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PC to +3 communicationsHi I'm going to explore the abilities of my +3 to communicate with a PC. The "natural" ways to do that would be via serial or parallel link. I've b…
... the PC's LPT port, and a combination of ...
Use half the printer port for 4 bits of output ...
By using the printer port this would make it Black ... the attraction of messing with serial cables though - I've ... a cheap cable. A serial cable would use the ... -
IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... enhancements, for example adding a serial comport as with the original ... printer connection to the joystick port of the interface which will ... -
We could design the LokiWouldn't it be great... if this community would develop what Sinclair himself started but was never finished: a successor of the 128K with 'cartoon l…
... .
Some CPLD with USB port to update the firmware, etc ... , IDE Interface, 2xSerial ports, 1xParallel Port);
A set of ... -Port DRAM ICs, Micron MT43C8129A with 128Kx8 DRAM and 2x256 bytewide Serial ... -
Learning Machine Code the +2a wayHello again all, I thought I'd ask in this forum as the other categories seem less relevant. I keep re-reading the thread below with the advice given…
... RS232/MIDI port either to send data to a serial printer, or ... -
Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…
... when one considers SAM Coup? port allocations, although thankfully that' ... .
Bit 6 EAR serial input from EAR of cassette ... , and just swap the port address in software? Since ... was only discussing availability of port space, not suggesting that ... -
RS232 on Spectrum 128KDoes anyone actually use the RS232 port on the Spectrum 128K? Is there anything useful that can be done with it? I know about the keypad with the Sp…
... one 8 bit input/output port. In these machines, four lines ... no special hardware parallel to serial / serial to parallel chip, the Z80 ... known as a bit-bashed serial system.
[I][B ... -
RS232 on Spectrum 128KDoes anyone actually use the RS232 port on the Spectrum 128K? Is there anything useful that can be done with it? I know about the keypad with the Sp…
... one 8 bit input/output port. In these machines, four lines ... no special hardware parallel to serial / serial to parallel chip, the Z80 ... serial system.[/QUOTE]
Right. Keypad/Aux is the IN port ... , RS232/MIDI is the OUT port. But the ... -
RS232 on Spectrum 128KDoes anyone actually use the RS232 port on the Spectrum 128K? Is there anything useful that can be done with it? I know about the keypad with the Sp…
... . Keypad/Aux is the IN port, RS232/MIDI is the OUT ... port. But the TS2068 uses an ... ports can be used as serial ports, or as general purpose ... -
RS232 on Spectrum 128KDoes anyone actually use the RS232 port on the Spectrum 128K? Is there anything useful that can be done with it? I know about the keypad with the Sp…
... ports can be used as serial ports, or as general purpose ... to bits 0 - 3 of port A and both fire buttons ... Spectrum so there is no port B. Instead of providing a ... on the same I/O port bits.
For ... joystick ports. This frees up port A of the AY chip ... -
RS232 on Spectrum 128KDoes anyone actually use the RS232 port on the Spectrum 128K? Is there anything useful that can be done with it? I know about the keypad with the Sp…
... single output line for simple serial, you can use a transistor ... now direct access to AY port bit 2. -
USB Keyboard Interface interest?Hi, I was wondering if anyone else out there is interested in a USB interface for the ZX Spectrum (particularly the rubber key models, though it sho…
... as a USB 2.0 serial comms port at the minute and ... -
FUSE serial communication sample anyone?Hi, in [URL="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/fuse.1.html"]FUSE man pages[/URL] one finds switches for serial comms. By using --inte…
... /> ld c,#RS232_DTA ; c=data port
ld de,#0x8000 ; masks ... .
[CODE]/*
* serial.c
* serial communication & 115.200 ... 29 2012
*/
#include "serial.h"
/* input and ... -
FUSE serial communication sample anyone?Hi, in [URL="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/fuse.1.html"]FUSE man pages[/URL] one finds switches for serial comms. By using --inte…
... ld c,#RS232_DTA ; c=data port
ld de,#0x8000 ... [B]serial.h[/B][CODE]/*
* serial.h
* serial communication ... />
/* raw serial functions */
extern void ... [B]serial.c[/B][CODE]/*
* serial.c
* serial communication ... -
New from Paul Farrow, the ZXC4This is exciting stuff!!!! Sorry if ive stepped on your toes Paul, wanted people to hear about it!!! [QUOTE]Hi I?m happy to announce the release o…
Yes, files greater than 16K can be written. However, using an IF2 is just one possibility. You can also use an IF1 or the serial or keypad port on a 128K Speccy. -
New from Paul Farrow, the ZXC4This is exciting stuff!!!! Sorry if ive stepped on your toes Paul, wanted people to hear about it!!! [QUOTE]Hi I?m happy to announce the release o…
... an IF1 or the serial or keypad port on a 128K Speccy ... -
Two Sinclair joystick ports interface for toastrack?Hi! I just bought a new toastrack 128k from Ben. Which interface allows to connect two Sinclair joysticks to standard 128k? Any schematics or cheap o…
... a sinclair joystick to keypad port adapter?!?
Is it possible ... /useful way.
The keypad port only has two inputs (and ... connected to both keypad and serial that only gives you 4 ... with the spectrum over a serial interface and has its own ... -
Hot plugable edge connector?Could the spectrum's edge connector have been made hot plugable without adding much to the manifacturing costs? I was thinking along the lines of a…
... /> Devices that have a serial RS232 port (Interface 1 and others) often ... -
Interface 1bis RAM Drive modificationAll Interface 1bis users I hope I am not interfering with Dan, but I saw on his site that he has a RAM Drive upgrade/modification for the Interface …
... current implementation (4b/c), the serial SRAM chip, connected to the ... PC keyboard via the USB port as an input device for ... machine connected via the USB port
while non zero numbers ... -
joystick port for output ?just curious regarding the joystick ports on 8 bit machines. I just purchased something on the atari 8 bit.. but included in the box was a atari 8 …
... Atari ST MIDI ports are serial ports. So whatever is suppose ... is going to be a serial link.
If it ... on the relevant 9 pin port.
In general, joystick ... -
joystick port for output ?just curious regarding the joystick ports on 8 bit machines. I just purchased something on the atari 8 bit.. but included in the box was a atari 8 …
It may be that the act of reading the joystick port triggered a certain high or low signal, which could be manipulated to look like a serial signal. Not sure any Speccy joystick interfaces could be manipulated into doing that though. -
joystick port for output ?just curious regarding the joystick ports on 8 bit machines. I just purchased something on the atari 8 bit.. but included in the box was a atari 8 …
... ;800898]I'd imagine any serial to Spectrum joystick cable would ... a unidirectional serial link for the Spectrum using a joystick port (Interface ... -
Flickering RGB -> SCART output.Hello all, For my toast rack I have bought a [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-128K-High-Quality-RGB-Scart-Lead-Video-Cable-TV-Le…
... links next to the monitor port.... you can remove a link ... get from the MIDI or serial ports, to give a proper ... -
Ways to identify spectrum issues with out opening them?A good while ago, I'm sure I saw some posts on here about how to identify what issue speccy you have by looking in the expansion port to see what hea…
... by looking in the expansion port and finding a heatsink.
serial numbers list[/URL] maintained by ... -
RGB video issue on +2 and +3. Signal high?I have a couple of +3's and a new +2a that arrived today. When I plugged in the +2a using my RGB lead from Retro Computer Shack I was reminded of a n…
... from the aux or rs232 port (a simple phone extension cord ... needed.[/QUOTE]
The serial/midi and keypad/aux sockets ... -
Spectrum +2 (Gray) Serial/MIDI ConnectorHi Does anyone know where I can buy the Serial Connector for my +2. I'd prefer the US but at this point across the pond would do as well. Thanks Di…
... Farrow was selling Toastrack/+2 serial cable accompanied to the SPECTRA ... cable for the Toastrack serial and keypad port. It has two ends ... is funny... The SER1/2 port is the same, but CTL1 ... -
Serial comms - duzzit work?Has anyone ever successfully got two 128K Speccies (of any variant) to communicate with each other over the SERIAL / RS232 / MIDI / AUX ports? I can'…
... 16 is the I/O port.
The register is ... the following signals for the serial pins:
pin 2 ... -
Serial comms - duzzit work?Has anyone ever successfully got two 128K Speccies (of any variant) to communicate with each other over the SERIAL / RS232 / MIDI / AUX ports? I can'…
... things in synch, like a serial signal does. If the data ... has output them to its port. Obviously the lower data rate ... -
New version (v0.31) of ZX DiagnosticsHi all,<br><br>Just wanted to let people know that I've released a new version of the Spectrum Diagnostics into the wild.<br><br>These were originall…
[quote="1024MAK;830450"]Well, it was suggested by me that the chip that drives the LEDs also have a pin header. Then it would be possible for a modified software version to talk to a cheap ( -
New version (v0.31) of ZX DiagnosticsHi all,<br><br>Just wanted to let people know that I've released a new version of the Spectrum Diagnostics into the wild.<br><br>These were originall…
[quote="1024MAK;831158"]The serial data stream could just be ... a very basic parallel to serial transfer (no handshakes and no ... communication capabilities, over the USB port. It reads a PC's ... -
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…
... the recreated device (those with serial numbers 001 to 100) and ... the recreated device (those with serial numbers greater than 100) and ... recreated device (via its USB port) and through updates to our ...
