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  • The Customer/Sales Assistant is always wrong.....or just an idiotI've been on both sides of the counter (worked in a computer shop in the early 90's) and have heard and seen a couple of stupid things. Had one lad…

    ... /> like...


    This Amstrad CPC works fine - my son ... 's supplied with a Spectrum joystick and a kettle lead instead ... , and asked them where the joystick and power lead plugged in ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers May 2005 Chit chat
  • Games Club Week 11Last week I asked for games released by Firebird and there was a great response thanks, the following games we're nominated. Flying shark Sidewize …

    ... when inhand with a stubby joystick. Excellent claasic game I remember ... reviewed with the CBM64 and Amstrad versions in G&VG ...
    Spectea_um Spectea_um May 2005 Games
  • Why emulators are not as good as the real thingI think I remember thx1138 saying before that emus didn't cut it for him. Well, I agree. They are good fun, and I got into the Speccy for a second ti…

    ... /> [quote]
    The keyboard, the joystick, the t.v., the smell ... Atari-style joystick in to it via a USB adaptor, and just ... joystick does anyone know where to get 'em and a usb adaptor ...
    chop983 chop983 May 2005 Emulators
  • Using old joysticks on a PCHi All I'm sure this question has come up MANY times before but I couldn't find any other related threads on this forum. Does anyone know if it is …

    ... Atari-style joystick and not one of those crappy Sinclair/Amstrad rewired ...
    Malc74 Malc74 June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Amstrad or Sinclair: Who Made Better Speccys?Just wanted to know....

    I think Amstrad made better speccies than Sinclair, ...
    -The internal joystick ports prevent you from Joystick Interface
    -Reset ...
    tayanc_molla tayanc_molla July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Amstrad or Sinclair: Who Made Better Speccys?Just wanted to know....

    ... wrote:
    I think Amstrad made better speccies than Sinclair ... /> -The internal joystick ports prevent you from Joystick Interface
    - ... br /> [/quote]

    Amstrad Spectrum in your opinion is ... I rarely bothered with a joystick so thats that one. ...
    JimDiGrizLovesAngelina JimDiGrizLovesAngelina July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Usb to old Speccy joystick adaptorJust noticed these on ebay, ordered one myself so I can now use my old Zipstick with the speccy emulators on the pc. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/…

    Made a slight miscalculation, it has the ports of the old pc type of joystick not Atari Joysticks, Doh, will have to get a different adaptor.

    Sorry for the misinformation
    Mort! Mort! July 2005 Emulators
  • wouldnt it be good if:I know that some guy basicly said he waqs going to do what Im suggesting here but anyway: I was thinking and worring about the future of the spectrum…

    ... Gameboy advance SP, maybe a joystick port and a printer port ... />
    As for making it Amstrad allready make the emailer +. I ...
    Specboy Specboy September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WarningWarning Some games such as "Cyclone" WILL NOT run on a +2A. I have tried numerous times, and every time the load fucks up resulting in a 48K BASIC …

    ... to utilise custom keyboard and joystick routines.

    If you ... ROM and Sinclair 128 and Amstrad +2(grey case) are the ... seem not to have made Amstrad aware of why they kept ... in $3AFF/$3B00 and so Amstrad just left unused ROM locations ...
    Geoff Geoff November 2005 Games
  • Lawtronics RGB Schematics ?Hi folks, I have a Lawtronics RGB interface which only half works with my Amstrad CTM 644 monitor. I believe the problem lies with one of the resist…

    ... know of a Ferguson RGB adaptor which I've seen on ... Rubber Key + Interface 1 + Microdrive + Amstrad CT644 RGB Monitor). It displays ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker November 2005 Hardware
  • Emulators don't *FEEL* like the Speccy!I just recently played Ghostbusters II on my ZX Speccy emu and i miss the difference in graphics quality from playing on a lil old 15 inch CRT telly …

    ... /> Good picture quality.
    No joystick problems.
    No wobbly or ... rewired "SJS" joystick ports introduced by Amstrad, the +2A/+3 joystick problem was ...
    Jmk Jmk January 2006 Games
  • What does Sir Clive do nowadays ?I have searched the net a lot, but can't find much about Sir Clive's present whereabouts. The Sincair Research-pages still offer the same products a…

    ... why the Spectrum lacked a joystick port, specific hardware for sprites ... (and we couldn't buy Amstrad CPC's as they didn ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assistance with IM2 routineI subsequently got a working IM2 routine.

    ... you have an early Kempston joystick interface then the value returned ... /> Unfortunately they forgot to tell Amstrad why they had done this :)
    Geoff Geoff March 2006 Development
  • Spectrum Game CompatibilityHi, At the moment I have a spectrum 48k. I am planning to get a 128k +2, but I have a problem. Will my 48k games work on 128k +2? Because some of the…

    ... in standard Atari joystick setup (unlike every joystick interface for the ... you can either only use Amstrad joysticks (rubbish, the type ... can sometimes find the odd joystick (I had the Cheta ... about making your own joystick converter was covered in an ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2006 Hardware
  • Is there any Sinclair world cup anthem?I've just been listening to a few World cup anthems past and present, but what I really need is a World Cup anthem that mentions any of the sinclair …

    ... 's bound to say;
    Amstrad gonna build some ZX +3 ... /> Don't plug in that joystick while the Speccy's running ...
    Where's that AY chip gone... Where's that AY chip gone... May 2006 Chit chat
  • What would you pay for a brand new Spectrum?I wanted to know if there was a market for new hardware, like the DTV-64.

    ... ), with the possibility of car adaptor
    [*][B]divIDE with CF ... ]Kempston/Sinclair[/B] definable dual joystick port
    [*][B]Rubber keys ...
    Marcelo Marcelo August 2006 Hardware
  • Papaya Labs shop open for DivIDE pre-orders.Papaya Labs are now taking pre-orders for DivIDE interfaces and other DivIDE accessories. Find their shop at [url]http://www.papayalabs.co.uk/shop/[…

    ... a demand for an RGB adaptor for a 48k ? A bit ... like.
    I use an Amstrad RGB monitor, the picture is ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker August 2006 Hardware
  • Please don't shout at me - I bought something C64 related...Went in to Argos with the missus yesterday to get something dead exciting (bedsheets) and saw someone at the counter collecting one of those C64 30-g…

    ... transfer to a one button joystick, both control wise and playability ... /> It`s funny but with Amstrad being so decent about their ...
    CKay CKay August 2006 Chit chat
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... superior in some ways C64, Amstrad, BBC, etc, and but whilst ... by eight pixel square, no joystick port, and a strange keyboard ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Questions from the new owner of a grey Spectrum +2I managed to pick up a grey Spectrum +2 off of ebay with cheap shipping (I'm in the US... it was $13 total and it has a Donkey Kong tape inside) and …

    ... and a CF to IDE adaptor. If you really know what ... standard parts, quite likely for Amstrad, you ought to be able ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Hardware
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... especially for the Spec (cue Amstrad), and wasn't that also ... . You even supplied your own joystick interface. It was a very ...
    Spector Spector October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... joystick ports left out of the 128 - supposedly a gaming machine. Amstrad ... the new graphics modes and joystick ports, easily.

    ... at this point Sinclair (and Amstrad) were only interested in getting ... in the z88, etc. Amstrad were, well, just ...
    monty.mole monty.mole October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... three very positive features (keyboard, joystick port, cassette deck) though that ... problems with this.
    1. Amstrad may not have purchased everything ... 's sales. That's something Amstrad wouldn't want.
    3 ...
    JamesD JamesD October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... .

    * Two atari compatible joystick connectors, the AY chip was ... ]
    Introducing a microdrive after Amstrad took over may have had ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... but the joystick ports the +2 got were those special Amstrad ones ... designed to make you buy Amstrad joysticks.

    [quote]
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • PSP or GPX2 (or Pocket PC or whatever)?I'm going to get either a PSP or a GPX2 (or a Nintendo DS, or a PocketPC or something), so what are the differences between the PSP, the GPX2 and wha…

    ... a dream, define keys, use joystick, seems to run all the ... tried the MSX, Colecovision, BBC, Amstrad , Playstation, Amiga emulators. I also ...
    psj3809 psj3809 October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +3 Joystick interfaceI have just purchased a +3, never had one and I wanted to here the 128K music on my games. I know the built in JS ports are wired differently, so do…

    I'm pretty sure that the +3's edge connector will accept joystick interfaces without a special fixer board. Yes, the edge connector may have been botched up by Amstrad, but it isn't [i]that[/i] botched up.
    gasman gasman October 2006 Hardware
  • AMSTRAD monitor for SPECTRUM+3I have a monitor color Amstrad CTM644, can it function on a ZX Spectrum+3? So yes which is the connection? Sorry but I don't have the plans of the co…

    ... ]I have a monitor color Amstrad CTM644, can it function on ... a SCART (F) to CTM644 adaptor and the Spectrum +3 is ... /docs/mods/scart.html]Unofficial Amstrad Resource[/url]

    But ...
    Jmk Jmk November 2006 Hardware
  • Tranferring a game back to +3 disk?Hi, Haven't been on here for ages, but got my Spectrum down from the loft recently, due to a house move in the next few months. I'd forgotten, but so…

    ... +3 Adaptor, though you can strip one out of an Amstrad FD ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker January 2007 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…

    I think Amstrad developed the Spectrum far more ... non standard joystick ports seem minor niggles to me. The Amstrad machines ...
    Matt_B Matt_B January 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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