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Extension for 128k + 3 keyboardHi everyone. Im working to put the plus 3 inside a pc at tower and already replaced its psu for a pc at one and its 3" drive for a 3.5" one. Im worki…
... psu for a pc at one and its 3" drive for ... a 3.5" one. Im working on the keyboard, soldering some wires ... so i can extend the keyboard for about 1 meter from ... -
*New steel keyboard back plate for 48k+ and 128k+Hi, As you may recall(a few posts back), I did a sort of modification of the original keyboard backplate. I found a company that made a few for me fr…
... of modification of the original keyboard backplate.
I found a ... specifications of the original plastic one.
I'm not sure ... interested but decided to put one on ebay.
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PROBS : Building a Spectrum +2 into a custom caseHi guys, I’m rebuilding my Spectrum +2 into a new case at the mo (an Acorn A410 case to be precise). I’ve got the motherboard in which h…
... this case is that one PSU powers the main ... added a socket for an external tape to be connected ... to remove the 2 keyboard connectors from the main ... to use the original keyboard connectors in a new ... which will house the original keyboard (I know that sounds ... -
What hardware Sinclair and not related has everybody got?Just had to try to list all my clutter in the attic and my dads garage (this has got a bit out of hand), anybody else got as much Retro as this (boug…
... diskdrive version)
2*Sx64 (one is in bad conditon for ... *A500 v1.3 (1 with external hd)
1*a500+ (with ... *cd32 (one is for spares, 1 has sx32 attached for keyboard hd ... -
If there's ONE thing that......frustrated you about the spectrum when you were a kid (not now) what would it have been? 1) The attribute colour problem 2) The sound 3) The size…
... sound
3) The size/keyboard
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New Spectrum, new Spectrum... what about the old one?Suppose Amstrad were to release not a new spectrum but the old one, plain and simple. Well, "rapackaged", say the 128k with a proper keyboard, or wha…
... new spectrum but the old one, plain and simple. Well, "rapackaged ... the 128k with a proper keyboard, or whatever, even just exactly ... clash, I'd get myself one if the price was fair ... -
Sam Coupe Keyboard Has any one got a broken Sam or a sam keyboard they are willing to sell to me? thanks, Steve(spt)
Has any one got a broken Sam or a sam keyboard they are willing to sell to me?
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The Rubber Keyboard Muffler.One of those long forgotten memories arose from my mind the other day. The great invention of the Rubber Keyboard Muffler aka the pillow. Let me e…
One of those long forgotten memories ... great invention of the Rubber Keyboard Muffler aka the pillow.
KeyboardHow do you build a keyboard? I'm thinking of... ...maybe, like- scavenging an old PC one and redo the circuitry or something. I need it for a ZX comp…
How do you build a keyboard?
I'm thinking of... ...maybe, like- scavenging an old PC one and redo the circuitry or something. I need it for a ZX computer..OT: mouse problem on PC... help!I recently bought a laptop, and it is great, except for one minor problem; I cannot use a mouse wheel on it. Everything else works fine, all programs…
... it is great, except for one minor problem; I cannot use ... everything, and both the external mouse and the keyboard pointer thing (whatever ... middle of the laptop's keyboard that you move to control ... , except that when using an external mouse, then that mouse's ...DK'Tronics keyboardAnyone else ever owned this keyboard? [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/hardware/feat14.html"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/hardware/feat14.html…
Anyone else ever owned this keyboard?
[url="http://www. ... friends for having the rubber one at the time, whilst I ...An idea for a keyboardHi guys, I was just thinking there just now (first time for everything). I was thinking about an AT keyboard on the Speccy. I remember a few peopl…
... about ways of extending their keyboard for projects like building Speccys ... />
A standard AT keyboard runs on a serial protocol ... PIC microcontroller to decode the keyboard input and convert to a ... any sense? I'm sure one of those crazy speccy programmers ...changing keyboard inputs?hey guys, a curious (if somewhat silly) question / problem i have... You know those classic Horace games from which my nick' is so blatently stole…
... the god-awful choice of keyboard controls for it? well... this ... !!
you see... the (one and only) emulator only gives ... a long arduous task, but one i am willing to undertake ...2-player games common on the Speccy, rare on the PC, keyboard as the cause?Hello everyone Does the Spectrum have an edge over semi-modern (from the 90's) computers, when it comes down to keyboard input speed? I've always …
... of the spectrum to the one of the PC, that comparatively ... I do remember one fighting game where sometimes one player would interfere ... bit). Is it the PC keyboard that communicates much more slowly ... CPU, than the corresponding speccy one? This is just a wild ...What was the +2 and +3 keyboard like compared to the 128 and + one?I had a Spectrum 128, which had the infamous plastic-but-spongy keys. It was fine for games where you only had to press a handful of keys repeatedly,…
... /> Was the +2 and +3 keyboard any better? It certainly looks ...One chip MSX (Altera FPGA)Hello, has anyone seen [URL="http://www.bazix.nl/onechipmsx.html"]this[/URL]? It's an one chip MSX 1/2 hardware device, completely re-programmable i…
... "]this[/URL]? It's an one chip MSX 1/2 hardware ... card slot to mouse and keyboard. Very neat hardware box, I ... plans to manufacture a second one.
/PedroKeyboard Recognition problemHey Yo! After accidently breaking the old keyboard membrane in my ZX Spectrum 128k last week i have now replaced it with a new one. I have installed…
... /> After accidently breaking the old keyboard membrane in my ZX Spectrum ... replaced it with a new one. I have installed the new ...48k one dead, one dodgyhello everyone. I have 2 48k spectrum +'s (the one with the QL case). Both boards have issue 3B on them near the speaker. The first will power up …
... 48k spectrum +'s (the one with the QL case).
one is a bit of a state.
The keyboard ... small keyboard membrane connector has snapped off the board. This one will ... from the coil. Is this one finished? I would be ... could fix the other one.ZX spectrum as a PC usb keyboard?One of my commodore brained friend showed me an interface which converts the keyboard of c64 to a standard usb keyboard. I quickly searched this for…
One of my commodore brained friend ... an interface which converts the keyboard of c64 to a standard ... usb keyboard.
I quickly ... and internet for zx usb keyboard, and nothing came up. ... tries to connect a zx keyboard to a pc via usb ...Keyboard Problem?Hey all. I'm Dave I'm in my last year of college before I go to University. I'm in the UK. I got a +2 a while back when I first told my mum and dad…
... up the main screen (the one with the 4 selections of ... top right(ish) of the keyboard works fine?
Do ...'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…
... I bought an Amstrad Speccy keyboard off an ebayer - not ... t actually have an Amstrad one) - but for my own ... 2 (or heaven forbid, USB keyboard). And cheap, too. The ... was expecting the Amstrad keyboard to have the usual ... membrane. But the Amstrad one has an 11 pin ...keyboard commandsHi all, I have a dk`tronics keyboard with some of the key letters missing from it. I have done a search on google to try to find letre sets (I think…
... /> I have a dk`tronics keyboard with some of the key ... spelling right)
Has any one any kind of link to ...PC Power supply for SpeccyHi all, after 13 years with out playing spectrum games I am eager to play the old games. Thus I got up to the garret checking my old stuff. Two of m…
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First one is an 48K with rubber keyboard. It misses the ... the Speccy or at any external interfaces?. I could not found ...Formula One: a Speccy driving game complete with free steering wheelWhenIWasCruel's mentioning of Voyage into the Unknown in the beautifully programmed thread made me discover this game. Apparently, Formula One by Sp…
... game.
Apparently, Formula One by Spirit Software came with ... supposed to roll over the keyboard. I quote: "It is designed ...Group Order of Internal/External Kempston Turbo InterfacesI have contact Velesoft ([url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/kmturbo-cz.htm[/url]) about the production of internal or external kempston turbo interfaces …
... the production of internal or external kempston turbo interfaces and he ... is 30 Euros for the external.
TKMouse in action ... cost will be for each one of us. It shouldn't ...speccy plus keyboard helppicked up a really clean boxed speccy + with a ton of games for ?4 from the local recycle centre yesterday, woohoo :) Anyhow on testing it powers up …
... very poor/weak, also the keyboard behaves in a very odd ... determined to get at least one fully working machine that's ...+2 gray external sound source socketHello I'm repairing an old +2 grey that was given to me, it was in a terrible state (damaged and in pieces). I've managed to repair the board using …
... cleaned the casing plastics and keyboard as much as i could ... modified in order to recieve external sound source, two sockets were ... a link or schematics for external sound source sockets installation on ...IF2 Joystick port on Keyboard connectorHi all, I just found this in the forums but I am not sure about the view to the keybord sockets. Are the connections give from the view to the comp…
... the cicuit board the two keyboard sockets (5 pin & 8 ... D : keyboard terminal
IF2 port 1 (this one needed if ... only using one port)
128 +2 KeyboardI've just bought an Amstrad +2 keyboard assembly (membrane and keys) on ebay to use with my Harlequin project. It was a steal at about 1 Euro ;-) It…
... just bought an Amstrad +2 keyboard assembly (membrane and keys) on ... this, or tried to use one of these keyboards with a ...Great new virtual keyboard!This won't be of use for emulators that run on machines that have real keyboards, of course, but for emulators that run on the XBox, PS2/3, PSP, Nint…
... have this great new virtual keyboard. You know how traditional virtual ... selected (highlighted) you press one of the four PSP buttons ... formation, so each corresponds to one of the four characters laid ... br />
This virtual keyboard is much better than the ...
