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  • Dead 128 ToastrackHi! I bought 128 toastrack motherboard and seller said it's working. Maybe it was when he sent it but motherboard was only put into envelope. So it …

    Hi!

    I bought 128 toastrack motherboard and seller said it' ...
    lillaolle64 lillaolle64 June 2011 Hardware
  • Souping up my Spectrum+ 128k ToastrackI wrote a small piece on the various things I've been doing to my ZX Spectrum+ 128k toastrack, primarily getting it working with the bright output an…

    ... to my ZX Spectrum+ 128k toastrack, primarily getting it working with ... sorting out the AY level so it matches the beeper.

    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay September 2011 Hardware
  • Ear + Mic bits behaviour in relation to beeper outputHave just read [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=348953&postcount=38]this old post of Joefish's [/url] in the development for…

    ... , then we could have a beeper engine that uses the MIC ... bits together produces a louder "click" than just the EAR bit, then ... to have 3 levels of beeper volume which could be very ...
    ccowley ccowley June 2012 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... a professional to rejuvenate my 128 heatsink model? I know nothing ... .
    - AY sound is more than half as quiet as beeper sound (connected ...
    wubble78 wubble78 August 2012 Hardware
  • Spectrum+ 128 toastrackI am looking for an operational Spectrum +128 (toastrack). I am located in Greece and payment will be by Paypal Thanks in advance for any offers

    I am looking for an operational Spectrum +128 (toastrack).
    I am located in Greece and payment will be by Paypal
    Thanks in advance for any offers
    cybervet cybervet January 2013 Wanted
  • DiHalt 2013Hello everyone! from 6 to 7 July in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) will be held openair demoparty "Dihalt 2013."The program includes the following competit…

    ... Intro*Work platform Pentagon128 + AY / original ZX-Spectrum 128 / +2 / +2 ... A / +3 + AY.*
    The operation ... .*

    ZX Spectrum AY / YM-Music*
    The work ... no more than 15 works.*

    ZX Spectrum Beeper Music*
    osa osa June 2013 Announcements
  • Use PLAY without the 128 ROMHere's a little thing I wrote called SoftPLAY: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45259[/url] Now you can use the PLAY comm…

    ... a 48K and an external AY expansion, or in USR0 mode ... as my code runs faster than the ROM version. The click ... you hear on the original 128 are a bug and shouldn ...
    chev chev October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Playing AY musicHi I'm looking for a piece of software to play AY files or beeper files on my 128k toastrack. What is a good place to find those AY files also the ni…

    Hi I'm looking for a piece of software to play AY files or beeper files on my 128k toastrack. What is a good place to find those AY files also the nice songs from Yerzmyey :-D
    Reinier Reinier April 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum 128 malfunctioning with DIVMMCI recently got myself a spectrum 128 (toastrack) and a DIVMMC card so I could load games from it. It all works fine until it has warmed up and then t…

    ... recently got myself a spectrum 128 (toastrack) and a DIVMMC card so ... playing some spectrum games rather than being greeted with the basic ...
    Neosodium Neosodium May 2014 Hardware
  • Help with Spectrum +2 or 128 (AY sound test) Hello, could you help me with something? It's like some "scientific experiments" with the [b]AY-3-8910[/b] / AY-3-8912 chips. I've bought on …

    ... ST (YM2149) and Spectrum 128 (AY-3-8910). Some people told ... When I ordered my Wonder AY card expension (I only have ... a ZX 48, not 128), I could also buy ... or 128 to hear how it sounds on a genuine ay- ... /2015/39/1442786815-ym-ay-comparaison-02-notes.png[/ ...
    farvardin farvardin September 2015 Hardware
  • The history of ESXDOS, the DivMMC and the DivMMC EnJOY![img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/divmmc_history/1%20esxdos.jpg[/img] These are the stories behind esxDOS, the most popular operating system e…

    ... 'TSRs'
    - ex. TSRs: AY background player, key shortcuts for ... and Alessandro made "perfect" 48/128 Speccy cores for it (the ... no application which uses more than 128KB at this moment).
    toastrack’).
    Until now the DivMMC ...
    bverstee bverstee October 2015 Hardware
  • Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…

    ... and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning ... ]

    1 REM Untitled AY MUSIC Making Program
    2 ... ,0,0,0,0,0,128,128
    110 FOR x=0 ...
    126 NEXT x
    128 DATA 0,0,0,0 ...
    RetroPhase2014 RetroPhase2014 December 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Who was the best music composer for the spectrum 128?Rob Hubbard dominated the C64. Most of the stuff we composed on it was usually top drawer. He also dabbled with the AY chip but I always feel the com…

    ... . He also dabbled with the AY chip but I always feel ... which he arguably did better than the the c64 counterparts and ... did a lot of our 128 stuff. Glider Rider was a ... /> Who was your all time AY composer that could really stretch ...
    spainboy spainboy February 2016 Chit chat
  • Strange Fault on 128 +2 GreyHi I've got 2 128 +2 Grey Spectrums and I thought they were both in good working order but it seems not but I have no idea what is wrong with one …

    ... notable games were Renegade 128 and Bubble Bobble 128. The thing is ... the controls, title screen had 128 music and game worked fine ... displayed ok (no music - but AY music works fine on other ... but solid red blocks (rather than the diagonal striped ones) and ...
    dave18 dave18 September 2017 Hardware
  • Horizontal black and white bars on ZX Spectrum 128k ToastrackSo I found a working 128k toastrack on a local auction site. After playing around with it for a few days I noticed the sound of the AY chip was reall…

    ... I found a working 128k toastrack on a local auction site ... of the AY chip was really low compared to the beeper. So ... get more volume on the AY. I decided to replace the ...
    StarQuake StarQuake May 2018 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum 128k Toastrack with horizontal black and white barsSo I found a working 128k toastrack on a local auction site. After playing around with it for a few days I noticed the sound of the AY chip was reall…

    ... I found a working 128k toastrack on a local auction site ... of the AY chip was really low compared to the beeper. So ... get more volume on the AY. I decided to replace the ...
    StarQuake StarQuake May 2018 Updates
  • The best 100 Beeper and AY commercial games tunes list - where it is?There used to be separate lists for the best beeper and the best Ay commercial games tunes, no homebrews. 100 games listed in each list, both were on…

    ... lists for the best beeper and the best Ay commercial games tunes ...
    Spectrum48K Spectrum48K February 2020 Games
  • Are 128K games more likely to crash than 48K ones?Hey, guys. I've been doing some experimenting with various games and even some music demos and apps, and I'm beginning to reach a conclusion that …

    ... be more susceptible to crashing than their 48K counterparts, most usually ... resetting to BASIC and the AY chip sustaining the last played ... issues between the Sinclair 128K "Toastrack" model and its Amstrad-made ...
    Swevicus Swevicus February 2022 Games
  • The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…

    ... and silkworm were way better than on c64. despite what many ... many tunes were better on 128.[/quote]

    I have ... for sound production but the AY chip was very popular and ... heard sounds similar to 48k beeper stuff at it's best ...
    Anonymous Anonymous June 2002 Games
  • The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…

    ... silkworm were way better than on c64. despite what ... many tunes were better on 128.[/quote]

    ... sound production but the AY chip was very popular ... sounds similar to 48k beeper stuff at it's ... music sounds like 48K Spectrum beeper music, then you REALLY ...
    PaulEMoz PaulEMoz May 2003 Games
  • New SpeccyDo you think someone should go about creating a new spectrum computer? I'm talking about a spectrum compatible (not an emulator) with the capabiliti…

    ... the C64. THe speccy 128 wasn't at all. ... the AY sound, but we all know that the BEEPer version ... that is destroyed by AY music, as The C64 ... Mario brothers-type game rather than the creepy, camp classic ... is imroperly balanced against the BEEPer. A disaster for all ...
    Spector Spector October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • COVOX works?My Sprinter "simulates" a COVOX soundcard at port 4Fh, but I don't know how to use it! Can anyone explain to me the process of programming it? (To be…

    ehm, for example Spectrum beeper is one-bit D ... is very similar to spectrum beeper...

    so u ... />
    covox:
    write 128 to port where is covox ... the same frequence but much louder

    as you ... demos (sample tracker) uses AY as 4-bit D/A ...
    Fikee Fikee May 2004 Development
  • fzx32 on GP32 progressing nicelyJust to let you know that Rlyeh is working hard on his ZX Spectrum emulator fZX32 for the GP32 and should be released in the near future. Its based…

    ... than 800 games),
    - Emulation of ZX 16, ZX 48, ZX 128 ... emulation,
    - AY-3-8912 and beeper sound emulation,
    ... chatboard support,
    - Crystal AY sound rendering output, using CHN ... />
    - crystal 48k beeper sound emulation (wait for the ...
    Antiriad Antiriad December 2004 Emulators
  • music making programs is there any music making programs available for the spectrum?

    speccy 48-beeper:
    WHAM two channels/one ... published...

    AY (ZX128):
    WHAM 128 rather crap
    SOUNDTRACKER ... there are other trackers for AY, the good point to start ... for Developmnet or Misc. forums than games.. and more friendly peoples ...
    Fikee Fikee January 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... one that has a beeper and a rubber keyboard ... a proper keyboard, the AY chip provided sound as ... models then the Commodore 128 would have to be ... Speccy basic WAS better than c64 basic..but again.. ... spectrum color implimentation was better than the c64!

    beanz beanz July 2005 Games
  • Which ZX Spectrum 48K game-music is the best?Hi there. I got an idea I could ask here about the topic like above. What do you think? C64 fans made a ranking of their beloved songs from games…

    ... of avalon, dragontorc and quazatron beeper tunes as well.

    than the AY chip.
    I listen ... .
    Nothing wrong with the AY though.
    Fred gray's ... was nicer on the spectrum 128 than the c64 version.
    Technician-Ted Technician-Ted March 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 128 won't loadI been trying to load a 128k speccy programme ( the fantasy one that came with the speccy 128 ) into a 128k heatsink speccy but it gets so far and th…

    ... 128's AY rendition of the Limahl song is much less annoying than ... the 48's beeper (not that I ... don't have anything against beeper sound).

    Anyway, as ...
    pottyboy pottyboy November 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…

    ... select PLAY to hear the AY chip rendition, which is clearly ... a PWM player for the beeper -- just click on OUT ... from a Philips machine and AY chip playing 8-bit ... to run on a real 128 so we can say it ... for the spectrum. But more than likely the samples came from ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2007 Development
  • Audio level on a grey +2Hi all, I received yesterday my "new" Spectrum 128+2 grey. It's a french one (without modulator, and with specific roms : message in french). First …

    ... through the TV (AY sound level was lower than beeper sound level, but ... on any AY Spectrum). But the difference between AY and beeper sound level ... video out, the level of beeper and AY on my +2A is ... the grey beeps are really louder.



    [ ...
    bugpat bugpat February 2007 Hardware
  • Best loading on a gameFor me, it has to be Technician Ted, with all those TT's walking across the screen. 2nd comes Skooldaze, only because I spent many MANY of my evenin…

    ... loader. It is much faster than any of the current music ... loaders AND it plays AY music perfectly. Altough on my ... through beeper is much louder) - this is better on the +2A than they ... works (more reliable on +2 than +2A).

    TC
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat December 2007 Games
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