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Shadows of MordorAnyone got any idea how to make any progress in this game? The Tipshop's tips aren't proving very helpful. After trying both the TAP & TZX in both 48…
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Repair options for my own dear old Spectrum 48k?Hello all, This is my first post to this wonderful forum, which is part of a truly great website! My name is Arnold, and I live in Utrecht, The Nethe…
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Some ever noticed that +2A/+3 halts Z80 using WAIT?I mean: Anyone ever noticed that the +2A/+3 halts the Z80 using WAIT? All documentation I've read about contention state that the ULA halts the Z80 …
... contention state that the ULA halts the Z80 by ... with the surface mount ULA) uses WAIT to halt ... period, the time that ULA is reading video data. ... 8MHz signal generated by the ULA for the TEA2000. Should ... , internal timmings at the ULA, which is the responsible ... -
An idea for a possible(?) new interfaceDue to the Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA works, there are a couple things (among others) that are difficult to do: -Gigascreen or a…
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First Contact - New Isometric GameIt was about time I did something software-wise! I took a bit of a break from writing the ULA book, and have come up with a new game. Work is very mu…
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Subacuatic (ZX Spectrum 128k) - MojonTwinsFerdinand W. Templeton is the referential archeologist at the University of Michigan. His important discoveries in such exotic places as Egypt, Phili…
... takes advantage of the modified ULA present in the Harlequin clone ... load the game in a ULA-modified Harlequin (when this is ... -
Diagnosing Spectrum 48k (faulty RAM chip?)I have a Spectrum 48k (I believe it may be an upgraded 16k model) that doesn't work, and never has ever since the owner gave it to me. When you turn …
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Framerate of arcade gamesThe Golden Age of video games coincided with the birth of 8-bit home computing; this is why every computer of that era has a slew of really bad Pacma…
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The typical description back then, that "the ... -
ZX Spectrum at Bletchley ParkWent to visit Bletchley Park yesterday and had a wander round the computer museum. In the Personal Computing section they had some speccy stuff and a…
... of obese americans.
Typical eh!
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faulty zxspectrum +hi all i just bought a speccy 48k+ off ebay it worked for like 15 mins now it is stuck on the reset screen. I fear this is something major maybe fau…
... maybe faulty ram or the ULA. Does any1 have any ideas ... -
SPIN 0.7s uploaded; the crowd goes wild......with bug reports! Get it here: [url]http://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/ZXSpin_07s.zip[/url] New in this version are RPI filters and Overlays …
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old 70s / 80s club in sheffield, reunion nightsin sheffield back int he 70s / 80s there was a club called The Limit, it was a dark club downstairs where punks, goths, new romantics etc frequented.…
... The Pops
The Slits - Typical Girls
Wire - I Am ... -
More colours in existing games?I have been trying to follow the various threads about the new ULA and more colours. I don't understand quiet a lot of it as back in the day all I di…
... various threads about the new ULA and more colours. I don ... able to buy this new ULA at some point and pop ... is an option for 'Enhanced ULA'. Does that make existing Speccy ... -
a question for the budding lawyers out there...Should a job application form be subject to the Data Protection Act? In other words, is the information given in that form confidential and not allow…
... by law?
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grey +2 with blue screenI've been checking through my collection of speccys and one of my grey +2's display white (bright 0) as cyan. Bright 1 white is correct and it does t…
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Odd keyboard behaviour due to a single bit failure in +3 ROMI've just fixed a spanish +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very strange one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a del…
... was possible. I suspected an ULA failure, which generated too many ... change anything.
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Sgt. Helmet Zero - The Mojon Twins (Spectrum 128k)Hi! this is our first christmas present! :lol: [size=150]Sgt. Helmet Zero[/size] [img]http://www.mojontwins.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/09.gif[/…
... takes advantage of the modified ULA present in the Harlequin clone ... load the game in a ULA-modified Harlequin (when this is ... -
Sinclair ZX 48K rubber keyed faultyI bought a faulty Sinclair ZX 48 K. Power on and the screen shows only 4 vertical white bars. Nothing other happend. I swapped the ULA and it is ok. …
I bought a faulty Sinclair ZX 48 K. Power on and the screen shows only 4 vertical white bars. Nothing other happend. I swapped the ULA and it is ok. PSU is already ok.
Any idea what's wrong?
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Speccy meetup, February 6, LondonFollowing an IRC discussion in #Spin: You are cordially invited to a meetup at the Green Man, Great Portland Street, London, on Saturday 6 February,…
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48k spectrum restarts by itselfFirst of all hello from a newb and thank you for your help. This site has already offered me a lot of insight. I have a 48k spectrum that will boot …
... removed ands re-seated my ULA a couple of times. It ... -
Help me find out what game it isGreetings Spectrum fans! I kindly ask for help with finding a Speccy game by it's description - I've played this game many years ago and completely …
... the cursor which looks like typical cross-hair.
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Cyberbig (Animagic S.A.)So, on dm_boozefreek's semi-recommendation (he's bored of it now) I've been playing [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0010481]Cyb…
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flickering noisy screenI have just replaced the ram and ULA. The spectrum boots up OK but the screen is very noisy/wobbly/flickering really annoying :) I am wondering how …
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ULA Book Price - Feedback PLEASEThe book is coming together very nicely, and I am in the process of kicking off all the administration tasks like getting ISBN numbers and setting up…
The book is coming together very nicely, and I am in the process of kicking off all the administration tasks like getting ISBN numbers and setting up with the printers.
In order to do this, I need to set the price. The intention is to try and ... -
IF1 and 48k Capacitor QuestionsHi, I am not very knowedgeable about electronics but I am willing to give stuff a go.. I have a microdrive that is not performing and for various r…
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More questions to ponder/argue/ignore as you wish...Just copying some stuff to a memory stick, and I found some old questions I'd intended to post on these forums to provoke debate, that I'd never got …
... at a funeral yesterday, and typical of modern rush-it-through ... -
The ZX-filesIt's an incredible story I found in the spanish forums (Speccy.org). Yesterday night, in a spanish TV program about strange phenomena, UFOs, etc pre…
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