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  • Loading into the Spectrum's mic socketI was wondering if someone could explain something to me that I've never understood. When loading programs the standard way by connecting a tape play…

    ... someone could explain something to me that I've ... connecting a tape player to the Spectrum's ear socket, some programs ... refuse to load. By connecting the tape player to the Spectrum's mic socket, the ... even be loaded via the Spectrum's mic socket anyway? Surely ...
    Sabreman64 Sabreman64 May 2008 Hardware
  • Recent Returnee to the spectrum fold needs hardware adviceHi all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. This is my first post to this forum after I stumbled on this site just a few weeks ago, i only reg…

    ... to the spectrum +3 disk format from my PC to then port the disk over into the ... drive a of the spectrum +3 ... stuff unless it's on the a drive (according to the forums i'm ... one big block of binary data? Or is it like some ...
    Modern Games are rubbish! Modern Games are rubbish! October 2007 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... which corresponds to twice the Spectrum's screen resolution, plus the screen border.
    the vertical resolution of the Spectrum display. It should ... />
    1. The Spectrum cannot automatically synchronise to the "odd-numbered" field, so ...
    ajmoss ajmoss October 2009 Hardware
  • Games you envied on other systems (but were never converted to the Spectrum)I will admit it: there were times when I considered getting a Commodore 64. Not because I didn't love the Spectrum, but because Llamasoft games almos…

    ... because I didn't love the Spectrum, but because Llamasoft games ... to port to the Spectrum. But programmers got better and the "impossible" games started to ... could keep me in Lasky's / Mr Cad for hours ... , although G.L.A.S.S. on the Spectrum was similar
    < ...
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey August 2015 Games
  • Moving to the U.S.I've noticed that a few members here (Beanz, Andrew, etc.) moved from the U.K. to the U.S. Does that mean that the U.S.'s still a better place to liv…

    ... from the U.K. to the U.S. Does that mean that the U.S.'s still ... people want to leave the U.K. and come to the U.S. The British pound ... nice to read the thoughts of those who had to move to the U.S. or to ...
    zxbruno zxbruno July 2007 Chit chat
  • If they've have been ported to the Spectrum...Spec-chums, There were many games that for various reasons never made it to the spectrum. As an aside to the If they'd have been released in the 80s…

    ... never made it to the spectrum. As an aside to the If they'd ... have been released in the ... kick one off on the games that should've ... would've been ported to the spectrum and ask what are ... II would do better on the speccy, but beyond Stonkers ...
    SnakeOilSteve SnakeOilSteve March 2008 Games
  • Could Spelunky be good on the Spectrum?For years people have been telling me I have to play Spelunky (a PC game), and when I did I found a nice little game that seems like a good candidate…

    ... addition to the Spectrum's library. Plus it's open source, so anyone wanting to port the game to the Spectrum ... won't have to ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2016 New game ideas
  • i want to buy my first speccy(UK)[B][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Hi all been told this is the best website forum to ask so i want to get in the next few months rather a specturm 48k or 128k…

    ... your way these days. The easiest way to load stuff into a ... with its sound output connected to the Spectrum's EAR port. I don't think ... " 128K (the one with the heatsink), you need only connect the Spectrum to the PC and ...
    Winston Winston April 2007 Hardware
  • What WAS going to be bundled with Bandersnatch?Just saw a documentary about the death of Imagine ( [url]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1012096952890708986[/url] ) and apparently they wer…

    ... could be something along the lines of the following:

    [/QUOTE ... they attached an Amiga motherboard to the Spectrum's expansion port? :)
    Fizza Fizza June 2007 Games
  • What WAS going to be bundled with Bandersnatch?Just saw a documentary about the death of Imagine ( [url]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1012096952890708986[/url] ) and apparently they wer…

    ... they attached an Amiga motherboard to the Spectrum's expansion port? :)[/QUOTE]

    *grin ... is just maths, RAM, joystick port, and an AY sound chip.
    NickH NickH June 2007 Games
  • [NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…

    ... br /> Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K ... port $fb for Pentagon and port ... s snapshots.

    o Exporting of raw machine code and data ... to the APPS key, the Scroll Lock key is now also mapped to
    the Spectrum's ... serial number within the next ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle December 2003 Emulators
  • The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…

    ... was easier to just stick all the level data into the 128K's memory, so ... you could get out of the Spectrum, even without specialist hardware and ... (I just used the Multiface 128, Genie disassembler, the Spectrum +2 manual and ...
    Jmk Jmk May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • k7zx, a utility to load programs to Spectrum at very high speedk7zx is a windows program that convert .tap, .tzx , .sna and .z80 files to a wav file that can be played to a real Spectrum. You can down load it f…

    ... is that can load data to the Spectrum at very high speed ... 19 kps depending on Spectrum model and PC's sound card. This ... converted. Only the ones that fulfil the Spectrum standard load.
    the higher speeds. It's funny that sometimes works in a real spectrum ...
    decicoder decicoder January 2007 Development
  • Port Chuzzle Deluxe for Windows to the ZX Spectrum?Hi all, I've been looking around for a Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum game that's very similar to a Windows game called "Chuzzle Deluxe", but haven't b…

    ... or ZX Spectrum game that's very similar to a Windows ... there's anybody reading this thread who would like to port Chuzzle to the Spectrum, ... good idea if the game was renamed to something like " ... Pop Goes The Furball" :D !!
    timsquirrel timsquirrel September 2007 Development
  • Writing to the screen from a bufferI?m designing a game and am spending a bit of time trying different ideas before I commit my self. I?m currently thinking of writing data to a buffer…

    ... of writing data to a buffer and then writing this ?back buffer? to the screen. Can the ... whole screen be drawn from the ... not, what is the maximum amount of data that can be drawn ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside June 2009 Development
  • Spectrum PLAY > MIDI-out > PC Midi-IN > Play?Now that I know that the Spectrum isn't prepared to handle MIDI-in data I would like to experiment with MIDI-out. But since I don't have a keyboard a…

    ... like to find a way to trick the Spectrum into sending the MIDI data to the PC's MIDI ... the tune. Can it be done? Spectaculator, for example, can redirect the aux port's data to the ...
    zxbruno zxbruno October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Ocean?s never-released games for the SpectrumI was having a look at the Ocean?s softography and I came across many interesting games, specially in the early 90s which were not published for the …

    ... was having a look at the Ocean?s softography and I came ... across many interesting games, specially in the ... you think would be easy to convert to the Spectrum??

    -Ivanhoe
    Ivanzx Ivanzx April 2012 New game ideas
  • Difficult to find upper RAM fault.I've recently repaired an issue 3B 48K Spectrum that had a tricky to diagnose upper RAM fault, so I thought I'd post a report of what I found here. …

    ... addresses, from high to low, writing the decimal value 2 to each one. This ... a logic analyser to the Spectrum's CPU and capturing the time when the RAM-READ ... assume that system variables and data structures etc. were then established ...
    Zorn Zorn April 2012 Hardware
  • Get Dexter! - why was this never ported to the Spectrum?One non-Spectrum game I always wanted to be brought to our rubber keyed friend was the Amstrad CPC isometric adventure Get Dexter (originally called …

    One non-Spectrum game I always wanted to be brought to our rubber keyed ... for the Speccy? I see there's an Infoseek entry for a Spectrum ... . What did you have to do in the games, how did GD2 ... ? Would it have hurt the game irreparably to have been in monochrome ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2012 Chit chat
  • Microcontrollers and the SpectrumBeing unusually busy lately, I didn?t get a chance to comment at the time on a remark in an older thread, but I shall take the liberty of doing it no…

    ... fast enough I/O to directly connect to the Spectrum bus, and you ... a ?Parallel Slave Port?, composed of: 8 data (3-state), ... specifically intended to directly connect to some other system?s data bus. < ... a more convenient way to interface serial devices (but not ...
    Dan Antohi Dan Antohi January 2013 Hardware
  • 119 Spectrum Games - ?1.99 back to the 80'sI am clearing out all my spectrum games. ***** NOW ALL 99p + postage and packaging ***** They have been reduced from 9.99/7.49/4.99 to ?1.99... Thes…

    ... />
    These have been discounted to ?1.99 + Postage.
    ...
    Ideal to boost collection or for traders ... .

    118 Titles to go through. I will post ... />
    I am clearing out the Spectrum Games.[URL="http://stores.ebay ...
    darren_edd darren_edd June 2013 Sales
  • Songs of the Spectrum's Heydeys - 1983Ok, we did 1982 the year the Spectrum was released. But now on to 1983 which was the year Sinclair computers were selling in very big numbers. For me…

    ... did 1982 the year the Spectrum was released. But now on to 1983 which ... was the year ... year's pop music. Songs of this year began to typify the ... 80s sound largely in part to the lower ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk November 2020 Chit chat
  • Commitment to none "Spectrum" computers------------------------------------------ Im sorry that I`ve been unable to browse and search past topics regarding this, but I get logged off a 8 a…

    ... SOO close to the Spectrum...

    Mainly I`m reffering to the Sinclair QL ... or it`s members have any interest in the QL? archiving the software ... />
    P.S. I was also gonna mention the SAM Coupe in ...
    CKay CKay July 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Spectrum Oscars...Seeing as it's nearly Oscars time; I thought it would be fun to have one of our own. So get your votes in folks :) 1) Best spectrum game 2) Best gfx…

    ... s nearly Oscars time; I thought it would be fun to ... game
    4) Best spectrum programmer
    5) Best ... 's kinda obvious)
    6) Lifetime achievement award for the ... individual that has contributed the greatest
    to the spectrum games ...
    Parky Parky February 2005 Games
  • Two new games submitted to the Spectrum Games Compo!There's two new entries to the SGC. [B]Pamela, the Zombie Slayer[/B] for the M/C category and [B]BASIC rally[/B] for the BASIC category. [url="http:…

    ... 's two new entries to the SGC. [B]Pamela, the Zombie Slayer[/B] for the ... [B]BASIC rally[/B] for the BASIC category.

    [url ...
    na_th_an na_th_an July 2005 Games
  • help me identify this TYPE-IN for the Spectrum back in '83I've had an amazing time downloading some of the type-ins on this site and bring back lots of fantastic memories (I can still remember typing in Stas…

    ... in, which I'm yet to track down...

    ... teenagers I was heavily into the movie, TRON. A magazine ... player has to surround the other players line

    The screen ... themselves were made up of the Spectrum's keyboard graphics, but looked really ...
    DaxTrajero DaxTrajero July 2005 Games
  • Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…

    ... 1984 at the same time that the ZX Spectrum + came out, pushing the Spectrum price ... later. Software houses expected the C64 to take over that Christmas, and ... of the only countries that Sinclair had the money to properly market the machine ...
    Spector Spector December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A new Apple 1 emulator for the SpectrumHi all, I'm happy to announce a new Apple 1 emulator for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum! It's a port of Simon Owen's Apple 1 emulator for the SAM coupe to…

    ... 1 emulator for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum! It's a port of Simon Owen ... 's Apple 1 emulator for the ... SAM coupe to the Spectrum ...
    UTom71 UTom71 June 2007 Announcements
  • Understanding extensions to the BASIC parserFor a while, I've had a rather 'rinkety dink' extension to BASIC via an RST 8 trap in hardware, just so that I can send stuff to a Spectrum over ethe…

    ... command for me, and return to the Spectrum ROM, it traps again, ... once). Also, the Spectrum ROM routines to get the two numeric parameters ... understand what's going on by just copying the code in ... anyone (Gasman perhaps since he's doing a replacement ROM) ...
    Winston Winston March 2008 Development
  • hi all in new to the spectrum need helphi all this is the fist spectrum iv owned and i need a bit of help iv got a zx +3e with an 512 cf card hdd and a 3.5 disk drive as b: iv formated…

    hi all this is the fist spectrum iv owned and i need ... />
    iv formated the hdd ok

    the problem im having ... is transfering stuff from the pc to the zx the drive can format and ...
    jimbob005 jimbob005 April 2009 Hardware
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