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  • Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …

    ... ; 7, right?), so were these contended when they were in place ... 16K, or were they always contended, even when paged into higher ... any of the other banks contended?

    And I know ...
    joefish joefish April 2009 Development
  • Games not working on Timex 2048Timex 2048 is a very good Spectrum 48k clone, over 90% of games work fine. But there are also not working games or working but not properly. Is there…

    ... ] (from Setubal, Portugal) had a TC2048+FDD3000+Neptun monitor and I ... original question was regarding the TC2048. Most American Sinclair users don ... 't use the TC2048 or TC2068 over here. If ...
    zxbruno zxbruno April 2009 Games
  • Games not working on Timex 2048Timex 2048 is a very good Spectrum 48k clone, over 90% of games work fine. But there are also not working games or working but not properly. Is there…

    ... original question was regarding the TC2048. Most American Sinclair users don ... 't use the TC2048 or TC2068 over here. If ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek April 2009 Games
  • Games not working on Timex 2048Timex 2048 is a very good Spectrum 48k clone, over 90% of games work fine. But there are also not working games or working but not properly. Is there…

    ... requested. Maybe we'll have TC2048 versions of Spectrum games too ...
    zxbruno zxbruno April 2009 Games
  • Games not working on Timex 2048Timex 2048 is a very good Spectrum 48k clone, over 90% of games work fine. But there are also not working games or working but not properly. Is there…

    ... incompatibility that makes the Portuguese TC2048 slightly more compatible is that ... can be done on the TC2048, however, as that machine copies ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2009 Games
  • Games not working on Timex 2048Timex 2048 is a very good Spectrum 48k clone, over 90% of games work fine. But there are also not working games or working but not properly. Is there…

    ... incompatibility that makes the Portuguese TC2048 slightly more compatible is that ... can be done on the TC2048, however, as that machine copies ... in the bus coupling the TC2048 doesn't support a floating ...
    Fred Fred April 2009 Games
  • If Money Was No Object - Would You Have Bought A SpectrumTruthfully, at the time you bought your first ZX Spectrum, would you have bought something different if money was no object. Don't get me wrong - I …

    ... 48K and one with a TC2048. The one with the 48K ... counter). The one with the TC2048 had a closet full of ...
    zxbruno zxbruno April 2009 Games
  • Brand new River Raid remake?one of my friend is trying to make a riverraid remake on flash just to have fun, I checked zx spectrum port of river raid. it is bad, really bad, jer…

    ... clones that don't have contended memory you could theoretically do ...
    joefish joefish May 2009 New game ideas
  • Brand new River Raid remake?one of my friend is trying to make a riverraid remake on flash just to have fun, I checked zx spectrum port of river raid. it is bad, really bad, jer…

    ... IR is not pointing to contended memory, which is easy to ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall May 2009 New game ideas
  • Brand new River Raid remake?one of my friend is trying to make a riverraid remake on flash just to have fun, I checked zx spectrum port of river raid. it is bad, really bad, jer…

    Realistically it's one Z80 access to contended memory for every eight cycles during the display being drawn.
    Bob Stains Bob Stains May 2009 New game ideas
  • Vectron borders on emulators, on a real spectrum ?Hi all, favor if anyone has time can someone load vectron on a real spectrum and when it finally loads on that screen the bottom right corner .. wher…

    ... you this information: a first contended cycle of 0x08 is early ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall May 2009 Emulators
  • Graphics mode:64x48x8 colors possible on Spectrum?That multicolor River Raid demo inspired me to make this question: If we filled all the screen with chessboard pattern [code] 00001111 00001111 00…

    ... be possible on clones without contended memory).

    Incidentally, you ...
    gasman gasman May 2009 Development
  • Graphics mode:64x48x8 colors possible on Spectrum?That multicolor River Raid demo inspired me to make this question: If we filled all the screen with chessboard pattern [code] 00001111 00001111 00…

    ... be possible on clones without contended memory).

    Incidentally, you ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP May 2009 Development
  • Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …

    This (although it requires a TC2048 to run) could be handy for editing tiles/sprite frames:

    [url]http://tinyurl.com/cz7n3l[/url]
    chev chev May 2009 Development
  • Wanted: Timex 2048 & 128+2 introductory tapesI'm looking for introductory tapes (.tap or .tzx) which were bundled with Timex 2048 and ZX Spectrum +2. Does anybody have them?

    For the TC2048 you can check these pages:< ... that came with the Portuguese TC2048, but I think they're ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • More 1-bit music from Mr BEEPGot an e-mail this morning but didn't see a thread, so here it is: [url]http://berlin_hq.micromusic.net/bhack.html[/url] [QUOTE]BHQ001 MISTER BEEP …

    ... got a TS2068 and a TC2048.

    I don't ...
    Fred Fred June 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Which is the most technically accurate Spectrum Emulator?Ok, which is the most technically accurate Spectrum Emulator? Please don't just vote but give reasons why.

    ... Floating bus... passed
    Contended memory... failed (0x02)
    Contended memory... failed (0x01)
    Contended memory... passed
    High ... bus... failed (0x00)
    Contended memory... failed (0xff)
    rich_chandler rich_chandler June 2009 Emulators
  • 48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…

    ... 't affected by I addressing contended memory at all.
    Bob Stains Bob Stains June 2009 Games
  • Problem loading Warajevo tapes even if they are converted to TZXDear readers, Yesterday I experimented with some of my older Warajevo tapes (which are known as being completely different from Lunter tapes) that c…

    ... load created TZX into Timex TC2048

    This test passes ...
    Fred Fred June 2009 Emulators
  • Which speccy do you use & why ?I`m lucky enough to have the choice of using a 48K original, a 48K+ and a 128+2B Sometimes I prefer the 128 because of it`s nice keyboard, crisp pic…

    ... all times for me (although TC2048 is the second one ;) ).
    Mister Beep Mister Beep July 2009 Hardware
  • Emulating the CRTCheck this out some students have produced an application that emulates a old CRT on a LCD monitor. This is what our Spectrum emulators are missing.…

    ... close up pictures of my TC2048 plugged into my CRT TV ...
    Fred Fred July 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Skool Daze disassemblyWhile developing [url="http://pyskool.wordpress.com/"]Pyskool[/url], I've also been putting together a disassembly of Skool Daze and Back to Skool, m…

    ... put the main routines in contended RAM and the text data ... in non-contended RAM. The scroll routine is ...
    Jimmy Jimmy July 2009 Development
  • Skool Daze disassemblyWhile developing [url="http://pyskool.wordpress.com/"]Pyskool[/url], I've also been putting together a disassembly of Skool Daze and Back to Skool, m…

    ... of the code engine in contended RAM. Even the UDG/screen ... back buffer is in contended RAM ($7F00).
    Jimmy Jimmy July 2009 Development
  • Skool Daze disassemblyWhile developing [url="http://pyskool.wordpress.com/"]Pyskool[/url], I've also been putting together a disassembly of Skool Daze and Back to Skool, m…

    ... of the code engine in contended RAM. Even the UDG/screen ... back buffer is in contended RAM ($7F00).[/QUOTE]
    Which ...
    SkoolKid SkoolKid July 2009 Development
  • Fuse for Mac OS X beta releasesA beta version of Fuse for Mac OS X has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project: [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-for-macosx/[/u…

    ... disk interface in 48K and TC2048 machines (thanks, Omikron) (Fredrick Meunier ...
    Fred Fred July 2009 Emulators
  • Would the rubber key Spectrum have looked nicer with....A black rubber keymat instead of blue. For me the blue doesn't quite look right and the grey looks downright odd.

    [QUOTE=swordheart;367228]A black rubber keymat instead of blue.[/QUOTE]

    It would probably look like the one made by Timex Portugal. Before the appearance of the TC2048 they used to make and sell a 48K Spectrum with black plastic keys.
    zxbruno zxbruno July 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Skooldaze TooDear WoSsers, Thanks to Skoolkid's disassembly I'm attempting to write a new "improved" version called [B]Skooldaze Too[/B]. As part of the improvem…

    ... to top of code in contended RAM
    [*]Moved scrolling routines ... the end of code outside contended RAM and used a nice ... (such as Skooldaze logo) into contended RAM.
    [*]Moved a lot ... of routines out of contended RAM into the area above ...
    Jimmy Jimmy July 2009 Development
  • Skooldaze TooDear WoSsers, Thanks to Skoolkid's disassembly I'm attempting to write a new "improved" version called [B]Skooldaze Too[/B]. As part of the improvem…

    ... the sound code runs in contended RAM, but the +3 mode ...
    Jimmy Jimmy July 2009 Development
  • Hidden routine in loading screenAs discussed in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool[/B] seems to have a hidden routine (in blue INK and PAPER). It would be inter…

    ... loading
    -screen memory is contended (means slower and the way ...
    Fikee Fikee August 2009 Development
  • Hidden routine in loading screenAs discussed in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool[/B] seems to have a hidden routine (in blue INK and PAPER). It would be inter…

    ... loading
    -screen memory is contended (means slower and the way ...
    spider spider September 2009 Development
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