-
Top 10 tape-based 128K-only games of all timeOn foro.speccy.org we came up with this list: La Abadia del Crimen Los Amores de Brunilda Carrier Command Gauntlet 3 The Muncher Pang The Pawn Rod-…
... on the machines with buggy HAL chips, you can squeeze a ... -
Giving up on SpectrumsHi all... Bit of a downer post here... I'm really close to giving up on Spectrums.. My 48k has given me nothing but head aches since day one... and …
... /> grey +2 with velesofts mutant HAL won't work with any ... -
Pics of your Speccy set-up?Had a look and can't seem to find a thread on this. - Be interesting to see pic(s) of everyone's "go-to" Speccy, the one that they use regulary. I'…
... steel +2 with a mutant HAL (unrainer and +2a/b/3 ... -
Pics of your Speccy set-up?Had a look and can't seem to find a thread on this. - Be interesting to see pic(s) of everyone's "go-to" Speccy, the one that they use regulary. I'…
... steel +2 with a mutant HAL (unrainer and +2a/b/3 ... -
128k toast rack diagnosisHi - I recently won a 128K toast rack, and have got a Retroleum smart card. I've tried a couple of games and all seems fine...-ish.<div><br></div><di…
Sounds more like the HAL chip to me, or possibly the 74LS174 IC.
B -
128k toast rack diagnosisHi - I recently won a 128K toast rack, and have got a Retroleum smart card. I've tried a couple of games and all seems fine...-ish.<div><br></div><di…
... , so might not be the HAL then. Have a look at ... -
Please test your ZX128+2 (grey model)Please reset your ZX128+2 (grey) and write in 128 basic (or in USR0 mode): [B]PRINT IN 32765[/B] - if basic crash (black screen) then your ZX contai…
... seeing comments suggesting this fixed HAL was only in Spanish machines ... to know whether the later HAL which fixes port 0x7ffd reads ... -
Please test your ZX128+2 (grey model)Please reset your ZX128+2 (grey) and write in 128 basic (or in USR0 mode): [B]PRINT IN 32765[/B] - if basic crash (black screen) then your ZX contai…
Hmm, so i guess the later issue of HAL really must be quite rare. I’m not sure if we’ve only seen one of these, and if so, who has it, and also exactly what the new equations are! -
Please test your ZX128+2 (grey model)Please reset your ZX128+2 (grey) and write in 128 basic (or in USR0 mode): [B]PRINT IN 32765[/B] - if basic crash (black screen) then your ZX contai…
... guess the later issue of HAL really must be quite rare ... -
Please test your ZX128+2 (grey model)Please reset your ZX128+2 (grey) and write in 128 basic (or in USR0 mode): [B]PRINT IN 32765[/B] - if basic crash (black screen) then your ZX contai…
... guess the later issue of HAL really must be quite rare ... by others? I think a HAL is not reprogrammable, no?
Any other differences with this HAL might be nice to document ... -
Please test your ZX128+2 (grey model)Please reset your ZX128+2 (grey) and write in 128 basic (or in USR0 mode): [B]PRINT IN 32765[/B] - if basic crash (black screen) then your ZX contai…
Oh, you say it’s a PAL, so not a HAL. How certain are you that Amstrad made this? -
Please test your ZX128+2 (grey model)Please reset your ZX128+2 (grey) and write in 128 basic (or in USR0 mode): [B]PRINT IN 32765[/B] - if basic crash (black screen) then your ZX contai…
... . This type were known as HAL.
The markings on ... -
Spectrum +2A floating bus portHi As I discovered in the past, Spectrum +2A (and probably +3) do have floating bus port. But it is not shown on all unused ports, only on some po…
... to a bug in the HAL chip. Therefore any programmer relying ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
I don't know if they were mentioned before, but I just found these interesting links for Opus Discovery users:
http://zxspectrum.it.omegahg.com/_OP.htm
http://zxspectrum.hal.varese.it/opus.htm -
Copyright infringement / Intelectual PropertyI was having a go of Atarisoft's never-released Moon Patrol earlier and comparing it to Ocean's much better Moon Alert which I enjoyed BITD (although…
... Commodore hired the newly formed HAL Labs in Japan to make ... -
Please test your ZX128+2 (grey model)Please reset your ZX128+2 (grey) and write in 128 basic (or in USR0 mode): [B]PRINT IN 32765[/B] - if basic crash (black screen) then your ZX contai…
... exact mechanism is that the HAL asserts BANK for both reads ... -
Emulation with remade HD graphics - possible?Do you think it is technically possible to make new HD graphics for a ZX Spectrum game and use the emulation to drive the graphics as the original ga…
... answer Hal9000 questions.. after training Hal, one would start replacing graphics ... -
Opus Discovery - copy 170k disks to 800k disksHi guys, I'm new here, and a newbie in the spectrum world. My opus has two disk drive, a pc drive as 1, and the original one as 2. 6116 ram chip a…
Might be useful when copying:
http://zxspectrum.hal.varese.it/opus.htm
SPECTRUM DISCOVERY CLUB LIBRARY DISC - Library disc 01
"opus tool" for filecopy
I wish you much success,
Günter -
should i replace the gal in my 128k toastrackas the title really. not sure whether or not to do this mod as it somehow makes it less original?
... if you should replace the HAL with a reprogrammed GAL in ... -
Disappointed with InterstellarI'd heard so much about it that I bought the DVD yesterday and quit after an hour of gruelling, depressing, difficult to follow and frankly pretty bo…
... as a player. At least HAL got an intro in 2001 ... -
Disappointed with InterstellarI'd heard so much about it that I bought the DVD yesterday and quit after an hour of gruelling, depressing, difficult to follow and frankly pretty bo…
... bother watching the rest.
HAL gets a proper introduction in ... -
The I register pointing to $40–$7f causes ULA snow and a crash. Or does it?I have heard it from numerous sources, including a few members of this forum, that 128K/+2 machines crash if the I register points to a range of $40–…
... /> Ah, yes. The “sneakily reprogrammed HAL” hullabaloo. I don’t think ... -
The I register pointing to $40–$7f causes ULA snow and a crash. Or does it?I have heard it from numerous sources, including a few members of this forum, that 128K/+2 machines crash if the I register points to a range of $40–…
... IR.
The "bugged" HAL / PAL can however cause crashes ... -
The I register pointing to $40–$7f causes ULA snow and a crash. Or does it?I have heard it from numerous sources, including a few members of this forum, that 128K/+2 machines crash if the I register points to a range of $40–…
... /> [quote="1024MAK;934627"]The "bugged" HAL / PAL can however cause crashes ... -
Celebrity deaths...How about putting them all in one thread? In a sticky? As it seems to be a weekly thing at the moment? Save a bit of space and we can all do without …
[url="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46178930"]HAL is dead !!![/url] -
Favourite BooksThis has probably been done before but i couldn't find a thread. Then again I didn't look very hard, I did look behind the sofa but all I found was s…
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
The Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
Mission Of Gravity: Mesklinite Book 1 by Hal Clement
Gateway by Frederik Pohl -
Grey +2 with lines on some games on RGB connectionHi Everyone, Is it OK if I ask a question? I dug my +2 out of the loft after far too many years about a month ago, and I have finally got it ba…
... /> Also note that the PAL/HAL/GAL chip is NOT the ... ULA. The PAL/HAL/GAL chip is primarily present ... -
Grey +2 with lines on some games on RGB connectionHi Everyone, Is it OK if I ask a question? I dug my +2 out of the loft after far too many years about a month ago, and I have finally got it ba…
Do you mean the ULA or the PAL/HAL/GAL chip?
[b][i]Mark[/i][/b] -
Grey +2 with lines on some games on RGB connectionHi Everyone, Is it OK if I ask a question? I dug my +2 out of the loft after far too many years about a month ago, and I have finally got it ba…
... /> Also note that the PAL/HAL/GAL chip is NOT the ... ULA. The PAL/HAL/GAL chip is primarily present ... this bit, I assumed PAL/HAL/GAL are the ULA - I ... -
Grey +2 with lines on some games on RGB connectionHi Everyone, Is it OK if I ask a question? I dug my +2 out of the loft after far too many years about a month ago, and I have finally got it ba…
... fine with the original PAL/HAL chip, that’s fine as ... with the factory fitted PAL/HAL chips. We don’t even ...
