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Resurrection of ZX SpectrumHello everyone. I recently emerged from my attic bearing my childrens 128k ZX Spectrum +2 with a bag of games etc. Like many before it hasn't seen…
... an emulator if I disabled ROM write protection and started writing ... randomly to the ROM :)
They should be ... . If you have a ROM from a toastrack or grey +2, you ... -
DivMMC Enjoy! Works on 3 of 4 48k Speccy's I own?Hey guys. I have a DivMMC Enjoy! Which is absolutely awesome! Love it to bits. It works perfect on three of my 48k Speccy's, but something isn't rig…
... of certain parts of the ROM firmware.
It seems ... Manic Miner in operation with replacement Z80.....
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Interface 1 putting me in 48kHi All, I have a 128 toasty with interface 1 connected to a PC via serial. If I save a basic program using 'SAVE *"b" LINE 10', all is well. If I …
... into different mainboards on the toastrack, I cannot find any info ... chips, normally the ULA and ROM. Interesting...
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Interface 1 putting me in 48kHi All, I have a 128 toasty with interface 1 connected to a PC via serial. If I save a basic program using 'SAVE *"b" LINE 10', all is well. If I …
... with my Toastrack and grey +2 (equipped with different IF1 ROM versions ... chips are socketed in my Toastrack. In the Amstrad ISS3 grey ... +2 the CPU, ULA, ROM, and the multiplexer chips are ... worked also well. Both the Toastrack and the grey +2 was ... -
New Items on SellMyRetro.comI have added a few ZX Spectrum items tonight to SellMyRetro, including a Disciple and a Stonechip programmable joystick interface: [url]http://www.s…
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Replacement rainbow badges for the bottom ... Spectrum%2B48-~~-ZX-Spectrum%2B128-Replacement-Rainbow-Badge-4188
... ZX4 Spectrum +2 Interface programmable ROM cartridge:
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Blowing new eproms for a Spanish +2b<font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I'm hoping someone can provide a bit of hand-holding and advice?</span></font><div style="…
... after is the Spectrum SE ROM set. I couldn't find ... basically is the UK Toastrack 128 ROM with a three byte call ... out, and the original 48 ROM.
Now, as this ... and +3 has 64K of ROM code, you'll need to ... case of replacing the two ROM IC's in the +2B ... -
Grey +2 and +2A differencesWas the grey +2 incompatability of some of the Spectrum games fixed with the +2A -B?<br><br>
... Amstrad kept tinkering with the ROM. Be interesting to know ... places in the BASIC ROM that used to be ... the first 128 (the 'Toastrack') but the grey +2 ... is basically a Toastrack with a caseette deck, ... minor changes to the Editor ROM.
As if this ... -
Dead SpectrumHello guys, I've just bought a dead Speccy 48k (Rubber Keyboard Issue 3 board). Basically, when powered on it initially appears to boot up ok, but in…
... software from an external (or replacement) ROM. In this case I usually ... -
48k not startingHi team, I have 2 48k's, one works (Issue 4s), one doesn't (Issue 4a). The non-working one appears to start, but not finish the RAM test. The pape…
... parts for the external ROM and a replacement ZTX450.
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Another silly hardware idea - RAM Pack adaptorHow about a mini bit of PCB that adapts ZX81 RAM Packs to replace the address space of the Spectrum's ROM? I guess practically you'd need a way to…
... possible to swap out the ROM for something else via the ... Mikro-Plus cartridge have a ROM pre-loaded with game code ... a bit of both (small replacement ROM loading routine plus more RAM)? -
I recapped my 128K toastrack, installed stereo kit and detached audio from video, but...Hello fellow forumers! I'm seeking for help: I've finally decided to change all electrolytic capacitors of my 6U (with all Panasonics 105oC)... Af…
... Baldford while recapping my 3rd toastrack and compare both. And no ... 's Farrow 128 RAM Tester, ROM tester and it passes OK ... -
128K Toast Rack / +2 Grey Bug Fixed english ROM ?Just spotted this on ebay before ending: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1x-Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-128K-Toast-Rack-2-Grey-Bug-Fixed-english-ROM-/26206065205…
... 48k machines, the most compatible "ROM" for a 128k machine will ... to the original ZX Spectrum ROM (as Balford described above).
toastrack one? Or the Amstrad one ... any alterations to +2 ROM 0 or ROM 1 in order increase ... -
What is the "SPECTRUM" keyword on a 128K?The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new commands; PLAY and SPECTRUM (or possibly the other way around.) The manual ([url="http://www.wor…
... 4.1 of the +3 ROM and found that this version ... to be locked. The 128K toastrack and grey +2 do the ... /> With the 4.0 +3 ROM, the SPECTRUM command leaves paging ... the 4.0 ROM and with both the 128K toastrack and grey ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... Spectrums. Quickdos works with the toastrack.
Quickdos was a hobby ... found together with the standard ROM, meaning another switch.
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Jiiira's Sparrow LITEHi All, Just for info .. :) big eprom, cheap 32KB ram and etc. i don't know specification .. :) https://youtu.be/NbI7E1aebrM modern speccy .. …
... drop in replacement is released. That combined with OpenSE ROM should give ... I like is the selectable ROM banks. I have OpenSE, Original ... -
BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…
... , unless you fit a replacement BASIC ROM, in which case there are ... -
Retro PiI've probably asked before, but does anyone use this? I'm really wanting to try it out, but knowing my luck, I'll end up wrestling with it more than …
... a full refund too! My replacement turned up today and now ... either! There isn't a ROM folder to put games in ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... interface and ran the dish rom all passed so I plugged ... speccy was broken, tried a replacement rom same effect no idea what ... -
LED STORM - problem with infy energy poke (128k version)Hi guys, I'm having a little trouble with this infinite energy multiface poke found on Tipshop (POKE 37422,182) for the 128k version of Led Storm, it…
... in the day for my toastrack. It worked with no glitches ... />
I had a few rom downloads of it and I ... the same effect on my toastrack which as I said was ... -
DivMMC Enjoy - I'm not enjoying it!My DivMMC Enjoy arrived today. Excitedly I rushed home to plug it into my +2a. I have quite a few SD card/CF solutions for my computers so I know wha…
... switches for Spectrum +128k "toastrack" and +2AB/+3 supposed ... to remove the two ROM chips from the CPU ... booted with a 48K ROM, that variable no longer ... , unexpectly paging in ROM 0 (or ROM 2 on +2A/+ ... to work with the 128K ROM default interrupt handler. This ... -
What am I doing wrong here?[code]IF INKEY$=SCREEN$ (21,4) THEN LET SCORE=SCORE+1[/code] It's delivering a positive every time.
... 's a bug in the ROM at $257D where it JPs ... . To fix it the faulty ROM routine needs to have the ... RET, or else write a replacement USR routine.
I ... wrote a replacement routine a while ago, although ... -
The best emulator for the ZX81?Hi everyone, could you please recommend me an emulator for the ZX81 which is good and easy? Thanks!
... left for the 8k Sinclair ROM.
As far as ... the bit pattern in the ROM, that data is then converted ... be hi-res compatable, or replacement character sets, or UDG characters ... -
ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…
... able to have a FAST replacement of data in an accessible ... users, which already have a ROM cartridge socket in their hardware ... -
The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... Disciple working with a 128k toastrack or a grey +2, do ... in memory (the Spectrum's ROM). The following instruction will however ... come from the Disciple ROM/RAM.
When ... state, so the Spectrum's ROM should provide the next instruction ... -
which one bit of hardware would people want re-made?I'm just curious in the sense of I see interface 1's go for a fair bit on ebay and also multiface units etc.. so whats the one thing that you don't …
... AY or YM, with Pentagon ROM, with 128Kb of RAM (512Kb ... ts2048 adapter cooming soon, battery replacement for sinclair ql cooming soon ... -
Line DemoI was looking in the source code of another game (that Akalabeth game), with lots of line drawings. The difference was that they don't use the PL…
... real reason is that the ROM entry points are at different ... single model - yes even the toastrack / grey +2, and the +3 ... -
ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…
... 48k, 128k and Rom games (Z80, SNA, ROM)
[b][ ... Sinclair Spectrum 16k (Only emergency ROM works -> switch on while ...
- Sinclair Spectrum 128k "toastrack"
- Sinclair Spectrum 128k ... -> apparently internal rom disable is not available ... -
Startup colours of the Spectrum ROMHi Folks, Thought I would have a go at changing the startup colours of the Spectrum ROMs used within BasinC which ships with 48.rom (16384 bytes) …
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// 48K ROM TRAPS
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// Patch the ROM Reset Routine - it moves at ... to, we open the Editor replacement.
PutWord ... (if necessary) into the 128k ROM.
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So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…
... thought all of the 48K ROM routines were accessible from 128 ... is only in the 48 ROM, so on a 128 ... to make sure the correct ROM is paged in to call ... mechanism the way the 128 ROM itself calls into the 48 ... the SPECTRUM command on a toastrack 128 or grey +2, ...
