Spectrum Computing

Looks and sounds pretty damn good to me!!! Nice job!

... that 'chuck..chuck...chuck' noise when it's going real slow!!!

lol never! I remember trying to get my mum to have a go but she couldn’t understand the connection between the joystick and the things going on on screen..

You have to press both the FIRE key on your joystick and the "3" key on the keyboard to start the game with Kempston joystick control. However, grenade throwing with Kempston joystick enabled seems to be bugged as well, grenades will be thrown and used up without any possibility for the p...

I can’t find a version of this that works on my Toastrack. I can’t select Kempston from the screen but all the other options work. I’m using a DivMMC future.

A welcome Xmas treat as ever1

I’ve searched the forum but can’t find any mention.

Has anyone experience building a retro console using a raspberry pi and retro pinto play Speccy and (cough) other systems’ games?

Is it really this simple?

https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-retropie/

PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 12:18 pm Well, here you go! I genuinely prefer it to the proper arcade version!

YEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!

Kung Fu Master- Im sure the Speccy has the power to a decent version.

Shame this didn't take off. It would have been a dream back then, buying your games on cartridge and loading them instantly. I never had one, but the cartridges were expensive weren't they? And only 16k games? Was it the cost of chips that pushed the price up? It would have eliminated piracy if this...

Loving this photo!

Could be a challenge - Take a photo of your Speccy in and interesting/exotic place!

Don’t know how I missed this gem - but it’s awesome. Dare I say, even better than Target Renegade. Much more fluid.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... inal_Fight

Those colours!! Sometimes less is more....

Well I’ve learnt something today!

Don’t worry, no chance of oversimplification where I’m concerned! And in my experience nothing is as simple in electronics is it first seems… One more question, if it’s push to make then what are you ‘making’ when you push the Speccy reset switch? I assumed that you would be ‘breaking’ something by ...

Hmmm. Thanks for the idea. Might just do that….

What do you mean by ‘push to make?’ Like ‘break’ is break the circuit?

Cool thanks.

flatduckrecords wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:09 am I dont think there was a 2020 annual - they skipped that year. See: https://www.crashmagazine.co.uk/

You’re right. I spoke to Chris Wilkins at the Speccy 40 event over the weekend. No wonder I couldn’t find it.

Love this list. Thanks for compiling!

I want to take the innards out of a Spectrum+ and put them back in a rubber key case. Can I just snip the reset switch wires on either side of the capacitor/transistor thingy and it’ll be fine? Or do I need to do something else? Does it make a difference if it’s an upgrade or an ‘original’ plus? (PS...

Thanks everyone. Just bought a basic electronics project from eBay to practise on. I saw this too which is pretty helpful: https://mightyohm.com/files/soldercomic ... mic_EN.pdf

Thanks… think I might need a bit more practice before I take the leap…..

I quite fancy doing the above - How hard is it from a kit eg. from Byte Delight, for someone with little soldering experience?

Yeah I picked up the Spaced error too. But I still reckon it's an easy, fun read - not high literature by any means, but enjoyable...

Resurrecting an old thread, but Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is either pretty cool or intensely annoying however you choose to see it. The constant stream of 80s references is fun and the ZX80 gets a name check right at the end. Warning: put your brain into ‘13 year old schoolboy’ mode before re...