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Got Myself a 128K “Toast Rack”! (Plus a simple audio fix guide.)I got myself a 128K Spectrum off of eBay the other day. It’s in pretty good nick, but the membrane went the way of the dodo sometime during shipping …
... a replacement keyboard membrane. The TRUE VIDEO and DELETE keys were not ... -
48k spectrum, video problems help neededHi All, I have been browsing this site for a long time and today i have finally registered and am after some help!! I have a 48k speccy and the vid…
... a 48k speccy and the video is not working, all the ... you can see in the video file which you can see ... as I prove in the video file by playing a few ... you can hear are the key presses of the keyboard being ... -
Composite video mod on a 16K issue 2, not workingI carried out the composite video mod detailed here: [url]http://user.tninet.se/~vjz762w/fixuspec.html[/url] I chose the one that requires the trans…
I carried out the composite video mod detailed here:
[url] ... BC547 and which outputs a true 75ohm signal. I managed to ... difference? I double checked the video in and +5V lines by ... -
Dutch VideoI've seen this video elsewhere but, as we have an international membership here, is the explanation on Google true and is the reporter still broadcas…
I've seen this video elsewhere but, as we have ... true and is the reporter still broadcasting?
[url]http://video ... -
King of Kong (video game film/documentary)Has anyone seen [I]The King of Kong[/I]? It's a film/documentary about the battle to be the best player at the arcade game Donkey Kong. It's intere…
... 's scores on a (dodgy) video tape, which could be messed ... challenger, Steve Wiebe, was appalling. True, perhaps the film was deliberately ... -
The quest for true 50 HzAfter experimenting with interframe blending on Sinclairean, I wonder if someone has ever managed to get a custom Spectrum-friendly 50 (or better, 50…
... (or better, 50.08!) Hz video mode on Windows using tools ... , but any indications about monitor/video card models and PowerStrip -or ... hardware run the emulator at true PAL refresh rate (better than ... -
Fao dmboozefreekIf you've been following the news recently, you know that even Mr. DMBooze Freek's horoscope says he's cocky. However, you might not know that DMBooz…
... , but such statements are the key to explaining why I am ... focused on stupefying activities like video games. The intention is to ... himself to help disseminate the True Faith of libertinism. Sorry, but ... say that I'm 100% true to this, but DMBooze's ... -
Getting absolutely no video from a 128+I'm trying to get a friend's toastrack 128 to show video and I'm not having any luck. I'm in the US, so I don't have access to any TVs that can take …
... 's toastrack 128 to show video and I'm not having ... />
I've tried composite video and RGB on all of ... whatsoever. Actually, that's not true - on one of the RGB ... -
From Bedrooms to Billions (UK Games Industry film)Recently went up for funding on Indiegogo and they've just added a $25 funding tier with a download copy of the finished film. [url]http://www.indieg…
... telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry between ... a key, pioneering role in the shaping of the billion dollar video ... -
Film on the UK software industry - Kickstarter to complete it..Thought you guys might be interested in this - came up on my FaceBook Newsfeed, endorsed by Mel Croucher (of Automata fame) [url=http://www.kickstar…
... telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry from ... a key, pioneering role in the shaping of the billion dollar video ... -
Adding a pause key to ArkanoidHaving rediscovered the simple pleasure of playing 1980s games on genuine 1980s hardware, I've also remembered that emulation can provide a feature m…
... - 3 ; keep probing until key released
;; now we ... 3 ; keep probing until key pressed
in a,( ... - 3 ; keep probing until key released
;; now we ... memory page containing the video RAM, we now have ... -
Retro Computers/Gaming Movies & TV ShowsThere's some really interesting retro computer/gaming related movies and TV shows out there at the moment, with some others in production. I've put t…
... the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry between ... key, pioneering role in the shaping of the billion dollar video ... url]
[b]Video Games: The Movie (Movie 2014 ... amp; entertain audiences about how video games are made, marketed, ... -
NEW "SH*T GAME TIME" VIDEO - RENEGADE IIIHi guys, god it's good to get these forums back even though I'm not sure about the new look but hey I'm happy.<br><br>Anyway, just wanted to let you …
... " at the end of the video, I hope you enjoy it ... -
128 +2 grey, no video but still beepsGot a grey 128 from ebay, im using a 48k spectrum powers supply, all voltages seem ok. I cant get compostie video using the normal mod or from the 8…
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I cant get compostie video using the normal mod or ... a key press.
Am i correct in thinking rgb video will ... still work as it bypasses the video chip -
No video output from Spectrum +2 (light grey)Got a strange issue with my Spectrum +2 light grey edition. It was working fine then all of sudden it outputs a black screen while I was using it wit…
... ) and you can hear the key presses. I also posses a ... .
So guess the video circuitry has blown/broken so ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... erase: 1-3.
Press key I or 1 to increase ... sucker well :D. well my video card is 8mb, winxp came ... the DOS, but 98SE has true DOS under it?s skin ... -
Nonamed, unLOGOed, denied, r@re(?) and very strange SpeccyI?ve just bought [url="http://art.speccy.cz/foto/01zxdelogfull.jpg"]strange Speccy[/url] (including two interfaces, cassette recorder and nineteen fu…
... noticeable difference is the ENTER key - it has big arrow instead ... following the shape of the key (down/left).
Never ... the caps shift, caps lock, true/inv video buttons too!!! :) )
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128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... tells as that must be true)
[QUOTE=thomas3120] Have ... on, hold down the 'break' key and press the reset button ... see if there is composite video on RF modulator or RGB ... -
What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... BBC's ULA chip or video hardware or whatever? The BASIC ... as the Spectrum's single key entry and editing abilities, the ... . Desirable to trap misplaced BREAK key presses perhaps, but a well ... things down.[/quote]
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Where will Microsoft go after Vista ?If i were Microsoft, i would develop a media center only OS with no backwards compatability that would be able to be used on a Dual Booted pc running…
... nVidia didn't keep their video card's interfaces secret. ( ... a new repository, accepting the key, and then adding the drivers ... What you're saying is true for any operating system you ... /> [/quote]
Generally not true unless you are installing lots ... -
FPGA Spectrum is aliveMy FPGA Spectrum that I started to work on year ago is in 90% ready. I have fixed DDR controller so I can read from it and write to it. I've run som…
... keyboard and to resolve the true key to be pressed in virtual ... per color).
8. TIMEX video modes are supported but not ... -
2 (or more) players over the netAre there any emulators that allow 2 (or more) players over the net? I guess, 1 machine running the emulator but serving the screen up to 2 or more …
... ) Actually, that's not exactly true - you can simplify the problem ... , accepts key presses from computer 1 - plays the game. Streams video and ... , accepts key presses from computer 2 - plays the game. Streams video and ... -
128k heat sink - ULA problems and a hintHello, I had two ZX Spectrum 128k with a similar behaviour. One item worked only a short time after switching on and then there were increasing RAM …
... divIDE is not connected
[*]Video is solid (does vary a ... .[/QUOTE]
It is true, the heatsink (coming off the ... ULA is also responsible for key mapping so it could be ... -
End of the 'noughties'Well its coming up to the end of the decade, did everyone have a good one ? Mine wasnt the best but had its highlights 80's i loved (wasnt keen on …
[QUOTE=grey key;406740]No, tell me this isn`t true ! Any thoughts ... on the Christmas Video, hey is ... />
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Knight Lore on c64.. after 25 years..It seems that Knight Lore coming on commode a quarter century after speccy version. ;) Well, better late than never.. The game is still in developmen…
... of it's video hardware inferiority (not actually always true) means there ... on KL are pretty simplistic key checks, screen clears and sound ... -
Fao dmboozefreekIf you've been following the news recently, you know that even Mr. DMBooze Freek's horoscope says he's cocky. However, you might not know that DMBooz…
... , but such statements are the key to explaining why I am ... focused on stupefying activities like video games. The intention is to ... himself to help disseminate the True Faith of libertinism. Sorry, but ... say that I'm 100% true to this, but DMBooze's ... -
What paging scheme is the "standard" for 128K models?Sinclair implemented an arrangement so that even numbered pages are non-contended, and odd numbered pages are contended (quoting from memory, haven't…
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UPPER TRACE: composite video signal
LOWER TRACE: ... the INT signal, the video signal changes its luminance, ... can see that the video luminance is at the ... (which indeed must be true for the address bus, ... the gate array. The key point here is that ... -
joining lines of BASICDue to overwhelming demand - well, one demand - well, more of a suggestion, really - here's a routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical c…
... having to use some other key combo for the join function ... an intuitive link between the key combo and the action. The ... key pairings I can see which might be an alternative are True ... the ability to embed true/inverse video controls in a listing seems ... -
TRUE VIDEO, INV VIDEO!Am I the only one who thinks the two keys "TRUE VIDEO" and "INV VIDEO" on the 128/+2/+3 keyboards are pretty much useless, since embedding control co…
Including True/Inv Video on the 128k keyboard maintains ... that there's a single-key option on the 128k for ... -
SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…
... /> ld a, 16 ; normal video
out (c), a ; ... + _s_posn_h) ; subtract to get true count
ld (scr_ct), a ... _flags) ; signal ready for new key
call onerr_test ; test ... , wait_key1 ; loop if no key pressed
rst error ; ...
