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Spectrum 128K - Needs Your HelpI have a Spectrum 128K (with the external heatsink on the RHS) it is a 1985 Version 6K mainboard, I got it out of the loft the other day and it wont …
... mainboard, I got it out of the loft the other day ... (colour can vary) and loads of coloured squares in the main ... sometimes changes the colours and number of squares.
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I'm so annoyed.In translation... FOR FUCK SAKE. I got a call this morning from Marbles (my mastercard). Being the suspicious chap I am, I refuse to confirm any d…
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After 10 minutes of messing about I get to ... Marbles that the details of a number of credits cards have been ... your, and a significant number of other, credit card details.< ... Paranoid thoughts of fraud, identity theft a spiraling number of legit sites ... -
AftermathAm I doing something wrong, or is there a problem with both the TAP and TZX of [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005934]Aftermat…
... both the TAP and TZX of [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... I'm on the subject of odd behaviour, it seems that ... 've tried both in a number of emulators with no joy. Are ... -
getting files onto disks for +3sI'm starting to get exasperated now! How can I get spectrum programs onto 3.5" disks to use with my +3. I used to have a sure fire method, that worke…
... over serial and any number of other ideas... all of which are hideously ... , because the disk images are of 3" +3 standard format disks ... -
Music Making Questions (soundtracker)Hello all, Being a big fan of trackers since the Amiga days and as I'm just about to start my final year in Music Tech at Uni, I thought it'd be a g…
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Being a big fan of trackers since the Amiga days ... creating my very own version of the Doctor Who theme ;) I ... /> 1. If I have a number of tracks finished, what's the ... program (I know very little of this apart from it's ... -
Edd the Duck - levelsIn the Tipshop it says that Edd the Duck may be uncompleteable due to the wrong number of stars to collect on Lev 7. Is this true? I don't want to wa…
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Adventure A,B,C,D,E,etcDoes anyone have any info on how this whole "Adventure A,B,etc" series came about? One of the first games I ever played on the ol' speccy was Planet…
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One of the first games I ever ... the ol' speccy was Planet of Death (Adventure A) with me ... just a real lack of imagination over a number of years?
USB cassette decksI've been preserving my ZX81 tapes using a combination of a portable (not walkman) cassette player, Hi-Fi amplifier, ground loop filter and iMic, whi…
... ZX81 tapes using a combination of a portable (not walkman) ... sockets due to continual changing of connections; both decks in ... due to the length of cabling and number of connections; no auto-reverse ... Does anyone have any experience of the Tape2PC unit? At ?100 ...What I hate about computers and/or video gamingYesterday I spent approximately four months (subjecively that is, objectively it was around two to three hours) fixing my mate's PC. I won't bore you…
... with it's millions of combinations of sound and graphics cards, ... 1). There's any number of bad ports on all machines ... />
* The ever declining number of user definable options (in first ... frequently necessitate the purchasing of new hardware, and even ...scanning boards with EPROMs?I have a number of expansion boards (for the ZX81) that have EPROMs on them. I'd like to scan the boards for preservation - you get a much better pi…
I have a number of expansion boards (for the ZX81) ... get a much better picture of the circuit layout from a ... contents so not the end of the world but still...)
Microdrive wont LOAD - Help PleaseI have many Microdrive cartridges containing Original Programs and Backups. I have tried to read and load from any number of the cartridges all seem…
... read and load from any number of the cartridges all seem to ...Does anyone remember ftp.ijs.si?This is a blast from the past! I was going through some old files the other day and found this file:- [url]http://reptonix.awardspace.co.uk/sinclair…
... /> It's an ftp index of ftp.ijs.si taken from ... , well I wasn't aware of it at the time. I ... took so long as the number of permitted connections was very low ...I want to build a new, super spectrum ;-)only kidding Andrew :-) my brain's going at a mile a minute at the moment, so I thought I should put some of the ideas down in case one of them is w…
... to the original in terms of ruggedness? presumably the modern chips ... to be the main killer of spectrums (ULA and ram I presume ... ..). what causes the removal of a device to kill it ... 's the 'transform unstructured stram of conciousness into post' button in ...A quick backslap, bear with meAfter tracking down three more ex-YS writers in the past week or two, two of whom were the top two in my [url=http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/seeking.htm]Des…
... past week or two, two of whom were the top two ... permissions covering [b]95%[/b] of the old YS content on ... milestone :)
Also, the number of ex-YS staff contacted has ...Help! Need Vesa or glide or whatever help (Carmageddon)Since being forced to run Windows XP instead of Windows 98 a few months ago (new hardware made it necessary), I've spent the odd hour or two here and…
... to run Windows XP instead of Windows 98 a few months ... by producing a unique ID number of your hardware systems), and I ...Adventures in Programmable Logic, Part 1So I have a couple of Xilinx CPLDs, and I've downloaded the Xilinx programmable logic IDE (WebKit ISE, they call it). All 1.2 gigabytes of it. Plus S…
... There are a number of surprises. One of them is that ... flip flops - none of them have tri-state outputs ... a separate tristate buffer downstream of the FF. Then, ... you have a bunch of tristate outputs feeding into ... how fast you run out of macrocells.
...Mb02+ideAs I wrote in the hardware forum there will be a small number of a redesigned MB02+IDE (nearly the original MB02+ including IDE interface also for CF…
... there will be a small number of a redesigned MB02+IDE (nearly ... impression I placed some photos of the well working prototype and ... /> 2. only 2 floppies instead of 4 (nobody cares i think ... 9.
optional: implementing of a 5V regulator to use ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... .worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still ...Passing the torch - Spectrum games in the modern school classroomI teach maths in a middle school (years five-eight), and at the end of lessons we often try to assess learning by playing a maths based game on the i…
... and at the end of lessons we often try ... last five minutes or so of the lesson.
number of education games available for the ... just enjoyed the game of matching fractions to their images ...
I had many of the kids asking me what ...ZX Spectrum and (real) B A S I CSometimes ago there was a thread "how spectrum changed your lives". Another thread dealt with "how to copy spectrum screens using basic not using co…
... /> ZX Spectrum is a computer "of the first hour" (as we ... /> 1. To get the possibility of using that fantastic new games ... /> The hardware was made of a few number of chips easy to understand ... but also save the idea of real BASIC computers.
Halloween Special!Like all the best zombies, the ZXSpin project rises again on the last day of October. Here's release 0.666 for your enjoyment - get it at [url]http…
... implemented a new way of saving your snapshots - ... You have a choice of schemes, which will grow ... display to resize instead of the AY tab
Dunny, on behalf of the ZXSpin team.
number of disk-things, and there ...The direct bus or indirect one... that is the questionThe Ethernet project continues...and I'm in a quandry. So I've managed to implement enough socket library for the W5100 that socket, bind, listen, a…
... electronics "difficulties" although some of them were fixed just by ... which so I believe consists of bipolar transistors rather than mosfets ... . This will reduce the number of page latches required in the ... OTIR/INIR take the same number of T-states as LDIR.< ...Graphic equalizer m.c. program neededBack in the 90's I had a full-screen attribute equalizer that was simple, yet very impressive. We used to listen to Vangelis or Jean M Jarre by conne…
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... by a number between 0 and the number of bars, minus ... If, for example, the number of bars is 32, divide the ... 4 or 5. The number should be different for each ...+2A, are they all this incompatible?My +2A does not seem to be faulty but the number of games that don't run on it are silly. Scooby Doo(Elite), Crazy Cars , Turbo Outrun, Vindicator(im…
... to be faulty but the number of games that don't run ... and Ghosts (128) & loads of my ancient 16K games all ...** Vu-meter competition **Apologies if this is in the wrong section. At the moment, the official number of entries is [COLOR="Red"]0[/COLOR]. :p [B][U]Why?[/U][/B] I was tr…
... /> At the moment, the official number of entries is [COLOR="Red"]0 ... would like to have any of those examples as entries, or ... . I will keep a list of YouTube videos and download links ...Google Blooooody tool barI can't count the number of times I have uninstalled google toolbar this year. Now it seems even Adobe as resorted to sneaking it in with their last…
I can't count the number of times I have uninstalled google ...Don't miss this message...[I](Quoted directly from [URL]http://thehive.modbee.com/?q=node/5845[/URL]) [/I] What a difference a sad event in someone's life makes. GEORGE CA…
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These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion ... relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce ... broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway ... is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by ...AWARI - in the archiveBe nice to me, I'm don't understand the techincal gubbins. and rarely venture outside of the chit chat forums. But, in my hope to find a MIA in my …
... . and rarely venture outside of the chit chat forums.
Full title Awari
Year of release 1985
Publisher Orbis ... type ZX Spectrum 16K
Number of players 1
Controls Keyboard ... Came free with issue 1 of 'The Home computer Advanced ...A serious question (in case you think it's facetious)Alright, so none of us can tell the future, and equally no one knows for definate what oil/gas etc reserves are left and where, but I was talking to …
... overpopulation (the biggest problem of all, it's said) ... global warming and the problems of polution?
... What about the spread of genetically modified food, the growing ... plants, the increase in the number of countries who (allegedly) have ...DRAM (:baffled:)Hi, Can someone explain to me the definitive rules on DRAM access times in terms of suitability for a particular speed of processor? Specifically, …
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Specifically, I have a number of handy DRAM chips that are ... as to the exact meaning of accessing timing regarding suitability.
