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FS: ZX Spectrum 'stuff', including books.Hi all, This is my very first post to this forum. I recently rediscovered the speccy (in emulator form) and this prompted me to revisit my collec…
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3) ZX Spectrum, User's Handbook (not the manual!)
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Statement from rubberkeys......"Rubberkeys would like you all to know that he aint as mad/fucked up/immature etc... as what you lot seem to think, I didnt mean to come across as a…
... up abit....I'm 30 next year...I have a beautiful ... when I posted I used the term "monkey head"...I didnt ... I can leave and join the retrogamer forum :-o:-o NO ... br /> I apologise to all the people I have offended...including ... BIG GIRLS/BIG BOOBS AND THE ZX SPECTRUM" -
Sinclair Spectrum on BBC4 (TV) IDENTBBC4 are launching a new IT Season of programs of which part of this is the program "Micro Men". To advertise this season they have a series of iden…
... a still from the ident, the ZX spectrum is next to the ( cought spit) ... Commodore Pet on the outer ... up of it. The gadgets in the circles roate in ... oposing directions whilst the ones in the inner circle dance ... -
Questions on PC distribution of ZX software...Im looking at ways to distribute ZX software (TAP,SNA,Z80,etc) to friends who don't have an emulator, or who aren't technically savay enough to downl…
... at ways to combine the ZX file with the emulator as a small ... single .EXE file that autoruns the software upon double clicking...
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Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …
... in 48 BASIC mode. The Wafadrive makes the computer go into 48k ... much hope for this), and the printer simply doesn't work ... with the standard routines. However, from poking ... that at least the low-level routines for the ZX Printer still exist ... -
Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
... working knowledge of ZX Spectrum basic, and the ZX Spin emulator.< ... point to the left hand verge on the next line, we ... need to move 21 bytes further in the ... s equivalent of a FOR-NEXT loop, djnz.
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Staring the computer.I've just stumbled upon a neat website that is divoted to instances of computers appearing in films and on the telly. I'm sure the ZX Spectrum appea…
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The ZX Spectrum 128 +2b/+3b Service Manualmissing? I just looked in documents and the link didn't work. the ammendment is there though. it's weird, in firefox it wouldn't work.. in IE it wou…
missing? I just looked in documents and the link didn't work. the ammendment is there though.
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ZX81 more powerful than the Speccy?I have been reading ?The ZX Spectrum Book 1982 - 199x? by Andrew Rollings (thanks again, Andrew - it?s a great read!). There are some comments in the…
I have been reading ?The ZX Spectrum Book 1982 - 199x? ... J.K Grey software for the ZX 81 it was great. ... sort of ?Ultimate Play The Game? for the ?81. Peaking, of ... they would say that the ZX 81 was a more ... powerful machine than the Speccy!!
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EAR connector on ZX Spectrum +2 possible?Is it possible to put an EAR connector to the ZX Spectrum +2? I need this because I wish to play the software from the pc as wave file to the spectru…
... put an EAR connector to the ZX Spectrum +2? I need this ... the software from the pc as wave file to the spectrum +2. On the ZX ... /> I can put the EAR signal directly to the play cable from ... the datacorder? Or is another ... -
Bad quality of ZX 48K PCB?Is the quality of ZX 48K PCB's not the same by every motherboard? I have here a motherboard and desolderd the ZX 80 Cpu. No problem but near the des…
Is the quality of ZX 48K PCB's not the same by every motherboard ... here a motherboard and desolderd the ZX 80 Cpu. No problem but ... near the desoldert pins a lot of ... the conducting passes unverified to frog! ... -
"ZX Spectrum Book 1982-199x" - your opinionThe "ZX Spectrum Book 1982-199x" by Andrew Rollings can be now downloaded for free, so many people can read it. What is your opinion about this book?…
The "ZX Spectrum Book 1982-199x" by ... is a good book but the selection of games is sometimes ... that author doesn't like the arcade conversions, only few are ... ?
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Loading program over the MIC jackI put the plug into the wrong jack and loaded a program over the MIC jack. Is it possible that the ZX 48K is damaged because after a while the pic c…
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Is it possible that the ZX 48K is damaged because after ... a while the pic crashed and I can ... /> I switched the ZX 48K out and plug the kabel into the EAR jack ... -
Partslist ZX 48K issue 4 PCBHas anyone the partslist from the ZX 48K issue 4 PCB? I can only find those from issue 1, 2, and 3. Thanks! Micky
Has anyone the partslist from the ZX 48K issue 4 PCB? I can only find those from issue 1, 2, and 3. Thanks!
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Mega Man 1 on the Spectrum?I heard long long ago that the first game in the legendary Mega Man series was originally planned as an arcade game, and I'm wondering what Mega Man …
... long long ago that the first game in the legendary Mega Man ... if they got ported to the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST ... -
Replacement for the ear and mic jack?Which replacement for the ear and mic jack from the ZX 48K fits? Or gives it the same jacks in new? Micky
Which replacement for the ear and mic jack from the ZX 48K fits? Or gives it the same jacks in new?
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Different ZX 48K ROM versions?Is there only one official ROM version for the ZX 48K from Sinclair? Micky
Is there only one official ROM version for the ZX 48K from Sinclair?
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Midi out on a ZX SpectrumYears ago (may be over 15 years...) I soldered a small adapter that lets a keyboard or synthesizer connect to the ZX Spectrum 128K's midi/RS232 port.…
... keyboard or synthesizer connect to the ZX Spectrum 128K's midi/RS232 ... Spectrum-addons, but unfortunately the midi connector came loose.
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Where is the other side from the ZX 48 PCB?Has anyone the other side from the PCB? [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/ZXSpectrumIssue3-PCB_Bottom.gif[/url] Micky
Has anyone the other side from the PCB?
[url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/technical-docs/ZXSpectrumIssue3-PCB_Bottom.gif[/url]
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ZX Lprint III WantedI have several centronics interfaces for the ZX Spectrum, but does anyone have a ZX Lprint III they no longer need? Many thanks
I have several centronics interfaces for the ZX Spectrum, but does anyone have a ZX Lprint III they no longer need?
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ZX Spectrum colour palette - Equivalent 8-bit RGB values?I'm wishing to do some ZX Spectrum games screenshots on my Mac, but cannot find any information on the net which states what the equivalent 8-bit RGB…
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Detecting ZX Interface 1 ROM VersionIs there any way of checking which version of the ZX Interface 1 is present? I know that the later ROMs were better at networking - what other impro…
Is there any way of checking which version of the ZX Interface 1 is present?
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"ZX Spectrum, what is that?"[url]http://retroblique.com/the-zx-spectrum-did-not-exist/[/url] Sad but true.
[url]http://retroblique.com/the-zx-spectrum-did-not-exist/[/url]
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ZX 48K loudspeaker with 8 Ohm possible?Is it possible to change the loudspeaker from the ZX 48K with a model which has only 8 Ohm? Micky
Is it possible to change the loudspeaker from the ZX 48K with a model which has only 8 Ohm?
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The ZX spectrum basic manual (big orange book)was just glancing throught he one i got a bit ago mine says first published 1982 second edition 1983 third edition 1983 anybody got a first edition…
was just glancing throught he one i got a bit ago
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first published 1982
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third edition 1983
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Searching for the artistes from The Power House / H.E.X.Hello, my name is Caroline Bren, and this is my first post. Recently, I put out an audio record which some of you may have heard of, under the Feedin…
... which are available on the WOS archive. The artist is H. ... many of the games released by the software distributor The Power House ... release relating to the history of music for the ZX Spectrum, and ... make more releases related to the ZX Spectrum as time goes ... -
Microsoft finally fix the Red Ring of Death!!! Sort of...Yes, after five years of hardware revisions, each one designed to cure the almost inevtiable RROD (Red Ring of Death) problem, where the XBox 360 ove…
... claimed) by people stacking the 360 next to, or even on ... , working radiators or badly ventilated cupboards. The ... sufficient coolling to the system? By strenthening the solder joints ... and fail when the temperature of the console raises too ... -
audio output on ZX +2Is it possible to split the audio from the port on the ZX+2 left and right so i can use my mp3 player to load games? or do you need to open her up?
Is it possible to split the audio from the port on the ZX+2 left and right so i can use my mp3 player to load games? or do you need to open her up? -
"Sinclair" and "Sinclair Zx" TrademarksPlease, oh please, be patient... I known is a childish and probably stupid question, but.... No way to promote, all of us of WoS interested, a (hop…
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A few ZX Spectrum books.Programming your ZX SPECTRUM Tim Hartnell and Dilwyn Jones (tutorial in BASIC) The Spectrum book of games Mike James, S. M. Gee and Kay Ewbank (that…
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The Spectrum book of games
Easy Programming for the ZX SPECTRUM
Ian Stewart and ... in BASIC)
The Orange Manuals
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(the ones that came with the computer originally. There ...
