-
48k - Why Won't it Buzzzz?Hi WOS ;) I bought a load of Spectrum games off eBay and thrown in for good measure was a 48k 1984 Issue 6a circuit board that I was told was for sp…
... a multimeter, replaced all the caps before I went any further ... -
48K misplaced coloursHello to everybody! Slowly recapping a otherwise working Issue 6A 48K. All new caps aroud LM1889, 7805 and DC-DC converter, which improved ripple an…
... Issue 6A 48K. All new caps aroud LM1889, 7805 and DC ... -
Microdrive repair - GREAT NEWS!Microdrive repair facts: We know (almost) pure alcohol and cotton swabs are needed a lot to clean the Microdrive head. We know cartridges degrade, so…
... , so I did the electrolytic caps at the voltage regulator first ... -
Issue 4s - Not 'Jailbars' but lines alloverIt's not another 'Jailbars' question!, but I've got this Issue 4S that aside from the 'Jailbars' on the Paper area of the screen which I can live wit…
... /> I've replaced all the caps, composite modded it, swapped c5 ... -c8 with 1uf multilayer ceramic caps and also changed TR1/TR2 ... -
Game of Life.Last year (I think) or maybe the year before, I entered a Game of Life simulator into the CSS CGC compo but for the Sinclair ZX81. I decided to port…
ZX-Paintbrush 2.5 publishedDear readers, as there were many updates since the last version, I want to bring this to public, so that I hopefully can return back to ZX-Assembler…
Dear readers,
as there were many updates since the last version, I want to bring this to public, so that I hopefully can return back to ZX-Assembler.
Here the things I have changed in the new version 2.5:
1. [COLOR="Red"] ...On this day, I got my SpeccyOMG, 30 years ago, 3rd October 1984... 48k rubber thingie show up in my room... after school (afternoon 'shift') that was a night... :) My choice …
... my room... after school (afternoon 'shift') that was a night... :)
ZX-Modules voting eventDear readers, before I went to a 10-hours shift on my real workplace, I want to announce that I've started a voting event for ZX-Modules, where you …
... went to a 10-hours shift on my real workplace, I ...Weird 1982 Copyright message after cap change.Hello All, As mentioned before I had a busted Issue 6 48K Spectrum+, one of the capacitors had leaked, and trashed the keyboard membrane ribbon. Us…
... wrong when I changed the caps.
Has anyone seen ... wrong when I replaced the caps?New chiptune album (ZX81, Spectrum, Sam Coupe, Atari ST, Amiga)Not entirely Sinclair - granted - but maybe somebody might be interested. ________________________________ YERZMYEY - CHIPTUNES (C) 2014 DOWNLOAD M…
... -Blazar_shift.mp3]05. Yerzmyey - Blazar Shift (ZX Spectrum / Atari 520ST)[/url ...Lo Profile keyboard issueWorks great except two keys, Caps lock produces 2 and full stop on the numeric gives an m. Anyone any ideas?
Works great except two keys, Caps lock produces 2 and full stop on the numeric gives an m. Anyone any ideas?48K No Sound?Repaired a 48K spectrum the other day that had the wrong PSU Plugged into it. Replaced 5v regulator, TR4, TR5 and all Electrolytic Caps. Spectrum th…
... , TR4, TR5 and all Electrolytic Caps.
Spectrum then powered ...Spectrum +2 QuickyI've got Spectrum +2 (grey case) and I've just been reading online a vague article about a problem where Amstrad put components on the mainboard the …
... advisable to swap out the caps on a +2. Don't ... wondered if freshening up the caps might resolve it.
Issue 3 ULA ProblemsI've been given an Issue 3 48k to fix. It was producing no video and no picture on the TV. The coil was buzzing so it was getting power and all the v…
... as far as pressing Sym-Shift+N for the comma and ...I broke my 48k Speccy!!!!Hey guys, I am looking for some advice, I hope you can point me in the right direction. So, I went about replacing all the capacitors on my issue 4…
... was poor hence changing the caps.
I inspected each ... I should remove all the caps I replaced and start over ...128K Toastrack - Missing coil?Hiya! I recently acquired a fleabay 128K, and before putting power through it, I thought i'd open it up to see if anything looked obviously wrong (e…
... anything looked obviously wrong (exploded caps, missing chips, etc). Here's ...Heatsink for ULAHi, My Speccy 48k issue 4s starts to get temperamental when it's been on for a while. Machine itself is fine but loading gradually becomes more unre…
... /> It's had all its caps replaced and has a new ...Strange keyboard port reads on 48+Hi all, I don't know whether it was already discussed (I also searched forum, but there are too much of results searching "48k keyboard" so I didn't…
... :
When I press CAPS+9 on 48k+ keyboard and ...Murkwood by Julian Gollop Red ShiftHas any one seen Red Shifts Murkwood? I have never seen the cover tape or anything except the game on WOS has anyone here got it or seen it? It was b…
Has any one seen Red Shifts Murkwood? I have never seen the cover tape or anything except the game on WOS has anyone here got it or seen it? It was based on Rebelstar Raiders one of the all time greats?Guess the video faultI've two dead flesh Spectrums, one a 16K issue 2 outputting white with a tinge of blue (not as extreme as photo shows) with two pink horizontal lines…
Help for beginner with z80Hi chaps, I'm reasonably new with z80, but had a fair amount of experience with 68000, so decided to give a few things a go. One little thing I'm t…
... , and intend to lsa left shift those 8 bytes and test ...Cauldron II Perfect game - Spell bookSo I've been trying to get a "perfect" run of Cauldron 2 and it seems that you need to sacrifice one life in order to get the Spell book. I've tried …
... low ceilings to get that shift without sacrificing a pumpkin. So ...Raycasting (3D Games!) with SpecBAS<div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">Here's one I wrote just recently. I wanted to see …
Here's one I wrote just recently. I wanted to see if SpecBAS can handle a raycasting engine - which doesn't mean doom-style texture mapping (though I may try that later!) but a rather nice algorithm that matches nicely up with the old "3D Maze" games you ...Scrolling colourful graphicsHi,<br>I'm experimenting with scrolling colourful graphics. I'm keeping 8 pixel empty gap between colourful blocks to avoid colour clash.<br><br>But …
... think of any way to shift the attributes correctly?Strange behaviour on laptop/Linux/Wine/ZXSpinRecently, I've purchased a new laptop (HP Stream 11-d015ns). It came with Windows 8.1, but soon it was changed to Debian testing to make it run faste…
... keys works fine, but Control, Shift and Alt don't "stick ...Right Decision?Actually, this is something of a moot point because I've already gone and done it (for better or worse) but I'd just like some external validation..<…
... ).
It's also shift work, and they lied about ... the shift pattern. 12 hour shifts. Was ... next to nothing. Plus, the shift was one week on days ...Creating a ZX Spectrum Development Environment on Mac OS XI’ve been using a Macbook for a while now and am so impressed with it I decided shift my ZX Spectrum development from PC. It took me a little while t…
... impressed with it I decided shift my ZX Spectrum development from ...Recovering a Sinclair ZX PrinterI have recently bought a Sinclair ZX printer, with the intent to bring it to working order. The motor runs, but I may have to replace some of the ca…
... to replace some of the caps.
As usual, it's ...
