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Text games and ceefax?Hi I've talked on a number of occassions to an acquaintance who once published a game using the Quills programme (game is 'Crystals of Doom' in case…
... the parts are available from Maplin.
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it's only an electrical item.. but stillafter MANY years (maybe 18?) , my tv just popped.. when I say many years, I've had this tv since the days of Snes.. just prior I remember playing mad…
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it's only an electrical item.. but stillafter MANY years (maybe 18?) , my tv just popped.. when I say many years, I've had this tv since the days of Snes.. just prior I remember playing mad…
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Any retail workers here with tales of idiot/time wasting customers?Having seen the tread about people smiling on supermarket adverts I could tell you that The customer is NOT always right. Where I work theres some r…
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Maybe a bargain ?Hi guys, just won this on Ebay, Fingers crossed it all works ok, I may have got a bargain, what do you think ? [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISA…
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DMA interface for ZX Spectrum[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/data-gear.htm[/url] This is internal DATA-GEAR interface for any 8-bit computer with Z80CPU. Use Direct Memory Access…
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i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... machine which I got from Maplin on them. But yes some ... -
+2a doesn't load anymorea machine i got on ebay a couple months back, always had the odd game that wouldn't load, but now it seems to have stopped working alltogether. soun…
... can still get it at Maplin. Bit pricey though.
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Spectrum 128K RS232 to PC serial cableIf you have read some of my recent posts then you will know that I am eager to link my Spectrum +3 to a PC. This will be done by wiring a standard PC…
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Medal of Honor, new low in unoriginalityJust tried out the new Medal of Honor for xbox360 and guess what? It's one of those run-on-a-track-and-shoot-people kind of games. I remember this w…
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Will +2 Powersupply work on +3 speccy?I've just ordered a +3 Spectrum without the power supply. I have a +2 (not +2a) power supply and wondered if this would be ok to use with my new +3?
No - it's a totally different connector (and not the sort of thing you'll find an off-the-shelf replacement for at a place like Maplin, unfortunately). See [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/hardware.htm[/url] for the pinout. -
Do ULAs die?Thought I'd start this thread as people often think their ULA is dead, when it's actually the RAM or power circuits. Searching the forum in the futur…
... / inserting anything in the expansion IO would be one way to ... -
Do ULAs die?Thought I'd start this thread as people often think their ULA is dead, when it's actually the RAM or power circuits. Searching the forum in the futur…
... / inserting anything in the expansion IO would be one way to ... -
Do ULAs die?Thought I'd start this thread as people often think their ULA is dead, when it's actually the RAM or power circuits. Searching the forum in the futur…
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Some Spectrum QuestionsHi everyone, I'm new to the forum and I have a few questions about the Spectrum computers I hope you could answer. Recently someone has submitted a …
... on buying [URL="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo ... the trick? If not, does Maplin do anything that would? -
Some Spectrum QuestionsHi everyone, I'm new to the forum and I have a few questions about the Spectrum computers I hope you could answer. Recently someone has submitted a …
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+2a doesn't load anymorea machine i got on ebay a couple months back, always had the odd game that wouldn't load, but now it seems to have stopped working alltogether. soun…
... can still get it at Maplin. Bit pricey though.
[URL ... ]http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo ... -
How to Extract a Font from a Game?I remember it was possible to load/save your own fonts in ArtStudio on my Speccy. I also remember it was possible to loop the loaded block of a game …
... freezing a game and type "io" this will give you the ... -
Simple & Portible means to boost PC Soundcard Line Out?Hi Guys, My older computers were very good at driving a real spectrum's ear socket via their Line Out or Headphone socket. My new Dell's sound card…
Alternate PowerHi All Been sorting and decorating and throwing stuff out, and seem to have mislaid a whole box of Spectrum stuff :( Found me Spectrum +2 but as ye…
... power connector, [url=http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo ...So frustratingI'd recently socketed the lower 16k only to find the upper 32k also had issues. While removing 4 of the chips I've managed to break two tracks. The c…
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[url]http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno ...Powering up a Speccy after long-term storage.Staying at my folks for Christmas. Feels good to be back in God's country again, even if it is -12C outside at the moment. :-o Anyway, I was plannin…
... you're in the UK, Maplin should stock what you need ...Powering up a Speccy after long-term storage.Staying at my folks for Christmas. Feels good to be back in God's country again, even if it is -12C outside at the moment. :-o Anyway, I was plannin…
... you're in the UK, Maplin should stock what you need ...Testing memory/transistors etc with multimeterAnyone have a rough guide to show how to do this properly? Im using the diode setting on the multimeter to test various components, im touching the b…
mines quite a cheap one, doesnt beep!:-(
[IMG]http://images.maplin.co.uk/full/n20ax.jpg[/IMG]+2 grey 5v reg pinoutjust a quickie, had to buy a new 5v reg for the grey, now i cant remember which wire went to which pin! got brown red and black, im guessing the blac…
... and get [URL="http://www.maplin.co.uk/2a-positive-fixed ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... data (to be set via IO ports?). Easy to understand for ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... the dead cockroach, although the IO transistor mod they used in ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... the dead cockroach, although the IO transistor mod they used in ...Sound card mysteriously vanishesSince a power outage my on board sound card hasn't been showing up in lspci or anything. It's as if it's not there. And I had a look in my BIOS since…
... 't buy a motherboard from Maplin, you'll pay over the ...
