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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…
... know). Thirdly pretty early on I found a problem ... could not get video on composite either due to ... try and get composite on my monitor .One theory I ... disconnecting the HDMI slots on the peripheral Fuze PCB ... HDMI lead on here shut out composite on the mini ... -
Finding a good (UK) external switch mode power supply for the basic 48k and 128k ZX SpectrumsThis idea has probably "done the rounds" by now . I think I have heard about it a bit late . This thread with look at replacing the original "heavy l…
... you’re just running a Spectrum on its own. The 7805 will ... at 7.5V). However, the Spectrum passes the “unregulated” input voltage ... -
Finding a good (UK) external switch mode power supply for the basic 48k and 128k ZX SpectrumsThis idea has probably "done the rounds" by now . I think I have heard about it a bit late . This thread with look at replacing the original "heavy l…
... you’re just running a Spectrum on its own. The 7805 will ... at 7.5V). However, the Spectrum passes the “unregulated” input voltage ... between +9V and +10.5V on the (nominal) +9V rail. I ... -
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... emulator screenshots or videos on PC monitors, where every ... graphics certainly looked better on an old TV set ... just looks so much better on TV:
... I usually create them on a monitor, so there are ... times when they get better on ... -
Drift!, Valley of Rains and Just a Gal at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019We presented 3 new games at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019 competition! Side-scrolling action "Valley of Rains", sports simulator "Drift!" and racing…
Has anyone tried Valley of Rains on a real Spectrum? On my 48k+ I get to the main menu, select Kempston, but trying to execute fire on my joystick does nothing unfortunately (stuck on menu) :( -
Drift!, Valley of Rains and Just a Gal at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019We presented 3 new games at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019 competition! Side-scrolling action "Valley of Rains", sports simulator "Drift!" and racing…
... tried Valley of Rains on a real Spectrum? On my 48k+ I get ... but trying to execute fire on my joystick does nothing unfortunately ... (stuck on menu) :( [/quote]
... same time you press Fire on the Joystick. Don't ... -
Drift!, Valley of Rains and Just a Gal at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019We presented 3 new games at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019 competition! Side-scrolling action "Valley of Rains", sports simulator "Drift!" and racing…
... tried Valley of Rains on a real Spectrum? On my 48k+ I get ... but trying to execute fire on my joystick does nothing unfortunately ... (stuck on menu) :( [/quote]
... same time you press Fire on the Joystick. Don't ... -
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... confirmed that for me on whatever monitor it was that he used ... -
How can I fix a problematic Retroleum Smart Card. I did not do anything "WRONG " with it but I did but it on a flexible cable and this seems to have "upset" it .Since then It does not perform the …
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I bought a Spectrum on Ebay (for parts) It has ... ) .It shows a "black screen" on power up . Time to get ... -
Initial thoughts on the ZX Spectrum Nexthttps://youtu.be/TG195yW9sBY
... thought it was just a Spectrum compatible.
I wonder ... kinds of 8 bit machines on camera, a c64, and a ... you don't see a Spectrum on camera. :P -
The Complete List Of The Causes Of Lower Ram Failure?Well the aim is to get a comprehensive list.I ask this because I know very little about it . I know that failure of "power supply" related capacitors…
... possible with residual voltage left on the circuit after switch off ... buy an "untested" secondhand ZX Spectrum on Ebay which is found to ... the case that Ebay ZX Spectrum sellers are excessively prone to ... relative to the price achieved on "good uns", but that ... -
Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... perfect condition issue 1 ZX Spectrum on eBay for less than £25 ... -
Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... perfect condition issue 1 ZX Spectrum on eBay for less than £25 ... -
Most Disappointing Speccy SequelOk, I'm going for 3 of the most obvious: Impossamole Renegade 3 Chase H.Q 2
... preferably MCGA (320x200x256). And a Spectrum-on-a-card accessory so it ... -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
Watching Have i got news for you - the host Charlie Brooker is broadcasting from his house and i can see a 48K Spectrum on his shelf in the background. -
New competition - Yandex Retro Games Battle 2020The Yandex Museum announces the kickoff of its second annual Yandex Retro Games Battle, a competition to create the best game for the ZX Spectrum. [u…
... requirements state an original zx spectrum , on the website its says TRD ... a Disciple and i program on an emulator for the PlusD ... files in +3DOS format. Changes on official website gonna follow. -
Great Manual ,"Shame About the Game" Yup I came across a 1984 ZX Spectrum program with a REALLY GOOD manual. All nicely printed with a ring bound back . I remember trying out similar st…
... it (Yes they spelt Spectrum like this :- "spectrum" (on page 11 no Upper ... -
Best Game for the 16K ZX SpectrumMaybe this has been covered before, but I thought I would ask for some "best game" ideas for the 16k Speccy
... put 16k forward slash 48k on the cassette inlay ( I will ... slashing going on here): 6) the Oric : 7) the Spectrum - but no ... forward slashing of the spectrum on the inlay - probably because that ... early on in 1983 ,the 48k Spectrum was still a ... -
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... the screen with PLAY and SPECTRUM on 128K models due to using ... 't have any UDG graphics on a 48K machine. -
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... 't had anything for the Spectrum on a non-tape format this ... -
Need help finding a suitable emulator...Hi All, I've been working on a concept of superformatting a microdrive cartridge, so that a normal interface 1 can store up to 600Kb on a single c…
... work correctly with a normal spectrum.
Smaller ... repeated then ( which the zx spectrum allows ) and contains a ... work with the normal ZX spectrum, on physical hardware. But I' ... both verified as working on a real spectrum ) that would be greatly ... -
Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…
... , it would still be a spectrum under the hood. Would still ... play Spectrum games and probably have an ... / High Color Graphics on one, and the Spectrum on the other... I can ... have replaced a LOT of spectrum components that people bought as ... -
Sir Clive Sinclair deadSad news. SIr Clive Sinclair has died today, at the age of 81. Thank you Sir for all. All the machines, all the memories, all the joy and fun we h…
... for than just building the spectrum.
* It was ... .
* It was the ZX Spectrum on which I got my first ... kid, I was probably on the Autistic spectrum = no friends. Tracking ... and later buying a ZX Spectrum literally changed my life direction ... -
More "What could have been"... The Z280.So in chasing up the Loki specs, I happened upon some parallel developments... And had Sinclair gotten to make the Loki, there could have been some i…
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Appologies for picking up on a trivial detail in a ... seem to have missed out on that one. So, quite ... had one guy making a spectrum-on-a-chip at one point ... Not dissimilar to your modular spectrum's heart. But I am ... box: and getting a bespoke spectrum. -
48k ULA heat sink required ?ULA heat sink worthwhile mod or just internet hype ? if worthwhile is a cheap heat sink going to cut the mustard ? i wonder if anybody has done any …
... a heatsink is not required on the ULA. How many ... old cars do you see on the road with an ... the chips in a ZX Spectrum run at is not ... stressful time is on power up / power on. Once everything has ... people have left their ZX Spectrum on for three or more days ... -
ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…
... turned out that the ZX Spectrum (DKtronics) that I thought had ... up . After using another ZX Spectrum on this TV , I tried it ... a "proper" rubber key ZX Spectrum than my LMT one which ... -
Getting Better at TZXThere are possibly fewer "rules" in chit chat so I thought I would put this here. it is a couple of years since I attempted doing any TZX files so…
More on "The ZX spectrum On Your PC"
... the section in the book on SPECBAS . It says "back ... be Dunny) . And later on it mentions ZX-Blockeditor and ... it gives some useful tips on using the ZX-Blockeditor . ... some way to go on this though.The actual ... -
What's on your saucer?Thanks go out to frobush and zx1 for inspiring* this WoSser to create a yet another excellent WoS thread. Lunch 10 minutes ago. [IMG]http://i300.ph…
I wouldn't eat that so close to the screen in case there was splash marks on the monitor.
