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ZX-Paintbrush and global palette and ula+ supportHello, I think I need some help for the palette issue of ZX-Paintbrush. I want to check whether the way I'm about to clear the palette handling i…
... , I think it doesn't switch back to the non-ULA+ mode ... '
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British Airways Systems Failure.So unless you have been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you will have learned that British Airways (BA) have had a major IT systems failur…
... to warm up and take over. This is automated via a switch ... tapes are stored there to manually restore. Some ... outage, so the switch moved to battery as it should ... second drop, the switch moved back to mains - as ... bank transaction had to be performed by another ... -
British Airways Systems Failure.So unless you have been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you will have learned that British Airways (BA) have had a major IT systems failur…
... to warm up and take over. This is automated via a switch ... outage, so the switch moved to battery as it should ... second drop, the switch moved back to mains - as ... platform. Then switch it in to DR mode when ... see the need to conform to such rigorous standards.< ... -
British Airways Systems Failure.So unless you have been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you will have learned that British Airways (BA) have had a major IT systems failur…
... point of failure. To replace batteries, you have to shut down, and ... takes things like complete failures to justify even the most basic ... run the generator up to speed and switch to it. In the unlikely ... it is a very quick switch back to mains. Should give plenty ... -
I am soo glad I owned a SpeccyJust passing the time here, and decided (after seeing some CPC screenshots of Shadow Of The Beast in a YS scan) to compare a few CPC games with their…
... some reason Amstrads never appealed to me. Never used one, never ... that made my mind up to switch over to the Amiga 1000. -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... area" to do was the "reset switch" cable ... to leave these strands in place and re-solder the reset switch ... cable to them in ... br />
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High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …
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I had to work hard to fit it all in ... attribute addresses and values ready to draw.
... , at a different offset to the clouds. This also ... ). I want to try and switch this to every four or ... or FZX printing, synced to when the clouds are ... -
Recreated ZX Spectrum Release date?!?Hi All, I ordered a Recreated ZX Spectrum from Amazon. The release date has since changed to 26th April (3rd time it changed). In the meantime, El…
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I have gone back to using the supplied short lead ... . It seems to be a bit "lead specific ... with an ON/OFF switch in the middle of ... results with this lead switched to ON
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Recreated ZX Spectrum Release date?!?Hi All, I ordered a Recreated ZX Spectrum from Amazon. The release date has since changed to 26th April (3rd time it changed). In the meantime, El…
... into USB port noise": nice to get that sound !
... Spectrum keyboard with the switch slid to the left , in ... and with the LAYER switch pushed over to the right (LAYER ... does not refer much to LAYERS just Game Mode ... And of course , try to work out whether I can ... -
What is the maximum fps the spectrum can achieve?I have been doing some reading and from what I understand the Spectrum outputs a PAL signal, but that means it will display @50fps or @25fps? If t…
... offscreen buffer. It synchronises to the display exactly so ... the art of drawing to a background frame then ... couldn't switch over to it. You had to copy it ... buffering, which is hard to understand why, but there ... longer than one frame to redraw the screen, your ... -
Nintendo SwitchSo, £280 with no game. Ouch! That might have just killed any chance it had to succeed. Still the new Zelda game looks good and the new Mario ga…
... you can "link" your switch carts to your nintendo account and get ... gold coins to "buy" goodies, although the goodies ... etc.
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ZXBaremulator v1.2Hi!, I've released ZXBaremulator v1.2. The new release add a few features and removes a limit. :) The new version can be downloaded from projec…
... on/off switch at the back is switched to OFF ... vary . And I need to understand more about them ... to load? It has LAYER switch set to B and ON/OFF switch set to ... it did not revert to the Sinclair loading screen ... (ie getting it back to the Sinclair logo screen ) ... -
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…
... " gamepad copy that is said to be for Android . So it ... goes so show there seems to be an almost infinite variety ... (the ones with the switch appear to cost a bit more).
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Floppy drive fixI know this might be a long shot but does anyone know or does anyone fix floppy drives I ha e an nous discovery and the controller on the floppy driv…
I've under up ordering the duel floppys ram chip and quickdos rom from bytedelight and I've also ordered 5 recreated multiface 128 circuit boards to build a multifasce 128 to use with the opus discovery -
opusnot sure if this is the right place for this but I have been trying for copy from 178k floppys to 800k floppys and not having much success does anyon…
... to 178k and them loading manic miner and using the multiface 128 to ... save to real floppy and it ... dry asnd I was able to use the copy program that ... came from bytedelight to copy feom the 178k to 800k and still ... -
Keeping up to date with PC builds.I only do PC builds infrequently and I have stopped reading Micro-Mart so my abilities in the area can languish pretty quickly. But if it is new i…
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Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... 10k resistor to 5v if it only has to switch ic4 to ic7 or ... ic7 to 0v?
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SJS-1 Joystick Internal WiringHello All, I'm new (well 51) & not as savvy as many here, but I did have ZX Spectrum just as soon WHS sold them!! Anyway have had the urge to kick…
... each direction or fire button switch contact to the 9 way D ... of elimination should enable you to work out the remaining connections ... SJS-1 joystick is wired to Amstrad's own scheme, used ... -
Nintendo SwitchSo, £280 with no game. Ouch! That might have just killed any chance it had to succeed. Still the new Zelda game looks good and the new Mario ga…
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Warning to switch users, Spawnwaves switch seems to have bricked, he thinks ... a bit of plastic to allow you to plug the cable in ... -
I can't get my +2B to work over RGB to SCART.Hi so I have a black +2B and no matter what I do I get a black screen using the RGB-SCART scart cable (specific for the model ) and I'm using a SCART…
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ZXBaremulator v3.H(ikoki) BetaHi, Thanks to a Recreated ZX kindly donated by Hikoki, I've added support for it to ZXBaremulator. Now two keyboards can be connected to the PI…
... zx81 did say the way to do this on 20 March ... . But do these have to be changed to a new version if ... screen/ stalled boot when I switch over to the latest kernel . I ... -
ZXBaremulator v3.H(ikoki) BetaHi, Thanks to a Recreated ZX kindly donated by Hikoki, I've added support for it to ZXBaremulator. Now two keyboards can be connected to the PI…
... zx81 did say the way to do this on 20 March ... . But do these have to be changed to a new version if ... screen/ stalled boot when I switch over to the latest kernel . I ... -
3 cheers for Prince HarryHope it works out better for him than it did for his mum.
Try using a system where the darn thing thinks it's keyboard is a number pad, and refuses to switch back to normal keyboard mode! -
Spectrum Saboteur on the Nintendo StoreJust noticed there is a spectrum version of Saboteur on sale at the nintendo store. anyone played it?
... game. I did manage to get the disk and escape ... , but I was supposed to destroy copies apparently and so ... of in-game map to have some idea of ... I wouldn't have objected to some a modernised graphics mode ... third Saboteur for the Switch (according to the credits) -
Spectrum +2b sound issueHi, I picked up a black +2b and everything is good with it, except there is no sound... I've connected it to my TV with an RGB/scart cable and still …
... I was going to suggest if you can to 'tune it' via ... legacy UHF (yes I know) to see if the sound is ... if its not that inconvenient to try it, it may be ... input (don't forget to switch tv to that instead of digital in ... -
how do i change the text and colour of the boot message and error messages?i kind of know how to do this with the boot message but shortening or lengthening the text and adding chr$ control codes (if this works) overwrites o…
... digital;953292"]ive managed to do it anyway. unfortunately ... stored? [/quote]
To save space, the strings ... are terminated by adding 128 to the character code of ... character (hexadecimal 0x80). To change it, you'll ... you want, add 128 to it and then put ... -
Problem with specBASHi Paul, I'm about ready to scream and swear and say extremely rude things! Why? I downloaded SpecBAS and its too small for me to see and the window…
[quote="mik3d3nch;57127"]I downloaded SpecBAS and its too small for me to see [/quote]
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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…
Back to using Dk tronics with USB ... [/url]
I decided to have a quick go at ... in DK keyboard with mode switch now fitted
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ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... peripherals and then start to notice how ugly it ... Since then, Iv had to build my own casing, ... updated the lego casing to make something a little ... that would allow one to plug more than one ... it came with a switch perhaps, to alternate between one peripheral ...
