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Dual joystick interface schematic?Hi! Would anyone have a schematic for a dual joystick interface? Cursor or sinclair would either work. If not, I might try my hand at designing one.…
... , 48k, plus, 128k and +2 (grey).
The ULA decodes ... to D4, it outputs the keyboard data. The ULA outputs are ... same addressing as the ULA / keyboard should only drive data bus ... -
Dual joystick interface schematic?Hi! Would anyone have a schematic for a dual joystick interface? Cursor or sinclair would either work. If not, I might try my hand at designing one.…
... confirm it works on my Grey +2.
SpecEMU 3.1 ... the game options - use the keyboard to do it..... I have ... -
Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... fitted into a Saga Emperor keyboard. This board also had a ... . Just need to fix the keyboard membrane on the Saga now ... a repair. Brought a +2 grey cased model sometime ago from ... -
Spectrum+2 faultHello all, I recently bought a Spectrum +2 that I saw was all lonely and looking sad in a local charity shop, I have been working on refurbishing it…
Sometimes dismantling and cleaning the keyboard and membrane gets them working again. It only takes one key to be stuck down to make the whole keyboard inoperative. Is it the grey +2 or black model? -
Keyboard mat questionsDoes anyone know if there were different versions of rubber mats on the original 48k speccy's, and whether any were known to have a less tactile (ie.…
... issue 1 board, not the keyboard or case). [/quote]
< ... first keyboards were a light grey, making the labelling hard ... lighting conditions. Later keyboard mats were a darker 'blue-grey" colour.
keyboard when Sinclair launched the ZX ... -
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... "]Welcome. you'll especially hate grey key, cos he's a ... others, and the curious looking keyboard. Ultimately my interest boiled over ... .
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Converting Issue 2 keyboard games to Issue 3Dipping back into the World of Spectrum (and no, not just this site) I was wondering if I could do a machine code job myself without having any under…
... ]. Neither seems to have any keyboard issues.[/quote]
Hmmm. With ... what the rest of the keyboard is doing? Or is that ... Spectaculator and an Issue 3 keyboard. And yet, I was sure ... remember it doing with my grey case +2 was sitting there ... -
Converting Issue 2 keyboard games to Issue 3Dipping back into the World of Spectrum (and no, not just this site) I was wondering if I could do a machine code job myself without having any under…
... what the rest of the keyboard is doing?[/quote]
The ... remember it doing with my grey case +2 was sitting there ... didn’t respond to the keyboard?
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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…
... an all-new grey case featuring a spring-loaded keyboard, dual joystick ... -
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 …
... Goods (to create a DK Keyboard Tester)
Yup "project ... "hacked about" stuff includes long grey 128k Spectrums that were bolted ... try out the different DK keyboard tops.
Well it ... -
Miscellaneous ZX81 stuffI was not sure where to put this . As it is not Speccy related I had a dilemma . Should it go in Chit Chat . But then I had a better idea : if I call…
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Hopefully all my keyboard testing "odd effects" (as per ... find an online ZX81 DKtronics keyboard manual (the Speccy one ... Zx81 version of the DK keyboard manual . The scanned ... cheap GREY 128 +2 motherboard for a remaining Speccy DK keyboard . ... -
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 …
... /> Introducing the DKTronics "look- alike" keyboard eh!
The plot ... :- I suppose the "looka-like" grey keys were probably easy to ... -
Finding and listing the Games that are PWI ( Playable Without Instructions)The idea for this came up here:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58008/what-of-zx-spectrum-games-can-be-played-without-referri…
... point here is that no keyboard or joystick selections have been ... .Maybe there will be some "grey" areas .For instance "Press Space ... -
+2A vs +2BFrom what I understand, the +2A like the one I have is black, while the +2B is grey. Logically, the +2B came after the +2A, but why is there a prefer…
... deck and a ‘normal’ keyboard, similar to their existing CPC464 ... The case was a dark grey colour rather than black. ... is referred to as ‘the grey” +2.
... black plastic. The +2 grey and the +3 were ... +2A replaced the +2 grey once stocks of this model ... -
Mini Spectrum +2Hi, I've just missed out by 53p on a Spectrum +2 which was chop sawed to make it a Mini Spectrum +2: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Grey-Spectrum-Plus-2…
... make the layout of the keyboard similar (cursor controls etc) similar ... perhaps, although the latter, the keyboard is OK-ish to use ... same mech in the +2 grey or black models compared to ... -
Quirky nerdy hardware quiz time[b]Quirky nerdy hardware quiz time[/b] [list=1][*]How many transistors are on the issue one ZX Spectrum PCB? [color=#FFFFFF].[/color] [*]Which d…
... and columns make up the keyboard matrix? [b]The answer is ... Amstrad made ZX Spectrum +2 (grey) machines that were fitted with ... -
Are there any TWIN COMPUTER games or any other twinned software for the ZX Spectrum?I noticed in the PSS Game "Tobruk" that there was an option for the use of 2 Amstrad Micros . The instructions say :- "This advanced version of Tobru…
... bidirectional signal pins. The +2 (grey) has joystick ports that apart ... /+3B are part of the keyboard matrix, and it’s not ... controlled (switched) by the 74LS145 keyboard decoder chip, rather than real ... -
Need a new keyboard for Issue 2I've dug out my old Spectrum's today. My +3A and +2 grey are both working perfectly. However, my old early Issue 2 keyboard was replaced with a SA…
... +2 (grey) machines, whether an external keyboard overrides the ... build in keyboard depends on ... the circuitry for the external keyboard interface.
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Spectrum Emulator 4 WinCE HELP PLEASE!I have the spectrum emulator v1.1 on my casio e-100 and it works fine and loads the games fine, but one big problem I have is that there is no real k…
... that there is no real keyboard for it, so it really ... I can find a spectrum keyboard that will work on my ... -
Emulator compatibility with real SpectrumHi emulator programmers... Having spotted for the last 6 months that my iPAQ is still missing a Spectrum emulator I started typing last tuesday - an…
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A DOS question, slightly OTI have an old laptop (a P75) which is great for Spectrum emulation (X128 ), and C64 emulation (CCS64), and I want to emulate the Atari ST, too. Now, …
... that can
remap the keyboard, so that if I press ... -
zx32: cursor keysAre the cursor keys emulated on zx32? I ask because i want to select the 128k Basic option from the opening menu in Spectrum 128 mode, but when I pre…
... the cursor keys on my keyboard to move the highlight bar ... -
Keys in 48k mode for SpecEmu 1.2?Hello all, Does anyone know how to get the " symbol to appear when in 48k mode on Spec Emu 1.2? As you can imagine, it's pretty essential to be able…
... Cop to load on my grey case 128k +2. Also having ... -
PimaniaHi, I have been trying to play PIMANIA but have run up against a problem. In order to start the game the first question says "A KEY TURNS THE LOCK".…
... the downloadable emulators emulate the keyboard fully? Any info gratefully accepted ... -
A picture of me and my Spectrum circa 1984 8o)<a href="http://www.fotango.com/p/eba00132841f00000010.jpg From" target="_blank">[url]http://www.fotango.com/p/eba00132841f00000010.jpg[/url] From<…
Amstrad telephone plays Spectrum games?Hi, I have been absent from this forum for a long time now, mature student these days! I was perusing a home shopping catalogue, when I noticed an…
spectrum on pcI was just wondering,the pc is brilliant for speccy emus but wen playing speccy games on a pc keyboard it just doesnt feel rite for sum1 who used to …
... speccy games on a pc keyboard it just doesnt feel rite ...KEYBOARD PROBLEM HI, MOST OF THE KEYS ON MY SPECTRUM + 48K WONT WORK, I`VE HAD IT FOR YEARS AND WAS WONDERING DO I NEED A NEW MEMBRANE OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? THE D…
HI, MOST OF THE KEYS ON MY SPECTRUM + 48K WONT WORK, I`VE HAD IT FOR YEARS AND WAS WONDERING DO I NEED A NEW MEMBRANE OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? THE DISPLAY SEEMS OK IT SHOWS THE "SINCLAIR 1982 " ON THE SCREEN.ZX48k terminal...Hello everybody, I thought someone might help me. I connect my good old ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link, and I was trying to write a little term…
... read a char from the keyboard,
and if there's ... does the space on the keyboard affect the INKEY$ #4??
