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My laptop crashed big style last nightAs the title says, my laptop crashed really badly last night. It all started when I realised that Norton stopped working, but was tell me it was ok. …
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Mobile phone suggestions?Must be pay as you go. Must have wi-fi. Other than that, I'm open minded, even down to the service provider. Currently I'm wit Tesco, and have been …
... mostly seem to look like dodgy dealing estate agent rejects, and ... -
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. …
... track repair, a 16 pin socket and 4164, this Spectrum now ... -
Hotmail freakout?!Anyone else had a problem with Hotmail hackers/spammers lately? I had an account hacked the other night, lots of spam sent, so I deleted everything…
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Is there a ROM modification (48K) for load without typing LOAD""?The target is to play with 48K machines with keyboard broken, or an alternative solution for new clones like Superfo instead of making a new keyboard…
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Happy birthday mel the bell!Happy birthday..! Get some beer down yer neck.. [I](Edit: Oops! dodgy thread name spelling..! Is it correctible..?)[/I]
Happy birthday..!
Get some beer down yer neck..
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ay magic ressurection and upgradeI think made new version of my AY magic interface, today i redraw PCB and do some changes: Added socket for ay 3-8912 so for now AY magic can operate…
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Added socket for ay 3-8912 so ... , on visualisation is straight but socket be 90 angle.
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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, …
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ISO-Copy - Individual Software revisitedHi folks In another thread about Supertape: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36203[/url] ... we touched on ISO-Copy by th…
... was able to make a dodgy working TZX:
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Newbie needs help!!I own a 48K Speccy bought at a Car boot sale and would love to get it working although I haven't the faintest Idea what I am doing! It had a dodgy k…
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? use stereo jack, lead with 16k ULA5C112E-3?Dear community We have a 16k upgraded to 48 with ULA5C112E-3 chip. The original mono leads are lost and the intention is to add a stereo jack plug. …
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Connecting the Toast rack to VGAHi, I've been trying to get my 128k toast rack to connect to my VGA screen for a while now with not much luck. I couldn't find a cable or adaptor to…
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DivIDE 57c non-bootable when CF card insertedHello, I have a DivIDE 57c with a CF-IDE40 adaptor. When no CF card is inserted, the Spectrum boots, FATware 0.12 kicks in, detects 0 volumes and b…
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Scart problemsHi all I've just received a +2a off ebay and a scart from coolnovelties.Now when i use scart i seem to get ghosting on one telly and the one downstai…
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Games not loading in my original spectrum 48kHello. I have recently bought a zx spectrum, for nostalgia purpose (haven't touched one for more than 20 years) The computer boots fine, but I can'…
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Still got 128k + joystick issues ! Please help :(Hi- I wrote a thread a while back asking why my 128k toastrack might have been having joystick issues, working for a bit, then not. I bought a new po…
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Spectrum +3 FavourCan a kind soul with a multimeter and a +3 measure the resistance on the power socket between the 5V and the ground? I have a dead +3 that only has 0…
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Spectrum +3 ProblemI have a couple of +3 machines - one is working fine. The other one is showing some problems - originally when I do a CAT command or other disk acce…
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FOR 1 TO 0 - Execute "no times"?I checked a couple of basic variations, and generally a for loop executes at least once, even if you create a negative loop without step -1. But in s…
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Wimpy RestaurantsUsed to love these places before McDonald's came in and took over the world. Had presumed them extinct. Now been told that there are quite a few le…
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I bastardise your genres!My Album! I was serious I have the music for at least 3 tracks, I've screamed and hoo haaa'd along to them all, but when it came recording them I re…
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Will a fisher price mic plug into a PC? I ... just think a Fisher Price mic will be the best thing ... -
Replacing Upper RAM in 48KHi Folks Well, my fun continues :) After sorting the display issues with this machine I found I couldn't load software meant for 48K machines. Havin…
Some errors in Polish games[b]Boks ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023682[/url])[/b] Names of two developers are Jacek Kucharski and Marek Trojanowicz …
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[b ... for games made by the MiC Software team)
[b ... for games made by the MiC Software team)
[b ...ZX Spectrum and digital recordersI want to buy a digital recorder for my ZX Spectrum (instead of cassette recorder). Has anyone tried one of those? Do they work or do they have issue…
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All of them have MIC/EAR inputs and USB (for ...wifi extenders ?really should get one, and well I'm assuming someone here has 1 ? I just set it up plugged in then not have the wire connected in another room (with…
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I saw the wall socket type ones, but well I ...Your favourite Spectrum [whatever] beginning with the letter 'A'[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/games/a.html[/url] [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/textadv/a.html[/url] Personally, I'm going to say: B…
... Monty, Amaurote, Ant Attack (looks dodgy now, but at the time ...Stealth AllRAM SpectrumHaving just received a couple of new keyboard membranes to fix a couple of machines with, the thought crossed me that I should do a special project w…
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An IC socket goes in next. I've ... 1 of the ROM's socket isn't connected, so all ... pin 27 of the chip socket the RAM will plug into ... the static RAM into the socket.
A couple of things ... should not go into the socket. Pin 27 in any case ...Very weird +2 problem.After two days, I'm still fighting this grey +2. Symptoms: When I first got it, there were stray pixels on the screen, and stray lines and colours. …
... disconnected pins 34 and 35 (MIC and EAR) and JetPac still ...ZX 48 issue 4S no s-video possible?No s-video on ZX 48 issue 4S possible? I have had this mod on my issue 4A. But this did not work with my 4S. On C65 is no chrominance signal. Here …
... pin 4 on s-video socket.
The Luminance (B/W ... pin 3 on s-video socket.
Pin 1 & 2 ... on s-video socket is soldered to ground. GND ...
