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  • Cable to use for MonitorI just have a Zx spectrum 48K, 48k+ and a 128k +2, I want to test them to see if they work. What cable can I use to work on a monitor with hdmi input…

    I just have a Zx spectrum 48K, 48k+ and a 128k +2, I want to test them to see if they work. What cable can I use to work on a monitor with hdmi input.

    Were cn I get one if there is.
    hendrikbez hendrikbez July 2019 Hardware
  • OLD TOWER - Background renderingLove this game. Plays great on ZX Spin, but on Speccy and EightyOne, the red brick background flashes irritatingly while scrolling up and down. W…

    Love this game.

    Plays great on ZX Spin, but on Speccy and EightyOne, the red brick background flashes irritatingly while scrolling up and down.
    What does it look like on a real spectrum, anyone?
    Marius Marius October 2020 Software
  • Taper / WinXP /SB ProbsDoes anyone know how I can get Taper to recognise my SB Live soundcard under Windows XP. The readme.txt mentions the BLASTER environment variable bu…

    Being a purist I want to dump ... tape (MC) for playing on a real spectrum but because XP prevents TAPER ...
    Choccy Choccy February 2002 Emulators
  • DISCOVERY ...Hi, I have just bought a DISCOVERY drive for Spectrum, but i have not the documentation with it... Do you think that i can find it on this "marvelous…

    How to "convert spectrum files for emulator to a real 3 1/2 disk for use on a real spectrum with Discovery drive" ...

    Thanks !
    P.MERCIER P.MERCIER February 2002 Emulators
  • Z80, TZX and TAP formatsHi again I?ve seen these three formats as the most common of all. The doubt is... Which is the best of them? What are the differences between them? …

    Actually Z80 is a bit crap sometimes in that ... faster than they would on a real spectrum. Also I doubt there's ... files designed for emulators with real Spectrums. The machines being emulated ...
    cyborg cyborg November 2001 Emulators
  • Poke helpHi can any offer me some help please! I am using the WinZ80 emulator and playing footballer of the year. The Zip file contained POKEs but when i use …

    ... 'm always in for the 'real' thing [img]/__forums/images/smiles ... say something about poking on a real spectrum... [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi April 2001 Emulators
  • Poke helpHi can any offer me some help please! I am using the WinZ80 emulator and playing footballer of the year. The Zip file contained POKEs but when i use …

    ... Use POKEs.
    For those using a real Speccy, I've included the ...
    Gerard Sweeney Gerard Sweeney April 2001 Emulators
  • Confounded modern thingsIt appears the server instability has left a gap in the forums listing so I'll post this again. Given a complete lack of anything on the projects pa…

    ... at the same time make a cool graphics adventure.

    Such a game would probably have to ... in mind or for a real spectrum with a disk drive. I doubt ... the background graphics into a mere 128 kb of ... be possible to make such a game.

    ...
    Anonymous Anonymous December 2001 Games
  • ZX48 to EGAHi ! I have ZX48 Russion version "Master" and old EGA monitor. Is it possible to connect the monitor to Speccy ? I suppose, the RGBS TV output is not…

    ... 't studied the hardware of a real spectrum for awhile) you'd need ... a black box to store the ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Haunted HedgesAnyone get this game to work? With me, it shows the first screen, but none of the options work, except redefine keys. You can't start the game or any…

    ... , I've tried it on a real Spectrum, and it still doesn't ... . So this may be a file that is a dud, unless someone ... game to work, whether on a real machine or an emulator.
    Spector Spector March 2002 Games
  • what were your most..................what were your most memoriable times of the zx spectrum and why? :) octave

    Doomlev1 is an scl file. I've never heard of that before. How do I get that to load into a real Spectrum? I thought it would be TAP, Z80 or TZX.
    Spector Spector April 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Audio format archiveHi, just got my hands on a Spectrum+ having not had one since my original 48k (upgraded 16k that I waited for when it was originally launched - a pai…

    ... archive can be loaded onto a real spectrum (well, the tap filetype ... />
    [3] Connect your spectrum's loading lead to your ... speccy.

    [4] Open a spectrum game file in Winamp and ... game straight into your normal spectrum.

    you could ...
    Refrenz Refrenz May 2002 Games
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    Well, the plot thickens,
    the stellar demo is amazing download it folks!
    As for the screenshots do it on a real spectrum!

    [ This Message was edited by: Sharopolis on 2002-06-17 22:36 ]
    Sharopolis Sharopolis June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... i could do it on a real spectrum but i dont have the ... know how. bmp2scr is a great tool for doing it ... /> [/quote]

    wow what a guy! ... ;)

    _________________
    Amigo Amigo June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    I'd like to get the z80 files of these so that I could load them up onto a real Spectrum. Someone must have something out there.
    Spector Spector June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • which do you prefer?...............hi there, which do you prefer? a real spectrum or an emulator and why?

    A real spectrum is always better. Its has no internal fan so its less noisy, and if you ask me pcs just dont smell right. Nothing smells like a warm spectrum. wheras my pc just smells of fags.
    Sharopolis Sharopolis June 2002 Emulators
  • which do you prefer?...............hi there, which do you prefer? a real spectrum or an emulator and why?

    ... and saving my place in a game, RealSpectrum is my favorite ... amiga, i wish to see a port of Realspec to amiga ... /> then for everything else its a REAL Spectrum, nothing like it.
    Amigo Amigo July 2002 Emulators
  • Games that benefit from a change in speed.Has anybody tried playing games on an emulator at different speeds? I've found that certain games are more playable with a slight speed tweak. Obvio…

    ... at an incredible 20 frames a second, processing pixels at ... exactly one million a second.
    Before long ... I'll get a faster machine and see 25 ... Not bad at all.
    A real Spectrum is limited to 50,000 ... pixels a second and 1 or ...
    Geoff Geoff July 2002 Games
  • The Spectrum In EuropeWhat are the differences between Speccys in Europe and the UK? ie would a British 48K work in France or Italy, and vice versa?

    ... the Power supply unit of a ZX Spectrum 48k.
    Timex did the ... UK Spectrums in Portugal (under a Sinclair license). After some time ... they had a portuguese version of the manual ...
    toninho-malvadeza toninho-malvadeza September 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New SPIN 0.3a releaseHi all, here's the next version - mainly a maintenance release, with new bugs :) Here's what's new: V0.3a - Bugs and more tapes -------------------…

    I wouldn't worry about Atic Atac crashing when you turn on the currah speech unit option - thats exactly what a real spectrum does!!! :) (and exactly what all the other emulators with the feature do as well!!!)
    Refrenz Refrenz September 2002 Emulators
  • infy pause is a good thing or is undesirable ?I recently had a discussion with Andrew Barker that brings me into confusion. If I understand correctly, adding an infinite pause between level bloc…

    ... files for each side of a tape
    [/quote]

    a real Spectrum, would I experience again the ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu September 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Jet Set Willy IIIt's just occurred to me - has anyone ever actually managed to complete JSW2? I mean REALLY complete it - every time I ever did it, I would reach the…

    Did you use infinite lives or any snapshot device to complete the game on a real Spectrum? There is so many difficult screens I don't think anyone could complete it.

    Fraser.
    Fraser Fraser November 2002 Games
  • Jet Set Willy IIIt's just occurred to me - has anyone ever actually managed to complete JSW2? I mean REALLY complete it - every time I ever did it, I would reach the…

    ... JSW II without cheating on a real Spectrum - it took me months to ... />
    I can remember creating a huge map of the game ...
    Fil Fil November 2002 Games
  • New SPIN 0.3a releaseHi all, here's the next version - mainly a maintenance release, with new bugs :) Here's what's new: V0.3a - Bugs and more tapes -------------------…

    ... /> [quote]
    FWIW, Spin is a lot faster (and more stable ... load pretty much anything in a couple of seconds.
    [/ ... and nothing else (not even a real Spectrum).

    Spectaculator's ... are grand times for the Spectrum emulation scene :)
    Jon Needle Jon Needle November 2002 Emulators
  • ANNOUNCE: Jet Set Willy: Goodnite LudditeI have just released my new Jet Set Willy game, the long-awaited sequel to We Pretty: GOODNITE LUDDITE! It's the best game I've ever made: atmospher…

    As a huge JSW fan, I'll definitely be checking this one out, on a real Spectrum of course (the only true way) very soon.
    Spector Spector December 2002 Games
  • ANNOUNCE: Jet Set Willy: Goodnite LudditeI have just released my new Jet Set Willy game, the long-awaited sequel to We Pretty: GOODNITE LUDDITE! It's the best game I've ever made: atmospher…

    ... you play it on a real Spectrum? By typing it in ... , or can you save Spectrum-tapes from a PC?

    ... cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/spectrum/[/url]
    [url ... man.ac.uk/~broada/spectrum/willy/"]http://www.cs ... .man.ac.uk/~broada/spectrum/willy/[/url]

    andrewbroad andrewbroad December 2002 Games
  • Celebrity Deathmatch- Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillySince the two games have come up in this forum recently, it has made me think back to how imaginative they were, and how much fun they were to simply…

    If you type that into a real spectrum, or emulator, you would cause the computer to commit suicide.

    It's a variation of If in doubt, Kill yourself, which someone may have said at some point.

    Necros!
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton December 2002 Games
  • Celebrity Deathmatch- Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillySince the two games have come up in this forum recently, it has made me think back to how imaginative they were, and how much fun they were to simply…

    ... /> If you type that into a real spectrum, or emulator, you would cause ... suicide.

    It's a variation of If in doubt ... /> WOW!!! I thought that was a legend,.. 16 years after I ...
    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz December 2002 Games
  • Celebrity Deathmatch- Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillySince the two games have come up in this forum recently, it has made me think back to how imaginative they were, and how much fun they were to simply…

    ... /> If you type that into a real spectrum, or emulator, you would cause ... suicide.

    It's a variation of If in doubt ... like the INPUT command, or a message like 'Scroll?' appeared at ... for me. You were given a screen and by God, you ...
    Refrenz Refrenz December 2002 Games
  • How often do people here really play emulated spectrum games?Just curious really....i'm the kind of person who still gives the odd game a good hour or two's play here and there, but most of the time it's a few …

    I normally spend about 30min maximum a day (gf allowing) trying to finish those games I never could on a real spectrum.
    madmekon madmekon February 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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