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  • Recent hardware acquisitionsWell, not actually that recent but I've not had time to look at them until a few days ago... Two Speccy +'s. Both are semi alive. Both have semi d…

    ... even when taken from the composite video. The other has what appears ... I know the earlier ones are semi adjustable. Job for the weekend to ... its 'alive' as the keyboard 'rasp' works and the MUSIC command produces ... one of my 'solid state' ones in instead, I have a ...
    spider spider July 2017 Chit chat
  • ZX Spectrum 48K it only shows colored barsHello, I'm new to the forum and I need help with a ZX Spectrum 48K which I bought recently unfortunately defective. I want to mention that before t…

    ... I replaced all the capacitors because they were the original ones...
    But ... when I started it, on the ... replaced with sockets and also the Z80 with socket - see ... Can I check somehow the RAMs or/and the ULA processor?
    Trafic Trafic July 2017 Hardware
  • Short Vintage Cartoons. Good episodes.So, I've just shown my son the Pink Panther. Not the 90s monstrosity, but the original ones from the 60sand early 70s. We watched, Pest control. W…

    ... son the Pink Panther. Not the 90s monstrosity, but the original ones from the 60sand ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk August 2017 Chit chat
  • Podcast on Spectrum topicsHello old chums of WOS. The older ones may remember me from the early years forum on here, especially the games topic. Anyway, I've never really wen…

    ... of WOS. The older ones may remember me from the early years forum ... on here, especially the ... for places to plug (apologies) the RGDSpodcast team I've become ... recent member of and being the avid Speccy fan that I ...
    GeeKay GeeKay August 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best and worst loading coloursWas just thinking the other day about this, what are the worst / best loading colours that have been seen ? :) Apart from loaders with either mult…

    ... day about this, what are the worst / best loading colours that ... very unpleasant somehow. Fiddling with the AND + OR lines during loading ... 'm asking is what are the worst ones you've seen during ...
    spider spider September 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best frozen ready meals ?On the whole who's frozen ready meals do you recommend ? For reasons I'lll not really go into, the fresh ones are not too practical as I need some…

    On the whole who's frozen ready ... not really go into, the fresh ones are not too practical as ... each it seems!) brands of the Bisto ready meals and such ...
    spider spider September 2017 Chit chat
  • Spectrum vs C64 faked sales figuresOn ITV's 'the Chase' 29th January 2018, there has been another speccy reference. I missed it live so have just downloaded and checked it. The ques…

    ... there at the time. The guy who put the Z80 into the C128 is ... . Who knows if they outnumbered the real ones, The former USSR, Brazil, etc ... people around at the time, including the creator of the C128, have said ...
    ZX_Steve ZX_Steve January 2018 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Griffin Software for Learning possibilitiesBy possibilities I mean software that is listed in Griffin advert /promotional material that I have in my possession , and which I have not foun…

    ... these possibly "missing" titles. The blurb says the info is correct at ... cut down the Spectrum ones)

    The ones I found in the Griffin advert ... for the ZX Spectrum ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio May 2018 MIA/STP/SDP
  • iPhone and iPad woesJust back of a fantastic holiday and noticed that some older photos and recent holiday ones are missing from Mrs Rs ipad. We want to restore the pho…

    ... are safely backed up. The new ones not. The stick is not compatable ... gains the new photos and restores the older ones. Worst case scenario the iPhone ... syncs with the iPad ...
    SnazzyParrot SnazzyParrot August 2018 Chit chat
  • Thinking about adding an iMac G3 to my Collection.So, I've been thinking about the iMac g3. You know the revolutionary Apple computer first released in 1998 and with translucent colors. I can see the…

    ... been thinking about the iMac g3. You know the revolutionary Apple ... colors. I can see the fastest ones have a 700mhz processor and ... Well like the Spectrum, I feel the machine has changed the world and ... Panton. It was also the computer that saved apple.
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk December 2018 Chit chat
  • Manic Miner: A ten-cavern challengeThe jswmm community is pleased to present "Manic Miner: A ten-cavern challenge" [quote]The initial idea of this game was to take a different twist…

    ... a different twist on the release of the "Manic Miner - Hi ... a total of three games. The new ones being an ”easy” version ... and a ”hard” version. The thoughts ... player- friendly than the original and the hard version slightly more ...
    spider spider April 2019 Brand new software
  • Bruce Lee RXI've just tried the new Spectrum version of Bruce Lee called Bruce Lee RX. It looks very nice and it also offers two graphical versions of Bruce. I l…

    ... of the original game, the new ones don't look as elegant, the new ... demon in the last ... room looks rather funny, and the "congratulations" room is missing in ... top platforms just like in the later Spanish version (which ...
    Art Art October 2019 Brand new software
  • Codemasters Titles WantedHello! Does anybody have any of the following Codemasters games available to sell to me ... DJ Puff (aka DJ Puffs Volcanic Capers) Sergeant Seym…

    ... /> Does anybody have any of the following Codemasters games available to ... />
    These are the final ones I need for the full Codemasters set ...
    Old_Speccer Old_Speccer May 2020 Wanted
  • Keyboard not working on 3 speccysI have 3 zx spectrums 48k (One was the original one I had as a kid with rubber keys) and I just purchased 2 more.. one original spectrum 48k with rub…

    ... rubber and the second one is the 48k + (plus) with the hard plastic ...

    And for the other ones that they keys partially work ... it hard to detach the faceplate from the original 48k zx spectrums ... avoid that to keep the cost of the repairs at a ...
    kuser kuser May 2020 Hardware
  • New DBOk, time to clear this up. After god knows how many pages of discussions, nobody from ZXDB has contacted me at all. Firstly, there will never be a…

    ... are almost 25yrs old. The only ones remaining that hadn't been ... moved to the new website were the infoseek related ones. So, one ... evening I switched the new ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty July 2020 Updates
  • Animated loading screensDoes anyone know how many spectrum games had an animated loading screen? The only ones i can remember are Technician Ted and I think, Manic Miner.

    Does anyone know how many spectrum games had an animated loading screen? The only ones i can remember are Technician Ted and I think, Manic Miner.
    zx1 zx1 September 2020 Games
  • Arkanoid / Batty clones ?Although there is an old 2008 topic [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/16532/best-worst-arkanoid-clones/"]here[/url] , I felt a new …

    ... passed.

    Some of the suggestions within were not quite ... clones of the above. I've always found the horizontal ones a bit ... strange. Same for those that are not quite the ... and 'Though The Wall' :D , are there any worthy ones to try ...
    spider spider October 2020 Games
  • problem when game finished loading 128kI have this problem when some 128k games finishes loading. It just hangs, some time the screen gets corrupted, sometimes nothing happens. It looks …

    ... /> It just hangs, some time the screen gets corrupted, sometimes nothing ... with certain 128k games, not the 48k ones.

    I've ... 's, could this conflict with the old RAM IC's?
    gleegum gleegum November 2020 Hardware
  • Electronics output timerSmall electronics advice please. :) I was hoping the regular 555 might do this but it seems from a tiny bit of Google research it may not be what I a…

    ... advice please. :) I was hoping the regular 555 might do this ... / beep and hide it inside the case cover , there's space ... such a feature already, the usual ones that take a single AA ...
    spider spider November 2020 Chit chat
  • An Xmas ProjectI'm looking for a small project to do while I'm off this Christmas and I quite like the idea of improving an existing game in the way some of the guy…

    ... Recompiling a 16k game into the upper memory for speed.
    . Compressing the levels to get more in ... ' coded, whereas the later ones most of the coders improved with ... experience. So the reason ...
    Luny Luny December 2020 Software
  • What's wrong with this Spectrum +2B?Watch this video: [url="https://photos.app.goo.gl/uRmuzj8hRhGPqqrQ9"]https://photos.app.goo.gl/uRmuzj8hRhGPqqrQ9[/url] Explanation: every time I …

    ... NEW or I change the border colour, the level of sound changes ... ; then I replaced them by the +3e ones. Also I did a ... in a web, but the issue remains the same.

    Any ...
    javier2112 javier2112 March 2021 Hardware
  • Questions about microdrivesHi! Bought an Interface 1 and two microdrives along with around 10 microdrive cartridges. Installed (great but very expensive) vdrive zx into one …

    ... just fine. Note: all the cartridges have the felt-thingy replaced so ... s can't be the reason (but the properly-formatting-cartridge ... sound a lot quieter than the other ones). Is there something special ... in order to load the saved programs, the Multiface has to ...
    arttu arttu May 2021 Hardware
  • New edition of LOST IN MY SPECTRUM and other newsHi all, my very first game, [i]Lost In My Spectrum, [/i]has been updated to version 2.1. What's new: time runs a little slower; when you lose a…

    ... , rather than from the first of the current level; a ... br />
    For the time being, the old versions won't ... gradually replaced with the new ones. For the newest versions, updates ... and immediate feedback, the primary ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2021 Announcements
  • New release and cassette edition for SOPHIA II[img]https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMTA3MDAyMS82MTI5OTk4LnBuZw==/original/p3BwzV.png[/img] Hi everyone, another new release under the Zankle Sof…

    ... /> another new release under the Zankle Soft label is available ... the second chapter in the adventures of the young princess-magicienne from the ...
    After defeating the evil sorcerer Yojar, Sophia must ... find the link to the Bitmap Soft release in the ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu June 2021 Announcements
  • Foundation - From awesome books to a Macintosh TV special???What odd times we live in. I've been out of the loop for a little bit and didn't realize that there was a digital Mac tv station available. And it's …

    ... like all the other ones. Remember when the "i" at the start of ... well.

    Welcome to the iApplePlus eMacintosh+... *sigh*

    the Foundation series up on the big screen. ... enough time spent on just the first book.

    Bloppinius_Blarp Bloppinius_Blarp June 2021 Chit chat
  • Spectrum Games that "mirror" commercially available board games .I will eliminate traditional board games like chess ,draughts and backgammon from this category . But the more well known board games like Monopoly ,…

    ... a similar format. The best ones will do the "mirroring" well by ... not have started the thread without any new ones so I ... Grandslam Entertainments .This is what the "Board Game Geek" website ... different but realted category - the "non mirrored" Spectrum board ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio October 2021 Games
  • MEGA Manic MulhollandHi Spec-Chums, a few months back I fulfilled a lifetime dream as my son & I made our first ever Spectrum game, "Manic Mulholland" & it got some lovel…

    ... levels & reworked all the original ones. We've also added more ... /> We are proud to announce the release of MEGA Manic Mulholland ... download it for free at the following link:

    ENJOY ...
    the_hawk the_hawk November 2021 Brand new software
  • Using a thermal camera to fix speccy's.Hi All, Thought I'd share another repair... Got a board that collapsed the bench supply straight away ( I run a bench supply and give it just enou…

    ... wrong... ).

    Checked, and the power rails are being shorted ... seen below them, and the Z80 to the left. That bright spot ... , so I pull one of the hot ones out, and sure enough ... cut the rest of the chips out from the top then removed the remaining ...
    cj7hawk cj7hawk December 2021 Hardware
  • How Many FIRST NAMES are included in 1980s Speccy Game Software? The easy ones are John ,Fred , Harry. (eg High Rise Harry) But does Bill or Robert get a look in here? How many other first names are there that…

    The easy ones are John ,Fred , Harry. (eg High Rise Harry)

    But does Bill or Robert get a look in here? How many other first names are there that are included in a Speccy Game Titles?
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio February 2022 Games
  • PSI ChessHi, Anybody out there remember the game "PSI Chess" by The Edge? Well, there seems to be no problem finding a snapshot ot tape image for this game …

    ... at least clearing up the emulator question Arjun. And ... you do come across the playing details some time, ... back and give it the old "monkeys typing Shakespeare ...
    Either way, once the full instructions are discovered, I ... we're not the only ones who've fallen ...
    Ed Ed February 2002 Games
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