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Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…
... about or connected to the Spectrum;
- Microdrives (* ... released on the Spectrum,
- Skooldaze 3, Eye of ...
- The magazine Your Spectrum becoming Your Sinclair. Your Sinclair ... was great, but Your Spectrum was my favourite computer ... -
Any JoystickHi all Just ordered a 48k with a joy stick port but I don't have a joy stick... so... Anyone here got one spare they want to sell? :-D
... grey plug for use with Spectrum +2/+3, and a black plug ... original power supply for your Spectrum. I would advise you if ... you use it on your Spectrum, as if the polarity is ... -
I have returned! This time with no tape problems!Hello all. Some of you may remember me from about a month or so ago with this little spawn of satan... :lol: [IMG]http://www.ridgedpixel.co.uk/proj…
... only work with +2 and +3 Spectrums due to Amstrad changing ... wiring pinouts on the +2/3 joystick ports. They did this ... SJS joysticks with the +2/3.
However you can ... plug is wired for SJS Spectrum +2/3 so does not need ... -
Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
... .uk/itm/2-sinclair-zx-spectrum-2-3-joystick-adapters-convertors-converters ... -
Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
... .co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-spectrum-computer-48k-/251607124723[/url]
spectrum-2-3-joystick-adapters-convertors-converters ... -
Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
... .uk/itm/2-sinclair-zx-spectrum-2-3-joystick-adapters-convertors-converters ... .sintech-shop.de/joystick-converter-spectrum--2--3/a-3010/"]https://www ... .sintech-shop.de/joystick-converter-spectrum--2--3/a-3010/[/URL] -
48k Stops loading and resetsI've just fixed the problem I had with my Issue 2 Spectrum only showing 16k memory by replacing all of the upper ram. With that job done I've done a …
... does work, and the Spectrum boots into Basic.
There might ... test for a newly repaired Spectrum.
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What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... that would be 'impossible' on Spectrum that the C64 could produce ... a fact as the spectrum 48k has basic sound compared with C64 ... Shadowfire as well as the spectrum? Things go wrong when there ... that? In this example, the spectrum does it with roughly the ... -
Help getting SAMdisk running on WinXP please.Hello speccy-chums. I was wondering if you clever folks out there could help me with my poor PC skills:lol:. Basically I want to run SAMdisk but it n…
... real +3 disks. Then:-
1. Start Prompt Command and I ... the program ran in prompt command.
3. Then to write the ... Dell Dimension 3000 only supports 3'5" 1.44M or no ... -
Banked memory running slower?I've just compiled a TAP which includes bank6, it loads ok, but the routines that are paged in run slightly slower. The Z80 snapshot has no such pro…
... Spectrum 128k/+2 (thus faster), but it's contended in Spectrum +2A/+3 ... -
Banked memory running slower?I've just compiled a TAP which includes bank6, it loads ok, but the routines that are paged in run slightly slower. The Z80 snapshot has no such pro…
... c, Spec48 ; carry set if Spectrum 48K
ld a, ($0b53 ... , Spec128 ; carry set if Spectrum 128k/+2
... ; otherwise Spectrum +2A/+3[/CODE] -
+2A Joystick Ports and SEGA Controllers...?Hi all I've got a +2A and want to use Sega Mega Drive / Master System controllers on it. My setup doesn't really work nicely with joysticks... I've …
... .uk/itm/2-sinclair-zx-spectrum-2-3-joystick-adapters-convertors-converters ... .uk/itm/2-sinclair-zx-spectrum-2-3-joystick-adapters-convertors-converters ... -
Saturday 6th December: "Geek Out!" + Oxford Speccy meetupHello folks. Who's up for a meetup in Oxford on Saturday 6th December, with a bit of a twist? I've been in discussions with the [url=http://www.mhs.…
... a kid with an impromptu +3 BASIC programming session. Including UDGs on ... we may have lost 2-3 of the channels to audio ... -
Patching RST routines?Hi all, I am quite unexperienced regarding the Speccy and today I made another attempt to make a concept for a SymbOS port to this machine. There is…
... only possible on the Spectrum +2A/+2B/+3, which have additional paging ... address space. See the "ZX Spectrum +2A / +3" section of the [url ... RAM pages 0/1/2/3 present. Code showing that in ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... to be equivalent to the Spectrum's 3.5mhz z80 (around 2mhz ... very evident capabilities as a Spectrum programmer, Buzzsaw was something else ... the 50hz thread that the Spectrum is pretty much maxed ... and roundabouts.. C64 can display spectrum hi-res mode but main ... -
RGB video issue on +2 and +3. Signal high?I have a couple of +3's and a new +2a that arrived today. When I plugged in the +2a using my RGB lead from Retro Computer Shack I was reminded of a n…
... the SCART socket when the Spectrum +2A/+3 is connected, the FUNCTION ... RGB socket. Since the Spectrum +2A/+3 only provides RGB outputs, it ... are as given for the Spectrum 128. If either the BLANKING ... connected to 0V at the Spectrum +3. -
Interesting Tweet from Rick Dickinson, the Designer of the Speccy.Tweeted on the 15th Jan: "Is it time to crowd fund a real ZX Spectrum?": [url]https://twitter.com/rickdickinson12/status/555836404522303489[/url] […
... ]No.
Buy an Amstrad Spectrum, it probably won't need ... ][*]Buy an used ZX-Spectrum +2/+3 from eBay (then find someone ... Spectranet;
[*]Read [URL="http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php ... -
Russian-speaking topic - Multiface 3Hi friends! The Administration will not mind if I create a topic in which you can communicate in Russian? No politics. No racism. Speccy only! :-) …
I think that we should go further and ask Amstrad to produce ZX Spectrum with translated BASIC tokens. -
Russian-speaking topic - Multiface 3Hi friends! The Administration will not mind if I create a topic in which you can communicate in Russian? No politics. No racism. Speccy only! :-) …
... Amstrad to produce ZX Spectrum with translated BASIC tokens.[/QUOTE]
Already ... -and-repair-of-a-sinclair-spectrum-128k-2a-arabic-version/"]done ... -
Three Spectrum main boards (Issue Two, 3B and 4A)I will be offering three partially tested Spectrum main boards (Issue Two, 3B and 4A) on Ebay. All boot to the Sinclair (C) message. All fully popula…
... /t/Bundle-1-Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-Hauptplatinen-3-Stueck-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw ... /t/Bundle-1-Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-Hauptplatinen-3-Stueck-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw ... /t/Bundle-1-Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-Hauptplatinen-3-Stueck-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... me permission to use Spiker: Basic Training to demonstrate 47loader's ... -
Your agendaHere's a bit of fun.. three things previously to this point.. then three things after...<div>1 Full bottle of wine.</div><div>2. Chicken Korma...</di…
1. 1977 born
2. 1982 ZX Spectrum
3. Handed my notice in
NOW: Drinking a cup of tea
1. Start studying at Cardiff
2. Qualify as a radiographer
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Missing in ActionThe more I go in my loft the more I find "Missing in Action" files . Trouble is I am new to this. I have done the tzx's for them but cannot upload th…
... have to use the Spectrum's normal Basic functions to achieve this ... something . Maybe you cannot TZX Basic tapes with errors in them ... to play normally on a Spectrum. (I don't know if ... ticked and using the normal Spectrum loading functions I was able ... -
Missing in ActionThe more I go in my loft the more I find "Missing in Action" files . Trouble is I am new to this. I have done the tzx's for them but cannot upload th…
... not yet located (The Logic 3 Basic Programming Course ) and that is ... -
GamepadI have a kempston interface and would love to convert a NES or other game pad to connect to it. Does anyone have schematics of the inside of a kemps…
... be only used with the Spectrum +2/+3 models.
BITD ... -
48K colour issuesGentlemen, A friend handed me over a number of 48K machines to service, and among these there are four of them with various flavours of colour iss…
... not had to repair a Spectrum issue 3 onwards that has a ... -
48K colour issuesGentlemen, A friend handed me over a number of 48K machines to service, and among these there are four of them with various flavours of colour iss…
... not had to repair a Spectrum issue 3 onwards that has a ... are well within specs and Spectrum boots up correctly. I'll ... -
What is the "SPECTRUM" keyword on a 128K?The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new commands; PLAY and SPECTRUM (or possibly the other way around.) The manual ([url="http://www.wor…
... on earlier machines that the SPECTRUM command caused locking (bit 5) of ... of DTST128 does is a SPECTRUM command with an IM2 routine to ... -
Was there a POKE that broke the SpectrumHi Everyone I've been recalling myths and rumours from back in the day. You know "Lunar Jetmans" trailer and that sort of thing. But one rumour …
... could be manually controlled through BASIC by PRINT#-ing "MEMORY-WRITE ... (which corresponding to the POKE command of BASIC, but write to the ... -
Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …
... on. I really liked the spectrum but was convinced by two ... was faster than a Spectrum (Only for BASIC programs).
One adult ...
