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  • The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…

    ... successfully loaded from the 128K +2's Tape Loader menu. Only later ... was extremely lucky not to have blown up my Spectrum - twice - on the ... and learn from.

    I stuck with the Spectrum way into ...
    peteprodge peteprodge September 2016 Games
  • Frying a 48K ZX Spectrum (revision 4A) with 10 V instead of 5 VHello I got a used zx spectrum. When I opened it up, there was no 5 V positive voltage regulator at the 10 V power inlet. Instead what would be in…

    ... a used zx spectrum. When I opened it up, there was no ... 't step the voltage down from 10 V to 5 V ... keyboard connected and I am not sure whether it needs it ... /does-a-zx-spectrum-without-a-keyboard-even-start)

    With ...
    Boojakascha Boojakascha April 2017 Hardware
  • What can I do with this donated Spectrum?Hi All Recently I was given a modified Speccy +2 to join my 8-64bit collection of retro computers/consoles. It took me a while to get up to speed…

    ... me a while to get up to speed on what's ... 's revision 3.1. From the Loader menu it runs a simple ... -Adding-TAP-file-contents-to-Spectrum-3e-DOS-partions&p ... partition.
    3. Before I start on the monumental task of ...
    Amarokada Amarokada September 2017 Hardware
  • ZEsarUX-7.1Hi! There’s a new stable version of ZEsarUX, version 7.1! The next 24th of September it will be 5 years old :) So this is a special anniversary…

    ... (plain ascii or Basic Spectrum data with tokens), . ... register on every cold start, instead of the ... />
    Improved menu:
    * menu windows: now can have ... you can move cursor up/down with mouse on ...
    *BCDE was not returning from a f_seek call
    chernandezba chernandezba September 2018 Emulators
  • ZX Spectrum +2A - problems loading from tapeI recently acquired a ZX Spectrum +2A, now the only item in my collection to be found is a [b]+2B[/b], and I got all from the MK14 to the PC200 ;-) …

    I recently acquired a ZX Spectrum +2A, now the only item ... a [b]+2B[/b], and I got all from the MK14 to ... for this type there does not seem to be a ... that drive belt that is not completely straight. It seems to ... run stable, not that the speed varies when ...
    georgedb georgedb April 2019 Hardware
  • Zero v0.8Pigs can apparently fly because it's the v0.8 update of Zero that no one asked for but is out for public consumption anyway. Grab it [url="https:/…

    ... find a valid one on start-up.
    * Replaced the ... /> * Moved RZX from Tools to a main menu item.
    * ... - Fixed issues with disks information not reflecting correctly on machine switch ... handling when loading SZX on Spectrum +3. (woody)
    - ...
    Arjun Arjun January 2022 Emulators
  • Anyone for a hacking challenge ?I have to get the DSK version of Tomahawk to work. It uses the well-known Digital Integration "SECURITY CODE" lock just like in Bobsled, ATF, etc. Th…

    ... I get the confirmation from BadBeard. Should I ... we start:-

    A ZX Spectrum or ZX Spectrum ... br />
    i) Start up Spin emulator and select View ... should now see a menu with three options, the ... tested that etc... But not forgetting to poke 8611 ...
    BadBeard BadBeard August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AY-3-8912 help !Hi all. Happy new yeay. I'm new to spectrum programming, and am interested in writing some music for the +2 AY chip. The problem is...I cant find …

    ... [/quote]

    I'm not an expert on the AY ... sample player, the computer will not be able to do anything ... usr0 mode: Start up as a 128K Spectrum, select 128 Basic from the menu, enter ... instrument samples using "LOAD SAMPLES" (not the same as "LOAD SAMPLE ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2004 Development
  • Advice needed - Xbox EmulatorsDoes anybody have experiance of using a speccy emulator with an Xbox ? My intention is to install Linux and then try and run an emulator (most like…

    ... (which could be generated from FuseX, for games that ... right keyboard would bring up the emulator menu.

    The ... the virtual Spectrum was in BASIC entry mode, not that that ... W respectively. [Xbox START] simulates pressing Spectrum ENTER, so it would ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2006 Emulators
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... .htm+%2B1982+%2B%22Time+Magazine%22+%2B%22person+of+ ... into programming and electronics not into the games playing. ... thought they were filling up the club with idiots ... the Spectrum's in Europe.

    From my ... like Softsync did in fact start to do that.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • FuseX on the Xbox :releases, testing and feedbackI'm creating a new thread here to continue on from the thread about emulators on the Xbox ([url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php…

    ... I should (getting up early for work should ... SGD (Spectrum Games Database, available from World of Spectrum) does ... ; etc.[/B]

    [B]* Not an important suggestion at all ... files on the main menu, so we could have ... to get to the start of the game. This ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2007 Emulators
  • DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…

    ... Interface from 128K Mode on the Spectrum 128K, Spectrum +2, +2A, +2B or ... its normal for 7th reality not to work.
    What ... on the Spectrum 128K and you should get the normal start up screen ... with the various options to start 128K ...
    rwap rwap February 2008 Hardware
  • I am a simple man....a layman if you will!...but I had a Spectrum when I was 12 years old that I loved more than was healthy! It gave me a love of computers which remains to this day and I …

    ... different dithering options (the spectrum only has 15 colours!), ... to operate. Start up Spin and configure it to *NOT* use fast ... -loading (under the Tools/files/tape menu). ... footage is likely to suffer from compression artefacts - standard video ...
    j00ce j00ce March 2011 Emulators
  • Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …

    ... game is paused and the menu is up).

    Also, ... disasemble the game's routines' start points, and maybe add them ... of the memory) is not recognised from the database, then forget ... the highscores in the virtual Spectrum from the stored data in the ...
    ewgf ewgf July 2011 Emulators
  • Hidden Spectrum emulator discovered in Goldeneye (N64)Commence ewgf's mind being blown in 3...2...1... [url]http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3770288[/url] [url]http://www.therwp.com/forums/showthread…

    ... perspective though the emulator eats up almost 1.5 megabytes ... internally. Jetpac was run from the Bonus menu, and the ram ... KEYBOAR?4 KEMPSTON JOYSTIC?5 START GAM?
    Note the ... printed via N64 ASM and not under Spectrum emulation. For that matter ...
    Zoinkity Zoinkity March 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BRAND NEW VTX 5000 MODEMSI have for disposal a number of BRAND NEW BOXED PRISM VTX 5000 Modems If tou would like to add one or more VTX 5000 modems to your Sinclair ZX Colle…

    ... facilities are available via menu-driven routines which ... 1 You should set up your Spectrum, TV VTX 5000 and ... telephone
    handsets. From this point on all ... think that you are not contacting the other ... Border colour is red. Start address/end address are ...
    thelasernut thelasernut September 2012 Sales
  • Recreated Spectrum .What do we get for the "now" (Aug 2017) best retail price of around £35?Well best/ cheapest retail prices can vary a bit so I thought it best to be specific. At this £35 price ,is it a good deal and what do we get ? A…

    ... can also unlock your Recreated spectrum by displaying the side panel ... /> 8)The standard start up 128 k Speccy menu appears. I "mouse" ... several times but I could not ENTER it . (nothing happened) . ... - LAYER A left" (viewing from rear of device)

    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio December 2017 Hardware
  • Spectrum vs Vic 20 - cast your vote (please!)As I mentioned earlier this week, the Spectrum goes head to head with the Commodore Vic 20 in this week's round of the Micro Mart 'computer world cup…

    ... Computer Mart' forum
    from the list and then - ... are likely to be put up against the C64.
    ... released in 1982 the Spectrum was not a 'state of the ... /> we had to put up with, for example, the ... characters per line; the Spectrum 32 (many applications ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 January 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • [ANN]: Spectaculator 5.0 available for downloadHere we go again... *deep breath* ;) Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Specta…

    ... /> -------------------------

    o Spectrum +3 emulation:

    ...
    - Emulates up to 2 disk drives (the ... Spectrum to automatically reset and start loading
    from ... needed to use Open from the File menu.

    Jon Needle Jon Needle April 2003 Emulators
  • Another Spectrum +2 Fault (actually two of them :-)Just picked up a couple of +2s from a boot sale - both *much* better condition than my one - obviously had far less use ;) One was sold as fully wor…

    Just picked up a couple of +2s from a boot ... do not respond on each power-up. At ... each power-up, a ... ., pressed continuously, although they are not physically stuck).

    Spectrum does not "hear" anything, and no noise can be heard from ...
    trellis trellis May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • [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/+…

    ... is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running ... machines:

    - Up to four virtual disk drives ... can be changed from the Control menu.
    There ... Spectrum border.

    o Option to not restore joystick settings from ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle December 2003 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... was a great machine from a US company with a ... the small business derived British Spectrum.

    Originally ... the ZX Spectrum + came out, pushing the Spectrum price up ?50 overnight ... hugely popular. While the Spectrum had not been sold or marketed ...
    Spector Spector December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Good hobby, not so good start!Hi there, I'm new here and am extrrrremely sorry if I'm asking something that has been covered before/is obvious, although I did have a nosy about a…

    ... , I recently decided to get start a vintage gaming collection; hardware ... at all any more, given up on that a bit, although ... , I managed to pick one up.

    I've now ... came up on the screen... nearly there, thought I, moments from ant ...
    gerryanderson48k gerryanderson48k January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • various Spectrum MIAs not listed on WoS* PAUL (Personal Accounting Utilities Ledger) by Jaysoft was reviewed in Home Computing Weekly #9 (3-9 May 1983, page 39) for the 48K Spectrum, price…

    ... 5.50.
    * Ant Attack (not the famous one, this is ... ) to the similarly titled products from Roybot and New Generation.
    Spectrum, was reviewed in Personal Computer ... loader used on their own Spectrum products. They also used a ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • SimCoupe 1.0 released[size=-2](for those of you that don't read CSS)[/size] SimCoupe, the SAM Coup? emulator, has been updated to version 1.0. This major release adds ma…

    ... for disks inserted at the start-up screen
    - Added delay ... artefacts, as used by Fred65 menu
    - Added support for ... not reflected back to EAR [thanks Edwin Blink]
    - Fixed reads from ... ROM patching
    - Improved menu layout, adding icons and a ...
    obo obo July 2006 Emulators
  • MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…

    ... over-engineered for the Spectrum. Two main things cause ... barely worth mentioning. The Spectrum was designed to fall ... needs to, as the Spectrum does not hear (or need) ... and mp3 can do up to 20Khz and above.< ... games for a start). The results from my test were ...
    Spector Spector September 2006 Emulators
  • Faulty Spectrum (help requested)I have an issue 6a specci. It's Z80 has the fault m1 line problem (Multiface 128 does not work). So I decided to put in a new Z80 but unfortunately i…

    ... a working ULA and Z80 from another Spectrum (issue 4b). So these ... different when I power the Spectrum up. But there seems to be ... like bad RAM. But the Spectrum worked before I unsoldered the ... It also seems that the Spectrum is not initializing, because there's ...
    UTom71 UTom71 February 2008 Hardware
  • PSPectrum problem (and other PSP problems...)Please read this all the way through - I know it might seem like rambling, but I want to give all necessary data if possible. A couple of weeks ago,…

    ... now stopped working (when I start it the screen goes black ... so (though unlikely, he's not an idiot), but first I ... from the menu which is the standard 3.x iRSHell theme, not the ... the boot up menu (when you turn on the PSP from cold whilst ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2008 Emulators
  • help sought with first foray into machine code - pixel scrolldownI have started to code my first machine code program, a simple roadrace game. I've based it around the pixel scrolldown routine in 40 Best Machine Co…

    ... Code Routines for the ZX Spectrum, but I've encountered a ... .com/?t5yqgolb00j[/URL]

    start with CLS, then RANDOMIZE USR ... copied to to right, 1line up
    ex (sp),hl ;?? load ... be cop[ied from?
    jr nz,nextline ;if not, carry on ...
    bigjon bigjon February 2008 Development
  • Lerm MicroMate - A Full CircleWell, it's taken a long time... but while eventually making an image of my [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0008433"]MicroMate[…

    ... Interface One but has not been tested with that ... [/URL] program into your Spectrum.
    2. Insert ... start the rebuild.
    3. After rebuilding has finished, reset your Spectrum ... and type RUN to load MicroMate.
    4. From the MicroMate menu ...
    jp jp March 2008 Development
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