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  • zx81 repairare they easy or very tricky to fix, just curious? getting one , that displays but no cursor.. so hopefully I can get parts to fix it. I started off…

    ... others, have seen with ZX81's on modern TV's (not necessarily ... the RF output of the ZX81 is in some way out ...
    ccowley ccowley November 2009 Hardware
  • zx81 repairare they easy or very tricky to fix, just curious? getting one , that displays but no cursor.. so hopefully I can get parts to fix it. I started off…

    ... others, have seen with ZX81's on modern TV's (not necessarily ... the RF output of the ZX81 is in some way out ... like that) to "tell" the tv about the brightness level.
    TV. No luck when i tried ... it on three other TV sets, both LCD and CRT ...
    gtsamour gtsamour November 2009 Hardware
  • I am so sad....Knowing it comes out today, I've just rushed out to get the Christmas Radio Times first thing this morning! Little things please me (fnar!) Toby.

    ... telly, I actually took a ZX81 into the Sony shop to ... banding.

    As for TV guides, last year the kcuFwits ... pulled all that week's TV guides from the shelves and ...
    joefish joefish December 2009 Chit chat
  • Help my Mouse to live a happy lifeYes I have a mouse, probably only one, it must have been forced in by all of the snow, it is in the cupboard under the stairs. I boxed in the bottom …

    ... Hero Simulator (though there is ZX81 'game' called Super Bee), Graz ... forum: there's a real buzz about it there); and just ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack January 2010 Chit chat
  • bee-keeper manager?random idea. how many variables could be fit into this? - number of hive colonies active...amount of honey harvested (maybe in in a set time)... need…

    ... Hero Simulator (though there is ZX81 'game' called Super Bee), Graz ... forum: there's a real buzz about it there); and just ...
    Graz Graz January 2010 New game ideas
  • ULA Plus and Interlace.May be a bit late to suggest this, but here goes. Did the original Speccy ULA actually output a proper PAL interlaced image, with timing pulses on a…

    ... alternate frames to tell the TV to do the upper or ... and produces a single low vsync pulse instead of the broadcast ... . It currently generates a specification vsync signal however, which guarantees that ... 's not generally done with TV displays - it could just be ...
    csmith csmith January 2010 Hardware
  • JSpeccy: New emulatorHi there, Jos? Luis S?nchez (zx81 at ono dot com) has developed a new ZX Spectrum emulator in Java, with a very accurate Z80 emulation. The message …

    [QUOTE=zx81;431990]"Ahh... the tape loading ... music in 48k mode.
    TV game really shows me artefacts ...
    Pegaz Pegaz March 2010 Emulators
  • Be honest now...When you got your (first) Spectrum, was it the computer you wanted? And don't worry, this poll is anonymous, so your secret is safe, even if you're …

    ... year with my wobbly-rampacked ZX81 and had had loads of ... coming out of the family TV in the corner of a ...
    xyzzy xyzzy March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum v Amstrad CPC rangeAmstrad seemed to be a rather late starter in the 8 bit micro computer race. I never really saw one outside a shop, only a few people at school had o…

    ... came through the TV speaker and was subject to buzz in the ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 April 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Zx81I've been playing Bob's virus, which is really, really bloody good. I've never been into the zeddy but after playing it i fancy a mess around on one.…

    ... -1995 at a guess) TV to use as new tellies ... up the signal from the ZX81 very well - unless you ... on the bottom of the ZX81. The latter is available ... used to it. Alas, ZX81-compatible joystick interfaces don't ... I've purchased two RWAP ZX81 keyboards, and they're ...
    Shaun.Bebbington Shaun.Bebbington April 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Emulators: Who uses what and why?I thought a thread on shared emulator experiences might be full of useful tips and save a lot of time for anyone seeking the same. [B]What computers…

    ... />
    [B]Eightyone[/B] for ZX81 and occasionally Spectrum when I ... colour-bleeding and other realistic TV effects. :D

    Most ...
    Zagreb Zagreb May 2010 Chit chat
  • Screen display but with static noisePicked up an sold as seen speccy+ on the bay,the screen on the ebay listing was garbage but i suspect it was due to the seller using his lcd tv so ma…

    ... of the early machines (ZX80, ZX81, Spectrum 16K/48K/+) actually output ... sound through the TV? The Speccy had a built ... . You have to turn your TV volume down.

    Either ... or SCART inputs on the TV so you don't need ...
    joefish joefish May 2010 Hardware
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... , just not feeling the Wii buzz again at the mo'.
    TV, and I admit I got ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek May 2010 Chit chat
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... , just not feeling the Wii buzz again at the mo'.
    TV, and I admit I got ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob May 2010 Chit chat
  • Games from before your timeI really enjoyed reading NickH's piece. I found it interested that all of his games were from 87-88 - by which time I had stopped buying games (havi…

    ... my time was really the ZX81 stuff (although I had a ... go on my mates ZX81 and was luckily bought a ... a Commodore plug into your TV console thing - basically a bat ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers May 2010 Games
  • Challenging the orthodoxy - Composite modWell, what's brought this on is two things: firstly I composite-modded an Issue 4S board this weekend in preparation for the Vintage Computing Festiv…

    ... video stage needed for the ZX81 (..)[/QUOTE]
    So true ... ... in the ZX81 you can pull a b ... charge and poof... dead ZX81. So you add a ... this: [URL="http://www.zx81.de/english/video_e.htm"] ... zx81.de/english/video_e.htm[/URL]

    Turns out my TV ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie June 2010 Hardware
  • 48 Issue 3b working but very hot ula and cpuSalve to everybody I bought from e*ay an Issue 3b 48k , fitted in a + case. Fixed the keyboard problem with a new keyboard membrane from good Rwap (w…

    ... " freaks.
    I have two ZX81 machines, one of which is ... Timex1000 and the other a ZX81 issue one with the piggyback ... dark screen on most latest TV sets.
    So i'm ...
    gtsamour gtsamour July 2010 Hardware
  • 48 Issue 3b working but very hot ula and cpuSalve to everybody I bought from e*ay an Issue 3b 48k , fitted in a + case. Fixed the keyboard problem with a new keyboard membrane from good Rwap (w…

    ...have a zx81 with the "right" ula, but not working :cry:
    Z80 and ULA superhot, no TV out, tried the comp-out patch too.

    [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/cignale/4717287999/[/url]
    Cignale Cignale July 2010 Hardware
  • Aphex Twin -VS- ZX SpeccyThere?s no need to introduce this musician to the islanders (..means GB and roundabouts). You surely know him very well. Imaginative, strongly experi…

    ... produced sound on a Sinclair ZX81 (a machine with no sound ... that made sound on a ZX81. You couldn't make sound ... on a ZX81, but I played around ... portion of the TV signal's spectrum. While the ZX81 was designed ... didn't even know the ZX81 didn't have a ...
    GreenCard GreenCard August 2010 Games
  • Silver speccy on the inside, you know what it is ?I was looking at one of my 48k speccys it has a label underneath with the serial printed on it and signed and dated, there is no permanent serial num…

    ... have a Timex Sinclair 1000 (ZX81) here which has same silvery ... (case bottom), which is for TV modulator channel selection.

    RetroTechie RetroTechie September 2010 Hardware
  • ZXDS 0.9.1 beta 1Hi! After way too much time, new [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz/"]ZXDS[/URL] version is available. Doesn't add much stunning features (although the dis…

    ... the door to ZX80 and ZX81 emulation on the DS! :) As ... Flicker (or emulation of CRT TV)

    [QUOTE]Features which ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2010 Emulators
  • emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…

    ... for the vga card teh tv picture quality deliberately deteriorates ... illegible also after installing the tv encoder software for the ... feed the tv output into a tv tuner - althougha digital tv tuner ... tru colour palette with a zx81 compatible text only mode + ...
    Roger Jowett Roger Jowett October 2010 Emulators
  • ZX80, ZX81 and Z88.I have huge lot of questions about these computers. 1. Are they portable computers all? I mean built in screen (my friend from England says yes, wit…

    ... /> both the ZX80 and ZX81 connected to the TV.
    Yes there ... , even non-working ones, the ZX81 can be picked up for ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm November 2010 Hardware
  • ZX80, ZX81 and Z88.I have huge lot of questions about these computers. 1. Are they portable computers all? I mean built in screen (my friend from England says yes, wit…

    ... need a power supply and tv.

    ... TV and be in color?

    Yes the ZX80 and ZX81 ... -on was made for the ZX81 however.

    tv proggies :)


    ZX81 - 3D Monster Maze, Mazogs, any ...
    DavidB DavidB November 2010 Hardware
  • How to clean up video output to TFT LCD - Spectrum 48kHi, I hope that there is an easy answer to this question. I have modded the RF socket on my 48k Spectrum to output composite video as described in t…

    ... just enough to make your TV -> VGA converter happier than ... to that goal on my ZX81 once, but that didn't ... to get rid of that TV -> VGA converter, read: use ... TV/monitor that takes composite video ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie November 2010 Hardware
  • Flat screen TVsHi What are Composite 48K Spectrums and +2s like on flat screen TVs ? Just about to go down this route so just wondered.

    ... the PAL standard for the vsync (Chris Smith's ULA book ... the oscillators of an analogue TV, but some modern TVs expect ... is an all round better TV.
    Winston Winston November 2010 Hardware
  • Flat screen TVsHi What are Composite 48K Spectrums and +2s like on flat screen TVs ? Just about to go down this route so just wondered.

    ... the PAL standard for the vsync (Chris Smith's ULA book ... the oscillators of an analogue TV, but some modern TVs expect ... is an all round better TV.[/QUOTE]

    those LG ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN November 2010 Hardware
  • Flat screen TVsHi What are Composite 48K Spectrums and +2s like on flat screen TVs ? Just about to go down this route so just wondered.

    ... the PAL standard for the vsync (Chris Smith's ULA book ... the oscillators of an analogue TV, but some modern TVs expect ... is an all round better TV.[/QUOTE]

    Hi
    Chris A Chris A November 2010 Hardware
  • Question about ZX81 componentAfter I cleaned and replaced some components (7805, two electrolytic caps) with fresh ones, and replaced the RF board with a composite one, on an iss…

    ... .rwapservices.co.uk/ZX80_ZX81/forums/zx81-composite-video-problem-t248s40.html ... 'm not convinced its a TV issue. My Timex1000 doesn't ... this on the same LCD tv.

    The problem seemed ...
    gtsamour gtsamour December 2010 Hardware
  • Question about ZX81 componentAfter I cleaned and replaced some components (7805, two electrolytic caps) with fresh ones, and replaced the RF board with a composite one, on an iss…

    ... without it (clearly, cause the zx81 is still working with it ... no picture with it broken. TV says "no signal". Maybe because ...
    gtsamour gtsamour December 2010 Hardware
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