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Worst purchaseThere's a lot of talk about the bestest games out there but which one was your worst purchase? I bought Barbarian II for the princely sum of ?10 (a …
... do even one of the probe landings. Dull. I hope No ... -
Smokin... more 48k woesHi, it looks like I've converted another Spectrum 48K+ into a smoke machine. I'd been rebuilding an Opus Discovery unit and everything looked good. …
... Recom unit) and the red probe to the TM1889 and I ... -
Flickering RGB -> SCART output.Hello all, For my toast rack I have bought a [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-128K-High-Quality-RGB-Scart-Lead-Video-Cable-TV-Le…
... cable I pop the black probe on blanking ground ( 18 ) and ... red probe on blanking (16) and I ... /> If I pop the black probe on common ground (21) and ... the red probe on function switching ( 8 ) I ... -
Flickering RGB -> SCART output.Hello all, For my toast rack I have bought a [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-128K-High-Quality-RGB-Scart-Lead-Video-Cable-TV-Le…
... cable I pop the black probe on blanking ground ( 18 ) and ... red probe on blanking (16) and I ... /> If I pop the black probe on common ground (21) and ... the red probe on function switching ( 8 ) I ... -
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…
... bastard scientist who landed the probe on a comet and then ... -
Issue 2 Upper Ram, Loading & ResettingI have a 48k Issue 2 Speccy and for the life of me can't track down what the problem is with it. I initially thought that some of the uppe ram ic's w…
... this line, and try and probe other areas of the board ... -
1985-2015.A topic where we can review games released on the Speccy 30 years ago, or, anyway, talk about that year.
... /> devil's crown was actually probe's first game, or a ... -
Great Giana Sisters found?An user in the Facebook group "Spectrum 4 Ever" just uploaded this picture... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YOMwUpA.jpg[/IMG] It's a fake screen dump... …
... house like software creations/graftgold/probe taking it on as they ... teams change, e.g. early "probe" was awful with firebird, but ... -
The Spectrum Resuscitation ThreadKicking off this thread as a place where people who are fixing/restoring Spectrums (or indeed any other piece of related hardware) can show off their…
Some Spectrum Adventure ReviewsHi, HeeHee... Today I found some old short reviews I did of some Spectrum Adventures for contributions to "SynTax" disk adventure magazine in the 19…
... writers. The adventure
magazine 'PROBE' even makes an appearance! Talking ...Some Spectrum Adventure ReviewsHi, HeeHee... Today I found some old short reviews I did of some Spectrum Adventures for contributions to "SynTax" disk adventure magazine in the 19…
... many of them for Adventure Probe, Red Herring & the Sam ...ZX Spectrum issue 6a - yellow border problem<p>Hello!</p><p>I have problem with my Sinclair ZX Spectrum issue 6A, 48K. </p><p>I have changed low memory (all 4116 IC's) and coil, all electrolyti…
... ? If you have a logic probe or an oscilloscope test the ...Zaxon's Micro DivMMC problems<p>Hi all,</p><p>I received Zaxon's excellent micro divMMC in the post a few weeks ago for my 48K rubber-key (the micro version of divMMC fits nicely…
... or with something metal (meter probe), the red LED lights up ... metal (e.g. disconnected meter probe) I get the NMI menu ...Introducing Z-Exemplar - a ZX Spectrum inspired retro shooterHello everyone, I'm a huge spectrum fan from back in the day. My formative years were spent hunched over my rubber keyboard, aligning my tape head…
... of experimentation to determine which probe is best suited to which ...Dead SpectrumHello guys, I've just bought a dead Speccy 48k (Rubber Keyboard Issue 3 board). Basically, when powered on it initially appears to boot up ok, but in…
... not to let the meter probe slip and short anything else ...Testing ZX81 Power SupplyForgive the total noob question, but I have a ZX81 UK 700 PSU (and no ZX81) - how would I go about testing it is giving the correct output? I have a…
... going from the multimeter to probe type ends, so I need ...ZX Spectrum issue 2 has only blue tintsRecently I've bought a 16k speccy and ran into some issues with it. Faulty keyboard, broken caps, no stable frequency, faulty lower RAM chip, it bein…
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…
... which set of keys to probe. Usually, you’d read from ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
Just be careful not to let a meter probe slip and short out adjacent tracks / connections ;-)
[b][i]Mark[/i][/b]Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... for example). Put one test probe on the ROM/EPROM socket ...Dead issue 3b with black and white barsHi all, I've been donated an issue 3b which has some nice black and white bars with a few flashing blocks. I've done a few RAM tests and could spo…
... (and I assume no logic probe either), he needs to think ... buy or build a logic probe, or find someone with a ...Dead issue 3b with black and white barsHi all, I've been donated an issue 3b which has some nice black and white bars with a few flashing blocks. I've done a few RAM tests and could spo…
... /> I've put together the probe. I used 330R instead of ... of result and that the probe sounds like it's wired ...Dead issue 3b with black and white barsHi all, I've been donated an issue 3b which has some nice black and white bars with a few flashing blocks. I've done a few RAM tests and could spo…
... very simple design of logic probe, no attempt has been made ... / logic high. So with the probe not connected to anything, it ...Dead issue 3b with black and white barsHi all, I've been donated an issue 3b which has some nice black and white bars with a few flashing blocks. I've done a few RAM tests and could spo…
... 've ordered myself a logic probe for the next time. My ...Hugh Walker - Adventure ProbeHi there. My father, Hugh Walker, suddenly died last Saturday. He had been a frequent contributor to the Spectrum community in the 1980s, includin…
... various adventure fanzines. Including Adventure Probe.
I had started scanning ...A tally on the number of successful builds of the Harlequin[SIZE=4][COLOR=Green][U][B]A tally on the number of successful builds of the Harlequin.[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE] Please post your successes below :-) …
... of C8 (100nF) with my probe, the input works.
I ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... do I put the other probe?" . With this one ,when selected ... to volts , one probe will go on the cable ... I call it the "2nd probe problem" : I dare say I ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... "Where to put it" (the probe that is) : they all mentioned ... to be accessible to a probe.
Some gave very ...P.A.W. questionThis might be a really easy question, but I've been struggling to do something with Professional Adventure Writer for a couple of days now and althou…
... dedicated fanzines (as British Adventure Probe or Spanish CAAD) but while ...
