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What % of WOSSERS use "old school" tape loading when playing their Speccy games.My guess is .000000001% ( but I might be slightly out on this! ) Do people still enjoy doing it "the old way"?
... threads, and that's the 2 types of recording circuitry. AC ... think it was a major issue with Spectrum use. Just like playback ... -
Finding a good (UK) external switch mode power supply for the basic 48k and 128k ZX SpectrumsThis idea has probably "done the rounds" by now . I think I have heard about it a bit late . This thread with look at replacing the original "heavy l…
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The ZX Spectrum 16K, 48K and plus machines ... the components in a ZX Spectrum run hot, that electrolytic capacitors ... to some capacitors on issue 1 and issue 2 ZX Spectrum boards).
More on the Cheetah RampackI should be more careful about doing "repeats" ( I should learn some manners) but I could not find anything recent on these . But here is on WOS …
... Cheetah on the DK Issue 2 16K ZX Spectrum and on the back ...Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... to explore the 16k Issue 2 1982 ZX spectrum . IC sockets 15 to ... or a de-chipped 16K Spectrum . The socketing looked to have ... afterwards?
Were any Issue 2 spectrums sold socketed like this ...Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
Yep issue 2 16k Spectrum were sold with sockets fitted to make future upgrading easier.The Different Approaches To Upgrading the ZX Spectrum from 16K to 48K This is probably something that has been covered before . I will take a look to see if I can find anything on WOS
... discuss the cost of an Issue 2 upgrade:-
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The Different Approaches To Upgrading the ZX Spectrum from 16K to 48K This is probably something that has been covered before . I will take a look to see if I can find anything on WOS
... Spectrum Is Brought Back To Life. Basically it was about an Issue 2 ...48K ZX Spectrum 48K Recap (Capacitors) Or Not?I have seen arguments "for an against" on this subject by some "high calibre" experts . So if the experts can differ on this question then my questi…
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On the issue 1 and issue 2 boards, the electrolytic capacitor ... .g. ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum 128K, ZX Spectrum+2, +2A, +2B, +3, +3B ...Understanding tape edgesI've never done any tape reading code. But I've read about these "edges" on multiple occasions. Trouble is I don't understand what they heck they are…
... ? I'm reading ZX Spectrum documentation where it says: ... .70 Volts on both Issue 2 and Issue 3, with no inverting ... safety margins?
2) When Speccy is reading the ... And the data block is 2 seconds? After that there ... per 48KB i.e. 2.7 minutes? I don' ...48K ZX Spectrum 48K Recap (Capacitors) Or Not?I have seen arguments "for an against" on this subject by some "high calibre" experts . So if the experts can differ on this question then my questi…
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Issue 4A, 4B, 4S, 5 and ...Understanding tape edgesI've never done any tape reading code. But I've read about these "edges" on multiple occasions. Trouble is I don't understand what they heck they are…
... edges? I'm reading ZX Spectrum documentation where it says: Pera ... 0.70 Volts on both Issue 2 and Issue 3, with no inverting ... on the signal. “The ZX Spectrum ULA, How to Design a ... .
[quote="tstih;957958"]2) When Speccy is reading the ...48K ZX Spectrum 48K Recap (Capacitors) Or Not?I have seen arguments "for an against" on this subject by some "high calibre" experts . So if the experts can differ on this question then my questi…
... know I failed on an Issue 2 one near the modulator but ... ". Not every badly repaired ZX Spectrum is beyond hope!Donkey Kong And The Wrong ColoursI vaguely remember asking this question many years ago, but it seems worthwhile in the context of the frankly amazing hack/mods I've just discovered …
... game's colour with the Spectrum's limited palette, [b]the ... circuitry.
The ZX Spectrum also does not have its ... RGB values. Especially the issue 1 and issue 2 boards where the colour ...ZX Interface 1Hi, I have a ZX Interface 1 which I have bought online. It does not seem to work. When using CAT1 or any other specific commands, the compute…
... Interface 1 is compatible with issue 2 (TR6, the “spider” needs to ... issue 6A 48K and Plus machines, and ZX Spectrum 128K and ZX Spectrum +2 ...How can I fix a problematic Retroleum Smart Card. I did not do anything "WRONG " with it but I did but it on a flexible cable and this seems to have "upset" it .Since then It does not perform the …
Trying out a Worse Spectrum - an Issue 2
I am wary ... it with this one ,An Issue 2 that had no Upper Ram ... this largely socketed (but unpopulated) Issue 2 could be worthy of further ...How can I fix a problematic Retroleum Smart Card. I did not do anything "WRONG " with it but I did but it on a flexible cable and this seems to have "upset" it .Since then It does not perform the …
... . It had to be an Issue 2 and it was .I have ... check this . So , with Issue 2s , curing the colour problem ... spectrum-issue-2-colour-adjustment.html"]blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2017/11/zx-spectrum-issue-2 ... now realize it is an Issue 2 I will probably treat it ...Preaching to the choir about the NextNevertheless I thought this video gives a very clear, non technical introduction to the SpectrumNext by an American who had no previous knowledge of …
... by the ZX Spectrum Next as well as the Issue 2 more recently ... an actual next-gen ZX Spectrum that's not a rip ...doubt about swapping ULA in an issue 2 boardIs it possible to swap a 6C001E-6 ULA type with a 5C112E ? I have this issue 2 board that is not booting, it shows me a black border with horizont…
... -6 should work in an issue 2 board. But putting an earlier ... is much more common. On issue 3 boards and later, this ... .retroleum.co.uk/electronics-articles/spectrum-issue-2-pcb-mods/"]this guide[/url ...5C series NTSC ULA 5C114E 8248Not sure if this has been mentioned before; I haven't seen anything about it online. Chris Smith's book discusses 6C011E as the NTSC ULA sold in Spec…
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[url=https://postimg.cc ...Bit of fun - ToastRack , one change onlyAlthough there's an old "one change only" topic about, I was thinking about the toastyrack 128's earlier. Its actually the only Spectrum model I've n…
... the design of the ZX Spectrum is the number of pins ... to add in later ZX Spectrum models.
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... , the month in which the Issue 2 Nexts were supposed to be ... with as much non-standard-Spectrum stuff as I can reasonably ...Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…
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Never ... when they altered the ULA (issue 2/issue 3 problems), produced the interface ...Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... was an Issue 2 that had been recapped and TRACO'd by me ... nice clean updated Issue 2.
But the next Issue 2 I found ... puzzled me . Why had I recapped and Traco ... 'd another Issue 2 but left all the ...How can I fix a problematic Retroleum Smart Card. I did not do anything "WRONG " with it but I did but it on a flexible cable and this seems to have "upset" it .Since then It does not perform the …
... taken a look at an Issue 2 that was showing signs of ... have not seen before:- " The Spectrum's Ram seems to be ...How can I fix a problematic Retroleum Smart Card. I did not do anything "WRONG " with it but I did but it on a flexible cable and this seems to have "upset" it .Since then It does not perform the …
... Issue 2 Spectrums with "potential" . Somehow it is always the Spectrum Issue ... appealing because of that Classic "Issue 2" feel .
... years ago by stacking an Issue 2 up with DIL sockets . ... Smart card into an unpopulated Issue 2 ? So it seems to ...Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... repairing broken tracking for an Issue 2 ZX Spectrum . I will put this ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... to know that a 48K Spectrum game written in 1982, 1992 ... run on a real 48K Spectrum built in 1982, or in ... Spectrum +2B built in 1992, no questions asked (other than with Issue 2 ... future years ending in a 2.
Minecraft, incidentally, [i ...More CurrahAnyone used the Currah Microspeech interface on a 128K (or +2) Spectrum model?
Anyone used the Currah Microspeech interface on a 128K (or +2) Spectrum model?retroI to have old computers started in 1982 with the rubber key issue 3 spectrum 48k then expanded the collection over the years to include a bbc b, elec…
... 1982 with the rubber key issue 3 spectrum 48k then expanded the ... to this forum but the spectrum still has a special place ...
