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How many full time users of Linux on the forum?How many of you on WOS forum use Linux as a permanent OS replacement (excluding casual duel boot users who also duel boot Windows?). I use Linux Min…
... than others, the way to tell the less cack from the ... the printer or not. If the cartridges cost more than ... zone. The other way to tell if a printer is cack or ... uses ink or toner. If it uses ink, then ... spectrum from much less cack to very good indeed.[/QUOTE]< ... -
Harlequin clone...PCB manufactured!Using Chris Smith's detailed schematics and project notes from the Harlequin... a Speccy fan in the United States by the name of Don (Superfo) has de…
... I asked the designer (Superfo) to add resistors between the buffer ... signal that I could use to tell if the VRAM is being read ... clone was redesigned in order to Sinclair joystick interfaces and ... operations work again, and thanks to the isolating resistors, all ... -
Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
... - it's a little difficult to tell if the keys are fawn coloured ... .
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Strange object, anyone know what it is?[url=http://postimage.org/image/oh3m6vqrp/][img]http://s18.postimage.org/oh3m6vqrp/IMG_9597.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://postimage.org/image/nsurnxs1x…
... on the front. Although hard to tell if it's in or out ... -
Driving Madness - Rude DriversI know stereotypes don't stand up to close scrutiny but after a strangely high number of separate infuriating incidents today, I feel compelled to th…
... Rovers...
Easy way to tell, if it has mud and dents ... the owner is a farmer, if it has alloy wheels and ... is a tw@ :)
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Driving Madness - Rude DriversI know stereotypes don't stand up to close scrutiny but after a strangely high number of separate infuriating incidents today, I feel compelled to th…
... Rovers...
Easy way to tell, if it has mud and dents ... the owner is a farmer, if it has alloy wheels and ... is a tw@ :)
If it's painted white, silver ... always assume anyone who chooses to drive a BMW X6 is ... -
Steve Wilcox quote in latest 'Retro Gamer' magOn page 7, in a feature on his IOS Spectrum emulator, he is quoted as saying: "The Android market has been 'poisoned' by a number of very shoddy Spec…
... iOS just isn't going to happen on Android, or indeed ... they wouldn't be able to corner the market.[/QUOTE]
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Steve Wilcox quote in latest 'Retro Gamer' magOn page 7, in a feature on his IOS Spectrum emulator, he is quoted as saying: "The Android market has been 'poisoned' by a number of very shoddy Spec…
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WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…
... there was a easy way to tell if a read of the Spectrum ... />
In theory you could tell them apart - Z80 reads will ... . However, it's not practical to do this - when the Z80 ... , you'd still have problems if the Z80 wrote or read ... -
Z80 new old stockHi. I found this on eBay but ... is there a way we could know they don't hav a faulty M1 line? [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zilog-Z80-CPU-Z0840004PS…
... (including bugs!) we're different to an actual ULA...[/QUOTE]
to tell if it was done due to lack of detailed ... analysis or just to simplify design. There were also ... other goals to achieve, like support for CP ... -
Strange failure modeI just had a 48K machine "fail" in what seemed like an odd way. Problem: Random keypresses (not from any particular part of the key matrix) appearin…
It's difficult to tell if it's DC or AC at this stage since I don't have much in the way of tools, but I suspect AC.
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ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... , or the first level if the game is over.
-show all stuff transparently. If you are in a 48K ... program I am already able to tell if the machine is a 48K ... BASIC would also allow me to combine it with a ... a combination that allows them to do all of the ... -
Compiling Lisp to Z80.I am doing some thought experiments on this. Here is an example of a Lisp program. It adds two numbers together. [code] (define (add x y) (if (= …
... dynamic. There is no way to tell if x is a number or ... look like? Does it need to specify at runtime what type ... -
DivMMC EnJOY!Coming up... [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/DivMMC_enjoy_first_render.jpg[/IMG]
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Here is how to fix if anyone want to build.
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DivMMC EnJOY!Coming up... [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/DivMMC_enjoy_first_render.jpg[/IMG]
... QUOTE=superfo;708374]Here is how to fix if anyone want to build.
[IMG ... both rom chips in computer if DIVIDE memory will connect. Correct ... CPLD pin - CPLD must see if +2A mode is used.
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Anyone using an RGB SCART cable with a +2A/+3 and LCD TV?In [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44697"]a recent thread[/URL], I mused: [quote]Can +2As be composite modded? If so, I…
... that, and don't know if my +2A is affected or ... />
It's easy enough to tell if you open the case, but ... if you don't want to do that, just ... the sound socket.
If the sound is in both ... it's a +2B, but if it's only in the ... -
I know it's part ZX81 but what's the rest of it?You can see the ZX81 motherboard in the corner but I have no idea what the rest does, it powers up but I haven't managed to get the screen to tune in…
... wobbly screen it's impossible to tell if the K is there or ... waiting on a new processor to arrive, do you think it ... 's worth upgrading the rom to the EL-2364 Flash EPROM ... but would like to get it working without if I can.
I know it's part ZX81 but what's the rest of it?You can see the ZX81 motherboard in the corner but I have no idea what the rest does, it powers up but I haven't managed to get the screen to tune in…
... screen it's impossible to tell if the K is there ... waiting on a new processor to arrive, do you think ... would like to get it working without if I can.< ... tvs struggle like hell to show anything even with ... br />
If You are going to upgrade the ROM use ...One more grey +2 with video problemsI guess I need your help again to hopefully be able to do some proper troubleshooting myself one day. Here I have a grey +2, which could be a bottom…
... the primary winding. Then due to the alternating magnetic field produced ... applications, it may be required to have a tapped winding. This ... , cases) have extra connections / pins. If a tap is not needed ... , you may not be able to tell if there is a short circuit ...What 80's games authors are here?I realise there may be some who are keeping a bit quiet about who they are, but I'm using my real name as my WoS name and I know there are some other…
[QUOTE=merman;740184]Two different pieces, cannot confirm if they were written by the same person.[/QUOTE]
Or indeed that they weren't. If I saw the two articles side by side I'd be able to tell if they were.ZX Spectrum 48K Issue 3, loss of -5V rail.Hi all, I've googled this problem and poured over the electrical diagrams for the circuitry concerning the power supplies and I believe I know what …
... also don't seem to be known in the Infoseek ... them nobody I talked to here even remembered these ... They don't seem to have been made with great ... still missing. I tried to contact the company but it ... , so it's impossible to tell if anyone from that time managed ...New video about S-video modification on Issue two 48K Spectrum.I just finished an s-video modification on an Issue two 48K Spectrum so I made a video about it. Most of the technical details are in the video; if y…
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Hard to tell if there are two crystals in ...Soldering Iron recomendation...About two months ago I asked a colleague to borrow his soldering iron for a couple of days to do a "quick repair" to a Spectrum, unfortunately for hi…
... there is a simple way to tell if a soldering iron station ... actually using a temperature sensor to sense the tip temperature, ...
Set the iron controls to the lowest available temperature, wait ... for it to stablize, note the displayed ...Ways to identify spectrum issues with out opening them?A good while ago, I'm sure I saw some posts on here about how to identify what issue speccy you have by looking in the expansion port to see what hea…
You'll only be able to tell if a machine was an Issue ... />
Probably the best way to approximate an issue number for ... , so the only way to be sure is to crack it open ...problems with a 48k[url]http://imgur.com/lpGfjik[/url] Hi WOS. Its my first post here. I have know about this site for a quite good time, but didnt had the will to con…
... machines look positively agricultural compared to those in later models.
to be able to tell if a CRT was on ...Grey +2 - DOA and no power lightTook a punt on a grey +2 at the weekend to be a spare. It was "untested" although so were all my other +2's which are all fine. Tried to power th…
... of video.
If it were just TR8/TR9 ... RAM.
To verify if TR8/TR9 need attention, check ... should be 12v if all is well). If this is not ... 653 and then check if you get video output.< ... you'll usually be able to tell if the CPU is working by ...No video from my Spectrum +3 hot chips!I still can't get to the bottom of my +3 giving no video. It powers up and both the power and disk drive lights are on solid. The disk drive won't ma…
... memory IC's, 4464's to be exact.
Can ... , or are there more elements to it?
RAM faults ... as long as you know how to solder. If you're not confident ...So were the 80's really that great?I should imagine that most of us on WoS were kids during the 80's. I was 6 at the start of the 80's and obviously 16 at the and. Now that is one he…
Difficult to tell if the 80s were "better" ... . Personally I'd like to think my kids are having ... were the most exciting time to be into music, although people ... 1986, and I can tell which one is from which ... odd heavy breather phoning in to Ken Bruce's Popmaster ;)< ...Are there any differencies between Speccies in different countries?I am asking for differencies of ordinary Speccies, not clones. Can I travel to foreign country, buy Speccy from fleamarket and except it will run at …
... other 128k models that affect to compatibility and missing (and the ... , because is the easier way to tell if your computer is a +2 ...
