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  • Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…

    ... I have to say the keyboard was good on that (well ... a Toastrack - what is the keyboard like?[/quote]
    Same as ... as bad as the rubber keyboard.

    [quote]Can you ... lot of cutting. All the ports are in different places and ...
    chev chev June 2014 Hardware
  • Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…

    ... of hacking about for the keyboard also, I would think. The ... 128/48+ keyboard membrane does not work on ... +2 (grey) is that the ports are at a 90 degree ... with regard to the ports and getting the keyboard working. Would look ...
    Neosodium Neosodium June 2014 Hardware
  • Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…

    ... +2 (grey) is that the ports are at a 90 degree ... type. I use such +2 keyboard with short cables between the ...
    ingo ingo June 2014 Hardware
  • What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…

    ... seriously with the Spectrum+ style keyboard. I think that was probably ... C64 after taking its 'proper' keyboard into account when deciding between ... with lazy 1 to 1 ports to the way more powerful ...
    Fizza Fizza July 2014 Games
  • What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…

    ... graphic handling. Not a bigger keyboard and built in tape deck ... where most of the Amiga ports came from. What SHOULD have ...
    spainboy spainboy July 2014 Games
  • What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…

    ... standard Atari-style joystick ports. Even the same keyboard wouldn't have ... , dispensing with a keyboard and Microdrives. The keyboard could have been an ...
    MarkTheMorose MarkTheMorose July 2014 Games
  • Machine Code in 30 minutes - car gameWotcha folks, 30 years on and I'm still struggling with Machine Code. I'm going through the 30-minute tutorial on the Chuntey blog and it's all made…

    ... There is such thing as ports. Spectrum has Z80 processor. ... keyboard, joysticks, tape player, printers etc. It communitates with them through ports ... sometimes you treat Spectrum ports like one byte number ... />
    As for keyboard ports read here:
    [url] ...
    Ralf Ralf August 2014 Development
  • Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…

    ... has the details for the ports written in French on case ... lead. Also has a UK keyboard. Wrong Spectrum 48K power supply ... 's a UK board and keyboard in a french case. Not ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum September 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Did you know.. Disciple edge connectorDid you know the edge connector used on the Disciple is actually identical to that from the Interface 1? [IMG]http://www.benophetinternet.nl/hobby/v…

    ... is horizontal but the upper keyboard part is lifted at the ... PSU for everything. All the ports/switches (on/off switch, reset ...
    geosiou geosiou September 2014 Hardware
  • AMSTRAD 40057 - joystick decoder replacementThis is replacement of joystick decoder "AMSTRAD 40057" for Amstrad model ZX Spectrum 128+2 (grey). This project is not tested, but theoretically wil…

    ... +3 family have the joystick ports connected to the keyboard. :smile:
    guesser guesser September 2014 Hardware
  • Sinclair Today...Based on your experiences and knowledge of how Sinclair Research operated back in the 1980s, if they were to announce a new Sinclair branded PC or La…

    ... , it really needed a good keyboard, I do like the QL ... very keen on the Sinclair keyboard.
    [/LIST]
    Now of ... instead of two crippled serial ports.
    [*]D type connectors for ... joystick, serial (and Centronics printer) ports instead of the BT style ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK September 2014 Hardware
  • Raspberry pi buyer adviceSo I'm considering buying a pi for Xmas, can someone point me towards a decent bundle, one with a wireless keyboard as I'm going to plug it into my T…

    Make sure you get the Model B+, which has micro-SD, extra USB ports and ditches the Composite video, just leaving HDMI.

    Not sure I've seen any bundles with a wireless keyboard though. The bundles usually try to do things as cheap as possible.
    joefish joefish October 2014 Chit chat
  • Raspberry pi buyer adviceSo I'm considering buying a pi for Xmas, can someone point me towards a decent bundle, one with a wireless keyboard as I'm going to plug it into my T…

    ... handy should you need a keyboard for an HTPC or games ... + model is that the different ports make it incompatible with a ... . That said, having enough USB ports built-in not to have ...
    Matt_B Matt_B October 2014 Chit chat
  • πBacteria, Bare Metal emulador for Raspberry PiSorry, Google traslated text below ---- What is an emulator Bare Metal? It is an emulator that runs directly on the machine, no operating system beh…

    ... the switches for the relevant keyboard rows.[/QUOTE]

    Yes ... tie in joysticks to the keyboard scheme? - just an idea).[/QUOTE ... , but require programming and free ports that are only available on ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena October 2014 Emulators
  • πBacteria, Bare Metal emulador for Raspberry PiSorry, Google traslated text below ---- What is an emulator Bare Metal? It is an emulator that runs directly on the machine, no operating system beh…

    ... , but require programming and free ports that are only available on ... you could make the full keyboard then!

    Is it ...
    joefish joefish October 2014 Emulators
  • Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …

    ... edge-connector ports. Then added connectors for a 48k keyboard. Then put ... it uses a PS/2 keyboard), I do not consider it ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK November 2014 Hardware
  • What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?Just stumbled upon this Indiegogo page following a tweet from SpeccyNews [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega[/url] it…

    ... 's good. Now if the keyboard and price side of things ... ]

    Keyboard with two 9-pin joystick ports would be even ...
    daveysludge daveysludge December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Faulty Spectrum +2A from Ebay - advice?OK what would you do??? I bought a job lot off Ebay with a +2A in 'excellent condition' - didn't mention working. BUT it doesn't work... no red ligh…

    ... work
    Shows (c) screen -- keyboard membrane has failed
    Powers ... any games to test -- tape ports don't work

    keyboard membrane. I always bid on ...
    Winston Winston December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?Just stumbled upon this Indiegogo page following a tweet from SpeccyNews [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega[/url] it…

    ... a Spectrum with the requisite ports for expanding it's usability ... bundled with and without a keyboard. Throwing a barebones Linux kernel ... adding expansion options like a keyboard port etc
    BarryK BarryK December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?Just stumbled upon this Indiegogo page following a tweet from SpeccyNews [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega[/url] it…

    ...
    The Spectrum requires a keyboard to be usable.
    This ... come with built-in joystick ports like other machines. Lack ... of joystick ports meant that games programmers had ... or the C64 (standard joystick ports like a console, and selection ...
    Jamesbeat Jamesbeat December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Design your ideal Spectrum 'console'.Sparked by the ZX Vega, a lot of us have spoken about desired features. Disregarding any technical issues, how would your ideal new speccy work? …

    ... a "new Spectrum" from the keyboard.

    The hardware costs ... its deficiencies (eg mebrane keyboard, no joystick ports as standard, tokenization etc ... 128 model, with better keyboard, two joystick ports, RGB or HDMI output ...
    Pyjamarama Pyjamarama December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Design your ideal Spectrum 'console'.Sparked by the ZX Vega, a lot of us have spoken about desired features. Disregarding any technical issues, how would your ideal new speccy work? …

    ... , and a pair of usb ports for joysticks.

    I ... D-pad and a virtual keyboard.
    Jamesbeat Jamesbeat December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Design your ideal Spectrum 'console'.Sparked by the ZX Vega, a lot of us have spoken about desired features. Disregarding any technical issues, how would your ideal new speccy work? …

    ... sleek design with low-profile keyboard similar to the Speccy+ Separate ... /> Built-in Sinclair and Kempston ports

    Under ?200
    Graz Graz December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Design your ideal Spectrum 'console'.Sparked by the ZX Vega, a lot of us have spoken about desired features. Disregarding any technical issues, how would your ideal new speccy work? …

    ... =Saboteur;807375]original rubberkey case/keyboard with modern internals ( rasperry or ... bobs inside to interface the keyboard and tape ports etc?
    guesser guesser December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Design your ideal Spectrum 'console'.Sparked by the ZX Vega, a lot of us have spoken about desired features. Disregarding any technical issues, how would your ideal new speccy work? …

    ... inside to interface the keyboard and tape ports etc?[/QUOTE]

    Graz Graz December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Design your ideal Spectrum 'console'.Sparked by the ZX Vega, a lot of us have spoken about desired features. Disregarding any technical issues, how would your ideal new speccy work? …

    ... inside to interface the keyboard and tape ports etc?[/QUOTE]

    Dunny Dunny December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Design your ideal Spectrum 'console'.Sparked by the ZX Vega, a lot of us have spoken about desired features. Disregarding any technical issues, how would your ideal new speccy work? …

    ... inside to interface the keyboard and tape ports etc?[/QUOTE]

    Muig Muig December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …

    ... more discussion relating to keyboard, standard joystick ports, TV sound output, memory ...
    Fizza Fizza December 2014 Games
  • Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …

    ... the thing, no standard joystick ports led to competing standards, plus ... =joefish;809180]As for the keyboard, the C64 one wasn't ... be a top professional quality keyboard to qualify now? Keep raising ... touch type on the C64 keyboard.
    Fizza Fizza December 2014 Games
  • Joystick, resistor oddity.Hello all, I bought a joystick off eBay and the left direction didn't work, I opened it up and there was a 470 ohm resistor on the left wire close to…

    ... that a lot of joystick ports do not use 0V for ... just wire it into the keyboard matrix? So because the common ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK January 2015 Hardware
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