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  • Plug in the TV Joystick Games Thingys (Spectrum one??)I brought a from a car boot one of those plug in the TV joystick games thingys for a pound. This one happened to be full with 20 or so Commodore 64…

    ... boot one of those plug in the TV joystick games thingys for ... you put on it?? Bearing in mind the availability of only ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tricks with IN 31It's generally considered unwise to use a Kempston joystick's fire button to start a game, because the floating bus effect can make arbitrary data ap…

    ... make arbitrary data appear on IN 31 from the screen RAM.
    IN 31 while the ULA is still ... (using a short interrupt routine in IM2 to make sure of ... is connected, and I read IN 31, can I be sure that ... that I've just typed in.
    ajmoss ajmoss April 2010 Hardware
  • OUT to file, IN from fileOUT - sentences won't do much on emulators since they mostly communicate with external devices. If there was an emulator that would write the (last) …

    ... and read the (last) IN-ed value, then someone could ... was OUT-ed and in another WINDOW-program you ... 31.IN and the emulator would read the value with LET A=IN 31 ... .

    In this way your ... hardware.

    In my case I could test ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2002 Emulators
  • +2 blurry TV pictureHi, I'm a Spectrum user from Argentina, this is my first post :smile: I've recently got a spanish ZX Spectrum +2 (the grey one). Hooking european c…

    ... usually a problem, our TV sets are PAL-N ... 2 with PAL games in that TV and it works perfectly ... (in other TVs I only ... the Spectrum is working in color in that TV, but the quality ... :-P

    Thanks in advance,

    Hern?n ...
    Hernán Pablo Álvarez Hernán Pablo Álvarez February 2007 Hardware
  • ZX81 on TV AM 1983 - With Roland RatTitle says it all. In 1983 TV AM were doing a competition to win a ZX81. Why they didn't feature a ZX Spectrum I dont know.? [youtube]yC8mYKuTIyw[/y…

    Title says it all. In 1983 TV AM were doing a competition to win a ZX81. Why they didn't feature a ZX Spectrum I dont know.?

    [youtube]yC8mYKuTIyw[/youtube]
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk April 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • My New Spectrum a TV star??Yesterday I stumbled across a wonderful shop in Cardiff called the 80's toy shop. Guess what they sell??..... hee hee. Anyway I got talking to the ow…

    ... stumbled across a wonderful shop in Cardiff called the 80's ... Wales, who last year used in a TV show. He mentioned a ... [/img]

    See its in good nick.
    [img]http ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Problems with a gray ZX Spectrum +2Hello. First of all, thank you for receiving me on this forum. I'll try to help everybody as well as I can Said that, I want to do two questions abo…

    ... so it appears in black and white in every TV I have. The ... well, as I have color in the RF, so I ... (as I read somewhere) in series to lower the 1 ... , but didn't work (in fact, I got a worster ... with it disabled (to reduce noise produced by the UHF oscillator ...
    Gren Sacher Gren Sacher September 2011 Hardware
  • Stereo sound to LCD TVI have 23" LCD TV and 2 Speccy - 128 Toast and +3. I have audio in (rgb) input in my TV and use ear output from Speccy. but 1. sound from +3 it is …

    I have 23" LCD TV and 2 Speccy -
    128 ... /> I have audio in (rgb) input in my TV and use ear output ... .
    2. sound from 128 in games it is audible not ...
    Gennady Demidenko Gennady Demidenko January 2013 Hardware
  • What would you do with four joysticks?Anyone got some inspiring ideas for four-player games, or twin-stick two-player games..? I can think of, for four players: [I]Warlords[/I] (Atari) […

    ... controls:
    [I]Robotron / Smash TV / Ikari Warriors[/I] type shooter ... .g. IN 63 instead of IN 31, and IN 0xEFEF instead of IN 0xEFFE.
    joefish joefish October 2013 New game ideas
  • unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …

    ... is a significant difference in the number of titles ... wrote:
    The censorship in german TV is also a big ... but random scenes too, in order to show more comercials ... itself, and some distributors in portugal would often put their ... : Amigo on 2003-03-31 07:36 ]
    Amigo Amigo March 2003 Games
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... can be read with IN 61438 and IN 63486, respectively.
    ... can be read in port 31: IN 31 which give you ... /> On other machines: search in VARS for start of BASIC ... printed out is contained in ROM starting at address ... be sent to the TV screen.
    Bit 5 ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • ZX Spectrum 128+ problemsHello!I recently purchased and got myself a spectrum 128+ from ebay.The item did not have an original power supply so i got a power supply of 9volts …

    ... following

    1. Plug in Power supply
    2. Hold ... you get that noise then try tuning in the TV again failing that ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton July 2007 Hardware
  • 2 48K speccys dead..Hey guys! I've got two of our rubbery friends with me that need some help. They've been like this for some time, but I would like to try and fix th…

    ... a black screen, like the tv's getting no signal, but ... the other, no signal in the tv when I turn it on ... keys, you hear the "clic" noise? Checking only the 5V power ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix February 2011 Hardware
  • 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 tested the complete prototype in a TV: the video generation was ... was a problem with the noise so the clon doesn't ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena August 2012 Hardware
  • Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…

    ... is easier to build in hardware (as in one-bit 'decoding') then ... to all get around the TV.

    You might also ... of Joystick #1 for all IN 31 reads, for compatibility.

    in there (at least, on a ...
    joefish joefish April 2013 Hardware
  • Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…

    ... is easier to build in hardware (as in one-bit 'decoding ... to all get around the TV.
    [/QUOTE] A ... Joystick #1 for all IN 31 reads, for compatibility.[/QUOTE]< ... I was thinking about that in the car earlier, it ... way of getting four sticks in there (at least, ...
    guesser guesser April 2013 Hardware
  • Composite video for 48k Capacitor orientationHello, My multisystem TV is acting up and I'm unable to navigate the menu to tune in the RF signal for my speccys. However the A/V input still works.…

    ... capacitor in series to the video signal does not remove noise ... but prevents the TV input from DC current. As told in ... but will work in most cases because in most TV sets there ... signal resulting in lower sharpness.
    To really reduce noise one ...
    ingo ingo April 2013 Hardware
  • The new xbox...I hope the launch of the new xbox (6pm BST today!!) blows the dismal PS4 launch into orbit!! I'm not sure if I'm getting excited or not. I still rem…

    ... quite small, easily fit in black glass TV cabinet. You could build ... you want a lot of noise, go for low-power consumption ... unless you're mainly interested in older games and/or emulation ... and a TV tuner and make some space in your TV cabinet by ...
    Matt_B Matt_B June 2013 Chit chat
  • +2A/+3 composite modHi, Anyone has experience doing a composite output mod for +2A/+3? (yes.. I also have a working RGB) A while ago I did one based on the instruction…

    ... Speccy) causes distortions and adds noise (and the circuit used is ... design).

    Then in the TV or monitor, the video circuitry ... distortions and adds even more noise.

    So a composite ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK December 2013 Hardware
  • What would you do with four joysticks?Anyone got some inspiring ideas for four-player games, or twin-stick two-player games..? I can think of, for four players: [I]Warlords[/I] (Atari) […

    ... controls:
    [I]Robotron / Smash TV / Ikari Warriors[/I] type shooter ... .g. IN 63 instead of IN 31, and IN 0xEFEF instead of IN 0xEFFE.
    BruceNorton BruceNorton February 2014 New game ideas
  • Clashbasher a new interface to reduce colour clashI've been working on this for a while now. [IMG]http://markamy.uwclub.net/cauldron.JPG[/IMG] Basicly its an add on for a 48k spectrum, which reinte…

    ... │ frication amplitude │ 0..255 │ white noise volume: silent..loud, linear │ │
    TV broadcast controlled by another cog ... overflow. Numerical overflow results in high-amplitude noise bursts │
    │ which are ...
    Basher Basher August 2014 Hardware
  • Keyboard reading questionOkay, here's a weird one. I have to elaborate a bit: In the 90s I coded quite a lot of stuff, but I haven't done so in 20 years. There was a hidde…

    ... Namely, the value returned in the top three bits. ... need to AND it with 31, so as to ignore ...
    and 31 ;clear the garbage in bits 5–7< ... Spectrum has its own limitations in detecting multiple keypresses), but ... (or while you’re in the TV test mode), and most ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore March 2018 Assembler
  • Chuckie Egg and joypads on the SpectrumAn old favourite of mine is "Chuckie Egg", but it has no joystick option. I've got a dual port DK Troniks interface, the first port takes IN 31(Kemps…

    ... interface, the first port takes IN 31(Kempston) and the second uses ... 9. What is the point in that? Does anyone know how ...
    Spector Spector March 2002 Games
  • 2 questions regarding partial port decoding1) What happens if the Spectrum reads from a port whose number matches the criteria for more than one device ? Does only one of the devices get to r…

    ... a troublesome command would be IN/OUT from port 0000h, as ... the Kempston joystick ? The standard "IN 31", corresponds to a port address ... requirements ?

    Shouldn't IN A,(15h) also access the ...
    GOC GOC August 2004 Development
  • Do you recognize this game?Actually, I have never played this game, I have just seen it in a TV program devoted to computer games but I am sure that this game is for ZX-Spectru…

    ... have just seen it in a TV program devoted to computer games ... game is for ZX-Spectrum. In this game you fight with ... screens there are cars standing in garages.
    tanium tanium September 2004 Games
  • Graphics cards...Hi everybody. Sorry if this is entirely in the wrong place, but as a lot of you are computer types I thought somebody might know. Does anybody know o…

    ... . Sorry if this is entirely in the wrong place, but as ... than AGP) that has a TV in/out feature. All the ones ... I've check have either TV-in or TV-out but not both ...
    scottid scottid March 2005 Chit chat
  • Questions and answers...I'm bored (downloading some Unreal Tournament levels, when they've finished I'm off to scoff my tea), so I thought I'd create this topic with some Ea…

    ... br />

    1. In the TV program the Prisoner, the prisoner ... is trapped in a village ... br />
    2. Again in the Prisoner, (in one episode) he is ... of the title "Doctor"), yet in the TV program Scrubs, Turk (a ...
    ewgf ewgf July 2006 Chit chat
  • Introducing the ZX MicroGame - Plug in the TV Spectrum GameTake a sneeky peek here: [url]http://freespace.virgin.net/scottie.uk/Pics/MicroGame.jpg[/url] Yeah its only a spoof I made, but still jus…

    Take a sneeky peek here:

    [url]http://freespace.virgin.net/scottie.uk/Pics/MicroGame.jpg[/url]



    Yeah its only a spoof I made, but still just a bit o fun!!! :D

    What do you reccon? Can you folks to ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Hawk the slayerdid you know that Hawk (John Terry) plays Jack's father, in the TV show lost? i just found out, and it seemed interesting enough to post here.

    did you know that Hawk (John Terry) plays Jack's father, in the TV show lost?

    i just found out, and it seemed interesting enough to post here.
    mile mile October 2006 Chit chat
  • C64 30 In 1 TV Game on Ebay for ?7.50Check it out here: [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130040466346"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1300…

    Check it out here:
    [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130040466346"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130040466346[/URL]

    :o
    robpearmain robpearmain October 2006 Sales
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