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  • Speculation on future Spectrum pricesIs buying a boxed spectrum a good investment? Which models do you think will appreciate in price the most? Discuss

    ... gessing, I`d say the Spectrum + (128K version) which I think is ... different from the normal 128K spectrum...

    There`s always ... the amount that even a Spectrum will be worth in ten ... people who would love a Spectrum... not traded as a money ...
    CKay CKay August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speculation on future Spectrum pricesIs buying a boxed spectrum a good investment? Which models do you think will appreciate in price the most? Discuss

    Just seen a Spectrum + 128K sell on Ebay for ?1.86!
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Car boot PricesYesterday i went to a well known car boot sale up here in lancashire , i spotted a box of speccy games on a table , its ages since ive seen any at a …

    ... own ?3

    ZX Spectrum 128k+ heatsink model with tape deck ...
    Deano7649 Deano7649 August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A few questions regarding EmuZwinI had posted this in the development forum and then remembered there was an emulators forum, so apologies for the repetition. 1. I have been trying …

    ... have something to do with contended memory, but don't know a ... 's almost certainly due to contended memory. See the CSS FAQ for ... the details on memory contention.

    [quote]
    Woody Woody August 2004 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... />
    Spectrum 48k
    Spectrum 128k +2 (two of them)
    Spectrum 128k +2b
    VincentAC VincentAC August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... :
    Timex 2048 (changed into 128K model by Yarek)
    Junior ... last times, weird).
    ZX SPECTRUM+ 128K (British, Black).
    Sprinter (well ...
    Yerz Yerz August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …

    ... i can recommend you Real Spectrum and Spin (both of them ... alows basic tracing, Real Spectrum can load memory directly by a raw ...
    Fikee Fikee August 2004 Development
  • Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …

    ... display is drawn and display memory (16384->23295) is ... access.

    The memory region where the z80 and ... might simultaneously access is called 'contended memory' and a detailed description ... FAQ.

    This contended region is not limited to ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2004 Development
  • Computer wizards : Please educate me.............Ive never been much of a computer wizard, and im the type that rather than go figure things out for himself, would rather just ask other people who k…

    ... load every game into a 128K, or +2.

    Remember ... / or sometimes even load in 128K mode or the Tape Loader ... 1987, 48K mode on a Spectrum 128K will do the trick.
    Spector Spector September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …

    ... at #6000, which is in contended memory, and this will have a ...
    dmsmith dmsmith September 2004 Development
  • Techy Z80 questions****** Question 1 ****** Take the instruction SET b, (HL). This is broken down (in machine cycles) as follows (according to Microprocessor Technolo…

    ... ? Reconstructing the breakdown from the contended memory timings in the FAQ isn ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall September 2004 Development
  • Wanted: Code to wait until Border has been drawnWhen my IM2 interrupt fires, I want to wait until the ULA is past the first line of display before drawing. I know I need to wait about 14300T after…

    ... can do this either with contended memory (trivial), or by executing a ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall September 2004 Development
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... the differences between 48k and 128k speccys as all the ... />
    surely the 48k and 128k were vastly different and not ... executed commodore effort of a 128k?????
    [/quote]

    ... chip and obviously they had 128k of memory, which meant that many ...
    Swainy Swainy September 2004 Games
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    Remember that the Spectrum also dominated the market in ... just Eastern Europe.
    The Spectrum 128K actually came out in Spain ... C64 being No1 or the Spectrum being No1, but in the ... made the point that the Spectrum was also achieved great things ...
    Spector Spector September 2004 Games
  • The Black And Grey Spectrum......I think I got this right - Black Speccy - +2 Grey Speccy - +2A Is this right......... I had a +2 along time ago and Frank Bruno's boxing would not…

    ... .


    +2 - grey - Spectrum 128k with a tape deck wodged ... removed.

    +2a - black - Spectrum 128k with a fucked up ROM ...
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • NTSC Spectrums?Being in the U.S., I missed the whole ZX Spectrum thing in Europe in the 80's. I've never seen an actual ZX Spectrum. I know that in the states the…

    Is the Spectrum 128K (pictured on the front page ... ) 100% compat w/ the ZX Spectrum 16K / 48K ? It has RGB ...
    blakespot blakespot November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Straw Poll - Wot machine did u get after the SpeccyOK here goes, after the speccy with no time line; Atari st520 (Great great sound and music) Super Nintendo (Some great games) Playstation 1 (Now) P…

    - Spectrum 48K (rubber)
    - Spectrum 128K (heatsink-type, loved it)
    - ...
    J?rg Pleumann J?rg Pleumann November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Only two new posts in 2 days?What on earth is the Spectrum community coming to? Finally run out of things to talk about? Things are so bad, we may have to resurrect the old bea…

    ... , the SAM Coupe and a Spectrum 128K with Beta Basic 4 are ...
    CKay CKay December 2004 Games
  • Can anyone help?Got a bit of a recurrent problem here when it comes to duplicating the Cronosoft tapes, i was wondering if anyone can help. I'm getting loads of ret…

    ... 've tested it on my Spectrum 128K with no problems at all ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers January 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • For Sale: 2 Spectrums and Lots of games (List in post)All Sold, Thanks [ This Message was edited by: Speed on 2005-09-07 11:32 ]

    Hey, Speed.

    I may be interested in the Spectrum + 128k (not the +2) depending on the condition and price. Would you be interested in a deal just for this?
    redballoon redballoon February 2005 Sales
  • DEC BC/LD A,B/OR C/JP NZ,loopyesterday i saw nice trick:[code] dec bc ld a, b or c jp nz, loop can be replaced (bc starts >255, short jump) by: dec bc inc b djnz loop [/code] …

    Saves only 1 cycle when the branch is taken though. Also it would be far slower if the code was in contended memory.
    Woody Woody February 2005 Development
  • Best looking ZX?Its no contest for sure.

    ... can't help liking the 128K too...

    That heatsink ... -Boxes to look like the Spectrum 128K yet. (I understand that they ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers February 2005 Games
  • Post your photos!I recently got around to posting some photos of me on the net. I can remember a thread a few years ago where people posted their photos - let's do i…

    [url="http://zx-spectrum.wz.cz/images/me.jpg"]http://zx-spectrum.wz.cz/images/me.jpg[/url]

    1985 ... the year of ZX Spectrum 128K and the year of deep communism :D.
    Pavero Pavero February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best in-game music?Any platform, which is why this thread is here and not in Games. :) Nominate as few or as many as you like, in order or not. :) Mine (in this order…

    ... - C64
    Dragons Lair 2 - Spectrum 128k
    Zoids - C64

    Rainbird Rich Rainbird Rich February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Interrupt timingsHow long does the ULA hold /INT low for on interrupt on each of the Spectrum models?

    ... says 36T on my real Spectrum 128K (black).

    BTW, maybe ... for 48K and 35T for 128K... looks like I have a ...
    Luca Luca March 2005 Development
  • 1st Spectrum Game you ever played!I remember the very 1st spectrum game I ever played was Hunchback in my garage with a friend on a mini black and white TV in about 84... I was hooked…

    The first spectrum game I played was Robot ... the "action pack" with my spectrum 128k+2a and the other games ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 March 2005 Games
  • PAW adventuresIs there anybody here who did develop new PAW adventures (with the Spectrum or with WinPAW) like Colin Woodcock ("Blink"). I solved that adventure at…

    ... V3 games using the Spectrum 128's memory instead of a physical ... , of course, can convert a Spectrum PAWed game into a PC ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 April 2005 Development
  • Speccy muzak makingAnybody know where I could get a guide to music making using Speccy basic? Is there a repository of music converted into speccy PLAY commands or BEE…

    What can I use to compose Spectrum 128k AY Muzak?
    robpearmain robpearmain April 2005 Development
  • How many T-states takes PUSH DE ?Hi. Just a quick one. According to z80.info docs, a PUSH DE should take 11 T-States to be executed. But WHAT if SP is pointing to Contended Memory,…

    ... /> (if Programm Counter is in contended memory then insert states)

    (if SP points to contented memory then insert cycles)

    (if SP points to contented memory then insert cycles)

    Fikee Fikee April 2005 Development
  • ORG? Mm?What is ZXSpin compaining about when I haven't defined an ORG? I understand it's some sort of address where the code will be stored. If this is the …

    Org 32768 would place your code in the top 32k (away from contended memory)
    dansauk dansauk May 2005 Development
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