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Subscription FreebiesI was reading the latest issue of RG which has an excellent article on the Ocean game Frankie Goes To Hollywood. I remembered playing it and then re…
... subbed to Retro Gamer since Issue 3 back in the Live Publishing ... -
What we gotI moved house and I have setup my Spectrum gear, I was looking at all that I have and was thinking what else do others have in there collection? Ok …
... - both pristine.
1 48K Issue 1 (with Sinclair 32K memory ... board). Pristine!!!
2 16K Issue 2. One boxed in excellent ... condition.
3 48K Issues 3 and above. One of ... ?
A few 48K issue 3 and 6 MB's, some ... -
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…
... option to select between Issue 2 and Issue 3 keyboards in emulators.
issue 3 Spectrums, this value is not ... -
zx81 help neededHi, I got a ZX81 today supposedly in working order, it was for the first two minutes, but after that the keyboard produces the wrong letter, number …
... reparied one TS1000 ( it had issue 3 board) with this fault. The ... -
Need to amplify output of voice recorderHello all! 1st post, so be nice to me... Pleeease! Well. I have several Spectrums (working: 3x 48k, 1x +, 1x 128k "Toaster", 1x +2 and 1x +2A; bust…
... /p loaded perfect on 48K Issue 3.
Decreasing the level to ... -
Centropods Rabbit softwareWeird one this, the game loads fine and all functions perfectly except none of the controls are responsive, the game starts fine but none of the keys…
Could be a compatability issue between issue 2 and issue 3 48k spectrums, as keyboard I believe worked slightly differently between these two models. -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
here is some:
007-750975 red issue 3
001-335683 green issue 2
D01-421309 green issue 3
021-977485 red issue 3B
105-358583 green issue 2
D03-042969 green issue 6A
I'll add more later. -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
... list, all the issue 2 machines have issue 1 ULA's, and ... one of the Issue 1's has an issue 3 (or above) ULA ...
NUMBER COLOUR MEMORY ISSUE ULA DATECODE Z80 DATECODE COMMENTS ... -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
... Lore that there were 60000 Issue 1 spectrums. Your list clearly ... the case of a issue 1 or issue 2 Spectrum.
issue 3 and later, its presence might ... case was originally made for issue 2 and earlier models, regardless ... -
How do I tell what issue my Speccy 48k is?Is there any easy way to tell if I have an Issue 1 board 48K Spectrum? I'm colour blind so I can't tell if my rubber keys are light grey or fawny gr…
... will find it out. The issue number is printed on the ... 't seem to be a issue 1.
If you ... 48K? If it's an issue 1 and you have 48K ... see that, it's an issue 1.
2. If you ... rear connector, it's a issue 3 or later. -
Spectrum dead: 8 vertical bars in alternating colorsI have been soldering on this basterd for a long time now. All IC's now have sockets (except the LM1889). I swapped all 4116's by types that are 100%…
... also go here? When the schematic says between Pin X of ... a direct connection in the schematic. In the broken ZX I ... . 1,5K. Weird as the schematic (issue 4A) shows a direct connection ... -
Zx Shed Issue Two (When)When will it be available, the 4th September is past this century, Could it be next September ;-)
Well, I'll have a new article for Issue 3... Did the article I contributed for Issue 2 make it? -
Zx Shed Issue Two (When)When will it be available, the 4th September is past this century, Could it be next September ;-)
... have a new article for Issue 3... Did the article I contributed ... for Issue 2 make it?[/QUOTE]
issue will be a bumper 'Christmas ... Special' With issue 2 first quarter next year ... -
ZX Spectrum +2b and +3b modelsI've been wondering for quite a while what the +2b and +3b were all about, as neither appear in the FAQ, but we have a service manual in the archive …
Just a hardware revision with no behavioural changes as far as I know. Documented in old versions of the FAQ and the Wikipedia article.
No more interesting than the post-issue 3 48K revisions from an emulator point of view. -
Reading the Spectrum KeyboardI've been playing around with reading the Spectrum keyboard (in the guise of Spin 0.666) using Z80, and I believe I've discovered that the number of …
Take a look at ZX Shed issue 3, I wrote an article about reading the keyboard (entitled imaginatively "Reading The Keyboard")... -
speccy hardware differences?yup, ive escaped from chit chat for a second ive been reading the last issue of retro gamer and theres an article on the commodes sid chip it was s…
... in behaviour from the issue 2 to the issue 3 which changed how ... -
speccy hardware differences?yup, ive escaped from chit chat for a second ive been reading the last issue of retro gamer and theres an article on the commodes sid chip it was s…
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[*] Issue 2 48K machines and Issue 3 48K machines handled ... between the 48K, 128K and +3 are significant, the most famous ... to not work on the +3. -
memory chips spectrum +Hi with regards to memory chips the ones in there are tms4116 in the lower memory.there is some on ebay MCM4116BP20 can i mix these with tms ones or …
... /> For example, the list for issue-3 :
[url]http://members ... />
IC6-IC13 4116/416-3/MN5290-2 4116 150ns
3-SPECTRUM-TANDY_W0QQitemZ220533146372QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageComputing_RL?hash=item3358ccc304[/url ... -
PopularComputingWeekly 830714Hi, It's nice that these Popular Computing Weekly issues have been scanned. However, just posting this to let someone know that PopularComputingWe…
20th Jan - Vol 02 Issue 3 I have rescanned the lot as the ones we have were a poor set of scans. I must have don them on scann that was going faulty.
Also the missed pages have been added. -
16 K Sinclair Spectrums Still Available?Hi. I wanted to know if the 16 K Sinclair Spectrums are still available to buy. I have looked around on the net without any success. Maybe someone kn…
... be removed on an 48K issue 3b motherboard to have 16K ... the upper 32K. On an issue 2 board they're socketed ... to desolder them from an issue 3 or above. -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
[QUOTE=-Micky;413144]48K:
Green
D01-275621
Made in UK
48K:
Red
132-317228
Assembled in Portugal
Micky[/QUOTE]First one: Issue 3 B
Second one: Issue 4 A -
Partslist ZX 48K issue 4 PCBHas anyone the partslist from the ZX 48K issue 4 PCB? I can only find those from issue 1, 2, and 3. Thanks! Micky
Can't help, sorry. But where did you find the partslist for a issue 3 PCB?
Cheers
**** Forget it just found it ****
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Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
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They are:
48k issue 3 / ULA 6C001E-6 / Serial: Green ... 001-536248
48K+ Issue 6A / ULA 6C001E-7 / Serial ... -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
48K Spectrum - Issue 3
026-076871 (red writing)
Made in the UK -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
I have just come across another Spectrum 48K - issue 3 001-488275 (green writing)
Modulator - 8326, ULA is 6C001E-6 (8335) - any more info needed? -
Where is the other side from the ZX 48 PCB?Has anyone the other side from the PCB? [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/ZXSpectrumIssue3-PCB_Bottom.gif[/url] Micky
... new one because mine from issue 3b is faulty.
issue 3 or 4 or does anyone ... -
Detecting ZX Interface 1 ROM VersionIs there any way of checking which version of the ZX Interface 1 is present? I know that the later ROMs were better at networking - what other impro…
... /> ROM 2 ...113
ROM 3 ...115[/QUOTE]
... 13[/URL] of Your Spectrum Issue 20.
The number being ... br /> If you have an Issue 1 you will get a ... br /> If you have an Issue 2 you will get a ... ($A76C)
Checksum for an Issue 3? Who knows?! ;) -
Timex 2048 documentsHi, I got Timex 2048, seems to work, but no colors on screen :cry:. Neither TV out, nor Composite works. ULA fault ? It seems TC 2048 uses MC 1377 a…
... have another Timex, but unfortunately issue 2.
I made photos ... images/tc2048_2.JPG[/url]
Issue 5
[url]http://bromba ... my schematics, but starting from issue 3/4 EAR path was changed ... role here. Any schematics for issue 3/4/5 and ideas welcome. -
Retro Computer/Console's? How much are they worth?I'm a keen collector of retro computer/consoles (NES,SNES,Intellivision,Megadrive,Amiga etc..).... How do I know how much they are worth?? As in...…
... on average, these are for issue 1's and 2's ... any more, unless its an issue 3 (called Ace4000) of which the ... -
ZX 48K issue 4a with ULA 5?I got a ZX 48K PCB. It works but it has a ULA 5. I thought on the issue 4a is a ULA 6 or later. Micky
... 6... from around the time issue 3(A/B) was introduced, so ... you found it inside an issue 4A that means it was ...
