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  • Your laptop recommendationsAfternoon. After a good new Win XP Pro laptop capable of doing pretty much everything including playing games. I tend not to play anything 3D but do …

    ... broke (not the laptop's fault, our fat orangey/ginger cat ... much narrower viewing angle, the keyboard feels much worse, and the ... of the laptop's screen/keyboard/speakers etc than just going ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2008 Chit chat
  • Spin problems/issuesI am running Spin 0.666 and have noticed a few issues (some are bugs, some might be just me). I am using Vista sp1 (yeah I know!), and I've seen Dunn…

    ... . I can't reproduce the fault on demand, but it has ... you want to use the keyboard.
    Marko Marko June 2008 Emulators
  • What if...What if when you were a kid in the early 80s your parents didn't buy you a Sinclair Spectrum as your first computer? I was thinking about this earli…

    ... , with coloured text on the keyboard. I still have a real ... Speccy, is it had a fault (probably an intermittenly faulty RAM ...
    Winston Winston November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Dud +2?Hi guys, Hope you're all having a great Xmas!! I recently picked up a +2 (Grey) on eBay along with a 48k system. The 48k system works a treat. Howe…

    ... I'd start with the keyboard on this one.

    It's possible that the keyboard data cables have worked a ... apart and find the flat keyboard data cables - pull them out ... would definitely indicate the keyboard is at fault).


    oops ...
    thingley thingley December 2008 Hardware
  • Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …

    ... programming to me - why disable keyboard input on the title screen ... : it is not true that keyboard was disabled, the menu routine ... was reading both of keyboard and joystick. as port $1F ... into game. so the real fault was that reading kempston was ...
    Fikee Fikee March 2009 Development
  • 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…

    ...

    (2) Cleaning the keyboard membrane with a cotton bud ... didn't work on the keyboard, but ran the equivalent of ... , IC19 and IC21 are at fault...?
    [/INDENT]
    szeliga szeliga April 2009 Hardware
  • Interface 2 issueI have an Interface 2 that has a problem. When a joystick is hooked up to it the 'down' direction doesn't work, this is the same on both ports. It's…

    ... works by faking the speccy keyboard; responding to the I/O ... .

    If its a fault in the ULA chip on ...
    Phu Phu April 2009 Hardware
  • 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 …

    ... would run.
    If the keyboard was faulty then your typed ... plugged in?
    Does the fault still exist when the machine ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2009 Hardware
  • Test ROM Cartridge For SaleI'm selling another load of gear including a Sinclair Research Test ROM Cartridge. [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4000772…

    ... />
    [quote]
    1. The Keyboard test.
    If the keys ... is likely that the keyboard tails are at fault.

    2 ... and not responding to the keyboard, or by the display returning ... ; if there is an addressing fault then these may appear correct ...
    murtceps murtceps October 2009 Sales
  • kasabianearlier on I flicked on the telly and saw these guys doing a song on jonathan ross. when they finished jonathan ross got all excited and went "WOCK..…

    ... /> Ahem ! Yep ! Keyboard let me down but my fault for not checking ...
    psj3809 psj3809 October 2009 Chit chat
  • Mobile Phones - Thanks Orange, is that all I get for years of loyalty.I've been on contract with orange since 2001 and in that time have only had three phones. I pay approximately ?19 a months, get loads of inclusive ca…

    ... , with a pull out QWERTY keyboard and a great media player ... if the keyboard was pulled out. It's a common fault with ... wire connecting the screen and keyboard is too short and works ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob November 2009 Chit chat
  • 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 …

    ... could try using the 48k Keyboard helper in ZXSpin to see ... . If it's your PC keyboard at fault, then they won't ...
    Dunny Dunny December 2009 Development
  • Spectrum + keyboard issueMy Spectrum+ seems to have some trouble on Space Key. Sorry for all "seem" in the following text. But it's hard to understand if it's a real steady t…

    ... ....
    Its NOT a membrane fault... i came accross the same ... the metalic backplate of the keyboard from touching the heatsink (one ...
    gtsamour gtsamour December 2009 Hardware
  • Spectrum + keyboard issueMy Spectrum+ seems to have some trouble on Space Key. Sorry for all "seem" in the following text. But it's hard to understand if it's a real steady t…

    ... ....
    Its NOT a membrane fault... i came accross the same ... the metalic backplate of the keyboard from touching the heatsink (one ... I found that if the keyboard wires were too long (which ... wasn't much) then keyboard behaviour was erratic and similar ...
    csmith csmith December 2009 Hardware
  • +2 (grey) Faulty Black & White StripesI believe that there was a thread before about a +2 with same problem but I couldn't find it. So I am posting again hoping to find the same advice. …

    ... and the bloody thing works keyboard,loading from tape, everything...
    fault?

    :-)
    Anestis Anestis December 2009 Hardware
  • games you love, but you're crap at themGunfighter [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002177[/url] it's such a great game, loads of rooms, loads of characters to shoot,…

    ... the speccy. When using the keyboard, it didn't seem to ... up button. Was that a fault in the program, or were ...
    trotsky trotsky December 2009 Games
  • My laptop keyboard is knackeredOn the top row, all keys work except for 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 0. 5 and 6 work, ans do ?, - and = and backspace. Only 12347890 don't, and all other keys work…

    ... not working), got a new keyboard (NOS) (from IBM, in Turkey ... eh?), then I discovered the fault was from the motherboard...
    xc8 xc8 February 2010 Chit chat
  • Do not open, no idiot servicable parts inside.Hi im very sad abd in need of some help thanks. Ok heres the deal i bought a second hand pc, it worked brill the only problems were the psu didnt fi…

    ... with just a screen and keyboard plugged in. It should complain ... logical method of finding the fault will save loads of time ...
    guesser guesser March 2010 Chit chat
  • keys not workingHi everyone I am new on the forum and I have had a quick look but could not find the answer to my questions so I appoligies if this has been covered …

    ... service to install the new keyboard membrane for you.[/QUOTE]
    fault, not RWAP).
    Alien 8 Alien 8 April 2010 Hardware
  • testing if speccy is fully functionalHi, There is so much mention of T states but still confused. Does this mean if an instructin is out by a T-state or more then the speccy is faulty?…

    ... if there were an internal fault in a Z80 that caused ... maskable interrupts, and that the keyboard can be read, and that ...
    Winston Winston June 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Spectrum 48k and WinTZXHi everyone, I recently got myself a ZX Spectrum 48k, and I have heard that there is programs that let you convert spectrum roms to wav files so that…

    thanks for your help, it actually turned out to be a problem with the spectrum, It might have a memory fault or something.

    I had another speccy which had a broken keyboard, so I replaced its keyboard with the other one and wintzx now works!.
    photographystew photographystew October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX48K: KILLING keyboard membrane?Hi. My friend - JAD - decided to get back from C64 to ZX Spectrum 48K after some break (that's the man who coded this program [url]http://www.pouet…

    ... about a keyboard not working due to a ULA fault. This is ...
    Winston Winston November 2010 Hardware
  • Back in the day Speccy related problems.Thinking back about the days where i used to play on the ZX Speccy (48K original rubber keyed wiith seperate data recorder) i recall some of the prob…

    ... Sinclair due to a production fault. At the time, the two ... added a very cheap external keyboard that fitted 'on' the machine ... I eventually fitted a Spectrum + keyboard. That was around ?20 from ...
    RST#08 RST#08 January 2011 Games
  • A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…

    ... that playing games with a keyboard and mouse are in some ... kinda passive way ("not my fault guv, I'm just telling ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2011 Chit chat
  • A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…

    ... that playing games with a keyboard and mouse are in some ... kinda passive way ("not my fault guv, I'm just telling ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2011 Chit chat
  • New To Group....Hi All, A quick introduction as this is my first post. I am a Scarborough, UK based chap who is quite heavily into retro computing, more specificall…

    ... lucky, it'll be a fault at the board/solder connection ... rows/columns when reading the keyboard - so maybe your membrane is ...
    gasman gasman March 2011 Hardware
  • Sinclair QL ProblemHi there. I purchased recently four Sinclair QL for a not small amount of money. Two german and two english, they are mixed: British or European conn…

    ... one supplier / manufacturer of QL keyboard membranes - they are not all ... some reason - probably a minor fault in the process.

    rwap rwap May 2011 Hardware
  • Emulators for the pspanyone know anything about it? I've seen some videos on youtube where people put emulators, etc (some cracking the psp with just a simple program).…

    ... emulator, including a good onscreen keyboard, loading all formats (tap/tzx ... files instantly (the PSP's fault, not the emulator, actuall, as ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2011 Chit chat
  • NEW KEMPSTON interface for ZXHi. Lotharek has released a new KEMPSTON interface for people who doesn't need AY on-board and want to have some really small device. [url]http:/…

    ... mode doesn't inhibit normal keyboard function. +2A/+3 is incompatible ... /Protek joystick interface. Not my fault, but Amstrad's.

    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2011 Hardware
  • writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…

    ... sure it's not the fault of keyboard handling code-two games ... at title screens. Besides, if keyboard works well in the monitor ...
    PeterP PeterP August 2011 Emulators
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