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Composite Video output problemHi everyone, I?ve got a problem that?s really bugging me. I have one Spectrum 48K and one Spectrum +3, both with Composite Video output modification…
Hi Johan,
A B&W output does suggest that you are running the Spectrum's on NTSC TVs. Check with another television as many newer model can automatically switch between PAL and NTSC and PASCAM. -
another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
... actually to be the next generation computer after the spectrum in the American market. ... There are several photos and talk in the press about the ... ts2000 which looked just like the spectrum but ... -
another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
... actually to be the next generation computer after the spectrum in the American market. ... There are several photos and talk in the press about the ... ts2000 which looked just like the spectrum but ... -
another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
... psj3809 said that the site (that has 2 Spectrum wins of 32 ... doesn't compare well on the Spectrum? How's that any fairer ... has even played that on the Spectrum? In the WOS archive only 8 people ... games, because I know that the Spectrum version is great and ... -
Why are we here? (At WoS)No, not a deep philosophical question about the nature of life, the universe and human existence. The thread “what does your partner think of …
I stick with the Spectrum (and therefore this site) ... Squad while sat on the bus or otherwise killing ... away from home. The Psion might have displaced the Spectrum in my affections ( ... may the gods forgive me), ... -
Speccy's most popular countries?I always wanted to know which countries had the most love for the Speccy (I'm petty like that) so I spent a while trying to get info, as far as i can…
... a thread comparing the activity of Sinclair users in the U.S. and ... in Europe. I understand why ... , enthusiasm and participation differ. The impact of the Spectrum in Europe was stronger than ... -
Start Tape, Press any key...Hi, I'd like be able to save (program or data or code) using the save "whatever" command, but I want it to start recording immediately, rather than …
... br /> Incredibly the Sinclair User routine alters the output routine from ... and no doubt upsets the system but what damage ... EDIT: Does manipulating the spectrum in this way effect the VERIFY routine? I ... But a normal save on the same (crappy) equipment works ... -
Start Tape, Press any key...Hi, I'd like be able to save (program or data or code) using the save "whatever" command, but I want it to start recording immediately, rather than …
... EDIT: Does manipulating the spectrum in this way effect the VERIFY routine? I ... But a normal save on the same (crappy) equipment works ... should exercise caution when altering the channels area. Really you ... should POKE back the values that were there before ... -
a game for anyone bored...pick a game at random from the archive using the random seeking link, and post what comes up...and post the gamescreen as well if possible [url]http…
... text on the screen: "[B]For any 48k Spectrum! Or Spectrum+[/B]". If ... they did not include the Spectrum + in the "any 48k", I wonder which ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... I post screenshots in response to a statement that the Spectrum has better ... 'm not saying that the C64 beats the Spectrum in the games department, but I ... [i]am[/i] saying that the ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... I post screenshots in response to a statement that the Spectrum has better ... 'm not saying that the C64 beats the Spectrum in the games department, but I ... [i]am[/i] saying that the ... -
Level9 Adventure GraphicsI have been developing a windows based adventure creating tool, which at the end of it all, creates a spectrum .tap file. Its a while off being finis…
... memorable times with computing and the spectrum in particular, I was on holiday ... years old, I dragged my spectrum along with me! Its ... a backstreet shop that sold spectrum games. I bought L9 " ... and finished it within the week of the holiday. And my parents ... -
Level9 Adventure GraphicsI have been developing a windows based adventure creating tool, which at the end of it all, creates a spectrum .tap file. Its a while off being finis…
... memorable times with computing and the spectrum in particular, I was on holiday ... years old, I dragged my spectrum along with me! Its probably ... a backstreet shop that sold spectrum games. I bought L9 " ... ve never got too far in the other L9 games unfortunately. I ... -
Level9 Adventure GraphicsI have been developing a windows based adventure creating tool, which at the end of it all, creates a spectrum .tap file. Its a while off being finis…
... memorable times with computing and the spectrum in particular, I was on holiday ... years old, I dragged my spectrum along with me! Its probably ... a backstreet shop that sold spectrum games. I bought L9 " ... could type stuff in as it was drawing the image, which I ... -
Heavy on the Magick loading screen.As per [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=284510&postcount=12"]Rickard's observation[/URL], the TAP file is "illegal" (appare…
... m having issues with running the files in SPIN [U]without[/U ... user is unable to provide the correct loading screen :-( SORRY ... loading, double click the next block in the tape browser to load ... the next block. Think its because of the ... -
PSU queryHi all, just one quick question. Are Spectrum PSU's compatible with ZX81's? I've just bought an '81 off of Ebay, which was sold as "working, but the …
... Something to do with the resistor arrangement apparently.
the edge connector. The ZX81 16K ... the 9V supply and the 5V supply to make 12V and -5V, in ... a similar circuit to that of the Spectrum, in ... order to power the 4116 chips ... -
PSU queryHi all, just one quick question. Are Spectrum PSU's compatible with ZX81's? I've just bought an '81 off of Ebay, which was sold as "working, but the …
... be on the edge connector. The ZX81 16K ... the 9V supply and the 5V supply to make 12V and -5V, in ... a similar circuit to that of the Spectrum, in order ... to power the 4116 chips. ... was directly connected to the 4116 +12V power ... -
A Few Items For VerificationHoping I could get some verification on these items :) Im not too knowledgable about Spectrum stuff unfortunately... I only really play the Spectrum…
... 4 gluey bits were holding the Spectrum in place!
They did ... -
The Dizzy (spit spit) gamesI [B][U][COLOR=red]HATE[/COLOR][/U][/B] Dizzy. The shallow, one dimensional character and his stupid, annoying, repetitive games. If it was up to me,…
... did find the position of the traps, and the fact you ... of the things that I like about Dizzy in it.< ... priced higher but the Spectrum version was the same looking as ... because the series were always designed with the spectrum in mind in the first place ... -
What if...What if when you were a kid in the early 80s your parents didn't buy you a Sinclair Spectrum as your first computer? I was thinking about this earli…
... specially book to use the Spectrum! In fact, I remember the computer club used ... you could migrate from the ZX80/81 to the Spectrum and then, if ... . I remember the first time I used the Spectrum: I think the first command ... -
VirtualBox...Anyone here use VirtualBox? I've tried installing it, but every version I've tried so far gives me the following message: "The software you are ins…
... a boot sector on the CD so you need ... 's a site on the interweb that has them all ... to install all of the files to your HD ... of the files for running the OS in the virtual environment will be contained in ... 98 will install to either the Windows or WINNT folder - ... -
VirtualBox...Anyone here use VirtualBox? I've tried installing it, but every version I've tried so far gives me the following message: "The software you are ins…
... of the files for running the OS in the virtual environment will be contained in there ... -
What did you do before WOS?Around 1992 I was still a very active Spectrum user, but had no one to talk about it. The stores stopped selling my favorite magazines and I was left…
... there from the start I gave up the Spectrum in 87 or ... brothers 128k+ and bought the mags again, that led ... my energies into a Spectrum scene that was shrinking ... . So the Spectrum has played a large part in my life ... not a player of Spectrum games. Long live WOS ... -
15 years of comp.sys.sinclair!On 13th December 1993, thanks to the efforts of Arnt Gulbrandsen, comp.sys.sinclair sparked into life, taking the reins of the primordial soup of the…
Incredible!! When I didnt have a clue of what Internet was, in 1993, there already were people talking about the Spectrum in Internet!
And I see the group was founded by a scandinavian mate, interesting things in this thread :) -
Best game of 2008...!The WoS infoseek facility lists 56 games for 2008 - that's more than one a week! And it still might not cover absolutely everything out there. So, wh…
... ? fantastic: i remember that when the spectrum era ended i used to ... . When I got back to the Spectrum in 2000, when I got my ... and using the Spectrum, I thought I was the only crazy person in the world ... quite good, and we are in 2008 :) -
Farewell, Dubya....24 hours to go, and then life gets excitingly interesting. Satirists around the world are already [url=http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/1…
... of the reasons the Republicans wanted him as a candidate in 2000 ... think his supporters will admit in the coming decades). I don ... 't think things like the Guantanamo Bay scandals happened ... people behind the scenes who were actually running the country in his name ... -
A question for the older programmers of WOSWhen did the debugging tools that allow you to highlight the flow of execution within code and track the values or variables become available. Was t…
... ]Windbg is capable of doing the same on Windows, even today ... to be running the program in the debugger. They can give you the core dump ... when it crashes on the 27,523rd test of 50 ... -
25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…
... me: I did nothing for the spectrum scene. Do I get your ... done a lot both for the Spectrum in general, and to help individual ... ][COLOR=Gray](1)that are in the public domain, i must remind ... alter or delete the post. Unless the post in question is the subject of ... -
The Life Of The ZX81I was thinking about this on my way to work this morning? What if the Spectrum had come out in late ?84 or even 1985? Would the ZX81 have had a longe…
... often thought that the release of the Spectrum in 1982 caused the premature demise of ... the ZX81. By 1984 ... achieve incredible things with the machine - upping the graphics resolution from 64x48 ... -
The Life Of The ZX81I was thinking about this on my way to work this morning? What if the Spectrum had come out in late ?84 or even 1985? Would the ZX81 have had a longe…
... often thought that the release of the Spectrum in 1982 caused the premature demise of ... the ZX81. By 1984 ... achieve incredible things with the machine - upping the graphics resolution from 64x48 ...
