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Misleading blurbI've been looking thru some of the scans of adverts and inlay cards lately, and apart from the nostalgia, it's very entertaining to see some of the r…
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New style Reviews are upJust wanted to tell you my site is now doing reviews for Spectrum games (amongst others) like the old days of C64 legend magazine, Zzap!64. [url="htt…
Haven't played Uridium for the C64. Neat site btw! How bout some really cool C64 music to download? Maybe some converted to the MOD or MIDI format (is this possible)? -
spectrum in united statesIs there any way to use a Spectrum in the United States? I notice all the ones I have seen on ebay have a power plug very different from the kind use…
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Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
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ObituaryYesterday my spectrum died :( Over 7 years of faithful service its finally gone to Silicon heaven. Rest in peace spectrum 48k+ Born sometime in 198…
From the keyboard its self. Generated from the Speaker inside the spectrum.ahem!.. could I have a minute of everyones time please :)ok... here's the thing. I'm looking into sourcing some spare IC's for the whole range of Spectrums - mainly memory, as that's probably the weakest l…
... the picture quality - renewing the mod will return the output to ...MESS / MacMESSI downloaded MacMESS 0.61 a couple of days ago and discovered it supports a huge amount of Spectrums (including Portugese, Spanish and American clone…
... , with Ipod, that triangular looking speaker/woofer and a super-dooper ...Faulty Spectrum?PLease can somebody help have just bought a ZX Spectrum 48K And the Hobbit game, i cannot get this game to load it crashes right at the end of the l…
... sound out of the internal speaker (works ok out of the ...Faulty Spectrum?PLease can somebody help have just bought a ZX Spectrum 48K And the Hobbit game, i cannot get this game to load it crashes right at the end of the l…
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regarding the speaker - the fault on yours could ...Keyboard MembraneHi all I'm about to finally replace the dead keyboard membrane in my 48K Speccy. Is there any preventative stuff I can do to improve the life of the…
... easily implement this cool running mod.
it is indeed ...Keyboard MembraneHi all I'm about to finally replace the dead keyboard membrane in my 48K Speccy. Is there any preventative stuff I can do to improve the life of the…
If the temperature cycling is the culprit then how about if I insulate the header strip?
I'll have a look at the voltage mod but I'm a bit hesitant to fiddle too much with the old girl ;)
KevAny info on 'Fred Loder'?Does anyone have any info on the Spectrum game 'Fred Loder'? I'm pretty sure the title of the game is correct, but I can't find any reference to it a…
... "FRED LOADER". Being non-native speaker I can only guess that ...Any info on 'Fred Loder'?Does anyone have any info on the Spectrum game 'Fred Loder'? I'm pretty sure the title of the game is correct, but I can't find any reference to it a…
It was a russian TR-DOS mod, but as far I know, there was nothing changed in the gameplay itself.How do you pronounce 'Speccy'?..since i've never heard the word spoken, just read it over here... I wonder if you guys read it as 'spexy' or rather as 'spetchi' or what else. eve…
... most of us non-native speaker, this distinction is almost imperceptible ...Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!
... better than the stupid pc speaker. even sampled or synthesized speech ... better than the stupid pc speaker which is still part of ...Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... bank. I did also a mod for interlacing in interupts. I ...need helpw with speccy i found in a binToday what a find, walking past a wheely bin I saw an atari box, after more investigation I uncovered a wood panel atari and a speccy plus leads for…
... comes out of an internal speaker in the spectrum itself and ... is sent to the TV speaker. The way around this audio ... little) static through the TV speaker.
I had the ...Two questions from New Spectrum OwnerI've just got an original 48k rubber key version, but have a couple of questions.... 1. I can't seem to get a stable picture, the screen is a darkis…
... the Spectrum's in built speaker. Ensure the EAR lead is ...Original 48K soundI can't remember, it's been so long since I've used one of those rubber-keyed beauties. So can someone tell me whether it's possible to mute the soun…
... up to one of the speaker leads. This way you could ...Favourite latest generation consolesDisregarding previous consoles, out of today's big three, which console do you prefer? Gamecube? PS2? or Microsoft Halo-player? I'm wildly predi…
... without needing any form of mod-chip *may* have affected software ...Playstation????Does anybody know where I can get hold of a good speccy emulator for the playstation 1? I see there are a couple on here but how on earth do I get th…
... you don't need a Mod chip with those. If you ... Mod it you may only need ...Is there a way to convert .AY to .MID file?actually, I need only note lengths, beginings and so on. I don't need any FX or speciality effects.
... converted Sound Tracker files to .MOD (without samples of course : ) If ... the case then several PC MOD Trackers (Modplug tracker for instance ... ) can convert MOD to MIDI with pretty decent ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... were a way to make MOD out of wav files or ... a wav or mp3 to mod or med ... anyway im going ...no sound from my 48k spectrumI'v just brought a rubber keyed 48k Spectrum and a load of games from a boot sale for ?5.00 and it all works exept for the sound their is nothing com…
it's either the little transistor amplifier that has blown - or sometimes one of the wires on the speaker breaks - they're like hairs and get pulled off the solder connections very easily.I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…
... Ultimately there is a single speaker that mixes all the " ... the AY driving a small speaker (ie the beeper) ... the SID driving a small speaker (ie the beeper) ... and the linearity of the speaker. I wouldn't be ... direct cpu control of a speaker. What these chips allow ...Need a tape player with 7-pin connection for my Acorn ElectronI was given an Acorn Electron recently (retro videogaming is my hobby and I collect all the old consoles and computers) but it didn't come with a cas…
You won't have motor control without a 7 pin DIN cable. Acorn's players for the BBC and Electron are quite common on ebay. The Electron one is smaller and has no speaker and is styled like the Electron.
