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zx spectrum 48k powerpackhi just a quick question for you guys. i have just bought a 48k rubber key'd speccy without a power supply. i have found a power supply in my spares …
If you still have a grey +2 supply, that'll work - else it's somewhere like Ebay or Maplin I think. -
zx spectrum 48k powerpackhi just a quick question for you guys. i have just bought a 48k rubber key'd speccy without a power supply. i have found a power supply in my spares …
The Grey +2 PSU will work fine or you could use the PSU from a Super Nintendo but you'd have to add a bridge rectifier to convert it from AC to DC. -
128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... somebody brave enugh to put a +2 ULA into their toast rack ... time (in preference to my grey +2).[/QUOTE]
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128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... somebody brave enugh to put a +2 ULA into their toast
>(in preference to my grey +2).[/QUOTE]
My spanish ... +128K ( bought in 1985) has a AMSTRAD ULA. I remember it ... found other spectrum +128K ( with a issue 9G) that have this ... -
128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... +128K ( bought in 1985) has a AMSTRAD ULA. I remember it ... ?t... :(
[QUOTE=Gods] Grey +2 board: (see the Amstrad ULA ... -
Composite video VS Grey +2 - The sequelHi, So, im tired of having to either get a good pic or a good sound on the grey +2 through RF. According to Paul Farrow's site, [url]http://www.f…
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It's a 1084S - D1. Maybe its a different version from ... mono, one old version, with a Scart socket and Digital RGB ... connect it directly to my grey +2. -
Good Horror Films...Can anyone recommend any good horror films for me to watch? Just to give an idea of the kind o' thing I like - I like creepy apocalyptic horror such…
... of my faves (a few have already been ... /> Hellraiser (Pinhead!)
Hellraiser 2 (the rest that followed sucked ...
There was also a film on TV recently with ... in WW2 holed up inside a bunker, with them all ... go insane.. that was a bit jumpy in places. ... -
Bubble Bobble and Spectrum 128k +2A/B +3Hello, Recently I bought a tape released by the Hit Squad.It load very well (using 128k loader and also on +3 basic mode) but when I try to play it …
... rerelease of bubble bobble on a +2A (and I ...
Either You are playing a different version of bubble bobble ... or the emulator is a missing a trick when it comes ... played around with this a bit now and loaded ... play the music on the grey +2 either.
It is ... -
'Straddle keyboard tailsWell, I bought an Amstrad Speccy keyboard off an ebayer - not for a Spectrum (I don't actually have an Amstrad one) - but for my own homebrew compute…
... , but that sounds like a keyboard for a +2A/+3, which might ... narrow down a search for the pinouts.
The grey +2 had ... -
'Straddle keyboard tailsWell, I bought an Amstrad Speccy keyboard off an ebayer - not for a Spectrum (I don't actually have an Amstrad one) - but for my own homebrew compute…
They also changed the grey +2 membrane too. Right number of ... wrong (sounds like a film :D
Grey +2 membrane's switch ... matrix is different to a 48/128 ... -
New zx spectrum user (yes yawn)Sorry about this folks, bit of an uninteresting thread here, anyway firstly apologies if tis is in the wrong place, bu misc seemed about right. Anywa…
... loudly in here.... It's a long story! :)
a grey +2 or a toast rack 128. What ... 't so true of the grey +2/toaster 128.
a look at getting a mass storage device ... too - a +D disk drive or a ... -
New zx spectrum user (yes yawn)Sorry about this folks, bit of an uninteresting thread here, anyway firstly apologies if tis is in the wrong place, bu misc seemed about right. Anywa…
... tell him to get a grey +2 or a toast rack 128. What ... 't so true of the grey +2/toaster 128.
a look at getting a mass storage device ... too - a +D disk drive or a ... Yep I agree. Go for a 128K model, you should be ... -
Difficult gamesWhich games do you think are difficult to finish? On my opinion, Abu Simbel Profanation: I finished this game with a cracked version with infinite l…
... serious mate then send me a message :)
Anyway, back ... easy. The follow ups were a lot hard though... Especially Robocop ... wouldn't load on on grey +2 :) -
Low Sound output + Sound distorting pictureHi, I am having a problem with my Grey +2 at the moment while trying to use RGB output. When I load a game the loader tones are fine but the actual…
[QUOTE=Winston;198511]On a toast rack machine? It doesn' ... t have a sound output at the video ... to make SCART cables with a little pig tail to go ... /> No Winston, on my french grey +2 (PERITEL version) i really have ... -
Has anyone ever tried this (audio cd's)Last night I was having trouble using tape with my spectrum (see hardware thread) But it got me to thinking, about tape issues. I was wondering if …
... games or crap games from a real speccy.
(Mine is a sigmatel based mp3 player, "Typhoon ... using it regularly for a year *even with k7zx ... grey +2 they will work with same deck. (I made a ... special cable to connect a line-out direcly to +2 ... -
Low Sound output + Sound distorting pictureHi, I am having a problem with my Grey +2 at the moment while trying to use RGB output. When I load a game the loader tones are fine but the actual…
... has always been with my grey +2, too: i.e.: the AY ... same jack output is at a normal level, as well as ... /> So this must be a common fault with grey +2's. As far ... 's ever come up with a cure. -
Low Sound output + Sound distorting pictureHi, I am having a problem with my Grey +2 at the moment while trying to use RGB output. When I load a game the loader tones are fine but the actual…
maplins do a little amplifier kit for approx ? ... sound socket's on the grey +2 seem to be in many ... and the power socket as a matter of course.
Low Sound output + Sound distorting pictureHi, I am having a problem with my Grey +2 at the moment while trying to use RGB output. When I load a game the loader tones are fine but the actual…
... ]No Winston, on my french grey +2 (PERITEL version) i really have ... the plug on my third +2 (english grey) to add audio out ... the 2 others.
Next modification : I will put the motherboard ... of the english +2 (dead case) in ...Does anyone have any working Ferranti's?Does anyone know where I might get hold of a Ferranti ULA5C112E-3?? I think this is the problem with one of my rubber key 48K's as it otherwise wor…
... an issue 2 speccy with a drifty modulator or a problematic ... like you're using a wierd unreadable font. That ... right (the colours) in a very very narrow "window" ... the case.
Should a metal plate (copper or ... the grey +2.
If your board is in a + ...Printer InterfacesI have a customer who wants to connect an Epson 850 printer to a humble rubber key Speccy. Now I happen to have 3 printer interfaces (all Kempston) …
... &w (or shades of grey)
2. PlusD - POKE @11,0 ... avail, I still cannot get a colour screen dump on my ...Edge Connector's...Can someone please point me to an online source of the spectrum edge connector (the female one I need to connect my board to a speccy), preferably in…
... sourcing new edge connectors for a Spectrum. They just don't ... it to size.
2. Maplin sell a "low cost edge connector ... ends off and it becomes a Spectrum edge connector (make sure ... the Spectrum's motherboard is, then glue in a small triangular piece ...Worm In Paradise/playing text adventuresHi folks I've seen this game highly lauded in many sections of this website and I've been dabbling with getting back into text adventures recently. …
... in it (which was inside a Chinese restaurant), but I ... having to smash/break a window in the brothel. ... Soho Sex Quest also had a Chinese Brothel type location, ... br /> I'm curious. Why a *Chinese* brothel? Not that I ... were featured in 2 adventure games. :oops:ZX81 power supplyFriend gives me ZX81 without power supply and i want to test whether he work or not. Can i use Spectrum p.supply for that purposes? I dont want to d…
Buy a "Compact switching DC power adapter" ... /> - Reguled output
- 1.5A~2.0A
- weight 86g
- Works with ZX81, ZX_Spectrum and "grey" +2.
- Minimal 7805 heat dissipation !Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... I co-produced a long time ago, where a cowboy had to ... move cows out of a fenced area within a restricted time limit ... improvement to guide them inside a fenced area instead of taking ... have several suggestions:
a) Declare separate vectors for row ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... I co-produced a long time ago, where a cowboy had to ... move cows out of a fenced area within a restricted time limit ... improvement to guide them inside a fenced area instead of taking ... have several suggestions:
a) Declare separate vectors for row ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... .
Here is a temporary snapshot, and some notes ... improvement to guide them inside a fenced area instead of taking ... years. So this is a reconstruction from very vague memories ... several suggestions:
a) Declare separate vectors for row ...+3 RGB to SCART cableToday i decided to make a cable of this sort by myself. I found the schematics here [url]http://falvarezold.dyndns.org/videojuegos/doc/cable_rgb_euro…
... guy in Poland for my grey +2 (not +2a). It took about ... open the cable and cut a wire which I did. It ... recommend that cable. It's a shame as I would really ...+3 RGB to SCART cableToday i decided to make a cable of this sort by myself. I found the schematics here [url]http://falvarezold.dyndns.org/videojuegos/doc/cable_rgb_euro…
... guy in Poland for my grey +2 (not +2a). It took ... BUT not on the +2 grey it gave a very wavy picture as ... cable for 128 heatsink and +2 grey spectrums.
I ... RGB cable for the +2 grey myself and i can asure ... pins).
Works perfectly on a +2 grey.Bad things you did as a kidOk, fess up. What's some of the worst things you did as a kid? For me: (1) Almost burning a neighbour's hedge to the ground. (2) Wiping a big dog…
... girls foot off with a garden hoe....almost suceeded ... />
I took a shit on a neighbours doorstep, I think ... my friends threw a stone at a window that had ... that the workmen were still inside, and one of them ... />
I stole 2 quid from a posh kid to buy ...ZX Spectrum Power Cable on +2AHi, Today I bought a +2A, but it is lacking a power cable. I rooted around and found one, but it is for an ordinary ZX Spectrum. Will it work? This…
... 213842]16k, 48k, +, 128K and +2 (grey) are all barrel (but later ... and the grey Amstrad built 128 +2 (grey case) all require a barrel type ... little power compared to the grey +2, and the +3 uses ... picture goes shakey, you have a stressed PSU and should consider ...
