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  • Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…

    ... read incoming data from the Serial port on the Spectrum 128?

    The Manual only talks ... about sending data out of the serial port ...
    trellis trellis June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • defender lightgunjust curious , was there a 48k version e.g. with the 9 db connector and NOT the 128 serial port like the magnum one. As I got some for the c64 and wo…

    ... . with the 9 db connector and NOT the 128 serial port like the magnum one ... . As I got some for the ... if it was basically the same as the speccy one..
    ... , not sinclair branded with the atari db9 type connector on ...
    fog fog December 2009 Hardware
  • Ay Real Time Synthetizer SoftwareSpectlemen and Spectladies!It's been a long time that I'd like to ask this.... I ask thee to create a new musical software for our ZX Spectrum machi…

    thats a c64 synth thing ?

    much like messiah / prophet 64..

    you forget the 128 serial port also doubles for midi interface ? or midi in perhaps
    fog fog November 2012 Development
  • Ay Real Time Synthetizer SoftwareSpectlemen and Spectladies!It's been a long time that I'd like to ask this.... I ask thee to create a new musical software for our ZX Spectrum machi…

    ... br />
    you forget the 128 serial port also doubles for midi interface ... I think than mssiah. The serial port is for midi OUT :| ... its job.
    However the program is veeeeeeeery simple :) < ... could add MIDI procedures for the OutPlay.[/QUOTE]

    DaRkHoRaCe DaRkHoRaCe November 2012 Development
  • PC to +3 communicationsHi I'm going to explore the abilities of my +3 to communicate with a PC. The "natural" ways to do that would be via serial or parallel link. I've b…

    ... by the CPU.
    Both the RS232 serial port and the "AUX" port are ... bit input/output port. The outputs from the RS232 serial port and the "AUX" port are (in ... the chips.

    The type of connectors for the RS232 serial port and the "AUX" 1024MAK 1024MAK March 2014 Hardware
  • +2 serial port adaptorSome year ago, a friend, electronic expert, soldered a small flat (five cables) on the motherboard on one of my grey +2s, where the internal electron…

    ... to identify the serial signal meaning, "internally" on the motherboard, near the RS232 port?
    2. How to make a small program test (reading from ... , writing to the serial port)?

    Thanks
    dg67 dg67 September 2009 Hardware
  • Fastest way of reading from EAR portI'm trying to work out the fastest way of reading data from the EAR port and assembling the bits into a byte. I came up with this code: IN A, (C) ; …

    ... work out the fastest way of reading data from the EAR port and assembling the bits ... br /> IN A, (C) ; read port FFFE, 12 cycles
    CP ... 7 of the ULA port are always 1, so that the compare works ... further? (I'm ignoring the setup, counter update and branching ...
    i love the z80s i love the z80s April 2017 Development
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... I remember reading that twenty years ago (almost to the day) and ... on. If you read the section about the tape player, which ... was awful, and the Simon Goodwin article (apart from the last bit) was ... the reason why I got a 128 instead ...
    Spector Spector September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Recording music from Spectrum 128Does anyone have any tips for recording music or improving sound quality from a real Spectrum 128 +2? I tried the obvious method of running a jack t…

    ... sound quality from a real Spectrum 128 +2? I tried the obvious method ... jack to jack lead from the tape/sound output port on my +2 ... could run a lead from my 128 to the Sound Enhancer and record ... from that. I'll give that ...
    Kenz Kenz March 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BT type 128 serial connectorsjust curious if there is anywhere I could get them? I could make one using the magnum lightgun lead, well assuming its got all the wires, but I'd ra…

    ... I could make one using the magnum lightgun lead, well assuming ... all the wires, but I'd rather just make one from ... scratch. I was wondering what projects people made for the serial port ... to pc? perhaps to port "dsk" disks ...
    fog fog February 2010 Hardware
  • Poorly behaved PC serial port affecting RS232 communications on SpectrumHi everyone, I've been searching through the forum for information on the quirks of linking a ZX Spectrum RS232 serial port (e.g. ZX Interface 1 o…

    ... serial port (e.g. ZX Interface 1 or even the built-in port on the ... adaptor works well. However, the built-in serial port is troublesome in a ... />
    - First, when transferring from the PC to the Spectrum, I tend to ...
    Georgeo Georgeo February 2016 Development
  • Learning Machine Code the +2a wayHello again all, I thought I'd ask in this forum as the other categories seem less relevant. I keep re-reading the thread below with the advice given…

    ... have access to better documentation from the 128?? if there was any ... , they imply that everything runs from the Basic command??
    [/QUOTE ... pins on and off, or reading the input pins.

    ... use the RS232/MIDI port either to send data to a serial ...
    guesser guesser April 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Were the full Sinclair Loki specs ever actually known?I was just curious. A lot was leaked to the media, but the exact specs seem different depending on source. Some say it could support up to 512x256 an…

    ... the Sinclair Pandora become the Cambridge Z88.
    [quote=Wikipedia]The Z88 evolved from ... ] makes interesting reading. But given ... the launch of the ZX Spectrum 128, I get the impression that the ... the design of the Interface 1. If you use the RS232 serial port ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK August 2021 Hardware
  • An idea for a keyboardHi guys, I was just thinking there just now (first time for everything). I was thinking about an AT keyboard on the Speccy. I remember a few peopl…

    ... at Faul Farrows website reading about the 128 keypad and the protocol it used ... small device that will convert the serial protocol used by a ... a 12volt output on the Speccy RS232 port which could be ... used to power the device and ...
    KeepGood KeepGood October 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Reading digitized data from the DivIDE......MB02 or any other IDE interface with cf, cd, sd or an hd connected to it. What would be the best route? I don't know if there's a size limit for …

    ... to it. What would be the best route?

    I ... limited by ram, the player would load data from the inserted media and ... playback (I think this is the same principle most players use ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2007 Development
  • Fuse for Mac OS X 0.10.0 ReleasedA new version of Fuse for Mac OS X has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project and shortly here on WoS: [url]http://sourceforge.net/proje…

    ... (Philip Kendall).
    [*] Reading from the 128K's memory control port causes that byte ... Szasz).
    [*] Revert Pentagon 128 to being the "base" machine without extra ...
    Fred Fred December 2008 Emulators
  • Reading from the keyboard using the IN commandHi all, I'm working my way through Sixty Programs for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and I'm running into difficulties with some of the keyboard reading r…

    ... way through Sixty Programs for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and I ... into difficulties with some of the keyboard reading routines. I know you ...
    hypostomus hypostomus June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • What everybody reading at the minute?It's another "What's Everybody Reading" thread. Yay!!! :) Me: Greed by Andy McNab The Good Guy by Dean Koontz Or She Dies by Gregg Hurwitz Before T…

    ... 's another "What's Everybody Reading" thread. Yay!!! :)

    ... by Joe Abercrombie
    The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas ... Taleb
    The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by ... you can download the PDF scans of the books from the online Library of ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick October 2009 Chit chat
  • Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…

    ... ?

    The lack of innovation in the +2 was understandable ... making minor changes to the 128. But for the +3, they had ... more to the +3 than just the disk drive (printer port, CP/ ... more? Should the +3 have been a significant leap forward from the 128?
    MartynC MartynC January 2011 Hardware
  • Getting absolutely no video from a 128+I'm trying to get a friend's toastrack 128 to show video and I'm not having any luck. I'm in the US, so I don't have access to any TVs that can take …

    ... get a friend's toastrack 128 to show video and ... and doing the modification to remove the audio mix from the composite signal ... with no change.

    I know that the ... hear the keyclick noises in the menu screen. So the machine ...
    papa_november papa_november April 2012 Hardware
  • Reading from a Write FileI have been speaking with a customer who uses a small bit of machine code to do a screen dump. The machine code is 650 bytes long. The machine code…

    ... to do a screen dump. The machine code is 650 bytes ... br />
    The machine code loads from cassette with the command

    the command:
    SAVE * "m"; ... br />
    He gets the error reading from a write file !!

    rwap rwap October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • What's going on with the 128 music in Madballs?I always remembered my copy of the (terrible) Madballs having a neat 128k tune, but for a long time now all the TZXs I've been able to find have only…

    ... surmised that the 128 version was on the flip side of the tape ... playing around with the TZX files from WOS earlier I noticed ... something weird - the tune you get at the ... I distinctly remember getting the 128 music out of my regular ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks July 2014 Games
  • Sinclair PC 200 Error: Faulty SYSTEM serial portHi guys, this is my first post but not a happy one. I have bought 2 weeks ago an Sinclair PC200, when powerd up it shows the following message: "[B]E…

    ... it shows the following message: "[B]Error: Faulty SYSTEM serial port[/B]". Any ...
    jcarvalho jcarvalho October 2014 Hardware
  • New ZEsarUX beta - RC2Hi I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX beta version on the usual url https://sourceforge.net/projects/zesarux/files/Beta_and_Snapshot_versions/ This…

    ... , 128 and Three emulation
    Added hardware debug port to ... Added two unused ports from the ZXI pool for some ... reading from paging port on 128k and +2 machines: in this case, the ... same value read from the idle bus port is sent to the paging port ...
    chernandezba chernandezba March 2017 Emulators
  • New ZEsarUX 5.0Hi! ZEsarUX 5.0 is out! :) You can download it from the URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zesarux/ Finally I have succeded emulating Si…

    ... /> You can download it from the URL:
    https://sourceforge. ... /> Added Multiface One, 128 and Three emulation
    ... reading from paging port on 128k and +2 machines: in this case, the ... same value read from the idle bus port is sent to the paging port ...
    chernandezba chernandezba April 2017 Emulators
  • Fuse for Mac OS X beta releasesA beta version of Fuse for Mac OS X has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project: [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-for-macosx/[/u…

    ... (Philip Kendall).
    [*] Reading from the 128K's memory control port causes that byte ... Szasz).
    [*] Revert Pentagon 128 to being the "base" machine without extra ...
    Fred Fred November 2008 Emulators
  • The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …

    ... the above model.. 1 source machine.. 1 test

    from ... what I gather the tantung einstein was used ... home brew. One of the guys who started software creations ... thing that does serial port to 128 serial port.. (or joystick port , not bi- ...
    fog fog October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Upgrade ZX Spectrum 128,+2,+2a/b,+3[B]1. Debugging RD #7FFD ZX Spectrum 128,+2:[/B] [url]http://zx.clan.su/forum/8-121-1#795[/url]

    ... ! I offer you the circuit that connects to the edge connector and ... eliminates the error occurred when reading from the port #7FFD in computers ZX Spectrum 128, +2 ... . This scheme allows you to read the status of the port ...
    Black_Cat Black_Cat May 2014 Hardware
  • ROM emulation in softwareHi, first of all -- I only have shallow / uni knowledge of hardware, electronics, and physics. So forgive me for asking things that are out of that …

    ... ZX Spectrum 128 "toastrack" or a +2 (grey), (because the +2A, +2B ... receive a new "ROM" file from the parasite computer and load it ... receive the new "ROM" code via the existing serial port. Store it in the correct ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK June 2017 Hardware
  • The ZX Spectrum as a Business MachineMaybe it is time to treat this"business" side of the Spectrum more seriously . What spurred me int action was the arrival in the post today (from Eb…

    ... expired...
    [/quote]

    From the 128 onwards a real printer wasn ... "serial" ports and the Black +2 and +3 got a centronics compatible port ... was the bigger problem.
    Heck the Interface 1 gave you serial and ...
    guesser guesser July 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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