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Difference in emulator screen sizes and coloursSeeing as Greencard's gone out drinking... I've done a comparison between Spectaculator and ZXSpin. ZXSpin's full screen with border is taller than S…
... of display. Where's Mr CSmith when you need him? His ... -
Difference in emulator screen sizes and coloursSeeing as Greencard's gone out drinking... I've done a comparison between Spectaculator and ZXSpin. ZXSpin's full screen with border is taller than S…
... of display. Where's Mr CSmith when you need him? His ... -
Best film tie-in games...I started playing [I]The Warriors[/I] on the PS2 again last night, and I realised that it's probably the best film tie-in I have ever played. I don't…
... from the best MK game (MK2 is still my fave), but ... -
RGB on 48KIs it possible to get better picture (RGB, or at least composite video) from ZX 48K without opening it? (using the expansion port only) I think there…
[QUOTE=csmith;321897]So you're probably right piters, that the LM1889 was the cheapest chip.[/QUOTE]
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4116 DRAM for 48KSomeone told me I got faulty RAM in my broken 48K. They should be 150ns, right? What would be a good place to buy them from?
Incidentally if you're trying to make your Speccy more efficient, csmith has made a timing faithful 48K ULA using an Xilinx XC95144 CPLD. It'll probably use about 1/10th of the power of the Spectrum's RTL ULA. -
IN 255 behaviour not emulated in Spectaculator and ZXSpinI'm not speaking about "normal" IN 255 behaviour. All of you know what I'm taking about: IN 255 can be used to "read" screen data as it's retrieved f…
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25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…
... meet (thanks to Gasman and Csmith for turning up)
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New Spectrum Computer DevelopmentHey does anyone know of any decent new Spectrum clones being developed? I find it amazing how Zilog still produce a Z80 backwards compatible chip (an…
... become a bit easier with csmith's ULA replacement, since it ... -
New Spectrum Computer DevelopmentHey does anyone know of any decent new Spectrum clones being developed? I find it amazing how Zilog still produce a Z80 backwards compatible chip (an…
... saw recently. With any luck csmith's CPLD based ULA will ... -
Component count/modern replacementsThere is a thread/project for replacing the old memory with simms There is also the ULA replacement. There's DEATH's composite replacement. What els…
... , ULA (work in progress by CSmith), etc.
For a ... -
C64 Laptop *spits*[IMG]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/04/c64laptop1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/04/c64laptop2.j…
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Spectrum SoundHi all - I think I must be going mad, to much playing C64 games !!, anyway my question is about Speccy sound - the little speaker, it`s so quiet I ca…
[QUOTE=csmith;346613]Why 11 ?
Chris[/QUOTE]
*blank stare*
Because it goes up to 11.
And the spectrum is blacker than black. Theres none more black.
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Spectrum SoundHi all - I think I must be going mad, to much playing C64 games !!, anyway my question is about Speccy sound - the little speaker, it`s so quiet I ca…
[quote=csmith;346613]Why 11 ?
Chris[/quote]
Cos it's louder than 10.
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Games for Wedding Table NamesFor our imminent wedding, my Fiance has decided that we need to introduce a Spectrum theme, as it's present in our daily lives anyway ;-) So, we're …
[quote=csmith;347072]For our imminent wedding, ... -
Why does the speccy make you hear loading?Always wondered this, of all the 8-bit 'puters I have owned, only the Speccy makes you listen to the loading sounds from the tape, why??? I assume it…
[QUOTE=csmith;347069]Techie Answer: Sinclair only ... -
Amiga 600HDOk so I have an @*%#$&@*# Amiga 600HD (I shall avoid using the C word around here) and now a PSU. I have plugged it into my TV and it's telling me I …
Your computer rooms, shrines and such.Just over a year ago, the wife suggested I move all my computery bits into the largest room in the house. Only recently have I made some progress in…
... with failed CD drive, 1 Mk2 which works better than any ...Games for Wedding Table NamesFor our imminent wedding, my Fiance has decided that we need to introduce a Spectrum theme, as it's present in our daily lives anyway ;-) So, we're …
[QUOTE=csmith;347072]For our imminent wedding, ...Crashable Spectrum games?Following the discussion at: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24821[/url] I was wondering what Spectrum games could be m…
[QUOTE=csmith;352162]The first release of ...
