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  • Hacking a +2 into a shorter caseIf anyone's got a copy of the notes or text they posted about re-wiring the +2 joystick ports or hooking up a tape recorder to the motherboard casset…

    ... , can I put the keyboard membrane from a Grey + ... 2 inside the keyboard module from a Black + ... for re-wiring the joystick ports, or do I need ... membrane in the black +2A keyboard, it will fit perfectly.< ... /> And I rewired the joysticks ports on all my +2 / ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK May 2015 Hardware
  • Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…

    ... 0 then everything, including the keyboard, will all respond at once ... did come with 2 joystick ports, but both operated the same ... can imagine they decode all keyboard polls whether the pins are ... , one doesn't disrupt normal keyboard operations.
    joefish joefish June 2015 Emulators
  • Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…

    ... in Sinclair 1 and 2 ports, and it mirrors its Sinclair ... 0 then everything, including the keyboard, will all respond at once ... did come with 2 joystick ports, but both operated the same ... , one doesn't disrupt normal keyboard operations.

    Right. Well ...
    zub zub June 2015 Emulators
  • Some technical queries regarding +2A, please help!Hi All! Been tryin to explain Jet Set Willy to the missus, and wanting to relive a bit of my youth, so I bought a Speccy +2A. When I got it, it wa…

    The joystick ports are re-wired so that ... to simulate the pressing of keyboard keys simply doesn't work ...
    joefish joefish August 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • IN and OUT in hardware terms... what are 'ports'?Hi all, I understand PEEK and POKE, but have never managed to get my head around IN and OUT. The books all go on about how they read from and wri…

    ... more comprehensive than say the keyboard ports detailed in the manuals?
    namtip namtip September 2015 Hardware
  • IN and OUT in hardware terms... what are 'ports'?Hi all, I understand PEEK and POKE, but have never managed to get my head around IN and OUT. The books all go on about how they read from and wri…

    ... I/O ports to read the status of the keyboard but it ... ear and mic, and five keyboard columns. This would require ... left-hand side of the keyboard. You’ll know which ... on that half of the keyboard, but not the exact ... the top half of the keyboard and port $c3fe to ...
    zub zub September 2015 Hardware
  • IN and OUT in hardware terms... what are 'ports'?Hi all, I understand PEEK and POKE, but have never managed to get my head around IN and OUT. The books all go on about how they read from and wri…

    ... map the input and output ports. Why? Because the ZX81 basic ... for accessing input and output ports using an 8 bit address ... of this to implement the keyboard interface in the ZX computers ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK September 2015 Hardware
  • Understanding the Kempston joystick circuitHere is the schematics: http://www.retroisle.com/sinclair/zxspectrum/Technical/Hardware/KempstonJoystickInterface-Schematics.php Ok, the 74LS138N …

    ... they didn't feature throughput ports anyway so whatta hell :)
    keyboard, or maybe that AND Kempston ...
    zPasi zPasi October 2015 Hardware
  • Understanding the Kempston joystick circuitHere is the schematics: http://www.retroisle.com/sinclair/zxspectrum/Technical/Hardware/KempstonJoystickInterface-Schematics.php Ok, the 74LS138N …

    ... circuits that monopolise all eight keyboard ports, even the key rows you ...
    joefish joefish October 2015 Hardware
  • Vega ARM SOC?I read that the core of the new Vega was an ARM SOC. I thought it would have been an FPGA. But it seems it's an ARM running an emulator. Anyone kn…

    The Vega's emulation is extremely accurate - so assuming that you could feed the keyboard to the appropriate ports in the emulated speccy, it would do just fine.

    Compared to a 3.5MHz Z80, this is indeed a powerful ARM.

    D.
    Dunny Dunny October 2015 Vega
  • 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 hook up an external keyboard)

    I prefer to ... Speccy with built-in joystick ports and a cartridge port. It ...
    retrogod retrogod November 2015 New game ideas
  • 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…

    What would be the benefit to the consumer of buying a spectrum with the keyboard chopped off? You don't have to choose between a keyboard OR joysticks, they could just have added joystick ports to the computer like Amstrad did as soon as they took over.
    guesser guesser November 2015 New game ideas
  • 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…

    ... buying a spectrum with the keyboard chopped off? You don't ... a keyboard OR joysticks, they could just have added joystick ports to ... .[/quote]
    Spectrum with the keyboard chopped off?

    Sounds ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler November 2015 New game ideas
  • 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…

    ... the existing software required a keyboard, or a non-Sinclair joystick ... built in Sinclair Joystick ports (wired to the keyboard circuitry), a monitor ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK November 2015 New game ideas
  • 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…

    ... built in Sinclair Joystick ports (wired to the keyboard circuitry), a monitor ... to the Spectrum+ but the keyboard for the plus should have ...
    retrogod retrogod November 2015 New game ideas
  • Spectrum Music and/or SFX needed for New GameI decided to participate in the ZX-DEV-2015 game contest. http://zx-dev-2015.proboards.com/board/10/general-compo-informaci-sobre-concurso Here i…

    ... up and then scan ALL ports for a change?
    ... can't!

    Reading ports, can have side effects on ... keyboard like joystick interface.

    Further, you have 65536 possible ports ... value somewhere for those 64K ports, but there is no memory ...
    RMartins RMartins November 2015 Development
  • I had a go.I haven't written anything in ZX Basic since the 80s, so I thought I'd have a go. Now just to put you in the picture, I am a developer and know sever…

    ... know my way around a keyboard (currently typing one handed ... a single key on the keyboard).

    I' ... communication data on two serial ports from two different systems ... equipment engineering monitor and control ports). The BASIC program concentrates ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK November 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • New SpecEmu releaseVery minor release. Only doing this now due to a bug found in masm32.lib while looking for possible file dialog problems under Windows 8.1! You ca…

    ... Bomb Munchies, another player on keyboard)

    Packard Bell Pentium ... what combination of pads and ports tried
    2 pads up ... supply problem on the USB ports
    (2 pads working in ... what combination of pads and ports tried
    2 pads up ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins November 2015 Emulators
  • K-MOUSE 2016Here is first piece of new K-MOUSE 2016. More informations will released later... [img]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/km2016-001.JPG[/img][img]ht…

    ... joystick modes) use full 8bit ports decoding(A0-A7) + next ... modes) use also full 8bit ports decoding(A0-A7) + next ... compatible, because master mouse ports always have A15-A11 in ... access to slave mouse ports or keyboard joystick emulation. Software with ...
    velesoft velesoft November 2015 Hardware
  • Vega ARM SOC?I read that the core of the new Vega was an ARM SOC. I thought it would have been an FPGA. But it seems it's an ARM running an emulator. Anyone kn…

    ... you could feed the keyboard to the appropriate ports in the emulated ... SoC. Allowing both a matrix keyboard AND the current Vega pad ... used as the emulated Spectrum keyboard has its caveats: there might ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix December 2015 Vega
  • Spectrum USB KeyboardI know you can buy these but how do you make one . What I am thinking of be similar to the type described in Issue 1352 of Micro Mart at page 45 .The…

    ... I just want the USB keyboard functionality . One "price" or ... permanently" attached to the keyboard.There was a slight difficulty ... big improvement in terms of keyboard responsiveness over the membrane ... one of the existing keyboard holes or ports at the rear ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio January 2016 Hardware
  • JOYSTICKS... All buttons are 'fire'WHY ??? When consoles arrived in full force - there were at least two buttons - one for jump, one for fire... yet no matter how many buttons an old …

    ... them sitting there, in the keyboard... I suppose. :D

    ports, most are compatible or almost ...
    GroovyDrifter GroovyDrifter January 2016 Hardware
  • Keyboard interface - new approachI came accross this PS/2 keyboard interface. It requires a PS/2 keyboard and can output serial, I2C, 8 data pins, etc.I haven't thought it over, but …

    ... used instead of original keyboard.
    b) correct ports (additional glue logic ...
    micky micky January 2016 Hardware
  • 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 …

    I was wondering if you have tested that all address lines are intact. Add-ons/expansions that use I/O ports could cause problems with the ULA keyboard port if an address line has a high resistance fault.

    [b][i]Mark[/i][/b]
    1024MAK 1024MAK February 2016 Hardware
  • Gauging interest: ZX EvolutionHi everyone. First of all I would like to introduce myself, since this is my first post. My name is Conrad, I'm from Vancouver, BC, Canada, and I hav…

    ... board and some input output ports. Have real cpu sound chip ... ,casette,vga, rgb, 2 expansion ports, ps2, kempston and sinclair interfaces ... connect the original zx spectrum keyboard, forget to add that have ...
    soviet9922 soviet9922 April 2016 Announcements
  • Spectrum 48k upgraded with PI3, with 10 inch LCD, portableheres the vid https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AcCKNCehZaY the lcd and driver come from china via ebay the driver will take a composite input, …

    ... am still,using the original keyboard membrane, connected to an arduino ... one of the pi3 usb ports[/quote]

    Can you ... instructions, how to connect spectrum keyboard membrane to Arduino interface?
    Pegaz Pegaz April 2016 Hardware
  • Spectrum 48k upgraded with PI3, with 10 inch LCD, portableheres the vid https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AcCKNCehZaY the lcd and driver come from china via ebay the driver will take a composite input, …

    ... am still,using the original keyboard membrane, connected to an ... one of the pi3 usb ports[/quote]

    Can ... , how to connect spectrum keyboard membrane to Arduino interface?
    keyboard project by alistair mcdonald< ...
    Level20 Level20 April 2016 Hardware
  • SpecNextThis looks interesting... http://www.specnext.com/

    2 SD card slots?

    2 joystick ports would be better.

    And they'd be better situated on the front of the device not round the back with the wires trailing over the keyboard.
    daveysludge daveysludge May 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecNextThis looks interesting... http://www.specnext.com/

    ... slots?

    2 joystick ports would be better.

    keyboard.[/quote][feature creep mode] No ... , a Ethernet port, four joystick ports, a PS/2 or USB ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK May 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecNextThis looks interesting... http://www.specnext.com/

    ... :

    1. 2x joystick ports on the front (instead of ... love the look of the + keyboard but the action isn't ...
    landorb landorb May 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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