ZX Spectrum Next Discussion

[akeley]

It will depend on the MISTer core. The MISTer FPGA is roughly the same size as the Next, but the MISTer also has other hardware on the board the Next doesn't have, and it has a different kind of RAM. So if a MISTer core uses any of those hardware features, it may not be portable without some compromises.

Sure, I wouldn't expect it to be a total match for MiSTer, it'd be too good to be true But even the ZX Uno core list is fairly impressive: C64, CPC, Atari 800 and Apple II - that's some heavy hitters right there. Imagine Atari on Next, what schadenfraude

This really stoked my interest in the Next kickstarter. Thanks for the info.

[Seven.FFF]

Definitely, it's exciting times.

There are also Victor's cores from his earler Multicore project (some overlap with the UNO cores, I think):

https://gitlab.com/victor.trucco/Multicore

I also know of someone working on a different QL core, and someone else working on a Science of Cambridge MK14, both specially for the Next.

[Firefox]

Is there an option to buy just a case?
I would've thought there might be, since there are people out there with just a board...

[PeterJ]

This is very random question....

I'm 99.9% sure I backed the Next, and I get all the backer emails, but when I log in it's not listed as one of my backed projects.

I'm sure it's me going slowly mad, but could someone tell me when the funds were taken from their account and what the description of the transaction was, so I can check through my credit card statements..

No, I've not been drinking.....

[DouglasReynholm]

This is very random question....

I'm 99.9% sure I backed the Next, and I get all the backer emails, but when I log in it's not listed as one of my backed projects.

I'm sure it's me going slowly mad, but could someone tell me when the funds were taken from their account and what the description of the transaction was, so I can check through my credit card statements..

No, I've not been drinking.....

My money was taken the week the kickstarter was funded (May 17?) I'll have a look at my credit card statement later but fairly sure I remember it having kickstarter in its description.

[PeterJ]

Thank you. Appreciated.

[Seven.FFF]

Peter, A few people have inadvertently made two Kickstarter accounts, They logged in with an email address and password originally, then next time they logged in they click the ”Login with Facebook” button. Or vice-versa.

If you login the way you originally did when you pledged, you should see your pledge. If that doesn’t work, Kickstarter support can help you trace your account.

Finally, a few people pre-ordered Nexts from the SpecNext.com webshop after the kickstarter campaign closed. If you’re one of these, email [email protected] and they’ll help you confirm your details.

[1024MAK]

Peter, did you get an email with the first part of your address on? A copy of part of mine is over on WoSf here.

Mark

[PeterJ]

Thanks everyone. I found the email, and it did have my address on it, and I must have two Kickstarter accounts as was suggested.

Thanks for all the help! I'm not going mad!

[Alcoholics Anonymous]

The first cased next is delivered to Paul Howes

[Spud]

WANT WANT WANT

[emook]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/specnex ... 542376665/

First Next out of the blocks!

[emook]

Ahh sorry I see AA beat me to it (to be fair his post was on a previous page). (/slinks back into hole)

[1024MAK]

Ahh sorry I see AA beat me to it (to be fair his post was on a previous page). (/slinks back into hole)

May your hole have a nice new Next in it

Mark

[beanz]

Delicious.

[R-Tape]

Splendid!

After setting up and all that, what is the first thing you all plan to do with yours? What is the first piece of software one should experience to get the wow factor of the Next?

[DouglasReynholm]

It's finally happening! Might allow myself to get a bit more excited now. I expect they are shipping in backer number order, which is obviously fair enough, but how long will it take to do all 3K odd?

[beanz]

Splendid!

After setting up and all that, what is the first thing you all plan to do with yours? What is the first piece of software one should experience to get the wow factor of the Next?

Sqij for sure.

[beanz]

It's finally happening! Might allow myself to get a bit more excited now. I expect they are shipping in backer number order, which is obviously fair enough, but how long will it take to do all 3K odd?

The aren't shipping by backer number. They built the basic models first and all are going to the Shipper on pallets, (facebook group shows a photo of the pallets all wrapped up), as such the shipper is just going to pull them off and process them in whatever order they come off the pallets.

Same would go for the plus and accelerated models I expect. When the batch is complete, they go to the shipper and then they ship pretty much all at the same time (excluding obvious processing time).

edit: pic added, all the basic models are done (9 pallets in total) and waiting on pickup by the shipper

[uglifruit]

I've been holding off getting excited by this (Kickstarter anticipation, or indeed Kickstarter positivity generally having worn off by some undelivered failures), but now I can start to look forward to it.

I think I'll explore the not-quite-original Spectrum side first. What can new BASIC do? Accelerated modes? Etc first. I've not been fillowing all the development progress, so it'll be interesting to see we what stage things are at now.

[R-Tape]

It's bigger than I expected.

[beanz]

It's bigger than I expected.

If I had a dollar...

[Seven.FFF]

What can new BASIC do? Accelerated modes? Etc first. I've not been fillowing all the development progress, so it'll be interesting to see we what stage things are at now.

The downloadable version of the manual is temporarily unavailable, to avoid spoiling the surprise of what the cover looks like (backers are asked to help not spoil the surprise too, in any pics they post). Once it is back up, the manual is an excellent place to start. It's written in the same style as the classic Sinclair manuals, but has approximately twice the amount of content (maybe even three times, as it fits more on every page). I have a wirebound print-on-demand version of the manual, and it is a thing of beauty and joy.

Other than that, there will be a series of short taster videos soon (each less than 5 mins) giving an overview of some of the features.

Finally, there is an awful lot of tech documentation that's been collected and published over the last couple of years. That's mostly for devs to get stuck into though, so not the best thing for outside peeps to get an overview.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

https://youtu.be/iLDz4AjL3rA

[Firefox]

https://youtu.be/iLDz4AjL3rA

That was an interesting watch, thanks for posting it!

In my mind I had pictured the Next as a QL-sized or CPC-sized plank of a machine, but now I realise that it's much closer in size to the original Spectrum.