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Why are speccy games so ****ing cool?I grew up with a spectrum and fell in love with it from a young age, so I may be slightly biased, but it seems to me that the look and feel of games …
... at those previews for those new games, look great. Theres ... have to just press those rubber keys when you go past. ... who should have some new games, get on my ... probably let me copy his new game.
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Why are speccy games so ****ing cool?I grew up with a spectrum and fell in love with it from a young age, so I may be slightly biased, but it seems to me that the look and feel of games …
... at those previews for those new games, look great. Theres ... have to just press those rubber keys when you go past. ... who should have some new games, get on my ... probably let me copy his new game.
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What Spectrum to choose?Hi i'm new to the Spectrum. I read 'bout it in CDA (Polish game magazine) and watched LGR review of the 48k and it REALLY interested me. What model m…
... you go for a 48K rubber keys or + you will probably ... find that it needs a new keyboard membrane, so think ... . Some also need a new Z80 processor or ULA, ... which may well need a new drive belt). Unfortunately mine ... spend a tenner on a new keyboard membrane. If I ... -
+3 disks (writing errors)is there any way to check a disk for bad sectors? i seem to get I/O errors of one type or another when writing to disks. the thing is the disks forma…
... cable from him. he has replacement belts for the +3.
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+3 disks (writing errors)is there any way to check a disk for bad sectors? i seem to get I/O errors of one type or another when writing to disks. the thing is the disks forma…
... cable from him. he has replacement belts for the +3.
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An alternative method of input...Does anyone know of any software for the PC that will take text from its keyboard and output tones from the sound-card that are recognisable to the c…
... difficult to read and the rubber keys are difficult to operate, so ... go about that? I am new to the Spectrum and I ... much with emulators but not new to microcomputers. I built a ... -
Spectrum+ keys not responsiveHi all, apologies if this is in the wrong place or anything like that but I got told that any Spectrum woes should be posted here. Basically I bough…
... is possible to buy a new replacement membrane, made to a higher ... more expensive. I bought my rubber key membrane from him several ... -
Speccy in a retro footageHi there, if you don't know already, look at my YT profile, there's a video from Czech retro series Vypravej (could be translated like Let's Tell His…
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Pictures of your ZX Spectrum collectionsI love seeing other people's collections of stuff. Be great to see your shelves or boxes full of games so we can have a nose at it too. I find it he…
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Known Z80 M1 problems?I got an email yesterday from someone asking for a Z80 without the M1 problem. I only know about the fanout problem that many Z80's are suffering of…
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This M1 problem is new to me.
Can anyone ... fault were like that from new. In my experience, it is ... Spectrum+ models, much rarer with rubber keys).
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Spectrumpedia - the Spectrum encyclopedia.Dear fellow Spec-chums, it is with great pride that I present you the result of an intense work of research I have been carrying out lately. It is …
... the Italian description for the rubber keys, I think I'll use ... see more info on the new games, like scores and deeper ... -
Brazilian TK90X and TK95SpecEmu provides explicit support for Brazilian TK90X. Other emulators provide indirect support (perhaps the "Spectrum 48K NTSC" option in Fuse?). Al…
... "[/B]: released in 1985, with rubber keys and case similar to Spectrum ... probably choose to buy the new "TK95" instead.
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Replacement 48K MembranesCan anyone recommend a website where I can buy a replacement membrane for my 48K? The only one I know of is Sintech but they charge extortionate amou…
... years ago I bought some replacement Rubber Spectrum keyboard membranes from RWAP ... end, thus causing the edge keys to stop working.
Replacement 48K MembranesCan anyone recommend a website where I can buy a replacement membrane for my 48K? The only one I know of is Sintech but they charge extortionate amou…
... years ago I bought some replacement Rubber Spectrum keyboard membranes from RWAP ... end, thus causing the edge keys to stop working.
Keyboard Membrane Speccy +Grrrr! I'm having real problems getting the keyboard on my resurrected Spectrum+ to work reliably. I changed the keyboard membrane, and all seems to…
... it an upgrade from a rubber key to a +? The Speccy ... somewhere to balance out the new keyboard membrane. Without it, I ... to work, but the new pre-shifted keys of the + keyboard don ...Keyboard Membrane Speccy +Grrrr! I'm having real problems getting the keyboard on my resurrected Spectrum+ to work reliably. I changed the keyboard membrane, and all seems to…
... be okay so far (all keys worked when the computer was ... on the same groups of keys, my suspicion is that the ... 'll be needing to source new/replacement RAM, ULA and CPU chips ...New games - should they be 48K or 128K?Here's a question for new games - which machine should they be developed on? If I write a game for the 48K Spectrum, is it appreciated that it will …
... I'm happy to see new releases for any model, to ... worked on the good old rubber keys ([I]though my first Spectrum ...New Youtube Channel - ChinnyVisionIt's bugged me for a while that many of the channels on Youtube for old games only feature emulated footage, or if they do feature original hardware …
Did a new Speccy video earlier in the week for Splat! Just a short one. Couldn't get very far into the game due to capture lag + the dreaded rubber keys!
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53XT014nleg[/url]New Spectrum and QL in development?Just seen the following tweets from Rick Dickinson. Does anyone have any more information or speculation? @rickdickinson12 Oct 10 #QL #SinclairQL s…
... be worth a look. A "new Spectrum" doubly so.
rubber keys I'm in :)What if there was a Speccy Games Console[img]http://segaretro.org/File:MSEvolution_Black_Console.jpg[/img] This would have made a really good looking spectrum console back in the day (mi…
... to include a set of rubber keys? Because you think that ruins ... Spectrum and not as a replacement, but essentially a Speccy with ...Faulty 48+ Help NeededHi, This is what I get when I plug in the spectrum, this is tuned in. Vid shows a reset. Any ideas, or pointers on the first thing to check. Keyboa…
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Lower Ram NOS replacement
Z80 replaced
Jumper ... Mod
New keyboard membrane
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Replacement legs/springsSmall Machine Code Routines Which Maybe UsefulAs part of creating Flynn's Adventure in Bombland I created a lot of little routines to do all sorts of things. A lot of these I created based on inp…
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... mum bought a ZX Spectrum (rubber keys) for the whole family to ... which the game issued the NEW command and we lost the ... calculator (black body with black keys), a couple of Archimedes A3020s ...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 …
... them! I was using a new keyboard membrane (supplied by RWAP ... of the same type of new membrane, all with the same ... . Finally, when I placed a rubber key mat (without the metal ... top and typed using the rubber keys, the problem vanished.
Any interest in this?So before I went back to AGD I was working on this: [img]https://s21.postimg.org/4mljnbf1j/Image2.png[/img] It's a new editor for SpecBAS. Allo…
... one of these new 48k cases (plus faceplate+rubber keys which some guys ...Curious Spectrum on sale on eBay !I just found this, it's looks like the rubber speccy. But it says the keys are plastic and where is the rainbow stripe or name ? Home made clone ? …
... faceplate and the rubber keymat. The new plastic faceplate is ... the same though. The keys themselves are hard plastic, ... are used to the rubber mat. It still uses ... the spacing between the keys is wrong and the ... The keys can "wobble" a bit like the rubber keys can.Purchasing Advice for an ignorant AmericanHello, I am a retro computer enthusiast who lives in the United States. I am currently looking into importing a model from the UK, and would like whi…
... - the original version, with the rubber keys. Early machines shipped with the ... /> [*] ZX Spectrum+ - Sinclair produced a new case with a different keyboard ... 48k machine in the new case with the new keyboard. Note that ...What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…
... hand rubber keys model, a Spectrum+ and, finally in 1987, a brand new ... I could buy a brand new Amstrad PC1640, but I never ...Finding a good (UK) external switch mode power supply for the basic 48k and 128k ZX SpectrumsThis idea has probably "done the rounds" by now . I think I have heard about it a bit late . This thread with look at replacing the original "heavy l…
... my machines on from the rubber key UK1400 model, to the ... EU1400 1.4A units, a replacement 4700uF 25V 125°C capacitor ... be new transistors for TR4, TR5, some new capacitors and a new ... DC converter).
The new / replacement SMPSUs are not immune from ...The diary of a retro studyMany years ago I always had a spare room to act as a study. Then I had a family and that idea withered and died. Eventually everything went into the …
Received a couple of new membranes from ZX Renew, thanks guys. Just fitted them and they are working fine now. This was for the rubber keys and the plus I have.
