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  • Ay Real Time Synthetizer SoftwareSpectlemen and Spectladies!It's been a long time that I'd like to ask this.... I ask thee to create a new musical software for our ZX Spectrum machi…

    ... have Organ Master and the keyboard peripheral - there is a ribbon ... that comes out of the keyboard and goes to a ZX ... looks like the keyboard just acts as a switch matrix and the ...
    toadstool toadstool November 2012 Development
  • Rubber keys.Is there an longer lasting alternative to the membranes on the (rubber key/plus/toast rack) speccys ? I've always thought that they were a bit fragi…

    ... the correct matrix. He them fitted the original rubber keyboard overlay onto ... as a standard ZX Spectrum keyboard. The keys should in this ...
    Pierre Pierre April 2013 Hardware
  • Rubber keys.Is there an longer lasting alternative to the membranes on the (rubber key/plus/toast rack) speccys ? I've always thought that they were a bit fragi…

    ... the correct matrix. He them fitted the original rubber keyboard overlay onto ... as a standard ZX Spectrum keyboard. The keys should in this ...
    TK90XFan TK90XFan April 2013 Hardware
  • Which ULA?Just a quick question, more of interest rather than immediate need... I am thinking ahead about the repair of an Issue 2 board, and also an Issue 6A …

    ... membrane is just a switch matrix.
    For testing, if the ... from one contact in one keyboard socket to one contact in ... the other keyboard socket and the Speccy should ... the rest of the Speccy keyboard circuits are okay.

    1024MAK 1024MAK June 2013 Hardware
  • Cascading transistorsMiguel (mcleod_ideafix) alerted me on an aspect of a design I'm working on where I am cascading transistors, which may give problems. This is the par…

    ... the design of the PC Keyboard Interface 2013, do some ... - The ZX Spectrum's internal keyboard will now work again, and ... datalines when the matrix array (ULA) outputs data when keyboard is read ... removed the 8 resistors between matrix array and Z80.
    ...
    bverstee bverstee June 2013 Hardware
  • Kempston (joystick) keyboard??Dear all, I am playing with an idea to have a Kempston keyboard. The wiring would be the same as Kempston Joystick to meet its standart, so that all…

    ... keys, and what sort of keyboard do you want?
    ... modern keyboards is a matrix of sensors, much like ... . You could use another keyboard from a dead spectrum, ... how you wired up the matrix.

    Would ... an electronics store with keyboard-like caps to go ...
    joefish joefish June 2013 Hardware
  • Kempston (joystick) keyboard??Dear all, I am playing with an idea to have a Kempston keyboard. The wiring would be the same as Kempston Joystick to meet its standart, so that all…

    ... most modern keyboards is a matrix of sensors, much like those ... switches. You could use another keyboard from a dead spectrum, but ... how you wired up the matrix.

    Would it ... . The best solution would something keyboard- like. Ok, maybe somebody has ...
    Hood Hood June 2013 Hardware
  • +3 Membrane Scheme??I've been looking and only find the scheme Sinclair models, and would need to find the +3 keyboard scheme. Does anyone have it? Thanks

    ... you compare the matrix diagram with the 48k keyboard you will see ...
    guesser guesser July 2013 Hardware
  • Serious SpectrumHas anyone here used their Spectrum for anything other than gaming and programming back in the eighties? I see all these business and productivity ap…

    ... keyboard, Opus Discovery 1 and a printer (some 9 pin dot matrix ...
    JonB JonB July 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…

    ... made it look like the matrix but on a spectrum, so ... the F&*&ing keyboard. Is there any way I ...
    wibble wibble August 2013 Development
  • Test your PC keyboardPlease test yout PC keyboards in ZX emulator. Searches for the appropriate keyboard for real ZX Spectrum / ZX emulator. This is keyboard tester: [url…

    [QUOTE=smogit;737897]apple bluetooth keyboard also woks well with fuse, ... are limitations to the original matrix, although I don't recall ...
    chev chev December 2013 Hardware
  • Test your PC keyboardPlease test yout PC keyboards in ZX emulator. Searches for the appropriate keyboard for real ZX Spectrum / ZX emulator. This is keyboard tester: [url…

    [QUOTE=u6c87;739556]
    Keyboard ghosting isn't my strong ... if you look at the matrix diagram

    [img]http ... /support/manuali/sinclair/zxspectrum/sm/matrix.gif[/img]
    guesser guesser December 2013 Hardware
  • The Elite ZX Spectrum bluetooth keyboard and their implementation of key ghosting.They have plans to release it September 2014. [url]http://bluetoothzxspectrum.elite-systems.co.uk/index.php[/url] They have also a Kickstarter page,…

    ... very simple keyboard with nine keys, arranged as a 3x3 matrix, like ... you want to scan the keyboard and look for pressed keys ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix December 2013 Hardware
  • Test your PC keyboardPlease test yout PC keyboards in ZX emulator. Searches for the appropriate keyboard for real ZX Spectrum / ZX emulator. This is keyboard tester: [url…

    ... ]

    Wow, full usable keyboard for ZX games/emulators :-)
    matrix. Here are no problems with ... membrane with 34 pins = better matrix = very small ghosting effect)
    velesoft velesoft December 2013 Hardware
  • Test your PC keyboardPlease test yout PC keyboards in ZX emulator. Searches for the appropriate keyboard for real ZX Spectrum / ZX emulator. This is keyboard tester: [url…

    ... but I think the matrix will be the same ... an unused key in their matrix?...)

    EDIT: Oh, ... before testing... so if the matrix is indeed the same, ... for the UK 105 key keyboard too. I'd never ... before but I expect a matrix designed to allow chording ...
    zub zub March 2014 Hardware
  • 48k+ ULA'sI've got three ULA's here that only work in certain boards. Thought I was going nuts, swapping, changing stuff around. But hey, I've got two working …

    ... /> [QUOTE]
    Does the screen matrix (the 256*192 display) have ... -6 ULA? The 5C112E screen matrix looks centred, the 6C001E-6 ... screen matrix looks shifted to the left ... an option named 'Issue 2 keyboard', which is obviously a misnomer ...
    zub zub March 2014 Hardware
  • Harlequin clone...PCB manufactured!Using Chris Smith's detailed schematics and project notes from the Harlequin... a Speccy fan in the United States by the name of Don (Superfo) has de…

    ... should be a keyboard with same/similar matrix and layout as that ... time. A solution for the keyboard could be interesting for a ... paper containing a key label matrix. Each label has a hole ...
    ingo ingo April 2014 Hardware
  • Harlequin clone...PCB manufactured!Using Chris Smith's detailed schematics and project notes from the Harlequin... a Speccy fan in the United States by the name of Don (Superfo) has de…

    ... /> 1. A completely new keyboard, constructed on matrix board. It would be ... keytops from a full sized keyboard
    rune rune April 2014 Hardware
  • Spectrum+ keyboard issueHi I have a spectrum+ (issue 4s board) where the 1-5 keys do not work. I have replaced the membrane and checked for continuity. I have also tested …

    ... a problem with the keyboard rather than the Spectrum ... the keyboard is wired as a 8 by 5 matrix (hence ... a 16K/48K (rubber keyboard) membrane to hand) there ... of the 5 way keyboard connector, then briefly touch ... in the 8 way keyboard connector. A keyword/number ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK June 2014 Hardware
  • Spectrum+ keyboard issueHi I have a spectrum+ (issue 4s board) where the 1-5 keys do not work. I have replaced the membrane and checked for continuity. I have also tested …

    ... />
    The Z80 reads the keyboard by performing an I/O ... as the rest of the matrix circuitry is working, I don ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK June 2014 Hardware
  • What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…

    ... a game machine with a keyboard, as was the Atari. The ... printed papers on a dot matrix printer. The only thing that ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2014 Games
  • a harlequin keyboard option (+2a)Hi guys. Finally got around to this, I am using a keyboard from a +2a connected to my harlequin. [IMG]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3932/1560029…

    ... keys, the +2a/+3 matrix has extra matrix lines to allow these ... (which 'emulates' the original ULA keyboard behaviour).

    Swap in ...
    balford balford November 2014 Hardware
  • So tell me (in English) about πBacteriaI read a tantalizing snippet on another thread about something called '&#960;Bacteria'. It seems that this tiny piece of software is a bare-metal Spe…

    ... your SD.

    Usb keyboard support? No, but planned. At ... :
    [LIST=1]
    [*]8x5 matrix keyboard of switches, like the original ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena December 2014 Emulators
  • Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…

    ... 0 then everything, including the keyboard, will all respond at once ... I’d expect a single matrix to be shared between both ... can imagine they decode all keyboard polls whether the pins are ... , one doesn't disrupt normal keyboard operations.

    Right. ...
    zub zub June 2015 Emulators
  • Top 10 WoS requests for improvements?Since WoS administrators are now requesting feedback on possible ways to improve WoS, I would like to share my thoughts about this subject, and encou…

    ... of Vega console and Elite keyboard releases have raised recently a ... " and "LOAD SCREEN" as NxN matrix for each title (each developer ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty September 2015 Feature Requests
  • I had a go.I haven't written anything in ZX Basic since the 80s, so I thought I'd have a go. Now just to put you in the picture, I am a developer and know sever…

    ... know my way around a keyboard (currently typing one handed much ... a single key on the keyboard).

    I'm drifting ... these out to a dot matrix line printer. In addition, the ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK November 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Vega ARM SOC?I read that the core of the new Vega was an ARM SOC. I thought it would have been an FPGA. But it seems it's an ARM running an emulator. Anyone kn…

    ... that you could feed the keyboard to the appropriate ports in ... the SoC. Allowing both a matrix keyboard AND the current Vega pad ... used as the emulated Spectrum keyboard has its caveats: there might ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix December 2015 Vega
  • Record collectors and the Vinyl resurgenceI know there are collectors of Vinyl on WOS and have seen mentions in different threads, but I can't find a thread dedicated to it. I have just bough…

    ... tend not to bother with Matrix numbers when I sort my ... basic drum machine and a keyboard too, never got round to ...
    mel the bell mel the bell December 2016 Chit chat
  • zx spectrum +2A symbol lock aHi II have zx spectrum +2A, for years, last time I play with, it was every thing fine. Today I tested it, and the symbol lock was on. What could…

    Possibly the key matrix itself or perhaps the key ... if its the matrix or (less likely) an internal 'non keyboard' issue.
    spider spider January 2019 Hardware
  • Spectrum Emulator 4 WinCE HELP PLEASE!I have the spectrum emulator v1.1 on my casio e-100 and it works fine and loads the games fine, but one big problem I have is that there is no real k…

    ... that there is no real keyboard for it, so it really ... I can find a spectrum keyboard that will work on my ...
    Michelle Michelle October 2001 Emulators
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