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Speccy Tunning ProblemHi all, I've just acquired a 1982 series 2 Spectrum 48K boxed in mint condition the only thing missing is the demo tape. Anyway tried to tune it in …
... up the machine and everything looks fine the only thing I ... problem or is it dead Speccy ?
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Looking to Buy a Speccy!Hi chums! I am living in the US and would love to have a real Speccy. I know there will be major issues with using it because of the differences be…
... love to have a real Speccy. I know there will be ... I posted this in the wrong place by the way! -
BooHoo....Broken Speccy on 25th anniversary!Speccy broke today (today of all days!!) I'm presented with black screen on power up, anybody any ideas what might have gone wrong and any repair ti…
Speccy broke today (today of all days!!)
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Speccy Green Beret for the Gameboy ColorThis is classed as unfinished, but it looks fairly complete to me. Basically, it's Joffa Smith's Spectrum conversion redone with a splash of colour f…
... classed as unfinished, but it looks fairly complete to me. Basically ... memories of playing that old Speccy classic. Not only that, it ... -
Remade Speccy game. Chaos.I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place. But if I write Speccy and games then I'm sure it is now! Anyways... Just in case some people …
... place. But if I write Speccy and games then I'm ... the Amiga called Total Chaos. Looks fab (although its not the ... get to see what it looks like.
The game ... -
Speccy Tour 2007.Hi everyone. Yes, its that time of the year again. The Speccy Tour 2007 is coming :) To try and make the Tour more enjoyable for everyone, we have …
... the year again. The Speccy Tour 2007 is coming ... coming Monday. The exact schedule looks like this:
Speccy Tour 2007: 22/10 - ... eye on the official Speccy Tour section on HARP ...
Finally, we the Speccy Tour team, hope that YOU ... -
Upcoming Retro Gamer (late Feb) - Speccy specialJust got the latest one, however the preview for the next issue seems superb. The Making of... Manic Miner Martyn Carroll takes an in depth look at…
... Miner of Speccy logo on the front cover it looks like, looking ... -
Retro Gamer - Speccy specialJust got this issue ! Hmm not so keen on the front cover but its very 'Spectrum' looking obviously ! Like the Crash style in the corner Ohhh nice …
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Making of Manic Miner looks very cool, every screen shown ... about each one.
Looks to be a good Matthew ... /> Its cool having so much Speccy stuff in this issue, be ... -
Is it wrong to think of mass in this way?Went to mass this evening. The mass sheet that you pick up at the door is four pages long, with each page consisting of three columns of text. As we …
... the levels in your favourite speccy game.
For example ... /> Does anybody else think it wrong to think of mass in ... -
un-identifiable speccy graphics/screen$[I]lockett[/I] brought me to this idea ([URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19824"]here[/URL] ) by his thread I could remem…
... hands actually?
it looks for a piece of harp ... the other weirdnesses in the speccy graphics they found.
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Speccy's most popular countries?I always wanted to know which countries had the most love for the Speccy (I'm petty like that) so I spent a while trying to get info, as far as i can…
... the most love for the Speccy (I'm petty like that ... have any of the orders wrong could people tell me this ... -
Problem with Speccy GraphicsI'm creating a couple of background images for the BombJack Editor using Photoshop (I can't seem to get my head around the graphics editor in BASin).…
... the whole principle of the speccy's attributes, ie the "paper ... . I'm obviously doing something wrong... -
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 …
... regular RC keyboard and a Speccy, rip them apart and put ... electronics and contacts into the Speccy's housing.
Since ... or +, but no bigger) that looks good but is beyond repair ... -
If speccy games were made into movies - actors?The "Films not based on speccy games" thread got me thinking, what if some original speccy games had been made into a movie? And then, who would have…
The "Films not based on speccy games" thread got me thinking, ... what if some original speccy games had been made into ... fitted the role purely on looks and totally ignoring acting skills ... -
Graphic enhancements in games!(this message was also posted at [url]http://www.retroremakes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12431[/url]) Hello to everyone! A couple of years ago I …
... -fledged remake. At least for Speccy, in many cases gameplay and ... the next frame, the program looks for the pictures from the ... " pictures" are created in double resolution (screen size 256*2 x ... -
How does the Speccy deal with the Character Set?Hi All, Can anyone spare a little time to explain to me the basic Assembly method of how the Speccy interprets and retrieves Characters to print on …
... Assembly method of how the Speccy interprets and retrieves Characters to ... word together? I may be wrong, but I suspect that there ... /> I also suspect that the Speccy 'sees' the example sentence above ... explain to me how the Speccy [B]actually deals[/B] with ... -
Computer or console: Which do you prefer for games?Yep, the old argument again. I was talking about this yesterday to a mate (a World of Warcraft addict) who doesn't like consoles, and neither I (who …
... the difference. The comparitively low resolution of a console game has ... never had a really low resolution console such as the Atari ... from the Megadrive/SNES upwards looks fine to me.
Speccy/C64/ST/Amiga etc, this ... -
Fairlight 2 128K is wrong file?On the Fairlight 2 page: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Fairlight+II$&pub=^The+Edge+Software$&model=spectrum&loadpics=3 the fi…
... ]54976[/FONT]"
seems wrong, as if youo load it ... .zip[/URL] 35348
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The Life Of The ZX81I was thinking about this on my way to work this morning? What if the Spectrum had come out in late ?84 or even 1985? Would the ZX81 have had a longe…
... for it. Albeit in low resolution and slower!
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Best / Most iconic Speccy game packaging!Not the artwork or anything, just the boxes used. Nowadays, a system more-or-less sticks to the same type of packaging throughout its life, but the …
... throughout its life, but the Speccy went through so many changes ... PC box [/B]: Spattered throughout Speccy history, but becoming more widely ... think really defines what a Speccy game on the Shelf ... cracking like its Avalon brother. Looks nice and neat on the ... -
Desperately need help with .TAP file bug (probably a wrong value error)I'm trying to create a .tap file with Java and have been following the specification at [url]http://www.zxmodules.de/fileformats/tapformat.html[/url…
... advise where I have gone wrong - I think the error is ... [] convert(){
// Create the Speccy basic - "2" is for flag ... -
Ever get the feeling your in the wrong job?This has just popped up in my Facebook feed. [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/5924506/Pair-land-30000-a-year-zombi…
... the feeling your in the wrong kob? I'd love to ... been there yet, but it looks good. It had [I]only ... -
Lo Profile Speccy 48 keyboard for sale on FleabayHi I just thought I'd give people a heads-up that I am going to list a boxed and unused Lo Profile keyboard on Fleabay. I just opened the box and wo…
... collection, but keeping my 48K speccy, ZX81, ST and Amiga for ... /> Aaaaand they spelt the address wrong too! Or was that Sinclair ... -
Doubling the Spectrum's resolution?Before the advent of digital, PAL TV sets had a resolution of about 702x576 pixels. It was overscanned (i.e. the edges of the broadcast picture would…
... - subtract 10% from the screen resolution, or 20% for things that ... and thereby double the vertical resolution of the Spectrum display. It ... look bad if it guesses wrong, but the user can fix ... and saturation) at half the resolution of the monochrome (the ... -
Pc to speccy?Not been on here for a while, but after watching some of BBC4's electric dreams programmes it has given me the urge to get my old speccy out. So ye…
... urge to get my old speccy out.
So yesterday I ... my faithful old rubber keyed speccy - what at the moment is ... dedicated Composite out on the speccy?
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Jonathan Cauldwell writes.I also found this in me old archives, which was actually written by Jonathan Cauldwell. Again, typos and editorial tags included for authenticity ;-)…
... of a 256x192 pixel monochrome display with a low-resolution 32x24 colour ... Cauldwell?s recent and innovative Speccy games
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ZX81 more powerful than the Speccy?I have been reading ?The ZX Spectrum Book 1982 - 199x? by Andrew Rollings (thanks again, Andrew - it?s a great read!). There are some comments in the…
... to me before.
It looks like they couldn?t really ... ?. It seems like when the Speccy came along they just didn ... , colour and sound for the Speccy but it just didn?t ... more powerful machine than the Speccy!!
I don?t ...Looks like the VCF is hotting up to be a good one...... and needs more Speccy goodness, says the organizer (who says basically there's hardly any Sinclair presence confirmed at the moment... we're in d…
... and needs more Speccy goodness, says the organizer (who ... are coming together by the looks of it. I'm already ...Most touching AY music on a Speccy?Speccy music composers have shown us that the the AY chip can do much more than it originally was meant for. There are many tunes that I like and adm…
... of AY music, it looks like all that is done ... 't we use the Speccy to play something similar to ... touching, epic music to the Speccy somehow, either by digitised samples ... etc. I know the Speccy's AY doesn't work ... type of music to the Speccy!
/me ...ula bookula book is here: [url]http://www.zxdesign.info/book/[/url] can i post sam coupe stuff here - she kind of is a speccy if you stuff the speccy rom i…
... of is a speccy if you stuff the speccy rom in ram ... to be travelling in the wrong direction
nebulus cyberun ... effect of doubling the vertical resolution without increasing the bandwidth per ... not a port that the speccy can control unlike the zx81 ...
