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Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... differences besides the ROMs. Most emulators only emulate the UK 128, but you ... can usually substitute the original Spanish ... -
Retro Gamer Issue 104[IMG]http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp247/jdanddiet/rg104.jpg[/IMG] Features on:- Pong Electric Dreams :-D Tekken 10 Gamecube Classics Contact …
... was originally developed for the Mikro-Plus (the add-on that gave ... after the poorly received Shadow of the Unicorn).
After the add ... -added for the later 128 version).
I know the Mikro-Plus ... -
ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... Virtual RAMdisc support using the original 128 BASIC syntax. That is ... , anything using the LOAD !, SAVE !, ... commands should work just like the current +3DOS support. This ... command that takes the same syntax as the 128 BASIC PLAY ... -
ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... ]1) Virtual RAMdisc support using the original 128 BASIC syntax. That is ... command that takes the same syntax as the 128 BASIC PLAY command.[/QUOTE ... ]
The .play command can ... -
Anatomy of a bad M1No, not the motorway (although at times the tarmac M1 goes about as well as this one...) But the bad M1 problem that seems to occur most with issue …
That CPU wouldn't happen to be a zilog Z080004PSC would it? They don't work with Multiface 1s in my experience, but they're fine with the Multiface 128. -
Anatomy of a bad M1No, not the motorway (although at times the tarmac M1 goes about as well as this one...) But the bad M1 problem that seems to occur most with issue …
[QUOTE=Spirantho;640354]That CPU wouldn't happen to be a zilog Z080004PSC would it? They don't work with Multiface 1s in my experience, but they're fine with the Multiface 128.[/QUOTE]
This one's a Z8400APS. -
128K+ Keypad Swapsies.I've been offered a swap, a Spanish 128k keypad, for one of my UK microdrives. Is this a good swap?
[QUOTE=Encarnado;640447]If the 128 BASIC 1985 version was faster, ... Hi-Soft BASIC 128 only works with the UK 128 and UK +2 ... ROMs. On the other hand ... translated version of the original Spanish 128 ROM is the best version available ... -
Replacing Upper RAM in 48KHi Folks Well, my fun continues :) After sorting the display issues with this machine I found I couldn't load software meant for 48K machines. Havin…
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Looking at the design this adapter would work ... very well for the Harlequin boards if I not ... long as you can disconnect the upper 32K of RAM in ... well (this is external to the ULA, it's just some ... on a HAL chip in the original 128 ). -
How to change the colour of an input line?Hello my fellow WoS'ers I remember the way-back machine on the humble 48k where I could write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change the …
The SPECTRUM command was created as a way to put the original 128 in compatibility mode. If the 48 BASIC menu option on the MkII machine had behaved in the same way then the command would have been redundant and a UDG could have been reclaimed. -
Software Projects Anaconda 128k problemTry as i might i cant get further than perhaps a screen before this crashes and resets, anybody else have that problem?
128 crashing often relates to the HAL hardware bugs in the toastrack 128 and the early model grey +2. Try it on a +3/+2A or +2B. -
Copying Files in +3e BASIC (not using COPY command)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Yet again I find myself in need of guidance, I am sooo close to getting my prototype up. I am writing my own byte cop…
... first versions) doesn't store the actual length of a file ... listing always calculate the file size as the number of "extents ... but holds file size to the nearest 128 bytes. Annoyingly, there's ... a spare byte in the directory ... -
Some stuff I'm after...Anyone help with any of these? A 128 Spectrum (Amstrad version, preferably a grey one). The box ONLY for a rubber key 48k Spectrum. And some games:…
... The Bikers - Automata.
Pi-In'Ere - Automata.
Fairlight - The Edge (128 ... version).
The Prince - CCS.
Dracula ... .
Lone Wolf - Flight From The Dark (big box release with ... -
80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
... 't add any modes to the 128.
[quote]I ... computers did.[/quote]
The 128 wasn't really very well ... part of the original team in the US that created the TS2068. ... the name of the Spanish engineer from Investronica who worked with the original 128 ... -
80x24 mode (Timex required)Hopefully Martijn will be adding this to the archive soon, but until then grab it here: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/BASIC80.zip[/url] Th…
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[QUOTE=aowen;643897]The 128 wasn't really very well ... the name of the Spanish engineer from Investronica who worked with the original 128 ... just the prototype. The machine was ready to enter the market, but the Portuguese ... -
White Spectrum+Hi Folks, There is a photo of a white Spectrum+ on Rick Dickinson's website - did this actually exist i.e. working machine? Paddy
... reserved words in 128 BASIC. Also the keypad, which was the main selling ... point of 128 BASIC, was not included with the machine. The ... tape tester was buggy. The ... -
White Spectrum+Hi Folks, There is a photo of a white Spectrum+ on Rick Dickinson's website - did this actually exist i.e. working machine? Paddy
... reserved words in 128 BASIC. Also the keypad, which was the main selling ... point of 128 BASIC, was not included with the machine. The ... tape tester was buggy. The ... -
Spectrum 128 toaster and divide incompatibility problems with some demos and games.Okay so I got this thing now. It?s my first Spectrum ever. [img]http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2016/speccyl.jpg[/img] [url]http://img824.image…
... about the only thing that require the broken contention of the 128 and the MkI ... grey +2 (not the Mk2 ... better tell you, the +2B is the best engineered 128 of the lot. There ... -
divide loading errorsHi All, Just bought a divide unit and I am having a few problems. I select the TAP file from the fatware browser, then do a load "". I get a lot of …
I rather doubt the bugfixes would cause the checksum error you seem ... something plugged in between the 128 and the divIDE, like a joystick ... stuff that checksums the ROM) and the UK 128 editor with three ... compatible machine than using the original UK 128 ROMs. -
.chr to .binSo here goes another stupid question. What's the best way to convert .chr files created with ZX-Paintbrush to binary or asm format? I know ZX-Blocked…
... /> Well the problem is that the definitions of the last 128 characters really ... need to follow on from the ... 80 column mode uses the video RAM in bank ... hardware) so the area immediately after the character set is ... -
SPECTRA New from Paul FarrowLooks good! Read about it [URL="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Spectrum/Spectra/SpectraInterface.htm"]here[/URL]
... think all people focus on the new graphic mode, but ... an opportunity to connect the old Spectrum to modern ... 128k as well, as the Spectrum 128 has an RGB - output ... , but as the PIN 16 ... RGB-signal and just use the composite signal. I know, ... -
SPECTRA New from Paul FarrowLooks good! Read about it [URL="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Spectrum/Spectra/SpectraInterface.htm"]here[/URL]
... ]Some GPIO's (visible at the right edge) have been made ... available to further enhance the capabilites of this "ULA". For ... /> They are on the original 128, the UK model and the Mk I grey ... owing to a bug in the HAL chip. -
Spectrum 128 & bundle of peripherals for saleHi, I'm based in Brighton, Sussex, UK, looking to sell the following big bundle of bits - preferably to a local-ish buyer who can collect in person,…
If you're willing to sell the boxed 128 on its own I know a Turkish buyer who is interested. I'm going to Turkey later this year so you'd only have to ship to London. -
copying between RAM pagesSay I'm storing stuff in RAM pages 0,1,3,4 which gets used in 6,7 (which I am) and I might want to transfer up to 7kb at a time (which I do) and I do…
... (although I've not done the maths!). I think an intermediate ... copy directly.
The Speccy 128's paging arrangement is a ... -
copying between RAM pagesSay I'm storing stuff in RAM pages 0,1,3,4 which gets used in 6,7 (which I am) and I might want to transfer up to 7kb at a time (which I do) and I do…
[QUOTE]The Speccy 128's paging arrangement is a ... (although I've not done the maths!). [/QUOTE]
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Need repair advice - noviceHello, does anyone know where I can get a professional to rejuvenate my 128 heatsink model? I know nothing of electronics and can't solder for toffee…
... operate on her. This is the first 128 I've used, and ... -
Very weird +2 problem.After two days, I'm still fighting this grey +2. Symptoms: When I first got it, there were stray pixels on the screen, and stray lines and colours. …
... When played using the keyboard option, the Spectrum 128's second display ... it's starting with the keyboard. With the other CPU, I ... the corruption of the graphics too on the other CPU, because the 128 ... and not affect the data from the RAM to the CPU (which ... -
Has any one tried ZX Spectrum 4.net?In this week's Micromart, the Specccy emulator [I]ZX Spectrum 4.net[/I] is given a rave review, and it does sound really good. Has anyone tried it ye…
It really is like talking to a brick wall in here sometimes. The whole point of the 128Ke is that it runs almost everything and the user doesn't have to worry about which model to select. It just works. I'm sure the -
Has any one tried ZX Spectrum 4.net?In this week's Micromart, the Specccy emulator [I]ZX Spectrum 4.net[/I] is given a rave review, and it does sound really good. Has anyone tried it ye…
... like to point out that the 128Ke is neither simply a ... . It's a +2A with the floating bus mod and two ... ROM and two copies of the UK 128 editor with three bytes ... so I'll stop labouring the point. -
WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…
... to ensure the IDE adapter is over the ROM, the plastic ... still close and the keyboard isn't hitting either the ... about the earlier 128k machines - the ULA's of the two 128 toasties ... that I have are both soldered to the ... -
WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…
... correct about the earlier 128k machines - the ULA's of the two 128 toasties ... that I have are both soldered to the ... a problem for the like minded - but for the general speky ... user....[/QUOTE]
The spanish 128K has a socketed ...
