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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…
Cassette inlay scans WANTED!I would like to obtain these cassette inlay scans for my personal collection (and of course for WOS archive too): Amazing Adventures of Robin Hood A…
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Captain Dynamo
Castle Master 2 - The Crypt
Curro ...Help me find Fluffy Banana MusicEveryone has heard of the David Whittaker Mega Tape that was a mail-order offer in the August 1987 issue of Sinclair User (issue 65) haven't you? If…
... if they still possess the master tape(s). I emailed David ... to get hold of this master tape (or a digital recording ...Annoying personality changesDoesn?t it annoy the hell out of you watching these movies based on books, games etc with the characters being nowhere near their original personalit…
... with that dog and his master (don?t know his name ...Spectrum Screen Memory MapWhat's the advantage (mistery?) behind ULA's spectrum screen memory interpretation? 6144 bytes divided into 3 blocks, 2048 bytes long. if you want t…
... 's the advantage (mistery?) behind ULA's spectrum screen memory interpretation ...Games that use multicolour effectsMulticolour (which created via ula timing, not screen switching) is the only functional effect that ULA can do. It's the only way to break colour cla…
Multicolour (which created via ula timing, not screen switching) is ... the only functional effect that ULA can do. It's the ...ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 29 October 2006Sunday 29 October 2006 DOH! I missed the update last month, as I was on holiday (Florida, which was splendid)... I've also been busy helping out with…
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Olli ...Those phone in quiz shows again...I was flicking through the telly while I was laying in bed last night and on channel 5 was one of those phone quiz things that are stinking up the l;…
... 0.1 seconds on the clock. That person got it wrong ...Spectrum JoystickHello everyone, i was wondering, is it possible to use a Sega Master System Joypad on my multiface 128's kempston interface? This particular joypad …
Hello everyone,
i was wondering, is it possible to use a Sega Master System Joypad on my multiface 128's kempston interface?
This particular joypad is two buttoned and has the same connecting jack as regular old spectrum joysticks.Multiface 128 problemHello everyone i have a 48k plus speccy which i firstly thought was working perfectly. It passed all the test of the official Sinclair test tape (cpu…
... Sinclair test tape (cpu, rom, ula, ram) so i thought it ...Dead Spectrum diagnosis and desolderingI have two dead Spectrums - one I'm pretty sure is caused by bad memory, and the other - well, perhaps a bad ROM, perhaps a bad CPU (it gets halfway …
... socketed ICs (except for the ULA in the issue 2 Spectrum ...128k Page FlippingOver on adverts, AOwen wrote the following: [quote=aowen]The trick, as I understand it, is to redraw the whole screen each time at #c000, but point…
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point ULA at screen 1
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point ULA at screen 0
Point ULA at screen page 1
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Only in Britain...Well, crime is rife (due in no small part to those on bail or early release, who reoffend with minor crimes likes rape and murder), our public transp…
... to work for nine o'clock. Nearly seventy quid a week ...Christmas Booze Based Cryptic QuizT's the season to be Pissed. A perfect time to do a Booze Based Cryptic Quiz... :D Here are ten alcohollic drinks.... can you guess em all?? This t…
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1:- Michael Knights the master.
2:- Parched very ...Gamestation Stores throw away retro games!!!After the closure due to the robbery of "That Game Shop" (see my "that game shop" thread in this part of the forum for more info), I resorted in phon…
... that takes anything older than Master System and NES games. That ...Old but still cool technologyTake a look at this.... a vector clock..... I want one Santa!!! [url]http://www.timefracture.org/clockpics/12analogue.jpg[/url]
Take a look at this.... a vector clock..... I want one Santa!!!
[url]http://www.timefracture.org/clockpics/12analogue.jpg[/url]ZXSpin 0.61 Available nowHi all! Well, after a lengthy few testing cycles, I'm taking the plunge and uploading the latest version of ZXSpin, to replace the rather aged old 0…
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- Added much more accurate "ULA snow" and IR contention. Note ...Black paper, white border. Ram fault?We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working o…
We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working one, and we got the same result.
is this a ram fault? How can we check ram chips?Spectrum Issue two problemI managed to bring back to life a issue two spectrum (at least the power supply cirquit). The screen is now crystal clear (after replacing all the el…
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I changed the ULA with several others to no ...Games for sale including rare utilitiesAll in good and complete condition unless otherwise stated. Postage not included but typically 50p-100p per item. The more you order, the lower the p…
Blowtorch method of Speccy repairsI just did my first Spectrum repair (and successful at that). It was the Issue 2 spectrum I wrote about a while ago, I just hadn't got around to doin…
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I removed the ULA. The fact this chip is ... fails again). I replaced the ULA, plugged it in... and I ...My new Spectrum 128K+2A...Hi guys, As most people here, my first micro computer (1986) was a Spectrum (128+2 grey - I'm in France). I sold it near 1990 to buy my 1st atari ST…
... to bed at 2 O'clock in the morning... :-x because ...I/O contention model questionHi everyone, Sorry for my poor english. Together with a friend we are working on ZX Spectrum 48k implemented in FPGA. We have found bug in the Spect…
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During _reading_ from ULA this can't be right ...Retro computing and gaming things on eBay.Right-ho, chaps, I've put a few auction up on the eBay, and thought I'd just advertise them here. Not strictly ZX related, but bound to interest some…
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[url]http://cgi ...Black CrystalI think the Mastertronic re-release of Black Crystal doesn't exist. It's more than likely been a typo when the Master Vision re-release was concerned…
I think the Mastertronic re-release of Black Crystal doesn't exist. It's more than likely been a typo when the Master Vision re-release was concerned.
Steve500!Woohoo, My 500th post. Just thought I'd do this as everybody else seems to. Drink a beer for me or something ding dong. I'll drink 6 beers for me r…
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Drunken fuckin' master whoop dee doo!!!!The Quest for the holy componentsHi all, I am in the need of the following components for my MB02+. Can any of you guys help me on this as I cannot find in them in my 'areas'. 1 x …
... RTC-72421 - 4bit real time clock module 18 pin
3 ...ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 27 February 2007Tuesday 27 February 2007 Some very busy SpecChums makes for a splendid update this month! * Viktor Drozd has apparently been skipping on sleeping a…
... ; POKEs for Amaurote , Aspar GP Master , Bubble Run , Carlos Sainz ,
