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Zx Spectrum Laptop (again)I've been reading all the old treads about a possible portable speccy. I even found the one about the Speccy Laptop. But it seems there's a lot of ne…
... bugger all power), and have a compact flash interface for storage ... around here where someone is making a Spectrum in an FPGA... perhaps ... be easier than interfacing with a TV or composite (no analogue ... way).
Even building a 'next gen' Spectrum out of ... -
My to-buy listWhat I want to buy: -ZX80 - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR] -ZX81 - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR] -ZX Spectrum 48K - [COLOR="Red"]bought!!![/COLOR] -ZX…
Yup, their rack mount cases come close to what I want but would need a lot of drilling/cutting etc. I can see me making a right pigs ear of it.
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Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... item as you said is a good idea.
... idea is to have a button item that activates ... the destruction of a tile(s). The button ... should activate. I`m making a little progress with the destruction ... Thinking of dynamite and a plunger type thing. -
This is what I look like these days - silly. (sorry large .jpeg)Me modelling my foul weather bike clobber; my new army surplus smock, and googles. Smock worn over the top of my leather jacket, with arabian headsc…
... careful when you walk into a petrol station or corner shop ... you of pulling out a shotgun and making a grab for the cash ... !
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Did u know :-BBC reported live that Building 7 has collapse when it was shown fully standing behind her left shoulder ! And it was another 30mins before it collap…
... suggests anything decided in a court of law is ... actually happened? Can you give a rational explanation to this? ... carefully now...they made a mistake. Thats a perfectly rational explanation. ... the police are searching for a murderer/crime suspect they do ... -
Did u know :-BBC reported live that Building 7 has collapse when it was shown fully standing behind her left shoulder ! And it was another 30mins before it collap…
... statement suggests anything decided in a court of law is ... carefully now...they made a mistake. Thats a perfectly rational explanation. ...
Building 7 is quite a mystery in fact. The official ... the police are searching for a murderer/crime suspect they do ... -
Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?
... an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to ... The wiring connecting a switch to a light to the ... You are simply making a midification to a circuit that already exists ... based upon knowledge of a completely different computer system ... -
Speccy vs C64 vs Amstrad - Make your vote count![url]http://www.retrofusiononline.com/fusion/[/url] You know it makes sense. We're winning at the moment, too... D.
... . Might we be talking a completely different flame war here ... br />
Essentially, Atari had a constant moving target for it ... into a price war and just tried to survive by making the ... the price war rather than making a more attractive machine. They tried ... -
Commodore gets bought up again![url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4805&Itemid=2]Linky[/url] So now SCi/Eidos owns the Commodore brand, and the E…
... i thought it better than making a new one :)
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toasted soeccysHello, ive jsut bought a pair of speccys on ebay (one 16k issue 2 & a prob 48k issue 3) unfortunaly the genius who sold them tried to see if the wor…
... up with the idea of making a board that basically, could be ... d post some details of a nice little mod that ... - still, it would be a worthwhile idea to make that ... cutting pin one and using a multimeter to test for ... for the next Speccy. Saves a lot of time, and ... -
I'm evil baby... so don't you mess around with me.I'm deciding whether or not Spectrum owners are primarily good or evil. Which of these evil things have you ever done? (multiple selections allowed)…
well i voted for "making a pirate copy of softaid" but i actually went one worse... i stole my copy from woolies!
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Saving from actual cassetteIve dug out my old cassette player which I used to load games to my speccy. Ive hooked it up to the line-in port and loaded the game into Spectaculat…
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External Speccy CommunicationHow does a speccy communicate with the outside world ?? Do you have to have the interface 1 for serial communications ( rs232 ) or are there other p…
... EPE about PCB making, and I'm in a distinct minority ... my process though this weekend making the flash programmer for ... the gaps between tracks and making a weak etch resist, meaning there ... 's still a little copper - generally bridging ... -
External Speccy CommunicationHow does a speccy communicate with the outside world ?? Do you have to have the interface 1 for serial communications ( rs232 ) or are there other p…
... EPE about PCB making, and I'm in a distinct minority ... my process though this weekend making the flash programmer for ... the gaps between tracks and making a weak etch resist, meaning there ... 's still a little copper - generally bridging ... -
Saving from actual cassetteIve dug out my old cassette player which I used to load games to my speccy. Ive hooked it up to the line-in port and loaded the game into Spectaculat…
no its a very old and bad quality boots c15 tape :o
whats interesting though, it loads directly from tape into the emulator, so apart from making a snapshot its a shame you cant make tzx's from speculator while its loading. -
TV Modulator. Can it be repaired?Is it possible, to repair tha TV modulator (after removing it) if it gives wavy picture? I replaced both transistors (tr1/2) and both electrolytic ca…
Making a plug-in board is on ... do. Basically, it'll have a Flash ROM chip, and some ... idea is if you have a Speccy that isn't working ... out the ROM gives you a 16k hole in the memory ... -
Regarding the interface with USB port[url]http://www.octocom.es/reuniones/art_madridsx07_11.html[/url] [url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/kmouse/km-doc/kempston_mouse_turbo_interface/km-t_2…
... designed for easy interface to a microcontroller (i.e. things ... s probably more mileage in making a board based on the ... The ENC28J60 is a complete ethernet interface in a chip, designed for ... hardware (I'd probably choose a microcontroller to provide this, ... -
Database + web programming queryI was thinking of the best way to implement the a book type-ins database thingy, and I thought something along these lines would be nice and simple: …
... (which entails finding yourself a web-host that supports PHP ... will scan through the file making a list of distinct book ... probably...)
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Usually, a web host providing MySQL will ... all the typeins written by a particular author...
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New Chit-Chat Sub Forum ProposalHi. I believe we should split Off Topic into two. * The original Chit-Chat for random stuff * Music/Movies - becuase it is getting ridiculous with t…
Nah I like it the way it is. It keeps the element of supprise in the Chit Chat forum as you never know what you are going to get.
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Regarding the interface with USB port[url]http://www.octocom.es/reuniones/art_madridsx07_11.html[/url] [url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/kmouse/km-doc/kempston_mouse_turbo_interface/km-t_2…
... that's what I got - a pack of those track pins ... pins yet, but I'm making a board to connect to the ... any luck they'll be a snug fit so I can ... mention veroboard, I went to making PCBs because I hate that ... stuff with a passion, especially having to cut ... -
On a 48K issue 6A......how can i isolate the 32K block? I want to test if there is any fault on the 4116's , leaving the 4532's out of the equation. Will removing the …
... process of desoldering, just making a connection across chip pins ( ... has failed in such a way that the outputs ... hasn't failed in a similar way, thus preventing ... itself such as a short or a dry joint is ...
Unfortunately, it's a slow and painstaking job to ... -
Q. on copyrights vs. walkthroughs vs. "derivative work"I remember quite a while ago I asked for assistance on this topic and the only thing I do remember (and has held me back somewhat since then) is the …
[QUOTE=Philip Kendall;180251][url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/23/computer_games_copyright_law/[/url][/QUOTE]
I don't see how this applies here - Skarpo is not making a computer game, just some sort of presentation. -
Got my Wii modchipped todayAnd it's working great. I've tried four "backups" so far, and everyone has worked perfectly. The chip I went for was the [URL="http://www.wiikey.cn…
... to continue doing that is a greater wrong by far , ... for YOU justifying to be a pirate then im afraid its ... .
Even as a kid i spent all the ... the option was there for a copy , i like the ... my shelf , reading the inlays , making a nice collection etc -
No new Doctor Who thread yet?Then allow me to be the first. :) Last night's episode was great. I think Freema Agyeman is going to be a brilliant companion. The Mr. Saxon subplot…
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Without making a big deal about it? Rose ... the point I was making was that it's ... the Doctor somehow develops a way to transfer his ... back the Valeyard would be a terrible idea.[/I]
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It's fitting...... that in the very month that the 25th anniversary of the Speccy falls on, I'm just finishing up making my first ever Spectrum peripheral. It's a …
... weekend to try and have a hopefully working Currah MicroSource interface ... chips. I'm still missing a proper ROM, I think I ... . I would love to try making a clone too (to go with ... -
It's fitting...... that in the very month that the 25th anniversary of the Speccy falls on, I'm just finishing up making my first ever Spectrum peripheral. It's a …
... transisors arrived today (with a few other bits and ... which made that IC socket a little less neat :/ - ... never, ever come across a defective IC socket before... ... I would love to try making a clone too (to go ... should have refrained myself a little... I'm still ... -
Classics that still need RZXingLooking through Andrew's excellent book, I noticed that there are a few classics that still need to be RZX'd. If anyone is bored and looking for som…
... , but never got round to making a video of it, even though ... -
Classics that still need RZXingLooking through Andrew's excellent book, I noticed that there are a few classics that still need to be RZX'd. If anyone is bored and looking for som…
... , but never got round to making a video of it, even though ... indeed yet another example of a game that can't be ... completed due to a bug. Mr Anonymous posted a fix for it ... " thread but it involved inputting a whole lot of gubbins into ... -
Problem with my speccy 48+My machine boots up but apon booting it freezes and you can see feint grey horizontal 1 pixel lines going down the screen. Is this fixable at all?
... apart, and using a piece of wire, making a connection between one of ... the keyboard membrane is, is a switch matrix.
It ... at once - usually, a few keys fail, then a few more etc ... the first keyboard connector to a pin on the second keyboard ... -
Testing RAM Chips After RemovalHi I am going to use Winstons Hot Air Gun method of removing the RAM chips from a 4S circuit board. I wish to check the RAM chips, I have a Logic Pr…
... M1 lines, I'm making a slight tweak to the PCB ... work on the memory tester a bit (perhaps steal some ... programmed by a Spectrum. There's also a jumper that ... up. When used as a general purpose ROM board, ... ). I'm thinking of making a little menu system and loader ...
