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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 ... -
new game ......[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFaUth_DKoQ&feature=channel&list=UL[/url]
... new to TRD files. Running the TRD file in Spectaculator as a Scorpion ... anybody else has mentioned this in this thread so far! :) -
best EmulatorHi, what is the best emulator for the speccy, I'm sure someone on here knows and could i get a link please
... flakey(?). My experience with the v 0.666 assembler ... learning some machine code over the last couple of years ... trouble hearing the beepy sounds when I selected the 48k Spectrum option, so ... I ended up switching to the newer ... -
my first 48kHi I have just got my first 48k and I can't keep it tuned in. And when it is its not very clear. Moving text and switching to black and white. some …
Tv is already acting up. The 48K is in better nick then me. -
TRUE VIDEO, INV VIDEO!Am I the only one who thinks the two keys "TRUE VIDEO" and "INV VIDEO" on the 128/+2/+3 keyboards are pretty much useless, since embedding control co…
... Video on the 128k keyboard maintains consistency with the 48k keyboard, in that ... there's a single-key option on the ... row white-letter functions on the 48k. IMO it would have ... was a bit small in the mag and the different modes were ... -
Your best looking machineWhich computer / console that you have owned / was the nicest looking? The 48k Spectrum still looks great today of course, but I thought the Atari S…
... and of course the 48K Spectrum. Similar to the Speccy, the Oric-1 just looks ... -
Why do games work using USR0?I'm trying to get Terramex to work from disk. In the [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34332]thread about +2A/+3 incompatib…
"USR0 mode" refers to running the 48k ROM with 128k paging enabled as opposed to the 48k Basic menu option which boots the 48k ROM with all memory paging locked. -
Manic Miner musicDear World of Spectrum users, You may be interested to know that Graham Norton on BBC Radio 2 just mentioned that someone phoned in with a comment…
... veronica;695732]Dear World of Spectrum users,
... in with a comment about the music of Manic Miner on the ZX Spectrum ... ;
In the hall of the ... , someone did phone in but the song he was playing ... -
CPC Power goes down?These Amstrad CPC folks are unlucky people. WOS used to link to some CPC site and it went down. Recently it linked each game to a site called CPC-P…
... the 128k spectrum and some of the older games had better music than the 48k spectrum ... versions. The ... for the machine. You had the zx spectrum port ... of any features the machine had (check ... -
Don't buy this[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400474474716[/url] Haha ;)
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Love this from the inlay;
CAUTION: This ... uninspired games ever to disgrace the 48K Spectrum.
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This is probably ... the beginning of the end of games as ... -
20 words that mean something different in US than in UKhere is the article: [url]http://www.bigstockphoto.com/blog/20-british-words-that-mean-something-totally-different-in-the-us[/url] for me Chips are…
[QUOTE=karingal;729914]Crisps.[/QUOTE]
thanks, cause we say it the same as in US....but biscuit we say the same thing as in Britain.. -
eBay 128K Spectrum RGB cables overheat the Spectrum!?Hi everybody, For a long time I've wondered why Spectrum 128K Toastracks were overheating when using my Retro Computer Shack RGB SCART cable. Today …
... pin of the ULA and the RGB socket of the 128k Spectrum. In worst case ... , if this pin of the ... could be inserted inside the SCART plug in series to pin 16 ... -
cluless journo's talk retro[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2479087/Over-30-Then-game-Tetris-Pac-Man-Atari-classed-digital-ARCHAEOLOGY.html[/url] magic mine…
[QUOTE]The Magic Miner platform game was ... by Atari's rival console, the ZX Spectrum in 1983, while Mac Paint ... -
A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…
... coding a small game for the ZX spectrum in Assembler and an engine ... not attempted before (except for the recent, earlier versions) - I can ... see, however, that the timing appears to be rather ... I came to think that the PASMO-Assembler suits me best ... -
IF1bis vs SpectranetSince I will shortly have access to both an IF1bis (which I've bought) and a Spectranet (thanks to a loan from cmonkey), I will be in a position to g…
... are problems with the IF1bis and Spectrum 128s. I have ...
Works beautifully on the 48k+. But I would like to ... be able to use the better keyboard and ... reply.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the warning Rune.
the 48K Spectrum as I don't ... -
Border Tron vector tableI've been trying to use the Border Tron border creator, but the vector table is created where code to my game is at (FE00 I think), how would I go ab…
... a mention for creating the original code that BorderTron ... based on. But what the hell, it's just ... at BorderTrix beyond running the tap file in an emulator once ... .
Drawing in the border is not new. You ... . Look at the high score table in Dark Star for ... -
Arkanoyd 2: Revenge of DohHow hard would it be to make the ball & the ship of a different color than the back ground, and so making this game playable?
... on Ralf' hack, here's the 128k version
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Does anyone have the 48k version in .tap or .tzx with a ... -
Idea: New interface 1There are a lot of great new interfaces to plug into the back of the spectrum, but things quickly get rather messy! The interface 1 is a very tidy s…
... where it is fine loading the 48K game in that file format?
the duff keyboard, not with the one I ... doing my comparative review vs the SpectraNet, but only if I ... find that the SpectraNet is more 128K ... on other stuff at the moment. -
Why didnt 48k ingame music work?There were very few games that had ingame 48k music, a couple I can think of were Kung Fu Master and Manic Miner but it always sounded drained and no…
... answer, to generate decent music, the Z80 CPU had to constantly ... (crude) AC waveform to drive the speaker (think very cheap and ... or ON).
Because the 48k Spectrum had no fancy sound chip ... working hard to deal with the graphics, not enough time left ... -
Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…
... different signal lines the grey +2 has the same as 48k+! I really ... use it therefore. I have glued the ... cables that lead the signals to the PCB of the 48k Spectrum.
Here is ... -
'The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels' kickstarterHere it is, now live (with a loading screen by me!) [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/47744432/the-story-of-the-zx-spectrum-in-pixels[/url]
This is why the book is called 'The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels'... :D -
Burned finger temp on rubber 48k heatsink normal?Ok so i opened it up because a few keys started to act up and i noticed that after burning my hand the heatsink was that hot i could actually smell t…
... +2 power supply for all the machines that i own that ... it'll make the 48K Spectrum get even hotter because the supply's output ... to a +2.
The only way to know would ... to measure the output voltage of each supply while it powers the 48K Spectrum. -
I have returned! This time with no tape problems!Hello all. Some of you may remember me from about a month or so ago with this little spawn of satan... :lol: [IMG]http://www.ridgedpixel.co.uk/proj…
... book & official PSU for the bargain price of ?14 thats ... code. I think this and the 48k Spectrum will make a good little ... -
The Ocean StoryLook what i got in the post yesterday: [URL=http://s793.photobucket.com/user/marvin2009_2009/media/IMG_20140815_070028_zps2b72d80e.jpg.html][IMG]htt…
... since then. It might be the same with others here. :-D ... it. Sure hope that the "The Story of the ZX Spectrum in pixels" book, also ... -
GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…
... see Buddy is targeted at the 48K Spectrum but will it be able ... to take advantage of the extra memory of a 128K ... -
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128My loving mum has brought me back one of these beauties from a carboot sale but I'm haven a slight problem with it I CAN'T FIND THE ON SWITCH!!!!!…
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That's the voltage I'm getting, around ... glad I solder this in the right way round as ... thought I had soldered the wires in place but when ... to run through the tests for the 48K explained in this video: ... in thinking many of them still apply to the ... -
48K Upper memory issues?Having more issues with the 48K spectrum I just fixed that had the black screen in this thread [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread…
... to try the ULA from the faulty Spectrum in a known working Spectrum, as this ... is the quickest way ... of testing the ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
I prefer the look of the 48k spectrum to any other 8-Bit. the C64 is just too 'Business'. The speccy is Black, Shiny with metal and rubber. It's basically a fetish machine! :p -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
[QUOTE=Muig;807157]To me, the 48K Spectrum was more compromised by its ... real archilles heal - it restricted the design of so many games ... should have been fixed with the first 128k machine, maybe by ... a few colour modes like the BBC. -
'The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels Volume 2'New kickstarter for version 2 of the book... [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/47744432/the-story-of-the-zx-spectrum-in-pixels-volume-2[/url]
It appears Volume 2 got the funding with more than 10 ... received Volume 1 today through the post.
I've just ... .kickstarter.com/projects/47744432/the-story-of-the-zx-spectrum-in-pixels-volume-2 ...
