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History of +D ROMsIs anyone familiar with the history of ROMs for the MGT +D? Which versions do exist, what are the known changes and can late versions for the beige D…
... the 2nd version only for 128K toastrack. It is only ... didn't have a 128K toastrack back then and ... could get it for a 128K toastrack, and I "fixed" ... was just that each 128K Spectrum needed a modified BetaDOS FIX2 ... the +2 or the 128K toastrack POKEd DOS.
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Help Me Identify Mystery Speccy PlzI was Given A box of speccy stuff and in it i got a nice surprise it included a really nice spectrum but ive not seen it before its a cross between …
... typical of the Sinclair/Investronica 128K Spectrum.
It can be ... little more for my standard 128K, maybe because the latter had ... -
What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... TS2068 showed the way. A 128k spectrum with an AY trip and ... would have bought one. The 128k we got was too little ... /> I also wonder if the spectrum's life span could have ... -
What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... (probably a YM3812, for Adlib compatibility). Getting the VGA modes to ... , though.
And if Spectrum compatibility was required, it would need ... a Spectrum-on-an-ISA-card option ... -
What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
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Bottom line, the spectrum upgrades were terribly disapointing - wrong ... have happened when the 128K Spectrum came out was to ... was still better than a 128k Spectrum. Big software companies(Ocean ... the 128K Speccy was the death of the ZX Spectrum ... -
What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... SHOULD have happened when the 128K Spectrum came out was to see ... was still better than a 128k Spectrum.[/B] Big software companies(Ocean ... the 128K Speccy was the death of the ZX Spectrum when ... apparent by the time the Spectrum 128k came out (what a ... -
What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... SHOULD have happened when the 128K Spectrum came out was to see ... .
The original Spectrum could quite easily have used ... the reasons that using the Spectrum is, ironically, still so ... afford) a 16-bit 'super' Spectrum in 1985.
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What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... the same generation as the Spectrum to me. They just ... minor incremental upgrades to the Spectrum rather than anything particularly radical ... graphics chip instead of the 128K Spectrum by 1985/6. There'd ... have been moot. The Spectrum could have just gone the ... -
Test screens for ZX PrismNot sure that this is *really* the right section for this request, but it's relating to new hardware I'm developing so let's start it off here - a mo…
... ve implemented use the standard spectrum screen memory layout. 8 pixels ... and shadow screen on the 128K spectrums start at the ... to.
Like the 128K spectrum, a 16K chunk of memory ... 3.
Unlike the 128K spectrums, ZX Prism allows you ... -
Zx Spectrum 128k Toaster RGB pinoutHi all When I use my +2 scart cable on my 128k the picture looks terrible, so I have bought the din plug to make my own. Most sites from what I ca…
... RGB cable for the Toastrack 128K Spectrum the circuit shown on Paul ... -
The Story of the Spectrum in 10 GamesIf you had the tell the story of the Spectrum in just 10 games what woukd they be? Your choices should be games that have absolutely defined the shap…
... really proper game with a 128K version
Starglider - First game ... the full abilities of the 128k Spectrum including samples for gameplay as ... -
What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... TS2068 showed the way. A 128k spectrum with an AY trip and ... would have bought one. The 128k we got was too little ... /> I also wonder if the spectrum's life span could have ... -
ULAPLUS on ZX-Evo!It was really easy for us to add it. So it is here fresh in our repository: [url]http://pentevo.googlecode.com/svn/avr/current/default/zxevo_fw.bin[…
... of having to use the Timex and Spectrum 128 ports separately. When ... -
Top 10 tape-based 128K-only games of all timeOn foro.speccy.org we came up with this list: La Abadia del Crimen Los Amores de Brunilda Carrier Command Gauntlet 3 The Muncher Pang The Pawn Rod-…
Yes, I think the paging scheme is just more evidence, if it were needed, that the 128K Spectrum was designed as a quick bodge rather than with much thought as to how its new features cold be used in combination. -
ULAPLUS on ZX-Evo!It was really easy for us to add it. So it is here fresh in our repository: [url]http://pentevo.googlecode.com/svn/avr/current/default/zxevo_fw.bin[…
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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…
... , available from the World Of Spectrum database [/U][/B]
[ ... http://nugget.no-ip.biz/spectrum/Locomotion_(+2a+3_Fixed).tap"]Fixed ... can be used on any 128K Spectrum.
[*]Robin Of The ... : It will load on any 128K Spectrum.
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Do you remember the Great Gaming Crash?Assuming you were in England (well, anywhere really, except the USA) in 1983/1984, were you effected, or even aware, of the 'global games crash"? Thi…
... the kinship of being a Spectrum owner (it seemed like over ... Micro-drives being iffy, the 128K Spectrum not offering much other than ... remembered fondly by so many Spectrum gamers - their light burned ... , and I think most Spectrum users would place one or ... -
Do you remember the Great Gaming Crash?Assuming you were in England (well, anywhere really, except the USA) in 1983/1984, were you effected, or even aware, of the 'global games crash"? Thi…
... the kinship of being a Spectrum owner (it seemed like over ... Micro-drives being iffy, the 128K Spectrum not offering much other than ... remembered fondly by so many Spectrum gamers - their light burned ... , and I think most Spectrum users would place one or ... -
I have returned! This time with no tape problems!Hello all. Some of you may remember me from about a month or so ago with this little spawn of satan... :lol: [IMG]http://www.ridgedpixel.co.uk/proj…
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Ben Heck modifies a Zee X Spectrum.Gahh, one of the differences between Americans and Europeans right there in the title. Anyway, we know better ;) ...and this isn't about that anyway.…
... great. Moreover, once a Spectrum ULA is dead you can ... get another from a Spectrum and since that is ... Imho Clones are Spectrum compatibles, but not Spectrum themselves. Pentagons and ... with their own properties, with Spectrum compatibility on their side.
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Were +2A tape decks badly made?I remember as a kid in the early 90s(must of been as I started Secondary School in 1994 and this was before that) maybe even 88 or 89 I used to play …
My solution for a 128K Spectrum for my collection was to ... -
PC Engine/TurboGraxBack in the day I always wanted to get a PC Engine but never did. That console seemed to have some great arcade-almost-perfect sideways shooters and …
... a multiload even on the 128K Spectrum? I hated when that was ... -
The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…
... doesn't suddenly require a 128K Spectrum, however, true to his word ... -
What question would you ask Sir Clive?So lately I've been preoccupied by the idea of filling in the gaps in documented Speccy history, and finding stories and trends in it... things like …
... ask Sir Clive why the Spectrum 128K was so unambitious (it should ... seems to be that the 128K Spectrum was just a quick cash ... not to actually improve the Spectrum), so instead I'd ask ... -
Coming soon: Pets vs Aliens!This is just a sneak peak showing the loading screen for [B]Pets vs Aliens[/B], an upcoming "story-driven" Speccy game featuring absolutely astonishi…
... good narrative examples on zx spectrum.
But I wasn ... sidekicked by it. On a 128k spectrum, it's hard to tell ... -
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128My loving mum has brought me back one of these beauties from a carboot sale but I'm haven a slight problem with it I CAN'T FIND THE ON SWITCH!!!!!…
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Alkatraz Protection System - "How to" and compo?I'm thinking about writing a "how to" regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Protection System[/URL].…
... we were working on a 128K program then we'd need ... to switch over to a 128K Spectrum so that the files would ...Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …
... maintain a certain amount of Spectrum compatibility.
It' ... replicate full functionality of any Spectrum model, so I certainly ... often referred to as unofficial Spectrum clones). It doesn't ... I call it a "Spectrum Compatible" and nothing discussed ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... home computer era. C64 & Spectrum pretty much does it and ... of games, mostly equalling the Spectrum with its own ports and ... my C64 w/FD & Spectrum+, it would be in this ... that worried about getting a 128k Spectrum honestly, but that's just ...Clive Sinclair and Retro Computers announce the Sinclair ZX Spectrum VegaAt last! The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega! Read all about it, see the videos and bid for one of the first 1000 limited edition Vegas! [URL="https://w…
Great to see the Spectrum again with official endorsement but ...
