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"The Last Question" by Isaac AsimovBelow is an amazing short SF story I first read a few years ago. I recently rediscovered it and if you've got a spare few minutes, have a read... […
... admit it has its seamy side, this immortality. The Galactic AC ... /> VJ-23X said, "As a side issue, there's a problem ... energy. The question of its size and nature no longer had ... -
interesting shed fact[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4566526.stm[/url] -- item number 81. :D
[QUOTE=NickH;169270]Speaking of sheds, whatever happened to ZX Shed?[/QUOTE]
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128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... is of biggest IC on PCB, AMSTRAD 40056 8620 (ULA?), sorry ... brand new)
On the PCB is also present TEA2000 D86231Y ... on PCB is NEC 4164-C-15
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If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... with what you can do, size and colour of hardware sprites ... but by using multiple sprites side by side you can animate very ... -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... but by using multiple sprites side by side you can animate very ... /> Sprites are 24x21 pixels in size.
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Plus-D drives...Can anybody recommend somewhere that I might be able to find a 3.5" drive which would work with the +D interface? (I'm doubting that just any 3.5" d…
... of paper of the HD hole in the disk. Others just ... single drive left and 3 double drive units). -
Did I killed my Speccy ???Hi guys, 1 minute ago I was working on my 128 +2A... But I made a mistake : I cut the gound on the PSU plug of the computer, and I forgot to resolde…
... care what happened to the PCB, and the Issue 2 board ... things in the power supply side of the circuit. -
Several FUSE questions/ProblemsHi. I've asked this on comp.sys.sinclair, but anyway, I'll ask it here too to see if I get different replies. I'm trying to use FUSE in Ubuntu Linu…
... black block appears at the side of the speccy screen. When ... move the window, the window size goes back to 1x1 ???? -
Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?
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Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?
[QUOTE=MrCheese;173690]And where would the lead go? Maybe drill a nice hole in the top / side of my spectrum?[/QUOTE]
There's plenty of unused space on the back right. -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... small memory space, the small size of data types, the importance ... program design (in code size and data size requirements), etc are all ... , char, const, continue, default, do, double, else, enum, extern, float, for ... -
Help make Retro Gamer greatI'm more than happy with the articles that are now appearing in Retro Gamer, but I want it to become far more of a hub for the retro community than i…
... sized (160 x 100mm) double sided PCB with a Z80 CPU, Z80 ... at home. The whole thing (PCB layouts, ROM code etc.) will ... software (GPL'd schematics and PCB layout software all available for ... -
EHIS vs MD2The poll of Polls
... you are on the other side of the learning curve, it ... since I was a kid, [SIZE="4"]Has anybody scored a ... backheel goal? [/SIZE] (In Emlyn of course, can ... -
What to do?Cornish, being incredibly stupid can't seem to see that no-one gives a monkeys for his theories. So, as a community, lets democraticaly decide what …
... be swelling to the size of a double decker bus because of ... -
Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
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04 = end level
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At last I ... only collide with the left side/top and bottom, 0,0 ... -
My Spectrum deskAt last my Speccy has got it's own desk, which it honestly deserves. And to keep it as nostalgic as possible: The monitor is an old Commodore 1084. …
... joystick and Mulfiface 128 bare PCB's, my camera (film, Pentax ... , my house phone, sellotape, a hole puncher, torch, boxes od floppy ... -
Spectaculator and favorites location helpI am using Spectaculator and i have a fair few favorites bookmarked with the menu in the emulator. I have recently moved all my games from my C: dri…
... wouldn't advise altering the size of the file, literally just ... "I".
As a side-note, you can get to ... -
Zx Spectrum Laptop (again)I've been reading all the old treads about a possible portable speccy. I even found the one about the Speccy Laptop. But it seems there's a lot of ne…
... (because everything's pin through hole DIL, no fiddly to solder ... pin through hole and fits on a single 160x100mm PCB. The main ... -
Zx Spectrum Laptop (again)I've been reading all the old treads about a possible portable speccy. I even found the one about the Speccy Laptop. But it seems there's a lot of ne…
... soldering skills, home etching a PCB is pretty much out of ... going to dump the analogue side of it anyway), an FPGA ... -
Dead Spectrum +Hi all, I've recently dug out my old Spectrum + with the idea of repairing it. When I last looked at it, when I was much younger, I was soldering a …
... that the front and the side are linked and the rear ... post some pictures of the PCB when I get home from ... -
Edge connectors - before I finally go mentalOK - anyone got a source for suitable connectors for use with the Spectrum edge connector? Doesn't have to be keyed, just has to fit and have enough …
... right size. Then I take out the fifth pen, drill a hole ... -
Regarding the interface with USB port[url]http://www.octocom.es/reuniones/art_madridsx07_11.html[/url] [url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/kmouse/km-doc/kempston_mouse_turbo_interface/km-t_2…
... make vias on home-made double sided PCBs? I've been ... />
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Mysteries of Electricity QuizA little fun quiz that I know the answers to, but may lead to some head scratching and disbelief, but there's easy experiments than can be performed …
... spark will jump into the hole and NOT ignite the gases ... the coil on the ignition side.
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It's fitting...... that in the very month that the 25th anniversary of the Speccy falls on, I'm just finishing up making my first ever Spectrum peripheral. It's a …
Yes, and PCB layout files... but I want ... />
The caveat on the PCB layout is that I'm ... turn them into pin-through-hole). -
GrrrThere's nothing more annoying than finding out that you've managed to bridge /RAS and A3 on the bank of 4116s while putting in sockets. Naturally, th…
... it blows on the solder side and when it heats up ... with the PCB) on the component side rather than the solder side, so ... -
Wouldnt like to be in her shoes[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6551589.stm[/URL] A 17 year old girl had a house party when her folks were away, she advertised it on m…
... bathtub, 3 sat on the side, 2 proped against the sink ... you really need a king size bed then ... works a treat ... -
Monty Python's Life of BrianMy favourite ever film is Monty Python's Life of Brian, and a lot of people seem to agree. So who here agrees with me, and if not, what is your favou…
... church, as it shows the side of good using magic? It ... of the ascetic in the hole near the juniper bushes, where ... -
First instance of the Internet in a song.OK ... it's freaking late ... it's something like 3:30am and my eyes are bloodshot. So I will say good night with this one pondering of mine. Are t…
... ]Crises[/i] I did a double-take. It quite clearly contains ... an internet story".
[size=-2]well, actually it's ... it sounds like "internet" anyway[/size] -
Testing RAM Chips After RemovalHi I am going to use Winstons Hot Air Gun method of removing the RAM chips from a 4S circuit board. I wish to check the RAM chips, I have a Logic Pr…
... pin jumper block to the PCB layout for 'use M1 / don ... soldered only from the solder side, and there's enough room ... chip sockets on the component side which can be a real ... -
Beautifully programmed gamesJust watching the bobby bearing tzx and admiring the beautiful programming involved. Which other games would you say had asthetic programming opposed…
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On the other side, I remember being horrified that ... very inefficiently programmed esp. the double LDIR job. Thank god it ...
