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Two Speccy bundles for sale :)Hey all, Its with great regret that i'm downsizing all of my vintage computers and retro consoles, the fact is, I don't have the time to play everyt…
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Spectranet and RaspberryPiSome of you have probably heard that the Raspberry Pi foundation are just about ready to start selling devices . . . (they've actually managed to com…
... that it's a nice, low power embedded device (essentially), once ... a Raspberry Pi as a low power file server for a ... -
RFC: Hardware Documentation ProjectI've noticed quite a few threads recently about missing schematics and suchlike. I've also been thinking about the low quality of some of the schemat…
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128k Heatsink Serial NumberI just bought a nice 128k heatsink all boxed up. I think it has a low serial, but I am unsure. I cannot find out anywhere how the serial for the 128k…
... . I think it has a low serial, but I am unsure ... 007425. I think it is low but I am a little ... -
The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…
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Detecting presence of AY?I'm working on my first little demo for the ZX Spectrum. At the moment I'm aiming to keep the memory requirements low enough that it runs on a standa…
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Local missing boy just been found.For the past 2 hours, my village has had a Police helicopter flying just above the rooftops, with a woman constable calling out a message over what m…
... of the helicopter flying so low. It took a phone call ... -
48k Speccy chucks a wobblerI've got a problem with my rubber keyed 48k speccy. When it is first switched on everything is fine but after a couple of minutes the picture on scr…
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Difficult to find upper RAM fault.I've recently repaired an issue 3B 48K Spectrum that had a tricky to diagnose upper RAM fault, so I thought I'd post a report of what I found here. …
... RAM addresses, from high to low, writing the decimal value 2 ... each possible RAM location, from low to high, using the HL ... -
Smallest Kempston joystick addon for e.g. DivIDEI developed a very small Kempston joystick interface. It's allmost ready for production. Specs: - It's small (can't get any smaller I'm afraid) - Re…
... it in an envelope! So low shipment costs!
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ROM switch on NMIHello! Please, help me or point in the right direction. I am building a project for 48k spectrum which must activate its rom (actually static ram) …
... available between M1 goes
low and memory read request for ... -
Improving audio?In working on fixing and updating the hardware in my ZX Spectrum 48k, there is one nagging issue. My issue 2 board has crappy sound through the beepe…
... the beeper, it is very low volume. And I just want ... -
No colour after changing LM1889NI replaced the faulty LM1889N in my issue 2 spectrum, since I had a very yellow picture, and soldered a socket to put the new LM1889N into, however, …
... and VR2 to get the voltages right. I can not check ... -
Spectrum 128K: distorted picture with composite to vga converterI'm trying to get my 128K Spectrum (toastrack) to work with a vasmon3 composite to vga converter, but all I get is a distorted image on the VGA monit…
... problem.
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Games bought in IndiaI'm spending honey moon to Goa, and Ill be 2 days in Bombain... I've already been at a flea market and saw tons of bargains: 8 bit games (those GBA 1…
... games going for a really low price...
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Misbehaving 128K toastrackI acquired a toastrack some time ago off ebay and it worked just nice up until recently. It arrived with no PSU or cables so I paired it with a grey …
... service manual and measured some voltages which all seem within working ... -
Intermittent reset on 48K (issue 4S)I'be been fighting an intermittent selfreset the whole day. Changed ULA - did not help. Tested TR6 as i could and compared the reading with another…
... is about .6A
All voltages checked - all fine.
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What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... a computer which such a low amount of memory, how some ... -
zx 48k ribbon cables slotOne more question regarding the zx 48k: the other 48K i have, and this one is working fine, i had to open it compare the voltages with a broken one..…
... to open it compare the voltages with a broken one.... and ... -
ULAPlus: showing different screen modes in one screenI wanted to write a demo showing the same screen, converted to various screen modes available on the Spectrum (well, a Spectrum clone capable of show…
... one is a ULA+ screen (low res attributes with 64 colour ... -
My Issue 2 spectrum"IT'S ALIVE!!!!!" - Dr Frankenstein I got my issue 2 spectrum up and running, colours and all. I borrowed socketed lower ram from my issue 3 that is…
... membrane from RWAP, an new low power Z80 cpu (Nec 780008C ... -
Faulty Grey Spectrum +2 - help neededI have a faulty spectrum +2. I tested the voltaged inside - all check fine. Well, within some limit, +5 for example is 4.83, but all other voltages a…
... 4.83, but all other voltages are present.
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Cobra - movie references[I]Cobra[/I] was on a digital channel recently, and I was trying to spot all the movie references that Joffa worked in. If you can find any more, pl…
... San Francisco. In one particular low-angle shot a family of ... -
New Judge Dredd Movie ![youtube]PifvRiHVSCY[/youtube] I suppose most 2000AD or Dredd fans will already know, but a new Dredd movie is out this September....above is the tr…
... 'll be a semi-decent, low budget 3D action flick then ... -
Another deadly accurate best games listSince it's getting on for five minutes now since a "Best ever games" list divided us up, heres [URL="http://www.g4tv.com/top-100/"]G4's Top 100 video…
... why is Deus Ex so low on the list? It should ... -
PlayTZX for Android? or something similar.Hi folks, I've been hunting high and low for a PlayTZX program and so far I've found nothing. Does anyone know if such a tool exists? and that maybe…
... 've been hunting high and low for a PlayTZX program and ... applications max volume is too low and isn't boosted, I ... -
ZX81 back porch fix using LM1881Hello! Has anyone here did the back porch fix for ZX81 using LM1881? I did it this weekend and instead of clear black on white i got black on dark g…
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Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games on eBay UK - Ends 15th JulyGuys, A load (100+) of Commodore 64 games listed on eBay UK - these end in the next hour or so (Sunday 15th July) UK time, so please take the time …
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Have I got any rare gems?Hi guys, After buying a job lot of Speccy stuff last year, I finally actually sorted through all the games I have on cassette etc. and was hoping som…
... Dukes of Hazzard
Tornado Low Level
Trailblazer
TV ...