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Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…
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Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…
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Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…
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Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…
[QUOTE=RetroTechie;424569]In that case, there ... call it hobbyistic...
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Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…
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Summarized: the SRAM + ... -
Knight Lore - MSX2I found this link over at Retro Remakes; Knight Lore for the MSX2 > [link removed - denienced] Yeah, yeah - I know...why post this in 'Sinclair Mis…
... port of the already existing MSX version, improving the graphics and ... ):
[url]http://www.generation-msx.nl/msxdb/softwareinfo/810[/url ... comments):
[url]http://www.msx.org/Knight-Lore-MSX2.newspost5114 ... -
Where are the spectrum?Hi guys, SINCLAIR made over 1000000 spectrums, where the hell are they?
... (spanish)
[B]MSX[/B]:
MSX Philips VG8020
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Sir Clive in Today's ObserverCredit's Nine Tiles contribution to success [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/28/clive-sinclair-interview-simon-garfield[/url] ZX…
... the QL and cussing the MSX
it's funny ... the carts out of the msx without powering down WTF.hehe ... -
Sir Clive in Today's ObserverCredit's Nine Tiles contribution to success [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/28/clive-sinclair-interview-simon-garfield[/url] ZX…
[QUOTE=fog;427381]the scary bit is that dude rips the carts out of the msx without powering down WTF.hehe[/QUOTE]I vaguely remember a microswitch in the cartridge bay that reset the machine when the cartridge was half out of the connector. -
What means the suffix by 74LS IC's?What means the suffix by 74LS IC's? I mean: 74LS32N or 74LS74AN A, N, AN or sometimes nothing. Micky
[QUOTE=RetroTechie;428746]When in doubt: grab ... -
Is there any video input on expansion bus?Imagine you want to build a custom display hardware, for instance, to add hardware sprites to display. Is it possible to design such a device so that…
... has been used in the MSX hardware scene to put up ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
... by default in any MSX. On the MSX, there's a ... miriad of sound extensions available (MSX-Music, MSX-Audio, SCC, Moonsound), and ... apples & oranges, since the MSX was introduced later.
< ... of raw hardware capabilities, the MSX is comparable, or superior ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
... 3.54 MHz Z80
MSX 3.58 MHz Z80
If the MSX design had been like the ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
I didn't think MSX had added wait states outside of video RAM. If it does, then it's not much different than the Trek. -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
MSX inserts 1 waitstate into every ... too fast :-(
On MSX, the video RAM is not ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
... , Simon Brattels comment on the MSX. Something along the lines of ... "The MSX is all very well if ... the test of time. Certainly, MSX games did get better with ... and NES.
The MSX is certainly an awkward machine ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
... colour palette of both the MSX and C-64 is... ugly ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
... ]Green Beret[/I] on the MSX had a neat trick - it ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
On MSX you could overlay two sprites ... Spectrum games came after 1986, MSX got second version then, with ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
... is apparently a successor to MSX video chip... and Genesis has ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
... systems.
With the MSX character-oriented display you can ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
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There're plenty of MSX-like classic arcade machine designs ... -
Spectrum 2-3 times more powerfull than MSX?![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI#t=8m18s[/url]
One thing I don't like at all on the Speccy is the PSG 16-bit port addresses :-(
Without the M1 wait states, if the Speccy had 8-bit address PSG ports, my Firelite sound system would sound much better than on the MSX ;) -
Someone can help me to fix my Zx Spectrum?I did a video about the startup: [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1566495/ZXSPECTRUM03.mp4[/url] I have replaced the ULA with a working one (same proble…
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Castlevania ZXDoes anybody know what happened to the Castlevania ZX project? Yet again another great game that missed the Spectrum but had a port on the C64 [url…
... was originally released for the MSX in 1986 and its amazing ... -
Alien? for the Sinclair SpectrumAny Spectrum developers out there thought about producing a port of Alien? for the 128K Spectrum? Its one of the few 8-Bit systems not to have a conv…
... , look at Aliens for the MSX (1:14) in 1987. This ... -
Alien? for the Sinclair SpectrumAny Spectrum developers out there thought about producing a port of Alien? for the 128K Spectrum? Its one of the few 8-Bit systems not to have a conv…
Retrogod, that was the MSX version of Aliens? It was very different from the rest of the versions apparently. Strange happy music.. :smile:
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Alien? for the Sinclair SpectrumAny Spectrum developers out there thought about producing a port of Alien? for the 128K Spectrum? Its one of the few 8-Bit systems not to have a conv…
... ;430992]Retrogod, that was the MSX version of Aliens? It was ... />
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Someone can help me to fix my Zx Spectrum?I did a video about the startup: [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1566495/ZXSPECTRUM03.mp4[/url] I have replaced the ULA with a working one (same proble…
[QUOTE=RetroTechie;431203]Thx. Miguel, very nice ...
