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Will we see a return of the microcomputer?The glory days of the 80's are definitely in the distant, revered past, but I notice that computer makers are marketing more and more ultraportable l…
... computer makers are marketing more and more ultraportable laptops with 12 ... from PDA's to ultraportables and tower PC's, but there ... obscene in the last years, and with energy costs increasing, it ... calculators have more CPU power, RAM and ROM that the old SPeccy ... -
Deus ExSince we sometimes mention classic non-Spectrum games (and even the rubbish on the Commodore 64 ;) ) on this forum, how come we've never discussed De…
... accuracy, swimming, lock picking, hacking and others.
Unlike ... to Expert).
And your character's nano-augmentations ... a P2-450, 128MB or RAM and a DirectX 7 3D card ... environments of Deus Ex, and gave us confined claustrophobic levels ... -
Blowtorch method of Speccy repairsI just did my first Spectrum repair (and successful at that). It was the Issue 2 spectrum I wrote about a while ago, I just hadn't got around to doin…
... my first Spectrum repair (and successful at that). ... with the soldering iron and solder sucker to ... lower RAM positions, and a socket for the 74LS157, and put ... in for the full 48K RAM, and it still worked.
and confirmed that was in ... -
Keyboards - thanks to rwap!I've just completed repairing a rubber Speccy that I have (bad RAM and bad keyboard membrane). I ordered a new membrane off rwap just before I left H…
... Speccy that I have (bad RAM and bad keyboard membrane). I ordered ... service. The membrane works beautifully, and all I now need to ... - if the speaker's dead and it's not just a ... -
How can I transfer VHS to DVD, please?I want to transfer my VHS cassettes to DVD. The videos are mainly of older films or TV series that aren't available on DVD, and are in PAL format (I'…
... , with Windows XP, and 512MB RAM, and I have a capture ... I have WinDVR somewhere, and that did this in real ... into an uncompressed .avi, and later on converting the . ... does it?
And what software should I use ... between a DVD recorder and a PC doing the ... -
one laptop per child projectI was looking at this mainly as a result of a word war between intel and others. I had heard about the project of course but this time decided to ha…
... a word war between intel and others.
I had ... spec, (cpu 400, 256mb of ram and 1gb flash storage amongst other ... -
Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... code, especially if the whole ram contents were saved. I also ... games use all the available ram and overwrite the system variables, causing ... app code, not the loader) and that can be accessed via ... are waiting to be found (and yes, I saw that thread ... -
IDE-media only Spectrum games?A similar discussion is taking place at Speccy.org's forums, but I thought it was worth to start the topic here. Now that we have several IDE interfa…
... tzx files, new games and programs could have extended ... intros, more graphics, digitized audio and video, etc.
< ... used, work accordingly and access the data contained ... a gateway to virtual ram, and as the end ... />
And again, 48K and 128K users who don ... -
The direct bus or indirect one... that is the questionThe Ethernet project continues...and I'm in a quandry. So I've managed to implement enough socket library for the W5100 that socket, bind, listen, a…
... has much lower output impedances, and strong, symmetric rail-to-rail ... 32K of RAM, with the registers in the lower 16K and buffers ... the circular buffer wraps around and do two LDIRs if ... eventual ethernet board's ROM and RAM, and then only two address lines ... -
Adventures in Programmable Logic Part 2So, now armed with an Xilinx Parallel III cable, an XC9536 CPLD, a breakout board with power, a JTAG pin header and a 44-pin PLCC socket, I could try…
... counter - I reprogrammed the CPLD, and when I disconnected it from ... for the flash ROM, workspace RAM and W5100
- contain the ... a schematic of your logic, and it translates this into Verilog ... simulator, so you can check and debug your logic design before ... -
splib2 from ROMI'm trying to generate IF2 ROM games for ZX Spectrum 16K using z88dk + splib2. So far I've managed to create a new crt0 file and to generate valid RO…
... z88dk, placing global variables in RAM and stuff like that. I've ... splib2 which is 16K-friendly and creates the stuff in $7000 ... the structures generated in RAM from $7000 onwards and the sprite data ... sp_Clipstruct to be located on RAM?
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Did the 128 really need that oversized heatsink?Quick question: Did the 128 generate extra heat (compared to the Plus) to warrant the new heatsink? Obviously the machine carried extra RAM and addit…
... ? Obviously the machine carried extra RAM and additional components, but the processor ... -
Mapping big games using screenshotsI know it's an unpopular thing with some people, and I object to whoever did the Deactivators map as it's shit and only shows room layouts and nothin…
... unpopular thing with some people, and I object to whoever did ... layouts and nothing else like item locations and what opens what and I ... ?
My PC has 1GB RAM and I'm using Paint Shop ... even tried saving into sections and pasting them together afterwards but ... -
Toshiba t6600c - 1993 laptop[url=www.toshiba-europe.com/computers/products/notebooks/t6600c/index.shtm]T6600C literature.[/url] My neighbours has been given one for their son t…
... full working order, 8MB of RAM and roughly 500 MB of HDD ... said it occasionally locks up and she "fixes" it by pulling ... /> I've looked on Ebay and only found one for sale ... to see this machine wrecked and if I tell them how ... -
My new/old computerMy keyboard packed up this week and my new one arrived this morning, I've just realised that the only thing left from my original machine are the har…
... keyboard packed up this week and my new one arrived this ... />
I've upgraded the ram and processor
replaced the broken ... a graphics card and speakers
and had to reinstall windows ... -
Dangerous Allram Mode On +2a / +3ZX Spectrum 128+2A and +3 support allram feature on port 1FFD. On this ZX models is very dangerous set allram if is connect any interface with extern…
ZX Spectrum 128+2A and +3 support allram feature on ... allram mode (OUT 8189,1) and CPU will access to memory ... on ZX bus and connect external memory rom/ram to data bus ... +2A/+3 can't disconnect ram) and ZX ram data will collide with ... -
Windows 7Anyone tried this yet? I've been using it for a while now and I think it's excellent. Runs all software that I've thrown at it and also runs *alot* q…
... I've thrown at it and also runs *alot* quicker ... I prefer the new taskbar and general feel of it. Drivers ... can be a bit hit and miss (although it seems ... impressed with it, :D and this is on a Pentium ... 1.6 laptop with 768MB RAM and crappy graphic card, heheh...< ... -
Why did the QL fail?Browsing some old magazines: an advert appeared for the QL, 128k of ram and 32 bit processor etc...also very cheap compared to other similar spec com…
... for the QL, 128k of ram and 32 bit processor etc...also ... have went 16 bit first and improved graphics etc before "leaping ... -
Sprinter 2000A while ago I bought the Sprinter 2000 from the now defunct St. Petersburg-based company Piters Plus. It is one of the last five or so of the 120 or …
... time programming ZX Spectrum software and playing games on the 21 ... course), with 4 megs of RAM and IDE disk support.
The ... the motherboard; the stick of RAM; and the manuals if I can ... -
flickering noisy screenI have just replaced the ram and ULA. The spectrum boots up OK but the screen is very noisy/wobbly/flickering really annoying :) I am wondering how …
I have just replaced the ram and ULA. The spectrum boots up ... -
Speccy 48Got a speccy 48 ver 4S with an interesting problem i havent been able to get to the bottom of. It starts ok, and i get the Sinclair research messag…
... .
It starts ok, and i get the Sinclair research ... when i type a command and press enter, it resets.
RAM and the ROM, and there doesnt seem to ... changed the ROM and all the 4116's and disabled the upper ... -
I want to install Linux on my old laptopA question from a Linux rookie. I want to make my another attempt to learn and possibly like Linux. I'm afraid to install it on my main desktop co…
... my another attempt to learn and possibly like Linux.
and my Windows partition will ... clock, 256 Mb of RAM, and 10 Gb of hard ... just learn the enviroment and commands. I'd only ... enviroment possible.
And will I have to remove ... -
I'm not getting a picture up on my puter screenToday, I switched the jumpers on my hard drives, so that master became slave and slave became master. But when I switched my computer back on, it all…
... , so that master became slave and slave became master. But when ... I reseated my graphics card and my RAM, and I blasted awayy the ... -
48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…
... it has, 16KB ROM and 16KB of RAM which together occupy the ... ROM, working lower RAM and a good CPU, and a proven PCB for ... RAM is located between 8000 and FFFF and the short ram test failed with "RAM ... the Sinclair ROM cart and running the RAM test finally gave me ... -
SAM programmingHi Can anyone provide any example hello world or graphics/sprite printing style machine code routines for the SAM? I can't seem to find anything rem…
... manipulating data in the video ram and thought perhaps rather naively using ... -
VIC 20 on the SpectrumThe original "20 Commodes" program released for CSSCGC 2008 has been improved and now has its own entry in WoS. The improved code has been sitting on…
... shades of purple, orange and pink which the standard Speccy ... br /> 2) Support for 8K RAM and cartridge extensions (+2A/+3 only ... the initial 20 Commodes release (and not the improvements) then ... improvements made in screen update and general CPU speed. Don' ... -
eZX Sparky[url]http://members.cox.net/supersparky/[/url] Is anybody else following the development of this interesting little project? How long has it been ar…
... that is fully backwards compatible and can be easily produced ... An eZ80 running @50MHz, 16MB RAM and a maximum resolution of 640x480 ... processors are becoming the mainstream and 8 bit processors have ... " boards with an LED display and keypad, boring!
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... but fast computers for hobbyist and educational purposes. Most of these ... 20-25MHz, 512K-640K RAM, 256 colours and the ability to use ... but surely this is possible and not too much hassle ... benefit from a little more RAM and speed although its impressive to ...Is it wrong to pull outbits of old PC's that are on their way to silicon heaven? i have 4 PC's (and 1 spectrum), which 2 of them are older that are mainly used for the in…
... /> i have 4 PC's (and 1 spectrum), which 2 of ... pulling out Floppy drives, RAM, NICs and even graphic cards such as ... Voodoo or GeForce ones. the RAM and graphic cards aren't that ...
