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The Wire - ZX Spectrum breaks the caseI've been watching The Wire box-sets over the last few months and just finished series 5. If you haven't watched it, then get started, it's the best …
... 've been watching The Wire box-sets over the last few months and ... years, possibly ever.
The thing I wanted to tell ... that every time you hear the wire tap going through with Freamon ... (particularly later seasons?), they use the sound of a ZX Spectrum ... -
Solution for The Mummy's CryptDoes anyone know how to remove the wire cutters from the niche in this damned game, if someone knows or has a solution that would be even better. Tha…
Does anyone know how to remove the wire cutters from the niche in this damned game, if someone knows or has a solution that would be even better. Thanks a lot -
Does Anybody remember The Abyss??? It was a tough little cookie of a game. The entire screen was filled with what looked like chicken-wire. Every section of the wire you came acros…
... /> The entire screen was filled with what looked like chicken-wire. Every ... section of the wire you came across ... it?
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The rescue of a coil.The problem at hand was a known defect transformer from the switching convertor inside a Spectrum. Both windings are not interrupted and not intercon…
... probe on the socket pin where the wire still is attached, the other probe ... must have heated the enameled wire to the point where the enamel melts and ... next time I must cut the wire a little longer to make ... -
The Great Escape - new loading screenThe third in my series of classic ZX Spectrum games loading screen re-doings - another Wakelin cover for Ocean's "The Great Escape". For such a grou…
... ground breaking and aces game, the original loading screen was cock ... (if it was done by the time the loading screen was done ... for what was behind the the existing logo and the most obvious difference ... POW's missing arm with the wire cutters,as no matter what ... -
info on T.V. leadsWell, having recovered my Speccy from the depths of hell, I gotta hook it upto my T.V. and see if it still works. The problem is that I seem to have …
... having recovered my Speccy from the depths of hell, I gotta ... if it still works. The problem is that I seem ... have lost the connector at the T.V. end of the lead ... in bad shape too and the wire seems to have been ... do I need to tell the local electronic shop dealer, ... -
Amstrad CTM644 Monitor... with a twist.Would anyone be interested in an Amstrad CTM644 colour monitor? It's usually for an Amstrad CPC6128, but I've also made a little cable that accepts …
... +2A/+3 SCART cable. (The composite wire must be composite sync, not ... easily.
The monitor suffered from wobbly wire syndrome (apparently common ... on a new DIN plug. The wire is a little bit shorter ... -
PSU polarityHi! I have a speccy+ psu and somewhere there is a loose connection.I suspect the end to the speccy side. I need to cut the wire and put a new socket.…
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I need to cut the wire and put a new socket ... .
My problem is,since the socket cannot be opened,to ... understand the polarity.
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Science Explained (Finally)!We believe that all the main physics principles can be explained away by the existence of tiny gnomes. Electricity: Inside cables there are hundreds…
... .g. the gnomes in a plug socket tell the gnomes in the wire, who ... eventually tell the gnomes in ... wires to the other phone reciever). When the gnomes reach the reciever you ... -
Generation KillAnyone watching this ? Its a 12 part special from HBO. Episode 4 has just come out, based on the Iraq War. Very good drama, some quiet moments but…
... just come out, based on the Iraq War. Very good drama ... starts !
Started watching The Wire as well, couldnt get into ... -
eBay woes - Am I being unreasonable?I recently bought a +2 (grey) on eBay, and I have contacted the seller to complain about the condition of it. So far, they haven't replied. Do you th…
... unreasonable?
The item description states
[quote ... ]To the absolute best of my knowledge ... the wire on the powerpack that can therfore be tempremental depending on how the wire ... .
* - The casing is filthy dirty and ... -
third time luckyquick soldering question for you chaps, I have just soldered a jack plug onto the wire for my speakers. I tried about three times before just snippi…
... soldered a jack plug onto the wire for my speakers. I ... times before just snipping the end of the wire off again and ... trying the whole thing again.
... hoping would conduct the electricity through onto the wire. They easily snapped ... -
Modding a CD playerI want to mod a cheap ASDA ?10 CD player to accept input from my computer. I'd just get a six way switch to do: tuner AM; tuner FM; CD; tape; input 1…
... for example sing into the computer at the same time as ... to a backing track on the headphones etc...
... worry about shielding the wire between the jack plug and the potentiometer? do I ... about crosstalk (is that the right term for electrical charges ... -
How to solderI've just tried soldering two wires together (one end'll fit in my computer, and the other into a little radio) I found that when I stripped the two …
... in my computer, and the other into a little ... when I stripped the two wires down, the copper inside ... and does it matter each wire matches up where, so long ... something wound in with the copper so that's ... not sticking to the wire that's covered with the red stuff. ... -
+2 power not working. Need helpHi folks, I'm hoping someone may be able to point out what could be wrong/needs fixing here. One of my +2's had a loose RF modulator. The 5v wire w…
... loose RF modulator. The 5v wire was literally frayed and ... the screen was full of 1987 repeatedly.
I soldered the wire ... together in the joint, and the plugged in the psu, but the ... emanating from the modulator. After that the power doesn' ... -
Spectrum +3 Help pleaseI bought a +3 from a bootsale today, and when I got it back it didnt work (shock!) However after working out the +5V line on the PSU line was about …
... after working out the +5V line on the PSU line was ... 0.3V I put the wire on the end on a +2A ... it powers up, and gives the copyright screen
the menu. Any ideas?
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Also the Drive cable which way should ... -
Speccy's and Opus etcAre you sitting comfortably? I will do my very best to identify all this stuff. I have had some help but please ask if you need more information abo…
... during the short time it was on the DC plug and the wire got ... up using the mains lead and the 'Video' output from the Opus ... I have now disconnected the Speccy from the Opus.
... that the Opus, the Monitor and the Speccy that was attached to the Opus ... -
Wiring an antique phone.My colleagues have brought an antique brass candlestick telephone. The bloke the got it from assured them it had been converted for use on a BT line.…
... brass candlestick telephone. The bloke the got it from ... is the wiring from the Microphone, to the speaker, and the ... pulse dial and then out to the wire ... that will plug into the ... -
Variable resistorI have a problem with my speakers - the treble is much much too quiet in comparison to the bass. Or you could say, the bass is much to loud for the r…
... problem with my speakers - the treble is much much too ... quiet in comparison to the bass. Or you could ... much to loud for the rest of the music. And I ... on the wire that goes from the speaker on my desk to the ... big one on the ... -
128K heatsink no color in composite video and bad antenna outputI am currently repairing a ZX Spectrum 128K heatsink model. It gives no colors on composite video output, and very bad antenna output. I opened it a…
... owner connected the 9V to the 12V wiring on the board!!
the wire I had no 12V.
Replacing the ZTX650 did the ... and still the same problem.
By the way, the TEA2000 gets ... , as the 9V was shorted with the 12V, but the power levels ... -
Modulator oddness - previous owner's mod?Hello, just bought a rubber key 48k Issue 3 I'm trying to fix up. I'm wanting to do a composite video out mod ( n00b at this) but the "spare" hole in…
... in the modulator box is already used up by this odd wire ... the second resistor above TR1 , and the other end goes to this wire ... , which then goes through the spare hole and ... blank screen. Might just cut the wire and see what difference it ... -
wifi extenders ?really should get one, and well I'm assuming someone here has 1 ? I just set it up plugged in then not have the wire connected in another room (with…
... plugged in then not have the wire connected in another room (without ... the rj45) ?
I saw the wall socket type ... I use gang sockets on the plugs = no use then -
Stealth AllRAM SpectrumHaving just received a couple of new keyboard membranes to fix a couple of machines with, the thought crossed me that I should do a special project w…
... ROM, in the case of a Hitachi ROM the wire must be plugged ... already occupied by the wire going from /ROMCS to the dead cockroach. Pin ... doesn't touch the bare end!) I made the wire long enough so ... I could remove the SRAM and ... -
Fixing a broken ZX Spectrum HELPHello I have no experience with computers predating the PC and this is my first computer of this sort S: One of my father's coworkers gave me his ol…
... half of the charger. Half of the wire that leads from the electrical outlet ... to the power transformator ... . I had to make the wire that leads to the television myself too ... -
Mix n MatchHi Bought a new PSU for my +2 and discovered the keyboard doesn't work. I also have a toastrack that doesn't work at all, it never did work since I …
... my +2 and discovered the keyboard doesn't work. ... ago and I knackered the power port trying to ... work.
The main question: can I mix ... try and do the wire test on the keyboard connectors first ... the ULAs over?
The +2 powers up two the ... -
New Spectrum User - Inveterate UpgraderI've been asking a few questions about my Speccy, which is the first I've owned despite my advancingh years. I was a C64 kid, but please don't hold …
... the same happening at the plug end, which had a break in the wire ... in the ... ridged flexible part. The composite mod was ... as was the case with the original. Some soldered on wire should ... -
48k - Why Won't it Buzzzz?Hi WOS ;) I bought a load of Spectrum games off eBay and thrown in for good measure was a 48k 1984 Issue 6a circuit board that I was told was for sp…
... thing I noted was the lack of 'the buzz'. So I ... be.
The voltages around the lower RAM ICs are ... wire on the inductor coil was broken! So I desoldered that, rewound the wire ... to remove the break and reconnected and ... -
+2A PSUHi - I have a faulty PSU for the +2A.. managed to get the light on the speccy to come on with some fiddling of the wire - though wouldn't stay- so i …
... PSU for the +2A.. managed to get the light on the speccy to ... on with some fiddling of the wire - though wouldn't stay- so ... side is fine - its the other wire that is dodgy. anyway - this ... -
Using an EPROM in a 48K SpectrumThere are plenty of guides as to how to do this floating around, however I didn't like the fact that you can't then plug in the standard 27128 ROM ch…
... [/IMG]
(Shown with the wire link installed, this can be ... I can just pull the wire link from the underside and install standard ... use the bottom 16K of the EPROM, but you could always wire in ... a switch as shown in the guide, and ... -
PROSM Tapes - Short programs embedded in Instagram videosThis is a project of mine which involves embedding short arcade games into the audio of Instagram videos. It was originally meant to be Vine videos, …
... embedding short arcade games into the audio of Instagram videos. ... videos, but the shoddy app coupled with the heavy compression caused ... www.instagram.com/p/BDyc3ZYkV9z/"]The Wire[/url], is a stripped ... phone with an amplifier as the Spectrum expects a very ...
