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Opus Discovery - a Christmas taleBack in the day, when the ZX ruled the home computer market here in the UK, it suffered from 1 obvious problem: it lacked a fast mass media save/load…
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cassette player volumesHi - is it possible / likely that over time a stand-a-lone (i.e. not +2) cassette player loses some of its high end volume? Some games that used t…
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Fuller FDS keyboardHi folks, Bit of a head scratcher for me since I found one of these whilst looking for dead Speccy boards and there doesn't appear to be a whole l…
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Bizarre ZX Spectrum faults (also possibly relevant to Spectranet compatibility problems).I'm attempting to repair an issue 4A 48K ZX Spectrum and am encountering some very strange problems. For my own records I've given this computer the …
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Poorly behaved PC serial port affecting RS232 communications on SpectrumHi everyone, I've been searching through the forum for information on the quirks of linking a ZX Spectrum RS232 serial port (e.g. ZX Interface 1 o…
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WOS blocked by Virgin Media?I cannot access WOS over my broadband connection (Virgin media). However if I load up the TOR browser I can access WOS fine. Anybody in the UK …
I cannot access WOS over my broadband connection (Virgin media).
However if I load up the TOR browser I can access WOS fine.
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SNP filesMorning.. Having done some extensive repairs to an old Spectrum 48, I've connected it up to my old Interface 1 and MD's and to my surprise, all is go…
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Speccy vs PiI've been doing some side by side comparisons on emulation (rpi) vs actual speccy (48k+). And I'm really impressed with what Fuse can do when the pi …
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New (ish) owner of spectrum goodies!!! :DHi peeps! A couple of months ago I managed to get a huge haul of spectrumy goodness through a colleague who worked with my wife. It only cost m…
... run them off my computer monitor through hdmi...
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Suggestion for ZX Uno improvementsI really enjoy my ZX Uno, however, I do see some improvements that I think could be made to the Uno. 1) When you press CTRL-ALT-Backspace or when …
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The 'What are you thinking about?' MegathreadWhat are you currently thinking about? I'm at work, and I'm wondering how to fix a customer's internet connection.............
What are you currently thinking about?
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Redesigning the ZX Spectrum 128k - A lifelong dreamHello, I am myPinballs (Jim) and i run a small business here in the uk making replacement 8-bit hardware pcbs for arcade pinball games as well as…
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Rolling display from RGB port on a +2Hi gang, after many years I finally decided today to attempt connecting my +2 to my Japanese RGB monitor. Using just the composite video pin only …
... +2 to my Japanese RGB monitor. Using just the composite video ... .
My Sharp X68000 monitor is quite straightforward with the ... runs at 24kHz, and the monitor couldn't detect the frequency ... -
Laptop helpRight, mate at work just gave me his old laptop cos the screens broken (i think) i'm not that up on laptops tbh as ive only really had a second hand …
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Gaming PCs (not just ZX emulators)As it was pointed out to me in another thread, I'm a little out of touch with PC hardware having only bought cheap laptops in the last few years. My …
... coming up 500, without a monitor. His boy showed me some ... -
Query failed: connection to localhost:9312 failed (errno=111, msg=Connection refused).The error in the topic seems to pop up on top of the page today, not sure if that's intentional..
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Smart TV issueAs you might know, I got a new Panasonic 4k Smart TV recently, but there has been some issues with the internet. I set it up wirelessly and it was f…
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A Cheeky Question about Amstrad computerJust out of interest, can you only use the Amstrad 464 with an Amstrad dedicated monitor ? As this site is World Of Amstrad, I thought I would ask !
Just out of interest, can you only use the Amstrad 464 with an Amstrad dedicated monitor ? As this site is World Of Amstrad, I thought I would ask ! -
THE LIGHTBULB EFFECT You know what that is? Like how cartoonists depict a bright idea by drawing a lightbulb over the head? When I was trying to work out the lengt…
... 's got to be a connection! Well bugger me backwards that ... -
Remake permissionsHi everyone, sorry if this is not the correct forum. I'm new here and just getting my bearings. I am a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC f…
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Mobile Broadband - need temporary RJ45:) Just after a bit of advice. OK so at the moment I use my desktop PC with an O2 mobile broadband USB dongle. It works quite well*** as I'm a low…
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*** Although not related the connection is a bit random in ... this is trying to enable 'connection sharing' in Windows and getting ... -
New here? Looking for a solution to a problem with your coding? Read onThis observation is for the benefit of newcomers especially those learning to program. This site - World of Spectrum - is a resource of immense va…
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Newly Acquired +3 in the USAI just acquired (rather accidentally, was looking for an empty Spectrum + case!) a pretty nice Spectrum +3, and a US-spec PSU. As far as I can tell …
... NTSC LCD TV or LCD monitor? I have all the standard ... /> I have a Commodore 1080 monitor, as a possible fallback, but ... -
Goodbye Micro-MartI was a little surprised that no one else has mentioned this, but[b] Micro-Mart[/b] (a British weekly news-stand magazine) is closing down, and it's …
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Zeus-ish Resolution OptimizerI made a quick and dirty thingy so I can use [url="http://www.desdes.com/products/oldfiles/zeus.htm"]Zeus-ish[/url] on my laptop without needing my r…
... 's not plugged into a monitor. Ugh!
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What should your speccy have come with ?:) I was thinking about this earlier. What changes should of been made to the Speccy when you purchased yours ? Realistically this topic really…
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Original Grey +2 Picture IssuesSo, I have my +2 connected to an old CRT TV, and the Speccy has been working fine. Decided to have a shift around, but once I moved the +2 i've lost…
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Issue with loading on a +2 (Grey)Hello together, I have a problem with my newly aquired (and first ZX Spectrum + 2 Grey). It isn't possible to load any game at all, because the…
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Mist Fpga with as spectrum corei've just got hold of one of the mist boards and am running the screen core. still trying to get esxdos to run but can load tap and discs through th…
i've just got hold of one of the mist boards and am running the screen core.
still trying to get esxdos to run but can load tap and discs through the menus
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Any way to Vsync Spectaculator 8?I am using Spectaculator 8 for the Demoscene mostly, and have discovered that my monitor supports 50Hz, like a real Speccy. Unfortunately, the tearin…
... , and have discovered that my monitor supports 50Hz, like a real ...
