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RGB values for ZX Spectrum colours???Hi all, have someone of you a 100% RGB representation of 16 ZX Spectrum colours? Please, post here their values. I was trying to determine the colo…
[QUOTE=guesser;422080]The 48k spectrum video is not RGB but ... YUV
on the 128k models I can tell ... you exactly what the RGB values are...
the bright bit set :)[/QUOTE]
So which 8-bitter was biggest in which country?ewgf's topic "Be honest now..." got me thinking about this. As we got people from most European countries here and also a few abroad, tell us which 8…
In Portugal, I must say the ZX Spectrum (in its various versions) with a lot of popularity towards portuguese Timex Computer 2048Games by Spanish Software House CEZ GSWe have taken on a stock of games from Spanish software house, CEZ GS, which all feature good graphics and are imaginative. Saves having to order th…
... also supports the AY interface on the 48K Spectrum, so needs adding to the list :-)Alice in Wonderland (FULL VERSION!) on ZX SpectrumNot really a game but a film and I'm uncertain which forum to put this in so (Moved it to Misc - Mod).... I've uploaded two tap video copies of [B]A…
Going to 48K mode or going to the 48K editor in USR 0 mode are two completely different things (as previously explained in several topics in the past few weeks). In 128K mode you should type "usr 0", then Enter, and then load "".Alice in Wonderland (FULL VERSION!) on ZX SpectrumNot really a game but a film and I'm uncertain which forum to put this in so (Moved it to Misc - Mod).... I've uploaded two tap video copies of [B]A…
... ]Going to 48K mode or going to the 48K editor in USR 0 ... previously explained in several topics in the past few weeks). In 128K mode ... 7.14FPS for black simple (48K compatible but flickers) and ... 14-bs.zip"]Download Alice in Wonderland (48K)[/URL]
[URL=" ...Games which are wrongly listed as only 128KThis is a list of games which are listed as 128k only in the database, but they also work on 48k mode, usually without music/sound : -Wacky Races (n…
Nice!, I will be firing up again the 48k mode in spectaculator these days to check the rest of the games :)Spectrum 48 as USB keyboard for PCI found online (e.g. [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/zxspectrumupgrade/3432379128/[/url]) Spectrum 48 converted to USB keyboard. This sounds fanta…
eww, the absolute worst part of the 48k spectrum and it's the only part you're using :p
;)SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…
... , when I came back to the Spectrum scene a few weeks ago ... you want SpecOS to be the ultimate Spectrum in which case I believe ... the language and IDE would have ... want to retain the retro feel of the original Spectrum but with a ...Name the Interface!Hello folks Does anyone know what interface this is? It seems well made, with a metal top casing, although no casing underneath. Was is packaged wi…
... 452 interpreting Spectrums 16/48K YVU signals directly?[/QUOTE] ... interface.
And also the 48k Spectrum has not a real YUV ... a special circuit that inverts the /Y signal and realizes ... proprietary signal format of only the Spectrum 48k.
Edit2: ...Attn: Dunny Re: Basin[QUOTE=Dunny;282407]Just out of interest, is there any demand on these boards for a standalone version of BASin's graphics tools? It'd be just the U…
... really is the ultimate ZX Spectrum development environment and the IDE/ ... be to have all the new features/performance of ... has already created the "ultimate" Spectrum in BASin and the next step ... SpecOS - all the cool stuff from the Spectrum with its limitations ...Is this a ****ing windup or what???Seriously WTF is happening to my country??? [URL="http://www.cnbc.com/id/39265847/UK_Proposes_All_Paychecks_Go_to_the_State_First"]Is this serious??…
[QUOTE=polomint;480192]So true, but I wonder what atrocities O'whatsisname causes next,. He will be wanting to be bigger than the previous pres's..[/QUOTE]
He has already created the biggest deficit in US history.Is this a ****ing windup or what???Seriously WTF is happening to my country??? [URL="http://www.cnbc.com/id/39265847/UK_Proposes_All_Paychecks_Go_to_the_State_First"]Is this serious??…
... ]He has already created the biggest deficit in US history.[/QUOTE]
... do with the state the country was already in though of ... course, of the huge international ... nations in huge trouble.
Is the collapse of the Greek ...Is this a ****ing windup or what???Seriously WTF is happening to my country??? [URL="http://www.cnbc.com/id/39265847/UK_Proposes_All_Paychecks_Go_to_the_State_First"]Is this serious??…
[QUOTE=beanz;480195]He has already created the biggest deficit in US history.[/QUOTE]
Nothing to do with greedy bankers fcuking up the economy while the previous administration spunked billions chasing terrorist boogeymen then? :-?Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…
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it depends on the gamer AND what time they ... clued up about the 48k classics in some cases. The later games, I ... was out
the CPC stuff helps pay for ... ?12-13 even though the shop price was ?8. ...How to clean up video output to TFT LCD - Spectrum 48kHi, I hope that there is an easy answer to this question. I have modded the RF socket on my 48k Spectrum to output composite video as described in t…
Replacing the electrolytic capacitors with new ones ... ripple there may be on the power supply rails is probably ... about the only thing you can do ... are certain "design features" of the 48K Spectrum's video circuits that will ...New music program in developmentAs I suppose it was mentioned from yesterday when I actualised my blog, I'm actually in the making of another music arrangement for Zx Spectrum 128k,…
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In the other hand, I let you enjoy running the beta program in your ... for me to work in its progress in this way. However, ... will be some more news in a next future about forthcoming ... or compositions using trackers for the first time. But, for now ...Rom Cartridge - How does it work?So I've got me an IF2 and it has this ROM cartridge slot. How does it work? I read Paul Farrows site but one question remains unanswered. If I have o…
[QUOTE=LCD;546424]Spectrum has no RAMCS like ZX81, ... getting at but on the ts2068, nothing special :-) The SCLD continues to ... ) just like the ULA does (or almost does) on a spectrum.
But yes, the 48k spectrum can only page out the 0 ...Rom Cartridge - How does it work?So I've got me an IF2 and it has this ROM cartridge slot. How does it work? I read Paul Farrows site but one question remains unanswered. If I have o…
... just like the ULA does (or almost does) on a spectrum.
But yes, the 48k spectrum can only page out the 0 ... />
Its pretty much the same on the Speccy 48. If you ... memory on the CPU bus that overrides the screen ram, The ULA will ...Jupiter Ace games?I've been fiddling around with EightyOne (mainly playing ZX 81, and TS 2068 games), and I saw the programme also emulates the Jupiter Ace. The design…
... equivalent of the ZX81. A computer in the low-end of the market.
the ZX Spectrum in terms of hardware capabilities ... available and how powerful the computers were in terms of ram and ...Elite's iPhone/iPad Spectrum Emulator updated... with Manic Miner, Monty and more!This was updated earlier today: [URL="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/zx-spectrum-elite-collection/id391336343?mt=8"]link[/URL]. Now includes Manic M…
... 18/elite-pushes-beyond-the-zx-spectrum-in-coming-elite-collection-of ... idea, dont just contact the owners of Speccy games, ... at a time. Said in the future there'll be ... we can get all the games regardless of where ... .
(By the way talking of iOS games ...tiny routine to shift RAMTOP & stackCompressing some data areas above RAMTOP and wanting to make the released space available for BASIC arrays, I needed to move RAMTOP without using CLE…
... a bit of code from the 48k ROM so that it will ... use the 48k ROM address for STMT_RET, not the one on the stack; the GO ... to tell the +2A/+3/+3e to keep the 48k ROM in situ, otherwise ... it will page in the +3 ROM ...+3 No power LED, disc motor continually spinning..and no display. I searched the posts and i found a really old thread going back to 2004 where fuses in the psu were discussed, checked em in this an…
hmm, so it looks like the z80 is working at least to some extent.
I'm slightly stumped at this point. Got another rom you can try in it? (a 32kB eprom with the 48k rom in it would do, plugged in in the Rom A socket)AmazoniaIn Brazil the 2 most famous games produced for the ZX-Spectrum were [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017728"]A Lenda da Gavea[…
... URL]) and published in Brazil for the ZX-Spectrum in 1985 by Brazilian ... published as a type-in at the Brazilian magazine [URL="ftp ... so popular in Brazil that it motivated the author to ... BTW the [URL="http://www.mobygames.com/game/zx-spectrum/amaznia"] ...Strange edition of ZX Spectrum 48K?Hi Everyone! A couple of years ago I bought a ZX Spectrum 48K and there is one very particular thing about it: The lettering "ZX Spectrum" that is s…
None of my Spectrums have the ZX Spectrum in white, they are all in black.
I need to buy a bottle of Tipp-Ex to touch them up :-)How to join PC to ZX Spectrum via IF1?[LIST] [LIST] [/LIST][/LIST]Hello All, I've failed miserably :-? at getting even a hint that the Spectrum and PC I have connected together are indee…
Spectrum 9D plug pin to PC ... made up a cable with the above pinout which worked fine ... [/URL]) and sent games to the 48K Spectrum with PC-ZX ([URL]http ...Spark by Load n' RunThis game actuallz doesnt have loading screen, since the available file is a z80. The loading screen comes from the version of this game which appear…
... ' Run closed in October 1989, not in 1987. However the ZX Spectrum in Italia website ... the English words "score", "hi" and "cars" - this was common practice in ... Italian hacks of the time.Spark by Load n' RunThis game actuallz doesnt have loading screen, since the available file is a z80. The loading screen comes from the version of this game which appear…
... ' Run closed in October 1989, not in 1987. However the ZX Spectrum in Italia website ... " - this was common practice in Italian hacks of the time.[/QUOTE]
the Load n Run entries in Infoseek:
Question about 2-channel beeper musicI confess I haven't tried all the available beeper utilities and software. I always found music software confusing and trackers are not for me. I kno…
... type-ins/yoursinc/ys9112pp.zip]48k Sound System[/url] from ... to PLAY but works on the 48k Spectrum and uses a simpler syntax ... . Hmmm, well, actually, comparing the two, it uses a command ... set which, apart from "!", matches the equivalent PLAY commands, but with ...Platform games you *must* play?I've finally gotten around to buying Braid on XBox Live!, I played the demo years back on the PC and meant to buy it, but my backlog is so huge that …
... didn't like the first one (ST and Spectrum) as it ... me Dynamite Dan 2 (Spectrum) is the pinnacle of 2D platform ... graphics and sound on the 48K Spectrum, each of the eight islands has ... (different scenery and enemies), the enemies behave differently (according to ...Something that just occured to me (Windows 8 related)Even though personally I probably won't be putting Windows 8 on any of my PCs, as it offers no real advantage for me, I have to keep my hand in with …
... game running on Linux + WINE? And is the performance loss (compared to running the ... game natively in Windows) significant ... increase when running under Linux + WINE? How is the compatibility, both in number ...
