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Thanks for supporting my Speccy bookI wanted to share my good news with my Speccy chums. My Spectrum related book 'Diary of an 80s Computer Geek' has passed the 1000 sales mark. As you …
Funny as I was looking for some nice Speccy related literature for the coming days. This, and The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels beginning of next year, will surely make for a very good time. :razz:
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I am currently reading...Haven't noticed one of these threads, so here goes... I'm currently reading (depending on my mood...!): - [B]The Jesus Papers[/B] - Michael Baigent…
[QUOTE=Vampyre;809207]Just finished The Poet by Michael Connelly. Will ... /> Not actually reading anything at the moment, saving myself for tomorrow ... my Christmas present to myself (The Story Of The ZX Spectrum In Pixels) -
+3e simple ide interfaceHi guys, I want to make a +3e with my +2a. I'm thinking of making the simple 8bit ide interface (internal) and connecting it to a 40 pin ide to sd r…
I believe the difference is between running the CF card in PATA IDE HDD mode ... -inverting buffer chips to add the extra 8 data bits plus ... -
+3e simple ide interfaceHi guys, I want to make a +3e with my +2a. I'm thinking of making the simple 8bit ide interface (internal) and connecting it to a 40 pin ide to sd r…
... ]I believe the difference is between running the CF card in PATA IDE ... essentially what the divide does. The logic is slightly clever in how ... it controls the state of the ... or you could do the whole thing in a single CPLD as ... -
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 …
... /> SO you can compare the 128 versions of the spectrum & Amstrad CPC ... but the
Commodore has to be the ... ]
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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=p13z;810937]I think the 48k Spectrum Vs the Vic 20 would be an entirely new, equally pointless debate.[/QUOTE]
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Is there any reason whya ZX Spectrum, could not be the platform for a new mathematical or scientific discovery?
... about the capabilities of the ZX Spectrum in the present day (and even back in the ... a cancer cure with the ZX Spectrum. But after all even ... if there was a spectrum crunching away at some ... were we are today without the early developments.
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ZX Spectrum in the modern mediaInstead of having a dozen threads pointing out mentions of the ZX Spectrum in different (modern) media, wouldn't it be better if we had them all in o…
... threads pointing out mentions of the ZX Spectrum in different (modern) media, wouldn ... if we had them all in one thread? Perhaps this one ... annnddddd 'a ZX Spectrum with a digital camera in it' (at 10 ... -
Speccy in IndiaAlways was wondering was zx spetrum whidespread there since 1982 to 1992 and untill nowadays ? India is a multi-million country and there clearly wer…
... there was less access to the common books & magazines ... clubs devoted to the home computer or the spectrum, knowledge sharing and ... books and game publisher market in the UK. We didn't ... across someone in India who lists using the ZX Spectrum in their bio ... -
Detecting if VEGA?I've posted this over at the Vega forum too (I guess if anyone knows Chris Smith does!). This might be a daft question, and too early to ask it, b…
Now that you are asking, I do wonder how this new thing is going to detect if a TAP file is for the 128k or the 48k Spectrum. Anyone knows? -
Detecting if VEGA?I've posted this over at the Vega forum too (I guess if anyone knows Chris Smith does!). This might be a daft question, and too early to ask it, b…
[quote="Timmy;831129"]Now that you are asking, I do wonder how this new thing is going to detect if a TAP file is for the 128k or the 48k Spectrum. Anyone knows?[/quote]
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Detecting if VEGA?I've posted this over at the Vega forum too (I guess if anyone knows Chris Smith does!). This might be a daft question, and too early to ask it, b…
... TAP file is for the 128k or the 48k Spectrum. Anyone knows?[/quote]
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Buddy 0.1 demo[url="http://wischner.co.uk/downloads/app.tap"]The tape is here[/url]. Load it, then enable kempston mouse emulation, then reload it. [url="https://g…
It looks interesting but why is it only for the 48K Spectrum?
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Will Emulaters fit with the recreated Spectrum ?I have today recieved my recreated Spectrum... Yeah!! but it does not fit with the windows Emulators. so, a question to all emu-programmers. (you …
... fixed layout to interact with the recreated spectrum in "layer a" mode. or ... the user should config his own layout in the ... Switch to "layer B" so the spectrum could be used with every ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... it : I replaced the regulator on the heatsink and put it ... .
1) The Bad news : nothing happened. But ... after Opus testing I tried the 48k Spectrum its normal power supply . ... Discovery test had not damaged the 48k Spectrum . Glad I did not ... -
Turning on and off internal speaker?Just wondering if this change could be done. Would it be possible to install just a switch so that one could turn on/off the sound coming from the i…
... the same way can be used for the 48k Spectrum. The circuitry at the top of the ... image is the transverter that ... only necessary for the Harlequin not for the plain 48k version.
What if there was a Speccy Games Console[img]http://segaretro.org/File:MSEvolution_Black_Console.jpg[/img] This would have made a really good looking spectrum console back in the day (mi…
... the ZX Spectrum?[/quote]
That's a classic problem. In ... ramped up the Sinclair Spectrum in 1984 instead of the QL with ... a product similar to the ... least an expanded Spectrum with the inclusion of the Timex features ...Recreated ZX Spectrum thoughtsI have a recreated ZX Spectrum (and a Vega and a 48K with SMART) and while I know it is not well regarded I actually quite like it. The app is "ok" a…
... feels poor in comparison to a real Spectrum or the recreated Spectrum. It is ... a shame really.
The ... the Spectrum!
I have had a play around with the recreated Spectrum in ...NTSC Compatibility?Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Timex 2068 the only NTSC clone built of the ZX Spectrum? And I use clone lightly... From what I underst…
... things that Timex was expanding the 48k spectrum rom but they released before ... of those, the ts2068 can run most 48k spectrum software. The emulator cartridge is ... basically a 48k rom mapped ...Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …
... "Flan". I remember the delays.
The Speccy clearly had a ... memory serves, and rounding up, the 48K Spectrum would have been £180 while ... the C64 was £220. The Dragon was about the same as the C64 and the ...Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …
... Flan". I remember the delays.
The Speccy clearly had ... serves, and rounding up, the 48K Spectrum would have been £180 while ... the C64 was £220. The Dragon was about the same as the C64 and the ... with one of the guys who developed the custom sound ...Recreated ZX Spectrum Release date?!?Hi All, I ordered a Recreated ZX Spectrum from Amazon. The release date has since changed to 26th April (3rd time it changed). In the meantime, El…
... support for the Recreated Spectrum in the next release. Will that be included in the Windows ...Land of Mire Mare[Quote]This game has to be considered as a tribute. It's inspired by the unreleased Mire Mare game & characters created by Ultimate Play The Game in …
[quote="grey key;876278"]A perk for what ?
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story of the zx spectrum in pixels I think48K (in 48) vs 48K in 128K / +2 / +3I'm sorry I've probably overlooked this but despite a search I did not see it. :( and looking at some of the tech pages did not really answer my ques…
... all in the 128K 'section' though are they not ? :) It was the 48K section ... I wanted info on really.
The only ... for my 48K, I was wondering if I should use the normal ... bug fixes?) or if say the 48K 'rom' in the +2 or +3 would ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... including the renewal of the small capacitors on the left side of the PCB ... 3 sides except the very front end under the 48k Spectrum.The project is now ... more or less finished for the "Flying ...How do I get a joystick?I am running FUSE on a PC and I find most games that I might want to play are impossible using the keyboard. So my question is, can one purchase jo…
... the input from the Windows joystick driver and transmits it to the emulated Spectrum in ... whatever form you select (eg. Kempston, Sincliar) within the ...Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
After having started the year's comparisons with a non-Spectrum related entry ... of 2017 dedicated specifically to the Spectrum-oriented readers. I have mentioned ... for the ZX Spectrum. In addition to a fairly in-depth review of the game ...Your favourite, second best 8 bit machine.So besides the ZX81 and the ZX Spectrum (in its different guises), which is your second most favourite 8 bit machine for looks and design? In order …
... ;54024"]So besides the ZX81 and the ZX Spectrum (in its different guises), which ... /> In order to keep it simple I've kept off the re ... just very loosely based on the main players for looks. (Texet ... a lovely metal case, while the Commodore was, err, well, you ...What if gaming technology had plateaued in...1985...ish?I've been playing a lot of Spectrum games recently, some of which I never heard of when they were originally released, and was knocked out by how bri…
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The more that programmers experiment, the more tricks are ... was not the latest or greatest of the known technology.< ... res games would be the norm. As the colour clash is ... There were disk systems for the 48k Spectrum, (3.5 inch drives or ...Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…
... industrial enterprises. Therefore, the clones of the ZX Spectrum in the first place has spread ... among the technicians. Technical specialists ...
