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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 …
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Specball 2016Enterball Enteprise 128 conversion. Game https://enterpriseforever.com/jatekok/enterball/?action=dlattach;attach=14610 Forum: https://enterpr…
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Flashload standard speed tape data
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The Spectrum game you always come back toIs there a Spectrum game that you still come back to playing after all these years? For me, after all this time there still isn't a game to match Ba…
... still prefer loading up by tape. The sounds are just pure ... manipulating. There's also the edge-of-the-chair factor in ... -
Fonz momentsI wandered down to Tesco earlier, a gang of teenagers were hanging around outside, their football comes sailing towards me and I booted it straight b…
[quote="R-Tape;853825"]Unfortunately not. In fact ... 50p mustve caught on the edge of my pocket and finger ... -
SMART card not workingHi all, I've got an issue 3 48k which appears to be working fine apart from with a Retroleum SMART card. The card (which works fine on my other Sp…
... as much as cleaning the edge connector, but at least it ... 48k games loaded from either tape or the DivMMC work okay ... help you confirm that each edge-connector signal has continuity to ... -
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 …
... due to overheating of the edge connector.
2) Other ... 128K spectrum : now includes free tape to disc transfer program.". So ... -
Things you hated about the speccyFor me it would be the Kempston interface coming loose and the machine crashing after a good session of waggling my joystick.
Nothing except the edge connector oh and no power ... with the power socket or tape loading it was a very ... rare instance to get r tape loading error. Never had a ... -
How to take SCR out of multicolour games?Emulators do not seem able to take scr out of Nirvana games correctly. I have tried SpecEmu, Speculator and Jspeccy. Try to save El Stompo or SunBu…
... most browsers (Internet Explorer, MS Edge, Opera, Chrome).
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What should your speccy have come with ?:) I was thinking about this earlier. What changes should of been made to the Speccy when you purchased yours ? Realistically this topic really…
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What is needed to get a high standard , "emulator focused" PC?The implication I am making is that a normal PC can be improved on emulation wise by building in some emulation friendly features . But this could be…
... to be supported at the edge of the desk top . I ... for making TZX files a tape recorder is needed , So a ... I have ready on the edge of the desk top .. The ... female ends ,supported at the edge of the desk top as ... -
Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…
[quote="R-Tape;893811"]I can't download ' ... ]
That sounds like IE/Edge being a bit overzealous in ... a zipped version of the tape file for users of Microsoft ... browsers.
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Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
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[quote]2> The Tape/Sound jack socket on any ... possible to use an external tape deck to load programs and ... that the "+3 with a tape deck" might still have retained ... -
Scrolling loader counter in 85 T-States?Would it be possible to write a scrolling loader counter in 85 T-States? I have a custom screen load routine that loads attribute first, then the …
... the delay portion of LD-EDGE (look around #05E7 in the ... timings when it comes to tape loaders (well, outside of innermost ... -
Clamping Speccy InterfacesThere are a huge number of broken Speccy interfaces available . I came across one on Ebay recently said to be "partly working" or similar .Why are th…
... Spectrums that have Gold plated edge connectors . This is mainly ... fitting with double sided adhesive tape.
Then, when ... with a gold plated edge connector ready for clamping ... with a reset switch edge connector and a Horizontal ... -
128K Toastrack (Noisy video output)Hello there guys! Need all of yours guides and advices. Some time ago I bought a nice looking 128K from eBay (motherboard v6K) and put it aside for…
... presume you have cleaned the edge-connector.
[b][i]Mark ... work for a while.
Edge connector was cleaned properly with ... screen picture or loading from tape.
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Understanding tape edgesI've never done any tape reading code. But I've read about these "edges" on multiple occasions. Trouble is I don't understand what they heck they are…
... changes into a 1 ("rising edge"), where a 1 changes into ... a 0 ("falling edge"), and how much time passes ... of such changes. The first edge you see tells you that ... than what a ZX Spectrum tape input does. -
ZX Spectrum spare parts : "endangered" and functional "extinctions" only It struck me how some Spectrum spare parts or parts that were used with Spectrums and that were commonly available are no longer available . The em…
... the reset button on the edge connector should be included on ... the other hand the flexible edge connectors were a total pain ... a Gold Plated edge connector however) Notice the insulation tape across this ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... for the teleporter at the edge of the screen before it ... tap the ball with the edge of it, and there's ... away free on a mag tape (and as part of a ... -
New game - GenBlast!Nothing to get too excited about, I wanted to see what [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001970"]Games Designer[/url] could do …
[quote="R-Tape;904441"]Cheers fellas, I think ... ]
Have you ever watched "Edge of Tomorrow"? that's it ... -
Speccy in IndiaAlways was wondering was zx spetrum whidespread there since 1982 to 1992 and untill nowadays ? India is a multi-million country and there clearly wer…
... then" that was just an edge connector in a case with ... cable to connect to the tape recorder and/or RF lead ... -
Modern Spectrum Games Advent CalendarSo... it is done. The main reason for my return from the shadows earlier this year was because I knew the greatest Christmas present I ever had was c…
... peripheral that plugs into the edge connector of a rubber-key ... any game[/i] that was "tape X, side A, game 1 ... here in slightly-Metallenglisch on tape. Nazdrovje!
[b]Maritrini, ... (the version of Minesweeper on tape 5), and if Castlevania: Spectral ... -
Redesigning the ZX Spectrum 128k - A lifelong dreamHello, I am myPinballs (Jim) and i run a small business here in the uk making replacement 8-bit hardware pcbs for arcade pinball games as well as…
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I use a modern tape player with usb port to ... party extension via the card edge slot with external storage options ... -
What was on your first pirate tapeOf course, we all started with Horizons and then bought our first couple of games (in my case, Bugaboo The Flea - which I still haven't managed to co…
... /> ZX GAMES 6 (was Seans tape) - Derby day, 1994, 1984, Bugaboo ... , Metagalactic llamas battle at the edge of time, Ian bothams test ... -
Parallel to serial z80 i/o portI have an Opus Discovery and an Alphacom 32 printer. I want to see if I can make a cable that will use the Opus Parallel printer port. The question i…
... the same pinouts that the edge connector requires?
My ... /> 2) I load "Zeus" from tape
3) At this point ... from 3.5" Floppy not tape - I don't have the ... -
Better keyboard = better sales ?Just a random thought. I want to start this by saying although I did not have a + model new, I was never really a fan of this keyboard as it was n…
... never made it to the edge-connector.
The second ... using composite video via the edge-connector [I can't believe ... the video signal at the edge-connector. Something new I have ... but very badly home made" tape type leads perhaps for the ... -
Spectaculator 8.0 and 47loaderHi all I'm messing with [url="https://github.com/stephenw32768/47loader"]47loader[/url] (which is GREAT and very fun btw) and I find that Spectacu…
... I designed myself[/url].
Tape blocks encoded as 47 could ... ", "Auto play/stop", "Flashloading" and "Edge detections" options are set to ... -
My 128k +2 Clean upI decided to pull my old 128k +2 and 48k rubber key out of the attic this weekend. Not been switched on in 30 years or so. The rubber key is dead …
... see remnants of tape or adhesive to one edge.
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Technician Ted disassemblyOkay, by popular (?) demand I have dug out my old disassembly notes on Tech Ted, converted them to skoolkit and stuck them up at [url="https://github…
... bits are read out of tape, at certain points the character ... an edge change then gets back in sync with the tape signal ... first saw this load off tape and thought "how the bloody ... -
Two different versions of Bruce Lee?There's a possible MIA here, I think. I sat down at lunchtime to play a bit of Bruce Lee and discovered that the version I'd downloaded from WOS (th…
... few seconds upon loading if edge/fast loading is enabled; SpecEmu ... with another made with Lerm Tape Utility D; download link is ...
