Spectrum Computing

You seem to be getting parcels every day... All the post is for you again.... What are all these little packets from China that keep arriving Is that a new computer in your study - Me - No dear, I have had that for ages... How much was that one - Me - Ohhh, around £25 pounds darling.... Why do you ...

Such chains are cool on one hand, but also a little bit too cumbersome on the other, at least for daily use. Depending on connections they can be also a bit risky, in a move-it-and-crash-it kinda way. Being tiny and cute is something I love about my 48k, and adding Spectra to it ruined it somewhat....

The Spectrum + membrane design is terrible and it's a wonder they ever worked properly at all in my opinion. Wow.. well.. that's fixed one problem.. and stopped me throwing out of the window. Initial build & test worked apart from those pesky Plus specific keys = clamps in place. All other buil...

Ordered
Fingers crossed.

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:40 am £1.25 on eBay. @PaulJ with free postage.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293825852316

They are 32k.. the instructions say 22k... ?

If anyone is interested - they are now available

http://www.thespectrumshow.co.uk

What is the problem you are having, which keys are not working? Mark The newly added single keys specific to the Plus, so things like EDIT, DELETE, quotes, full stop. They are (or were.. see below) working fine when using SHIFT 0 for delete, but not the single DELETE key. I have 2 new membranes and...

mm thanks...
Will have to dig a little deeper then

Is there a difference between the motherboards of the 48k rubber model and the 48k plus to handle the plus specific keys (edit, delete, quotes etc) or is it the membrane? I have a fully working plus apart from the specific keys so wondering if the donator has swapped the boards and just added the re...

After using the cases of some of my 48k rubber models (ooerr) for third party keyboards (LoPro etc), I now find myself with plenty of top cases, 2 x motherboards but no bottom cases! Anyone got any they don't need?

A special 100th Episode issue of The Spectrum Show magazine has been given a full professional print run (limited numbers) and will be available to buy from Monday 15th. It is already available to Patrons, and the feedback has been great. Details here. http://www.thespectrumshow.co.uk/magprint Patro...

Yes, the Speccy does not know any difference, it just thinks there is a disk in the drive. I don't have a M3, but everything else I have tried software wise, just treats it like a disk without any issues.

PeterJ wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:32 pm Hi @PaulJ,

Yes please. Could you scan (600dpi please) and email me them.via Google drive or similar? Cheers.

Done. Link sent.

The one I can imagine least is @PaulJ's kitchen designer! I wouldn't buy it now (they probably use VU-3D these days), but I like the idea that it was a possibility to do serious spectrum. Presumably coded when you were working here ? (One of the few text adventures I've actually completed btw, and ...

Not sure where to post this but… In a recent batch of Speccy related goods I have found a few paper items that I can’t see in the database. Forgive me if I’ve been looking in the wrong place! Just wondering if they are of interest at all.. Care of your ZX Microdrive Cartridge: Folded leaflet Various...

The one I can imagine least is @PaulJ's kitchen designer! OK.. From my very old memory... I think it was something like this... https://am3pap003files.storage.live.com/y4miuLSU-sE0o97uiT60Qa_GKmiWwXrEc4uf_NqEaIPdo2iQB4VW22BD8Ei_gf37uS3Fn5y2x5z-1R8WtPauPf38HI0LeDw1IoEo_mhJJ9Co96wdHFWHpXROVgQj5k0rdJf...

*cough* Harry Price games...

Ooo a lot of good stuff. I have 95% of my BASIC games (and hand drawn inlays) from 83 onwards. Where it went wrong was went I bought a Microdrive. I then stored all my stuff on those, and when I sold it.. they all went. I didn't think I would need them again! The things I can remember.. 1. ADAPT - A...

I have not had this issue, works for me. At a guess - for the deletion prior to re-printing are you sure you're over printing at the previous y coord and not at the new incremented coord? I made a few such errors during my implementation. Ahhh yes... knew it would be something blatant I was missing...

Has anyone got to grips with this command, or can offer help? I have a graphic consisting of 2 UDGs.. (AB). I can get HRprint to work fine when moving horizontally, but vertical movement causes the bottom or top lines of the 8 pixel block to remain on screen causing a smearing effect. I have tried u...

Not a commercial game, but it is listed on Lemon:

My game Baldy (https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=4015) was released by me on the Speccy (BaldyZX).

Does that count

Could be a version of akalabeth?
There were a lot of them about.. and some type-ins probably.

Quick question. What if the item is not game related? For example I want to upload the Transform 1984 catalogue and other non-game documentation, or documentation that covers the company in general rather than one specific title. I also have all the material (manuals, TZX and photographs) for the He...

Space Evaders was a hacked version of Space Raiders. Not much changed, but the machine code for the game was published as a readers own game!

My fav has to the Artic one though.

Thanks for you work and for protecting the site.