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Spectrum Hardware OdditiesI have a few small interfaces which have passed across my desk today without any manuals that I can find alas - is anyone interested? - Camel Produc…
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Sam Revival issue 18 now out [Sam CoupIssue 18 of Sam Revival is now out, and it's a jam packed issue! Let's kick off with what's on the disk. First up are the three brand new emulators …
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Unconventional way of diagnosing a faultHi everyone Some time ago I got a 48k Spectrum (issue 3B board) in a pretty bad condition. I believe the power supply transistor TR4 failed, causing…
... caused the coil and ferrite core to overheat and shatter. The ... -
Border emulationHow is the border emulated to do all the fancy little tricks such as in Aquaplane? I've got some basic border emulation working but it only displays…
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OT: PCB making service from OlimexI've just used Olimex to have my first boards 'factory made' (I usually just etch my own, but I needed a couple of my ALIAC-2 Z80 core boards, and th…
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8-bit or 16-bit registers?I'm playing around with writing a Speccy emulator for mobile Java at the moment. I did a quick and dirty port of Qaop, which does run but at less tha…
... about to start the Z80 core for real.
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Silly little question written at the stroke of midnight.The run-of-the-mill Sinclair Spectrum is controlled by a 16K ROM program which can be divided into three major parts: 1. I/O routines 2. BASIC interp…
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Sam Revival issue 19 out now! [Sam CoupIssue 19 of Sam Revival is now out! Let's start off with what's on the coverdisk: Conquest. Written by Peter King in 1997 this originally had a lim…
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Carnevil on MAMEDoes anyone know if Carnevil runs well on MAME or another emulator? I'm quite a fan of the game and my local arcade has just got rid of it's machine …
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How good is this deal?MS India is launching a Xbox bundle that seems to be appealing on the surface: XBox core + 2 free games (Forza + Viva Pinata) + Panasonic 30 inch LCD…
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XBox core + 2 free games (Forza + Viva ... TV anyway? Also, since the Core doesn't have HDMI output ... -
AMD chip speedsI am thinking of getting a AMD X2 4200+ ( dual core ) chip to replace my current AMD 3200 single core. My question is will i see much difference in t…
... a AMD X2 4200+ ( dual core ) chip to replace my current ... AMD 3200 single core. My question is will i ... -
PC power suppliesDoes anybody know a decent site for calculating the power requirements of a PC?. The important bit is that it must be able to work with up to date c…
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So who needs a 3.5 GHz dual core Core 2 Duo......when a 6MHz Z80 will do for a multi-user server? After hacking about more with the socket library - I had 4 simultaneous users on ALIAC-2 via eth…
...when a 6MHz Z80 will do for a multi-user server?
After hacking about more with the socket library - I had 4 simultaneous users on ALIAC-2 via ethernet! Real, actual 4 different people from around the internet! It was running an extremely ... -
New PC crap....I finally up graded my near 6 year old PC for a new one. (dual core 4600, 512meg ATI graphics card, 500gig HD etc), mainly to make music on and play …
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a year of WOSfSo what exciting things do you think deserve a mention, in a year of WOSf. the site going down, and members being scattered across the world wide we…
... turn wosf into a hard core porn site
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.avi to DVDI used to use Nero 7 to write a few .avi files to DVD format on a DVD to use in a DVD player. But after upgrading to Nero 8 I cannot do this any mor…
Anyone playing Burnout Paradise?If you've got a PS3 or 360 then I recommend downloading the demo and getting a taste of it. It's out on the 25th Jan and I've been having loads of f…
... few people (the Burnout hard-core lot mainly) have been moaning ...New Laptop!!My department got me a new laptop this week. It's a Dell D530. I nice laptop it is too 2.0 Ghz Dual Core 2 GB Memory 110 GB HD (could be bigger…
ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…
... than replaced.
Fixed - A core bug in the INC/DEC ...Argus Press labelsHi [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Argus+Press+Software+Ltd$]Argus Press Software[/url] I am not sure at 100%, but is s…
... not re-released games: Bulge, Core, Agent Orange. And Quicksilva did ...CPU question about various emulators for and on various machinesRight, you know how nowadays the latest CPUs seem to be dual (or more) core 2.4GHz (or whatever speed) as opposed to, say, single core 5.8GHz? Now I …
... opposed to, say, single core 5.8GHz? Now I ... /> I mean, my single core 2GHz laptop can only run ... best one core of a multi-core CPU running ... to be written for multi-core support, but emulating "Windows ... delegate anything to the secondary core(s).
...PC UpgradeIt's getting to the time when I need to upgrade my PC desktop. Due to the ammound of stuff I have installed and the requirements of some of it I'm be…
... I'm after a Quad Core CPU (AMD?? Intel?? Other??). As ... program running on a single core (ones not written with multiple ... it will on my single core 3Ghz (Overclocked from 2.7 ... un-utilised or least utilised core making execution quicker as you ...I have been diagnosed withAvascular Necrosis in my left hip. I've been told I need a "core decompression" operation. Now I've seen a lot of Star Trek and so far its not been m…
... been told I need a "core decompression" operation. Now I've ...Chrust packerOriginally posted on comp.sys.sinclair: [quote=Gasman] Introducing Chrust, the next in the series of obscure utilities that will surely come in usef…
... Fayzullin's
Z80 emulation core. A sort of retro-Java ...InterruptsI need help emulating interrupts. My z80 core currently emulates all un-prefixed opcodes and the CB opcodes. I thought I would start on emulating co…
... interrupts.
My z80 core currently emulates all un-prefixed ...Why's my PC BSOD?Righto, Windows XP Pro Corp SP3, haven't installed anything new lately, it's just started blue screening occasionally and resetting. Did a memtest, a…
... a heat issue, CPUs (Intel Core Duo) always below 60C, ambient ...Need Help - VideoOK, I have finally (nearly) finished my Z80 core! It's been a flipping long slog but I have now emulated (almost) all commands including a lot of th…
... finally (nearly) finished my Z80 core! It's been a flipping ...Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
... . It still uses a 6502 core to run the real BASIC ... to be able to implement core file routines for reading/writing ...La Abadia del Crimen reaches no.1Ha ha, in case you haven't visited the WoS top 100 for a while (I hadn't) you can see that the hard core Abadia fans have been at work earning a day …
... can see that the hard core Abadia fans have been at ...Be honest - Vienna, by Ultravox, is a really awful songActually, Vienna is a great song. But yesterday on BBC3 they had one of those "100 best" or "100 worst" worst programs that today's program schedular…
... Spin has the best Z80 core routines. I've no idea ...