash-annual-2018-the-next-chapter "Roge…
... Annual 2018 is now up on Kickstarter!
... and I have worked on a number of books over ... we have talked on many occasions on producing a magazine - so ... 99 of Crash - a magazine held dear by ...
To make it a little more special, we wanted ...Using a digital voice recorder as tape recorderI've been on a second hand store and I've seen a cheap Olimpus DS150 digital voice recorder. That thing has mic and ear plugs, and PC interface (=it …
... been on a second hand store and I've seen a cheap Olimpus ...How do I [blah-de-blah] while using an emulated diskette in a +3?I'm using ZXSpin 0.7, emulating a +3 and I've been trying out random games that come on diskettes. I've had issues with saving/loading snapshots corr…
... out random games that come on diskettes. I've had issues ... /loading snapshots correctly when using a multi part diskette.
< ... , but because it's a snapshot it just stalls.
a multipart game on a +3 diskette?How can I fix a problematic Retroleum Smart Card. I did not do anything "WRONG " with it but I did but it on a flexible cable and this seems to have "upset" it .Since then It does not perform the …
... but I did but it on a flexible cable and this seems ... coloured blocks etc when put on a working ZX Spectrum . It also ... pulled apart with power on just use with a flexible connector . So ... interface power (pulled apart with) on problem but some interfaces seem ...TV programs that jumped the shark (then fell off a cliff)[b]Can one of the mods move this to the chit-chat forum, please? Sorry, I posted it whilst fixing another PC and my tiny brain can't cope with two th…
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I could go on at length about how bad ... characterisation. The sixth season ended on a fantastic cliff-hanger, and the ... , the sort who do tricks on stage, the program is set ... as he's not keen on investigating things, but the journalist ...SQIJ - the worst Spectrum game gets a new version.Well, I wasn't going to say anything until it was finished, but a remake of SQIJ was suggested (for fun) today over at the Next forums, so I had to m…
... that I was working on a remake for the Spectrum, ... br /> Currently I'm working on a Doctor Who game for PC ... time remaking SQIJ as a small "quickie" for ... next I'll work on updating the informations in ... it. ;))
...on that note;
If someone ...Need help from people with a +2A/+3Not sure where to post this. This is a plea to people with the actual hardware, naturally. Could you run this little program (both TAP and WAV fil…
... post this. This is a plea to people with the ... and WAV files are provided) on a +2A or +3 and report ... what you see on the screen. Aside from a bight yellow bar ... , do you see a thin strip of blue border ... What happens if you press a few keys? What if you ...Need help from people with a +2A/+3Started a topic [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55141/need-help-from-people-with-a-2a-3"]here[/url] to get a broader reach, b…
... but will repost here with a more sophisticated description.
... of the elusive floating bus on these machines, and no ... hardware my code is running on (I need to do ... and skip ULA/bus polling on a +2A/3, but if ... like to simply use a different port number for ...Spectrum games from a parallel universe[b]Renegade IV - Restoration Of Justice[/b] (Imagine) Plenty of debate has raged on the subject of which is the best Renegade game, the original, or…
... Plenty of debate has raged on the subject of which is ... and an adventure game based on a big license, industry folk ... descriptions when you EXAMINE GLOVEBOX. A nice little subgame here, ... the Monty Mole franchise, definitely a massive step backwards.
...Rasputin - Impassable Room? Haylp!And so it came to pass that I'd decided to master fiddly isometric-'em-up Rasputin. And I was doing pretty well too... got the control scheme figured…
... how to kill those annoying frog-like creatures by letting ... the two 'T's on the main strip, then ... screen to the left. A yellow screen, with one ... moving platform and a couple of chomping teeth baddies ... the crossbow somehow? Answers on a postcard please...Help me finding a game from my childhoodDear all, This might sound a little weird, but here it goes: I am looking for a game from my childhood. I think I have seen hundreds of screenshot…
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This might sound a little weird, but here it ... – my console (I believe) was a russian ZX Spectrum clone (just ... )
– the game was stored on a cassette which contained several games ... a jumping ninja (?), perhaps firing a gun
– it was a ...Vallation 128K (and finally out on physical tape too).So, I finally finished the 128K version of Vallation. [img]http://tardis.dk/retro/vallation/images/vallation_logo.png[/img] As announced a whil…
... back, I’ve been working on a 128K version of Vallation. It ... – it’s also finally available on on physical cassette from [url="http ... tape has the 48K version on one side and the 128K ... version on the other side.
a question about 48/128k spectrum sound hardwarei have a program for the 48k (ive forgotten what its called) that lets you do 3 channel sound on it. so could it be possible to do 9 channels on a 12…
i have a program for the 48k (ive forgotten what its called) that lets you do 3 channel sound on it. so could it be possible to do 9 channels on a 128k machine using the same method with 1 bit dac in the ay chip?
just a thought.Controllers... I'M A CONTROL FREAK!...to paraphrase the Volvo advert from about 20 years ago, for some variant of the 850/V70, if I remember rightly. Anyway, I wonder if it's possib…
... other controllers to be used on a Spectrum, and if anyone ... and I've recently obtained a Zipstik. While that's ... me to use it on the Sinclair port of ... />
I have a PS1 and a PS2 in the roof ... someone on an Atari forum has successfully rewired a Playstation ...Kempston Mouse on a +2A/+3? Apparently, yes!So, I’ve always been under the impression that the Kempston Mouse interface was supported (and indeed worked) only up to the +2. However, I found thi…
... +2. However, I found this on page 13 of the November ...Blue screen of Death on PCsI have had one of these on my PC for last two years on "Shut Down" . It was not doing any harm so I left it alone till it got worse and started appea…
... PC for last two years on "Shut Down" . It was ... up an "system image" file on a rather dodgy spare drive he ... 2 versions of Windows 7 on this PC with an option ... and the new system is on 1 . So far , playing ... War Games on the new set up indicates ...Who's having a Computing Saturday.Back in the day and sometimes the present I always looked forward to Saturday as one of my computing at home days. Saturday has always been special f…
... having been born on a Saturday, the FA was on so we all ...
