Episode 98 is now live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Nq3JZT9cc
The Spectrum Show Episode 98
The Spectrum Show Episode 98
Paul Jenkinson | The Spectrum Show & other stuff!
Re: The Spectrum Show Episode 98
Thanks [mention]PaulJ[/mention]. Another great watch. Getting closer to the magic 100th episode!
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Nice show, as always.
Although I enjoy reading the hardware threads here, I feel the same when people talk about the technical aspects of the Speccy and its different versions - "no idea, now let's talk about the games"...
Although I enjoy reading the hardware threads here, I feel the same when people talk about the technical aspects of the Speccy and its different versions - "no idea, now let's talk about the games"...
My Speccy site: thirdharmoniser.com
Re: The Spectrum Show Episode 98
Aw, man, I had one of those 3 channel sound interfaces. I can remember being astonished at the rendition of Scarborough Fair. You have to remember, back then BEEP was as good as it had ever got. Then I heard that. I've not heard it for 35 years, so thanks [mention]PaulJ[/mention] .
I'm surprised you couldn't get it to work with any games. I recall Invasion of the Body Snatchers worked with it quite happily. Nothing else though.
I'm surprised you couldn't get it to work with any games. I recall Invasion of the Body Snatchers worked with it quite happily. Nothing else though.
Derek Fountain, author of the ZX Spectrum C Programmer's Getting Started Guide and various open source games, hardware and other projects, including an IF1 and ZX Microdrive emulator.
Re: The Spectrum Show Episode 98
Another incredibly enjoyable 28 minutes.
I really wanted to be able to make music on my beloved Speccy but could never afford any of the hardware add-ons.
One Christmas I got a cheap Casio keyboard and plugged it into the Speccy thinking that it would just magically convert everything I played to 0's and 1's, which it clearly didn't do. I remember I pressed all the keys on the Casio and at the same time I saw the familiar blue and red loading bars on my TV!! I thought I'd found some amazing way to load music into my Speccy but I now realise I'd just managed to make the correct tone of the loading sound. You have to realise that I was particularly stupid as a child
I really wanted to be able to make music on my beloved Speccy but could never afford any of the hardware add-ons.
One Christmas I got a cheap Casio keyboard and plugged it into the Speccy thinking that it would just magically convert everything I played to 0's and 1's, which it clearly didn't do. I remember I pressed all the keys on the Casio and at the same time I saw the familiar blue and red loading bars on my TV!! I thought I'd found some amazing way to load music into my Speccy but I now realise I'd just managed to make the correct tone of the loading sound. You have to realise that I was particularly stupid as a child
Re: The Spectrum Show Episode 98
I thought that worked with the Fuller Sound unit - it was advertised for that. I didn't try every game, but maybe should have tested the ones for other sound boxes.
Paul Jenkinson | The Spectrum Show & other stuff!
Re: The Spectrum Show Episode 98
Memory fades... But I know I had the 3 channel sound from that game - it added a huge amount - and I never had a Fuller Box. I think all the AY add on boxes were pretty standardised, weren't they?
Derek Fountain, author of the ZX Spectrum C Programmer's Getting Started Guide and various open source games, hardware and other projects, including an IF1 and ZX Microdrive emulator.