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Video on single transistor composite video modification for 48K SpectrumsI made a video on the single transistor composite video mod, using an Issue two Spectrum although it applies to all issues. Much better than the sing…
To fix dot crawl, buy a 128k/+2/+3 machine and use a RGB connection :D
Or for 16k and 48k machines, buy a SPECTRA RGB interface :D
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Video on single transistor composite video modification for 48K SpectrumsI made a video on the single transistor composite video mod, using an Issue two Spectrum although it applies to all issues. Much better than the sing…
... fix dot crawl, buy a 128k/+2/+3 machine and use a ... -
Video on single transistor composite video modification for 48K SpectrumsI made a video on the single transistor composite video mod, using an Issue two Spectrum although it applies to all issues. Much better than the sing…
... fix dot crawl, buy a 128k/+2/+3 machine and use a ... -
Correction of +2 hardware errorsThis is a collection of various pieces of information picked up from various places, including a lot from this forum. I have edited it and reworded i…
... display device for their Spectrum 128k +2, but I did this mod ... since the days of the 128k and onwards.
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RS232 on Spectrum 128KDoes anyone actually use the RS232 port on the Spectrum 128K? Is there anything useful that can be done with it? I know about the keypad with the Sp…
... directly to ground. Pins 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 will ... now direct access to AY port bit 2. -
eBay 128K Spectrum RGB cables overheat the Spectrum!?Hi everybody, For a long time I've wondered why Spectrum 128K Toastracks were overheating when using my Retro Computer Shack RGB SCART cable. Today …
... some changes. This new v2.2 cable seems to use the ... , SCART for 128K is not suitable for 128K+2 gray, since +2 has already ... cables including RetroComputerShack are marketed 128K/128K+2(gray).
Do they mix ... -
eBay 128K Spectrum RGB cables overheat the Spectrum!?Hi everybody, For a long time I've wondered why Spectrum 128K Toastracks were overheating when using my Retro Computer Shack RGB SCART cable. Today …
... , SCART for 128K is not suitable for 128K+2 gray, since +2 has already ... cables including RetroComputerShack are marketed 128K/128K+2(gray).
Do they mix ... do any good on a +2.
So I would expect ... -
30-column 8x2 multicolor (even in 48K)I don't recall any 8x2 multicolor routine for 30 columns that would work on all Spectrum models (including the Spectrum 48K), so I decided to write i…
... to 451T in a Spectrum 128K/+2, and 445T to 452T in ... -
30-column 8x2 multicolor (even in 48K)I don't recall any 8x2 multicolor routine for 30 columns that would work on all Spectrum models (including the Spectrum 48K), so I decided to write i…
... /> LD (nn),HL ; columns 2 and 3
; 15952T
128K/+2 will take 16312T-15856T = ... /> LD (nn),HL ; columns 2 and 3
; 16006T
LD (nn),HL ; columns 2 and 3
; 16009T< ... -
30-column 8x2 multicolor (even in 48K)I don't recall any 8x2 multicolor routine for 30 columns that would work on all Spectrum models (including the Spectrum 48K), so I decided to write i…
... HL,nn ; attributes for columns 2 and 3
; ... LD (nn),HL ; update columns 2 and 3
; 15952T< ... Executing it in a Spectrum 128K/+2 will take 16306T-15850T = ... ,nn ; attributes for columns 2 and 3
; ... -
eBay 128K Spectrum RGB cables overheat the Spectrum!?Hi everybody, For a long time I've wondered why Spectrum 128K Toastracks were overheating when using my Retro Computer Shack RGB SCART cable. Today …
... for 128K is not suitable for 128K+2 gray, since +2 has already ... cables including RetroComputerShack are marketed 128K/128K+2(gray).
Do they ... ?[/QUOTE]
The grey +2 already includes circuitry to mix ... be adapted for the 128K machines (I've had ... -
DSK version of Terramex?I'm trying to make a DSK version of Terramex, but game refuses to load. The problem is probably in a protected loader (302 bytes), but I wasnt able …
... version works both in 48/128k mode.[/quote]
Really ... THAT ROUTINE ON 48K OR 128K/+2 MACHINES).
The next ... -
DSK version of Terramex?I'm trying to make a DSK version of Terramex, but game refuses to load. The problem is probably in a protected loader (302 bytes), but I wasnt able …
... THAT ROUTINE ON 48K OR 128K/+2 MACHINES).
The next ... -
Several software titles, maybe interesting for preservation purposes?I don't know if this is an appropriate post in the appropriate forum, but this is my question. I have about 40 ZX Spectrum games and other software …
... System II' for the 48K/128K/+2
[IMG]http://s28 ... -
48k Dust Cover proto-typeOk, So BloodBaz asked me if I could come up with a dust cover for his 'Many' 48k Speccys. Well, this is what we've come up with. [URL=https://ima…
Also interested in one for the 48K :)
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Bomb Munchies - preview releaseBomb Munchies Preview release Version 12th Jan 2014 [URL=http://s979.photobucket.com/user/MatGubbins/media/bmsix_zpsc33279a2.gif.html][IMG]http://i…
... adding 10 movement bytes and 2 data pointers.
When ... on the user port and 2 sinclairs on the +2/+3.
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…
[QUOTE=WhenIWasCruel;785924]I think I just bought a a 128K +2. I hate Ebay.[/QUOTE]
We've all been there :D
B128K+2 keyboard membraneHello to everyone! For a friend of mine I'm on the hunt for a 128K+2 membrane. Anything out there?
... seen replacements for the grey +2 anywhere though, probably because they ... I said it's a 128K+2, not the +2A, unfortunately ...I have returned! This time with no tape problems!Hello all. Some of you may remember me from about a month or so ago with this little spawn of satan... :lol: [IMG]http://www.ridgedpixel.co.uk/proj…
... the other bits a grey +2 (working).
[IMG]http ... resist... I wanted a grey +2 and this was all cheap ... now have a ZX81, 48k, 128k +2 and 128k +2A or B... :lol ...Arcade Stick SuggestionsHello, everyone. As some of you know, I am working on a "Let's Play" series for ZX Spectrum games (I've already recorded the video footage for the pi…
... the 5V line as FIRE-2. MSX and some Amstrad ... joysticks support FIRE-2, but COMCON was the ... key 0 via a Sinclair port. I've since done ... are rigged so that in port Sinclair #2 they operate keys 1 ... can be switched between FIRE-2 on cable one (using ...Spectaculator BlogHi All, I've decided to start a Spectaculator development blog [URL="http://www.spectaculator.com/category/blog"]here[/URL]. Normally months (somet…
... .php?p=710667&postcount=2[/url][/QUOTE]I think that ... /faq/reference/formats.htm]"The 128K version of the .sna format ... extra memory banks of the 128K/+2 machines, and fixes the problem ... used to switch to 128K mode for 128K snapshots, but if the ...Top 5 Arnold films...I think these are the best of Arnies or... 1. Predator 2. Terminator 3. Commando 4. Conan I 5. Raw Deal
... with James Belushi[/I]
2. [B]Kindergarten Cop[/B] - [I ... ago in my newly aquired 128k+2. It still doesn't load ...Tell me your computer history...Hi, my history of computers.. Spectrum zx 81 in 1983 Spectrum 48 1984 Spectrum 48 plus 1986-87 Amstrad cpc 464 1987 Commodore 64 little time in 198…
1987 - present 128k+2
1995 - 1996 Amiga A600< ...Unable to reflash DivIDE2k14I've been trying to reflash my DivIDE 2k14 from Lotharek. I'd like to replace the FATware version supplied with the one approriate for my 128k +2 Eng…
... the one approriate for my 128k +2 English.
I've ...How important is the 9V line?I'm in the middle of resurrecting an Opus Discovery. The transformer is gone so Im using a small switched mode PSU from a PC. My plan is to bypass …
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using a plain Spectrum(+) / 128k/+2 grey the 9V should not ...How important is the 9V line?I'm in the middle of resurrecting an Opus Discovery. The transformer is gone so Im using a small switched mode PSU from a PC. My plan is to bypass …
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using a plain Spectrum(+) / 128k/+2 grey the 9V should not ...Banked memory running slower?I've just compiled a TAP which includes bank6, it loads ok, but the routines that are paged in run slightly slower. The Z80 snapshot has no such pro…
... not contended in a Spectrum 128k/+2 (thus faster), but it's ...
