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Question about Magnavox TVDunno if they sell Magnavox TVs where you guys live, but here it goes... I have an old Magnavox 27" TV. Nowadays it usually costs more to repair a T…
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Linux/ubuntuEvery couple of years I try linux on for size. This time - ubuntu 7.04 Downloded the iso, burned it to disk, slipped it into the PC I'd lined up - …
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'Straddle keyboard tailsWell, I bought an Amstrad Speccy keyboard off an ebayer - not for a Spectrum (I don't actually have an Amstrad one) - but for my own homebrew compute…
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More game reviewsPunchy. Pants its a really bad Hunchback clones. It moves badly, the controls suck and it doesn't even look nice, even worse someone thought speech w…
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Snooker by visions - ok'sh over head snooker game, balls ... -
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ZX81 - Modulator problems...Not a spectrum I know, but does anybody here have an experience of repairing ZX81s? When I dusted mine down recently and plugged it in, the display …
... a soldering iron, and simple electronics, but no experience of this ...+3 Sound Mod.Hi All, I am very much a novice when it comes to building electronics, but I thought I'd have a go at [url]http://www.geocities.com/sinclair_bitz/st…
... when it comes to building electronics, but I thought I'd ...Electronics interfaces used in schools in the 80'sCan anyone remember the names of those interfaces that plugged into the parrallel ports of computers at school in the 80's. They had 6 LEDs in red, …
Can anyone remember the names of those interfaces that plugged into the parrallel ports of computers at school in the 80's.
They had 6 LEDs in red, amber and green, 2 LED Number displays and various switches and outputs and relays on the board ...Got a new job. So far, so good....but still...I have now given up working as a tv-repairman for the second time in my life. After giving it up for the first time in 97, after the company I worked…
... my years of experience with electronics can't make me a ...Old Yamaha Keytar and other wonders.Does any one remember the Yamaha SH-10 Keytar? They are pretty lame and from what I remembr of 1986 when they came out they were designed for Kids an…
... any one remember the Yamaha SH-10 Keytar? They are pretty ...Trying to create NMI, whats this switch?Hi, I have been reading a book Z80 Applications, and I am trying to create a simple device for creating a NMI. Here is a schematic: [url]http://www…
... I go to a local electronics shop, what do I need ...Anyone program on the speccy and still program?I messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings that I created using basic commands. I then learnt Z80 Assembler for a collage …
... broadcast systems and component level electronics I spend about 30% of ...Epson P-5000 troubles.Very vague and a bit specialised, I know, but... My wife has gone and bought herself an Epson picture storage device fingy [url]http://www.amazon.c…
... -3326069?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1192273541&sr ...How much do you drink?I hopefully last night had my last ever drink, it's about the 15th time and I'm scared sh*tless (insert icon for stoned) Did manage to quit drinking …
... time and I'm scared sh*tless (insert icon for stoned ... it's been knocking the sh*t outa me on binge ...Irrelevant QuestionThis is an indeed irrelevent to the speccy scene question but since i searched and i searched and coulnd't find any help elsewhere, i desided to ask …
... we have some geniouses in electronics.
Please bare with me ...ZX Spectrum and (real) B A S I CSometimes ago there was a thread "how spectrum changed your lives". Another thread dealt with "how to copy spectrum screens using basic not using co…
... ) and everyone who dealt with electronics could learn how to advance ...The direct bus or indirect one... that is the questionThe Ethernet project continues...and I'm in a quandry. So I've managed to implement enough socket library for the W5100 that socket, bind, listen, a…
... also been having a few electronics "difficulties" although some of them ...Compiling FUSE from source for a complete and total beginner...?[b]ACHTUNG: this is going to take a while to read...[/b] A message above tells me it's been nearly 14 months since I last visited here. Ye gods. Wel…
... executable called configure or configure.sh; occasionally there isn't; apparently ...Real SpecciesI know I should probably put this in the Wanted or Hardware forums, but because of my uncertainty, I'm posting it in the Chit-Chat. This is for all …
... don't mind fiddling with electronics as I've modded or ...Fanzines-a-go-goAt the end of the Christmas holidays, I brought home several kilos of mid-1990s-to-early-2000s Spectrum fanzines salvaged from my parents' house, whi…
... vintage issues of Practical Electronics and Everyday Electronics with a smattering of ...Kempston Joystick Interface...I'm having difficulty pinpointing the exact release date of the first Kempston Electronics Joystick Interface. Anyone got any links to magazine arti…
I'm having difficulty pinpointing the exact release date of the first Kempston Electronics Joystick Interface.
Anyone got any links to magazine articles that shed some light?
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AndrewOf soldering and whatnot.So. It looks like if I'm going to have any sort of active retrogaming habit in the future, I need to learn a bit more about the nuts and bolts. Emula…
... century old and modern consumer electronics have a tendency to conk ... not expecting miracles in home electronics, but it'd be nice ... /> I found a child's electronics playset in a charity shop ...speccyspoilers.co.ukFor some reason this has been taken over by a sh*tty domain registrar thingy. I was hoping to take this over when it expired in February 2008. Unfo…
3 x +2 on eBay - Should I buyThere is an eBay listing for three +2 Spectrums but none are working at present. [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230247429…
... ) but I am not a electronics expert (I'm not a ...I'm finally selling......my surplus, not the precious, irreplaceable stuff. :) In the next few weeks I'll be auctioning Spectrum tapes, ZX81 tapes, books, magazines, cabl…
... first item is a Radio-Electronics magazine (more of these to ...Wanted: Broken Speccy 16K, 48K or +I want to build a small RC keyboard suitable for emulator use. For this, I'm going to use a regular RC keyboard and a Speccy, rip them apart and put …
... apart and put the keyboard electronics and contacts into the Speccy ...Upgrading to 48kI picked up a 16k Issue 2 Spectrum over the weekend, and I'd like to upgrade it to 48k. I've scanned an old [URL="http://www.drumfu.com/SinclairZXSp…
... ] (2.16mb!) from an Auckland electronics company which lists the following ...Me WiiI've got a Wii, well not yet but it's on it's way, I pointed out to the wife that you can get one from game with Mario Party 8 and Lego Batman for ?2…
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next thing I know sh'e ordered it with Mario ...Hello all, +3 questionHi, Been using this site for ages but I don't know why never joined the forum..? Anyway I have a +2 but just got a +3 it clearly has the sound issue,…
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I have basic electronics knowledge and I don't ...ZX Certified... Not.Poop. I is crap. We are sorry, but you did not pass. Your score was 45.00%, while the required score is 70% Your subcategory scores are as follows:…
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* Games: 100.00%
* Electronics and ZX Spectrum hardware: 40 ...
