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RS232 connector dead? No light gun seenHello Today I tried to play some light gun games, which use a controller connected to the 431A socket which is labeled as "RS232" using a BT 4 co…
... draw power from the appropriate port (probably from the +12V line ... of the games in its BT-4 version. The internals of ... -
Getting Android emulators for rhe ZX Spectrum to work with "Ye Olde" 9 pin "D" joysticks circa 1984!I suppose people could say "Why Bother" ? Well at least I have an answer (I have a lot of these old joysticks!) . So if I am minded to try and get…
... Adapters/USB-RS232-DB9-DB25-Serial-Adapter-Cable~ICUSB232DB25"]https:// ... /USB-RS232-DB9-DB25-Serial-Adapter-Cable~ICUSB232DB25[/url]< ... /USB-to-RS232-Serial-DB9-Male-COM-Port-Cable-Adapter-Converter ... /USB-to-RS232-Serial-DB9-Male-COM-Port-Cable-Adapter-Converter ... -
RS232 - built-in vs. Interface 1Hello all. After some advice, and I figured someone here would probably be able to help. I'm the owner of a (grey case) Spectrum +2, and I'm keen …
... [/b] the built in 'RS232' port and the ZX Interface 1 ... 'RS232' port don't use a special serial interface chip (known ... all the parallel to serial conversion or serial to parallel conversion work ... the ZX Interface 1 'RS232' port will work when a +2 ... -
Additional Information , Notes , and Details , re.the Main Windows Edition of Spectaculator There is no lenghy instruction to go with Spectaculator . Mark did a great job adding extra info. with this thread:- [url="https://worldofspectr…
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Are there any TWIN COMPUTER games or any other twinned software for the ZX Spectrum?I noticed in the PSS Game "Tobruk" that there was an option for the use of 2 Amstrad Micros . The instructions say :- "This advanced version of Tobru…
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Are there any TWIN COMPUTER games or any other twinned software for the ZX Spectrum?I noticed in the PSS Game "Tobruk" that there was an option for the use of 2 Amstrad Micros . The instructions say :- "This advanced version of Tobru…
... machines that have a RS232 serial and Keypad/Aux ports, these ... sound chip’s I/O port. These lines can be inputs ... -
If you had four roms...Just wondering if you were designing a Spectrum from scratch, and you used a 27512 EPROM, which would hold about 4 spectrum roms, what you would inst…
... figured I'd modify some serial memory to a microdrive array ... thinking I wanted an expansion port, and since I'm building ... -
Were the full Sinclair Loki specs ever actually known?I was just curious. A lot was leaked to the media, but the exact specs seem different depending on source. Some say it could support up to 512x256 an…
... software to bit bash the serial data. Otherwise still easy, but ... software to bit bash the serial data. Otherwise still easy, but ... ram and building a dual-port controller with conventional 64x4 DRAM ... -
More "What could have been"... The Z280.So in chasing up the Loki specs, I happened upon some parallel developments... And had Sinclair gotten to make the Loki, there could have been some i…
... ~4MHz and some devices like serial interfaces and the zx printer ... out there that will have port conflicts with your internal ... and will respond on large port ranges making it impossible ... ultimate titles that wrote to port 0xfd (probably for debugging purposes ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... to write device drivers for serial ports and we always used ... used to looking at COM port output which was
Is it possible to use two spectrums linked with one acting like a co-processor?Just wondering. Would be kind of interesting, but I guess two interface ones would be needed, or was there other ways to connect. What about ear t…
... Or using either a RS232 serial interface (any of the available ... do all the parallel to serial, serial to parallel conversion, handle the ... time. Same for the RS232 port on the ZX Interface 1 ... having to do parallel to serial, serial to parallel conversion. But as ...Is it possible to use two spectrums linked with one acting like a co-processor?Just wondering. Would be kind of interesting, but I guess two interface ones would be needed, or was there other ways to connect. What about ear t…
... Or using either a RS232 serial interface (any of the available ... do all the parallel to serial, serial to parallel conversion, handle the ... time. Same for the RS232 port on the ZX Interface 1 ... having to do parallel to serial, serial to parallel conversion. But as ...Why so few open source Spectrum emulators?A couple of days ago I started to look into converting an existing Spectrum emulator to Pocket PC (mainly the iPaq) and ran into problems directly. T…
... .e. make it easy to port to any new platform). It ...Interface for PC ZXSee last entry of former TOPIC. I'm working on the interface. Info about it on MISCELLANEOUS Author: Arjun (---.bng.vsnl.net.in) Date: 08-13-01 …
... humble Speccy, via the parralel port. The program should be able ... has a bi-directional parallel port.
I found out ...Kempston InterfacesWhat Kempston Interfaces featured an additional expansion port on the back, so that you could fit other devices on, such as the Currah microspeech et…
What Kempston Interfaces featured an additional expansion port on the back, so that you could fit other devices on, such as the Currah microspeech etc?Kempston Interface/Games cartridge portI recently bought an original Kempston joystick interface which features 3 rather nifty joystick ports (1 kemp, 2 sinclair) and a little slot which i…
I recently bought an original Kempston joystick interface which features 3 rather nifty joystick ports (1 kemp, 2 sinclair) and a little slot which is marked for a games cartridge... I was wondering if this is the same sort of cart which was used in the ...Programing/iterfaceingsorry about my spelling. I have looked for a long time on the internet and havent found anythink about programing the expation port to drive l.e.d.s …
... anythink about programing the expation port to drive l.e.d ...ZX48k terminal...Hello everybody, I thought someone might help me. I connect my good old ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link, and I was trying to write a little term…
... ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link,
and I ...Original rubber key 48k'sThis question is to some point academic; But i seem to remeber the original 48k Rubber Keys Speccy came in versions 1,2 & 3! (way back when, occasi…
... came back , WITH A DIFFERENT SERIAL NUMBER! i.e Send off ...IF1 and IO portsThe Interface used 3 Z80 IO ports to communicate to it s devices #E7- Microdrive data #EF- Status and control #F7- RS232/Network What I'm looking…
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Which bits in what port are responsible for what device ...48 K SpectrumHi. I have 1 off 48 K Spectrum + PSU, Romantic Robot I/F, Opus 3.5 Disk Drive with Printer Port ALL WORKING plus many Games/ Utilities on Tape and D…
... .5 Disk Drive with Printer Port ALL WORKING plus many Games ...Spectrum +3 disk transfer help neededI am trying to transfer some stuff to my +3... I was wondering which programs I'd need on the PC (if they exist) to write to 3.5" disks for the +3, o…
... could transfer through the Tape port)...
Any help apreciated ...Chuckie Egg and joypads on the SpectrumAn old favourite of mine is "Chuckie Egg", but it has no joystick option. I've got a dual port DK Troniks interface, the first port takes IN 31(Kemps…
... . I've got a dual port DK Troniks interface, the first ... port takes IN 31(Kempston) and ...SPIN Update 0.1a (beta) availableHi all, The latest beta of SPIN is up (a new ZXSpectrum emulator, in case you've not heard of it before - it's not bad, IMHO :), and available fo…
... speedup in the Z80's port read routines
Many parts ...Spectrum 16KI know there must be some of you that still use the original 48K rubber keys machine, and other that have the 48K+, or the 128K(me). But is there any…
... 32K rampack in the expansion port? It's unlikely given how ...SPIN V0.2 Now Available[Standard CSS cut'n'paste message] Hi all! Well, again another update, but we think this one's well worth it. There's numerous additions and fixes,…
... fixed - broken due to new port behaviour
+3 Paging bugs ...Where has ramsoft gone?Not Found The requested URL /realspec.html was not found on this server. Apache/1.3.22 Server at [url="http://www.tattoopower.net"]http://www.tattoo…
... "]http://www.tattoopower.net[/url] Port 80
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