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Problem with Discovery OpusI've just got a Discovery Opus, but it seems to be faulty. When I connect the Speccy and switch it on, it displays the "C 1982 Sinclair Research", …
I have tried with 2 different 48 k Speccys. Issue 3 and Issue 4.
The keys works again after unplugging the Opus (power turned off before connecting).
The keys also works when the Speccy is used with Interface 1. -
Issue 2 Board - CPU 'Patch'I've been wondering why my issue 2 board has been kicking out this signal when powered up... [IMG]http://www.drumfu.com/ResizedDuffIssue2.jpg[/IMG] …
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[INDENT][I]Issue 2 Spectrums have TR6 soldered ... logic 0 state together. In Issue 3 Spectrums, transistor TR6 has ... ] :
[INDENT][I]Issue 2 boards fitted with the ... or diode/resistor modification (see Issue 2 circuit diagram for details ... -
JOYSTICK tapes (Swedish)hi Brook the Barbarian was (also?) released on Joystick, February 1987. It's a magazine tape. ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=…
... /> Records were added for all 3 (the tape images themselves were ... must at least be an issue 3/87, as the picture shown ... . ;-)
I also noticed 3 more text adventures on the ... -
Timex 1000 PAL conversionHi, a friend of mine sent me a Timex 1000 from the US. I was prepared for the NTSC/PAL issues so no surprise came to me when i got a shadowy dark scr…
... the Timex1000 board is an issue 3. Its not just a matter ... -
128k heat sink - ULA problems and a hintHello, I had two ZX Spectrum 128k with a similar behaviour. One item worked only a short time after switching on and then there were increasing RAM …
... the heatsinking on the standard issue 3+ 48K isn't brilliant, and ... is worse on an issue two board. Feeding the Spectrum ... this wouldn't be an issue on a 128K machine, it ... -
128k heat sink - ULA problems and a hintHello, I had two ZX Spectrum 128k with a similar behaviour. One item worked only a short time after switching on and then there were increasing RAM …
... so its not a general issue and he should not ... simple switcher (output 5V 3 amp) on a little ... the heatsinking on the standard issue 3+ 48K isn't brilliant, ... and is worse on an issue two board. Feeding the Spectrum ... this wouldn't be an issue on a 128K machine, ... -
Keyboard Input$/scan problemHi, I'm finally fulfilling my promise to get a reasonable understanding of the Speccy and embarking upon attempting a few simple routines in Assembl…
Have a look at issue 3 of ZX Shed, theres an article about reading the keyboard from machine code in there, though modesty forbids me from mentioning the name of the author of said article... -
ANN: Spud v0.202bJust a minor update as I've added drag and drop support as requested by Arda. Enjoy!! [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.chandler2/Spud20090…
... emulation, excellent sound reproduction, Issue 2 and Issue 3 support, GDI + DirectDraw support ... -
ANN: Spud v0.202bJust a minor update as I've added drag and drop support as requested by Arda. Enjoy!! [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.chandler2/Spud20090…
... emulation, excellent sound reproduction, Issue 2 and Issue 3 support, GDI + DirectDraw support ... -
Scuba Dive also released for the Oric-1I was checking out info on Scuba Dive, one of my all-time favorites for the Speccy. The page for this game says it was also released for the Commodor…
There was a brief mention of C64 and Oric versions of Scuba dive in 'Your Spectrum' issue 3:
[url]http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr03/yr03_60.htm[/url]
Mainly to gloat at how crap they were though. -
Spectrum+ - multiple issuesHi all Yesterday I picked up a Spectrum+ (via eBay) to add to my collection. Now, before any of the names I recognise from the last few months of l…
... board is an Issue 2 and the working one is an Issue 3. -
Spectrum Review Book is all systems go ![url]http://www.spectrumgamesbible.co.uk/[/url] We've created a small website for the series of books we are looking to create for the Speccy featur…
... series in an early issue of Retro Gamer (issue 3 or 4 IIRC ... -
Pera Putnik's RGB interfaceI am sure some (if not many) of you will have seen Pera Putnik's RGB interface [URL="http://members.tripod.com/%7Epiters/uvyrgb.htm"]circuit diagram…
... noise using edge connector. On Issue 3 board in good condition, and ... -
YS DigitapeJust found YS Digitapes no.3 & no.19 in my collection, both of which seem to be MIA. I was just wondering why so many of the Digitapes are MIA. YS su…
Just noticed that the Issue 19 I have is Your ... uploaded the Your Sinclair Digitape issue 3 (sides A & B - different ... -
Subscription FreebiesI was reading the latest issue of RG which has an excellent article on the Ocean game Frankie Goes To Hollywood. I remembered playing it and then re…
... subbed to Retro Gamer since Issue 3 back in the Live Publishing ... -
What we gotI moved house and I have setup my Spectrum gear, I was looking at all that I have and was thinking what else do others have in there collection? Ok …
... - both pristine.
1 48K Issue 1 (with Sinclair 32K memory ... board). Pristine!!!
2 16K Issue 2. One boxed in excellent ... condition.
3 48K Issues 3 and above. One of ... ?
A few 48K issue 3 and 6 MB's, some ... -
Reading from the keyboard using the IN commandHi all, I'm working my way through Sixty Programs for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and I'm running into difficulties with some of the keyboard reading r…
... option to select between Issue 2 and Issue 3 keyboards in emulators.
issue 3 Spectrums, this value is not ... -
zx81 help neededHi, I got a ZX81 today supposedly in working order, it was for the first two minutes, but after that the keyboard produces the wrong letter, number …
... reparied one TS1000 ( it had issue 3 board) with this fault. The ... -
Need to amplify output of voice recorderHello all! 1st post, so be nice to me... Pleeease! Well. I have several Spectrums (working: 3x 48k, 1x +, 1x 128k "Toaster", 1x +2 and 1x +2A; bust…
... /p loaded perfect on 48K Issue 3.
Decreasing the level to ... -
Centropods Rabbit softwareWeird one this, the game loads fine and all functions perfectly except none of the controls are responsive, the game starts fine but none of the keys…
Could be a compatability issue between issue 2 and issue 3 48k spectrums, as keyboard I believe worked slightly differently between these two models. -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
here is some:
007-750975 red issue 3
001-335683 green issue 2
D01-421309 green issue 3
021-977485 red issue 3B
105-358583 green issue 2
D03-042969 green issue 6A
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Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
... list, all the issue 2 machines have issue 1 ULA's, and ... one of the Issue 1's has an issue 3 (or above) ULA ...
NUMBER COLOUR MEMORY ISSUE ULA DATECODE Z80 DATECODE COMMENTS ... -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
... Lore that there were 60000 Issue 1 spectrums. Your list clearly ... the case of a issue 1 or issue 2 Spectrum.
issue 3 and later, its presence might ... case was originally made for issue 2 and earlier models, regardless ... -
How do I tell what issue my Speccy 48k is?Is there any easy way to tell if I have an Issue 1 board 48K Spectrum? I'm colour blind so I can't tell if my rubber keys are light grey or fawny gr…
... will find it out. The issue number is printed on the ... 't seem to be a issue 1.
If you ... 48K? If it's an issue 1 and you have 48K ... see that, it's an issue 1.
2. If you ... rear connector, it's a issue 3 or later. -
Zx Shed Issue Two (When)When will it be available, the 4th September is past this century, Could it be next September ;-)
Well, I'll have a new article for Issue 3... Did the article I contributed for Issue 2 make it? -
Zx Shed Issue Two (When)When will it be available, the 4th September is past this century, Could it be next September ;-)
... have a new article for Issue 3... Did the article I contributed ... for Issue 2 make it?[/QUOTE]
issue will be a bumper 'Christmas ... Special' With issue 2 first quarter next year ... -
ZX Spectrum +2b and +3b modelsI've been wondering for quite a while what the +2b and +3b were all about, as neither appear in the FAQ, but we have a service manual in the archive …
Just a hardware revision with no behavioural changes as far as I know. Documented in old versions of the FAQ and the Wikipedia article.
No more interesting than the post-issue 3 48K revisions from an emulator point of view. -
Reading the Spectrum KeyboardI've been playing around with reading the Spectrum keyboard (in the guise of Spin 0.666) using Z80, and I believe I've discovered that the number of …
Take a look at ZX Shed issue 3, I wrote an article about reading the keyboard (entitled imaginatively "Reading The Keyboard")... -
issue 2 sound /loading problemsHello im a newbie to the forum ..have owned spectrums for years..I have a issue 2 board in a dk tronics keyboard that i purchased off of ebay..works …
... schematics you can see that issue 3 and above add an amplifying ... output / ear / mic circuit, which issue 2 is missing. That could ... -
speccy hardware differences?yup, ive escaped from chit chat for a second ive been reading the last issue of retro gamer and theres an article on the commodes sid chip it was s…
... in behaviour from the issue 2 to the issue 3 which changed how ...
