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+3 Scart output has diagonal distortionI have an issue with my +3 plugged into the tv via scart, the output has a diagonal distortion to it? the display has like a pixel offset every 1/4 o…
... spectrum +2, the grey one…
I’ve connected to my tv ... :30 pm
You need to bridge a resistor with a ... you can connect it to RGB Scart and to Commodore monitors like ... -
Issue 3 Speccy, Grey ScreenHi, Just purchased a "working" Issue 3 Speccy 48k from Ebay. Except it's not working. All I get is a grey screen, no Sinclair copyright text, no cli…
... the output from your Spectrum as if the TV isn't tuned ... />
It's solid colour. TV is tuned in fine.
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BIG ASK: Original Speccy-inspired music required.Hello there musicians! I find myself in need of some music for a project. 1: A natty title-theme 2: An interlude (related to the theme) 3: Anoth…
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2: An interlude (related to the theme)
3: Another ... link (if wos allows me to...)
[url]http:// ... (Preview)" there's the "Spectrum Gothik Beeper Tune" which was composed using ... />
They are all Free to download and share if you ... -
Totally random idea for the hardware nuts to exploreWhen it comes to multi-player games, how hard would it be to generate a second display from a single Speccy, instead of trying to link up machines, s…
... of the clashbasher's displayfile to any where in the ... spectrum display connected to one tv and the clashbasher scart output connected to another tv ... normal spectum way just offset to start from a different ... it would need some code to alternate between the two ... -
BAS-ROM for HarlequinSince it is very easy for everybody to plug a new BAS-ROM into his Harlequin there is the question, what kind of ROM and what additional functions sh…
... hardware emulator of the spectrum. In that case it ... Spectrum games to be played on it. Amstrad wanted us to be able to ... thing to do is find a way to add to rather ... study of human nature to watch the sometimes tortured ... I hardly watch any TV on a TV. I watch on ... -
Video on single transistor composite video modification for 48K SpectrumsI made a video on the single transistor composite video mod, using an Issue two Spectrum although it applies to all issues. Much better than the sing…
... ohm resistor in the Spectrum and the 75 ohm ... Spectrum, so that 1 volt peak to peak is applied to ... 48K Spectrum is already at 1 volt peak to peak, ... in the 48K Spectrum was never designed to drive 75 ohms ... connecting this point directly to my TV and it did give ... -
Spectrum Not Responding to Keyboard InputHello, sorry if this thread is not in the correct place, This is my first post and I'm not sure where to post this type of thread. :lol: Anyway, I r…
... clue as to what's wrong. When the spectrum powers ... and you have to look really carefully to notice it.) ... old VCR to display the spectrum on a modern TV. Other ... certain buttons on the spectrum (for some reason all ... causes. I am about to try the tests Mark ... -
Your Sinclair publisher diesThe boss of Dennis Publishing, publishers of Your Sinclair, died today. In my view the wittiest Speccy magazine there ever was. Looked forward to it…
... the publishers of [i]Your Spectrum[/i]. As expected the Guardian ... is a clippings job and fails to mention his work in planting ... individual and a sad loss to publishing. His wit will be ... -
Your Sinclair publisher diesThe boss of Dennis Publishing, publishers of Your Sinclair, died today. In my view the wittiest Speccy magazine there ever was. Looked forward to it…
... . Was nice to see little old Your Spectrum mentioned in the ... publishers of [i]Your Spectrum[/i]. As expected the ... is a clippings job and fails to mention his work in ... individual and a sad loss to publishing. His wit will ... a bit too young to remember Oz but I ... -
Emulation on W8Hi, I liked the old Real Spectrum emulator that handled all Spectrum platforms and ran the disk images nicely. Does anyone know of something simila…
... normal speed; any way to speed that up?
... modes helps to fix some game loading crashes. Fails to open ... files which seemed to allow me to make the screen ... valid link for Real Spectrum. I know they stopped ... website for Real Spectrum. Will test it later ... -
The end of the SpectrumWhat year is generally considered to be the last year commercial software was sold nationally in shops and stores? I think I abandoned my Speccy in …
... to plug the tape recorder to the spectrum and the spectrum to the television, trying to tune ... it in; trying to ... -
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…
... should not have been the Spectrum replacement.
On the ... the machine needed to break its link with the Spectrum. In the ... monitor - forget connecting the QL to a TV
7. Provide a ... quality printer
8. It had to ... -
Anyone managed to get a Spectrum emulator working on an Ouya?After messing around with a Raspberry Pi for a while, I gave up and bought an Ouya specifically as an emulation machine. It works great for almost a…
... I haven't managed to get a Spectrum one working.
to no avail.
The ... emulation console permanently hooked up to my TV, and with a bluetooth ... -
The ULA6C001E-5...Hi everybody, I have been continuing my Quest for the Holy ULA, and have today taken delivery of a ULA6C001E-5. Now, the -6 was used in Issue 3 boar…
... noticed the colour being easier to tune at all. I put the ... signal on an oscilloscope and tune it for zero chrominance during ... ULAs, is that you have Spectrum with the wrong resistors in ... Smith's book for details. To compensate for this and produce ... -
Video fault on issue two ZX boardI've trawled the Internet and drawn a few blanks as to where to look to resolve the fault with my issue two board. I'm hoping a few of you knowledgea…
... used to have my Spectrum on a B&W TV all ... version in to replace the 5C102E to test? Nothing to be aware ... of?[/QUOTE]
Just to ... or 100uF, + terminal to the transistors emitter) to your TV composite video input ... -
4G interference with FreeviewOur telly picture is really breaking up bad. Has been for about 2 weeks now. Y'know, heavy pixelating, black screen, banding and audio squeaking. …
... dividend", freeing up spectrum by squeezing broadcast TV into a smaller part ... an old TV receiver/set top box obviously had to pass these ... -
Mods to build a Spectrum Games console?The iccle boy asked to keep the Spectrum hooked up to the TV permanently to be used as a games console. I thought yeah I could do that, have it sat n…
... emulator? You might have to muck about with some scripting ... to make it boot and ... .[/QUOTE]
The Spectrum was repaired by my boy ... so he's attached to it now so he ... a Windows tablet connected to the TV with an Emulator, the ... -
Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …
... have their microcode reprogrammed to add/remove/fine tune features. You can ... , after moving to Australia and having no access to Spectrum hardware for several ... of modifying an open source Spectrum emulator to replace the ULA emulation ... -
Weird symptom number 2...I got a new keyboard membrane for my Spectrum+ plugged it in and low and behold the weird left to right printing of the copyright message disappeared…
... , however the interrupt fails to complete and the machine ... /> Picture from the "faulty" Spectrum+
[IMG]http://www. ... /> Picture from the faulty Spectrum+:
[IMG]http://www ... /> Picture from the "working" Spectrum+
[IMG]http://www.livewiredesign ... -
Preferred setup for a ZX Spectrum 48KHi! I got me a ZX Spectrum 48K for about 1.5 year ago. Feels good to have one, I really like the look of it! Except for the computer itself I have …
... /> My plan is to hold my ZX Spectrum gaming to my Commodore 1084s ... -D2 monitor, gives more feeling to ... me than playing on a big 32 inches CRT TV ... to the 1084s monitor as the only video source for ZX Spectrum ... -
Flickering RGB -> SCART output.Hello all, For my toast rack I have bought a [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-128K-High-Quality-RGB-Scart-Lead-Video-Cable-TV-Le…
... .uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-128K-High-Quality-RGB- ... connect the toast rack to the TV (Plasma), whilst I ... annoying. The TV seems to have issues trying to work out which ... a known issue with the Spectrum+ 128, or with RGB ... you have any other TV's to try it on?
128k Toastrack Composite Video output confusion!Hi everyone. Ok, so I have a couple of 48k's that I have performed Wombles fantastic composite mod on. They work great here in Canada on my big scre…
... Pin 1 (CVBS) of Spectrum RGB socket to Video-in.
... 2 (GND) of Spectrum RGB socket to Ground.
A ... out from the Spectrum 128 down to the 1V level ... about a simple modification to the 128K which greatly ... video via the modulator to the TV. But instead of ...128k Toastrack Composite Video output confusion!Hi everyone. Ok, so I have a couple of 48k's that I have performed Wombles fantastic composite mod on. They work great here in Canada on my big scre…
... Pin 1 (CVBS) of Spectrum RGB socket to Video-in.
... 2 (GND) of Spectrum RGB socket to Ground.
A ... out from the Spectrum 128 down to the 1V level ... about a simple modification to the 128K which greatly ... video via the modulator to the TV. But instead of ...What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?Just stumbled upon this Indiegogo page following a tweet from SpeccyNews [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega[/url] it…
... with WiFi and an interface to WoS or the TOSEC archive ... the new ZX Spectrum Vega after connecting to your TV , keep the DOWN ... ] that will give you access to the 1000 games free of ...What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?Just stumbled upon this Indiegogo page following a tweet from SpeccyNews [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega[/url] it…
... the new ZX Spectrum Vega after connecting to your TV , keep the DOWN ... ] that will give you access to the 1000 games free of ... have agreed for Speccy gamers to play old games again. They ... a company looking to make money from them to do the same ...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 …
... you're just going to have to accept that lots of ... resolution than spectrum; and on an old portable TV with colour ... you try and explain to a kid back then ... joke. (I remember attempting to do some homework back ... , in everything the spectrum tried to display.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 …
... 't do exactly what the Spectrum can do. The C64 looked ... on my old TV too.[/QUOTE]
Spectrum can display red ... you compare the Spectrum and C64 palettes to those in modern games ... it. I just associate the Spectrum palette to CGA graphics. Boy I ...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 …
... fewer games on the spectrum had a tune, and if there were ... a tune it usually wasn't ... . I can happily listen to a brand-new AY theme ... AY chip, even if the tune is new, else you ... just listen to any chip music, say, a sid-tune perhaps? :-)ccZ80++Here is the url for a new compiler pour all computers with Z80: [url]http://ccz80pp.webcindario.com[/url] It's a beta version, but it's works. If y…
... the class library GameUtils for Spectrum, oriented to development of games[/QUOTE ... .0.1 and this version fails when compiling the above examples ...Cooking toastrack... the dreaded smellI powered up my Spectrum 128 (heatsink model) yesterday only to see what looked like an out-of-tune picture on the television. I'm using a scart adap…
With a multimeter, you can check the +12v line from pin 11 of the TEA2000 chip, using the modulator can as ground.
Can you clarify though exactly what kind of cable you are using to connect the Spectrum to the TV?
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