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Question about serial numbers, and issue marques.Hi, I don`t know if you can help me with this little question, but here goes. The spectrum computers have coloured serial numbers on the bottom of th…
... gave better support for the QL but i dunno how that ... . Unless it lets you read QL stuff into a microdrive cartridge ... spectrum all the way upto board version 6a.
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Good buy on EbayWell I know I'm going to get flak for posting this as its c64 related!...but I just got a great deal and felt the need to share. Have a look at what …
... also got hold of 2 QL's last week = one cost ... , with a huge great interface board and floppy drives for £25 -
Reasons for buying a QL ?It seems, from what I have read, that the QL was a bit of a failure back in the days. But apart from being a collectible, is there any useful/intere…
My QL was a gift from a ... few games and extra memory board. Wish I had more games ... -
QL power connector pinoutHi. Can anyone tell what's the pinout of the power connector on a ql and which are the specs of the psu? Pin 2 is gnd, i guess. [URL]http://img230…
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Giving up the internet for a whileInspired by a friend doing the same recently, I've decided to take a break from recreational internet usage for a while. I'm allowing myself to use e…
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Err no! The QL design was a disaster. The ... the back and the circuit board had more mods than a ... Torvald learnt programming on the QL before coming up with Linux ... -
Giving up the internet for a whileInspired by a friend doing the same recently, I've decided to take a break from recreational internet usage for a while. I'm allowing myself to use e…
... 249203]Err no! The QL design was a disaster. ... back and the circuit board had more mods than ... learnt programming on the QL before coming up with ... possess and spanking condition QL with all the trimmings.... ... 80+ microdrives full of QL goodness...even a copy ... -
QL and gamesWell,I am bit off topic but I cannot understand why the QL had no arcade games made for it and if it had, would they be vastly technically superior t…
[QUOTE=Winston;304170]Why would a business machine need accelerated 3D? Beats me, but all our PCs at work have on board and drivers to run OpenGL and DirectX 9/10.[/QUOTE]
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QL and gamesWell,I am bit off topic but I cannot understand why the QL had no arcade games made for it and if it had, would they be vastly technically superior t…
... PCs at work have on board and drivers to run OpenGL ... with even the cheapest on board graphics these days though, and ... />
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Talents' Zkull???I've just been reading the Format, Jamming & Piracy article published in ZX Computing Monthly - September 1986. The [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.o…
Yes, Psion released a QL version of Chess, with a 3D graphics representation of the Board. -
What we gotI moved house and I have setup my Spectrum gear, I was looking at all that I have and was thinking what else do others have in there collection? Ok …
... 1 (with Sinclair 32K memory board). Pristine!!!
2 16K Issue ... or poly :sad:
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which one bit of hardware would people want re-made?I'm just curious in the sense of I see interface 1's go for a fair bit on ebay and also multiface units etc.. so whats the one thing that you don't …
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- ZXTS2068 twister board (plus more slots for more ... soon, battery replacement for sinclair ql cooming soon, i try run ... -
MicrodriveHi I didn't write many threads and my English is not the best. I have one original MD and 2 MD's from Sinclair QL. First I belived that they are ful…
... /sinclair/technical-docs/QL_ServiceManual.pdf"]QL service manual[/URL]
board and pin-outs.
zx81 rf outputHi All I'm not sure if this is an appropriate forum for the zx81, however I'll ask anyway;) I've connected my zx81 up to a mid 90's color tv. I can…
... cirquit board to get composite signal on a QL, since the QL uses ... .
Yes I know the QL has an RGB out, made ...Where any games programmed in C?Were any Spectrum games written in C on a secondary computer that could compile Z80 code?
... critical. They were certainly writing QL software in C as early ... 've written some very compact board games in C that fit ...Retro-X : RXA format?Hi! I've used Retro-X to convert a short AVI video into a RXA format anim file, using QL lowres mode (mode 8, 256x256). Peeking at the resulting file…
... 's a plain QL. Just an internal 512KB expansion board I built ...Retro-X : RXA format?Hi! I've used Retro-X to convert a short AVI video into a RXA format anim file, using QL lowres mode (mode 8, 256x256). Peeking at the resulting file…
... 's a plain QL. Just an internal 512KB expansion board I built ...Did you own a spectrum QL?This machine seemed very futuristic in its design,i was sad to know you couldnt play any commercially released games on it.
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I see 'spectrum QL' used in various contexts, I ... from as it is 'Sinclair QL' - Sir Clive wanted to break ...
RWAP - President Spectrum QL fan club
blah de ... ) that used Sinclair QL graphics to show the board and pieces on ...Sinclair QL ProblemHi there. I purchased recently four Sinclair QL for a not small amount of money. Two german and two english, they are mixed: British or European conn…
Status update: all QL's work perfectly with the ... bit burned
Super Q Board Mouse(Sandy super Disk, I ...QL in bits from car boot saleI was at the car boot sale today, and I bought the following for ?40: * Spectrum+ * Tape recorder * An external Microdrive (no Interface 1 unfortuna…
... you with any and all QL parts you need - even have ... the flat cables for the QL microdrives as well as the ... , and plug it into the board which has that sort of ...Identify QL (Spectrum) ad onDear all, long time since I have been here but Winter time in Germany is coming closer and closer and therefore Spectrum must be re-awoke. During c…
Hi all,
just to brig this info into the community. This is a ROM extension board for the QL. I found some documentation how to wire it. So if anybody is interested in, just let me know.
Rgs,
StephanUsing a Spectrum Plus 2 Gray in the USBelieve the gray has what's called a SCART video output, so would something like [URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyCAP-Video-Audio-Capture-Card/dp/B0…
... , but it seems to be board only. For a few buck ... a search for "arcade converter board."[/QUOTE]
It does ... spectrum +2, +3, Sam Coupe, QL. Building the cables with the ...Connecting Spectrum +3 to VGADoes anyone have any experience with this: [url]http://wp1114205.wp150.webpack.hosteurope.de/xtcmodified/product_info.php?products_id=29[/url] I'm …
Yes thats a GBS-8220 board. I use one for my +3, +2, QL, Sam Coupe and it works well.
I would look on ebay though as I got mine for approx 30E not the insanely expensive price that website is charging.Connecting Spectrum +3 to VGADoes anyone have any experience with this: [url]http://wp1114205.wp150.webpack.hosteurope.de/xtcmodified/product_info.php?products_id=29[/url] I'm …
... ]Yes thats a GBS-8220 board. I use one for my ... +3, +2, QL, Sam Coupe and it works ...QL composite question...Hello guys, I have two QLs, both in excellent condition with new membranes, capacitors, all plastic caps for the slots etc... Although I've made th…
... I keep the signal amp board I have inside the modulator ...
I removed the amp board I had installed in the ... in RGB)... I guess the QL must have a bad composite ...QL Micro Peripherals floppy interface questionI am looking for the floppy interface standard (Shugart or IBM) for the Micro Peripherals interface for the QL, to know how to configure floppy drive…
... =rwap;680861]All of the QL floppy disk drives used the ... reroute the wire on the board from pin 10 to pin ...Price of nice condition issue 1 48K Speccy?I recently came across a 'really great example' issue 1 48K Spectrum on the Internet for ?250 with RF Cable, Mic ear Cable, PSU, Manuals and the Hori…
... 's of the issue 5 board.
However [URL="http ... altered the appearance of the board; however, they did not significant ... to be used in the QL according to [URL="http://8bit ... , 6A, 128K, +2 and Sinclair QL[/QUOTE].z80 files load faster than .tap or .tzxHello again, I was wondering why the majority of games can be downloaded as .tap or .tzx but not as snapshots (.z80 or .sna). It takes about 5 minut…
... or SAM or zx81 or QL etc then head over to ... /ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=1&page=1[/url ...Microdrive-Microdrive incompatibility?Hi All! Finally I could get enough Microdrives and connecting blocks (or cable replacement) to make the largest storage configuration of the classic…
... trouble with one of my QL's microdrives. Most of the ... /> Now I will check the board and ULA revisions.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…
What the QL needed was a re-design ... .
A 68000-based QL would have been faster still ... for a more complex circuit board. You'd still probably be ...What is this disk interface (and how to use it)?Anybody seen this floppy disk drive interface before? It uses an MB8877A and the rest is 74XX-logic, no GALs/PALs. And an EPROM. [IMG]http://i1373.p…
... if it is for a QL is how it would attach ... ...
The QL expansion connector is the 64 ... a male connection. The small board with all of the resistors ...
